Four simultaneous Void Walker breakouts force Gregory to assign Bryce to Bridane, Tam to Terros, Abigail to Marwen, and order the Western Reach evacuated.

Sera Grenn discovers a hidden Progenitor tunnel beneath Ironworks debris using a resonance scanner, revealing a two-tiered construction system unknown to thirty years of surveys.

Ren places fourteen alchemical charges to collapse the Crucible around the wound. Aldessi, Pell, and Foss die defending the team while charges are placed. Dael prepares to channel the signal flare to the surface priests. Four remain: Ren, Callum, Dael, Thune.

Ren leads his scout company to the abandoned supply depot at Greywind Pass instead of the doomed Marker Sixteen. They fortify the position with scavenged materials and Ludo's scent-masking compound, then repel three demon assault waves across the night, killing 49 demons with zero scout...

Ren picks a maintenance hatch lock in the outer wall as demons close in, allowing the group to escape Harrowfeld. Tik sacrifices himself holding the hatch open against the demons, ensuring the survivors make it through. Of eight who approached the wall, only four emerge alive.

The army begins its massive march south on the Pilgrim Road, thirty thousand strong with Hierophant Lethane blazing a divine beacon at the column's head to inspire soldiers.

Team plans and executes heist against Panopticon Redmond data center. Kate/Malcolm create HVAC distraction while Lyle downloads transfer logs proving Hale-Thorne espionage pipeline. Escape with incomplete proof. Hale receives breach alert at 4AM and orders evidence destruction.

Marcus drafts a twelve-page governance framework over six hours for recognizing cessation as a valid choice, discovers through faction records that the Void was the original party to the Agreement that allowed creation to exist, then presents the terms to the Void at noon — which accepts...

James calls with an offer: leave Yellowknife or die. Hunters refuse unanimously. RCMP tactical and Canadian Armed Forces arrive as reinforcements. James launches a three-wave vampire siege on the community center. James then offers Wilson immortality; Wilson refuses.