World on Fire

With Abigail losing her internal battle to Surgat and the town collapsing, Haatim defies his friends' pleas and charges toward the demon horde. His Gift—awakened to unprecedented power since his near-death in hell—banishes demons en masse, clearing a path to Abigail.

Abigail confronts Surgat in her mind while her body remains in limbo. Using her knowledge of the demon's true name—passed down through the original seven bloodlines—she creates a binding that weakens Surgat. She realizes the binding has diminished the demon across centuries of captivity.

Arthur materializes in the antique shop to aid Dominick and Frieda in their desperate defense against the demon horde. With sword in hand, he becomes a formidable combatant. The group holds their position while the portal's closure causes rifts to spread beneath the city.

Haatim crosses into Surgat's hell dimension to rescue Arthur. Battling a demonic guardian while enduring the realm's horrific environment, he exhausts his life essence to awaken Arthur's fading soul.

The demon siege of Raven's Peak intensifies as thousands of creatures mass outside the antique shop. Frieda and Dominick monitor Haatim's dying body. His physical form pays the price for his spiritual separation, becoming cold and gray as his breathing grows shallow.

Haatim remains spiritually separated from his body while still inside the cult ritual memory with Abigail. He uses his channeling abilities to reach out toward the portal. He discovers he can see Arthur trapped in Surgat's hell dimension.

The portal fully opens and Surgat's army begins pouring through. Dominick fights a stone golem demon one-on-one in the street, discovering that systematic structural damage can destroy them. As he barely defeats it, hundreds more demons emerge—winged golems, bat-like demons, flaming beasts.

Abigail fights for control of her mind as Surgat closes in. Inside her internal mindscape, she re-enters a traumatic childhood memory where the cult bound her to Surgat years ago. With the echo of Arthur as guide, she descends into the memory of the ritual to find Surgat's true name.

Haatim and Dominick arrive at the red energy portal in downtown Raven's Peak. They prepare with blessed weapons and plan to stop Surgat from completing his portal opening. Frieda joins them with Arthur's blessed sword.