Divided: Act 3 and 4 Recap ~ Divided: A Brief History of the Occult

SPOILER WARNING: As obvious as this is I'm posting it anyway: This will be ENTIRELY MADE UP OF SPOILERS for Divided Act Three and Act Four.

- Divided Character Profiles
- Divided Lore
- Act 1 and 2 Recap

CONTENT WARNINGS: violence, death, murder, mentions of terminal illness, death of a baby.

This is a recap of Act Three and Act Four. It serves as a reminder of the important parts of what's already been read, and is not intended to replace reading the chapters themselves. I know it's long, but a lot has happened and a few new characters have gained POVs over these two acts.
Act 3 and 4 have been quite the rollercoaster ride.

Tsuna ('Iris')

'I now believe that the only way to pass on is to ensure every single witchfinder dies. Until then, I will not rest- figuratively or literally.'
Age: 500 + (Chronological), 41 (Biological)

An obake / yūrei from the village of Yukimatsu, near Mt. Komorebi. She has taken in witches into her Glimmerbrook refuge for many years. Though she comes across as stoic, she's friendly most of the time. Her snake familiar, Emerald, is almost always draped around her. Don't pull your weight around the camp, though, and she'll gladly kick you out. Her only way out of her situation, she believes, is to kill every witchfinder in Henford, and she can't do that if there's slackers in the refuge.

An interesting side note about Tsuna- the name she eventually chose means something along the lines of 'rope' or 'coil', and it's why she chose the name, to reflect how she was bound to a life in between life and death, and also because of how she feels bound to Henford, at least until she achieves her goal.

Áine and Róisín are forced to flee Henford upon a surge in the witch-hunts partially caused by Shepherd Juniper and partially by Lord Volpe. They do as the others do and follow the river to Glimmerbrook, a safe haven for witches. Tsuna lets the two of them in, though in shock Áine did almost threaten her way in until her daughter managed to defuse the situation.
She gets to know Áine a bit better, and explains that she moved to Henford. All she says is that it was the Henfordian people who 'completely turned her life around'. Since Áine was still new, she was still on-edge about telling her the full story. In a discussion about Kat and the fact Tsuna was glad she left, Áine stands up for her friend saying she shouldn't be demonised because of her dedication to pacifism. She mentions Kat made a promise to her mother that she would never break. Tsuna begins to feel bad about her treatment of Kat.
When Reynold finds himself stuck between life and death, he journeys to Glimmerbrook when Áine sends him a letter to say that she might have a solution in the form of a spell. He is terrified when he sees Tsuna's true form, a ghostly woman in a white dress with void white eyes, covered in blood and knives. She's incredibly surprised to realise he can see her true form, but at the same time, it's a freeing experience for her. For the first time in 500 years, she'd met someone who had some fleeting understanding of what she's been going through for so long.
She explains her story to Reynold. She is a yūrei, more specifically, an onryō, a vengeful spirit of a woman who died in a horrific manner and as such her soul could not pass on. The only way to pass on would have been to have been read the correct funerary rites- only she'd fled to Henford for revenge quickly after, and even if she did find a priest they likely would have been terrified of her or considered her a bad omen. The other option was to kill the men who killed her, but they'd already been dealt with.
In this time in Yukimatsu, it was fairly common for people to change names for a variety of reason. Her first name was Ine, a name she kept until her (un)death. As an obake who could turn into a magical deer, she protected the people of Yukimatsu and as such was revered. A deer statue was dedicated to her and offerings left by there. The deer statue is where the Henfordian witchfinders found and killed her. Many erroneously believe that the witchfinders from San Myshuno and Henford kept their hunts to their own countries.
She climbed the entirety of Mt. Komorebi to seek the advice of the wise dragon god Kori-Ryūjin, who informed her of what she'd become. Although she was convinced she would be doomed to her form due to her killers likely being dead, the great dragon did say that the old stories aren't entirely truth, and she might want to think twice before enacting her revenge...though revenge is all she's been seeking for the past 500 years. She chose the fake name Iris when she came to Henford to try and fit in better there.
Tsuna was a little disheartened as well as glad to see Reynold freed from the shackles of not entirely being dead or alive, she couldn't help but feel a little jealous, but respects him all the same. She just wishes it was easy as a curse removal spell.

Daniel Reyes

' There has to be a way out somewhere, but for now, I have to go along with Volpe's plan...and somehow think of a cover story for it all. '
Age at start of Act 3: 19 | Age at end of Act 4: 25

Gideon Reyes's son, and Josiah's twin brother. He's the more fun and extroverted of the two. He was searching for a job for some time over the winter, since his father's fishing would fetch them very little over the winter- but would do everything he could to find downtime at the inn. Dan just wants to have fun, but he's still hardworking.

His father, Gideon, is a fisherman. Dan is accustomed to hard work and despite him always wanting to take a break, he has a strong work ethic and is always willing to help his father out. He and Eli enjoy their time together a little more than they usually do, and Dan picks up on something Eli says. The two admit to what might be feelings for one another and both fall asleep in the inn, lying next to each other on the sofa.
There's some concern, however. Daniel's father would be furious at him 'making a move' on an Annorin, and Eli's father would be furious about him falling in love with a man. Eli's playful flirtatiousness with men and women alone is something he hopes Samuel will never find out about. When a barmaid wakes them both, she promises to keep quiet about them both.
On his way home, he's accosted by Lord Volpe, saying he's been keeping an eye on Dan and can offer him work. He then forces him into working for him with the threat of his family at stake - after all, Volpe knows where Gideon lives and considers him a thorn in his side. Dan feels he has no choice to accept. Gideon can defend himself, sure, but Josiah can't.
For his first outing, Dan is paired with witchfinder Micah, who he doesn't expect to be as calm as he is. Micah always wears a smile and is nice to Dan, even if he is an expert at murdering witches. He also happily does all the killing so young Dan doesn't have to. Why would a witchfinder take such mercy on him like that?
Eventually, Micah explains that his cheeriness is just a front. He doesn't want to be doing what he's doing, but it's the only viable work out there now most people's jobs are being taken by the new machines and industrialisation. He does all the hard work for Dan and covers up to Volpe because Dan is a kind-hearted young man, and he wants him to stay that way instead of becoming an emotionless husk like Micah has become. He tells him to be honest with Gideon about being a witchfinder.
Gideon, during dinner, becomes suspicious of all the money Dan's earning and his quietness about his job and he tearfully admits to Gideon the truth. Gideon sympathises, but of course is utterly furious about Volpe.
Gideon eventually spots Dan out at the park, hoping to catch him with Micah- only he instead catches him with Eli. He's beyond angry, and argues with Eli accusing him of taking advantage of his son and living off of money earned by the blood spilled from the common man. Gideon asks when he'll tell Eli about being a witchfinder, and he says he will when he's found a way out.
That night, on an outing with Micah, Micah is slaughtered right in front of him - by no less than Oskar Nivelheim, Eli's father. Seeing Dan here leads to Oskar threatening his life, only giving him mercy because Eli loves him. Oskar makes Dan promise to him to keep leading Lord Volpe off the scent of witches, and to tell Eli eventually and look after him. As Dan walks away, he instead turns to attack him, amazingly managing to hold off an ex-vampire and ex-soldier and leaves a slash across his cheek before running off. To his amazement, Oskar doesn't go after him.
Volpe chews him out for what happened to Micah, genuinely mourning him as one of his best. However, he does praise Dan for being the only one of his witchfinders to ever have landed a hit on Oskar and one of the only ones to have ever survived an encounter with him. Despite Dan insisting Oskar would kill him easily, Volpe says that either Dan kills Oskar, or Volpe kills Dan.
Thanks to Gideon, Dan is freed from working for Volpe, at long last. He's incredibly grateful for this, and at first Eli is concerned as to why Dan's been so quiet but is just happy to have him back.
Eventually, certain events (that'll be covered in Gideon's section) lead to Gideon telling Eli the truth about Daniel's past. Eli is so mad about being lied to about it all for so long that he kicks Dan out, and Dan goes back to living with his father. He's summoned to the Annorin mansion by Owen via letter to talk about it and Owen suggests they both go to apologise to Eli. It doesn't work out.

Owen Annorin

'To many, working in medicine seems rewarding work, but it takes as much as it gives, both to you and to the community. With research and discovery often comes sacrifice. With saving lives comes accepting death. With telling people they're going to live...'
Age at start of Act 3: 35 | Age at end of Act 4: 41

~~The Oskar Nivelheim of Act 3~~ A well-respected and stupidly-rich physician and eldest son of Samuel Annorin, Owen returned from 5 years in San Myshuno to realise all of the many mistakes his father had made and sought to make improvements to his business for the sake of the people of Henford. Many consider Owen unsettling and not entirely trustworthy, though those who can afford his treatments note his compassion and bedside manner. He doesn't think himself to be intelligent, only curious and always seeking further knowledge. He keeps his emotions in a fine balance, always trying to maintain the perfect weigh-up of empathy and pragmatism that is needed for his line of work.

Eli barges into the mansion after finding out about Oskar to ask why he's been cured of vampirism. He's totally clueless and Eli doesn't believe it at first. Owen tells Eli to be less harsh about his father- after all, he's still his father. But Eli makes him realise that he can't keep defending him just because he's his father, not after everything he's done to Henford and to his own little brother. He tells Eli he'll ask Samuel about the whole thing.
He pulls his father Samuel into the laboratory to question him on why he spent four years in secret working on a vampirism cure alongside advice from the Strong bloodline, who wanted them wiped out as much as Samuel did. Owen finds out that Oskar will soon die of his illness; vampirism didn't cure him, it only put his human form in a sort of stasis. Samuel wants to ruin Oskar's life the way he ruined his when he attacked him.
Owen breaks professionality and tells Oskar during a consultation that Samuel administered the cure to his vampirism, and that he knew nothing about it. Oskar mentions that Eli mentioned a prototype cure that Samuel made for his terminal illness, which he did back in Act Two. Owen replies vaguely, not wanting to give false hope to him. He later studies a blood sample, and what merely science couldn't find, a combination of magic and science could- the blood samples are abnormal, and matches the little information Owen has.
It turns out Samuel knew Owen would try to cure him, and as such, destroyed all the information on the cure as well as the prototype. Owen rarely lets his emotions get to him, but this time he is beyond furious, because what he's done won't just affect Oskar but thousands of others with the illness. He entirely loses his temper and nearly blasts his father with a Fulguris spell that's barely within his control.
Owen is entirely honest about Samuel destroying the prototype cure, and is even honest that he almost attacked his father in anger to prove to Oskar that he isn't trying to cover anything up. Owen says to him that if he ever needs anything for his unwellness, pain, or anything else, he'll provide it free of charge.
When the witchfinders attack at the end of Act 3, Owen finds himself healing witches and witchfinders alike. Samuel argues with him for healing witches given many are poor and can't pay him for the treatment, and Owen takes the argument outside and tells him to never come back to the Annorin house, locking him out.
Owen can't really start his new life until it's confirmed Samuel is dead. Not only can he then start running the business the way he wants to, Eli is free of his abusive 'father', and the big thing for Owen- he can finally invite his partner Lydia to Henford. They fell in love in San Myshuno and vowed to marry when Owen's father died, as he would have never approved of a partner who wasn't born in Henford.
Volpe visits Owen to see Samuel, and Owen lies and tells him he's ill. So instead he tells Owen- Oskar is dead. One of his men killed him. Owen tries to convince Volpe to slow down on his witchfinding because he's 'won', most of the witches fled. What left is there to fight for, at least for now?
I admit that I made some timing errors between 4:4 and 4:6. Either way, Lydia Xiàng finally ends up at the Annorin mansion, and Owen is overjoyed. She's straight to talking business after they share a loving embrace, but Owen remembers he can at last give her the engagement ring which she already knows about.
The two got to know each other when Owen once considered herbalism to mostly be obsolete, and Lydia argued otherwise, with Shang Simlan culture having thousands of years worth of herbal knowledge that is still relied upon today. Lydia more or less 'wins' the debate and Owen was annoyed at first, but the two came to work together and became friends. The two have many public debates on the matter, when a pandemic hit San Myshuno, making Owen incredibly unwell. She managed to heal him and many others with herbal remedies, and he admitted to her, in a groggy and sickly fashion, that he'd fallen in love with her. The feeling was mutual.
Lydia takes engagement ring and the two book their wedding at the Peteran monastery. The only trouble is the only free day is the day before Oskar's funeral. Owen agrees anyway, and Eli is angry about it, calling Owen selfish knowing that many of his guests and his brother might struggle to put on a smile a day before Oskar's funeral.
Some time on, the mansion has been revamped. He now has a stable boy who delivers letters and medicines, Alex, and a young maid named Matila, more commonly known as Tilly. Devastatingly, he lost a baby not too long after she was born, a girl named Lucia, which he tells Reynold during a coffeehouse meetup. He eventually musters the courage to try again, and eventually Lydia gives birth to a healthy baby boy named Simon.
Eli questions Owen on what really happened to Samuel. Owen tells him the truth, and Eli, once again, is in disbelief that Owen kept it from him.
Tilly falls ill for some time, and Owen is concerned about her health. She eventually lets him in to tell him about it, and he notices all the telltale signs of spellcasting overcharge that he previously saw and heard about during an appointment with Reynold. Taking a risk in doing so, but trusting in his own deduction, he shows her his own magic. She's shocked and upset that even someone like him has to hide it.
Despite all of Volpe's doubts about Owen, he visits him on the off-chance that he's willing to help him use his father's vampire cure to construct a new one to get rid of the other vampire that's decimating his workforce. Owen decides to play along with Volpe, pretending that he fears the vampire may be a threat to his children and that becoming a father made him realise this. He offers to do it for free for this reason, as he's doing it for himself and for Henford as much as he's doing it for Volpe. Four years later, the cure is complete and Volpe is thankful. But Owen can't help but give a little cheeky smirk as Volpe walks off proudly...

Oskar Nivelheim

'Since Annorin, I felt my former ruthlessness returning to me, and I did nothing to stop it. I'd been performing the masquerade for countless years; switching between the warm father figure and the pragmatic soldier was as easy as changing clothes.'
Age at end of Act 3: Approx. 165 (Chronological) 36 (Biological)

A former vampire and ex-soldier, and teacher and adoptive father of Eli Annorin, Act 3 was quite chaotic for Oskar, and past, present and future all collided in mostly horrific ways for him. For a person who was so used to the way he'd lived his life for over one hundred and fifty years, to have it all come apart was unimaginably difficult for him.

The evening his vampirism was cured was like any other evening to him- He drains the witchfinder dry, throws him into the ocean, and flies off- only he doesn't realise that witchfinder has ingested Samuel Annorin's potential vampire cure.
Some days later, Oskar is freaked out by the man he sees in the mirror, and studies himself for a long time. He mentions to Eli that his humanity might return to him, but gets annoyed when Eli suggests he should go to a physician. The last time he went was enough for him...
Oskar goes to the Peteran Monastery on the evening of a special event, where people can come in to light candles and remember the dead. Oskar lights a lot of them. 46 for the innocent people he killed before he learned to control his bloodlust, some for lost friends, and one for his daughter Ilse. He speaks with Reynold, who tells him becoming human again means he can do everything he missed as a vampire. Oskar admits he misses seeing the sunshine.

He also asks Reynold if he'd want to see his father again. He thinks he's dead, but Oskar tells him not to jump to conclusions. If Oskar might not be alive much longer, one loose end he'd like to tie up is seeing the last survivor of the Bloodmoon again- and also reuniting him with the children he likely thought dead. Oskar is enraged at what Alistair Morgan did, but he still stands by the Bloodmoon pact - a pact between vampires and werewolves to look after one another. He lights one last candle on the way out.
Oskar visits Violeta to tell her about what's happening, and she's devastated. She pats him on the back, and something falls out on her coffee table- Oskar's fangs. Oskar asks her if she can turn him back, but she tells him that if she did it again after turning him, he'd probably die from the overexertion on the body.
He speculates when Eli mentions a cure to vampirism who could have done it, suspecting the Strong bloodline, potentially Kat, then Owen or Samuel. Eli insists Owen wouldn't have done it but promises he'll ask him about it. Oskar sets off to Lunvik, but there's a gap between him travelling there and him ending up in a cabin on a sofa. He passed out, since he's not used to eating or drinking. He finds himself in the home of an old friend and the other last survivor of the Bloodmoon conflict- Alistair Morgan.
Once he comes around, Oskar says he came to tell him about his children. yells at Alistair for what he did, not teaching Reynold about his wolf side and as such leading to Clem being attacked. He says about how his 'mother' Violeta taught him how to be a vampire and how much worse things would have been if she didn't.
Oskar stays with Alistair for some time, after he convinces Oskar to stay with him and take a break knowing he'll overwork himself if he doesn't. He sees the sun for the first time in years again atop the mountain by Lake Lunvik, and he makes Alistair sit and watch the sunset with him.
He and Alistair visit the Bloodmoon memorial in Lunvik, and Oskar finds himself tearful, not used to these powerful emotions. He blames himself for their demise, and tells Alistair that honour in battle doesn't mean anything to the dead. He finally allows himself to feel the many years of grief that have been lingering in the back of his mind. When they go to leave, Oskar feels an old and familiar aching pain, and Alistair helps him back home, noting how Oskar never left anyone behind in the Bloodmoon war.
Oskar and Alistair have a swordfight in the colourful Glimmerbrook arena, which Alistair stops early because he doesn't want to kill or injure him in his weakened state. Alistair convinces him to go to a phyisican, and Oskar initially doesn't want to go to the Annorins, but has to since Kat likely won't know about it.
Later, he gets a letter from Owen for him to come back- he's found an abnormality. He tells him that his illness has come back to him, and that he'll offer what help he can.
He takes his daughter Áine to Windenburg, and she's devastated by the news. He meets the person who now lives in the house he used to live in- a woman called Liesel, who's very surprised to know that this is the man in the diaries she used to read over and over as a kid. He's visited by Violeta in the bluffs, just like when they met. She's worried about him, and as horrified as Áine to find out his illness has returned.
Oskar tells Alistair, and gets annoyed when Alistair won't help him figure out what to do. Alistair knows he hates vagueness and indirectness, but this is something only Oskar can decide for himself. Does he live his life without regrets until he becomes severely ill, worrying his family? Or does he give his life for a greater cause when one arises? Oskar 'toasts' the future, whatever that may mean to him, with a glass of wine.
Out on a witch hunt. Oskar kills the man who was trying to protect Daniel, putting him at a sword's point and threatening to kill him if he catches him witchfinding again and if he doesn't promise to look after Eli. Dan fights back enough to leave a cut on his face, but Oskar doesn't bother to chase after him.
After an argument, Oskar tells Eli of his illness, and they have a discussion involving Gideon. Oskar vows to do something about him for hassling his son. Eli mentioned he was an ex-witchfinder and that only made him want to kill Gideon even more.
Gideon and Oskar hunt each other down out in the snowy forest, The two fight, but it comes to an end when Gideon manages to impale Oskar through the leg, noting his sickly, discoloured blood in the snow. Oskar also manipulates him into stopping the fight, asking him if he'd kill a dying man. Gideon then attempts to reason with him, though the discussion gets uncomfortable for both sides. Gideon explains everything is Volpe's fault. When Gideon speaks of his past errors, Oskar tells him he didn't wallow in his guilt and suggests Gideon do the same.
When Reynold visits, Oskar asks if he could tell Róisín about his illness. Reynold says it's better she hears it from Oskar. Reynold suggests telling everyone at once, and tries to give him confidence about him trying to explain it all. He gathers them all together to tell them and Róisín runs upstairs crying. Oskar comforts her, and Róisín makes a promise that she will be brave like he asks- but only if he promises to be brave, too.
Oskar hangs out with all his family and friends. Violeta paints his portrait, he attends a monastery sermon with Reynold (which he falls asleep), revisits the Bloodmoon memorial with Alistair (who doesn't recognise him in his feminine clothing and flirts with him momentarily, embarassed that he's just flirted with his old boss...), bakes brownies with Róisín and Áine, and buys Dinah a new dress and dances in the moonlight with her.
He goes to the inn with Eli, who has to haul his drunken self home afterward. That night, the witches strike. Oskar decides that he has to take a stand, and heads out.
Eventually, he finds himself surrounded when he tries to protect part of the river so the witches can follow it without hassle. He's surrounded by almost one hundred witchfinders. He remembers his promise to his granddaughter, fighting and killing all of them, but not without becoming gravely injured. He reflects upon everything and notes that the glory is not in the people he killed, but the people he's protected. The witches want to help him but he tells them to follow the river.
Gideon finds him in his severely-injured state, planning to kill him in return for Volpe freeing Dan from his 'work' and also promising not to try and recruit Josiah. Oskar tells him that he thinks his son will be brainwashed into witchfinding again, and tells him it isn't worth him killing him if he's dying anyway. He gives Gideon his bloodied sword, cloak, and necklace as 'proof' that he killed him. Gideon helps him lie against a rock in relative comfort, but Oskar shoos him off after.
Violeta, on the hunt, finds him, and she's devastated beyond words. Oskar knows he cannot be saved, and he tells her that the 'rest' is 'for her', asking her to finish him off by drinking his blood. With a heavy heart, Violeta does so, and he dies in relative peace. Everyone pays their respects at the eventual funeral.

Áine Sídha

'I have to let her have experiences and live her life, but I would never stop blaming myself if something were to happen to her. How much do you protect them, and how much do you let them go?'
Age at start of Act 3: 28 | Age at end of Act 4: 34

Originally the main character of Divided, though that's now...debatable, I guess. She's a witch who fled her home country of Innisgreen after her mother was killed by witches, finding love, friends, and a little work in Henford. She's currently focused on trying to bring up her daughter Róisín.

Róisín and Áine visit Reynold whilst he's staying in the monastery for the Peteran time of mourning. They both miss him, and Áine reassures him about trying to reconnect with his father who returns after years. She suggests having another baby, worried for her first daughter's survival for many reasons, and Reynold says not to because they won't have time for another baby.
She struggles with her partner and daughter on the full moon. Reynold separates himself from her on full moon nights because of his foul moods, but Róisín's temper is hard to manage. Áine knows it isn't her fault, it's a lot for an adult to manage, let alone a child, but it's still difficult.
Oskar takes her to Windenburg and she's devasted to know that his terminal illness has returned to him.
On the night where the witchfinders attack, Áine is out with Róisín and the two are found by witchfinders. Áine kills them in a haze of fire and follows the river with her daughter, ending up in Glimmerbrook. After some convincing (and threatening) Áine and Róisín are let into a refuge in Glimmerbrook run by a woman from near Mt. Komorebi, named Iris - later known by her real name, Tsuna.
After having a hard time dealing with Róisín's pre-full-moon tantrum, she talks with Tsuna. She fears that she'll never see her family again. Tsuna knows a bit about her from what Kat used to say about her. Áine stands up for Kat when Tsuna criticises her pacifism. Tsuna says that no adversary can exist forever and says she just has to keep fighting. Áine later comforts Róisín when she feels bad about her full moon anger saying she's just a child, it'll take some time to learn to control it.
After Oskar's death, Violeta visits Áine with the devastating news. Despite their clashes before, Áine sympathises with Violeta this time around. She tells Violeta that she's willing to leave the past in the past, for everyone's sake.
When she learns that Reynold is cursed, she quickly tries to learn a powerful spell from her mother's grimoire. She's been meaning to try a new spell out, and this one has taken some practice to get right. Tsuna talks with her during her practice. She offers to try to curse removal spell on Tsuna, but she says that her situation probably can't be solved by the spell given the nature of it.
She has a 'dream' of Saoirse and Brádach by a beach, discussing an unborn Áine and seemingly her father asking her mother about what to do about her magic- teach her it, or teach her to hide it. Saoirse tells Brádach 'Don't be like that', and he's 'her father' and it's '[his] job to protect her'. This isn't a dream- this is one of Brádach's memories coming back to her from where she absorbed his life force.
When Róisín runs away in order to get Reynold to come to Glimmerbrook, he's overcome by his 'ghosts', and Áine decides to try the curse removal spell. She manages to 'teleport' into the strange dimension Reynold appears to have crafted for himself. He won't listen to her for some reason. She has no choice but to reach into his ghostly form, pulling out the curse and finding him in a swirling maestrom of the collapsing 'dead' realm.
She and Reynold spend some time together by the waterfall, by a stone circle of the three disciplines of magic, an area familiar to those of you familiar with Glimmerbrook... The two share a romantic moment, glad to be within each other's company again.

Katlego Anansi

'We can't become selfish like the people of Henford, Ellie. Where I'm from, we look after each other, and I'm sure the same goes for you- and that can't change here, no matter what, no matter how bleak things get.'
Age at start of Act 3: 32 | Age at end of Act 4: 38

A friendly, funny and kind-hearted sorceress who practices Mischief magic, a closed practice. Its practitioners are careful not to misuse such powerful magic. She's never seen far from her owl familiar Nia. She works alongside her partner, Ellie, as a cunningwoman, herbalist and healer. She is lucky enough to somewhat live 'under the radar' as an arcane practitioner because of her status as a cunningwoman. She outed Samuel Annorin as a fraud in Act Two, the man who tried to destroy the start of her life in Henford. She's been living a fairly quiet life these two acts.

She thanks the universe that she and Ellie survived the witch hunt that many others fled from. She thinks about how she's partially able to 'get away' with having magic, but all it takes is to slightly step out of line and she's done. They patched up minor wounds of the escaping witches and their children. She thinks about what Tsuna told her all of those years ago- one day, she may have to use her magic or force to do harm to others. Ellie feels Kat isn't as appreciated as she should be, but she says that she can't become spiteful and selfish like many Henfordians.
Reynold comes to her seeking her advice after Owen's biological approach to his problem didn't explain everything. She believes him to be 'cursed' - a mishap with either one's inner magic, or with that of the surrounding veil. She says he is 'lost between the veils' of life and death and tells him to have hope.
She writes a letter to her parents, finally feeling like she has something good to tell them. She warns her mother, who herself warned Kat about violence - that she may have to break her promise to her someday.
She visits Owen to deliver some herbs he and Lydia ordered. They discuss the nature of magic and how they just about get away with it. Owen wonders if her spell that's able to erase memories may be beneficial for surgery, but laments that it'd be revolutionary and yet he wouldn't be able to share it. She uses her magic on him after talking about how most of her magic feels dangerous, giving him an image of 'love' in his mind. He tells her that, and her 'forgetting' magic having ways in which iy can be used for good -is proof that she can use her magic in a way that helps people. They also speak of pacifism and she notes it's not often she meets someone like him who doesn't wish to fight. He says he has his moments, as with Volpe.

Clementia Morgan

'I hate to say it, but it's been so many years of worrying about everyone else that I wonder what a woman does with such rare freedom.'
Age at start of Act 3: 30 | Age at end of Act 4:36

The current abbess of the Peteran monastery, succeeding her brother Reynold. Clementia can be fiery and doesn't back down, but she has a good head on her shoulders. She has been trying to heal from her past, and has been looking after Shepherd Julian in his old age whilst trying to rediscover herself at the same time.

She and Shepherd Julian were stripped of their titles and kicked out of the Jacoban cathedral for their movement towards a 'pro-witch' stance. Clementia says Julian can go and live with her. She's furious at Juniper, as she finally felt powerful in the Jacoban cathedral and was ousted out by another woman, no less.
Clem heads towards the Peteran monastery to tell her brother of the news- only to find that her father, Alistair, is back- the man that treated her distantly growing up, and treated Reynold like he was better than her. She goes to attack him with a sword, and Reynold has to get them to speak to one another. She accuses him of giving up on both herself and her brother, and then gets annoyed with Reynold for trying to fix things with such a terrible father.
When Clem is upset by everything, Julian tells Clem her strength is from herself and not from being a High Shepherdess.

During the witch hunt, Clem is in the monastery with Reynold. She sees the bright light outside, and she sees her brother with blood trickling from his eyes, nose and mouth. He passes out. She looks after him until he awakes.
Clem eventually converts back to Peterissm, having found friends in the other Peterans and realising that there is a kind Watcher after all. Her experiences changed her and made her realise this- Reynold and Julian both changing, for one, and becoming better people, but mainly that the friendship of Susana and co. have helped her to heal from her past and realise her self-worth.
Julian is on his deathbed, and shares his regrets with Clem. He tells her not to focus on revenge on Juniper and to focus on her own life. She admits in narration that she doesn't feel as bad as she should for either Julian or Reynold, as she can now focus on herself more. She feels selfish for it, but after years of devoting her entire life to men, to focus on herself is welcomed.
She visits Violeta, a woman who used to frequent the cathedral just for her art, for her 'old lady' wisdom. Even she tells her not to bother seeking revenge, at least not yet. She tells her a friend said to wait until they're at their most confident. Clem has an idea to humiliate Juniper by letting her stage a 'werewolf reveal' for her brother in his state, so that he doesn't turn and she looks like an idiot stretching to accuse someone of something. This plan doesn't end up coming to fruition- though not mentioned in Clem's narration, she realised she shouldn't use her unwell brother like that and she wanted him to get better. She also starts attending Violeta's art classes for the catharsis.
Clem holds a small funeral for Julian at the Peteran monastery, since Juniper wouldn't let Clem give him a Jacoban one. Elias, Iliana, Julius and Susana show up to be with her. They do hint at her possibly becoming abbess if Reynold is unable to, since as well as his previous illness Clem notes that he seems to be distancing himself from Peterism. Clem likes the sound of that since she doesn't want her brother to be in a position of power over her, and unlike Reynold, she'd willingly become abbess.
Reynold returns to the monastery after he has recovered, and tells Clem that he's going to devote himself to Lunvin from now on, seeing as he feels more of a connection to Lunvin. Also, Lunvin only has two devotees left and Peterism has millions of followers. Clem worries she's taking over but he assures her it isn't the case. Some time later, Clem is ordained and becomes abbess.

Gideon Reyes

' I was a rare case of a witchfinder who was no longer a witchfinder and still alive. On occasion, people do get a change of heart- and many of them end up with a knife embedded in it as a result.'
Age at start of Act 3: 42 | Age at end of Act 4: 48

An ex-witchfinder and widow. Whilst Gideon has done a lot of awful things, they've all been for the benefit of his twin sons- at least, in his eyes. He works as a fisherman in the warmer months and has a newfound love of reading, often with his head in a book.

Gideon's son Dan told him he'd earned a new job delivering goods. Only he always came home very late and earned a peculiar amount of Simoleons for such a job. Gideon gets suspicious, and then comforts Dan after he admits he became a witchfinder because he was forced to by Volpe. He vows to try and sort this out. Dan mentioned his mentor, Micah- it was a start.
Gideon heads out to the woods to see if he can spot either Volpe, or Dan with Micah- either to yell at Volpe or to be sure Micah is doing his bit to protect him. He instead sees him with Eli and fears Dan is being used by Eli, or that Dan is desperate for money. The Reyes family work for their money, they don't get it from people whose money comes from 'innocent' blood spilt, as Gideon puts it. The argument doesn't go well.
After the altercation between Dan and Oskar, Gideon finds out from Dan about it and vows to kill Oskar for trying to hurt his son. Dan asks him not to, but Gideon made a promise to Ruth that no-one who crosses his kids will survive.
He heads out to the woods, where Oskar will likely be looking for witchfinders. They fight until Gideon stabs Oskar, noting that his blood is a strange colour. He isn't willing to kill a man who can't entirely fight back, and after an argument, tries to reason with him. They're both fathers who'd do anything for their kids, and they both hate Volpe. Oskar isn't totally on board with siding with Gideon, however.
Realising he can't kill Volpe without potentially getting mobbed by his lapdogs, he tries to strike a deal with him. Gideon's only rule is he won't kill any witches. That's fine for Volpe, because Volpe wants Gideon to kill Oskar in return for Daniel's freedom, and Volpe never trying to recruit Josiah. He must bring him proof of Oskar's murder.
On the night of the witch hunts, Gideon deems this the best time to go looking for him. He does find him, but he's already gravely injured. Oskar warns him that Volpe may have already brainwashed his son. Gideon explains why he's there and that it isn't personal. Oskar gives him his bloodied cloak, sword and necklace as 'proof' he 'killed' him. Gideon lays him down and runs when he hears a screech (from Violeta).
Gideon delivers the 'proof' to Volpe, who believes him. He makes Volpe write his promise down in writing with his signature. Dan is delighted for what Gideon has done for him. Gideon is thankful he didn't have to kill Oskar.
Gideon tries to discuss telling the truth to Eli with Dan, but Dan says it's all in the past and to leave it there. He doesn't agree.
Eventually, he gets a horrifying surprise visit from a monster- Violeta, in dark form. Eli heard rumours from witchfinders that Gideon was the man who killed Oskar. He explains everything to Violeta, though with Eli there, he also has to explain why he had to pretend to murder Oskar...
Dan has to move back in with him, and he's irate about it. He makes an ungrateful comment about all Gideon did for him, before apologising profusely. The two return to fishing, and Dan realises it isn't so bad. Despite the circumstances of his return, Gideon is glad to have one of his sons back.

Elijah Annorin

' Everyone adores emotion and passion, but only in theory and only behind closed doors. Open your heart in the real world, and you're too fragile, you over-react, you just don't understand, you haven't looked at all sides of the story. '
Age at start of Act 3: 20 | Age at end of Act 4: 26

A former apprentice to, and son of, Oskar Nivelheim, and the youngest son of disgraced (and very dead) physician Samuel Annorin. He's a whole 15 years younger than his brother Owen. He's a talented woodworker who's always working on commissioned pieces. He's very emotional and feels everything strongly, good or bad. He doesn't like having the truth with-held from him.

Eli is known to playfully flirt a lot, with men and women, usually with people stopping off in the area before leaving so there is no expectation of long-term on either side. However, he eventually falls for his friend Dan, who he often talks to in the inn.
Eli is concerned for his father's health when Oskar throws up a lot of blood. He goes to Reynold on the Peteran mourning event to light a candle for his mother and ask Reynold some things about love. He tells him life's too short to not tell Dan he loves him.
There's concerns for Eli, since Samuel Annorin would have a massive problem with Eli breaking tradition falling in love with a man. Eli decides to put himself first, and he and Dan share a kiss and make things official. Oskar explains to Eli that he is becoming human again, which worries Eli greatly.
Eli asks Owen if he knows anything about a vampire cure, and he says he doesn't. He calls him out for telling him he should be more understanding of Samuel because he's his father. He isn't. Oskar is, and Eli shouldn't have to be understanding to a man who treats him with zero respect.
Gideon catches him out with Dan, tries accusing him of using his son, and also of being raised with a silver spoon in his mouth and living off money made off the blood of innocents. Eli questions why he's blaming him for something Samuel and his ancestors are responsible for.
Eli takes out his frustration on his father, accusing him of doing nothing with their work when he's been busy as well as adjusting to humanity. He explains what happened with Dan to Oskar, and Oskar is of course livid. He goes to see his brother, who tells him thr truth about Samuel destroying the cure to Oskar's illess. He gives Samuel an angry speech when in reality he wants to attack him, and all Samuel does is mock him, belittle him and call him weak.
Eli learns of Oskar's death from Violeta, when he goes to ask her for his whereabouts. Eli says his thanks and goodbyes to his true father. He breaks down in Violeta's room, and she tries her best to offer comfort.
After a long period of saying nothing, Dan turns up at Eli's house. He's angry at first, but he's desperate for Dan's comfort in his grief and lets him stay. Later on, when his brother arranges his wedding for day before Oskar's funeral, Eli accuses him of selfishness because Eli is going to struggle to be happy the day before mourning his father. He does apologise to Owen for lashing out.
At his father's funeral, Eli thanks him for saving his life and promises he'll try to live up to his name.
Eli visits Owen to see his nephew Simon, and works up the courage to ask Owen what really happened to Samuel. He's incredibly upset that Owen didn't tell him before, and also that his brother, a healer, killed his own father. A misplaced grief is there for a moment. Eli worries for his brother's integrity as a physician. He's worried that he'll continue the pattern of Annorin patriarchs getting rid of everyone that crosses them.
Eli goes straight to Violeta when he overhears witchfinders in the inn talking about the man who killed Oskar - Gideon...his partner's father.
He and Violeta visit Gideon to find out the truth. He says he was sent to kill Oskar to free Dan, but found him dying, and Oskar gave him some of his bloodied belongings as false proof to give Volpe. Violeta can sense his pulse and gauges that he is telling the truth. However, he has to explain to Eli why he promised to kill Oskar to Volpe- to free Dan from witchfinding.
Once again having something withheld from him, Eli loses it at Dan and kicks him out of his home, with Dan going back to live with his father. At some point, Dan and Owen return to both apologise to him. He mostly doesn't care at this point...that is, until he goes back into his workshop and breaks down. For some time, he'd managed to dull his emotions, but it's Eli- it won't work forever. He gets a message to Reynold, asking for his advice.
Eli asked Reynold knowing he struggles with heightened emotions around the full moon, and that he would get it, plus an ex-priest would offer some kind of solid advice. Reynold tells him to 'whittle at the wood, not himself' and not to change himself for others. There will always be someone out there who will appreciate him for what he is. Eli thanks him for his guidance.

Alistair Morgan

' Every single day, you are filled with Lunvin's ire, whether you notice it or not. The turning on the full moon is an important and necessary catharsis. You have to process anger, not hide from it or bury it.'
Age at start of Act 3: 63 | Age at end of Act 4: 69

Reynold and Clementia's father, who believed them both to be dead for years until a surprising encounter confirmed that they were still alive. His wife Blythe was caught and killed by witchfinders during his children's absence. He is one of the last surviving 'soldiers' of the Bloodmoon conflict, which did not end until about forty years ago. He once lived in Henford, then moved to Lunvik where he raised his children. He was raised Peteran. He made a lot of mistakes as a father.

Alistair comes across an unconscious person next to a resting horse whilst out and about during the night. He's surprised beyond belief to recognise that this man is his old war pal and superior Oskar Nivelheim. Not only that, but he seems to look more human. He takes him back to his cabin so he can rest.
He doesn't expect Oskar to give him an angry lecture, saying he's here because his children need him and he failed them. Alistair genuinely believed his children to be dead, killed by witchfinders. The reality is: Alistair not teaching Reynold to control the wolf led to the near-death of his daughter, Clementia. Alistair didn't teach him it mostly because he didn't want him to live the violent life of the Lunvinchenaîne.

He hoped if he 'knew nothing of the wolf, he wouldn't give into it' and admits to himself that he neglected Clementia in favour of the one who had lunar magic. Reynold is now an abbot and willing to give him a second chance. Clementia seems to want nothing to do with him. Oskar admits that, were it not for the pact between vampires and werewolves to take care of one another, he may have killed him. After all, Oskar has no time for bad parenting.
Alistair looks after Oskar until he's well again, returning to Henford to try and mend things with his children. Alistair goes to the monastery, lighting a few candles for all his fallen brothers and sisters in the Bloodmoon - and loudly announces 'one for Blythe', announcing to his son in the worst way possible that his mother is dead. Not a good start.
Reynold goes off almost immediately, telling him about how they both failed Clementia and how he nearly killed her because of what he wasn't taught. Alistair loses his temper at him, just like he did in the old days before Clem overhears the commontion and tries to attack him. He admits to them both that he failed them, neglected them and didn't teach Reynold what he should have. Reynold is willing to give him a second chance. He needs to know everything he can about his power for both his and Róisín's sake since he doesn't want to repeat his own father's mistakes as a father to his daughter.
He and Oskar visit the Bloodmoon memorial, where Oskar breaks down in tears of guilt feeling like he let everyone down, which Alistair insists that he didn't. Alistair helps him back home when he seems to fall ill, saying that Oskar never left anyone behind, so he won't.
He swordfights with Oskar, with Oskar gives him little choice in. Oskar mentions having symptoms close to his old illness and Alistair urges him to go to a physician- with the promise that, as Oskar asks, he'll stop nagging him about it if he does.
Alistair meets Róisín, and she tags along with him and Reynold on a trip to Lunvik, where they learn more about the history of the Lunvinchenaîne. Róisín asks if he and Reynold get along well. Alistair tells her he could have been better and Róisín says he should have been nicer to Reynold. Later on, Reynold admits his hypocrisy for calling him out for keeping him in the dark when Reynold himself did that to Áine. When he tells Alistair he held off the transformation for months, Alistair tells him something he learned after his mistake with Reynold- that anger is sacred to them, and a necessary catharsis. Without it, it only makes things worse.
Alistair teaches Reynold a lunar magic spell to create a 'moon shield', and then tasks him with getting to know the local wolves, who he can communicate with to an extent using their language. On the night, witchfinders get into Lunvik, and Alistair kills a good chunk of them off with his lunar magic.
'Throughout most of his life, by not teaching him his magic, I had cut off Reynold from the cathartic and freeing beauty of Lunvin's ire. I think part of it was my devotion to the placidity of Peterism in my younger years- obsessed with peace, despite going to war- my explanation was that you couldn't have one without the other. A creature of ferocity attempting to live a life of peacefulness... Lunar energy carries the rage of Goddess and Earth alike, from the cries of the planet to those of Lunvin's dearest children, the wolves. There is nothing more empowering than rage, providing you know how to use it. Without it, you cannot protect yourself or your loved ones. A life without a little rage is a willing blindness to evil, and what good is that when evil turns up on your doorstep?'
Reynold and the pack of wolves he leads in wolf form arrive just in time, and he gets rid of the rest of them, covering them up with snow, presumably so his daughter doesn't see the bodies. Alistair urges Róisín to reach out to her father in his wolf form, and the two share a hug...as close as you can get to hugging a werewolf.
He tells his son that he wants to show him the Bloodmoon memorial. He tells Reynold he may have to break the peace to protect it in the long term. Oskar tells him when he gets back to Henford that his illness has come back, and he's more than disheartened. He tells Oskar that only he can make the decision for what he does next, which upsets him a bit. He explains what happened in Luvnik, and Oskar tells him he'll have to try hard to protect her if they went as far as Lunvik.
Oskar revisits the Bloodmoon with Alistair when he is doing everything he wants to do before he eventually becomes too ill to. Alistair is embarassed to have flirted with a woman who turned out to actually be his former boss, which leaves Oskar in fits of laughter. He comes up with many plans for when Oskar is better, seemingly in denial. Oskar tells him 'don't praise the day before the evening', not to get ahead of himself and take things as they come.
Alistair is out during the witch hunt. Oskar orders him, like old times, to go and protect the monastery. Alistair says he'll find Oskar once he's done but Oskar urges him not to. He says it's either this or he worries his family by being unwell for a long period of time. Oskar says if he makes it, they'll go to the inn together, and Alistair wishes him well before going to protect his children. He arrives in wolf form, to find his son unconscious in the snow.
When Alistair learns of Oskar's death, he carves his name into the Bloodmoon memorial.

Violeta Vasile Nicolae

' What use is a mother's rage, when she has no son left to protect? No, I must save my anger for when it is truly needed. It's been so many years- I cannot let it rule my life anymore.'
Age at start of Act 3: 258 | Age at end of Act 4: 264
Chronogical age: 48

A talented artist, a killer of witchfinders, and mother of the late Oskar Nivelheim, Violeta is not to be trifled with. She feels nothing in the way of empathy, and nothing much else either. Despite it, in Act 3 and 4, she's tried to be more caring to people, including Clementia and Eli.

Violeta is completely heartbroken when she sees that Oskar is starting to turn human again. She's known him for so long and she's the only person he truly cares about. She theorises right away that either the Strongs have something to do with it, or Samuel Annorin, who'd have the alchemical knowledge to pull it off. She tells Oskar she can't turn him back. It'd be too much of a shock to the system and probably kill it outright. She promises herself she'll kill Samuel Annorin if he's responsible.
When Oskar starts going to see Owen Annorin, Violeta turns up at the mansion demanding to know all he's doing. He of course refuses - patient confidentiality. She physically threatens him, strangling him. He tells her either she can kill him and have zero chance of saving him, or she can let him live and have a fleeting chance. She demands then to know where Samuel is, and he instead He tells her everyone wants Samuel dead, and that if she wants to kill him, she needs to wait until his confidence has returned to him.
When Oskar hangs out with everyone he loves to make sure he's done it before he falls too ill to, he tells Violeta that she will need to try and heal from his eventual death. Violeta paints some portraits of him. Violeta refers to the concept of dor from Act Two again, and also that home is moreso in people than places in her eyes. She promises Oskar in the note she leaves in his diary that she'll deal with Samuel Annorin and won't be able to heal until she does.
On the night of the witch-hunts, Violeta is out turning the hunters into the hunted and getting a meal out of it as usual. On her way to the woods near the river, knowing witchfinders will congregate there looking for witches. However, she finds tons of them dead in the snow...and her own son lying against a rock, dying. They both thank each other, and Oskar pulls down his collar asking him to drink what's left of his blood. If she kills him, it's out of mercy, otherwise it's the witchfinders and Volpe who won. Violeta mercy-kills her own son, and heads straight for the Annorin mansion to exact her revenge.
Owen said to wait until Samuel's confidence had returned to him, and Violeta couldn't have timed it better. She's surprised by Owen's ferocity towards his own father, but wonders if he's planned this out, leaving Samuel Annorin locked out of the mansion knowing Violeta would be lurking. Violeta strikes fear into Samuel's heart, grabbing him and taunting him before killing him off-screen.
Violeta leaves Oskar's body on her bed so he's 'comfortable', and narrates about him and how her turning him was the first time she'd felt emotions in a long time, comparing it to how a mother would feel upon her baby's birth. When Eli visits her looking for his father, and she explains everything, she tries to comfort him as best as she's able.
Violeta informs Reynold of Oskar's death, to arrange an eventual funeral. Violeta says it would be good to see if Áine and Róisín would attend, but Reynold tells her he doesn't know where they are. Violeta also explains her almost killing Áine when she was pregnant to protect Oskar, and she says she's changed. Under the monastery roof, he's got little choice but to forgive her, but he has his reasons as to why he does. She offers to go to Glimmerbrook to look for them. She needs to tell Oskar's granddaughter that he kept his promise to her.
When she gets there, Tsuna thinks she's a demon and tries to chase her off until Áine tells her she isn't. Áine and Róisín are devastated by the news, and Violeta tries to comfort her by telling her he kept his promise. Áine promises to leave their history behind them from now on, and she shakes Violeta's hand.
At Owen's wedding, Violeta tries to be positive for Reynold and tell him that things will get better, eventually, as they did for her. She's trying to be more caring towards people despite her lack of empathy.
During Oskar's funeral chapter, Violeta narrates that she once thought nobody could ever understand what she would go through if she lost Oskar, but now in Henford she realises that everyone's grief for him is just as strong as hers- they all loved him as much as she did.
She and Dinah become closer to one another, and she also starts using Dinah's services, finding that maybe she prefers the roleplay of predator/prey to murdering people sometimes...She feels she ought to try and settle down, especially now that she has a willing 'donor' in the form of Dinah - but her desire for vengeance against the witchfinders is still underlying.
Eli tells Violeta that he overheard the name of Oskar's killer in the inn from witchfinders. Eli knows this man well- Daniel's father. Violeta breaks in to attack him, but decides to let him talk. After the discussion outlined in Gideon's recap takes place, Violeta realises he is telling the truth, and thanks him for not killing her son even endangering himself by defying Volpe. She even goes as far as to give him an (awkward) hug!
When out hunting, she saves Róisín from a witchfinder when she runs away from home to see her father. Violeta takes her to Reynold's place. However, Violeta says she'll tell Áine where she is if she's not back in good time.

Reynold Morgan

'The Watcher wouldn't want me to give up on the living- and neither would Lunvin. I've lost Lunvin's favour as it is. I can't wallow in too much self-pity. I have to keep going, for everyone's sake.'
Age at start of Act 3: 30 | Age at end of Act 4:36

The former abbot of the Peteran monastery, brother of current abbess Clementia Morgan, and proud member of the Lunvinchenaîne. He's generally a kind and compassionate man, except for on full moon days, when it's best not to interact with him. As if he didn't already have enough problems struggling with his identity, this only gets worse for him in Act Four. In Act Three, a surprise reappearance from someone he thought long gone changes everything.

After scrying upon moonlit water (known as Lunvinue, 'moon sight') Reynold feels a sensation of death, anger. and vengeance. He can't make much sense of it, but looks away from the water unable to stand the horrible thoughts.
Reynold stays at the monastery for a few weeks for an event of mourning, where people come in to light candles for the dead. It is followed by a celebration of life, with joy and feasting.
Áine wants another baby with Reynold, fearing they'll lose Róisín. Reynold says that they won't have time for another baby, especially if they have to leave again, and she should have faith in their ability to raise their daughter.
Kat visits him to mourn Henry, who either committed suicide or was killed by Samuel Annorin for trying to get out of the deal he made with him (she believes the latter). Reynold tells her about his premonition and she brings up a strange divination card reading- the moon, the sun, and the sword. She describes the moon as a representation of something hidden from sight most of the time.
He's then visited by Oskar, who lights many candles for his fallen friends during the Bloodmoon and for the innocents he killed when he lost control of his bloodlust. He mentions that his humanity is coming back to him, and Reynold tells him to embrace what he missed from human life. He asks about his father, who Reynold doesn't believe is around anymore.
A vague scene shows Reynold in werewolf form, fighting a darker-furred werewolf with deeper blue eyes. His next visitor in the monastery? None other than his father, who lights a candle for his mother- what a way to find out that your mother is definitely dead... Reynold calls him out for his poor parenting and also tries to be the mediator between Clem and Alistair. Reynold needs him, for his daughter's sake, so he can teach her what Alistair didn't teach him.
Alistair, Róisín and Reynold go to Lunvik to learn more about their heritage. Reynold ends up helping out a wolf pack when he finds the lead female trapped in a bear trap and saves her. He leads them in a deer hunt in werewolf form, heading back to Alistair's old home just in time to dispatch of some witchfinders. Róisín meets the wolf pack, and sees Reynold in wolf form, and is delighted.
Reynold is summoned to the Jacoban cathedral by Shepherd Juniper, and the two have quite a heated discussion. She accuses him of witchcraft, and says she won't be as lenient as Julian was. He stands up for both Julian and Clem, accusing Juniper of trying to get Clem killed because of her concerns about Clem and witchcraft. To prove his innocence, Reynold must prove he isn't a werewolf by going to the cathedral upon the next full moon- which, of course, he doesn't do.
On the night of the witch-hunts, a somewhat lenient witchfinder approaches the monastery. Reynold goes out to protect the people inside. He asks the witchfinder if he can pray first, and she agrees- only he instead uses lunar magic to cast a massive shield around the monastery, powerful enough to disintegrate every witchfinder that goes towards it. He suffers a bad case of overcharge before passing out.
He has a 'dream' of Lunvin, flanked by her four white wolves, saying he was lost between veils, and that it wasn't his time yet. He thinks Lunvin 'saved him'.
Upon waking up, Clem, Alistair, Elias and Julian are beside him. They thank him for saving them, and he then admits to them that he's a mooncaster - a werewolf. Elias is annoyed to know his magic killed the witchfinders, but Reynold said it was either that or they died. He promised to protect everyone no matter what upon his ordination.
Elias comes back to apologise to Reynold - only it's full moon night, and Reynold retaliates with ferocity, much to Elias's annoyance. He oddly sees the ghost of the old monastery mouser, Whisper, who he cuddles into, oddly 'feeling' the ghost. He remembers what 'Lunvin' said about being 'lost between veils' and wonders if this is why he can see the ghost. After a visit to Owen Annorin concludes his physical symptoms are likely a cause of overcharge, a trip to Kat Anansi reveals that she believes he is 'cursed'. He goes outside to try his magic, and feels nothing. He feels no connection to magic and wonders what he did to upset Lunvin.
Before Owen's wedding, Reynold sits with him to reflect as per Peteran tradition. He mentions that Samuel is dead, and says to Reynold they have a lot in common and tells him to think positive. That sounded rich coming from the only person in Henford bar Volpe who's benefitted from everything that happened that night.
Reynold and Owen meet at a coffeehouse, and Owen notes how unwell he looks. His curse has gotten worse and he spends a lot of his time asleep, lost in the 'dreams' with the ghosts. He says about how tempted he is to just give in to them, which worries Owen a huge deal. He tries to ignore the ghosts' voices.
Some time on, Reynold's problems get so bad he ends up taking a break as abbot, leaving Susana and Elias in charge. His daughter needs her father back, and he wants to get back at Juniper, which ultimately he doesn't end up doing. He sees the ghosts clearly during a sermon on the day this happens. He has a 'dream' of Áine, who tells him he doesn't need to hurt anymore and suggests he goes with the ghosts. He says he can't, the living need him, and Róisín needs him. 'Áine' gets annoyed with him, and he walks away from her.
Róisín runs away from home to go and find her father to tell him that Áine has learned a spell to help him. She finds him in a state- shouting at the ghosts to stop hassling him. Desperate at this point both for a chance to be free of the ghosts and to see Áine, Reynold convinces Alistair to let him go. When he gets there, he's terrified to see Tsuna's true form, but the two's talk makes him feel somewhat better that at least someone knows how he feels. She explains the concept of mono no aware, saying the nature of all that's temporary is sad yet beautiful, and permanence is stale.
He eventually ends up in a stranger pocket of the world of the dead, where 'Lunvin' is revealed to be a night-wraith in disguise. The ghosts he saw and who called to him all died like he almost did, and the night-wraiths have been in his state for countless years. They wanted to help him and comfort him in his eventual death, upset that he tried to come back to life when they tried to help him (and because they didn't have the opportunity, they saw it as ungrateful.) It took the form of his partner and his goddess to comfort him, and the white void lined with some rocks and flowers was them trying to recreate the living world best as they could for him. The night-wraith shows its true, terrifying form as Reynold starts to turn into one.
When the real Áine enters his odd pocket dimension, he believes her to be a night-wraith in disguise and keeps telling her to just let him die until he pulls the night-wraith curse out of him physically. She catches him as the realm begins to fall apart, and kisses him upon him waking up.
Áine and Reynold sit by the waterfall. Reynold makes an apology prayer to Lunvin as the moon rises, and his reconnection to magic is apparent in his glowing eyes. In his outlook, he's regained Lunvin's favour. He says he could move to Glimmerbrook. He gets overpowered by rediscovering his strong emotions in the moonlight and tries to fight back tears.
Reynold returns to the monastery some time later- he's back to his usual self and looks a lot healthier. He says to Clem that he knew she might want to be in charge of the monastery, so he'll ordain her as his successor, and has an emotional farewell hug with the other Peterans, though he says he'll visit.

Róisín Sídha

'You asked me to promise you that I would be brave. Promise me that you will be brave too, okay?'
Age at start of Act 3: 8 | Age at end of Act 4: 14

Áine and Reynold's daughter, and a mooncaster - the youngest of all that is likely left of them. We've mostly seen her in her childhood, and she's both curious and anxious of the world she's growing up in.

Róisín wants to see her father as the werewolf, and wonders why she hasn't yet. She feels terribly for taking out the full moon on her mother. She still hasn't seen her mother in her wolf form, either. She doesn't understand why people are being killed for their magic when magic can do amazing things, and prays to the Watcher for the wellness and safety of her family and the people of Henford.
Oskar visits, and she's upset that he's human again because he won't be around forever. He tells her that he's still pretty young, not much older than her father. She later tells Eli of her worries about her family and the world around her, and she asks if he worries- he says he does. After dropping her off at the Peteran celebration of life to see her father, Eli takes her out on a horse ride with Griselda to cheer her up.
Róisín goes to Lunvik with Alistair and Reynold. She's not too interested in Alistair and considers Oskar her real grandfather at first. She tells Alistair he should have been nicer to her father. Alistair and Reynold both protect her when the witchfinders attack and she's amazed to finally see a werewolf, and she's excited to become one. She thinks Lunvin's lore is more interesting than the Watcher.
Áine teaches her some basics on magic and she forms a ball of magic in her hands. She goes into her mother's room to check on her because she was crying.
When Róisín finds out that Oskar is dying, she bursts into tears and runs upstairs, and Oskar comforts her. In a letter she writes that she didn't realise adults got upset as much as they do and feels bad for him. She says, if he wants her to promise to be brave, he must promise her that he'll be brave too. She writes a thank-you letter to Owen Annorin for what he did for Oskar, and what he does for Henford in general, drawing a gryphon for him.
Áine and Róisín are forced to flee Henford because of the witch-hunt. When Áine almost argues with Iris upon being let into the camp, Róisín proves she has magic too. She comes to enjoy camp life, and enjoys that the women who live there are so open about their magic, but she does miss her family dearly.
Violeta visits to tell them of Oskar's death, and of course Róisín is deeply upset. Violeta does her best to comfort her, and Róisín tries to comfort Violeta in return.
Later on, Róisín runs off to Henford since she misses her father and wants to bring him back to Glimmerbrook so he can be healed. She only just escapes being killed by a witchfinder, who gave her fair chase due to her being a child- Violeta got rid of him and took her safely back to her old home. After some convincing to Alistair, Reynold comes back to Glimmerbrook. After he's cured, Róisín gives him an enormous hug and is glad to have her father back.

Julian Jourdain

'I've strayed too far from Yacothian Jacobism. All I cared about was shaming people for their wrongdoings, collecting their money, and being wrapped up in blaming all Henford's issues on witches. I should have done no such thing.'
Age at start of Act 3: 72 | Age at time of death: 78

The former Eye of Jacob at the cathedral, holding the position for over fifty years. After he realised his errors and strived to rectify them, those who didn't like his change of heart noticed, and changed the rest of his life forever. He is very close to the former High Shepherdess, Clementia.

the High Priest's son, Edmund Thorne, and also the Great Convincer, Juniper, have a meeting with Julian and Clementia about the drop in church revenue and the increase in witches and decrease in witchfinders. Julian says he was wrong for all he did before. Juniper tells them they've allied with Lord Volpe. When Julian says he'll do nothing to rectify it, the both are stripped of their titles. Julian goes to live with Clem, since he has no home now.
He tells Reynold at the Peteran celebration of life about him losing his position. He and Clem do what they can to get rid of witchfinders. He says he's almost eighty and doesn't fear death, and any witchfinder who's brave enough to come for a man with over forty years'-worth of sword experience is welcome to try.
Julian tells Clem to give Alistair a chance in being a good grandfather to her niece, even if she doesn't want to forgive him. He reminisces about his daughter, and how Reynold's revelation of his magic made him realise that, had Blanche lived, she could have been accused of witchcraft. He also tells Clem that they don't need the cathedral to be whole; they're their own people.
Juniper sees Julian outside the inn, and tells him that he was getting old and leadership needed a change. Julian's more angry that she got Clementia kicked out and that she sent witchfinders after her. She asks where his Champs les Sims sense of protest is and he says he's too old to care and that she'll be her own undoing.
Julian tries to warn Reynold about the fact Juniper thinks he may be a werewolf. Before he can say anything, Reynold reacts with anger that Clem told him. She didn't tell him- Julian knew ever since the day he showed his magic. The Lunvinchenaîné's language is based on the Champs le Sims language, and so he knew about them. Reynold tells him the truth about him and Clem's history, and Julian isn't happy about what he did. Reynold forgave him for his past wrongdoings, so Julian does the same, since 'the werewolf' defended Clem from the witchfinders.
Julian offers to help during the witch-hunts, but Reynold won't let him. He tries to defend him to Elias when Reynold wakes and reveals his true self to everyone in the room, but he's told to shut up because he's (formerly) Jacoban.
Julian is eventually on his deathbed from his old age, and he mentions that he has his regrets about what he's done in his life. He tells Clem to focus on herself and let Juniper's own hubris be her undoing. When he dies, Juniper won't allow a Jacoban funeral, so he has a Peteran one with Clem and the regulars. Clem says about how he feared a vengeful Watcher, now to be one with a kind and caring Watcher. Julian will always have his eye on her.

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