The doctors go searching for answers in another timeline, where the Canopic angels are razing the world clean with divine flame. Rev. McDaniels gets a direct line to the pope, Dr Silvery gives a practical lesson on using stopwatches to navigate the multiverse, and Dr von Schattensprecht sews a zipper into someone's arm.

CW / graphic medical depictions

The doctors show off their hospital wards before being assigned their new patients. Dr Silvery and Rev. McDaniels analyse a patient’s skin condition using a machine filled with rats, while Dr von Schattensprecht meets with a nun who survived a leap onto a hand grenade. Bloodclotte is available at https://duffhounds.itch.io/bloodclotte

Our delvers enact their murderous plan. Hyponikon and Light attempt to befriend the insulidian landshark, but the plan backfires and it falls to Muz'zel and their Gryndel Club connections to save them all from catastrophe.

Our Delvers prepare for their unfortunate Landshark hunting accident. Muz'zel gets a complimentary orb consult from a Haven witch, and Light awakens from his prophetic moon hallucination, committing himself fully to Hyponikon's murderous goals. Together with Jagged, they track their enigmatic quarry through the fungus-laden tangle of Briar.

Our Delvers wait in Hallow for their Aelfir mark to return. A Hallow witch puts Moon into a dreamstate where he experiences angelic visions, Muzz'el confronts another one of their children stranded in the Heart, and Clawd conspires with Hyponikon to wipe his father's memories.

The Gryndel door opens, and Jagged, the sky-whaling tycoon, encounters Light and Hyponikon outside the haven of Hallow. The Tycoon offers the elves an opportunity to hunt the Bassidian Land-shark (a misnomer as it's actually a mushroom). Meanwhile, Muz'zel and Clawde are trapped in the Briar. After dialling 1 for assistance they make their way through bloodbeast infested rainforest to the Gryndel Club where they sheepishly apply for membership...