The receiving room's late-night festivities take a deadly turn when sharp-eyed heroes spot assassins lurking in the shadows of the party. Moving quietly, Faust begin marking targets and methodically taking them out. The silent cleanup collapses into total bedlam when the real Franklin struggles to surface while his inner possessor lashes out in a desperate bid for control—inciting a rampant, screaming panic throughout the main Ballroom.

Amidst the fleeing crowd, the violence spills into the castle’s secluded side rooms. Faust secretly designates a cluster of assassins for execution, while Ord unleashes a devastating, room-clearing fireball into another group. Taking advantage of the flaming distraction, Ezra leaps into the fray, using his claws to brutally tear apart those left scorched by the blast.

The battle continues next time!

Following the fierce reality-shattering revelations from their meditative trip to peninsula of Trời from the gods, the crew of Adüné finally pause to catch their breath. The lingering hum of the vibrating tree still echoes through the deck, leaving the party exhausted and in desperate need of a moment to regroup before facing what comes next.

Seeking a brief reprieve, the group disembarks onto the high-altitude docking gantry and heads toward a small tavern of The Celestial Brew for a much-needed drink. Over floating ales and high-altitude brews, they unwind and toast to their survival. However, the rest is short-lived as business calls. Settling in for the night, the crew hands over the ship to the hyper-efficient gnomes of the Star Talker Federation Union.

With Adüné docked at the golden gantry, the gnomes get to work bestowing her long-awaited 2nd Upgrade as their promised reward. As mechanical gears turn and Aetheric modifications are installed onto her living hull, the gnomes fine-tune her systems and prepare the sentient ship for the ultimate leap: outerspace flight into the cosmos of the Infite Sea beyond Tareth.

With the ink dry and the vows exchanged, the ceremony transitions behind the scenes. As plush carpets and privacy panels are drawn to shroud the altar, the mysterious and intimate "Finishing CereMOANy" takes place with the necessary witnesses present. Emerging from behind the panels to a transformed atmosphere, the couple is officially proclaimed Emperor and Empress of their great nations by the officiant—ushering in a new, unified era for the Hegemony and Byzantium alike.