Hieronymous's desperate bid for immortality through the Mandragora Cult's death masque ritual, culminating in his final sacrifice
Hieronymous's desperate bid for immortality through the Mandragora Cult's death masque ritual, culminating in his final sacrifice
Events in This Arc
In a public spectacle of terror, Hieronymous executes Federico by immolating him as a warning to the Brethren, demonstrating Mandragora’s destructive ascendancy. Standing amid the ashes of his victim, he …
The Doctor, still in the guise of a Brother, steps away from the slaughter at the temple’s heart as Hieronymous summons the cult to bind themselves to Mandragora’s creeping dominion. …
Hieronymous seizes the Brethren’s violent escalation as an opportunity to turn defense into offense. He halts the slaughter in the throne room and commands his followers to drag Sarah and …