Arriving on Avalon, the isle of death, the Illuminati are informed that funeral services for Thor are about to begin. Puck shows them where the warrior’s weapon lay on the beaches and guarded by the fey.

Attending the banquet in the fallen hero’s honor, the group is reunited with a few familiar faces: Tick-tock met Odin once more while the Aurelius met Oafeon once more. William Benson met Thor’s ex-wife, Sif, who claimed to have divorced him centuries ago- wedding a mortal man soon after. Noticing the physical similarities between Sif and Atlanta, the archeologist couldn’t help but wonder if his newest teammate truly was a Neo-Sapien, or if her powers had a difference source…

Such thoughts left William the more he drank and Chris used her abilities to present herself to him as Sif. In a drunken haze the two left the celebration of Thor’s life for a night of passion beneath Auberon’s roof. Deimos found himself spending the night in conversation with Gamayun.

Rumble, meanwhile, met Sojobo, the tengu king who introduced himself as a friend of her father’s. He told her stories of her father’s adventures and warned her that Abaddon had unleashed the Nine upon Doctor White’s trail.

Ultimately, the festivities died down and night turned to morning. Upon their awakening, Auberon summoned them to the hall once more, telling them all of the threat Abaddon’s son Apocatastasis posed. Further, he told them of the Anathema Ring- the only item capable of shielding one from Apocatastasis’ powers. The ring was an item passed from Aurelius to Aurelius and would be in the hands of Doctor White. In an effort to find the Aurelius before Abaddon did- Auberon declared the Wild Hunt and sent Wild Eadric, Odin, Hermes, Sojobo, Sif and the Illuminati to storm the city of Shambhala.