History Recap / LuzClawthorneTwoWorldsOneFamilyChapter22

** Yuki, Ukla's friend and a bard, was attacked by Emily when they tried to locate an ancient treasure called the Sword of Adam. Whatever spell Emily used on Yuki affected her badly and led to her being transfered: on Boscha's first day, Ukla had challenged Emily to a witch's duel to get answers and lost, hence her injured state.

** Craig is using the war to impress the Tarot Guild, a criminal syndicate that existed before Belos' reign and was all but destroyed when he took over.

* MythologyGag: King wears purple overalls that Luz wore as a kid, the same overalls she's seen wearing in a photo as a child in "Yesterday's Lie".

As Luz shows Camila what she's fighting for in the war, St. Epiderm gets some visitors while Boscha attempts to do the right thing.

* IHaveNoSon: Nicole loudly makes a scene at Boscha's birthday party, rejecting Boris' present that Delara bring and saying Boris is not part of her family anymore.

** Beck is revealed to be a transgender woman, having been a boy in her youth. She's a teacher at St. Epiderm.

** Donna, Amber and Derwin were orphans who lived at an orphanage run by Scooter Crane that forced the kids to learn Bard magic. Donna met Nina there when she was 8 when Nina ran away from home.

* BrutalHonesty

* CrushBlush: Amelia has one when she admits to Willow that she wants to date Gus.

* SadisticChoice

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: When Boscha asks Stella why she's always around Emily, Stella says it's for Emily's sake. When Boscha questions ''her'' sake, Stella doesn't answer and becomes conflicted.

* MultiPartChapter: This is the final part of the three-part "Prelude to War" arc.

* AbilityMixing: According to Amity, Puffer and Lambi decided to use their abomination magic in unison with their current magic; Prof. Snope suggests Lambi use the goo to make casts with her healing magic and Puffer, after seeing a magazine on human auto parts and military artillery, opts to make tanks out of sludge and stone.
* ArmorPiercingQuestion

* BrickJoke: In the last chapter, Weevil says Nicole would be a better choice for a coven head than Alador and Calypso. Here, she says she deserves it, but knows she'd [[{{Irony}} have to get Weevil fired from the position]].

* ContinuityNod: Luz has ''not'' forgotten about the Trauma Train.

** Yuki, Ukla's friend and a bard, was attacked by Emily when they tried to locate an ancient treasure called the Sword of Adam. Whatever spell Emily used on Yuki affected her badly and led to her being treasured: on Boscha's first day, Ukla had challenged Emily to a witch's duel to get answers and lost, hence her injured state.

* ShoutOut:
** Mai is further compared to [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Tails]], spinning her six tails like helicopter blades to achieve flight and carry someone with her.
** The notes Luz plays on her lute is the start of Music/LinkinPark's "In The End", as she's been listening to their music to help practice channeling her magic.

* MetaphoricallyTrue: To keep Emily from maiming her, Boscha tells Emily that she can't take on Luz in her cambion state since she herself nearly got killed when she fought Luz in the semester exams. Emily accepts this but doesn't let Boscha completely off the hook as we learn later on.

** The Boss took in Emily after she was abandoned and pays for the apartment she and Stella live in. Craig was also the one who told Lilith about her the previous year.

* TheUnReveal: The aftermath of Nicole's transformation, the plan for making sure Boscha's parents don't realize she's gone, and how Sir William even came into contact with Darius.

* DreamingOfThingsToCome: Delara dreams about the winged creature laying waste to the Boiling Isles. She didn't believe it was just a bad dream.

** Emily and Stella have the gall to mock Gus for being an illusionist who they don't take seriously, and it turns out they're some of the few people who know Glandus has an illusion track and plan to use Hexside's ignorance in that fact to their advantage.

* LikeParentLikeChild: Seeing Luz passionately speak about protecting her friends, her classmates and her school causes Camila to see the same look of determination in her eyes that her father always sported.

* ShoutOut: The notes Luz plays on her lute is the start of Music/LinkinPark's "In The End", as she's been listening to their music to help practice channeling her magic.

* CrossingTheBurntBridge: In a session with Ms. Traveler, Amity says she's not sure if she'll be able to forgive Boscha for her stunt against her and Luz, but is glad they at least cleared the air on how their "friendship" was in the past.

* DealWithTheDevil: Nicole makes one with the Baron.

** Craig is using the war to impress the Tarot Guild, a criminal syndicate that existed from before Belos' reign and was all but destroyed when he took over.

* DistantPrologue

* HateSink: Felicity sinks lower as she refuses to let Felicia ditch the war for the sake of getting footage of the battles, not even caring which school wins. And per Nicole's orders, she has Felicia plant a bug in Ms. Traveler's office to get evidence on her.

** Emily and Stella have the gall to mock Gus for being an illusionist and it turns out they're some of the few people who know Glandus has an illusion track and plan to use Hexside's ignorance in that fact to their advantage.

* PetTheDog: For all the hard work Luz has been putting in getting ready for the war, Eda lets her talk to Amity by crow phone for 15 minutes.

** Emily and Nina have the gall to mock Gus for being an illusionist and it turns out they're some of the few people who know Glandus has an illusion track and plan to use Hexside's ignorance in that fact to their advantage.

* DirtyCoward

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Amity classifies the Coachman as a standard "[[MonsterOfTheWeek bad guy of the week]]".

* TemptingFate

* WhamEpisode: Camila visits Hexside for the first time, the Boss is revealed to have taken in Emily after she was abandoned and Glandus is working with an organization called the Tarot Guild, Kadabe and the Top Juniors warn Headmistress Midday not to let her school help Hexside in the war, Skara decides to take Willow out for their first date as Amelia decides to ask Gus out, Terra begins brainwashing Alador and Calypso, Boscha's caught helping Boils and locked in Glandus' detention dungeon, the top healer replacing Bangles is revealed to be a cow demon named Asi, Ms. Torigore's son, Horace joins Glandus for the sake of finishing off Luz, the Baron tricks Nicole into making a deal with him, the Pied Piper has returned to the Boiling Isles, and Sir William's spirit is trying to help Darius escape the entity that killed Delara (who had visions of the winged creatures) with the Red Death.

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Most of the students in Hexside don't know about their hidden illusion track.

* {{Hypocrite}}: Craig attempts to lecture Emily for giving into her revenge only for her to remind him he's still trying to get even with Lilith for firing him.

* AMinorKidroduction

* NamedByTheAdaptation: Viney's cousin who attends St. Epiderm is named Tina.

* TragicKeepsake: Turns out Eda kept Angel's leather jacket after all these years. Near the end of the chapter, she hands it down to Luz.

* WhamEpisode: Camila visits Hexside for the first time, the Boss is revealed to have taken in Emily after she was abandoned and Glandus is working with an organization called the Tarot Guild, Kadabe and the Top Juniors warn Headmistress Midday not to let her school help Hexside in the war, Skara decides to take Willow out for their first date as Amelia decides to ask Gus out, Terra begins brainwashing Alador and Calypso, Boscha's caught helping Boils and locked in Glandus' detention dungeon, the top healer replacing Bangles is revealed to be a cow demon named Asi, Ms. Torigore's son, Horace joins Glandus for the sake of finishing off Luz, the Baron tricks Nicole into making a deal with him, and Sir William's spirit is trying to help Darius escape the entity that killed Delara (who had visions of the winged creatures) with the Red Death.

** Craig took in Emily after she was abandoned and pays for the apartment she and Stella live in. He was also the one who told Lilith about her the previous year.

** Oberon sent Meteora to the Demon Realm to kill Luz and Amity during the school war while also preventing anyone from the Order from interferring.
** Anthena knows Boscha's been hiding Tom in their attic.

** Beck is revealed to be a transgender woman, having been a boy in her youth. She's a teacher at St. Epiderm

* VillainousFriendship: nicole and Felicity have one, as the former asked the latter to help her expose Ms. Traveler.
* WhamEpisode: Camila visits Hexside for the first time, Craig is revealed to be Emily's guardian and working with an organization called the Tarot Guild, Kadabe and the Top Juniors warn Headmistress Midday not to let her school help Hexside in the war, Skara decides to take Willow out for their first date as Amelia decides to ask Gus out, Terra begins brainwashing Alador and Calypso, Boscha's caught helping Boils and locked in Glandus' detention dungeon, the top healer replacing Bangles is revealed to be a cow demon named Asi, Ms. Torigore's son, Horace joins Glandus for the sake of finishing off Luz, the Baron tricks Nicole into making a deal with him, and Sir William's spirit is trying to help Darius escape the entity that killed Delara (who had visions of the winged creatures) with the Red Death.

* DealWithTheDevil

* OnceMoreWithClarity: Emily's meetin Lilith and turning down her mentorship is shown.

** Donna, Amber and Derwin were orphans who lived at an orpanage run by Scooter Crane that forced the kids to learn Bard magic. Donna met Nina there when she was 8 when Nina ran away from home.

** Glandus actually does have an illusion track; most of the students even know about it and it's their secret weapon for the war.

* IfOnlyYouKnew: When asked about his dad's "assignment", Gus admits he believes Perry's he's on a top super-secret mission to bust the biggest story in the Isles,

* WhamEpisode: Camila visits Hexside for the first time, Craig is revealed to be Emily's guardian and working with an organization called the Tarot Guild, Kadabe and the Top Juniors warn Headmistress Midday not to help Hexside in the war, Skara decides to take Willow out for their first date as Amelia decides to ask Gus out, Terra begins brainwashing Alador and Calypso, and Sir William's spirit is trying to help Darius escape the entity that killed Delara (who had visions of the winged creatures) with the Red Death.

As Luz shows Camila what she's fighting for in the war. St. Epiderm gets some visitors while Boscha attempts to do the right thing.

* OnceMoreWithClarity: Emily turning down Lilith's mentoring is shown.

** The actual spirit of Sir William is guiding Darius between life and, as he tried to help save him from a creature but fears he attracted it to them.