Lord of Mysteries – Season 1 Episode 2 Recap & Review

The Review Geek

29-06-2025

Beyonder
Episode 2 of Lord of Mysteries starts with Klein offered the chance to become a Beyonder and join this group. As night turns to day, Zhou mulls over his opportunity. If he wants to take this up, he's told to visit the Wright at Hound Pub.
Klein realizes could be the best way to learn about the mysticism but simultaneously, it could also see him outed as a transmigrator too. It's a risky play but Klein heads to the pub. He gives Dunn's name to the barman, who leads him to a secret elevator heading to Blackthorn Security (an alias for the Nighthawks).
All the Nighthawks are here, including Rozanne Adelaide, a clerk, who shows him around. We've already met Leonard and Dunn of course, but we're also introduced to Royale Reideen too and Frye, a scientist and a corpse collector.
Kenley is one of the newcomers, a nervous quiet guy who has only been here for around 6 months or so, and there's also Old Neil, an alchemist, who we'll be learning more about this episode!
With introductions out the way, Klein is brought to Dunn, where he signs and decides to be part of their group. Dunn then explains that they're a group responsible for tackling supernatural incidents, under the guidance of the Church of the Evernight Goddess.
Being part of this group also means they can take potions to become Beyonders. There's always a risk of losing control though and Dunn shows an adjacent room full of candles honouring the dead. There are numerous gravestones here, which serve as a sobering warning over how badly this can go wrong. The Potions can make some people mad so Klein needs to be careful.
The Evernight Goddess church offers Sequence Nine potions (like the ones we heard from 'The Hanged Man' in episode 1) which grant access to four separate Pathways. Klein needs to make his choice soon but is offered to go and see Old Neil in the alchemy room first.
Old Neil is intrigued by Klein's abilities in Feysac and Hermes language, and he's shown a book by Emperor Roselle for his troubles. Interestingly, these transcripts, complete with red circles around certain characters, shows off that it's written in simplified Chinese.
Through this, and the visions that follow, Klein settles on the Seer powers, realizing he needs to internalize the potion in order for it to work effectively. With the potion made, Klein is encouraged not to hesitate and embrace this newfound gift. At first, Klein struggles to control the awesome power of it all, encouraged to stay focused and create an imaginary object that doesn't exist in this world.
Klein settles on a number of different items from Earth, and it works to calm him and eventually control this power.
With his abilities awakened, Klein senses a strange ethereal space veiled over reality. This is Spirit Vision, and it allows Klein to read different auras. Within this, he can use different powers but he needs to be careful not to overuse his gift, otherwise it could cause problems.
Before becoming an official Beyonder though, Klein is relegated to clerk work for the time being. After buying a cane, he's tasked with hanging around Welch's house and trying to locate the missing notebook. However, Kleinhas other plans.
While prowling the streets, Leonard tasks our protagonist with a proper mission as Seer. They need to locate a missing boy called Elliot and using a power called the Dowsing Rod (which we heard about from Old Neil) he finds out Elliot's whereabouts.
The kid is located inside a mansion on Foreston Street, held captive by two men. Leonard makes short work of them, showing off his Beyonder powers, until something far more sinister arrives. The two men combine to create a monstrous creature with sharp teeth. It charges at them but this mutant is no match for Leonard's Midnight Poet ability, which puts it to sleep.
Klein realizes that this mansion is not new and could well be key to unlocking some of his memories that have been locked away. Zhou realizes that Klein has been here before and he intends to find out how and when. More importantly though, thus house could also hold a clue to the notebook's whereabouts.
The Episode Review
The second episode is much better paced compared to the first and you can see Lord of Mysteries is starting to slip into a consistent groove. Zhou now has his abilities as a Seer and we see this in action too during the latter parts of this episode when he teams up with Leonard.
There's ripples of comradery here between these two, but it remains to be seen whether this guy can be trusted or not. Klein is clearly hiding some dark secrets within the recesses of his memory and you can already tell that the amnesiac storyline is going to be played out over the course of this season.
As someone unfamiliar with the source material, the general worldbuilding is fascinating while the animation is great too. The aesthetic in general is well executed and the plot is interesting enough to stick with to find out what happens next.
Whether Lord of Mysteries can slip into a more consistent groove and bring a lot of people onboard for this one though remains to be seen.
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