the next year in 1934 at alcatraz island, ladd russo befriends firo, who was framed by fellow immortal victor talbot for the mist wall public bombing and isaac, who was finally caught for his thefts, leaving miria morose from his arrest. all three men meet huey laforet in separate occasions, who was charged with treason and conspiracy years ago with affiliation to the lemures among other terrorist acts. meanwhile, christopher shouldered, huey's homunculus, and graham specter, ladd's loyal follower, cause an all out war in chicago through various battles enacted by the lamia, nebula and the russo family led by a now immortal placido russo with each battling for their lives. afterwards, jacuzzi and his gang return to chicago while ladd attempts to kill huey and fails thanks to the efforts of isaac, firo and chane's homunculus sister, leeza laforet; however, the scuffle resulted in huey's eye taken with the help of lamia operative sham, a homunculus who can take over one's consciousness by contact through his body in the form of water. the homunculus group lamia (associated with larvae, the group previously encountered by the cast in 1933) cause trouble for the russo family while this happens. several of the lamia join their forces and others split after the conflict, particularly christopher joining with the russo family to protect the androgynous heir ricardo russo along with lamia member sickle and graham spector. isaac is eventually released from alcatraz along with firo after fulfilling their mission. placido russo, ricardo's grandfather and ladd's uncle, is eventually turned immortal and consumed by nebula scientist renee for his failure in stopping the rampage of chicago, resulting in ricardo inheriting the crime family.