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• Crisostomo Ibarra, a Filipino student, returned to the Philippines after 7 years of studying in Europe
• Captain Tiago hosted a dinner to welcome Ibarra
• Padre Damaso, a Franciscan friar who was previously the parish priest of San Diego and a former friend of Ibarra's father, criticized Ibarra during the dinner
• Maria Clara, Ibarra's betrothed, is the daughter of Captain Tiago, a wealthy and powerful man in Binondo
• Ibarra visited Maria Clara the next day and they reminisced about their childhood and true love
• Ibarra showed Maria Clara a dried sambong leaf wrapped in a sentimental paper before leaving the Philippines
• Ibarra's father, Don Rafael Ibarra, died in court after defending a child from a tax collector who accidentally hit the child's head, causing his death
• Padre Damaso had Don Rafael's body exhumed and attempted to have it moved to the Chinese cemetery, but due to the rain, it was just thrown into the river
• Instead of seeking revenge, Crisostomo Ibarra continued his father's plan to promote education and built a school with the help of Nol Juan
• Just as the school was about to be blessed, a stone nearly killed Ibarra, but he was saved by Elias
• The person paid by Ibarra's secret enemy was the one killed instead
• Padre Damaso criticized Ibarra again, and Ibarra almost stabbed the priest with a knife, but was stopped by Maria Clara
• Due to this incident, the Archbishop excommunicated Ibarra from the Catholic Church
• Padre Damaso then ordered Captain Tiago to cancel the wedding between Ibarra and Maria Clara, and instead marry her to Linares, a young man who just arrived in the Philippines
• Ibarra's excommunication was later revoked, but he was then arrested and jailed for being accused of leading an attack on the barracks
• During Linares and Maria Clara's wedding dinner, Ibarra escaped with the help of Elias
• Before leaving, Ibarra requested to speak with Maria Clara, who revealed that the letter used against him in court was taken from her, and that Padre Damaso was her real father
• Maria Clara decided to enter a convent to preserve her mother's honor, but her love for Ibarra would never fade
• Elias, who helped Ibarra escape, was shot and mortally wounded, but before he died, he greeted the rising sun and asked not to be forgotten, as he was one of those who fell in the darkness of the night
• Simoun


  Mataas ang tingin ng mga tao kay Simoun dahil na rin alam nila, lalo na ng mga tao sa Maynila, na naiimpluwensiyahan nito ang Kapitan Heneral
• Pagpapalalim ng ilog Pasig

  1. Simoun iminungkahi na gumawa ng tuwid na kanal na mag-uugnay sa lawa ng Laguna at sa look ng Maynila

  2. Don Custodio nagbigay ng solusyon na kumbinsihin ang mga tao na mag-alaga ng itik upang hukayin ang ilog at makakuha ng suso
• Donya Victorina nadidiri sa balot kaya hindi nagustuhan ang suhestyon ni Don Custodio
• Basilio


  Nag-aaral ng medisina at mahusay nang manggamot
• Isagani


  Makata at katatapos pa lamang sa Ateneo
• Kapitan Basilio naniniwala na hindi magtatagumpay ang plano ng mga estudyante tungkol sa pagtuturo ng mga Kastila
• Paulita Gomez ang kasintahan ni Isagani na maganda, mayaman at may pinag-aralan na pamangkin ni Donya Victorina
• Donya Victorina ipinahanap kay Isagani ang kanyang asawa na si Don Tiburcio de Espadaña na nasa bahay pa ni Padre Florentino
• Simoun sinabi na ang lalawigang nabanggit ni Basilio ay mahirap at di makabibili ng alahas


  Dahil ang mga pari sa simbahan ay Pilipino
• Simoun sinabi na kaya tamad ang mga Pilipino

  Dahil pala-inom daw ng tubig at hindi ng serbesa
• Basilio at Isagani tinanggihan ang pag-inom ng serbesa na inanyayahan sila ni Simoun
• Isagani nagsabi na ang tubig ay lumuluhod sa alak at serbesa na pumapataas ng apoy, at kapag pinainit ay sumusulak at nagiging malawak na dagatan
• Simoun nakilala ni Isagani bilang mag-aalahas na tinatawag ding Kardinal Moreno
• Mga pari pinag-uusapan ang pagkamulat ng mga Pilipino at pag-uusig sa mga bayarin sa simbahan
• Kapitan nagsalaysay ng alamat tungkol sa Malapad-na-Bato na banal sa mga katutubo noong una bilang tahanan ng mga espiritu
• Kapitan nagsalaysay ng alamat tungkol sa magkasintahang Espanyol na ang lalaki ay naging arsobispo sa Maynila
• Donya Victorina nainggit at ibig ding manirahan sa kweba tulad ng babae sa alamat
• Padre Salvi sinabi na hindi siya makakahatol sa mga ginawa ng isang arsobispo
• Kapitan nagsalaysay ng alamat ni San Nicolas na nagligtas sa isang Intsik sa pagkamatay sa mga buwaya
• Donya Victorina naghanap pa ng bakas ng pagkamatay kahit labingtatlong taon na ang nakalilipas
• Kabesang Tales yumaman na at nagbungkal ng lupa sa gubat at nagplano na pag-aralin sa kolehiyo ang anak na si Juli