It was a disaster in the Boiling Isles, countless of witches have been turned into puppets by the Collector as for your friends, Luz and the others where at the human realm unable to get back to the Boiling Isles as the door to the human realm was destroyed to keep them safe from this madness far away in the Boiling Isles.

You then got pulled back towards the Collector as he smiled maniacally at you while he giggle chidishly.

"Hello my best friend! I finally have you all to myself!"