 To save her son, Koudelka allows Simons to take her, revealing his true identity to the group before they leave.Pursuing them to Nemeton Monastery in Wales, the group meet the real Roger Bacon.Bacon reveals Simon's past as an idealistic disciple who was condemned and imprisoned by the Church for his progressive views; taking the name "Bacon" to spite his former master, Simons seeks to remake the world by summoning an extraterrestrial deity.