Recaps

Vol'jin escaped Orgrimmar’s flood by staging his death, while Cairne’s forces slaughtered the Orc survivors. The floodwaters then revealed that Everflesh Medivh had broken free and was attacking both Tauren and Orc airships.

• Vol'jin fled aboard an airship as floodwaters devastated Orgrimmar and watched Orc commanders prepare for the disaster.
• Vol'jin left a double to die in his place and escaped through a portal with Dracula Shredwheel and a hooded Archmage.
• Cairne Bloodhoof led the Undead Tauren in killing Orc survivors after the flood passed.
• Medivh’s tentacles rose from the floodwaters and dragged away Tauren and Orcs, prompting Cairne to order a retreat.
• Doras identified Everflesh Medivh, and massive tentacles surged from the water toward the airships.

Sylvanas watched the flood destroy Orgrimmar and revealed that she had engineered Medivh and his mother’s transformation into monstrous Everflesh creatures. She then explained her plan to summon the Dark Portal and bring the Iron Horde into Azeroth to attack the Night Elves.

• The flood’s tentacles overwhelmed Orgrimmar’s airships, and the monstrous Medivh and his mother devoured Saurfang, Nazgrim, and the city.
• Cairne Bloodhoof escaped with the Undead Tauren while Medivh and his mother consumed Orgrimmar and remained trapped in the ruined city.
• Sylvanas and Antonidas surveyed the destruction, and Sylvanas celebrated the Orcs’ defeat and explained that Medivh and his mother had been corrupted beyond being a threat.
• Antonidas realized Sylvanas had arranged the creation of Everflesh Medivh and questioned her knowledge of the plot.
• Sylvanas said she planned to bring the Iron Horde into Azeroth to defeat the Night Elves and revealed that Khadgar’s mission had concealed her plan to summon the Dark Portal.
• Sylvanas pointed toward Dustwallow Marsh and asked Antonidas why the Focusing Iris had been necessary to destroy Theramore.

Antonidas examined the preparations at Theramore for summoning the Dark Portal and questioned whether the divine messenger could perform the dangerous ritual. The messenger warned that only Medivh and Queen Azshara could complete it.

• Antonidas realized the Focusing Iris's explosion had weakened space at Theramore, and the Forsaken had built a fortified base around the site.
• Antonidas saw that the ritual would use water from the Sunwell for mana and require a caster with exceptional mastery of time and space.
• Sylvanas said the divine messenger would summon the Dark Portal, but Antonidas urged her to confirm the plan with him.
• Antonidas used an incantation to consult the sleeping divine messenger inside an ornate coffin.
• The divine messenger explained that Azeroth's knowledge of time and space was limited and said only Medivh and Queen Azshara could complete the spell.

Vol'jin enjoyed a luxurious life in hiding on Sweetwater Cliff after the Horde’s defeat, until Zul'jin confronted him. Zul'jin warned that God-King Rastakhan could pose a grave danger if he discovered Vol'jin was in the Zandalari Empire.

• Sylvanas and Antonidas asked the divine messenger how to persuade Queen Azshara to summon the Dark Portal, and it suggested finding Illidan before falling silent.
• Vol'jin read a newspaper that reported his supposed death and mocked the Alliance, while he relaxed among beauties on Sweetwater Cliff.
• Vol'jin sensed a Forest Troll’s killing intent, grabbed his buried warglaives, and recognized the approaching Zul'jin.
• Zul'jin mocked Vol'jin’s public image of frugality, then recalled how Vol'jin had given Thrall a secret recipe that led to Zul'jin being eaten for thirty days.
• Zul'jin set aside their old feud, shared Vol'jin’s roasted Tauren meat, and warned him that Rastakhan might discover his hiding place.

Vol'jin recruited Zul'jin into an alliance backed by N'Zoth, while Tyrande ordered Maiev to prepare Illidan for battle against Sylvanas. The chapter left the Night Elves facing a crisis as Tyrande revealed she believed Sylvanas wanted Illidan to father children who could secure the High Elves' future.

• Vol'jin realized Zul'jin had tied their fates together and agreed to ally with him against God-King Rastakhan.
• Vol'jin showed Zul'jin an altar and revealed that he had contacted N'Zoth by trading away Azeroth's interests.
• N'Zoth answered Vol'jin's prayer and promised that the Loa could not find him.
• Tyrande secretly visited the Vault of the Wardens and demanded that Maiev make Illidan forget his grievances so he could fight Sylvanas.
• Tyrande ordered Maiev to use cruel torture on Illidan despite its risk to his strength.
• Tyrande told Maiev that Sylvanas sought Illidan because their children could free the High Elves from Mana Addiction, threatening the Night Elves.

Tyrande and Maiev discussed the Wardens’ torture of Illidan while Robbie learned the truth about his imprisonment. Black Cat asked Robbie to travel ten thousand years into the past and change Illidan’s fate, explaining that Azeroth’s earlier chance to rise had been unfairly thwarted.

• Tyrande and Maiev descended through the Vault of the Wardens, where Tyrande said Sylvanas hoped Illidan would kill her and Maiev planned to burn Illidan’s soul.
• Black Cat brought Robbie to the Vault and recounted how Illidan had been captured after the Battle of the Black Temple and returned to the prison.
• Robbie used the Eye of C'Thun to see Illidan being subjected to brutal, relentless torture.
• Black Cat told Robbie not to rescue Illidan in the present but to go back ten thousand years and change his fate without altering the current state of affairs.
• Black Cat explained that Queen Azshara had succeeded in giving Azeroth’s native forces an early chance to rise, but Azeroth had been treated unfairly and the mistake needed to be remedied.

Medivh freed Krasus from Thrall and extracted Broxigar Saurfang’s repaired soul from Thrall’s body. He assembled Krasus, Broxigar, and the Archmage Rhonin for a mission to travel ten thousand years into the past and find Queen Azshara’s spellbook.

• Thrall held a banquet where Vol'jin cut flesh from the bound Krasus’s heart, and Thrall declared he planned to eat Alexstrasza.
• Alexstrasza arrived to save Krasus, then returned with Jaina and Medivh, who freed Krasus and ordered Alexstrasza to heal him.
• Medivh declared he needed a strong body and removed Broxigar Saurfang’s soul from Thrall, then placed it in the young Orc chosen by Saurfang.
• Broxigar agreed to help Medivh in exchange for the chance to become Warchief, and Medivh warned that he must return alive from ten thousand years in the past.
• Medivh chose Krasus, Broxigar, and Rhonin to travel with Nozdormu to Queen Azshara’s era and retrieve her spellbook.

Rhonin volunteered to take Jaina’s place on a dangerous mission to travel ten thousand years into the past and retrieve Queen Azshara’s spellbook, leaving his pregnant wife Vereesa behind. After Krasus brought him to Kalimdor, Rhonin met the powerful Orc Broxigar Saurfang and realized he was the weakest member of their expedition as they entered Nozdormu’s portal.

• Rhonin accepted Jaina’s place on Medivh’s perilous mission, despite learning that it would take him into the distant past.
• Rhonin said goodbye to his pregnant wife Vereesa and flew with the recovering Krasus toward Kalimdor.
• Rhonin met Broxigar Saurfang, who threatened him and Krasus while displaying immense demonic power.
• Rhonin recognized that Broxigar was the expedition’s main force and regretted agreeing to Jaina’s request.
• Rhonin, Broxigar, and Krasus entered the Maelstrom portal that led to Queen Azshara’s era.

Robbie traveled ten thousand years into the past to investigate Illidan and Queen Azshara, arriving near the Well of Eternity before resting in a tree hollow. The story then shifted to Illidan and Xavius returning from a hunt, where Xavius tried to warn Illidan about his brother and questioned his studies with Cenarius.

• Black Cat sent Robbie through a Time Portal to the ancient past and reminded him to investigate Queen Azshara as well as Illidan.
• Robbie used the Eye of C'Thun and felt the Well of Eternity's magic awaken and flow into him from afar.
• Robbie hid in a hollow tree to let the unstable power inside him settle.
• Illidan and Xavius returned from killing a Demon Dragon, carrying its meat back to nearby villages.
• Xavius complained that Malfurion took credit for Illidan's hunting spoils, and Illidan offered him half the meat.
• Xavius criticized Cenarius's teachings, but Illidan said he continued learning from him because Tyrande liked it.

Xavius worried about Illidan's feelings for Tyrande while Robbie discovered that the Well of Eternity had empowered every Night Elf. Rhonin, Krasus, and Broxigar split up to scout, and Broxigar was knocked unconscious after attacking a little Night Elf girl.

• Xavius resolved to uncover why Illidan had become infatuated with Tyrande and to protect him from what he saw as her schemes.
• Robbie sensed that the demon blood in his body had grown stronger and that the Well of Eternity had transformed every Night Elf into an Archmage.
• Robbie unfurled the Eye of C'Thun to search for Illidan Stormrage.
• Rhonin, Krasus, and Broxigar found signs of Elves and split up to scout, with Rhonin handing the others Magic Beacons for communication.
• Broxigar found a little Night Elf girl and tried to grab her, but her punch sent him flying and left him unconscious.

Broxigar, Krasus, and Rhonin were captured by three powerful young Night Elves in ancient Azeroth, who mistook them for unusual creatures and planned to show them to Sister Lisa. As the prisoners remained trapped, the demigod Cenarius appeared before them.

• A young Night Elf girl named Aixi punched Broxigar into a tree, and Garen and Ryze subdued him after he attacked Garen.
• Ryze consulted a projection of Queen Azshara's Book and learned that Orcs came from Draenor, while Garen found Rhonin's Magic Beacon.
• Ryze used the beacon to summon Krasus and Rhonin, then identified Krasus as a red dragon and Rhonin as a human before binding them beside Broxigar.
• Garen and Ryze left to tell Sister Lisa about their captives, while Broxigar, Krasus, and Rhonin failed to escape the unfamiliar vines.
• A strange antlered creature with the body of a stag appeared before the captives, and Krasus recognized it as the demigod Cenarius.

Cenarius rescued Krasus, Rhonin, and Broxigar from the Night Elf vines and brought them to his dwelling, where they discussed the Night Elves and an approaching Doomsday Judgment. Cenarius described it as the Moon Goddess descending to judge the guilty and grant her believers eternal life.

• Broxigar flattered Cenarius, who freed the three captives from the vines and led them to his home.
• Cenarius hosted the three beside his Moonwell, and Krasus and Broxigar noticed a lingering smell of blood in the cottage.
• Cenarius said their captors were ordinary Night Elf children and claimed the Night Elves would face punishment for refusing to share the Well of Eternity.
• Broxigar vowed to fight Queen Azshara's Night Elves, and Krasus agreed to join Cenarius against them.
• Rhonin asked what Doomsday Judgment meant, and Cenarius described the Moon Goddess descending to judge the guilty and grant her believers eternal life.

Cenarius recruited Krasus, Rhonin, and Broxigar to resist the Night Elves, while Robbie sought out Xavius to investigate Illidan’s isolation. Robbie led Xavius to discover that Malfurion and Tyrande were secretly discussing the Moon Goddess’s instructions for Illidan.

• Cenarius promised Krasus the chance to become Dragon King and urged Rhonin to learn druidic ways as he described an army forming against the Night Elves.
• Illidan returned to his secluded cabin after Tyrande rejected him again, while Robbie watched him through the Eye of C'Thun.
• Robbie visited Xavius in disguise and claimed Illidan was vital to preventing a coming catastrophe, persuading Xavius that Tyrande and Malfurion were deceiving his friend.
• Robbie and Xavius hid near the Moon Goddess's temple and watched Tyrande leave with Malfurion following her in cheetah form.
• Malfurion changed back into his Night Elf form and asked Tyrande what instructions the goddess had for Illidan, shocking Xavius.

Robbie warned Xavius that Illidan’s ties to Tyrande and Elune could lead to a rebellion against Queen Azshara, and Xavius agreed to intervene. He concluded that Illidan needed to suffer a defeat to overcome his arrogance and naivety.

• Tyrande confronted Malfurion about a forged letter that he believed carried Elune’s authority, then insisted that Illidan-related matters be discussed only in the Temple of the Moon.
• Robbie warned Xavius that Elune and Illidan might support a rebellion against Queen Azshara and Night Elf rule.
• Xavius realized that the rebellion could be a pretext for Tyrande and her allies to seize power, with Illidan serving as their weapon.
• Xavius said Illidan’s apparent infatuation with Tyrande might be caused by Elune’s Charm Magic, which Illidan would have to resist himself.
• Xavius decided to risk acting for the Night Elves and Queen Azshara, concluding that Illidan needed to be beaten to learn humility and caution.

Robbie tried to steer Illidan away from violence by pretending to read his palm and warning him that he would have to choose between Tyrande and Malfurion. Illidan was left troubled by the prediction, while Robbie’s attempt to influence him continued.

• Robbie rejected Xavius’s suggestion to defeat Illidan immediately and chose to observe him while looking for another approach.
• Malfurion, upset after Tyrande blamed him, found Cenarius teaching Rhonin and Broxigar and volunteered to teach them.
• Robbie assessed Illidan’s innate strength and lack of combat training, then went with Xavius to meet him.
• Robbie told Illidan he could foresee his destiny and used the promise of learning about his future with Tyrande to examine Illidan’s palm.
• After Robbie left without explaining his reading, an anxious Illidan sought him out, and Robbie claimed Illidan had to choose between Tyrande and his brother Malfurion.

Illidan tried to prove that Malfurion would not reject him by claiming he had mastered the Druidic path, while judging the newcomers and especially Broxigar as dangerous. Cenarius appeared and rebuked Illidan for his arrogance, leaving his claim untested.

• Xavius challenged Illidan to prove that Malfurion would accept him even if he acted against his brother’s wishes, and Illidan set out to do so.
• Illidan learned that Malfurion was at Cenarius’s lakeside dwelling and followed him there with Robbie and Xavius.
• Illidan watched Malfurion teach Rhonin, Broxigar, and Krasus, and decided Broxigar was a dangerous demon-like executioner.
• Malfurion invited Illidan to join the lesson but said he lacked the talent and had not learned the Druidic path.
• Illidan claimed he had already mastered it, and Cenarius emerged from the lake and scolded him for his arrogance.

Illidan challenged Cenarius's Druid teachings and transformed into a mountain-sized bear, humiliating Malfurion and frightening the others. Malfurion angrily disowned Illidan, while Tyrande heard a strange voice saying Malfurion had ruined everything.

• Illidan challenged Cenarius to a contest in the Druid arts, and Cenarius sent Malfurion to face him.
• Malfurion prayed to the Moon Goddess and transformed into a giant bear, boasting that Illidan could not master the form.
• Illidan transformed into a bear so enormous that it covered Cenarius's hut and lake, then dismissed the Druid path as a simple trick.
• Malfurion accused Illidan of hiding his mastery and, in anger, declared that they were no longer brothers.
• Tyrande finished her ritual at the Temple of the Moon and heard a strange voice say that Malfurion had ruined everything.

Tyrande received an oracle naming the Orc Broxigar Saurfang as a crucial envoy who needed her help. Meanwhile, Illidan began teaching Krasus, Rhonin, and Broxigar to transform, but deliberately injured Broxigar until Tyrande arrived.

• Tyrande heard the Moon Goddess's oracle that Broxigar Saurfang was in danger and needed her help.
• Malfurion severed his brotherly ties with Illidan, and Cenarius praised Malfurion while condemning Illidan.
• Rhonin and Krasus chose to learn from Illidan, and Broxigar joined them after Cenarius left.
• Illidan helped Krasus transform into a black cheetah and Rhonin into a parrot.
• Illidan deliberately injured Broxigar while pretending to teach him to become a Devilsaur.
• Tyrande arrived and ordered Illidan to let Broxigar go.

Tyrande defended Broxigar from Illidan and healed his grievous wounds with the Moon Goddess’s power. Rhonin secretly used a Rage Potion on Broxigar, who lost control and bit Tyrande’s arm.

• Tyrande arrived and stopped Illidan from killing Broxigar, then struck Illidan with Moonfire when he tried to approach her.
• Robbie seized the chance to have Xavius lead the heartbroken Illidan into the bushes and console him.
• Tyrande prayed to the Moon Goddess, whose light healed Broxigar and brought him back to consciousness.
• Rhonin secretly took a Rage Potion from the table and cast a subtle spell on Broxigar.
• Broxigar’s eyes turned blood-red, and he bit Tyrande’s arm as she screamed.

Tyrande was brutally mauled by Broxigar while Illidan struggled to reach her through the Moon Goddess’s defenses. Maiev arrived, protected Broxigar as a divine envoy, and threatened to banish Illidan, leaving Tyrande unconscious and Maiev’s motives unclear.

• Broxigar bit Tyrande’s arm, and Illidan attacked him until Tyrande summoned the Moon Goddess’s shield and meteor shower to protect the Orc.
• Broxigar attacked Tyrande from behind and gravely wounded her while Illidan and Rhonin tried to intervene.
• Rhonin opened a hole beneath the shield, allowing Illidan to rescue Tyrande and strike Broxigar before the Moon Goddess’s Veil protected the Orc.
• Maiev Shadowsong arrived with Priestesses, stopped Illidan from attacking Broxigar, and condemned him for doubting the Moon Goddess.
• Maiev threatened to banish Illidan unless he repented, then ordered the Priestesses to take Broxigar and the unconscious Tyrande to the Temple of the Moon.

Robbie learned from Xavius that Elune may have manipulated the Night Elves’ history and that Queen Azshara had renewed the Well of Eternity’s power. He then disguised himself as a divine messenger to recruit Maiev, who agreed to help him and reported that Broxigar was recovering.

• Xavius told Robbie that Elune had secretly aided the Trolls and that the Well of Eternity had once run dry.
• Xavius explained that Queen Azshara had drawn power from the Void to restore the Well, renewing Elune’s interest in the Night Elves.
• Robbie decided to act against Elune’s influence and asked Xavius what he knew about Maiev.
• Robbie approached Maiev disguised as an Orc divine messenger and claimed he had come to punish Illidan for blasphemy.
• Maiev accepted Robbie’s offer to help eliminate Illidan and told him that Broxigar had mostly recovered.

Robbie manipulated Maiev into believing Tyrande had been chosen for a brutal divine test, and Maiev ordered the Priestesses to carry it out. Tyrande repeatedly awoke from nightmares with her injuries healed and finally decided she needed Illidan Stormrage’s help.

• Robbie told Maiev that the Moon Goddess had ordered Broxigar to remain at the Temple and that Tyrande must feed him flesh as a test.
• Robbie persuaded Maiev that Tyrande might become a divine envoy and promised Maiev the chief Priestess position if she obeyed.
• Tyrande woke healed from a nightmare, bathed, and learned from Maiev that she had supposedly been promoted to divine envoy.
• Maiev and the Priestesses pinned Tyrande down, and Maiev announced the test required feeding Broxigar Saurfang Tyrande’s flesh.
• Tyrande woke again with her legs restored, realized the test was wrong, and decided to seek help from Illidan Stormrage.

Tyrande escaped Maiev’s custody through a hidden passage and sought Illidan’s help. Illidan realized his love for Tyrande might have come from Elune’s Charm Magic, but agreed to help her after she confessed and asked him to kill Broxigar Saurfang.

• Tyrande crawled through a secret passage from her bedroom and followed moonless paths to Illidan’s cabin.
• Illidan questioned his inexplicable love for Tyrande and suspected Elune’s Charm Magic had influenced him.
• Tyrande told Illidan that Maiev had imprisoned her and falsely claimed to act on Elune’s orders.
• Illidan saw through Tyrande’s account, and she confessed that she had used Charm Magic to make him love her.
• Tyrande asked Illidan to break into the Temple of the Moon, kill Broxigar Saurfang, and wait until she returned before acting.
• Illidan agreed to help Tyrande, though he recognized that power and status drove her actions.

Robbie and Xavius feared Illidan was walking into a trap at the Temple of the Moon, but Illidan ignored the danger and assassinated Broxigar. Trapped inside the temple, Illidan evaded the guards while Maiev searched for him and Tyrande confronted her over the failed search.

• Robbie told Xavius that Illidan planned to enter the Temple of the Moon and kill Broxigar, and Xavius warned that Tyrande might betray Illidan and expose him to the Emerald Dream's nightmare corruption.
• Robbie and Xavius went to the Temple of the Moon, while Illidan entered through a supposedly weak point Tyrande had shown him.
• Illidan killed Broxigar in his sleep, but discovered the barrier's opening had closed and his attempt to break out triggered an alarm.
• Illidan concealed himself inside the temple as Maiev investigated Broxigar's death, identified Illidan as the likely murderer, and ordered the guards to search for him.
• The guards failed to find Illidan, and Tyrande confronted Maiev about the murderer still being at large.

Tyrande used the divine messenger’s murder to justify bringing the Tear of Elune into the Temple of the Moon, while Illidan hid nearby and took her hostage to avoid being trapped by the artifact. In private, Tyrande admitted she had helped kill the messenger to control Illidan and revealed that the Moon Goddess wanted him to serve her against Queen Azshara.

• Tyrande blamed Maiev for the divine messenger’s death and gave her three days to find the murderer, then secured the priestesses’ consent to use the Tear of Elune.
• Illidan, hidden on the ceiling, realized the Tear of Elune could expose him and decided to kidnap Tyrande as his chance to escape.
• Illidan seized Tyrande and warned Maiev that his magic could harm her despite the Moon Goddess Veil; Tyrande ordered Maiev to use the Tear if he tried to leave.
• Tyrande publicly claimed Illidan might be innocent but ordered Maiev to keep him inside the Temple of the Moon, then entered her room with him.
• Illidan confronted Tyrande, who admitted she had helped kill the divine messenger to keep control over him and said the Moon Goddess wanted him to oppose Queen Azshara.