Recaps

Nozdormu brought Malygos and Ysera to Ulduar to meet Loken, who showed them a vision of the End Time and warned that their choices would lead to disaster. They forgot what they had seen after leaving the observation room, but the fear and their decisions remained, while an eye watched them from a tendril in the floor.

• Nozdormu led Malygos and Ysera to Ulduar and explained that the Demon Soul had destroyed most of the Titan fortress in the future.
• Loken welcomed the Dragon Kings and criticized their choices, prompting Malygos to challenge his prediction.
• Loken took the Dragon Kings to Ulduar's observation room and revealed that he had encountered someone in the Emerald Dream who could witness gods without being affected.
• Ysera told Loken that the strange person had been executed after stealing a treasure and speaking to the dragons.
• The Dragon Kings witnessed the End Time, then forgot the vision after leaving the room but retained their fear and their choices.
• Nozdormu insisted that the Dragon Kings needed to stand united, while an eye on a tendril watched them from a crack in the floor.

Loken told Yogg-Saron that he believed visitors from beyond the universe offered hope for Azeroth, while N'Zoth guided Rhonin toward Bwonsamdi as a source of a god’s secret. Rhonin agreed to accompany Malfurion to negotiate with the Zandalari, and Azshara received a message about Bwonsamdi and considered whom to send.

• Loken told Yogg-Saron he had lied to Ysera but believed outsiders could bring hope to Azeroth, and Yogg-Saron decided to report what he had witnessed to the other Old Gods.
• N'Zoth rescued Rhonin from a nightmare about Jaina and Thrall, discussed how Old Gods reproduced, and told him the Dragon Kings had agreed to forge the soul.
• N'Zoth named Bwonsamdi as someone who knew the truth behind a god’s secret and predicted Rhonin would soon meet the Zandalari Trolls.
• Malfurion told Rhonin that Emperor Archaeus had offered a million Zandalari troops to fight Azshara, and Rhonin reluctantly agreed to accompany him as an envoy.
• Azshara sensed an Old God’s message naming Bwonsamdi and wondered whom to send to the Zandalari Empire.

Queen Azshara sent Robbie Capor to the Zandalari Empire to contact Bwonsamdi, while the death god reflected on his past and hoped war would bring him souls. At the palace, Malfurion and Rhonin discovered that another envoy had arrived, an Orc who seemed to know where they were hiding.

• Queen Azshara chose Robbie Capor as an envoy and equipped him with runes to approach Bwonsamdi secretly.
• Bwonsamdi recalled his former power under Xal'atath and decided that war would best serve him, despite suspecting a plot involving Elune.
• Malfurion asked Rhonin for help with Zandalari etiquette, and Rhonin frightened him with a fabricated account of brutal customs.
• Malfurion and Rhonin turned invisible and observed the palace preparations, including instruments of torture.
• An attendant announced the arrival of Leonardo Brutalaxe, and the axe-bearing Orc grinned toward the hidden Malfurion and Rhonin.

Disguised as an Orc and posing as the Moon Goddess’s messenger, Robbie forced his way through the Zandalari palace and slaughtered the guards who tried to make him prove his courage. Emperor Archaeus and the Loa priests abandoned their traditions and prepared to greet him, while Robbie concluded the Trolls respected strength more than courtesy.

• Robbie entered the Zandalari palace disguised as an Orc, and Malfurion and Rhonin watched uneasily, suspecting he was a divine messenger.
• When the guards demanded that Robbie leave his battle-axe outside, he challenged Emperor Archaeus’s courage, and Archaeus allowed him to keep it.
• Robbie bound the first hall’s guards with Holy Light and walked across the blazing coals on top of them.
• Robbie killed the elite guards in the second hall with Holy Light Blast and continued toward the imperial hall.
• After hearing that Robbie had killed the guards, Archaeus urged the Loa priests to defend the empire, but they made excuses to welcome the messenger instead.
• Archaeus led the priests to greet Robbie, who concluded that the Trolls bullied the weak and feared the strong.

Disguised as an Orc divine envoy, Robbie pressured Emperor Archaeus and the Troll priests to prove the Trolls’ worth to Moon Goddess Elune. A priest’s account of the Old Gods and the Orcs’ origins left Robbie questioning whether Elune was Xal'atath or Y'Shaarj.

• Robbie confronted Emperor Archaeus, who submitted to him and escorted him into the Troll palace.
• Robbie demanded that the Trolls demonstrate their value by proving their courage against the Night Elves, but the Loa priests stayed silent.
• Archaeus privately offered Robbie gifts and then promised access to Troll knowledge in exchange for a good word to Elune.
• A priest said Robbie was an Orc from Draenor and recounted how Xal'atath had been banished there and recruited the Orcs.
• Robbie wondered whether Elune was Xal'atath or Y'Shaarj as the priest declared the Trolls’ loyalty to Elune.

Robbie pressured the Troll Priests for the history of Xal'atath and learned that Bwonsamdi might know how she became Elune. He persuaded Archaeus to find Bwonsamdi and preserve the Trolls' history, while Bwonsamdi chose to hide in a gray realm and warned a colossal being that the End Time could not be stopped.

• Robbie challenged a Troll Priest's account, and the Priest cut off and swallowed fingers before confirming that Xal'atath had traveled from Draenor to Azeroth and that the Radiant God had stayed with her.
• Robbie pressed the Priests about how Xal'atath became Elune; one Priest revealed that Bwonsamdi had accompanied Y'Shaarj's soul toward the Death Realm and might know the truth.
• Robbie told Archaeus to find Bwonsamdi and preserve the Trolls' history, then warned him to seize a Night Elf with antlers and a frail human who might pose as Elune's Emissaries.
• Archaeus pledged loyalty to the Moon Goddess, and hundreds of Loa and their Priests began searching the Zandalari Empire for Bwonsamdi.
• Bwonsamdi rejected the risk of pursuing power, opened a Portal to a gray realm, and told a colossal being that no one could prevent the End Time.

Malfurion and Rhonin fled the Troll palace and blamed an Orc impostor for their failure, while Tyrande persuaded the dragonflights to pressure the Zandalari into joining the war against Azshara. Neltharion learned that Queen Azshara planned to use the Demon Soul to help defeat Elune, and was ordered to return to the dragonflights once the Trolls were mobilized.

• Malfurion and Rhonin escaped the Troll palace after guards and Loa priests recognized them as false divine emissaries, then agreed to blame an Orc impostor.
• The Burning Legion prepared to forge the Demon Soul, but the work awaited Neltharion and the Black Dragonflight's scales.
• Tyrande told Alexstrasza that the Moon Goddess required the Zandalari Trolls to join the war against Azshara, and Alexstrasza led the dragonflights toward the Troll empire.
• Neltharion discussed Elune's origins and the dragonflights' movements with Queen Azshara, who ordered him to return and help forge the Demon Soul after the Trolls were coerced into sending troops.
• Queen Azshara declared that Elune could be defeated and that a new age had begun.

Robbie vanished from the Zandalari Empire before the four Dragonflights arrived, leaving Archaeus to face their demands and lead a huge Troll army to Azshara. As the rival forces gathered, Neltharion’s Black Dragonflight joined the Burning Legion, and Archimonde predicted he would eventually defeat Neltharion.

• An ancient Loa told Robbie that Bwonsamdi might be hiding in the Space of Life and Death, and Robbie reported the discovery to Queen Azshara.
• Robbie disguised himself as a Troll and disappeared when the four Dragonflights arrived; the Red Dragon Queen Alexstrasza accused Archaeus of sheltering a false divine envoy and demanded three million troops and every Loa for the war.
• Archaeus mobilized three million Trolls, and the dragons helped transport them to Azshara, where they joined the disorganized armies of other races.
• Neltharion led the Black Dragonflight into the Burning Legion’s camp and gave the dragons’ scales to Legion technicians.
• Archimonde predicted that he would defeat Neltharion in a future battle, while Mannoroth privately recalled Archimonde’s failed confidence against Queen Azshara.

The Five Dragonflights gathered to forge the Demon Soul, while Neltharion questioned Alexstrasza’s motives and learned she believed she served the Pantheon. Archimonde summoned Liuliu, a powerful spotted dog who forged the Demon Soul and chose Neltharion to receive it while Alexstrasza was still dizzy.

• Alexstrasza told Neltharion that the Black Dragonflight might find a place in the Moon Goddess’s realm, but Neltharion suspected she wanted to sacrifice dragons for personal glory.
• Alexstrasza insisted that she served the Pantheon and called the dragons betrayers, leaving Neltharion confused.
• Archimonde arrived as the Five Dragonflights gathered, and Liuliu emerged from the portal, overwhelming the dragons and spinning Alexstrasza in the air.
• Liuliu warned Archimonde about the dangers of the world but agreed to help forge the Demon Soul in exchange for a favor.
• Liuliu used the Legion’s forges to create the Demon Soul by combining the Dragon Aspects’ power with Fel energy.
• Liuliu declared that the Demon Soul needed a master and chose Neltharion because Alexstrasza was still dizzy.

Spotted Dog rejected the Dragon Kings and Tyrande as masters of the Demon Soul, which fell instead to Malfurion, who faced pressure to destroy it or surrender it. Tyrande offered to marry him in exchange for the artifact, then revealed her ambition to restore Elune’s ancient kingdom and traced her transformation to the loss of a Yaksha Leopard she believed Lisa had killed for a fur coat.

• Ysera, Spotted Dog, and Tyrande argued over who should possess the Demon Soul, and Spotted Dog declared that mortals should decide the world's future.
• The Demon Soul fell to Malfurion along with a scale from Neltharion, while Neltharion and Malfurion's conscience both urged him to destroy it.
• Tyrande shielded herself and Malfurion from onlookers and offered to marry him in exchange for the Demon Soul.
• Malfurion asked what the Demon Soul would do, and Tyrande explained that it could activate the Titans' defense system and let Elune descend to restore her kingdom, where nonbelievers would perish.
• Malfurion challenged Tyrande's ambition, and she recalled how the young Yaksha Leopard she and her friends had cared for disappeared before Lisa wore a coat made from its fur.

Tyrande rejected Malfurion’s plea to stop and took the Demon Soul, while Malfurion yielded rather than destroy it. In Azshara, Queen Azshara’s food deliveries unsettled Emperor Archaeus and Huln Highmountain as the Night Elves, Burning Legion, and Dragonkin finally arrived.

• Malfurion confessed that he had killed the Yaksha Leopard and that Lisa had helped turn its hide into a coat, but Tyrande still refused to abandon her plan.
• Tyrande argued that sacrificing many lives could create an eternal powerhouse, and Malfurion handed her the Demon Soul.
• Emperor Archaeus found that his Trolls’ food supplies were nearly gone, but a magical cloud dropped food on the camps of several races.
• Archaeus visited Huln Highmountain, who said Azshara had been feeding the Tauren and insisted they would still fight her.
• Archaeus and Huln wondered whether Queen Azshara was raising their armies like livestock before news arrived that the Night Elves, Burning Legion, and Dragonkin had come.

Robbie balanced life and death within himself, found a passage to the space between life and death, and met an ancient boatman who agreed to take him to Bwonsamdi. The boatman warned that Bwonsamdi was with a powerful being known as Walking Death.

• Robbie explored the death-shrouded forest for seven days, balancing the Runes of the Dead with Holy Light and testing his runes.
• Robbie found a dark underground river that led into the space between life and death, then followed it through a cave marked with ancient murals.
• Robbie encountered an ancient creature in a wooden boat, who mistook the Rune of the Dead for the Death Language and explained its connection to thirty-six Divine Language phrases.
• Robbie learned that Bwonsamdi was the last of the ancient creature's people and had gained the knowledge to enter the living world by selling himself to a powerful being.
• The ancient creature agreed to take Robbie to Bwonsamdi in exchange for help leaving the death realm, and warned him about Walking Death.

Robbie learned that Walking Death arrived after the Titans attacked the Black Empire, but everyone who identified him as Y'Shaarj was devoured. He reached Bwonsamdi and faced the same riddle about Walking Death.

• Robbie warned the ancient creature about Azeroth's coming End Time and explained how the Holy Light could balance the power of death.
• The ancient creature told Robbie that Bwonsamdi had once taken refuge there and that Walking Death later arrived with his soul torn apart.
• The ancient creature warned Robbie that Bwonsamdi's riddle asked who Walking Death was and that those who answered Y'Shaarj had been devoured.
• Robbie suspected the riddle was a trap and considered that Walking Death might need living beings to fall into despair.
• Robbie met Bwonsamdi, who asked him to identify the being called Walking Death.

Tyrande gathered the armies outside Azshara City and prepared to use the Demon Soul beneath the full moon. As the rival forces awaited her command, Archaeus and Huln Highmountain secretly agreed on how to divide the city and its inhabitants.

• The Night Elves, Satyrs, Dragonflights, Trolls, Tauren, and other armies assembled around an altar while the Burning Legion camped far behind them.
• Archaeus and Huln Highmountain discussed the Demon Soul and agreed to divide Azshara City, its treasures, and its Highborne inhabitants.
• Archaeus and Huln swore a pact, then returned to their armies when the war drums sounded.
• Tyrande surveyed the assembled leaders, including Malfurion, Alexstrasza, Neltharion, and Archimonde, before raising the Demon Soul toward the full moon.
• Moonlight flowed into the Demon Soul, and the artifact began to shine brightly in Tyrande’s hands.

Queen Azshara explained that the Highborne planned to reclaim the moon from the Old Gods, even though doing so required sacrificing the armies gathered outside Azshara City. Tyrande used the Demon Soul to transform the Zandalari Trolls and their Loa into the resurrected Old God Xal'atath, while the black moon continued to revolve above the Well of Eternity.

• Queen Azshara told Illidan that the moon had to be reclaimed from the Old Gods and that the Trolls, Tauren, Dwarves, and Furbolgs would have to die.
• Archaeus joined the Trolls in cheering for Tyrande, and the gathered armies watched as a black moon appeared above the Well of Eternity.
• Tyrande declared that the Zandalari Trolls' fate was their glory, then used the Demon Soul to draw the three million Trolls and hundreds of Loa into the air.
• The Trolls and Loa merged into an enormous worm-shaped monster covered in mouths, and Archimonde identified it as Xal'atath, the Thousand-Maw Demon.
• Archimonde explained that Xal'atath was the weakest Old God, while the black moon above the Well of Eternity revolved without reacting to her resurrection.

The Old God consumed the Tauren and Furbolgs gathered outside Azshara while Tyrande received praise and promises from the being she served. The Dwarves remained as the only lesser race left alive, and Tyrande prepared to leave the rest to the Old God.

• Archimonde wondered how the Moon Goddess had learned to activate the Titans’ defenses, and Mannoroth suggested that the Titans had taught her.
• Huln Highmountain and the other races watched the Old God approach Azshara while the Dragonflights prevented them from fleeing.
• Huln escaped with a Teleportation Rune and met two Tauren chieftains, then persuaded them to claim their warriors had died fighting Queen Azshara and the Burning Legion.
• The Old God announced that she wanted beef and Furbolgs, and Huln and the two chieftains realized the Tauren would not survive.
• The Old God connected threads to the Tauren and Furbolgs, drew them into her mouths, and left the Dwarves trembling.
• Tyrande climbed the horns covering the Old God and praised the Moon Goddess after being promised that her desires would soon come true.

The Old God used the Demon Soul to reverse the Curse of Flesh on the Dwarves and open the Titans’ protective shield, revealing visions of the true starry sky. As the projection displayed immense creatures and civilizations, Archimonde warned Mannoroth that many of them were still alive.

• The Old God took the Demon Soul from Tyrande and declared that Azeroth’s inhabitants were trapped in a cage, ignorant of the universe beyond the stars.
• Archimonde told Mannoroth that Sargeras had revealed a corner of the starry sky to him, Kil'jaeden, and Velen, and suggested the Old God was committing a great taboo.
• The Old God used the Demon Soul to turn hundreds of thousands of Dwarves back into stone, gathering the Titans’ power into a giant key.
• The Old God sent the key into the sky, where a transparent Titan used it to open a vast gap in the Titans’ protective shield.
• Mannoroth, Alexstrasza, Neltharion, and Archimonde saw visions of colossal beings and battles across the universe, while Archimonde explained they were seeing ancient light and said many of the beings were still alive.
• The black moon absorbed light from space and projected countless images of immense spaceships and creatures across the sky as Archimonde explained starry-sky projection magic.

Archimonde and Mannoroth learned that powerful beings may have hidden the true starry sky behind vast force fields, while Azshara confronted Elune as the Moon Goddess drew close enough to threaten Azeroth. In the space between life and death, Robbie resisted Bwonsamdi’s deception, leaving Bwonsamdi to face Walking Death alone.

• Archimonde told Mannoroth that their worlds had been enclosed by force fields built by beings more powerful than the Titans.
• Azshara’s illusion challenged the female Elf Old God, identified her as Elune, and declared that the Night Elves would defeat her.
• Elune transformed into a city-sized moth and drew the full moon close to Azeroth, triggering unstable tides, a brewing storm, and threatened earthquakes.
• Queen Azshara ordered the Highborne to use the Tidestone, the Eye of Aman'Thul, and the Well of Eternity to protect Azeroth, while worrying about the End Time.
• Bwonsamdi asked Robbie to identify Walking Death, and Robbie incorrectly answered Y'Shaarj.
• Robbie resisted Bwonsamdi’s trick with the Blessing of Courage, and Walking Death told Bwonsamdi he would have to rely on himself.

Robbie learned Y'Shaarj's account of the Old Gods, the Void, and the Titans, but cared only about discovering the truth about End Time. Bwonsamdi agreed to trade with him, and Robbie offered to find him a girlfriend, provoking an outburst.

• Bwonsamdi revealed that Walking Death was Y'Shaarj, who had refused to absorb Azeroth's World Soul and had been mutilated by the Titans.
• Y'Shaarj claimed that the Titans had once been Old Gods who betrayed the Void, and that Xal'atath had mutated while Sargeras was a hatched World Soul.
• Robbie said gods and mortals alike pursued their own interests and told Bwonsamdi that he only wanted to know about End Time.
• Y'Shaarj accepted Robbie's rationality and permitted Bwonsamdi to negotiate a trade.
• Bwonsamdi asked what Robbie could offer in exchange for the truth about End Time, and Robbie asked whether Bwonsamdi had a girlfriend.
• Bwonsamdi angrily insisted that no woman worthy of him had been born yet.

Robbie and Bwonsamdi traded clues about Bwonsamdi’s future bride and the End Time before a crisis threatened Bwonsamdi’s chance of ever meeting her. In Azshara, the Queen countered Elune’s approaching moonlight and raised the Magic City and Well of Eternity into the sky.

• Robbie told Bwonsamdi that his future bride was a Troll princess born ten thousand years later, and they struck a deal to exchange information.
• Bwonsamdi explained that Aman'Thul could see the past and future of those weaker than him, then revealed that Sargeras had used the End Time, rooted in Azeroth, to defeat the Pantheon.
• Robbie warned Bwonsamdi that his bride was politically dangerous, and Bwonsamdi offered the truth of Elune’s origins in exchange for more information.
• A tremor in the Space at the Junction of Life and Death warned Bwonsamdi that Elune was about to descend and that he might not survive the crisis.
• Tyrande rode the giant butterfly as it threatened to unleash moonlight powerful enough to kill all life within a thousand li, prompting the Five Dragonflights and Burning Legion to prepare defenses.
• Queen Azshara used a black moon to absorb Elune’s power, then raised the Magic City of Azshara and the Well of Eternity into the air.

A three-headed monster unleashed despair across the battlefield before Queen Azshara rallied the Highborne to counter Elune with a vast net of spatial rifts. As Azshara’s city attacked the moon, Robbie pressed Bwonsamdi for the truth about Elune, and Bwonsamdi began discussing why Titans took partners.

• A giant three-headed monster hatched from the black moon, swallowed Tyrande, and cast despair over the battlefield, though Illidan, Xavius, and some Highborne resisted.
• Walking Death used C'Thun's Eye to observe the battle and explained Xal'atath's powers to Bwonsamdi.
• Queen Azshara noticed the spying presence and prepared her Highborne to resist Xal'atath's emotion magic.
• Azshara's floating city flew toward the moon, and the Highborne cast a vast net of spatial rifts around it.
• Robbie asked Bwonsamdi to explain Elune's origins, and Bwonsamdi began by questioning why Titans took partners.

Walking Death and Bwonsamdi explained how contact with mortals had corrupted the Titans, while Azshara used the Demon Soul and the Night Elves who had accepted Fel to empower Elune. Elune consumed the Dragonflights’ power and attacked Azshara City, but the Highborne countered her spells as Robbie resumed his deal with Bwonsamdi.

• Walking Death explained that contact with mortals had corrupted the Titans, and Bwonsamdi noted that most Old Gods had no sex.
• Azshara used the Void Seal to trap Elune, while Xavius opened Portals for the Fel-corrupted Night Elves at Azshara’s command.
• Elune’s light consumed most of the Night Elves who had accepted Fel, and Xal'atath used their power to cover the moon in Fel.
• Elune revealed that she had used the light to feed, then consumed most of the Dragonflights’ members; Neltharion shielded the Black Dragonflight with his wings.
• Elune unleashed spells powered by the Dragonflights, but Azshara and the Highborne countered them as Elune’s magic began to falter.
• Robbie turned to Bwonsamdi and said they should continue their deal.

Robbie learned Bwonsamdi and Walking Death’s account of Xal'atath’s romance with Aman'Thul and the Titans’ plots surrounding Azeroth. He told Bwonsamdi how to secure a future deal with God-King Rastakhan, then warned that a more dangerous force was behind the plan.

• Bwonsamdi and Walking Death claimed that Xal'atath was the fifth Old God, had built the Apexis Civilization on Draenor, and fell in love with Aman'Thul.
• Walking Death said Aman'Thul helped Xal'atath return to Azeroth and planned to use the Old God’s power to transform her into a Titan, while Sargeras prepared to exploit the Pantheon’s corruption.
• Robbie told Bwonsamdi that a future princess would be God-King Rastakhan’s daughter and advised him to bargain for the king’s soul and descendants when Rastakhan fell into despair.
• Bwonsamdi resolved to secretly drive Rastakhan to despair and pose as his savior, but Robbie warned that a more dangerous mastermind could cost him his life.

Queen Azshara used N'Zoth's body to fight the Moon Goddess, revealed as Xal'atath, after their magic shattered the spatial rifts. As N'Zoth's tentacles gained the advantage, he recruited Rhonin in a dream, while Malorne ordered Krasus to help release N'Zoth's sealed soul.

• Robbie told Bwonsamdi and Walking Death that Elune was the mastermind, and they agreed to help Queen Azshara.
• Azshara and the Moon Goddess stopped their magical attacks when the fighting threatened to collapse space, leaving the Moon able to reach Azshara City through the broken rifts.
• Azshara unleashed N'Zoth's tentacles from the Well of Eternity, and they began overpowering the Moon Goddess's tentacles.
• Tyrande looked to Ysera to honor their deal and release N'Zoth, while Rhonin entered a dream where N'Zoth recruited him to help defeat the Moon Goddess.
• Malorne told Krasus that he and Rhonin had to help release N'Zoth from the Emerald Dream.

Rhonin accompanied Malorne and the Emerald Dream mages to N'Zoth's prison, where Malorne tried to enlist the Old God to help Elune. N'Zoth refused, and Rhonin joined Malorne's slow, risky attempt to control him while keeping his own better method to himself.

• Malorne led the group through the Emerald Dream's guarded restrictions, while Rhonin concealed his thoughts from the giant tree that guarded N'Zoth's prison.
• The group entered the prison and examined the Titans' chains of Order, whose flaws N'Zoth pointed out to Rhonin.
• Malorne asked N'Zoth to repay Elune for freeing him, but N'Zoth refused to be used and blamed Elune for betraying the Titans.
• Malorne ordered the mages to begin a collective spell to seal N'Zoth's self-awareness so he could control the Old God's brain and divine soul.
• Rhonin recognized a faster way to cast the spell but kept quiet, then helped Krasus compensate for the Emerald Dream mages' mistakes.