Recaps

Rhonin secretly altered N'Zoth’s seal, but Malorne took control of N'Zoth’s divine soul and joined the battle against Elune. The Moon Goddess revealed an Egg of Titans, and Azshara ordered a retreat before Eonar appeared through the Red Dragon Queen Alexstrasza.

• Rhonin replaced a symbol in N'Zoth’s seal after N'Zoth appealed to his resentment toward the nobles.
• Malorne absorbed N'Zoth’s chaotic energy, claimed control of his divine soul, and entered the battlefield through a portal.
• Azshara petrified Elune’s remaining tentacles, but N'Zoth corrupted Malorne and took over his body.
• Elune cracked open the moon’s shell and revealed an Egg of Titans, which Archimonde identified as only partially hatched.
• Illidan discovered that the Egg of Titans could not hatch, so Azshara ordered Azshara City to retreat from the Titan’s attack.
• Eonar rose from Alexstrasza’s back and confronted Xal'atath, accusing the Old God of trying to steal her man.

Eonar destroyed Xal'atath's Egg of Titans and gravely wounded her, but the Titan energy awakened a mysterious woman who revealed herself as Elune, the Moon Goddess and the calamity threatening to erase Azeroth. Queen Azshara prepared to confront Elune as Robbie and the others realized the End Time had begun.

• Eonar appeared through the Red Dragon Queen and struck Xal'atath, shattering the Egg of Titans and destroying most of her escaping consciousness.
• Walking Death and Bwonsamdi believed Azeroth had survived the crisis, and Walking Death told Robbie he could return home.
• The last carved face absorbed the Egg of Titans' energy, opened her eyes, and caused Archimonde to collapse in terror.
• Walking Death recognized the awakened woman as the Nature and Life Lord, and she identified herself as Elune before declaring Azeroth's destruction.
• Robbie pointed to Queen Azshara, who stepped down from her throne and prepared for battle.

Elune revealed her plan to consume the universe and tried to force Queen Azshara and the Highborne to submit. Azshara tested Elune’s seemingly invincible Moon Goddess Veil and discovered that curses might be able to overcome it.

• Walking Death explained that Aman'Thul's End Time could erase Azeroth and everyone who had ever lived there.
• Elune thanked Azshara for helping wound Xal'atath, then demanded that Azshara submit to her.
• Azshara said the Void Lord and the Burning Legion had prepared to fight Elune, and promised that the Highborne would show her their plans.
• Elune transformed the moon's tentacles into vines and blocked the Highborne's Dark Night Flame and Fel attacks with the Moon Goddess Veil.
• Robbie wondered whether the veil could be defeated without magic, and Azshara sent more than a hundred golems to examine Elune's vines.
• After the golems were destroyed, Azshara concluded that the vines were ordinary plants and that curses might bypass the Moon Goddess Veil.

Queen Azshara rallied Azeroth’s inhabitants to curse Elune while her city’s defenses collapsed, and the combined attack unexpectedly weakened the Moon Goddess. Azshara’s hidden nonmagical machines helped turn the battle, though Walking Death warned that the End Time remained inevitable.

• Queen Azshara broadcast a plea across Azeroth, asking its inhabitants to draw circles and curse Elune while the Highborne fought.
• As Elune’s vines breached Azshara City’s defenses, Archimonde, Mannoroth, Neltharion, Bwonsamdi, and others joined in drawing circles and cursing her.
• Queen Azshara declared that she had gathered the power of the living beings’ curses, and Elune’s vines suddenly weakened as her veil disappeared.
• Queen Azshara rebuilt the city’s defenses and burned Elune’s vines, while the other onlookers realized that the Moon Goddess had been defeated.
• Robbie spotted hundreds of machines in Azshara City and guessed that their nonmagical particle weapons had bypassed Elune’s defenses.
• Walking Death said that Azshara’s victory would not prevent the coming End Time.

Robbie warned Queen Azshara that Aman'Thul might come to save Elune, and the Titan arrived as the Moon Goddess faced defeat. Aman'Thul revealed that he had sacrificed the Pantheon's defenses for Elune, who planned to devour Azeroth's World Soul, while he intended to erase the world from existence.

• Robbie warned Queen Azshara that Aman'Thul could cross time to rescue Elune, and Illidan agreed they had to prepare.
• As Elune neared defeat, Nozdormu recognized Aman'Thul's arrival, Archimonde prepared to flee on Sargeras's orders, and divine fire struck Alexstrasza.
• Aman'Thul appeared in darkness, destroyed Azshara City with one golden blow, and overwhelmed Azeroth's inhabitants with his presence.
• Aman'Thul told Elune that Sargeras had blocked her call and that he had spent the Pantheon's defensive energy to reach her.
• Elune declared that she would devour Azeroth's World Soul and repay Aman'Thul, who said he would erase Azeroth across the past, present, and future.

Aman'Thul tried to destroy Azeroth while Queen Azshara and the Highborne chose to resist rather than flee. Azshara City’s tricks briefly exploited his emotions, but she admitted that deceiving the Titan had failed as Elune urged him to continue.

• Aman'Thul identified a weak point in Azeroth's crust and prepared to destroy the planet, believing Azeroth would become a future threat.
• Queen Azshara asked Robbie whether Azeroth still existed ten thousand years later, then chose to fight with the Highborne instead of escaping.
• Aman'Thul struck at Azeroth, but Azshara City reappeared and attacked his hand with Fel power, provoking him to crush its shell.
• Azshara City opened a rift into the Void, drawing Aman'Thul's hand after it until he realized the danger and withdrew.
• Queen Azshara admitted that her attempt to deceive Aman'Thul had failed, while Elune told him to ignore Azshara and destroy Azeroth.

As Aman'Thul prepared to destroy Azeroth, Azshara, N'Zoth, and Yogg-Saron chose to fight despite knowing they could not win. The chapter ended with Loken agreeing to release Yogg-Saron so he could challenge Aman'Thul.

• N'Zoth watched the Burning Legion depart and reflected on whether fighting for dignity mattered as Aman'Thul prepared another attack.
• Azshara returned N'Zoth's body, then launched Azshara City at Aman'Thul's palm with the Well of Eternity's power and teleported most of the Highborne away.
• Azshara City's impact shattered the sky and destroyed the Well of Eternity, but Aman'Thul remained unharmed and prepared to strike again.
• N'Zoth confronted Aman'Thul in his restored, greatly enlarged body, while Walking Death realized that fighting could offer others a chance.
• Yogg-Saron asked Loken to undo his seal so he could fight for Azeroth, and Loken agreed.

Loken reflected on the courage it took to oppose the other Guardians as N'Zoth and Neltharion confronted Aman'Thul. Neltharion sacrificed the Black Dragonflight’s strength to become Deathwing, was shattered by Aman'Thul, and escaped to Deepholm, where Therazane gathered his broken body.

• Loken recognized that someone would have to answer for Yogg-Saron’s escape and that standing against the others could be called courage.
• Aman'Thul erased the time that had empowered N'Zoth, weakened him, and shattered his body with a single strike.
• Neltharion asked the Black Dragons to give their flesh and blood through Flesh Symbiosis, swelling with their power and taking the name Deathwing.
• Deathwing charged Aman'Thul, who shattered him, but Neltharion escaped to Deepholm as Aman'Thul turned his attention back to Azeroth.
• Therazane found Deathwing’s broken head, picked it up, and set out to gather and reassemble his body.

As Aman'Thul fought Deathwing, the Seven Sha of Pandaria united with Walking Death to revive Y'Shaarj, who joined forces with Yogg-Saron to attack the Titan's mind. Yogg-Saron ensnared Aman'Thul in a nightmare and turned his attention toward Elune.

• Stone Mother Therazane remarked that Neltharion had gained power and lamented her own helpless condition, then noticed two Old Gods were joining forces against an enemy.
• Aman'Thul's shadow killed many Pandaren, while the survivors remained unaware of the catastrophe; the Sha of Pride rose from a lake and revealed itself as the Seven Sha's leader.
• The Seven Sha joined together with Walking Death, and Y'Shaarj was reborn with less than a tenth of his former power.
• Y'Shaarj and Yogg-Saron approached Aman'Thul while Deathwing was being beaten, then disrupted his emotions and wove a nightmare in which Sargeras condemned him for growing old.
• Yogg-Saron became surprised by how completely he had ensnared Aman'Thul and looked toward Elune, who shrieked in terror.

N'Zoth recovered with magic from the Well of Eternity while C'Thun proposed that they help Sargeras by attacking Aman'Thul and forcing him to act sooner. N'Zoth agreed to the plan but made one further request.

• Elune scolded Aman'Thul while Yogg-Saron watched over the weakened Y'Shaarj.
• The Highborne's Well of Eternity magic repaired N'Zoth's tentacles, and N'Zoth realized Queen Azshara and the Highborne had survived.
• C'Thun contacted N'Zoth and said the Old Gods should work together to injure Aman'Thul and create an opening for Sargeras.
• C'Thun explained that the Highborne were charging the Sea King Trident, forged using data gathered when Azshara City collided with Aman'Thul.
• N'Zoth accepted C'Thun's plan, then said he had one more request.

N'Zoth and C'Thun agreed that Queen Azshara and the Highborne could bring the coordination needed to fight a Titan, while Azshara prepared her people for another close encounter with Aman'Thul. Aman'Thul broke free of Yogg-Saron's nightmare and attacked Y'Shaarj, leaving the Old Gods shaken.

• N'Zoth told C'Thun that Queen Azshara could lead the Highborne in a coordinated strike against Aman'Thul.
• Azshara explained to Robbie that Holy Light had saved them when Aman'Thul destroyed Azshara City, while she and Illidan had used Old God power and Fel to resist corruption.
• Azshara gave the Highborne the choice to accept transformation for the final battle, and nearly all swallowed N'Zoth's tentacles and became Naga.
• Yogg-Saron's nightmare showed Aman'Thul being dragged toward the Void by Sargeras and two Dark Titans, but Aman'Thul recognized the illusion and shattered it.
• Aman'Thul struck Y'Shaarj with the power of his magic ring, and Y'Shaarj blamed Yogg-Saron for a flaw in the dream.

Y'Shaarj revealed that Aman'Thul feared death before finally breaking apart, while N'Zoth unexpectedly recovered and challenged the Titan. Queen Azshara and Illidan prepared to control N'Zoth through the Sea King Trident, leaving Aman'Thul unable to predict his movements.

• Y'Shaarj realized Aman'Thul feared growing old and dying, then disintegrated and sent seven Sha falling toward Pandaria.
• Elune told Aman'Thul she knew how to grant eternal life and mocked his claims of love, while Yogg-Saron began returning to his cage.
• N'Zoth rose from the sea fully restored and challenged Aman'Thul to a battle.
• Aman'Thul used his power over time and discovered that Azshara had survived through the protection of a mysterious figure whose power obscured his senses.
• N'Zoth summoned the Sea King Trident, and Queen Azshara assigned Illidan to control N'Zoth while she cast spells.
• Aman'Thul saw life hidden inside the Sea King Trident and realized he could no longer calculate N'Zoth's movements.

Azshara’s forces tried to wound Aman'Thul by having Illidan use N'Zoth’s Feast of a Thousand Tentacles, while the Titan retaliated with his power of Redemption. Loken remembered that the Titans had destroyed free civilizations and concluded that their so-called Redemption meant destruction.

• Queen Azshara ordered a quick attack, and Robbie’s blessing gave Illidan the courage to use N'Zoth’s strongest talent.
• Aman'Thul recognized Robbie’s Holy Light as evidence that someone from Azeroth’s future was interfering, then used Orodur to lock onto N'Zoth.
• Yogg-Saron briefly distracted Aman'Thul with Nightmare power, allowing Illidan to attack with Feast of a Thousand Tentacles.
• N'Zoth evaded Aman'Thul’s binding, clung to his hand, and collected flakes of Titan skin for Azshara’s Highborne to analyze.
• Aman'Thul covered his skin in pure white light, blinding Illidan and forcing more than half the Highborne to submit to the Titans’ Redemption.
• Loken recalled the Pantheon destroying free civilizations and recognized that Redemption was destruction.

Queen Azshara used hordes of Fel Imps to exhaust Aman'Thul’s power of Redemption, giving Illidan a chance to sever the Titan’s little finger. Aman'Thul retaliated by shattering Azeroth’s continent, while the Sea King Trident escaped with the finger and the survivors.

• Queen Azshara gave Robbie a magic scroll and told him to wait until the Highborne succumbed to the Titans’ Redemption before opening it.
• After the Highborne, Illidan, and Xavius began singing hymns, Robbie opened the scroll and released endless Fel Imps from the Sea King Trident to drain Aman'Thul’s power of Redemption.
• Queen Azshara ordered Illidan to attack; Aman'Thul shattered N'Zoth and Yogg-Saron, but the Sea King Trident took his little finger and its magic ring fell to Azeroth.
• Furious at his injury, Aman'Thul struck Azeroth and broke the original continent apart, killing more than ninety-nine percent of its living beings.
• The damaged Sea King Trident drifted in the Void with Queen Azshara and the surviving Highborne, while Illidan lay unconscious after delivering the crucial strike.
• Aman'Thul drew a deep breath as a green Portal several times larger than a planet opened behind him.

Aman'Thul confirmed that Sargeras had entered the world, while Robbie helped Queen Azshara strip the corrupting powers from Illidan. After the cataclysm devastated Azeroth, the Dragon Aspects argued over whether to obey Aman'Thul, and Robbie revealed a disturbing vision of cocoons inside the Titans.

• Aman'Thul sent Broxigar into the Portal and confirmed through his eyes that Sargeras was coming through, more powerful than before.
• Queen Azshara and the Highborne stabilized Illidan, and Robbie used Holy Light Metamorphosis to remove the evil forms and energies from him.
• Queen Azshara questioned the Highborne about their visions, and Robbie said he had seen countless cicada pupa-like cocoons inside the Titans.
• The cataclysm destroyed the continent and killed countless inhabitants, leaving only a few protected cities intact.
• Malygos challenged Alexstrasza and Nozdormu over the devastation, while they insisted that obeying Aman'Thul was necessary; Ysera wondered whether she would live to see Elune's victory.

Aman'Thul and Sargeras confronted each other near Azeroth Planet, and Sargeras revealed why he had betrayed the Pantheon. Aman'Thul began a fight to the death by hurling a vast sphere of Titan lightning at Sargeras.

• Sargeras mocked Aman'Thul for abandoning the Pantheon, while Aman'Thul said he had foreseen that Elune was their path to victory.
• Sargeras refused Aman'Thul's suggestion that he seek eternal life and said he would find answers on his own.
• Sargeras recounted how Aman'Thul had hoarded power and resources, neglected him after his wounds, and sent Aggramar to monitor him.
• Sargeras said he had corrupted the Titans with mortal pleasures and emotions to punish Aman'Thul and ensure his victory.
• Aman'Thul said Sargeras had been corrupted by his own scheme and raised a massive sphere of Titan lightning to attack him.

Aman'Thul used his mastery of time to force Sargeras into a moment of grievous injury, but Sargeras healed himself with Fel and defeated him. As Sargeras held Aman'Thul's soul, his brother appealed to their bond, leaving Sargeras unable to kill him.

• Sargeras dodged Aman'Thul's lightning and wounded him with an attack that always hit, while Queen Azshara watched the battle through a scrying spell.
• Aman'Thul reversed time to heal himself, then used his power to find Sargeras at his weakest point.
• Sargeras revealed that he had once accepted Fel to survive, and Fel energy healed his injuries.
• Sargeras overwhelmed Aman'Thul, whose body collapsed into cosmic dust, and pulled his weakened soul from the nebula.
• Aman'Thul reminded Sargeras that they were brothers, and Sargeras hesitated to destroy his soul.

Sargeras spared Aman'Thul but prevented Elune from freely absorbing Aman'Thul's soul core, then used Titan power to restore Azeroth and created a clone to guard it. He left the outcome to mortals over the next ten thousand years and gave his weapon to the clone.

• Sargeras imprisoned Aman'Thul's weakened soul but realized that killing Elune would also destroy Aman'Thul because their souls had fused with his core.
• Aman'Thul and Elune challenged Sargeras to choose between reason and his bond with his brother, and Sargeras admitted he could not kill him.
• Sargeras withdrew his hand from Elune and promised to keep Aman'Thul alive, while preventing Elune from absorbing the soul core without interference.
• Sargeras used the Titan essence left by Aman'Thul to repair Azeroth's tectonic plates, clear the dust, and end the planet's natural disasters.
• Sargeras formed a clone to protect Azeroth for ten thousand years, declared that mortals would resolve the remaining problems, and placed his weapon in the clone's hands.

Sargeras departed with Aman'Thul's imprisoned soul after the battle, while Elune secretly kept part of Aman'Thul's soul core and altered the survivors' memories to hide her plans. Her fabricated account left inconsistencies that made the Red Dragon Queen and Nozdormu question what had happened.

• Sargeras told Aman'Thul that Azeroth's mortals might surprise him, restored the moon to its orbit, and carried Aman'Thul through a portal toward Argus.
• Bwonsamdi mourned the unjustly dead and carved “End Time” onto a stone tablet before Aman'Thul's lingering power erased his memories.
• Elune reflected on gaining part of Aman'Thul's soul core, then used moonlight to implant false memories blaming Queen Azshara and the Burning Legion for the battle.
• The Red Dragon Queen, Nozdormu, Malygos, Ysera, Malfurion, and Tyrande emerged from confusion with Elune's altered memories of the battle.
• The Red Dragon Queen questioned why Sargeras had needed mortal help to reach Azeroth, and Nozdormu doubted that the Well of Eternity could have shattered the continent.

The Dragon Kings realized their memories had been altered, while the Night Elves lost nearly all of their civilization’s knowledge in the cataclysm. A demonic being resembling Illidan awoke, discovered he was Aman'Thul’s avatar, and planned to impersonate Illidan and claim Azeroth’s World Soul.

• Malygos, Ysera, and the other Dragon Kings concluded that their memories had been tampered with and chose not to reveal their suspicions.
• Malfurion questioned his actions and wondered where Illidan had gone, while Tyrande doubted the memories she had of Sargeras.
• The Night Elves lost their cities, people, and nearly all their magical and cultural knowledge, and Elisande found Suramar’s buildings and records unfamiliar.
• Tyrande sent soldiers to search the ruins of Azshara City as a demonic being resembling Illidan awoke nearby.
• The being recovered sealed memories and learned that he was a strand of Aman'Thul’s will who had possessed Illidan’s body before Azshara separated them.
• The being decided to impersonate Illidan, gain power, merge with Azeroth’s World Soul, and eventually punish Elune and Sargeras.

A wounded monster posing as Illidan used his Titan knowledge to win the Night Elves’ trust and planned to seize power. At the temporary temple, Tyrande revealed the Demon Soul and struck him with a beam of black light.

• The monster slowly healed his injuries with mana and met three Night Elves who mistook him for Illidan and praised him as Azeroth’s savior.
• The monster learned that Tyrande’s memories portrayed Illidan as a hero and decided to exploit the Night Elves’ admiration to gain influence.
• The monster pretended to resist returning, then went with the Night Elves to their camp and embraced Malfurion while concealing his suspicions.
• Malfurion questioned the monster about the fight against Queen Azshara and the destruction of the Well of Eternity, but the monster avoided answering directly.
• The monster followed Malfurion to the temporary temple, where Tyrande displayed the Demon Soul and hit him with a beam of pitch-black light.

Tyrande used her divine authority to frame the disguised monster as Illidan, imprison him, and cement her rule over the Night Elves. As the Night Elves embraced the Moon Goddess’s power and entered a ten-thousand-year decline, the monster was left bound by runes he could not understand and wondered how his plan had gone wrong.

• Tyrande wounded the disguised monster and declared that she would eliminate him as a threat to her rule.
• At Tyrande’s command, Maiev accused Illidan of betraying the Night Elves and used the Well of Eternity water found on him as evidence.
• Tyrande sentenced Illidan to life imprisonment and ordered Maiev to torture him, making his fate a warning to anyone who might oppose her.
• Tyrande’s imprisonment of Illidan won Elune’s favor, and the Moon Goddess gave the Night Elves three World Tree seeds, which they watered with the monster’s bottles.
• The Night Elves abandoned Arcane Magic for Druid training, while Tyrande’s rule began a ten-thousand-year stagnation of their civilization.
• The Wardens bound the monster beneath runes from the Moon Goddess, leaving him despairing and questioning whether his plan had been exposed.

The monster used a dream to exploit Maiev's dissatisfaction with Tyrande and persuade her to help overthrow the Night Elf leadership. Maiev was intrigued by the plan and imagined becoming the Moon Goddess's high priestess.

• The monster recognized Maiev's growing frustration after his apparent resistance to her tortures and created a dream to draw her into a private conversation.
• Maiev entered the dream, where the monster offered her food and threatened to inflict her daytime punishments on her in the dream.
• The monster told Maiev that her resentment toward Tyrande came from believing herself more capable and deserving of leadership.
• The monster claimed Elune's power was limited and proposed stealing the Demon Soul, staging a coup on a moonless night, and tricking the Moon Goddess with a magic altar.
• Maiev was moved by the proposal and considered becoming the Moon Goddess's high priestess.

Robbie and Illidan investigated the monster impersonating Illidan and uncovered its connection to Aman'Thul, while Maiev considered the rebellion it had urged her to lead. Robbie concluded that the monster might be fulfilling a fate originally meant for Illidan, and decided to let events continue as they were.

• The monster persuaded Maiev that rebellion against Tyrande and the Moon Goddess was a righteous cause, while a hidden shadow snake watched them.
• After waking from the monster's dream, Maiev visited it in the Vault of the Wardens and struggled with whether to risk a rebellion.
• Robbie and Illidan secretly reached the Vault, where Illidan discovered that the monster possessed all his memories and had manipulated Maiev's dream.
• Robbie suspected the monster's power came from Aman'Thul and argued that its plans posed a greater danger than Malfurion and Tyrande.
• Robbie linked Illidan's future deeds to a Titan's disguise and told Illidan that the dark consciousness might be taking his place in that fate.

Robbie and Illidan, disguised as Zandalari priests, used their power and knowledge of Maiev’s ambitions to gain access to Illidan’s prison. They subjected the captive monster to soul-damaging runes, leaving him with no memories except the name Bwonsamdi.

• Maiev hesitated over recruiting Jarod for a rebellion when she learned that two Zandalari priests had arrived.
• Robbie and Illidan entered the Vault of the Wardens in disguise, and Illidan opened a terrifying Portal that convinced Maiev to welcome them.
• Robbie revealed that he knew Maiev’s ambitions and claimed they had come to help her deal with Illidan the Betrayer.
• Robbie and Maiev visited the imprisoned monster, and Robbie persuaded Maiev to use Runes of the Dead on him.
• The monster lost his memories and accepted Robbie’s claim that he was Illidan Stormrage, but he remembered the name Bwonsamdi.