Recaps

Wrathion tracked the transformed Immerseus to the forbidden Ordon Sanctuary but postponed confronting him, while Chen Stormstout was sent back to the Horde after blaming the August Celestials for his defeat. The story left Chen bound for Orgrimmar to report the fabricated plot to Garrosh.

• Wrathion used a tracking spell to locate Immerseus beneath the Ordon Sanctuary, but learned outsiders could not enter and decided to delay confronting him.
• Madam Goya emerged unharmed, and Wrathion healed the wounded Thrall, who broke his teeth and fell ill after biting Chen Stormstout's undead body.
• Wrathion marked Chen Stormstout with black flame and teleported him from the Timeless Isle, intending to use him as a spy against Garrosh's army.
• Chen Stormstout returned alone to the Orc encampment, where Nazgrim threatened to execute him for losing his force at the Stormstout Brewery.
• Rokhan persuaded Nazgrim to hear Chen's defense, and Chen blamed the defeat on an alleged alliance between the August Celestials and Thrall.
• Nazgrim accepted the excuse and ordered Chen Stormstout to report the supposed plot to Garrosh in Orgrimmar.

Immerseus fled Wrathion by hiding beneath the Ordon Sanctuary, where he transformed into an elemental being and fought Murozond, Robbie, and Vanessa. Forced to reveal his past, Immerseus explained how the August Celestials had led him toward Unity of Heaven and Humanity, and he disclosed that the mist contained countless powerful Restless Souls.

• After killing thousands of Orcs and absorbing their power, Immerseus escaped north and entered the Ordon Sanctuary through an underground waterway.
• Murozond, Robbie, and Vanessa confronted Immerseus in the sewer, and Robbie weakened him with Holy Light after Murozond's Temporal Bomb failed to keep him dispersed.
• Murozond threatened Immerseus and used his power to verify the water spirit's account of his origins in the Vale of Eternal Blossoms.
• Immerseus said Yu'lon, Xuen, Chi-Ji, and Niuzao had taught him about Unity of Heaven and Humanity, encouraging him to absorb more magic and mist.
• Immerseus revealed that absorbing Pandaria's mist had trapped him within it and that the mist contained countless powerful Restless Souls.

Robbie and Murozond learned that mysterious winged souls lived in the mists of Pandaria, while Garrosh prepared to invade Pandaria and learned of Wrathion's weakness. The chapter ended with a mysterious being predicting that the weakness would attract powerful observers and bring Wrathion's downfall closer.

• Robbie considered conflicting accounts of how the mists of Pandaria were created and concluded that he lacked evidence to determine the truth.
• Immerseus described the refined, winged beings who lived in the mists, and Murozond decided the mystery might help him oppose Elune.
• Chen Stormstout reported to Garrosh that Thrall was plotting against Azeroth, prompting Garrosh to announce he would lead a hundred thousand Orcs into Pandaria.
• Garrosh prayed to a mysterious being and revealed that the August Celestials were imprisoned on the Timeless Isle and that he had completed the Sacred Bell.
• The mysterious being told Garrosh to reveal Wrathion's weakness to the August Celestials, warning that this would attract others and hasten Wrathion's end.

Thrall devised a plan to use Anduin as leverage to reconcile with Varian and stop Garrosh’s invasion, then asked Wrathion to accompany him to negotiate with Jaina. Meanwhile, Chi-Ji warned Madam Goya that Wrathion’s teleportation depended on spatial passages that could be blocked, but she showed little concern about the danger.

• After learning that Garrosh was marching with a hundred thousand soldiers, Thrall proposed bargaining with Varian by handing over Anduin, and Wrathion urged him to act.
• Thrall ambushed Anduin while he was fishing, tied him up, and ordered Orcs to guard him.
• Thrall asked Wrathion to help negotiate with Jaina, and Wrathion agreed to travel with him to Theramore.
• With the Orcs well supplied with food, the soldiers stopped torturing the August Celestials, and Chi-Ji asked Madam Goya for help.
• Chi-Ji told Madam Goya that Wrathion’s teleportation relied on prepared spatial passages that could be blocked, while Madam Goya said she no longer cared about her life.

Jaina consulted Aegwynn about Wrathion and received a warning that left her wary of him. After Jaina politely avoided an alliance, Wrathion decided to win one through Kalecgos by offering support for his becoming the Aspect of the Blue.

• Madam Goya left after learning Wrathion's weakness, while the August Celestials worried that the knowledge might not help them defeat him.
• Jaina asked Aegwynn whether Wrathion's magic was worth learning, and Aegwynn advised her to trust her judgment and warned that Wrathion could not force her.
• Aegwynn sent a terrifying magical warning to Wrathion, who hid his fear while dining with Jaina, Thrall, and Kalecgos.
• Jaina entertained Wrathion but avoided discussing Pandaria, and Wrathion understood that she was refusing his alliance overture.
• Wrathion learned from Thrall that Kalecgos hoped to become the Aspect of the Blue and offered to support him if he could persuade Jaina.

Thrall offered to help Kalecgos become the Aspect of the Blue if he persuaded Jaina to support an alliance against Garrosh, while the Black Dragon egg’s hidden soul used Charm to influence Jaina. Jaina traveled with Kalecgos to Stormwind and proposed a surprise Alliance attack, but Varian questioned the plan.

• Thrall told Kalecgos that Wrathion would support his ascension if he persuaded Jaina to help Thrall oppose Garrosh.
• The Black Dragon egg’s soul persuaded Sathrovarr to let it use Kalecgos to beguile Jaina.
• Under the soul’s Charm, Jaina agreed with Kalecgos’s advice to favor Thrall and meet with Varian.
• Jaina discussed Thrall’s proposal with Wrathion and Thrall, then traveled with Kalecgos to Stormwind.
• Jaina told Varian that Thrall would hand over Anduin and suggested using her teleportation magic to send Alliance troops behind Garrosh’s army.
• Varian rejected the idea of helping Thrall outright and challenged Jaina’s confidence that Garrosh would not anticipate an Alliance attack.

Garrosh used the Sacred Bell to empower five thousand Kor'kron elites with the Sha of Pride at the Vermilion Bird Temple, while Wrathion realized the danger on the Timeless Isle. Wrathion called for Thrall and learned that Madam Goya had a plan to destroy the bell.

• Kalecgos influenced Varian, who warmly accepted Jaina's help and invited her to a grand banquet in Stormwind Keep.
• Garrosh led his army to the Vermilion Bird Temple and ordered Nazgrim to explain the Sha of Pride.
• Garrosh revealed the Sacred Bell and used it to fill five thousand Kor'kron elites with the Sha of Pride's power, while a trace of dark power emerged from Chen Stormstout.
• Wrathion sensed the Sha of Pride's power and summoned Thrall, worrying that his teleportation spell could not send enough orcs to stop Garrosh.
• Madam Goya offered Wrathion a plan to destroy the Sacred Bell.

Wrathion brought Anduin to the Vermilion Bird Temple to use the Holy Light against Garrosh’s demonized Orcs, but Garrosh revealed several already-demonized warriors and an iron war scorpion. As the battle turned against them, Thrall began considering escape.

• Madam Goya suggested that Anduin’s Holy Light might counter Orcs transformed by the Sha, so Wrathion released Anduin from his dungeon and asked him to help.
• Wrathion brought Thrall, Anduin, and a thousand elite Orcs to the Vermilion Bird Temple, where Garrosh used the Sacred Bell to demonize his soldiers, killing most of the five thousand he had chosen.
• Garrosh revealed a fully demonized Orc who blocked Wrathion’s Wind Blades, while four more attacked; Anduin’s Holy Light destroyed them and killed the Orc guarding Garrosh.
• Thrall challenged Garrosh, but Nazgrim intercepted him as the commanders engaged Thrall’s thousand Orcs, while Wrathion confronted Garrosh and Anduin tried to stop the demonization.
• Garrosh protected himself with a gigantic iron war scorpion, and Haromm and Kardris confronted Thrall; Nazgrim pursued Anduin, leaving Thrall to weigh an escape as the battle turned dire.

Wrathion transformed into a Dragon and joined the battle against Garrosh, while Thrall and Anduin struggled against the True Horde. Wrathion’s plan to use Anduin’s Holy Light faltered when Thrall reached him, leaving Anduin gravely wounded.

• Wrathion gave in to pride, transformed into a Dragon, and tore apart the Iron Battle Scorpion before attacking Garrosh, whose Life Shield withstood his Shadowflame.
• Garrosh sent a hundred corrupted Orcs after Wrathion, while Thrall’s teleportation scroll failed against the Dark Shamans’ power and their attacks drove him backward.
• Wrathion used Phase Exchange to swap places with Anduin, who unleashed Holy Light that destroyed several corrupted Orcs; Wrathion then burned a hundred more with Shadowflame.
• Wrathion changed back to human form and positioned himself behind Anduin, but Thrall charged over and the Holy Light around Anduin went out.
• Thrall’s Grounding Totem redirected Wrathion’s blast, and a corrupted Orc struck Anduin, leaving him mangled and bleeding.

Wrathion fought to protect the unconscious Anduin but was badly wounded and fled after Anduin’s Holy Light attack failed. Robbie summoned a powerful living guardian that destroyed Garrosh’s Sacred Bell, while a Jinyu rescued Anduin; Wrathion then collapsed after returning to the Timeless Isle.

• Garrosh sent demonized Orcs, Nazgrim, and two Dark Shamans against Wrathion, who shielded Anduin and fought while Sha of Pride clouded his judgment.
• Orcs used ballistae and chains to drag Wrathion down, but he burned through the bolts and escaped into the air with Anduin and Thrall clinging to him.
• Anduin briefly woke and conjured a huge ball of Holy Light, but it vanished before striking Garrosh, and Anduin fell unconscious again.
• Wrathion, disappointed in Anduin, let him fall and fled with Thrall as Robbie secretly summoned a golden Holy Light guardian that destroyed the demonized Orcs and shattered the Sacred Bell.
• A Jinyu rescued Anduin from the Orcs, while Wrathion returned to the Timeless Isle, spared Thrall, and collapsed in front of Madam Goya.

Wrathion awoke from a dream to find Madam Goya forcing him to drink a poison that harmed his soul. Shan Jitong, leader of the Mogu's Soulclaw Sect, devoured Wrathion's soul and memories, and Goya took control of his body to advance the Mogu's plans for Azeroth.

• Wrathion woke to find Madam Goya tending to him and insisting that he drink her medicine.
• Madam Goya forced the medicine down Wrathion's throat, and he realized its poison attacked his soul.
• Shan Jitong revealed himself as the leader of the Mogu's Soulclaw Sect and disabled Wrathion's attempt to teleport away.
• Shan Jitong used his soul-stealing power to consume Wrathion's soul and memories, learning that Wrathion had targeted Deathwing rather than the Mogu.
• Shan Jitong told Goya that Lei Shen could return to life without fear of Wrathion, then entrusted Wrathion's body to her.
• Goya took control of Wrathion's body and declared that Azeroth must follow the Mogu's plan and end its war quickly.

Kalecgos told Jaina he would seek the Blue Aspect’s throne through his own strength, while Wrathion urged Varian to ally with the Mogu and confront the darkness behind Azeroth’s conflicts. Varian refused, and the chapter ended with O’ros confronting Velen over Anduin’s use of the forbidden Guardian Angel.

• Kalecgos told Jaina he intended to claim the position of Aspect of the Blue through his own strength, and she welcomed the news without realizing she would be part of the price.
• Wrathion told Varian that Garrosh had fled Pandaria and urged him to trap the Horde forces there before attacking Orgrimmar.
• Wrathion accused Varian of fearing the darkness behind the scenes and offered him access to the Mogu’s Titan technology and help against Medivh.
• Varian refused Wrathion’s proposal, and Wrathion left, warning that Garrosh would tear him apart.
• O’ros told Velen that Anduin had used the forbidden Guardian Angel at the Vermilion Bird Temple, disappointing and agitating the Naaru.

Anduin awoke among the Sashimi Jinyu, who believed he was their prophesied Savior, but he was too weak to explain or help them. Velen arrived and slaughtered the Jinyu village, then confronted Anduin and revealed his hatred for him.

• Velen learned that the Holy Light had located Anduin and traveled to Pandaria after Garrosh retreated to Orgrimmar.
• Anduin woke in a Sashimi Jinyu village and learned from Elder Sanwenyu that the Jinyu believed he was their Savior.
• Chieftain Luyupian doubted Anduin’s status as Savior and argued with Elder Sanwenyu over whether to trust Sage Mari or Flowing Water.
• Velen appeared at the Flowing Water Altar, killed Luyupian and Sanwenyu, and slaughtered the entire village.
• Velen confronted Anduin and said he had only pretended to curry favor with him, intending to kill him.

Anduin discovered that Velen had deliberately embraced the Sha and murdered innocents, but Wrathion intervened before Velen could kill him. Wrathion seemingly destroyed Velen, who returned with an undying body, and Wrathion declared that Velen should surrender.

• Velen admitted to Anduin that he had deliberately released his inner demon to kill and confessed to slaughtering Jinyu and Murloc villages.
• Velen tried to kill Anduin, but Wrathion appeared and blocked the attack with a black shield.
• Wrathion challenged Velen over his past actions, and Velen trapped the village with a sealing array to prevent Wrathion from escaping.
• Wrathion redirected Velen's Holy Light blades and attacked him with a fused sphere of light and darkness, apparently annihilating him.
• Velen re-formed from countless phantoms and claimed the Holy Light had granted him an undying body, but Wrathion said Velen should surrender.

Wrathion exposed Velen’s soul-harvesting scheme and learned that he planned to use the Orcs to enslave humans for their souls. Velen escaped in a blast of Holy Light after revealing that Wrathion had thrown Anduin to the Orcs to save him from the Holy Light.

• Wrathion accused Velen of using Corrupted Holy Light to harvest souls, and Velen attacked him with chains formed from the dead Jinyu villagers.
• Wrathion summoned countless souls with Black Flame, overwhelming Velen’s net and forcing Velen to bargain with him.
• Velen offered Draenei souls and admitted that he backed the Orcs so they would enslave humans, whose souls he wanted for the Naaru.
• Wrathion refused Velen’s offer and set the soul chains ablaze, driving Velen to sever his connection and gather Holy Light for an escape.
• Velen warned Anduin that Wrathion had thrown him to the Orcs, and Wrathion admitted he had done so to keep him alive.

Wrathion challenged Anduin to define true courage as they witnessed the Pandaren of Herb-Scent Town serve one of their own to the Orcs. After the Orc officer was poisoned and dragged Mayor Bai Yutou to the crossroads for execution, someone intervened, leaving Anduin and Wrathion watching.

• Wrathion asked Anduin what he thought of Velen, and Anduin described the cruelty he had seen among Stormwind's nobles and his father's use of secrets as leverage.
• Wrathion brought Anduin to Herb-Scent Town, where Mayor Bai Yutou had prospered by supplying medicinal cuisine to the Orcs.
• Wrathion argued that courage meant standing against the town, but Anduin admitted he could not bring himself to kill the Orc officer and face the Pandaren.
• An Orc officer killed the Pandaren server and ordered Mayor Bai Yutou to cook him into medicinal cuisine.
• The Orc officer became violently ill, accused Bai Yutou of poisoning the food, and dragged him to the crossroads while the crowd watched.
• As the Orc officer raised his axe to execute Bai Yutou, an unknown voice commanded him to let the Pandaren go.

Bai Yutou reported the Mogu’s arrival to General Nazgrim, but the Orcs abandoned their camp and fled while the Mogu advanced. At a shipboard feast, Bai Yutou served Tauren and Cloud Serpents to the Orc officers, after which an Orc general died and Nazgrim began to feel ill.

• A Mogu killed an Orc officer and his followers in Herb-Scent Town, and five hundred Mogu gathered there to drive the Orcs out.
• Bai Yutou reported the Mogu’s arrival to Nazgrim, who dismissed the threat and secretly arranged for the Orcs to evacuate by ship.
• Anduin learned from Wrathion that five hundred Mogu could defeat a hundred thousand Orcs, while the Mogu found the Orcs Camp abandoned and blamed the Pandaren for warning them.
• On the ship, Nazgrim asked Bai Yutou to prepare Tauren and Cloud Serpent dishes, and Bai Yutou sacrificed his three Cloud Serpents to please the Orc officers.
• An Orc general died during the feast, and Nazgrim felt his blood and qi churn as his vision darkened.

After poisoned generals died, Nazgrim blamed Bai Yutou and ordered Chen Stormstout to prepare Herb-Scent Town for the Orcs’ demands. Bai Ruanzu gathered the townspeople and used speeches and pressure to make them appear willing to become the Orcs’ military provisions, while many remained confused and afraid.

• Nazgrim learned that the generals who died had often eaten medicinal meals, but he rejected the Shamans’ findings and blamed Bai Yutou, then forced Chen Stormstout to write a report accusing him of murder.
• Nazgrim ordered Chen Stormstout to Herb-Scent Town to make the Pandaren provide military provisions, and Wrathion showed Anduin the tortured Bai Yutou as an example of the cost of compromise.
• Chen Stormstout told Bai Ruanzu that the Orcs needed Pandaren provisions and threatened to expose his fortune if he refused to gather the townspeople.
• Bai Ruanzu drove the people of Herb-Scent Town into the square and delivered a speech presenting their sacrifice as a noble duty.
• Several Pandaren echoed Bai Ruanzu’s call for volunteers, while most of the crowd remained confused and many began to cry at the thought of being eaten.

Wrathion freed Anduin after reflecting on courage and royal authority, while Chen Stormstout tried to terrorize Herb-Scent Town into surrendering its people to the Orcs. The townspeople resisted under the Sha of Anger, and General Nazgrim arrived to find Chen Stormstout beaten and disgraced.

• Wrathion told Anduin that courage belonged to the powerful, then admitted royal authority opposed the people's courage and freed him.
• Bai Ruanzu tried to flee Herb-Scent Town, but Chen Stormstout revealed that his father had been captured and declared Bai Ruanzu would be the Orcs' main course.
• Chen Stormstout defeated Bai Ruanzu's subordinates, seized Bai Ruanzu, and prepared to cook him before the townspeople.
• Chen Stormstout chose Li Li to fill Bai Ruanzu's body, but the Pandaren protected her and the crowd overcame his forces.
• Chen Stormstout realized the Sha of Anger had empowered the Pandaren, then encountered General Nazgrim, who knocked him down and called him useless.

Nazgrim’s Orc army was crushed by Sha-empowered Pandaren, while Cho’gall seized Orgrimmar and reconsidered his plans after seeing how badly its Orc civilians had been treated. Nazgrim realized Garrosh was absent and Cho’gall ruled the city, as Cho’gall and Gall debated how to handle the starving Orcs.

• Nazgrim sent a thousand Orcs into Herb-Scent Town while he stayed behind with Chen Stormstout, then fled when five hundred Mogu routed the force.
• Nazgrim abandoned most of his army and sailed into the mist, leaving Frostwolf generals to face the Sha-infected Pandaren, who killed nearly ten thousand Orcs.
• Anduin watched the Pandaren defeat the Orcs and resolved to remember the danger of their anger and courage.
• Chen Stormstout urged Nazgrim to return to Orgrimmar for reinforcements, but Nazgrim knew Cho’gall had taken the city while Garrosh was away.
• Cho’gall entered Orc homes and saw civilians starving, diseased, and suffering, so he concluded Garrosh had already punished them worse than he could.
• Cho and Gall argued over whether to leave the Orcs to their misery or feed them so they could serve as useful slaves.

Cho'gall assessed Orgrimmar’s population and food stores, then put Twilight's Hammer to work exploiting the Orcs and nearby mines. Garrosh, driven from the city and hiding with a small force, learned to stall Cho'gall by claiming he held Thrall.

• Cho'gall surveyed Orgrimmar’s civilian and wealthy districts and concluded that everyone except Garrosh could be discarded at any time.
• Cho'gall found a vast underground warehouse of food and decided to send some to the Dragonmaw Clan and ship the rest to Twilight's Hammer.
• Cho'gall ordered Twilight's Hammer to treat Orcs, ration their food, send them to mine, and enforce sanitary rules, hanging several Orcs who resisted.
• Garrosh’s fleet was ambushed by the Dragonmaw Clan, and Cho'gall then defeated his remaining army, forcing Garrosh to flee to the Valley of Trials.
• Garrosh prayed for help, and a mysterious being advised him to claim Thrall was in his hands and use negotiations to delay Cho'gall.

Cho'gall examined Garrosh's records and suspected that his deliberate mishandling of Orc troops and paperwork explained how he had become Warchief. Meanwhile, Baine agreed to send Garrosh five thousand Tauren, leaving Magatha to lament his resemblance to Cairne.

• Cho'gall read Garrosh's paperwork and discovered that at least five hundred thousand Orcs had died needlessly through negligence.
• Cho and Gall suspected Garrosh had been made Warchief because his incompetence and control of official decisions suited his master, and they proposed testing their theory.
• Garrosh sent a messenger to demand five thousand Tauren from Baine in exchange for army rations and support.
• Magatha urged Baine to seize the chance to free the Tauren from Orc rule, but Baine defended his position and warned that Garrosh could still regain power.
• Baine agreed to send five thousand Tauren to Garrosh in three days, and Magatha said he was much like Cairne.

Cho'gall lured Baine's five thousand Tauren into a trap, where they were slaughtered by Orc miners, and Garrosh learned that his promised hundred-thousand-strong army had already perished in Gadgetzan. Cho'gall watched the events unfold, surprised by the army's fate.

• Cho'gall led Twilight's Hammer to intercept Baine's five thousand Tauren in Mulgore.
• Cho'gall teleported shackled Orc miners to the Tauren and urged them to attack, while the Tauren instinctively surrendered and were slaughtered.
• Garrosh cursed Baine for losing the Tauren and said he would counterattack Orgrimmar once his hundred-thousand-strong army arrived.
• The Dragonmaw Clan burned the army's troopships at Gadgetzan, leaving the Orcs stranded without food until they all perished.
• Cho'gall, who had monitored the army in Gadgetzan, was surprised by its fate.

Cho'gall and Gall questioned why Elune allowed the orcs to suffer while seemingly protecting them, as Garrosh despaired over the starving army and his lost territories. Nazgrim proposed retaking Orgrimmar with Med'an's help, and Garrosh agreed to offer him the Staff of Atiesh.

• Cho'gall and Gall discussed Elune's contradictory treatment of the orcs and worried that their occupation of Orgrimmar might provoke her wrath.
• Garrosh despaired in the Valley of Trials after losing Pandaria and being unable to save the starving orcs in Gadgetzan.
• Nazgrim told Garrosh that Benedictus had split Twilight's Hammer from Cho'gall and suggested secretly rallying the two hundred thousand orcs in Orgrimmar.
• Nazgrim proposed recruiting the Dragonmaw Clan and sending Med'an to contact the orcs.
• Garrosh agreed to give Med'an the Staff of Atiesh and ordered Nazgrim to find him.

Medivh sent Med'an to Orgrimmar to stir the Orcs against Cho'gall, while Cho'gall decided to abandon the city rather than kill its people. In the Twilight Highlands, Nazgrim faced Zuluhed's accusations that Garrosh and Nazgrim had ignored the Dragonmaw Clan's pleas for help.

• Med'an told Medivh that Garrosh's envoys offered to return the Guardian's Staff and asked him to help incite an Orc rebellion against Cho'gall.
• Medivh told Med'an that the Orcs remained devoted to Garrosh and sent Cho'gall a letter explaining Med'an's plan.
• Cho'gall and Gall recognized that the Orcs would favor Garrosh over them and decided to abandon Orgrimmar.
• Nazgrim waited outside Zuluhed's tent until Zuluhed emerged with Mogor and rebuked him for making the Dragonmaw Clan wait for help.
• Zuluhed reminded Nazgrim that he had waited ten days for an audience before Nazgrim left for Pandaria, and Nazgrim realized he had forgotten the incident.