Recaps

Nazgrim tried to pull Mogor away from the Dragonmaw Clan’s alliance with Cho'gall by winning his confidence with wine and promises of the world beyond. Meanwhile, Med'an entered Orgrimmar and revealed himself to the miners as their supposed savior, leaving them to hear his claim as the Child of Light and Darkness.

• Zuluhed explained that Cho'gall had helped the starving Dragonmaw Clan and threatened to destroy it if Zuluhed refused to join his plan, so Zuluhed told Nazgrim the clan could not return to the Horde.
• Nazgrim decided to approach Zuluhed’s son-in-law Mogor and sneaked into his tent with the help of a bribed guard.
• Nazgrim used fine wine and stories of the outside world to make Mogor more receptive to him.
• Med'an entered Orgrimmar, where secret Orc networks and a miners’ resistance had formed under Cho'gall’s exhausting work regime.
• A small Orc told several hundred miners that Med'an was their savior and repeated wild claims about his ancestry, citing the prophet Legolas.
• Med'an entered the tent, expanded its cramped space with light, and declared himself the Child of Light and Darkness.

Med'an won the Orcs of Orgrimmar’s devotion by declaring himself the Master of Destiny, prompting Garrosh to plan a military response. In Blood Gorge, Nazgrim’s stories about Garrosh persuaded Mogor to pursue greater power, and Mogor awoke determined to act.

• Med'an called himself the Master of Destiny, urged the Orcs to rebel against Cho'gall, and left after teleporting them to a tent outside Orgrimmar.
• Garrosh learned what Med'an had done and, after Rokhan warned him about the religious authority Med'an might gain, planned to bring twenty thousand Orc soldiers to Orgrimmar.
• Nazgrim tried to turn Mogor against Zuluhed by recounting Garrosh’s rise and claiming Garrosh had killed Agna’s father.
• Mogor spent the night reflecting on Nazgrim’s words and, the next morning, decided to seek glory for himself.

Cho'gall watched Med'an turn Orgrimmar's civilians against Garrosh's guards, while Benedictus taunted him with discoveries about End Time. After the civilians slaughtered nearly five thousand guards, their leader considered seizing Garrosh's position; elsewhere, Mogor told Zuluhed he wanted to see the world.

• Benedictus told Cho'gall that the Old Gods had verified his theory about Elune protecting the Orcs, then taunted him about finding End Time.
• A short Orc used a speech and Med'an's bewitching magic to incite Orgrimmar's civilians to attack Cho'gall's supposed enemies.
• Cho'gall arranged for Garrosh's imprisoned guards to be released and disguised as overseers, so the civilians would mistake them for enemies.
• The civilians slaughtered nearly all five thousand guards, and their leader considered taking Garrosh's place.
• Mogor brought liquor to Zuluhed's tent and said he wanted to go out and see the world.

Zuluhed warned Mogor that he could not match Thrall and Garrosh’s cruelty, but Mogor killed him and claimed leadership of the Dragonmaw Clan. In Orgrimmar, a short Orc prepared to welcome Garrosh back after Cho'gall’s forces disappeared, while Garrosh ordered a messenger eaten.

• Zuluhed told Mogor that Thrall and Garrosh’s ruthlessness made them impossible to match, and Mogor admitted he had spent a night deciding to poison the wine.
• After Mogor’s poison left Zuluhed weak, Zuluhed stabbed himself, and Mogor cut off his head while grieving.
• Mogor announced that he was the new Dragonmaw Clan chieftain and that the clan would abandon Cho'gall to support Garrosh; Nazgrim watched his plan succeed.
• In Orgrimmar, a short Orc helped secure Garrosh’s throne, searched the city with the others, and sent a messenger to report that Cho'gall was gone.
• While playing chess with Rokhan in the Valley of Trials, Garrosh heard that a messenger had arrived and ordered the guard to eat him.

Garrosh starved Orgrimmar of news and then returned to massacre its weakened population, turning their restless souls over to Sylvanas. Sylvanas revealed that Thrall’s army was nearing the city, leaving Garrosh shocked by the threat he had failed to anticipate.

• Fidipite was eaten by starving Orcs in the Great Den, while Garrosh played chess with Rokhan.
• After messengers sent from Orgrimmar vanished, the short Orc suppressed unrest with executions that left the city starving and depleted.
• Garrosh arrived with twenty thousand elite soldiers, killed the short Orc, and ordered the slaughter of Orgrimmar.
• Sylvanas arrived to collect the Restless Souls and bones, and Garrosh agreed to let her use the souls in the Wraith Tower.
• Sylvanas told Garrosh that Thrall had landed at Rustwater Port with tens of thousands of Orcs and was nearing Orgrimmar’s back gate, and Garrosh paled in shock.

Medivh told Med'an that powerful forces were manipulating Thrall and Garrosh, then sent him to cooperate with the Bronze Dragonflight. Outside Orgrimmar, Thrall and Garrosh agreed to settle their struggle for the Horde through an ancient Blood War.

• Medivh examined Atiesh, returned it to Med'an, and explained that the forces behind Thrall and Garrosh mattered more than which Orc won.
• Medivh told Med'an to prepare to help the Bronze Dragonflight find a glimmer of hope.
• Thrall led more than forty thousand Orcs from the Timeless Isle toward Orgrimmar after Wrathion supported his bid to challenge Garrosh.
• Thrall and Garrosh faced each other outside Orgrimmar, each worried about his army's weaknesses and possible opponents.
• Thrall proposed an ancient Blood War, and Garrosh accepted the challenge at Orgrimmar's gates.

Nazgrim persuaded Mogor to exploit the conflict between Thrall and Garrosh to seize power, while the two leaders’ ancient blood battle slaughtered most of their forces. Thrall emerged victorious, but Garrosh still had a way to escape, and Mogor had yet to choose which leader to support.

• Nazgrim told Mogor he had lost faith in Garrosh and urged him to seize the Warchief’s power after Thrall and Garrosh weakened each other.
• Mogor agreed to mobilize the Dragonmaw Clan and consider taking advantage of the conflict.
• Thrall and Garrosh began the blood battle, sending waves of Orcs into brutal fights that killed more than twenty thousand soldiers.
• Thrall defeated Garrosh, retaining three thousand Frostwolf Clan guards, while Garrosh kept a teleportation scroll that could take him to Doras's airship.
• Mogor watched the battle with a spyglass and asked Nazgrim whether to support Thrall or Garrosh as a puppet chieftain.

Mogor joined Garrosh’s side, believing he could control him and become Warchief, but Nazgrim and Saurfang betrayed and killed him. As Mogor died, Nazgrim threatened to destroy the Dragonmaw Clan and its families.

• Nazgrim advised Mogor to support Garrosh, and Mogor chose him, hoping to gain power through Queen Doras’s favor.
• Thrall challenged Garrosh, but Dragonmaw Red Whelps attacked Thrall’s forces, forcing Thrall to flee by teleportation.
• Mogor approached Garrosh after the attack, expecting to make him a puppet, but Nazgrim tried to stab Mogor from behind.
• Mogor overpowered Nazgrim until Saurfang the Great struck him in the back with an axe.
• Nazgrim stabbed Mogor in the chest and threatened to have the Dragonmaw Clan and its families killed, and Mogor died in regret.

After helping defeat and subjugate the Dragonmaw Clan, Nazgrim angered Garrosh by opposing Zaela’s appointment and criticizing the Warchief. Garrosh sent Malkorok to summon Nazgrim back to Orgrimmar, and Malkorok warned him that disaster was near.

• After Mogor died, the thirteen Red Whelps escaped, and Nazgrim led Orcs and Forsaken forces to defeat the Dragonmaw Clan.
• Nazgrim persuaded Garrosh to spare the Dragonmaw name, then killed the clan’s males and settled Orc soldiers in Blood Gorge with Zaela as chieftain.
• At a banquet, Garrosh learned Nazgrim was absent and heard that he had criticized him; Saurfang gave him a record of Nazgrim’s remarks.
• Garrosh presented the record as proof of Nazgrim’s loyalty and ordered Malkorok to take over in Blood Gorge and summon Nazgrim back.
• During the handover, Malkorok told Nazgrim that Zaela held the chieftain’s position and warned him that disaster was upon him.

Nazgrim dismissed Malkorok’s warning and trusted that Garrosh would protect him, but Zaela betrayed him and his guards were slaughtered. Paraded through Orgrimmar and shown his murdered family, Nazgrim lost all hope before Garrosh ordered him imprisoned, while Mogor slowly awakened.

• Malkorok warned Nazgrim that Garrosh knew of his words to Mogor, but Nazgrim rejected the warning and left with his guards.
• Zaela ordered Nazgrim’s guards to stay behind, and Nazgrim obeyed; Forsaken Ghouls then attacked the dock and killed the guards.
• Zaela’s forces captured Nazgrim, broke his spine, and cut out his tongue before taking him to Orgrimmar.
• Orcs jeered at Nazgrim as he was paraded through the city, where he saw the murdered members of his family and lost faith in Garrosh.
• Garrosh publicly accused Nazgrim of betrayal, ordered him taken to a cell, and pretended to grieve; Mogor began to awaken.

Mogor awoke as a soul in the freezing darkness and found warmth beside his father-in-law, Zuluhed, whose fading flames protected them. Meanwhile, Murozond rescued Benedictus from the End Time, where Benedictus reported finding countless burning Orc souls.

• Mogor regained his memories beside Zuluhed and learned that souls could burn themselves to create warmth and light.
• Mogor stayed beside Zuluhed and helped drive away other souls as Zuluhed's flames weakened.
• At the Infinite Dragonflight's base, Murozond concluded that intelligent souls in Pandaria's mists had developed a broad system of magic.
• Murozond took Robbie and Vanessa to the End Time and fished Benedictus out of its darkness.
• Benedictus warmed himself with Orc-bone soup and described the many Orc souls who had lit themselves on fire and refused him shelter.

Benedictus, Robbie, and Vanessa prepared to enter End Time to investigate Elune’s objective, while Thrall was forced to lead a team into the dangerous future. Thrall and his companions were pulled through the sealed entrance, where something seemed wrong with the team.

• Benedictus told Robbie and Vanessa that Cho'gall’s deductions might reveal Elune’s objective in End Time, and Vanessa agreed to investigate with him.
• Murozond gave Benedictus, Robbie, and Vanessa golden Hourglasses and promised to rescue them if they faced danger.
• Thrall demanded Orcs from Anachronos, who explained that the Caverns of Time could not provide them until End Time was resolved.
• Thrall refused to enter End Time until the Moon Goddess's Emissary tore him apart repeatedly, forcing him to agree.
• Anachronos opened the sealed entrance to End Time, and Thrall joined Baine, Jaina, Tyrande, and Sylvanas.
• Thrall sensed that his teammates were acting strangely, but an irresistible force dragged them into darkness before he could investigate.

Thrall and the others traveled through the frozen End Time while Robbie discovered that sparks could protect the souls there from the cold. Robbie persuaded the soul statues to ignite their sparks, creating a bright passage into the darkness.

• Baine, Sylvanas, Jaina, and Tyrande brought Thrall through the End Time and explained that Elune would judge the souls of everyone who had lived on Azeroth.
• Thrall saw Grom Hellscream pinned by a spear and demanded to know why the group had brought him instead of the Thrall from this Timeline.
• Robbie used the Eye of C'Thun to examine the Orc souls and concluded that their sparks were an antidote to the soul-freezing cold.
• Mogor became a statue rather than ignite the spark in his chest, and Zuluhed left him behind as Mogor's memories faded.
• Robbie explained that the sparks burned away the cold rather than the souls, then used a bewitching spell to persuade the statues to ignite and illuminate a passage.

Robbie, Benedictus, and Vanessa traveled through the End Time, where Benedictus used C'Thun's Spore to connect with the Orc souls and reveal the realm’s true form. The vision showed that the vast region they had crossed was only the little finger of a colossal Orc seated on a black throne.

• Benedictus recognized Drek'Thar among the Orc soul statues and concluded the End Time held more than Orcs.
• At a cliff's edge, Benedictus used C'Thun's Spore to connect with the Orc souls while Robbie and Vanessa protected him.
• Robbie and Vanessa defeated a scouting aberration, then destroyed the Dark Constructs it had summoned.
• Robbie unleashed Professor Putricide's plague, turning the attackers into several thousand Scourge soldiers.
• Benedictus completed the soul connection, and the resulting image revealed a colossal Orc whose little finger was larger than the region they had crossed.

Thrall learned from Sylvanas, Jaina, and Baine about an alternate timeline where another Orc took his place and became the Beast Emperor, destroying Azeroth’s life before challenging Elune. The group reached a Portal as Baine warned Thrall that the End Time was inevitable and no one could escape Elune’s judgment.

• Thrall tried to coax information from Baine by pretending to miss Mulgore, and Baine blamed him for Thunder Bluff’s destruction and the Tauren slaughter.
• Sylvanas and Jaina explained that Blackmoore had raised another Orc, who became a ruthless leader and conquered Stormwind; Sylvanas revealed she was a living High Elf in their timeline.
• Baine and Sylvanas said the Bronze Dragonflight accidentally brought the other Orc to their world, where he was sent back as a baby and took Thrall’s place.
• Jaina recounted how the Orc conquered Azeroth, united every Orc into himself, and eventually wiped out all life on the planet, beginning the Unique Beast Era.
• Sylvanas said the Beast Emperor grew enormous, founded the Giant Beast Heavenly Court, and challenged Elune; Baine said he failed, ending the era and bringing about the End Time.

Jaina, Baine, and Sylvanas tried to deliver Thrall to the Beast Emperor, but Eitrigg rescued him and revealed that the Beast Emperor intended to use him as medicine. Inside the Beast Emperor, Eitrigg explained that Thrall had once been destined to become the Unique Beast.

• Thrall accepted the supposed offer to inherit the Beast Emperor’s throne and traveled with Jaina, Baine, and Sylvanas through a strange Portal.
• Eitrigg, appearing as a Splitter, warned Thrall that his escorts were deceiving him, and Thrall chose to go with him instead.
• Eitrigg brought Thrall to an artificial Orgrimmar built inside the Beast Emperor, where Thrall saw soulless copies of familiar Orcs.
• Eitrigg explained that the Beast Emperor planned to devour Thrall to recover from his injuries, while Elune had secretly helped the Beast Emperor grow.
• Eitrigg revealed that Orc clans had fought inside the Beast Emperor for more than twenty billion years and that Thrall should have become the Beast Emperor himself.

Eitrigg convinced Thrall that he was the rightful Beast Emperor, then helped him produce and send out a hundred thousand copies aboard Splitters. After Eitrigg hinted that the Beast Emperor had grown up with Thrall, the Devourer appeared in Medivh’s form and attacked them.

• Thrall declared himself the rightful Beast Emperor, and Eitrigg agreed to help him end End Time.
• Eitrigg took Thrall to a production facility, where they created a hundred thousand copies of Thrall and sent them out aboard Splitters.
• Thrall and Eitrigg returned to Orgrimmar and drank together while Eitrigg hinted that the Beast Emperor had grown up with Thrall.
• An explosion tore through Orgrimmar, and a figure resembling Medivh entered the city.
• Eitrigg warned Thrall that the figure was the Devourer, which took the form of whatever its target feared most, but the Devourer’s attack made both of them explode and plunged Thrall into darkness.

Robbie and his companions entered the giant beast and used the plague to search for Orcs who could identify him. They learned the beast was the Beast Emperor and that the Great Prophet, Malfurion Stormrage, might know his true name.

• Robbie led Vanessa and Benedictus through a passage into the giant beast, where he used the plague to light their way and explained how it worked.
• Robbie established plague bases inside the beast and sent undead troops to search for Orcs who knew its identity.
• Robbie's group captured a fat Orc with a soul, and Benedictus burned him with Holy Light until he agreed to talk.
• The Orc said the giant beast was the Beast Emperor, who had supposedly destroyed all life on Azeroth and lived for 28 billion years.
• The Orc revealed that the Beast Emperor had been gravely wounded by Elune and that the Great Prophet knew his true name.
• The Orc identified the Great Prophet as Malfurion Stormrage.

Robbie learned that Malfurion was imprisoned beneath Giant Tree Canopy and concluded that Elune and the Beast Emperor were connected to Azeroth’s repeated destruction. After the Beast Emperor tried to burn out the plague, Robbie unleashed it, while Thrall was captured by the Devourers and taken away alive.

• Robbie, Benedictus, and Vanessa found Malfurion beneath Giant Tree Canopy, where a giant tree made of Night Elf souls rejected his pleas to return to his people.
• Benedictus and Vanessa analyzed Elune’s plan and the Beast Emperor’s repeated cleansing of Azeroth, and Robbie proposed making the two enemies destroy each other.
• The Beast Emperor set fire to the Undead base, forcing Robbie and his companions to escape through a Portal before Robbie unleashed the dormant plague inside him.
• Thrall awoke in a copied body, and Eitrigg told him the Great Prophet doubted he was the Savior before pushing him into darkness.
• Several Devourers captured Thrall, protected him in a bubble, and bound him with their tentacles.

Thrall was taken to the Beast Emperor’s palace, where Baine, Jaina, Tyrande, and Sylvanas were condemned and killed for their supposed crimes. Left alone before the throne, Thrall learned that he had to endure eighteen days of torture for an audience with the Beast Emperor.

• Several Devourers brought Thrall to Baine, Sylvanas, Tyrande, and Jaina, who escorted him through a portal to the Beast Soul Heavenly Court.
• The Beast Emperor condemned Baine to be crushed beneath a millstone, and Baine accepted the punishment before dying.
• The Beast Emperor sentenced Jaina to burn alive, and she fell into flames and turned to ashes.
• Tyrande tried to leap into the Abyss, but the Beast Emperor forced her to kneel, then froze and shattered her.
• The Beast Emperor sentenced Sylvanas to ten thousand swords piercing her heart, leaving Thrall alone on the walkway.
• The Devourers told Thrall that an audience required a trial of 1.8 million years, but they would shorten his torture to eighteen days because time was short.

Thrall endured eighteen days of torture before meeting the Beast Emperor, who explained that an outside force was multiplying inside him and asked Thrall to unite the Orcs with souls to stop it. The Beast Emperor sent Thrall to persuade them, but as the force arrived, he lost track of time again.

• The Devourers tortured Thrall through eighteen tests, leaving him mentally broken until the Beast Emperor restored his mind.
• The Beast Emperor revealed that Thrall was meant to be his medicine and that an outside force was using his flesh and blood to create Ghouls and take control of his body.
• Thrall identified the outside force as the Plague, and the Beast Emperor said Orcish toxins could counter it.
• The Beast Emperor ordered Thrall to unite the Orcs with souls, but Thrall warned that they would not sacrifice themselves for him.
• The Beast Emperor defended his claim to be Azeroth’s savior by saying he had freed living beings from suffering, then panicked as the outside force arrived.

Robbie and his allies attacked the Beast Emperor’s stronghold, but the plague and their assault failed to finish him before he summoned the chaos entity Zakul for help. Zakul appeared through a passage and scolded the Beast Emperor, who insisted that Elune was not his enemy.

• Benedictus taunted the Beast Emperor, who admitted that he enjoyed ruling and tormenting others.
• Robbie unleashed Professor Putricide’s plague, but the Beast Emperor tried to counter it by making Orc blood rain over the court.
• Robbie’s skeletal creature and Faceless One attacked the Beast Emperor, who set the court ablaze and burned Thrall and the monsters to ash.
• Robbie sent Orc souls to use Soul Scream, damaging the Beast Emperor’s soul and allowing the plague to spread across it.
• The Beast Emperor begged Zakul for help, and Zakul opened a passage to the world of chaos and rebuked him for defying Elune.
• The Beast Emperor wept and told Zakul that Elune was not the enemy.

Robbie’s plague transformed the Beast Emperor into an ominous creature, and he attacked the wounded Elune. Elune destroyed herself and the Beast Emperor to stop him, while a remnant of life drifted to Azeroth.

• Zakul sensed the soul-infecting plague on the Beast Emperor and fled through the rift, leaving a tentacle behind.
• Robbie’s plague corrupted the Beast Emperor, revealing the soul of a Pureblood Orc who Vanessa suspected had been a failed test subject from Medivh’s experiments.
• The Beast Emperor transformed into a red-haired corpse beast and attacked the wounded Elune, but neither her shield nor her counterattack could stop him from biting through it.
• Elune found Thrall inside a clone and sent him back to the Caverns of Time before declaring that the Unique Beast must be destroyed.
• Elune exploded herself, and the Beast Emperor’s body shattered in the resulting energy storm; a clump of life factors drifted to Azeroth.

Thrall returned from the End Time and learned that Elune had chosen him to become the Beast Emperor. The Emissary sent him to retrieve a treasure from the Hour of Twilight and gave him enslavement talismans to secure powerful allies.

• Thrall accused Anachronos of betraying him, but the Emissary said he knew what had happened in the End Time and congratulated Thrall on receiving the Unique Beast's inheritance.
• The Emissary told Thrall that Elune had mapped out his path to becoming the Beast Emperor and assigned him to seize an important treasure in the Hour of Twilight, where Benedictus led the Twilight's Hammer cultists.
• The Emissary named Med'an, Boathis, Softgear, Deriks Hellscream, and Afroya Windrunner as the five saviors who would assist Thrall, while Anachronos explained that some of them were weak or had not yet been born.
• Thrall asked for genuine experts who would work without claiming glory, and the Emissary gave him a list of powerful recruits for Anachronos to help win over.
• When Thrall doubted he could gain their loyalty, the Emissary handed him Elune's enslavement talismans, which could make even a Dragon Aspect his servant.

Thrall’s attempt to recruit adventurers ended in a pirate raid that left him badly injured, so he turned to recruiting powerful elites by force. He enslaved Morchok and set his sights on Hagara the Stormbinder.

• Thrall recruited over five hundred adventurers in Steamwheedle Port, took their wealth, and forced them to fight until only Captain Eudora of Freehold’s Water Rat Gang remained.
• Eudora shot Thrall, and the Water Rat Gang plundered Steamwheedle Port; Marin Noggenfogger lost his fortune, while Thrall was sent to the Caverns of Time for treatment.
• After the Emissary healed him, Thrall traveled with Anachronos to the Eternal Tides to recruit Morchok, lord of the stone elementals.
• Morchok refused to join Thrall, but Anachronos threatened him with a memory of his destroyed birthplace and the ability to kill him as a newborn.
• Thrall forced Morchok to sign an enslavement talisman, then named Hagara the Stormbinder as his next target.