Recaps

Grimak brought Garrosh through the shadow-tainted Arakkoa ruins to the Hall of Revelers, a strange estate where Orcs indulged in an illusory feast. A young Orc named Goudan warned Garrosh that the place was the Realm of the Departed and a holy land for learning the true Shaman path.

• Grimak explained that the Orcs had learned Shaman magic from Draenei exiles and led Garrosh to the Hall of Revelers.
• The guards seized Garrosh at the estate’s entrance, while they ignored Grimak.
• The ancient Orc emperor Draenor welcomed Garrosh and invited him to join the revelry.
• Garrosh saw that the feast was rotten and the dancing Orcs were withered skeletons, though Grimak’s food remained fresh.
• Goudan took Garrosh to bathe and warned him that the estate was the Realm of the Departed, where the true Shaman path could be learned.

Garrosh met a young Orc who sought to master the Shaman path and make the Orcs stronger, but Grimak revealed that the Orc was destined to become Gul'dan. In Stormwind, Khadgar removed the Old Gods' influence from Maraad and proposed persuading Varian to help bring about Stormwind's destruction.

• A young Orc told Garrosh he wanted to learn and freely teach the Shaman path so the Orcs could grow stronger and defeat the Draenei.
• The young Orc revealed his harsh upbringing, his plans to destroy the Draenei before Velen died, and his intention to escape the world of the departed by breaking his legs.
• The young Orc immobilized Garrosh with dark magic and tried to eat him, but Grimak intervened and named him Gul'dan.
• Maraad returned to his guesthouse in Stormwind, regretting that he had frightened Varian by describing the Orcs' strength.
• Khadgar removed the Old Gods' influence from Maraad and asked about the Alliance's chances of winning the war.
• Khadgar said he wanted the Iron Horde to occupy the Eastern Kingdoms and fight the Orcs of Kalimdor, then planned to persuade Varian to help destroy Stormwind.

Khadgar and Maraad warned Varian about Ner'zhul and the Ancient Beast Emperor, while Grimak revealed a different history of the Draenei’s arrival in Draenor. Grimak and Garrosh reached Ner'zhul’s village and heard Rulkan berating him in his cave.

• Maraad told Varian and Khadgar that Ner'zhul had awakened the Dark Star and controlled the Ancient Beast Emperor, whose soul had once devastated the Draenei.
• Maraad said Sargeras had torn apart the Ancient Beast Emperor’s soul, and Varian angrily asked who could face him now.
• Grimak told Garrosh that the Ancient Beast Emperor was a fabricated legend used by Velen to conceal the Draenei fleet’s destruction.
• Grimak and Garrosh entered an Orc village and headed toward Ner'zhul’s cave.
• Rulkan berated Ner'zhul for hiding in the cave, while Ner'zhul said he was close to communicating with the ancestral spirits.

Grimak helped Ner'zhul absorb ancestral spirits and gain the power to challenge Rulkan for leadership of the Shadowmoon Clan. Ner'zhul became Warchief after defeating Rulkan, who was banished instead of killed, changing the history Garrosh remembered.

• Rulkan kicked Ner'zhul out of the cave, and Ner'zhul tried to hide his pain and protect a black animal hide covered in writing.
• Garrosh introduced Ner'zhul to Grimak, who persuaded him to abandon his attempt to summon the Ancient Beast Emperor and devour ancestral spirits instead.
• With Grimak's help, Ner'zhul absorbed the spirits and became stronger, then agreed to challenge the Shadowmoon Clan's chief.
• Ner'zhul defeated his wife Rulkan in public; she left with trusted followers and vowed revenge.
• Garrosh realized that his timeline's story of Rulkan's death was false, while in this timeline she was only banished and Ner'zhul became Warchief.

Khadgar persuaded Varian to open the Dark Portal and lead Stormwind into a final fight against the Iron Horde, despite the threat of Kilrogg Deadeye’s prophecies. The story then shifted to Kilrogg’s childhood as a starving slave, where Nantrog forced him to fulfill his father’s prophecy by killing him.

• Maraad warned Varian and Khadgar that Kilrogg’s prophecies had exposed every escape route during the fall of Shattrath.
• Khadgar insisted that Stormwind open the Dark Portal in accordance with Medivh’s will, and Varian reluctantly agreed to lead the kingdom into battle.
• Young Kilrogg scavenged for food beneath the feast table while his nephew Filtis and cousin Nantrog mocked him.
• Kilrogg recalled how his father sacrificed his left eye to foresee his death, after which Nantrog’s father took the chieftainship and made them both slaves.
• Nantrog dragged Kilrogg from beneath the table, gave him a dagger, and ordered him to kill his dying father to fulfill the prophecy.

Kilrogg killed his father to preserve the Bleeding Hollow Clan’s faith in the Deadeye prophecies, then discovered there were no visions and learned to invent prophecies to survive. After Kilrogg became the clan’s prophet and told Nantrog a flattering vision of their future, a spiked club smashed Nantrog’s head.

• Kilrogg’s father told him that prophecies were fabricated and that he had predicted Kilrogg would kill him to keep them both alive.
• Kilrogg rejected his father’s confession and stabbed him, then vowed to prove the Deadeye prophecies were real.
• Nantrog had Kilrogg undergo the prophecy ritual, but Kilrogg saw no visions and was threatened into claiming he had seen the clan’s victory over the Arakkoa.
• Kilrogg invented a prophecy in which the Bleeding Hollow Clan expanded beyond Tanaan Jungle and he and Nantrog died fighting Dragon Slayer Gruul.
• As Kilrogg followed Nantrog out of the cave, a spiked wooden club struck and smashed Nantrog’s head.

Kilrogg Deadeye killed Fel'this after Fel'this murdered his father, then used the Deadeye Prophecy to win the Bleeding Hollow berserkers' allegiance and become their new chieftain. Grimak and Garrosh arrived after the succession was settled and prepared to meet Warlord Hannibal.

• Fel'this killed his father, Nantrog, and forced Kilrogg to proclaim him the prophesied successor.
• Kilrogg attacked Fel'this with a club and beat him to death when Fel'this mocked the Deadeye Prophecy.
• Fel'this's berserkers arrived, and Kilrogg dared them to kill him while claiming the prophecy made him invincible.
• The berserkers knelt and pledged allegiance to Kilrogg, who declared himself the Bleeding Hollow Clan's new chieftain.
• Grimak and Garrosh arrived in Tanaan Jungle and learned the chieftainship struggle had ended.
• Grimak told Garrosh that Warlord Hannibal, chieftain of the Blackrock Clan, was the strongest Orc and Samuro's junior fellow disciple.

Maraad described Warlord Hannibal’s power and the brutal rule he imposed on the Blackrock Clan, while Blackhand was chosen to become a furnace soul. Grimak and Garrosh then discovered that Blackrock Foundry was built by the Draenei and that the Orcs had misused its Nebula Engine technology.

• Maraad told Varian and Khadgar that Hannibal had defeated three ancient gods and possessed strength comparable to Deathwing.
• At Blackrock Mine, Hannibal terrorized laborers while Blackhand and Orgrimmar endured the clan’s exhausting work.
• An Orc guard told Blackhand he had been selected to work at Blackrock Foundry, where he would become a furnace soul.
• Grimak showed Garrosh around Blackrock Foundry and explained that the Draenei had built it to construct their warships.
• Grimak revealed that the Orcs were using a rare artificial high-temperature Fire Elemental, meant for a Nebula Engine, as a furnace core.

Blackhand survived the Blackrock Foundry’s furnace after a Fire Elemental recognized him, gaining immense power and destroying the furnace. As unrest spread, Hannibal discovered that Destroyer Dov had withdrawn his support and chosen a new partner.

• Grimak spotted a chance to conceal the special Fire Elemental by using Blackhand’s transformation to create chaos at the foundry.
• Blackhand entered the furnace, endured its flames, and discovered that he had survived with new fire powers.
• Blackhand broke the furnace apart, killing nearby Orcs and triggering a riot at the Blackrock Foundry.
• Garrosh asked whether Blackhand could defeat Hannibal, and Grimak said the outcome depended on neither of them.
• Hannibal prepared to quell the unrest but could not lift his warhammer, and Destroyer Dov told him he had found a better partner.

Blackhand became the new chief of the Blackrock Clan after Hannibal surrendered power and plunged into the mine. Blackhand chose to preserve the clan’s brutal labor system, then received a summons from Destroyer Dov.

• Hannibal reflected on the Blackrock Clan’s future and arranged to pass his will to Blackhand, the Orc recognized by Draenor’s Fire Elementals.
• Blackhand went to the Blackrock Mine, where Hannibal praised his potential and urged him to carry on the clan’s legacy.
• Blackhand knelt and accepted the succession; Hannibal gave him the surname Blackhand, warned him to honor his promise, and jumped into the mine.
• Blackhand lifted Hannibal’s warhammer and ordered the cheering miners back to work.
• Blackhand asked Orgrimmar how to rule, and Orgrimmar advised him to keep the mines and foundry operating; Blackhand agreed that Orcs needed brutal rule.
• An iguana man arrived with Destroyer Dov’s summons, warning Blackhand that he should know who truly ruled Gorgrond.

Blackhand learned that Hannibal had deceived the Blackrock Orcs and discovered that Destroyer Dov controlled their mines and wealth. He submitted to Dov, restoring the clan’s brutal labor, while Grimak and Garrosh turned their attention to Frostfire Ridge and the Frostwolf Clan.

• The Iguana Person told Blackhand and Orgrimmar that Hannibal had drawn power from Destroyer Dov and might return to reclaim leadership, prompting them to question the former chieftain’s lies.
• Blackhand and Orgrimmar ate roast meat and realized Hannibal had deceived them about food and female Orcs.
• Blackhand and Orgrimmar visited Destroyer Dov, who revealed his Ogre disguise and showed them the vast store of gems taken from the Blackrock Orcs’ labor.
• Orgrimmar submitted to Destroyer Dov, and Blackhand restored the clan’s work regime with overseers who drove Orcs to labor even harder.
• Grimak told Garrosh that Destroyer Dov served their side and that Gul’dan could force Blackhand to submit to the Iron Horde.
• Grimak worried about confronting the Frostwolf Clan in Frostfire Ridge, surprising Garrosh, who believed Durotan was one of the least formidable of Draenor’s Seven Heroes.

Maraad warned Khadgar and Varian that Fenris could become an unstoppable leader if Garrosh changed the past, while Garrosh chose to kill Fenris rather than make him leader of the Iron Horde. Garrosh and Grimak headed toward Somval to find Durotan.

• Maraad revealed that Gromgal was a powerful Void Creature whose remains protected the Thunderlord Clan and that Fenris had once gained its favor.
• Maraad explained that Fenris had joined the Thunderlord Clan, taken the name Iron Wolf, and been defeated by his brother Durotan.
• Maraad feared Garrosh would warn Fenris, allowing him to survive and lead the Iron Horde, while Khadgar doubted Medivh would abandon his plans even after learning of Gromgal.
• Garrosh decided to kill Fenris instead of making him leader of the Iron Horde.
• Grimak told Garrosh that Durotan frequented Somval, and they set out for the coastal city.

Garrosh traveled to Somval expecting a place to spend his gold, but Durotan lured him into a trap for the Bladespire Ogres. Garrosh awoke chained among tortured Orc corpses, facing the Ogre Gorsog.

• Garrosh arrived in Somval and asked the fisherman Joey where to find Durotan.
• Joey praised Durotan, and a guard admitted Garrosh after he declared his hatred of Ogres.
• Durotan welcomed Garrosh, shared food and wine with him, and took him to meet the female Orcs at a hot spring.
• Garrosh chose Agatha, but Durotan had a servant lead him to a room where he was drugged and lost consciousness.
• Garrosh heard Durotan present him to Gorsog, Lord of the Bladespire, then woke bound in chains beside the mutilated bodies of Orcs.

Garrosh discovered that Durotan had betrayed his people, then was rescued from an Ogre feast by Agatha during a Thunderlord attack. He met Fenris Ironwolf, who warned that Garrosh’s choices could determine Draenor’s fate, but Garrosh decided to stay close and kill him.

• Garrosh learned that Durotan had secretly sold Orcs to the Ogres and was about to be eaten alive alongside six other captives.
• Grimak and Gorsog discussed using Durotan to stir conflict between the Frostwolf and Thunderlord Clans.
• The Thunderlord Clan attacked Gorsog’s fortress, and Agatha freed Garrosh amid the chaos.
• Garrosh saw Fenris Ironwolf command a powerful spirit force and learned that Fenris had received a prophecy about him.
• Fenris told Garrosh that his choices could save the Orcs or lead them to ruin, and Garrosh asked whether he wanted to become Warlord of Draenor.
• Garrosh decided to stay near Fenris, earn his trust, and kill him when the opportunity arose.

Garrosh and Fenris clashed over whether the Orcs should pursue endless conquest or build a peaceful, prosperous society, while Fenris introduced Garrosh to the Thunderlord Clan’s advances. After Agatha showed Garrosh Fenris’s magically gifted children, Garrosh feared that magic would make him obsolete and resolved to act.

• Fenris showed Garrosh how the Thunderlord Clan lived inside Gromgal’s skeleton and explained how blood infused into the bones provided warmth, light, and strength.
• Garrosh and Fenris argued over what qualified someone to be a Warlord of Draenor, with Garrosh advocating the destruction of other races and Fenris advocating peace and prosperity.
• Garrosh stayed with the Thunderlord Clan as Fenris taught him about cultivation, hardy seeds, forging, herbs, and magic.
• Fenris told Garrosh that he hoped to transform the Thunderlord Clan and spread knowledge across Draenor, widening the divide between their ideals.
• Agatha showed Garrosh Fenris’s three children, who had begun learning magic through Fenris’s experiments and Gromgal’s teachings.
• Garrosh realized that a magical Orc generation might leave him behind, hid his unease from Agatha, and said he knew what to do.

Garrosh and Grimak arranged to undermine Fenris, while Ogre lords recruited Durotan to help seize power in the Frostwolf Clan. Garad was killed in an ambush, and Jarnal blamed Fenris and went to war against the Thunderlord Clan.

• Garrosh told Grimak that Fenris was secretly training Orcs in magic, and Grimak urged him to cultivate Durotan rather than kill Fenris.
• Gorsog and Boggar Doomfist offered Durotan their backing if he helped them take control of the Frostwolf Clan, and Durotan agreed to pay any price to win Draka.
• Garad received Durotan's letter about partnering with a male Warsong Orc and set out for Somval to confront him.
• Gronn attacked Garad in Blade's Throat Canyon, killing him, while Fenris watched from the cliffs.
• Jarnal heard that Fenris had been seen at the ambush and declared vengeance before launching a war against the Thunderlord Clan.

The Frostwolf Clan marched on Gromgal after Jarnal accused Fenris of killing their father, Garad. Fenris struggled to choose between family ties and defending his rule, then received a mysterious orb from Gromgal that he believed could clear up the misunderstanding.

• More than ten thousand Frostwolf Orcs and an equal number of frostwolves surrounded Gromgal while the Thunderlord Clan stayed behind its walls.
• Fenris told Garrosh he could not bear to fight Jarnal and asked him to go as an envoy, though Garrosh warned that Jarnal might be testing Fenris's resolve.
• Fenris ordered Agatha to take his children, including Fetilis, through a secret passage because he feared both the Frostwolf army and threats within the Thunderlord Clan.
• Fenris entered Gromgal's hidden chamber and asked the black sphere for guidance about Jarnal's accusation.
• Gromgal gave Fenris a transparent orb of light and told him to present evidence to Jarnal before resorting to defeating him.

Garrosh manipulated Jarnal into believing Fenris planned to destroy the Frostwolf Clan, prompting Jarnal to kill Fenris's children and Agatha. After Garrosh fled, Fenris confronted Jarnal and said he regretted saving Garrosh at Bladespire Hold.

• Garrosh told Jarnal that Fenris was plotting against the Frostwolf Clan and that his three nephews were hidden at the Bonechewer Furnace.
• Jarnal insisted on going to the mine with Garrosh, where they found Agatha and the three children.
• Jarnal killed Agatha and all three children, then celebrated the slaughter and vowed to make Fenris pay.
• Garrosh was freed and honored at the Frostwolf camp, then left under cover of night to avoid the coming war.
• Fenris confronted the drunken Jarnal and told him that his greatest regret was saving Garrosh at Bladespire Hold.

Fenris exposed Jarnal’s role in their father’s death, punished him, and vanished with him as the Frostwolf and Thunderlord Clans ended their fighting. Durotan took power with Ogre support, but Gorsog and Pogar killed him, while Varian, Khadgar, and Maraad resigned themselves to Medivh’s plan to open the Dark Portal.

• Fenris showed Jarnal proof that Gorsog and Pogar had plotted Garad’s murder with Durotan, and Jarnal admitted he was wrong.
• Fenris declared that Jarnal would have no descendants; that night Jarnal’s twelve illegitimate children were killed, and Jarnal and Fenris disappeared.
• The Frostwolf and Thunderlord Clans stopped fighting, and the Frostwolf elders planned to bring Durotan back as chieftain.
• Durotan pledged to make Frostfire Ridge’s Orcs slaves to the Ogres, but Gorsog and Pogar drowned him in a boiling hot pot and discarded his bones.
• Durotan awoke as a soul atop a seaside garbage heap and wept over his life.
• In Stormwind Keep, Varian, Khadgar, and Maraad discussed Medivh’s wishes and accepted that they would open the Dark Portal despite expecting to die.

Fenris took Durotan’s identity and became chieftain of the Frostwolf Clan, while the Orc clans prepared for war and the Burning Legion arrived on Draenor. Grimak’s work with Garrosh ended as the Army of the Light turned its attention toward Azeroth.

• Fenris captured Durotan’s soul in a frostwolf pelt, took his appearance, and married Draka as Durotan.
• Grimak warned Garrosh that the Holy Light would soon threaten Draenor, then left after Garrosh guessed that he was Kairoz.
• Grom Hellscream, Kargath Bladefist, Ner'zhul, Gul'dan, Kilrogg Deadeye, and Blackhand consolidated power and prepared their clans for conflict.
• Fenris and Draka held their wedding in Frostfire Ridge, while the frostwolf pelt trembled throughout the night.
• Grimak collapsed after stepping through the Portal, and Murozond, Robbie, and Vanessa revealed that they had cooperated to alter history.
• The Burning Legion arrived on Draenor, Kil'jaeden contacted Ner'zhul, and Gul'dan was tempted by Fel as the Army of the Light prepared to target Azeroth.

Garrosh and Grom considered how to unite the Orc Clans and challenge Mannoroth while the Army of the Light stayed hidden. At a gathering meant to distribute the Blood of Mannoroth, Gul'dan's attempt to control the chieftains collapsed into a brawl until Mannoroth arrived.

• Garrosh and Grom surveyed Mannoroth and the Dark Portal, while a Naaru Shard explained that Grom could not defeat the Pit Lord alone.
• Grom warned Garrosh that the Clans would splinter after Mannoroth's death and said he might return to farming if the Army of the Light offered him nothing.
• Garrosh considered how to unite the Orc Clans as Gul'dan prepared the Blood of Mannoroth for distribution among the chieftains.
• Gul'dan tried to impose order at the gathering, but Blackhand challenged his authority and traded insults with him and Kargath Bladefist.
• Orgrimmar, Grom Hellscream, and Kilrogg joined the fighting, and the chieftains stopped when Mannoroth arrived.

Grom Hellscream refused the Blood of Mannoroth, then fled when Mannoroth attacked; Garrosh and the Orcs Death Squad killed the Pit Lord with a bombing assault. Gul'dan recognized Garrosh and threatened to make him his food.

• Mannoroth recalled what Garrosh had told him about the Orcs’ future and warned Gul’dan to find a way out of their situation.
• Gul’dan offered the chieftains the Blood of Mannoroth, but Grom asked about its cost and poured the cup onto the ground after Garrosh nodded.
• Mannoroth confronted Grom, and the chieftains scattered as Grom dropped Gorehowl and ran.
• Garrosh marked Mannoroth for artillery fire, while the Orcs Death Squad struck him with chained crossbow bolts and bomb carts; Mannoroth self-destructed in a huge explosion.
• Garrosh gave Gorehowl back to Grom and claimed that history would remember him for killing Mannoroth.
• Gul’dan recognized Garrosh, surrounded him with the Shadow Council Warlocks, and said Garrosh was his food.

Garrosh seized control of the Orc clans on Draenor, forcing their chiefs to submit while Grom declared the Orcs free of the Burning Legion. Meanwhile, Khadgar prepared to cross the Dark Portal and received intelligence about Garrosh’s rule, though he remained confident the Iron Horde would eventually fail.

• Garrosh turned the Shadow Council's Warlocks against Gul'dan and captured him for his usefulness in completing the Dark Portal.
• Garrosh forced the Orc chiefs to kneel, killing one chief to make them shout their submission louder.
• Grom declared that the Orcs of Draenor were free from the Burning Legion and led them in shouting, "Orcs will never be slaves!"
• Garrosh established the Iron Horde in Draenor while Khadgar assembled a party to cross the Dark Portal, despite Varian and Vol'jin refusing to join him.
• Cordana Felsong told Khadgar that Garrosh had allied with Grom and enslaved the Orc chiefs, and Khadgar dismissed the report as no reason to fear the Iron Horde.

After returning to Draenor, Robbie and Vanessa learned that Yrel had turned against the Alliance and was forcing its commanders to leave. They realized her sudden rise in power might be connected to the Army of the Light and decided to meet with her.

• Murozond told Robbie and Vanessa that the Army of the Light might be an opportunity rather than an enemy, then sent them back to their Timeline.
• Robbie and Vanessa arrived at Lunarfall and found the fortress deserted, where Hogger greeted them.
• Vanessa learned that Yrel had ordered the Alliance to leave Draenor within half a month and had defeated its commanders.
• Hogger described Yrel's extraordinary new powers, including Holy Light and several kinds of magic.
• Vanessa decided that she and Robbie needed to see Yrel.

Robbie and Vanessa visited Tempest Keep, where Maraad explained that the Draenei had been freed from Velen’s control and were preparing to face an imminent Burning Legion invasion of Draenor alone. As news of the invasion sent Lunarfall’s commanders fleeing for Azeroth, Vanessa told her Followers she intended to stay.

• Robbie and Vanessa went to Tempest Keep after Lunarfall’s commanders refused to confront the Draenei, and Maraad received them in Yrel’s place.
• Maraad explained that he and other Draenei souls had escaped the Naaru, returned after Velen’s death, and helped repair Tempest Keep.
• Maraad said the Draenei had detected unstable coordinates pointing to Argus and believed the Burning Legion was locating Draenor.
• Maraad said the Draenei intended to face the Legion without Azeroth’s help, while Vanessa warned that the Legion’s Eredar mages were formidable.
• After news of the invasion spread, commanders and adventurers fled toward Stormshield’s portal, and Vanessa told her Followers she planned to stay.