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Days of Courting Death in Azeroth
VolumesArcsSummaries

Vol. 1The Guardian's Shadow

Robbie joined Vanessa VanCleef’s Defias Brotherhood in Draenor and investigated plots involving the Dark Star, Med’an, and the Draenei. After Medivh devastated Lunarfall, Robbie traveled into the past with Arthas to investigate the Guardian’s history, while a mysterious power disrupted Medivh’s plans.

  • Robbie joined Vanessa VanCleef’s Defias Brotherhood and helped establish its garrison at Lunarfall.
  • Robbie defeated Tuyang Tusunpo, became acting commander, and learned of Onyxia’s secret agreement over Westfall.
  • Robbie and Vanessa investigated a mysterious adventurer and uncovered a plot to provoke conflict between the Alliance and Draenei.
  • Robbie distracted Ner'zhul while Yrel freed Samara and the Draenei stargazers.
  • Robbie drove off Ner'zhul and traveled into the past with Vanessa to investigate Tirion Fordring.
  • Robbie and Vanessa uncovered Grandaris’s manipulation of Prophet Velen’s visions and learned of Med’an’s plan against Alliance commanders and Followers.
  • Medivh devastated Lunarfall with a Mana Bomb, and Robbie began searching the Guardian’s history for a weakness.
  • Robbie befriended Arthas in the past and exposed the Orcs’ deception before Medivh forced him to flee.
Chapters 1–100 Read from Ch. 1

Arc 1Lunarfall’s New Commander

Robbie escaped the Iron Horde, joined Vanessa VanCleef’s Defias Brotherhood in Draenor, and helped build their garrison while uncovering schemes tied to Med’an and Archimonde. After outmaneuvering Tuyang Tusunpo and becoming acting commander, Robbie learned that Onyxia had secretly shaped Westfall’s political history.

  • Robbie escaped the Iron Horde laboratory and returned to Azeroth, but his family and Lakeshire rejected him, so he headed back through the Dark Portal to Draenor.
  • Robbie joined Vanessa VanCleef’s Defias Brotherhood, recruited Delvar Ironfist and Hogger, and helped clear Lunarfall of ravens and Shockfist so Vanessa could establish a garrison.
  • Robbie and Vanessa investigated the apparent deaths and disappearances of Yuli and Stalvan Mistmantle, then learned that Stalvan’s past and a failed space-time experiment in Karabor Temple were connected to the mystery.
  • Robbie studied Holy Light runes and troubling books about the Old Gods and corrupted healing while Vanessa’s Brotherhood completed its fortress and received envoys from powerful factions.
  • Tuyang Tusunpo arrived to investigate the massacre of fifty-seven Orcs, insulted the Brotherhood, and challenged Robbie, who defeated him through a spell that caused his death during the duel.
  • Udir surrendered after the confrontation, but Tuyang’s body and belongings vanished, and investigators later linked his death to Blackrock Spire and Nefarian.
  • Robbie brought Vanessa an Orc skull and became acting commander while she warned him that Med’an’s garrison was under attack and attracting bounty hunters.
  • Vanessa explained that SI:7 had engineered the Stonemasons’ Guild riot to protect Queen Tiffin, and Robbie learned that Onyxia had granted the guild control of Westfall under a secret agreement with King Varian.
Chapters 1–2525 summaries Read

Arc 2The Dark Star Deception

Robbie and Vanessa investigated Draenor’s hidden players and political schemes while drawing Yrel into their search for the mysterious adventurer. The arc ended with Ner'zhul poised to confront Robbie after Yrel rescued Samara and the Draenei stargazers.

  • Robbie reunited with his childhood rival Luobo'an, helped him hunt Slitthroat, and deciphered Azazel Carla’s diary with Vanessa, learning that a player might know the truth behind the Wealth Tablet.
  • Robbie and Vanessa found Qiana Moonshadow, whose account of the Dark Portal identified a mysterious adventurer who had returned from a mission with Yrel, and recruited her to watch Yrel.
  • Robbie tried to impersonate the missing adventurer while dealing with Yrel’s unpaid bill, her Mercy ability, and Vindicator Maraad, whom he disarmed and forced to flee.
  • Robbie and Vanessa investigated Yrel’s journey, uncovered a plot against the Alliance and Draenei, and exposed Li Yueke’s role in selling credentials and supporting the Peace Dove’s efforts to provoke conflict.
  • Vanessa challenged Prophet Velen about the Draenei’s fate, while Robbie learned Ner'zhul intended to use Samara’s blood to summon the Dark Star and kill him.
  • Robbie, Vanessa, and Yrel found Ner'zhul holding Samara and Draenei stargazers at the Truna Observatory, where Robbie’s fake incantation distracted Ner'zhul as Yrel freed the captives.
  • Ner'zhul discovered Robbie had written the note and confronted him as Yrel returned with Samara and five stargazers.
Chapters 26–5025 summaries Read

Arc 3The Dark Star and the Defiler

Robbie and Vanessa uncovered Tirion Fordring’s secrets, altered his history, and investigated a plot involving the corrupted prophecy and Romuul. The arc ended as Med’an and a Horde force arrived during the Alliance assault on the Shadowmoon Clan’s Void Mages.

  • Robbie fought Ner'zhul and drove him off, then vowed to change Vanessa’s fate after learning that controlling the Dark Star could kill her.
  • Robbie and Vanessa traveled to the past to investigate Tirion Fordring, uncovered his dealings and the source of his strength, and witnessed his son Taelan’s death trigger a violent collapse before Robbie burned Tirion’s castle.
  • Robbie took Mograine, Whitemane, and Weldon to fight Kriya, while Yrel and Beiqing Feathermoon adopted his taunt to train Paladins and Night Elves.
  • Vanessa and Robbie investigated Romuul’s disappearance and identified Grandaris as the Defiler, then learned he was using the Nightmare’s Heart to manipulate Prophet Velen’s visions.
  • Grandaris planted false visions in Velen’s prophecy, showing him the Draenei becoming undead in the Horde, but Velen rejected the future and trusted the Holy Light.
  • Robbie confronted the mysterious man behind the prophecy plot and learned that Med’an had hired him to recruit Romuul for Peace Dove’s plan against Alliance commanders and Followers.
  • Robbie, Vanessa, and Romuul prepared to counter the Shadowmoon Clan’s crystal traps as the Alliance attacked the Void Mages, then spotted a Horde force led by Med’an, Experiment 709.
Chapters 51–7525 summaries Read

Arc 4The Guardian’s Hidden War

Robbie uncovered Medivh’s brutal rule and pursued clues to the Guardian’s past, while traveling back in time with Arthas to investigate the forces shaping his rise. The arc ended with Medivh tightening his hold over the Orcs and Jaina as a mysterious power disrupted his plans.

  • Med’an’s attempt to destroy the Draenei ended in disaster when Medivh arrived, killed survivors, and devastated Lunarfall with a Mana Bomb.
  • Robbie learned that Medivh’s unchecked power had reshaped the balance of the world, and he began seeking a weakness in the Guardian’s history.
  • Toki showed Robbie and Vanessa a recording revealing Aegwynn’s plans for Medivh’s magical upbringing, then sent Robbie back to investigate Arthas and Frostmourne.
  • Robbie met Baron Arthas Menethil in Deathknell, and the two became friends as Arthas regained his Holy Light powers and set out for Stormwind.
  • Robbie and Arthas discovered that Orcs had slaughtered Brill’s people, then infiltrated an Orc camp where Thrall and Jaina presented a false account of Orc life.
  • Robbie defeated Thrall and exposed that the Orcs had served human flesh to Jaina, but Medivh arrived and forced Robbie to flee with Thrall as his hostage.
  • Orgrimmar told Tirion how the Orcs had planned to exterminate the Draenei and how Medivh had manipulated the conflict with Lordaeron.
  • Medivh arranged a hunt involving Jaina and two mage apprentices, but a mysterious power interfered with the arrows as Arthas told Robbie that departed souls were leaving for the afterlife.
Chapters 76–10025 summaries Read
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