Recaps

Thrall led Azeroth’s leaders to Outland, then plotted to seize Archimonde’s destructive power and gain immortality. After the ritual collapsed and Thrall’s soul was scattered across the Elemental Planes, Varian and Jaina began recovering it through brutal sacrifices.

• Thrall and the other leaders escaped through the Dark Portal, but Kael'thas defeated them in Outland and imprisoned them in the Black Temple.
• Thrall won support for his plan to channel Azeroth’s elemental power, while Robbie learned that Thrall intended to destroy Azeroth and Varian returned to a rebuilt Stormwind with altered memories.
• Thrall gathered allies and guests at Mount Hyjal, then seized control of his wedding and demanded that the Dragon Aspects help him claim Archimonde’s power.
• Thrall sacrificed Tauren to purify Archimonde’s power, but Kalecgos turned against him and Archimonde appeared before the ritual could be completed.
• Archimonde revealed the Dragon Kings’ conspiracy against Kalecgos, then discovered the power was missing and watched Thrall accuse and beat Agna before Garona attacked him.
• The Twilight’s Hammer captured Thrall, Fandral Staghelm defeated Malfurion and Tyrande, and the Earthen Ring learned that Thrall’s soul had been scattered across the Elemental Planes.
• Jaina and Varian led soldiers into the Vortex Pinnacle, where Varian ordered three thousand men into the storm so Jaina could recover part of Thrall’s soul.
• Varian pledged Stormwind’s people to Hydrolis, then agreed to sacrifice King Llane’s soul so Thrall could regain another fragment, and Jaina said they would go next to Deepholm.

Varian, Thrall, and Garrosh were drawn into a chain of betrayals and catastrophic battles that devastated Stormwind and much of Kalimdor. As Jaina maneuvered to seize Gilneas, Robbie and the Bloodfang Worgen prepared to defend the city against Sylvanas’s invading Forsaken, while Jaina sought Garrosh’s intervention.

• Therazane helped Jaina recover Thrall’s soul, but Jaina deceived Varian, took credit for the rescue, and kept him imprisoned as a mouse while Thrall awoke.
• Varian accepted a bargain that let him torture Thrall and Agna, but Uther and then Sir Lothar interrupted him before mysterious forces ordered Thrall and Agna released.
• Garrosh rejected Cairne’s plea and forced him into a public duel, where Cairne defeated Garrosh with the Runed Spear before the battle escalated into a clash involving Gul’dan, Orgrim Doomhammer, and Thrall.
• Thrall and Garrosh became elemental champions and fought across Kalimdor, destroying settlements and lands before agreeing to travel to Stormwind.
• Garrosh consumed Stormwind’s inhabitants, but the Scourge and Deathwing drained him and Thrall into stone statues, and Jaina later forced Varian to prepare citizens for sacrifice and revived Garrosh.
• Sylvanas resurrected Cairne in an Abomination body and made him leader of a hidden Tauren Abomination Legion, while Jaina recruited Darius to help her take Gilneas.
• Jaina’s Worgen force attacked Gilneas City, and Robbie’s Bloodfang Worgen helped Greymane escape, and Darius entered the city, surrendered to Greymane, and was imprisoned.
• Sylvanas sent Cairne and the Forsaken to invade Gilneas, while Robbie prepared the Bloodfang Worgen to defend the city and Jaina asked Garrosh to intervene.

Jaina and the others struggled over the choice of Thrall’s Vessel as Moira’s bid for Ironforge’s throne ended in defeat. After Liam became the host for a powerful being, Jaina pursued a Black Dragon Egg, which Wrathion used to begin manipulating the Goblins of Kezan.

• Lyral and Robbie defeated Cairne’s forces at Gilneas, while Greymane’s attempt to retake the city failed and the family fled toward Southshore.
• Anduin fled Jaina’s pursuit to Ironforge, where Moira tried to seize the throne with Muradin’s help, but Magni’s ritual turned him to diamond and Muradin became king.
• Moira marched on Ironforge with Varian, but Velen stripped away her flame power and took Anduin to Theramore, and Jaina later made peace with Velen and sought Liam as Thrall’s Vessel.
• Liam rebelled against Greymane, but Sylvanas abducted him and delivered him to Jaina, who presented him to Thrall for the descent ritual, and Wrathion emerged in Liam’s body and imprisoned Thrall.
• Jaina obtained a Black Dragon Egg from Alexstrasza, then discovered that it had bewitched Rheastrasza and gathered Kor'kron Orcs as guards.
• With five thousand soldiers from Varian, Jaina defeated the Kor'kron army in the Badlands and delivered the egg to Wrathion, who grew into an adult Black Dragon.
• The egg possessed Kalecgos and vowed revenge on Jaina, while Wrathion ordered Thrall and Gallywix to draw Goblins to Kezan by announcing that Mount Kajaro would erupt.

Wrathion’s schemes brought Thrall, Anduin, and the Horde’s rivals to Pandaria, where shifting loyalties and the Sha drew the factions toward war. As the Orcs advanced on the Shado-Pan Monastery, Ye Wen became the Sha of Anger and the Sha of Madness empowered the defenders.

• Gallywix lured treasure hunters to Kezan with rumors of a buried Titan city, but Mount Kajaro erupted and Ragnaros emerged as Sylvanas blockaded the islands.
• Wrathion and Thrall brought Jaina into the struggle against Garrosh, but Gallywix betrayed the Goblins of Rustwater Port and pledged them to the Horde.
• Wrathion took Anduin to Pandaria, where Anduin and Thrall became leaders among the Jinyu and Hozen before Chi-Ji intervened in their conflict.
• Madam Goya negotiated with Wrathion to aid her family and harm the Pandaren, while the Sha of Madness drove Lorewalker Cho to attack Thrall, Anduin, and Wrathion.
• Varian ordered a search for Anduin, Garrosh sought power through a Sacred Bell, and Vol'jin escaped toward Pandaria as Orc forces landed there.
• Lorewalker Cho sought help from Taran Zhu as Garrosh's forces approached the monastery, but the Sha of Madness drew him toward Pandaren negative emotions.
• Ye Wen transformed into the Sha of Anger, while Taran Zhu's attempt to seal the Sha of Madness failed and the Sha instead empowered the Shado-Pan to resist the Orc invasion.