Recaps

Silvermoon City fell to the Orcs and Scourge, and Arthas raised its dead as the Forsaken under Sylvanas. As Medivh’s plans turned toward Dalaran, Thrall sought a cure for his ailment while Robbie and Arthas prepared to counter a plot to summon Archimonde.

• Sylvanas warned Anasterian that the Orcs threatened Silvermoon City, but Medivh reassured the Elf King and the Scourge instead marched on the Sunwell.
• Dar'Khan gave Kel'Thuzad the Sunwell shield’s parameters, allowing the Scourge to break through and reach the Sunwell.
• Robbie entered Silvermoon City, gave Sylvanas a Plague Potion, and learned that Medivh had persuaded Anasterian to protect the Orcs.
• Kael'thas plotted against the Orcs with Sylvanas, but Jaina exposed his plan, and Anasterian ordered him to retake the Sunwell Plateau.
• The Scourge conquered Silvermoon City, while Medivh fought Nozdormu and Robbie watched the Orcs’ defeat before time reset.
• On the next approach to Silvermoon City, Medivh’s plan and Queen Azshara’s Curse left the High Elves vulnerable, and Saurfang killed Anasterian.
• Robbie saved Anveena, the Sunwell’s incarnation, as Sylvanas was struck down, and Arthas raised the High Elves as the Forsaken and chose Sylvanas to lead them.
• Medivh turned toward destroying Dalaran, while Thrall learned his ailment stemmed from lost Innate Divine Essence and Jaina urged Antonidas to summon Archimonde, and Robbie asked whether they could create a fake Archimonde.

Antonidas’s attempt to summon Archimonde ended in Dalaran’s destruction, while Robbie later manipulated Khadgar and Med’an into a disastrous search for Shadowmourne. After returning to Draenor, Robbie uncovered Ner’zhul’s plans and confronted Tirion Fordring at Light’s Hope Chapel, where Tirion was overwhelmed by Orc women.

• Kael'thas warned Rhonin that Antonidas planned to summon Archimonde, but Rhonin gained Antonidas’s trust and helped prepare the ritual while Jaina supplied stolen materials.
• Varimathras troubled Rhonin with the prospect that Vereesa would outlive him, while Antonidas contacted Archimonde and accepted the Legion’s promise of a reward.
• Antonidas summoned the Burning Legion to Dalaran, where Archimonde’s forces overwhelmed the city, Thrall and Saurfang died, and Robbie returned with the Infinite Dragonflight to change history.
• Robbie recruited Kel'Thuzad and used a false Shadowmourne trail to send Khadgar and Med’an on an expedition to Skull Island, where most of Med’an’s Orc force died and Griftah recovered the real axe.
• Med’an traded Shadowmourne to Kel'Thuzad for Epic equipment and gold, then gave Saurfang a fake axe, while Robbie used the deal to advance his plans in Draenor.
• Robbie and Vanessa infiltrated Shaz'gul, learned Ner’zhul intended to summon the Dark Star, and discovered that the Peace Dove’s negotiations threatened the Alliance in Lunarfall.
• Robbie traded Naaru Shards with Tirion Fordring at Light’s Hope Chapel, then killed Varimathras and Nathanos Blightcaller when they came to support Tirion.
• Tirion revealed that he had lured Robbie to feed the Ashbringer with Restless Souls, but Robbie used Ner’zhul’s staff against him, and Jessica’s Orc women beat Tirion when the Holy Light failed to protect him.

Robbie helped Yrel break with Velen, defeat the Shadowmoon Clan, and expose the Dark Star’s deception while Vanessa and the Eredar Twins purified K’ara. The arc ended with Anduin considering a dangerous alliance with the Iron Horde to gain power in Gorgrond and destroy Karabor Temple.

• Vanessa poisoned Tirion, who escaped to Silvermoon, while Robbie planned an attack on the Shadowmoon Clan and learned that Luobo'an had come to see him.
• Robbie advised Luobo'an to reveal the Earthen Ring Shamans’ location to Ner’zhul, and he deceived Shanmiusen about the Brotherhood’s fugitives with disguises and forged explanations.
• Robbie and Yrel exposed Ner’zhul as a Lich, prompting Yrel to take the Prophet’s Mark from Velen and declare war on the Shadowmoon Clan.
• Robbie used Gnome-made bombs to breach the Bastion of Pain, but Velen and Ner’zhul escaped after Velen sacrificed Draenei captives to summon the Dark Star.
• At the Lightfall Altar, Velen sided with the Dark Star, but Robbie and Yrel helped destroy its form and kill Velen when he turned against them.
• Vanessa summoned the Eredar Twins, who controlled the Dark Star and purified K’ara, while Robbie discovered that the black particles from the ritual obeyed his thoughts.
• The Naaru Shards formed a Shadow Naaru, and Robbie and Vanessa captured Test Subject 003 after she tried to escape, and K’ara and Yrel then left for Karabor Temple.
• Anduin confronted Experiment 335 about his failures, then heard Grand Duke Alpha propose joining Chief Blackhand’s Iron Horde and placing him aboard the ship intended to destroy Karabor Temple.

Robbie helped Yrel defend Karabor, exposed Medivh’s schemes, and watched the Horde’s leadership collapse into a struggle involving Thrall, Vol’jin, and hidden powers. The arc ended with Robbie and Kel'Thuzad weighing the immense force behind Vol'jin and considering another approach.

• Robbie organized Karabor’s defenses, and the Draenei repelled the Iron Horde’s landing before Med’an’s spell and Kalecgos’s corruption threatened the temple.
• Robbie and Vanessa boarded Med’an’s gunpowder ship, confronted Anduin, and learned that the prince and Med’an planned to destroy Karabor and blame the Draenei.
• Robbie and Kel'Thuzad drove Medivh from Karabor by spreading his secrets through music boxes, but Medivh escaped and pursued plans involving Malchezaar and the Horde.
• Medivh sought Thrall’s help in Orgrimmar, where Thrall trapped him and revealed his plan to merge him with Aegwynn and Old God flesh.
• Garrosh and Agna stripped Thrall of elemental support, but Thrall revealed his Fel allegiance, transformed into a demon, and devoured Garrosh.
• Vol'jin defeated and beheaded Thrall, then rejected Saurfang the Great’s alliance with Gul'dan and arranged for Zotus to impersonate Thrall.
• Robbie and Kel'Thuzad questioned Lala about the power behind Vol'jin, compared it with Thrall’s demonic strength, and considered a different way to address the threat.