Chapter Summaries

Jaina argued with Archbishop Benedictus over the Alliance’s proposed cooperation with the Horde, while Benedictus feared the alliance would bring war to Stormwind. Onyxia, Robbie, and Vanessa planned to keep Jaina from meeting King Varian, and Jaina was invited to a welcome ball arranged by her admirers.

• Jaina confronted Benedictus and insisted that the Alliance and Horde needed peace, but Benedictus accused her of serving the Orcs and endangering the Alliance.
• After Jaina left, Benedictus worried about the coming negotiations and decided to seek help from the Twilight's Hammer cultists in the Stockade.
• Onyxia summoned Robbie and Vanessa after learning of Jaina’s visit, and proposed secretly killing her.
• Robbie and Vanessa argued that killing Jaina would be pointless and suggested preventing her from meeting King Varian instead.
• Onyxia arranged for Jaina to stay alone at the Gilded Rose, and an attendant invited her to a welcome ball organized by her admirers.

Jaina eagerly embraced Stormwind’s high society, enjoying a lavish ball and filling her schedule with noble pastimes while Robbie watched for signs of suspicion. Robbie, the Black Dragon Princess, and Vanessa then struggled to recreate Varian’s historical division and settled on disguising someone as the king to meet Jaina.

• Jaina attended a lavish ball at the Earl Agramande Estate, where noblewomen fawned over her and noblemen proposed to her or invited her to social events.
• Jaina awoke with a hangover and spent the following days enjoying the leisure activities she had promised to attend.
• Robbie gathered with the Black Dragon Princess and Vanessa and rejected the princess’s plan to drug Jaina and make her pregnant.
• Robbie proposed splitting King Varian into two people, but the Black Dragon Princess explained that no such spell could create a second body.
• Vanessa asked whether Jaina had met Varian, and Robbie decided to have someone disguise himself as the king to meet her.

Robbie recruited Experiment 335 to impersonate King Varian after Fien was apparently killed by Goblins. Meanwhile, Jaina was pressed by Aegwynn and Thrall to approach Varian, and Thrall revealed the Horde’s plan to sacrifice the Alliance against the Scourge.

• Robbie found Fien at the Darkmoon Faire and hired him to play King Llane, but Fien failed to arrive at the Lion's Pride Inn.
• Robbie discovered Fien lying dead at Marshal Duke's post, but Fien revived as Experiment 335 and said Goblins from Booty Bay had attacked him.
• Robbie recruited Experiment 335 to impersonate King Varian after tempting him with the prospect of meeting a female Tauren.
• Jaina received a mirror call from Aegwynn and Thrall, admitted that the Black Dragon Princess had blocked her efforts, and was told to seek Reginald Marshal Windsor.
• Thrall told Jaina that the Lich King Arthas was awakening and revealed that the Horde intended to make the Alliance bear the brunt of the coming war.

Jaina argued with Thrall and Aegwynn about recruiting Stormwind’s leaders to their plans, then tried to persuade Bolvar Fordragon to cooperate with the Horde. Bolvar refused her and denied Theramore reinforcements, leaving Jaina to threaten him and claim Varian would serve Thrall.

• Jaina challenged Thrall’s plan, and Thrall revealed that Twilight’s Hammer controlled Orc cult remnants in Stormwind and had recruited Prince Anduin.
• Aegwynn told Jaina that she needed Twilight’s Hammer’s help to reach King Varian, and Jaina decided to use Anduin to her advantage.
• Jaina visited Bolvar Fordragon and tried to convince him that cooperating with the Horde was necessary for his survival.
• Bolvar refused to negotiate with the Horde and said he would not send reinforcements to Theramore.
• Jaina left after warning Bolvar that Varian would become Thrall’s servant, while Bolvar remained seated beside the cold fireplace.

Jaina secretly met Marshal Reginald Windsor, who urged her to overthrow the Black Dragon Princess and become Queen of Stormwind, but she declined and suggested another way to expose the dragon's disguise. Robbie, Vanessa, and the Black Dragon Princess secretly observed the meeting, and Windsor revealed that he had fought in the assault on Medivh's Tower.

• Jaina disguised herself as an elderly farmwoman and cautiously entered Marshal Windsor's estate, unaware that the Black Dragon Princess, Robbie, and Vanessa were watching her.
• Robbie detected Jaina's magical traps, but Vanessa infiltrated the estate and used Gnome Engineering to let them hear and see the meeting.
• Marshal Windsor praised Jaina and proposed that they expose the Black Dragon Princess, overthrow her rule and the Wrynn royal family, and make Jaina queen of Stormwind.
• Jaina considered Windsor's offer but declined, then told him that ancient Dragon Magic tablets in Blackrock Depths might dispel the Black Dragon Princess's illusion.
• Jaina urged Windsor to trust King Varian and seek an alliance against the Scourge, while Windsor said Varian believed rumors blaming the Orcs for Lordaeron's destruction.
• Jaina asked whether Windsor had taken part in the assault on Medivh's Tower, and he claimed he had made a significant contribution.

Jaina questioned Marshal Windsor about the attack on Medivh's Tower and planned to abduct King Varian, but Twilight's Hammer stormed the estate and trapped them. As Jaina fought the cultists' Elemental Ascendants, Benedictus intervened and stopped her spell with Holy Light.

• Jaina questioned Marshal Windsor about his role in the raid on Karazhan, and he described how he survived by suggesting Sargeras as a possible possessor for Medivh.
• Jaina decided to bring King Varian to Theramore for peace talks with Thrall, planning to abduct him if necessary and frame several groups for the kidnapping.
• The Black Dragon Princess, Robbie and Vanessa watched Jaina and Windsor, intending to learn the operation's details and replace someone with Experiment 335.
• Twilight's Hammer cultists attacked the estate, blocked Jaina's teleportation and surrounded her and Marshal Windsor with Elemental Ascendants.
• Jaina unleashed a spell combining Fire, Frost and Arcane magic, but Benedictus appeared and blocked it with Holy Light.

Benedictus lured Jaina into revealing that she had become a monster empowered by the Old Gods, then trapped her with the Cathedral of Light’s priests. Marshal Windsor’s infatuation with Jaina overcame his judgment, and he prepared to follow her hidden instruction as she remained bound.

• Benedictus accused Jaina of treason and said he planned to attend her funeral after the Twilight’s Hammer assassinated her.
• Jaina used a burst of black fog to slip a scroll into Marshal Windsor’s arms and told him to wait for her command.
• Jaina transformed into a tentacled monster infused with the powers of C'Thun and Yogg-Saron, stunning Windsor.
• Benedictus summoned the Cathedral of Light’s priests, who bound Jaina in a golden net of Holy Light.
• Windsor became distressed by Jaina’s suffering, heard a voice tell him to unroll the scroll, and pulled it out.

Jaina summoned the Sea's Sovereignty to escape Stormwind with Marshal Windsor, then admitted her deception and began recounting the rejection and political marriage that had turned her against her family. Benedictus and the Black Dragon Princess remained behind, considering their own escape from Stormwind City.

• Jaina summoned the Sea's Sovereignty and used its Arcane Cannons to break the priests' defenses before taking Marshal Windsor aboard.
• Benedictus admitted his mistake, while the Black Dragon Princess revealed she had watched from the sidelines and warned him that Stormwind City was no longer safe.
• Jaina sailed toward the waters near Stormwind City and confessed to Marshal Windsor that she had intended to draw the Alliance into war to help Thrall hold off Arthas's Scourge.
• Jaina lost control of her magic and attacked Marshal Windsor with spells before calming down and offering to tell him her story.
• Jaina told Marshal Windsor that Lady Ashvane had driven a wedge between her and her mother and arranged a political marriage she dreaded, then declared that she hated them.

Jaina explained that she had been intended as a sacrificial queen for King Rastakhan, then recruited Marshal Windsor by offering him power and ordered him to reveal King Varian’s whereabouts. Robbie and Experiment 335 tracked the plot to a country villa, where Experiment 335 prepared to impersonate Varian and confront Jaina.

• Jaina told Windsor that Lady Ashvane had intended her to marry King Rastakhan as a sacrifice, and that her resentment toward her family drove her actions.
• Jaina persuaded Windsor to serve her and asked him to identify a moment when King Varian would have few guards.
• Windsor revealed that Varian secretly visited a villa in Elwynn Forest to meet his Tauren mistress, bringing only one guard.
• Robbie and his allies learned of the kidnapping plan and located the villa by following Windsor.
• Experiment 335 disguised himself as Varian and prepared to meet Jaina, while Robbie warned him about the danger.

Experiment 335 disguised himself as King Varian and visited Tina, using a magic necklace to fool her while enduring her overwhelming affection. Jaina arrived, transformed Tina into a rabbit, and was herself distracted by a second necklace, leaving the deception intact.

• Robbie warned Experiment 335 about Jaina and gave him a necklace enchanted to make Tina mistake him for King Varian.
• Experiment 335 entered Tina’s villa in disguise, and the necklace made Tina accept him as her beloved.
• Tina embraced and doted on Experiment 335 so forcefully that he struggled through their time together while Robbie pretended not to notice.
• Jaina arrived and transformed the charging Tina into a rabbit.
• Experiment 335 presented Jaina with an unenchanted diamond necklace, and she forgot her suspicions as Robbie noted that she and Tina shared a weakness for jewelry.

Experiment 335 impersonated King Varian and derailed Jaina’s attempt to discuss peace with a shameless marriage proposal. He left Jaina furious after demanding that she become Anduin’s mother and reaching beneath her skirt, only to have his hand injured.

• Experiment 335 gave Jaina a diamond necklace and impulsively proposed marriage to her.
• Jaina tried to steer the meeting toward Alliance-Horde peace, while Experiment 335 dismissed her claims and boasted about protecting Azeroth.
• Jaina warned that dangers threatened Azeroth and urged Varian to support Thrall, but Experiment 335 rejected her arguments.
• Experiment 335 demanded that Jaina become Anduin’s mother in exchange for agreeing to everything.
• Experiment 335 leaned toward Jaina and reached beneath her skirt, then cried out and pulled back his bleeding hand.

Robbie foiled Jaina’s attempt to seize Varian, forcing her to abandon her plan and turn her attention to Prince Anduin. After learning about Anduin’s upbringing and his secret connection to the Old Gods, Jaina decided to win his trust by filling the place of the mother he had lost.

• Robbie redirected Jaina’s Shapeshifting spell and extinguished her Fireball, protecting Varian and making Jaina give up her kidnapping attempt.
• Experiment 335 resumed his proposal to Jaina, who deferred her answer until she could consult her mother and then left Stormwind.
• After Jaina departed, Experiment 335 admitted to Robbie that he had fallen for her.
• Jaina asked Marshal Windsor for information about Anduin and learned about his difficult childhood, his tutor Lady Cassandra, and the Old Gods’ power he had used to excel at his studies.
• Jaina decided to gain control over Anduin by taking the place of the mother he had never known.

Jaina arranged a chance meeting with Anduin and used warmth, magic, and conversation to win his trust. After revealing her identity and challenging what Bolvar had taught him, she persuaded Anduin to speak to his father about peace with the Orcs.

• Jaina drenched Anduin with a magically localized rain shower, then offered to help him wash and dry his clothes.
• Jaina completed Anduin's jigsaw puzzle and told him that Orcs were honorable allies against the Lich King.
• Anduin repeated Bolvar's warnings about Jaina, and she revealed that she was the ruler of Theramore.
• Jaina told Anduin that Varian refused to negotiate with the Orcs, and Anduin agreed to talk to his father.

Jaina persuaded Anduin to urge Varian to negotiate with Thrall, but Varian took his son to the prison to prove that Orcs were dangerous. Anduin chose to spend the night with four imprisoned Orcs, who treated him kindly and told him stories that left him convinced of their innocence.

• Jaina sent Anduin to speak with Varian about making peace with Thrall.
• Anduin argued that the Orcs were honorable and that the Scourge, not the Orcs, had destroyed Lordaeron, angering Varian.
• Varian brought Anduin to the prison and offered him the choice of admitting he was wrong or staying overnight with four Orc prisoners.
• Anduin chose to stay with the Orcs, and Varian reluctantly agreed while secretly instructing the Jailer to protect him.
• The Orcs welcomed Anduin, shared his meal, and told him that humans had wronged them and that they wanted peace.
• Anduin listened tearfully and began to believe the Orcs' account.

Anduin enjoyed a night of play with four Orc prisoners and begged Varian to spare them, but Varian sent them to execution. Jaina revealed that she had rescued the Orcs only to kill them herself, then urged Anduin to help unite the Alliance and Horde against the Scourge; he agreed.

• Anduin played happily with four Orcs in his cell, and Varian later took him away after dismissing his plea to spare them.
• The guards transported the four Orcs into the forest, where Jaina revealed her plan to kill them and conjured a flame.
• Anduin spent the day troubled by his father's actions and went to Jaina's residence after class.
• Jaina described human-Orc misunderstandings and argued that peace talks could prevent further conflict.
• Jaina showed Anduin a map of Northrend and warned that the Alliance and Horde had to unite against the Scourge; Anduin agreed to help.

Jaina coached Anduin to persuade Varian to act against the Scourge, while the Black Dragon Princess and Robbie planned a counter through Duke Bolvar. Anduin tried to speak with his father, but Varian drew his sword and accused Jaina of manipulating him and betraying her father.

• Jaina urged Anduin to warn Varian that the Scourge and Arthas threatened Azeroth, and Anduin agreed to speak with his father.
• The Black Dragon Princess, Robbie, and Experiment 335 discussed Jaina's influence over Anduin and planned to use Duke Bolvar to counter her.
• Robbie proposed that the Black Dragon Princess persuade Bolvar to advise Varian against Jaina's arguments.
• At dinner, Anduin tried to discuss Arthas with Varian, who drew his sword and demanded to know who had coached him.
• Anduin named Jaina, and Varian denounced her for allowing the Orcs to kill her father and asked whether Anduin wanted to become king.

After a violent argument with Anduin, King Varian dismissed the prince’s warnings about Arthas and the Scourge, while Jaina recruited Mofeile to spy on House Wrynn. As rumors and doubt troubled Varian, he began to favor peace talks with Thrall.

• Varian threatened Anduin during an argument over negotiations with the Orcs, leaving the prince frightened and ill with a fever.
• Varian ordered a search for Jaina and locked down Stormwind Keep, but his agents failed to find her.
• Mofeile told Varian that Anduin had been speaking about the Scourge and Arthas, and Varian blamed Jaina for influencing him.
• Jaina appeared in Mofeile’s carriage and offered to help her become a true mage in exchange for spying on House Wrynn.
• Rumors about Arthas and the Scourge spread through Stormwind Keep, deepening Varian’s doubts about refusing an alliance with the Horde.
• Varian weighed the dangers of Arthas against the possibility of gaining power through peace talks with Thrall and began to favor negotiations.

Varian struggled to choose between Arthas's Scourge and Thrall's Horde, then sought Duke Bolvar's counsel after a nightmare about King Llane and suspicions that Jaina had spread rumors to sway him. Bolvar warned him about Arthas but invoked the Black Dragonflight's knowledge of the Heavenly Dao, leaving Varian with a new and mysterious argument against forcing the outcome.

• Varian dreamed that King Llane accused him of forgetting to avenge his death and woke shaken by the vision.
• Varian realized the prophecy about Llane's murder had been fabricated and suspected someone had arranged the rumors in Stormwind Keep to influence his decision.
• Varian went to Duke Bolvar for advice, and Bolvar said Jaina was behind the rumors and wanted to manipulate him.
• Bolvar urged Varian to weigh Arthas's danger against Medivh's, suggesting that Jaina might be right to oppose Arthas's growing power.
• When Varian asked whether Bolvar supported peace talks with Thrall, Bolvar described Deathwing's understanding of the Heavenly Dao and claimed the Scourge would rise and fall according to it.

Duke Bolvar persuaded King Varian that the Scourge and the Black Dragon Princess were calamities brought about by the Orcs, and that destroying the Orcs would make those threats fade. Varian swore to wipe out the Orcs, but after he repeated Bolvar’s theory at a banquet, Jaina heard of it and prepared a final way to challenge him.

• Duke Bolvar used the idea of Azeroth’s Heavenly Dao to convince Varian that the Orcs had provoked the Scourge and that the Scourge would vanish once the Orcs were destroyed.
• Bolvar warned Varian that cooperating with the Orcs would defy the Heavenly Dao, and Varian swore to wipe them out.
• Varian ordered people to stop spreading rumors, then repeated the Heavenly Dao theory at a banquet a few days later.
• Jaina heard Varian’s theory and considered using one last card to change his mind.

Jaina used black magic against Varian’s lovers and sent him a letter offering a chance to inherit a Wild God’s power and gain eternal immortality. The Black Dragon Princess took the letter from Varian and warned him that its promise of immortality was a lie.

• Jaina cursed Varian’s lovers outside Stormwind, and Varian discovered the spreading aging stains when he visited one of them in Goldshire.
• A priest identified the stains as demonic black magic that only the caster could undo, and Varian blamed Jaina after learning that his lovers across Elwynn Forest had also been targeted.
• Varian confronted Lady Cassandra, whom he accused of leading Twilight’s Hammer in Stormwind, and she gave him Jaina’s remedy formula and letter.
• Varian read Jaina’s letter and returned to Stormwind Keep, where the Black Dragon Princess demanded he hand it over.
• The Black Dragon Princess took the letter and claimed Jaina had lied about eternal immortality, though she also revealed that Varian could inherit a Wild God’s power.