Chapter Summaries

Robbie’s failed Holy Light Burst accidentally incapacitated Tuyang Tusunpo, and he later manipulated Udir’s healing into killing the Paladin and framed the Priest for murder. As the fortress turned against Udir, he seized Andenani as a hostage, while Robbie warned that her death could keep the Bronze Dragonflight from revealing the truth about Dalaran’s destruction.

• Tuyang Tusunpo challenged Robbie from a distance and boasted that his six-gem glove could unleash six Holy Light Fingers.
• Robbie secretly cast Holy Light Burst, but the spell misfired and caused Tuyang Tusunpo to be launched into the air by an explosive bout of diarrhea.
• After Udir cleansed and healed Tuyang Tusunpo, Robbie’s hidden interference caused the Priest’s spells to drain the Paladin until he died.
• Robbie accused Udir of murdering Tuyang Tusunpo, and the onlookers accepted the claim as the fortress gates were shut and Hogger prepared to attack.
• Udir seized the returning Andenani and held a dagger to her neck, while Robbie warned that she was the sole witness to part of Dalaran’s destruction.

Robbie exposed Udir’s story about Dalaran and used the chaos to let the Defias Brotherhood strip Tuyang Tusunpo’s corpse and equipment. In Ashran, Shadow Anduin heard the autopsy findings linking Tuyang Tusunpo’s death to Blackrock Spire and grew serious at the mention of Nefarian.

• Udir confessed that Andenani feared marrying an Orc because she had seen Thrall and her grandfather, then surrendered to capture.
• Marshal Gabrielle and General Kash Baolu took Udir away and discovered that Tuyang Tusunpo’s body, armor, weapons, ring, gloves, and frostwolf had vanished.
• Cordana Felsong invited Robbie to meet her at Starfall Outpost, while Robbie and Hogger debated how Archimonde had been summoned.
• In Ashran, Udir met Shadow Anduin, who said Bishop Faxien was examining Tuyang Tusunpo’s body and defended Princess’s handling of the affair.
• Bishop Faxien reported that Tuyang Tusunpo’s death was connected to Blackrock Spire, and Shadow Anduin reacted gravely to Nefarian’s name.

Prince Anduin accepted a fabricated explanation for Tuyang Tusunpo’s death and spun a dubious account of Tirion Fordring’s history. Meanwhile, the Brotherhood discovered most of Tuyang’s loot was worthless, then dismantled his mechanical frost wolf and uncovered a Fel-tainted Orc skull inside it.

• Bishop Faxien claimed Tuyang Tusunpo died from Horseback Wind after a heavy meal, and Prince Anduin renamed the cause Wolfback Wind for diplomatic reasons.
• Prince Anduin told Udir and Bishop Faxien his version of Tirion Fordring’s dealings with the Lich King and the resurrection of Taelan Fordring.
• The Brotherhood’s officers celebrated their loot until they learned Tuyang’s Judgment armor, Quel'Serrar, and Elementium Bulwark were poor replicas.
• Robbie identified Cookie’s unusual garment as a valuable collectible, while the Brotherhood decided to dismantle Tuyang’s mechanical frost wolf.
• Helix Gearbreaker, Captain Greenskin, and Kil'negg took apart the frost wolf and found a Fel-tainted Orc skull in its central power unit.

Vanessa appointed Robbie Capor acting commander after he returned an Orc skull, then showed him an SI:7 report about Med’an’s besieged garrison at Frostwall. Robbie learned that Vanessa needed him to take charge while she dealt with the danger surrounding Med’an and her own legendary weapons.

• Robbie brought Vanessa an Orc skull he had found and wondered whether it really belonged to Gul’dan.
• Vanessa praised Robbie and appointed him acting commander, explaining that he was the most suitable person available and promising him a raise.
• Robbie asked why Vanessa needed an acting commander, and she handed him a confidential SI:7 report about Med’an at Frostwall.
• The report described Med’an’s luxurious garrison, his valuable legendary equipment, and the bounty that had drawn elite teams from three neutral guilds.
• Robbie learned that the Iron Horde’s forces were also attacking Med’an’s garrison repeatedly, while Vanessa’s Fangs of the Father could attract a dangerous number of rogues if their secret became known.

Vanessa explained to Robbie how the Stonemasons’ Guild became the Defias Brotherhood and why Stormwind had secretly supported its control of Westfall. She revealed that the deal was tied to the hidden tablet called Wealth and a secret order from Countess Katrana Prestor.

• Vanessa told Robbie that the People's Militia had been trained in the Deadmines and explained Westfall’s history of poverty, conflict, and political corruption.
• Vanessa said an ancient human had recorded a secret about Archimonde on a tablet called Wealth, which the Burning Legion and SI:7 had both sought in Stormwind.
• Vanessa revealed that SI:7 secretly arranged the Stonemasons’ Guild riot to help Queen Tiffin escape a threat to her life.
• Vanessa told Robbie that Countess Katrana Prestor had ordered SI:7 to help the queen, and Robbie recognized the name as the alias of Onyxia.
• Vanessa explained that the Black Dragon Princess had granted the Stonemasons’ Guild control of Westfall in exchange for symbolic taxes, with King Varian’s signed agreement preserved in the royal archives.

Vanessa told Robbie how the Defias Brotherhood and the People's Militia of Westfall were intertwined, and Robbie became acting commander of her garrison. While completing Khadgar's logging task, Robbie encountered his old friend and rival Luobo'an, who claimed he had withdrawn from pursuing Lisa.

• Vanessa explained that the Defias Brotherhood had become the People's Militia of Westfall, and that Marshal Grian Stoutmantle used VanCleef as a shared identity.
• Vanessa described how the Brotherhood helped Westfall's refugees after the Northrend campaign and later disbanded as its members joined the People's Militia.
• Robbie became acting commander and oversaw the garrison as its buildings and workshops began operating.
• Robbie joined Delvar Ironfist and Gnoll lumberjacks to fell a designated tree, then helped Ironfist capture the Warlock who had charmed him.
• Robbie recognized the Warlock as Luobo'an, his childhood friend and rival for Lisa, who said he was leaving Lisa in Robbie's care.

Robbie reunited with his childhood friend Luobo'an in Draenor, learned that Luobo'an had bought a commander certificate and was struggling with his Followers, and agreed to help him hunt a rare wolf. Their trap worked on the wolf pups, but Luobo'an tried to lure Slitthroat himself despite Robbie's warning.

• Robbie met Luobo'an and his Succubus partner, Cangbudewensi, and learned that Luobo'an had paid for a commander certificate and was unhappy with his Followers.
• Robbie advised Luobo'an to use the Followers' contracts to assign them dangerous missions, then agreed to help Luobo'an kill wolves near a tree he needed to chop down.
• Luobo'an hired Dwal Ironfist for thirty gold, and Robbie discovered their target was the rare wolf Slitthroat.
• Robbie proposed digging a pit and instructed Luobo'an to lure the wolf pups toward it while Robbie and Dwal Ironfist prepared to attack.
• The pups chased Luobo'an around the pit, and Dwal Ironfist took their attention, but Luobo'an cast Shadow Bolt at Slitthroat to lure it over despite Robbie shouting for him to stop.

Robbie and Dwal Ironfist found a Kirin Tor ring and a diary in Throat Cutter's lair, and Vanessa had Robbie decipher the diary. It revealed Azazel Carla's account of meeting Arthas after Dalaran's destruction, ending with Arthas claiming he had seen Jaina when Dalaran fell.

• Luobo'an fell into Throat Cutter's trap, and Robbie killed the wolf pups before the group killed Throat Cutter.
• Robbie and Dwal Ironfist found Throat Cutter's Fang, a Kirin Tor Apprentice's Ring, and a diary in the Wolf Den.
• Vanessa gave Robbie a book to help him decipher the diary, and he worked through the night.
• Azazel Carla's diary described meeting Arthas in Southshore after Dalaran's destruction and discussing their past, Jaina, and the Orc raised at Durnholde Keep.
• Arthas told Azazel that he had seen Jaina when Dalaran was destroyed.

Azazel discovered that a Spellstealer Wyrm had stolen his magical aptitude, then regained his power after a prince removed it and healed him with the Holy Light. Years later, his diary led Vanessa and Robbie to investigate a mysterious player connected to the Wealth Tablet and the Battle of Mount Hyjal.

• A prince cut open Azazel's chest with Frostmourne, removed a Spellstealer Wyrm hatchling, and restored his wounds with the Holy Light.
• Azazel learned the wyrm had caused his lost magical aptitude and kept his recovered powers secret while searching across Azeroth for clues about hidden history.
• After finding the Wealth Tablet during repairs in Stormwind, Azazel traveled through the Dark Portal, was sent thirty-five years into the past by the Bronze Dragonflight, and prepared a dangerous experiment to return and reveal the truth.
• Vanessa and Robbie read Azazel's diary and inferred that the person he described as a commander who would pass through the Dark Portal was a player.
• Vanessa explained that the unidentified fiftieth person at the Dark Portal had fought at Mount Hyjal and might know the truth linking the Wealth Tablet to Archimonde.

Vanessa took Robbie into the woods to confront Qiyana Moonshadow, a druid she had tracked for days. As Qiyana prepared for a duel, Robbie suspected she was an impostor.

• Robbie and the other two followers went on patrol missions to earn money, improve their equipment, and gain experience.
• After Hogger bought the Imitation Molten Fury Fist Weapons, Vanessa woke Robbie in the middle of the night and took him into the woods.
• Vanessa and Robbie found a raccoon druid named Qiyana Moonshadow teaching animals in a clearing.
• Vanessa accused Qiyana of helping others impersonate her and demanded to know who she was looking for.
• Qiyana asked to eat before their duel, and Vanessa told Robbie she had escaped her seven times before.
• Robbie whispered to Vanessa that the raccoon was an impostor, not Qiyana Moonshadow.

Vanessa exposed Qiana Moonshadow’s disguise and challenged her to a duel, while Robbie met the Pandaren druid Mili Huojikaochi, who dreamed of meeting Thrall. Vanessa defeated Qiana by repeatedly using Sap, and Qiana agreed to go to Vanessa’s stronghold, though she demanded the truth before becoming a Follower.

• Robbie helped Vanessa realize that the mouse beneath the wildcat’s paw was Qiana Moonshadow, and Qiana revealed herself and accepted Vanessa’s challenge to a duel.
• While Vanessa and Qiana fought in the clearing, Mili Huojikaochi offered Robbie chestnuts, introduced herself, and told him she hoped to meet Thrall and thank him.
• Mili claimed her master had studied under Malfurion Stormrage and predicted that Vanessa would lose.
• Qiana changed into several animals, including an Elite Ironjaw Wolf, but Vanessa repeatedly stopped her with Sap.
• Qiana admitted defeat and agreed to go to Vanessa’s stronghold, but said she would not become Vanessa’s Follower unless Vanessa told her the truth.
• Vanessa told Robbie to take them to the stronghold and explained that leaving Stealth was difficult and had a long cooldown.

Qiana Moonshadow questioned Vanessa about the Defias Brotherhood’s survival after the assault on the Dark Portal, and Vanessa revealed that a mysterious young Paladin helped them escape. Robbie realized the Paladin may have been himself, while Qiana offered a clue about another hidden adventurer.

• Qiana Moonshadow described the three groups that attacked the Dark Portal and asked how Vanessa’s group survived after Khadgar’s portal failed.
• Vanessa denied that the Brotherhood had surrendered to the Iron Horde and explained that they escaped through a portal hidden in a latrine pit.
• Vanessa said a young Paladin in a filthy Warlock’s robe killed over a thousand Iron Horde troops before vanishing into the latrine pit.
• Robbie recognized the Paladin’s description and suspected that the strange blood he had drunk caused him to lose memories of his actions.
• Qiana Moonshadow gave Vanessa her detailed list of the fifty attackers and explained that Khadgar had concealed one adventurer’s identity.
• Qiana Moonshadow added that the mysterious adventurer had once returned from a solo mission with a young Draenei woman named Yrel.

Vanessa’s Followers investigated Yrel, but Kiana Moonshadow’s attempt to question her failed when Yrel claimed to be the legendary fiftieth person. Robbie concluded Yrel wanted a grand return to Embaari Village and devised a plan to exploit her vanity, leaving Hogger preparing a lavish inn suite to lure her.

• Vanessa recruited Kiana Moonshadow and assigned her to watch Yrel, after which Kiana brought in Buma Swiftstone and Dalila Crescent.
• Yrel announced she wanted a commander to escort her to Embaari Village, and Robbie’s group monitored her while debating whether to keep doing so.
• Kiana treated Yrel to a meal and wine, but returned furious after Yrel claimed credit for major victories and insisted she never wore underpants.
• Robbie sent Kiana’s group to pursue other quests and studied Yrel’s behavior, concluding that she wanted to return home in glory rather than meet the mysterious fiftieth person.
• Robbie asked Hogger whether he could defeat Yrel, then told him to create an extravagant Chieftain Suite priced at 8,888 gold per night and promote a free trial to attract her.

Robbie discovered that Yrel had been using her Paladin Mercy skill to make people treat her kindly while she freeloaded, and he confronted her with Hogger over her unpaid stay. Yrel’s magic and Robbie’s Cleanse set up a standoff, which ended with Robbie and Hogger threatening to make her pay.

• Robbie arranged a free trial stay in the Chieftain Suite for Yrel, who stayed on after her voucher expired and ran up a huge bill.
• Hogger returned from confronting Yrel under the influence of her Mercy skill, having given her his Lava Fury Fist Weapons and wallet.
• Robbie found an ancient record describing the Mercy skill and used Cleanse to restore Hogger’s memories and anger.
• Yrel cast Mercy on Hogger again, but Robbie dispelled it with Cleanse; she then used Mass Mercy on both of them, and Robbie answered with Mass Cleanse.
• Robbie demanded payment for Yrel’s stay, but she claimed she had no money, so Robbie and Hogger threatened to make her pay with her body.

Robbie and Hogger fought Yrel over her unpaid stay, but her powerful Holy Light techniques defeated them. After realizing her tail helped her balance, they planned to work together and Hogger began teaching Robbie how to use Unarmed Disarm with Holy Light-strengthened teeth.

• Robbie challenged Yrel to pay for staying in the brotherhood's fortress, and their Fist of Justice and Hoof of Justice attacks clashed.
• Yrel broke through Robbie's Divine Shield with a kick, but Hogger enlarged his head and bit her hoof.
• Yrel's Hoof of Radiance burned Hogger unconscious, so Robbie carried him away and healed him in the fortress pond.
• Hogger recovered and admired his fiercer appearance, while Robbie explained Yrel's Paladin abilities and identified her tail as the source of her balance.
• Robbie and Hogger planned for Robbie to distract Yrel while Hogger attacked her tail, then Hogger began teaching Robbie the Gnoll secret Unarmed Disarm.

Robbie adapted Unarmed Disarm into Deathwing's Gaze, a controllable Holy Light illusion shaped like Deathwing's head, and tested it on Yrel. Vindicator Maraad appeared in the Brotherhood's fortress to take Yrel, and Robbie provoked him by accusing him of cowardice and betrayal.

• Robbie created a golden Deathwing head that flew out and bit into a tree, then named the skill Deathwing's Gaze with Hogger.
• Robbie and Hogger cornered Yrel and eyed her tail, but Yrel calmly asked Robbie to teach her Deathwing's Gaze in exchange for Hoof of Radiance.
• Yrel shouted for help, and Vindicator Maraad emerged from the inn carrying the Hammer of the Naaru.
• Hogger revealed that he had mistaken Maraad for a jeweler named Artisan Romuul and hidden him in the inn's basement.
• Maraad recognized Robbie as Defiler Kapol and demanded an apology, while Robbie reminded him of his past with the Orcs and called him a craven coward and a disgrace to the Draenei.

Robbie and Hogger fought Vindicator Maraad after Robbie's taunts disrupted his Holy Light. Robbie discovered that heat could penetrate Maraad's defenses, forcing him to retreat and leaving Robbie with his helmet.

• Robbie's taunts angered Vindicator Maraad and destabilized his Holy Light.
• Hogger fought Maraad but could not overcome him, while Robbie's secret technique failed to stop Maraad from recovering.
• Maraad formed his Holy Shield Bastion and drove Hogger away with its tracking shields.
• Robbie suspected fire was the Bastion's weakness and heated his Replica Cursed Torch in a Dwarf bunker.
• Robbie melted Maraad's shields and threatened the Hammer of the Naaru with his heated weapon.
• Maraad fled to protect his hammer, and Robbie used his abilities to seize Maraad's helmet.

Robbie stripped Maraad of his armor until Maraad escaped by teleporting to Khadgar, while Yrel took back the Hammer of the Naaru and demanded to meet the Brotherhood’s commander. Vanessa questioned Yrel about the fiftieth person in the Dark Portal raid, and Yrel revealed that a Tauren had come to meet her on Khadgar’s orders.

• Robbie used Deathwing's Gaze to strip Maraad of his armor and weapon, prompting Maraad to teleport away with his beacon.
• Yrel reclaimed the Hammer of the Naaru and convinced Robbie to take her to the commander.
• Vanessa reprimanded Glubtok, Fangore James Harrington, Cookie, and Hogger for letting Khadgar defeat them, then ordered Hogger to negotiate Maraad’s ransom.
• Yrel recognized Vanessa’s Enchanter’s Robe and tested her ability to detect lies with questions drawn from her romance books.
• Yrel told Robbie and Vanessa that a Tauren of the Horde had come to meet her on Khadgar’s orders after she escaped the Iron Horde’s prison.

Yrel told Vanessa and Robbie how the mysterious shapeshifting adventurer had failed the Draenei’s tests and vanished, leaving Luobo'an in charge of the garrison. Vanessa arranged for Robbie to impersonate the adventurer, then Robbie visited Luobo'an’s garrison and suspected its powerful Pandaren brewer was Chen Stormstout.

• Yrel recounted how the adventurer had failed to prove himself by killing Shockfist and Norn Bloodseeker before disappearing, while the garrison passed to Luobo'an.
• Vanessa revealed that the adventurer was test subject No. 335, an undying soul able to inhabit many bodies, and explained that Med'an was test subject No. 709.
• Vanessa proposed that Robbie impersonate the missing adventurer, and Yrel agreed that he could pass for him despite concerns about his achievements and status.
• Robbie went to Luobo'an’s rundown garrison to gather information and found that Luobo'an had dismissed most of his staff to save money.
• A powerful Pandaren named Old Chen arrived with drinks, and Robbie suspected he was the famed Chen Stormstout.

Robbie discovered that Chen Stormstout had joined Luobo'an as a follower after mistaking him for the mysterious fiftieth person, and he watched Luobo'an drive Chen away by trading his employment certificate for a beer recipe. Chen then tried to borrow money from Robbie before revealing he had come to persuade him to reconcile with Maraad, leaving Robbie suspicious of Chen's allegiance.

• Robbie told Luobo'an that the fortress had once belonged to a Lobstrok, while Chen Stormstout secretly recorded the conversation in a notebook.
• Luobo'an argued with Chen Stormstout and refused to let him leave until Chen traded a beer recipe for his Follower employment certificate.
• Robbie met Chen outside the fortress, rejected his requests to borrow gold, and pretended not to recognize him.
• Chen told Robbie that Maraad had invited him to a feast at Starfall Outpost, with Khadgar as mediator, to make peace.
• Robbie refused the invitation and asked Chen whether he belonged to the Alliance or the Horde.