Chapter Summaries

Robbie and Queen Azshara rescued Xavius from Old God corruption by using Fel, but the power transformed him into Azeroth’s first Satyr. At Mount Hyjal, the Burning Legion’s Fel experiments transformed Night Elves into more Satyrs.

• Xavius glimpsed a terrifying truth he could not remember, and Robbie’s Holy Light Metamorphosis failed to overcome the corruption inside him.
• Queen Azshara summoned Fel power to suppress the corruption, allowing Robbie to separate Xavius’s spirit from his body and restore him in a new form.
• Xavius awoke with a Satyr’s body, and Queen Azshara warned him and Illidan that looking directly at a deity carried a terrible price.
• At Mount Hyjal, Archimonde watched Fel experiments transform Night Elves into horned, cloven-hoofed monsters, while some attacked their companions.
• Archimonde complained that Azshara had already named the creatures Satyrs, after he had considered calling them Legion’s Slaves.

Tyrande stabilized the Night Elf camp and sent Malfurion to identify those who could not accept Fel and form a Druid force. Malfurion helped Broxigar decide to seek a Fel body, but Broxigar then asked him to accompany him to the Emerald Dream to retrieve an Oak Axe.

• Tyrande calmed the camp after the Fel transformation deaths, while Mannoroth revealed that stone tablets had explained how to identify those unsuitable for Fel.
• Tyrande told Malfurion to find those who could not accept Fel so they could receive the Moon Goddess's nature and life power and become Druids.
• Malfurion agreed with Broxigar's plan to leave Cenarius's body for a Fel body, suggesting he return home in triumph so his people could recognize him.
• Broxigar offered Malfurion the essence in Cenarius's body and called him a friend, then asked him to travel to the Emerald Dream and retrieve Malorne's Oak Axe.

Malfurion and Broxigar received different treatment while the Burning Legion technicians made them new equipment. Malfurion left with powerful antlers, while Broxigar remained eager to find a weapon in the Emerald Dream.

• Broxigar persuaded Malfurion to accompany him into the Burning Legion camp, where the technicians forged Broxigar a new Fel Orc body and extracted Cenarius's essence.
• The technicians forged the extracted essence into antlers, surgically attached them to Malfurion, and promised him free repairs for ten thousand years.
• Malfurion noticed that his antlers were expertly made, while Broxigar's body was finished by novices with corners cut and no after-sales support.
• Broxigar praised his new body's strength and appearance, then urged Malfurion to go with him to the Emerald Dream to find a weapon.
• After they left, a technician asked why Malfurion had received special treatment, and the chief explained that Malfurion's younger brother was Illidan Stormrage.

Ysera welcomed the Burning Legion's envoy Broxigar to negotiate the Legion's help in forging the Demon Soul. Broxigar insulted the dragons by demanding unborn dragon hatchlings as food, leaving Ysera furious and asking whether he meant to end their cooperation.

• Krasus and Rhonin received word that Neltharion had agreed to forge the Demon Soul but needed time to arrange it.
• Ysera told Krasus and Rhonin that Broxigar had come to negotiate the Burning Legion's technical help in forging the Demon Soul and creating Fel Dragons.
• Malorne excused himself from meeting Broxigar and left for the Emerald Dream to assist Malfurion and the Night Elves.
• Ysera arranged a grand welcome for Broxigar, who arrived in Fel armor with Malfurion following him.
• At the feast, Broxigar claimed his favorite dish was five dragon eggs, including unborn hatchlings, and Ysera rose in fury.
• Broxigar asked Ysera whether she intended to end her cooperation with the Burning Legion.

Broxigar persuaded Ysera that Alexstrasza had betrayed the Dragonflights by serving Elune, prompting Ysera and Malygos to seek an alliance with Azshara. Nozdormu intercepted them and urged them to visit a mysterious place where they could look upon a god.

• Broxigar told Ysera that the Demon Soul was a sham and that Alexstrasza had made a pact with Elune, while Rhonin confirmed the claim.
• Ysera ended the Dragonflight's cooperation with the Burning Legion, but Malfurion persuaded her to let Broxigar stay in the Emerald Dream while she spoke with Alexstrasza.
• Ysera sought help from Malygos, and the two decided to approach Queen Azshara and her Highborne, the Moon Goddess's enemies.
• Nozdormu intercepted Ysera and Malygos and admitted he could not clearly see the future, then invited them to a mysterious place where they could peer directly at a god.

Nozdormu brought Malygos and Ysera to Ulduar to meet Loken, who showed them a vision of the End Time and warned that their choices would lead to disaster. They forgot what they had seen after leaving the observation room, but the fear and their decisions remained, while an eye watched them from a tendril in the floor.

• Nozdormu led Malygos and Ysera to Ulduar and explained that the Demon Soul had destroyed most of the Titan fortress in the future.
• Loken welcomed the Dragon Kings and criticized their choices, prompting Malygos to challenge his prediction.
• Loken took the Dragon Kings to Ulduar's observation room and revealed that he had encountered someone in the Emerald Dream who could witness gods without being affected.
• Ysera told Loken that the strange person had been executed after stealing a treasure and speaking to the dragons.
• The Dragon Kings witnessed the End Time, then forgot the vision after leaving the room but retained their fear and their choices.
• Nozdormu insisted that the Dragon Kings needed to stand united, while an eye on a tendril watched them from a crack in the floor.

Loken told Yogg-Saron that he believed visitors from beyond the universe offered hope for Azeroth, while N'Zoth guided Rhonin toward Bwonsamdi as a source of a god’s secret. Rhonin agreed to accompany Malfurion to negotiate with the Zandalari, and Azshara received a message about Bwonsamdi and considered whom to send.

• Loken told Yogg-Saron he had lied to Ysera but believed outsiders could bring hope to Azeroth, and Yogg-Saron decided to report what he had witnessed to the other Old Gods.
• N'Zoth rescued Rhonin from a nightmare about Jaina and Thrall, discussed how Old Gods reproduced, and told him the Dragon Kings had agreed to forge the soul.
• N'Zoth named Bwonsamdi as someone who knew the truth behind a god’s secret and predicted Rhonin would soon meet the Zandalari Trolls.
• Malfurion told Rhonin that Emperor Archaeus had offered a million Zandalari troops to fight Azshara, and Rhonin reluctantly agreed to accompany him as an envoy.
• Azshara sensed an Old God’s message naming Bwonsamdi and wondered whom to send to the Zandalari Empire.

Queen Azshara sent Robbie Capor to the Zandalari Empire to contact Bwonsamdi, while the death god reflected on his past and hoped war would bring him souls. At the palace, Malfurion and Rhonin discovered that another envoy had arrived, an Orc who seemed to know where they were hiding.

• Queen Azshara chose Robbie Capor as an envoy and equipped him with runes to approach Bwonsamdi secretly.
• Bwonsamdi recalled his former power under Xal'atath and decided that war would best serve him, despite suspecting a plot involving Elune.
• Malfurion asked Rhonin for help with Zandalari etiquette, and Rhonin frightened him with a fabricated account of brutal customs.
• Malfurion and Rhonin turned invisible and observed the palace preparations, including instruments of torture.
• An attendant announced the arrival of Leonardo Brutalaxe, and the axe-bearing Orc grinned toward the hidden Malfurion and Rhonin.

Disguised as an Orc and posing as the Moon Goddess’s messenger, Robbie forced his way through the Zandalari palace and slaughtered the guards who tried to make him prove his courage. Emperor Archaeus and the Loa priests abandoned their traditions and prepared to greet him, while Robbie concluded the Trolls respected strength more than courtesy.

• Robbie entered the Zandalari palace disguised as an Orc, and Malfurion and Rhonin watched uneasily, suspecting he was a divine messenger.
• When the guards demanded that Robbie leave his battle-axe outside, he challenged Emperor Archaeus’s courage, and Archaeus allowed him to keep it.
• Robbie bound the first hall’s guards with Holy Light and walked across the blazing coals on top of them.
• Robbie killed the elite guards in the second hall with Holy Light Blast and continued toward the imperial hall.
• After hearing that Robbie had killed the guards, Archaeus urged the Loa priests to defend the empire, but they made excuses to welcome the messenger instead.
• Archaeus led the priests to greet Robbie, who concluded that the Trolls bullied the weak and feared the strong.

Disguised as an Orc divine envoy, Robbie pressured Emperor Archaeus and the Troll priests to prove the Trolls’ worth to Moon Goddess Elune. A priest’s account of the Old Gods and the Orcs’ origins left Robbie questioning whether Elune was Xal'atath or Y'Shaarj.

• Robbie confronted Emperor Archaeus, who submitted to him and escorted him into the Troll palace.
• Robbie demanded that the Trolls demonstrate their value by proving their courage against the Night Elves, but the Loa priests stayed silent.
• Archaeus privately offered Robbie gifts and then promised access to Troll knowledge in exchange for a good word to Elune.
• A priest said Robbie was an Orc from Draenor and recounted how Xal'atath had been banished there and recruited the Orcs.
• Robbie wondered whether Elune was Xal'atath or Y'Shaarj as the priest declared the Trolls’ loyalty to Elune.

Robbie pressured the Troll Priests for the history of Xal'atath and learned that Bwonsamdi might know how she became Elune. He persuaded Archaeus to find Bwonsamdi and preserve the Trolls' history, while Bwonsamdi chose to hide in a gray realm and warned a colossal being that the End Time could not be stopped.

• Robbie challenged a Troll Priest's account, and the Priest cut off and swallowed fingers before confirming that Xal'atath had traveled from Draenor to Azeroth and that the Radiant God had stayed with her.
• Robbie pressed the Priests about how Xal'atath became Elune; one Priest revealed that Bwonsamdi had accompanied Y'Shaarj's soul toward the Death Realm and might know the truth.
• Robbie told Archaeus to find Bwonsamdi and preserve the Trolls' history, then warned him to seize a Night Elf with antlers and a frail human who might pose as Elune's Emissaries.
• Archaeus pledged loyalty to the Moon Goddess, and hundreds of Loa and their Priests began searching the Zandalari Empire for Bwonsamdi.
• Bwonsamdi rejected the risk of pursuing power, opened a Portal to a gray realm, and told a colossal being that no one could prevent the End Time.

Malfurion and Rhonin fled the Troll palace and blamed an Orc impostor for their failure, while Tyrande persuaded the dragonflights to pressure the Zandalari into joining the war against Azshara. Neltharion learned that Queen Azshara planned to use the Demon Soul to help defeat Elune, and was ordered to return to the dragonflights once the Trolls were mobilized.

• Malfurion and Rhonin escaped the Troll palace after guards and Loa priests recognized them as false divine emissaries, then agreed to blame an Orc impostor.
• The Burning Legion prepared to forge the Demon Soul, but the work awaited Neltharion and the Black Dragonflight's scales.
• Tyrande told Alexstrasza that the Moon Goddess required the Zandalari Trolls to join the war against Azshara, and Alexstrasza led the dragonflights toward the Troll empire.
• Neltharion discussed Elune's origins and the dragonflights' movements with Queen Azshara, who ordered him to return and help forge the Demon Soul after the Trolls were coerced into sending troops.
• Queen Azshara declared that Elune could be defeated and that a new age had begun.

Robbie vanished from the Zandalari Empire before the four Dragonflights arrived, leaving Archaeus to face their demands and lead a huge Troll army to Azshara. As the rival forces gathered, Neltharion’s Black Dragonflight joined the Burning Legion, and Archimonde predicted he would eventually defeat Neltharion.

• An ancient Loa told Robbie that Bwonsamdi might be hiding in the Space of Life and Death, and Robbie reported the discovery to Queen Azshara.
• Robbie disguised himself as a Troll and disappeared when the four Dragonflights arrived; the Red Dragon Queen Alexstrasza accused Archaeus of sheltering a false divine envoy and demanded three million troops and every Loa for the war.
• Archaeus mobilized three million Trolls, and the dragons helped transport them to Azshara, where they joined the disorganized armies of other races.
• Neltharion led the Black Dragonflight into the Burning Legion’s camp and gave the dragons’ scales to Legion technicians.
• Archimonde predicted that he would defeat Neltharion in a future battle, while Mannoroth privately recalled Archimonde’s failed confidence against Queen Azshara.

The Five Dragonflights gathered to forge the Demon Soul, while Neltharion questioned Alexstrasza’s motives and learned she believed she served the Pantheon. Archimonde summoned Liuliu, a powerful spotted dog who forged the Demon Soul and chose Neltharion to receive it while Alexstrasza was still dizzy.

• Alexstrasza told Neltharion that the Black Dragonflight might find a place in the Moon Goddess’s realm, but Neltharion suspected she wanted to sacrifice dragons for personal glory.
• Alexstrasza insisted that she served the Pantheon and called the dragons betrayers, leaving Neltharion confused.
• Archimonde arrived as the Five Dragonflights gathered, and Liuliu emerged from the portal, overwhelming the dragons and spinning Alexstrasza in the air.
• Liuliu warned Archimonde about the dangers of the world but agreed to help forge the Demon Soul in exchange for a favor.
• Liuliu used the Legion’s forges to create the Demon Soul by combining the Dragon Aspects’ power with Fel energy.
• Liuliu declared that the Demon Soul needed a master and chose Neltharion because Alexstrasza was still dizzy.

Spotted Dog rejected the Dragon Kings and Tyrande as masters of the Demon Soul, which fell instead to Malfurion, who faced pressure to destroy it or surrender it. Tyrande offered to marry him in exchange for the artifact, then revealed her ambition to restore Elune’s ancient kingdom and traced her transformation to the loss of a Yaksha Leopard she believed Lisa had killed for a fur coat.

• Ysera, Spotted Dog, and Tyrande argued over who should possess the Demon Soul, and Spotted Dog declared that mortals should decide the world's future.
• The Demon Soul fell to Malfurion along with a scale from Neltharion, while Neltharion and Malfurion's conscience both urged him to destroy it.
• Tyrande shielded herself and Malfurion from onlookers and offered to marry him in exchange for the Demon Soul.
• Malfurion asked what the Demon Soul would do, and Tyrande explained that it could activate the Titans' defense system and let Elune descend to restore her kingdom, where nonbelievers would perish.
• Malfurion challenged Tyrande's ambition, and she recalled how the young Yaksha Leopard she and her friends had cared for disappeared before Lisa wore a coat made from its fur.

Tyrande rejected Malfurion’s plea to stop and took the Demon Soul, while Malfurion yielded rather than destroy it. In Azshara, Queen Azshara’s food deliveries unsettled Emperor Archaeus and Huln Highmountain as the Night Elves, Burning Legion, and Dragonkin finally arrived.

• Malfurion confessed that he had killed the Yaksha Leopard and that Lisa had helped turn its hide into a coat, but Tyrande still refused to abandon her plan.
• Tyrande argued that sacrificing many lives could create an eternal powerhouse, and Malfurion handed her the Demon Soul.
• Emperor Archaeus found that his Trolls’ food supplies were nearly gone, but a magical cloud dropped food on the camps of several races.
• Archaeus visited Huln Highmountain, who said Azshara had been feeding the Tauren and insisted they would still fight her.
• Archaeus and Huln wondered whether Queen Azshara was raising their armies like livestock before news arrived that the Night Elves, Burning Legion, and Dragonkin had come.

Robbie balanced life and death within himself, found a passage to the space between life and death, and met an ancient boatman who agreed to take him to Bwonsamdi. The boatman warned that Bwonsamdi was with a powerful being known as Walking Death.

• Robbie explored the death-shrouded forest for seven days, balancing the Runes of the Dead with Holy Light and testing his runes.
• Robbie found a dark underground river that led into the space between life and death, then followed it through a cave marked with ancient murals.
• Robbie encountered an ancient creature in a wooden boat, who mistook the Rune of the Dead for the Death Language and explained its connection to thirty-six Divine Language phrases.
• Robbie learned that Bwonsamdi was the last of the ancient creature's people and had gained the knowledge to enter the living world by selling himself to a powerful being.
• The ancient creature agreed to take Robbie to Bwonsamdi in exchange for help leaving the death realm, and warned him about Walking Death.

Robbie learned that Walking Death arrived after the Titans attacked the Black Empire, but everyone who identified him as Y'Shaarj was devoured. He reached Bwonsamdi and faced the same riddle about Walking Death.

• Robbie warned the ancient creature about Azeroth's coming End Time and explained how the Holy Light could balance the power of death.
• The ancient creature told Robbie that Bwonsamdi had once taken refuge there and that Walking Death later arrived with his soul torn apart.
• The ancient creature warned Robbie that Bwonsamdi's riddle asked who Walking Death was and that those who answered Y'Shaarj had been devoured.
• Robbie suspected the riddle was a trap and considered that Walking Death might need living beings to fall into despair.
• Robbie met Bwonsamdi, who asked him to identify the being called Walking Death.

Tyrande gathered the armies outside Azshara City and prepared to use the Demon Soul beneath the full moon. As the rival forces awaited her command, Archaeus and Huln Highmountain secretly agreed on how to divide the city and its inhabitants.

• The Night Elves, Satyrs, Dragonflights, Trolls, Tauren, and other armies assembled around an altar while the Burning Legion camped far behind them.
• Archaeus and Huln Highmountain discussed the Demon Soul and agreed to divide Azshara City, its treasures, and its Highborne inhabitants.
• Archaeus and Huln swore a pact, then returned to their armies when the war drums sounded.
• Tyrande surveyed the assembled leaders, including Malfurion, Alexstrasza, Neltharion, and Archimonde, before raising the Demon Soul toward the full moon.
• Moonlight flowed into the Demon Soul, and the artifact began to shine brightly in Tyrande’s hands.

Queen Azshara explained that the Highborne planned to reclaim the moon from the Old Gods, even though doing so required sacrificing the armies gathered outside Azshara City. Tyrande used the Demon Soul to transform the Zandalari Trolls and their Loa into the resurrected Old God Xal'atath, while the black moon continued to revolve above the Well of Eternity.

• Queen Azshara told Illidan that the moon had to be reclaimed from the Old Gods and that the Trolls, Tauren, Dwarves, and Furbolgs would have to die.
• Archaeus joined the Trolls in cheering for Tyrande, and the gathered armies watched as a black moon appeared above the Well of Eternity.
• Tyrande declared that the Zandalari Trolls' fate was their glory, then used the Demon Soul to draw the three million Trolls and hundreds of Loa into the air.
• The Trolls and Loa merged into an enormous worm-shaped monster covered in mouths, and Archimonde identified it as Xal'atath, the Thousand-Maw Demon.
• Archimonde explained that Xal'atath was the weakest Old God, while the black moon above the Well of Eternity revolved without reacting to her resurrection.