Chapter Summaries

The Old God consumed the Tauren and Furbolgs gathered outside Azshara while Tyrande received praise and promises from the being she served. The Dwarves remained as the only lesser race left alive, and Tyrande prepared to leave the rest to the Old God.

• Archimonde wondered how the Moon Goddess had learned to activate the Titans’ defenses, and Mannoroth suggested that the Titans had taught her.
• Huln Highmountain and the other races watched the Old God approach Azshara while the Dragonflights prevented them from fleeing.
• Huln escaped with a Teleportation Rune and met two Tauren chieftains, then persuaded them to claim their warriors had died fighting Queen Azshara and the Burning Legion.
• The Old God announced that she wanted beef and Furbolgs, and Huln and the two chieftains realized the Tauren would not survive.
• The Old God connected threads to the Tauren and Furbolgs, drew them into her mouths, and left the Dwarves trembling.
• Tyrande climbed the horns covering the Old God and praised the Moon Goddess after being promised that her desires would soon come true.

The Old God used the Demon Soul to reverse the Curse of Flesh on the Dwarves and open the Titans’ protective shield, revealing visions of the true starry sky. As the projection displayed immense creatures and civilizations, Archimonde warned Mannoroth that many of them were still alive.

• The Old God took the Demon Soul from Tyrande and declared that Azeroth’s inhabitants were trapped in a cage, ignorant of the universe beyond the stars.
• Archimonde told Mannoroth that Sargeras had revealed a corner of the starry sky to him, Kil'jaeden, and Velen, and suggested the Old God was committing a great taboo.
• The Old God used the Demon Soul to turn hundreds of thousands of Dwarves back into stone, gathering the Titans’ power into a giant key.
• The Old God sent the key into the sky, where a transparent Titan used it to open a vast gap in the Titans’ protective shield.
• Mannoroth, Alexstrasza, Neltharion, and Archimonde saw visions of colossal beings and battles across the universe, while Archimonde explained they were seeing ancient light and said many of the beings were still alive.
• The black moon absorbed light from space and projected countless images of immense spaceships and creatures across the sky as Archimonde explained starry-sky projection magic.

Archimonde and Mannoroth learned that powerful beings may have hidden the true starry sky behind vast force fields, while Azshara confronted Elune as the Moon Goddess drew close enough to threaten Azeroth. In the space between life and death, Robbie resisted Bwonsamdi’s deception, leaving Bwonsamdi to face Walking Death alone.

• Archimonde told Mannoroth that their worlds had been enclosed by force fields built by beings more powerful than the Titans.
• Azshara’s illusion challenged the female Elf Old God, identified her as Elune, and declared that the Night Elves would defeat her.
• Elune transformed into a city-sized moth and drew the full moon close to Azeroth, triggering unstable tides, a brewing storm, and threatened earthquakes.
• Queen Azshara ordered the Highborne to use the Tidestone, the Eye of Aman'Thul, and the Well of Eternity to protect Azeroth, while worrying about the End Time.
• Bwonsamdi asked Robbie to identify Walking Death, and Robbie incorrectly answered Y'Shaarj.
• Robbie resisted Bwonsamdi’s trick with the Blessing of Courage, and Walking Death told Bwonsamdi he would have to rely on himself.

Robbie learned Y'Shaarj's account of the Old Gods, the Void, and the Titans, but cared only about discovering the truth about End Time. Bwonsamdi agreed to trade with him, and Robbie offered to find him a girlfriend, provoking an outburst.

• Bwonsamdi revealed that Walking Death was Y'Shaarj, who had refused to absorb Azeroth's World Soul and had been mutilated by the Titans.
• Y'Shaarj claimed that the Titans had once been Old Gods who betrayed the Void, and that Xal'atath had mutated while Sargeras was a hatched World Soul.
• Robbie said gods and mortals alike pursued their own interests and told Bwonsamdi that he only wanted to know about End Time.
• Y'Shaarj accepted Robbie's rationality and permitted Bwonsamdi to negotiate a trade.
• Bwonsamdi asked what Robbie could offer in exchange for the truth about End Time, and Robbie asked whether Bwonsamdi had a girlfriend.
• Bwonsamdi angrily insisted that no woman worthy of him had been born yet.

Robbie and Bwonsamdi traded clues about Bwonsamdi’s future bride and the End Time before a crisis threatened Bwonsamdi’s chance of ever meeting her. In Azshara, the Queen countered Elune’s approaching moonlight and raised the Magic City and Well of Eternity into the sky.

• Robbie told Bwonsamdi that his future bride was a Troll princess born ten thousand years later, and they struck a deal to exchange information.
• Bwonsamdi explained that Aman'Thul could see the past and future of those weaker than him, then revealed that Sargeras had used the End Time, rooted in Azeroth, to defeat the Pantheon.
• Robbie warned Bwonsamdi that his bride was politically dangerous, and Bwonsamdi offered the truth of Elune’s origins in exchange for more information.
• A tremor in the Space at the Junction of Life and Death warned Bwonsamdi that Elune was about to descend and that he might not survive the crisis.
• Tyrande rode the giant butterfly as it threatened to unleash moonlight powerful enough to kill all life within a thousand li, prompting the Five Dragonflights and Burning Legion to prepare defenses.
• Queen Azshara used a black moon to absorb Elune’s power, then raised the Magic City of Azshara and the Well of Eternity into the air.

A three-headed monster unleashed despair across the battlefield before Queen Azshara rallied the Highborne to counter Elune with a vast net of spatial rifts. As Azshara’s city attacked the moon, Robbie pressed Bwonsamdi for the truth about Elune, and Bwonsamdi began discussing why Titans took partners.

• A giant three-headed monster hatched from the black moon, swallowed Tyrande, and cast despair over the battlefield, though Illidan, Xavius, and some Highborne resisted.
• Walking Death used C'Thun's Eye to observe the battle and explained Xal'atath's powers to Bwonsamdi.
• Queen Azshara noticed the spying presence and prepared her Highborne to resist Xal'atath's emotion magic.
• Azshara's floating city flew toward the moon, and the Highborne cast a vast net of spatial rifts around it.
• Robbie asked Bwonsamdi to explain Elune's origins, and Bwonsamdi began by questioning why Titans took partners.

Walking Death and Bwonsamdi explained how contact with mortals had corrupted the Titans, while Azshara used the Demon Soul and the Night Elves who had accepted Fel to empower Elune. Elune consumed the Dragonflights’ power and attacked Azshara City, but the Highborne countered her spells as Robbie resumed his deal with Bwonsamdi.

• Walking Death explained that contact with mortals had corrupted the Titans, and Bwonsamdi noted that most Old Gods had no sex.
• Azshara used the Void Seal to trap Elune, while Xavius opened Portals for the Fel-corrupted Night Elves at Azshara’s command.
• Elune’s light consumed most of the Night Elves who had accepted Fel, and Xal'atath used their power to cover the moon in Fel.
• Elune revealed that she had used the light to feed, then consumed most of the Dragonflights’ members; Neltharion shielded the Black Dragonflight with his wings.
• Elune unleashed spells powered by the Dragonflights, but Azshara and the Highborne countered them as Elune’s magic began to falter.
• Robbie turned to Bwonsamdi and said they should continue their deal.

Robbie learned Bwonsamdi and Walking Death’s account of Xal'atath’s romance with Aman'Thul and the Titans’ plots surrounding Azeroth. He told Bwonsamdi how to secure a future deal with God-King Rastakhan, then warned that a more dangerous force was behind the plan.

• Bwonsamdi and Walking Death claimed that Xal'atath was the fifth Old God, had built the Apexis Civilization on Draenor, and fell in love with Aman'Thul.
• Walking Death said Aman'Thul helped Xal'atath return to Azeroth and planned to use the Old God’s power to transform her into a Titan, while Sargeras prepared to exploit the Pantheon’s corruption.
• Robbie told Bwonsamdi that a future princess would be God-King Rastakhan’s daughter and advised him to bargain for the king’s soul and descendants when Rastakhan fell into despair.
• Bwonsamdi resolved to secretly drive Rastakhan to despair and pose as his savior, but Robbie warned that a more dangerous mastermind could cost him his life.

Queen Azshara used N'Zoth's body to fight the Moon Goddess, revealed as Xal'atath, after their magic shattered the spatial rifts. As N'Zoth's tentacles gained the advantage, he recruited Rhonin in a dream, while Malorne ordered Krasus to help release N'Zoth's sealed soul.

• Robbie told Bwonsamdi and Walking Death that Elune was the mastermind, and they agreed to help Queen Azshara.
• Azshara and the Moon Goddess stopped their magical attacks when the fighting threatened to collapse space, leaving the Moon able to reach Azshara City through the broken rifts.
• Azshara unleashed N'Zoth's tentacles from the Well of Eternity, and they began overpowering the Moon Goddess's tentacles.
• Tyrande looked to Ysera to honor their deal and release N'Zoth, while Rhonin entered a dream where N'Zoth recruited him to help defeat the Moon Goddess.
• Malorne told Krasus that he and Rhonin had to help release N'Zoth from the Emerald Dream.

Rhonin accompanied Malorne and the Emerald Dream mages to N'Zoth's prison, where Malorne tried to enlist the Old God to help Elune. N'Zoth refused, and Rhonin joined Malorne's slow, risky attempt to control him while keeping his own better method to himself.

• Malorne led the group through the Emerald Dream's guarded restrictions, while Rhonin concealed his thoughts from the giant tree that guarded N'Zoth's prison.
• The group entered the prison and examined the Titans' chains of Order, whose flaws N'Zoth pointed out to Rhonin.
• Malorne asked N'Zoth to repay Elune for freeing him, but N'Zoth refused to be used and blamed Elune for betraying the Titans.
• Malorne ordered the mages to begin a collective spell to seal N'Zoth's self-awareness so he could control the Old God's brain and divine soul.
• Rhonin recognized a faster way to cast the spell but kept quiet, then helped Krasus compensate for the Emerald Dream mages' mistakes.

Rhonin secretly altered N'Zoth’s seal, but Malorne took control of N'Zoth’s divine soul and joined the battle against Elune. The Moon Goddess revealed an Egg of Titans, and Azshara ordered a retreat before Eonar appeared through the Red Dragon Queen Alexstrasza.

• Rhonin replaced a symbol in N'Zoth’s seal after N'Zoth appealed to his resentment toward the nobles.
• Malorne absorbed N'Zoth’s chaotic energy, claimed control of his divine soul, and entered the battlefield through a portal.
• Azshara petrified Elune’s remaining tentacles, but N'Zoth corrupted Malorne and took over his body.
• Elune cracked open the moon’s shell and revealed an Egg of Titans, which Archimonde identified as only partially hatched.
• Illidan discovered that the Egg of Titans could not hatch, so Azshara ordered Azshara City to retreat from the Titan’s attack.
• Eonar rose from Alexstrasza’s back and confronted Xal'atath, accusing the Old God of trying to steal her man.

Eonar destroyed Xal'atath's Egg of Titans and gravely wounded her, but the Titan energy awakened a mysterious woman who revealed herself as Elune, the Moon Goddess and the calamity threatening to erase Azeroth. Queen Azshara prepared to confront Elune as Robbie and the others realized the End Time had begun.

• Eonar appeared through the Red Dragon Queen and struck Xal'atath, shattering the Egg of Titans and destroying most of her escaping consciousness.
• Walking Death and Bwonsamdi believed Azeroth had survived the crisis, and Walking Death told Robbie he could return home.
• The last carved face absorbed the Egg of Titans' energy, opened her eyes, and caused Archimonde to collapse in terror.
• Walking Death recognized the awakened woman as the Nature and Life Lord, and she identified herself as Elune before declaring Azeroth's destruction.
• Robbie pointed to Queen Azshara, who stepped down from her throne and prepared for battle.

Elune revealed her plan to consume the universe and tried to force Queen Azshara and the Highborne to submit. Azshara tested Elune’s seemingly invincible Moon Goddess Veil and discovered that curses might be able to overcome it.

• Walking Death explained that Aman'Thul's End Time could erase Azeroth and everyone who had ever lived there.
• Elune thanked Azshara for helping wound Xal'atath, then demanded that Azshara submit to her.
• Azshara said the Void Lord and the Burning Legion had prepared to fight Elune, and promised that the Highborne would show her their plans.
• Elune transformed the moon's tentacles into vines and blocked the Highborne's Dark Night Flame and Fel attacks with the Moon Goddess Veil.
• Robbie wondered whether the veil could be defeated without magic, and Azshara sent more than a hundred golems to examine Elune's vines.
• After the golems were destroyed, Azshara concluded that the vines were ordinary plants and that curses might bypass the Moon Goddess Veil.

Queen Azshara rallied Azeroth’s inhabitants to curse Elune while her city’s defenses collapsed, and the combined attack unexpectedly weakened the Moon Goddess. Azshara’s hidden nonmagical machines helped turn the battle, though Walking Death warned that the End Time remained inevitable.

• Queen Azshara broadcast a plea across Azeroth, asking its inhabitants to draw circles and curse Elune while the Highborne fought.
• As Elune’s vines breached Azshara City’s defenses, Archimonde, Mannoroth, Neltharion, Bwonsamdi, and others joined in drawing circles and cursing her.
• Queen Azshara declared that she had gathered the power of the living beings’ curses, and Elune’s vines suddenly weakened as her veil disappeared.
• Queen Azshara rebuilt the city’s defenses and burned Elune’s vines, while the other onlookers realized that the Moon Goddess had been defeated.
• Robbie spotted hundreds of machines in Azshara City and guessed that their nonmagical particle weapons had bypassed Elune’s defenses.
• Walking Death said that Azshara’s victory would not prevent the coming End Time.

Robbie warned Queen Azshara that Aman'Thul might come to save Elune, and the Titan arrived as the Moon Goddess faced defeat. Aman'Thul revealed that he had sacrificed the Pantheon's defenses for Elune, who planned to devour Azeroth's World Soul, while he intended to erase the world from existence.

• Robbie warned Queen Azshara that Aman'Thul could cross time to rescue Elune, and Illidan agreed they had to prepare.
• As Elune neared defeat, Nozdormu recognized Aman'Thul's arrival, Archimonde prepared to flee on Sargeras's orders, and divine fire struck Alexstrasza.
• Aman'Thul appeared in darkness, destroyed Azshara City with one golden blow, and overwhelmed Azeroth's inhabitants with his presence.
• Aman'Thul told Elune that Sargeras had blocked her call and that he had spent the Pantheon's defensive energy to reach her.
• Elune declared that she would devour Azeroth's World Soul and repay Aman'Thul, who said he would erase Azeroth across the past, present, and future.

Aman'Thul tried to destroy Azeroth while Queen Azshara and the Highborne chose to resist rather than flee. Azshara City’s tricks briefly exploited his emotions, but she admitted that deceiving the Titan had failed as Elune urged him to continue.

• Aman'Thul identified a weak point in Azeroth's crust and prepared to destroy the planet, believing Azeroth would become a future threat.
• Queen Azshara asked Robbie whether Azeroth still existed ten thousand years later, then chose to fight with the Highborne instead of escaping.
• Aman'Thul struck at Azeroth, but Azshara City reappeared and attacked his hand with Fel power, provoking him to crush its shell.
• Azshara City opened a rift into the Void, drawing Aman'Thul's hand after it until he realized the danger and withdrew.
• Queen Azshara admitted that her attempt to deceive Aman'Thul had failed, while Elune told him to ignore Azshara and destroy Azeroth.

As Aman'Thul prepared to destroy Azeroth, Azshara, N'Zoth, and Yogg-Saron chose to fight despite knowing they could not win. The chapter ended with Loken agreeing to release Yogg-Saron so he could challenge Aman'Thul.

• N'Zoth watched the Burning Legion depart and reflected on whether fighting for dignity mattered as Aman'Thul prepared another attack.
• Azshara returned N'Zoth's body, then launched Azshara City at Aman'Thul's palm with the Well of Eternity's power and teleported most of the Highborne away.
• Azshara City's impact shattered the sky and destroyed the Well of Eternity, but Aman'Thul remained unharmed and prepared to strike again.
• N'Zoth confronted Aman'Thul in his restored, greatly enlarged body, while Walking Death realized that fighting could offer others a chance.
• Yogg-Saron asked Loken to undo his seal so he could fight for Azeroth, and Loken agreed.

Loken reflected on the courage it took to oppose the other Guardians as N'Zoth and Neltharion confronted Aman'Thul. Neltharion sacrificed the Black Dragonflight’s strength to become Deathwing, was shattered by Aman'Thul, and escaped to Deepholm, where Therazane gathered his broken body.

• Loken recognized that someone would have to answer for Yogg-Saron’s escape and that standing against the others could be called courage.
• Aman'Thul erased the time that had empowered N'Zoth, weakened him, and shattered his body with a single strike.
• Neltharion asked the Black Dragons to give their flesh and blood through Flesh Symbiosis, swelling with their power and taking the name Deathwing.
• Deathwing charged Aman'Thul, who shattered him, but Neltharion escaped to Deepholm as Aman'Thul turned his attention back to Azeroth.
• Therazane found Deathwing’s broken head, picked it up, and set out to gather and reassemble his body.

As Aman'Thul fought Deathwing, the Seven Sha of Pandaria united with Walking Death to revive Y'Shaarj, who joined forces with Yogg-Saron to attack the Titan's mind. Yogg-Saron ensnared Aman'Thul in a nightmare and turned his attention toward Elune.

• Stone Mother Therazane remarked that Neltharion had gained power and lamented her own helpless condition, then noticed two Old Gods were joining forces against an enemy.
• Aman'Thul's shadow killed many Pandaren, while the survivors remained unaware of the catastrophe; the Sha of Pride rose from a lake and revealed itself as the Seven Sha's leader.
• The Seven Sha joined together with Walking Death, and Y'Shaarj was reborn with less than a tenth of his former power.
• Y'Shaarj and Yogg-Saron approached Aman'Thul while Deathwing was being beaten, then disrupted his emotions and wove a nightmare in which Sargeras condemned him for growing old.
• Yogg-Saron became surprised by how completely he had ensnared Aman'Thul and looked toward Elune, who shrieked in terror.

N'Zoth recovered with magic from the Well of Eternity while C'Thun proposed that they help Sargeras by attacking Aman'Thul and forcing him to act sooner. N'Zoth agreed to the plan but made one further request.

• Elune scolded Aman'Thul while Yogg-Saron watched over the weakened Y'Shaarj.
• The Highborne's Well of Eternity magic repaired N'Zoth's tentacles, and N'Zoth realized Queen Azshara and the Highborne had survived.
• C'Thun contacted N'Zoth and said the Old Gods should work together to injure Aman'Thul and create an opening for Sargeras.
• C'Thun explained that the Highborne were charging the Sea King Trident, forged using data gathered when Azshara City collided with Aman'Thul.
• N'Zoth accepted C'Thun's plan, then said he had one more request.