Chapter Summaries

Thrall and Garrosh fought for more than half a month before agreeing to a temporary truce and heading to Stormwind City. After Varian failed to escape by ship, Deathwing offered to help defend the city in exchange for an all-out Alliance war against the Horde.

• The Badlands flooded as miners hid underground, while leaders across Azeroth feared the consequences of Thrall and Garrosh's battle.
• Stormwind residents fled in large numbers despite Varian sealing the city and assuring them that it was safe.
• Thrall and Garrosh called a truce after discussing their failing bodies and agreed to travel together to Stormwind City.
• Varian tried to flee by ship but discovered that his trusted subordinate had already taken it away.
• Deathwing revealed his identity to Varian and offered the Black Dragonflight's aid if the Alliance and Horde went to war and destroyed the Orcs.

Varian rejected Deathwing's offer to take over Stormwind City's defenses, then secretly fled with Anduin while abandoning the city’s people. Thrall and Garrosh arrived and Garrosh began consuming Stormwind’s population, until Kel'Thuzad returned with news that they had found a way to stop the invaders.

• Deathwing offered to protect Stormwind City, but Varian insisted on consulting his subjects and spoke of dignity.
• Varian ordered a retreat through the Portal to Elysian Palace, explaining that he would sacrifice the commoners rather than risk House Wrynn losing power to the Black Dragonflight.
• Thrall and Garrosh arrived, and Stormwind’s people welcomed them as saviors.
• Garrosh revealed his intention to consume the people, then drew Stormwind’s population into the air and tore apart their bodies and souls.
• Garrosh turned his attention toward Westfall as Robbie hesitated to use Archimonde's Power of Destruction.
• Kel'Thuzad stepped through a Portal and told Robbie that they had found a way to deal with the invaders.

The Scourge and Black Dragonflight captured Thrall and Garrosh in Stormwind, transformed them into Faceless Ones, and drained the energy from their bodies. After Varian returned to the city, Jaina delivered Medivh’s order that he rescue the two sealed leaders so Azeroth could have a Savior and the Horde a Warchief.

• The Scourge froze Stormwind and attacked Thrall and Garrosh with petrification and the Old Gods’ Curse of Flesh, turning them into Faceless Ones.
• Kel’Thuzad questioned the captives, but Garrosh explained that his true self was beyond their reach and that the torment had been transferred to Garrosh’s soul.
• Deathwing offered to extract the beings’ energy, and Robbie and Kel’Thuzad accepted his help.
• Deathwing and Black Dragon mages drained the Faceless Ones until they reverted to stone statues resembling Thrall and Garrosh.
• Three days later, Varian returned to Stormwind and celebrated the statues’ presence before Jaina arrived with Saurfang and ordered him to rescue the sealed leaders on Medivh’s behalf.

Jaina forced Varian to admit Deathwing caused the Cataclysm and ordered Stormwind to provide a blood sacrifice to rescue Thrall and Garrosh. At the Lion's Pride Inn, Robbie met Lailar Yanya, who revealed his history with the Worgen Druids and Arugal.

• Jaina had Saurfang and the Orcs beat Varian until he agreed to her demands, then ordered twenty thousand Stormwind citizens prepared for sacrifice.
• Lailar Yanya, a member of the Gilneas delegation, reconsidered an alliance with Stormwind after witnessing Varian's humiliation.
• Robbie approached Lailar at the Lion's Pride Inn and concealed their conversation from the other drinkers.
• Lailar told Robbie that his dreams and explorations of ruins had made him question the accepted account of the Sundering.
• Lailar admitted he had fled after Tyrande secretly asked to meet him, then led Worgen Druids who were imprisoned in the Emerald Dream by Malfurion and Tyrande.
• Lailar said he escaped with Arugal's help and followed his orders, helping turn half of Gilneas's humans into Worgen.

Robbie brought the Scythe of Elune to Wind Valley Village to test whether it could restore the Worgen’s sanity and help Gilneas defend itself. After Vanessa awakened the Worgen, she founded the Wolf Worship Cult and made Lailar Yanya Grand General of the Pack.

• Lailar Yanya told Robbie that the Worgen had gone mad because humans could not balance the strange energy in their bodies, and Robbie offered to help them regain their sanity.
• Lailar secretly took Robbie and Vanessa to Wind Valley Village, where Worgen gathered and knelt before the Scythe of Elune at night.
• Robbie explained that the Scythe was a replica whose call had been replaced by the Whispers of the Old Gods, and urged Lailar to unite the Worgen into an army.
• Lailar refused to take the Scythe, so Vanessa raised it and called on the Worgen to face their leader; its power returned them to human form.
• Vanessa founded the Wolf Worship Cult, declared herself its leader, and appointed Lailar Yanya Grand General of the Pack.

Lailar secretly organized the Bloodfang Worgen across Gilneas while Stormwind sacrificed twenty thousand citizens to revive Garrosh. Back in Orgrimmar, Garrosh put the tortured Cairne Bloodhoof on trial, and Med'an proposed turning Cairne's bones into an Undead chair.

• Vanessa appointed Lailar Yanya great general of the pack, and he used the replica Scythe of Elune to gather Worgen and secretly build the Bloodfang Worgen throughout Gilneas.
• Jaina used Stormwind's repair costs as an excuse to tax citizens, and King Varian imprisoned those who could not pay until twenty thousand people were gathered.
• Jaina performed a blood sacrifice that revived Garrosh, who returned to Orgrimmar with Saurfang the Great.
• Garrosh summoned the Horde leaders and had Nazgrim bring the tortured Cairne Bloodhoof before them for a public interrogation.
• Med'an laughed at Garrosh's treatment of the mentally broken Cairne and suggested making Cairne's bones into an Undead chair for Garrosh.

Sylvanas resurrected Cairne Bloodhoof as an Abomination and revealed her hidden Tauren Abomination Legion, recruiting him to lead it against the Orcs. She ordered him to destroy Gilneas as Darius Crowley was summoned to meet Queen Jaina in Theramore.

• Garrosh approved Med'an’s chair proposal, while Sylvanas volunteered to make Cairne’s chair and took Cairne back to Undercity.
• Sylvanas and Antonidas arranged to disguise Cairne’s son’s soul as Cairne’s so they could deceive Garrosh, Med'an, and Medivh.
• Cairne awoke in an Abomination body and learned from Sylvanas that she had resurrected him to keep him from dying permanently.
• Sylvanas showed Cairne the hidden Abomination Legion made from the bones and souls of Tauren eaten by the Orcs, and Cairne agreed to serve as its leader.
• Sylvanas ordered Cairne to destroy Gilneas, while Darius Crowley woke in Theramore and received Queen Jaina’s summons.

Jaina recruited Darius to lead an attack on Gilneas, claiming she wanted to end Greymane’s rule. She revealed that she intended to use twenty thousand Worgen to seize the city and make herself Queen of Gilneas, and Darius agreed to serve her.

• Jaina told Darius that Thrall had been rescued and urged Azeroth’s people to unite against Deathwing.
• Jaina asked Darius to describe Greymane, and Darius condemned him and described the dangers of catching Man-faced Fish.
• Jaina asked Darius to lead an army to retake Gilneas, while insisting Theramore would not openly participate.
• Jaina showed Darius more than fifty ships carrying twenty thousand Worgen and explained that she planned to unleash them on Gilneas City.
• Jaina said she would weaken the Worgen after the city fell, leaving Darius to claim the victory while she became Queen of Gilneas, and Darius agreed to serve her.

Jaina used a mass teleportation to unleash frenzied Worgen on Gilneas’s royal city, while Robbie and Lailar tried to limit the slaughter and turn residents into Bloodfang Worgen. King Greymane escaped with Prince Liam and thousands of soldiers as Jaina prepared Darius to seize the kingdom and make her its queen.

• Robbie sent a spy to investigate Gilneas and, after the royal city appeared peaceful, placed Bloodfang Worgen near it to watch for threats.
• A fleet appeared at Shipwreck Bay, and more than a hundred teleportation beacons brought Worgen into the royal city, where they attacked its inhabitants.
• Lailar recognized that the attackers were not Bloodfang Worgen, and Robbie suspected Jaina was behind the assault; he sent Lailar to draw attackers toward the cathedral and ordered Bloodfang Worgen to infect residents.
• King Greymane fled with Prince Liam as the attackers overwhelmed the city, but Bloodfang Worgen subdued them and helped the King reach the north gate with more than three thousand soldiers.
• Outside the city, Jaina told Darius that her spell would soon weaken the Worgen and that he was to save Gilneas; Darius accepted, and Jaina opened a Portal to leave.

Darius surrendered to King Greymane after the Bloodfang Worgen took Gilneas City, then Greymane’s forces withdrew to his manor as Sylvanas’s Forsaken army surrounded the city. Robbie urged Lyral to hold out until Orc reinforcements arrived, while Jaina sought Garrosh’s help to stop Sylvanas from claiming Gilneas.

• Darius entered Gilneas City with two thousand soldiers, joined forces with Greymane against the Bloodfang Worgen, and was imprisoned after surrendering at Greymane Manor.
• Lyral and Robbie found Gilneas City emptied of humans and prepared the Bloodfang Worgen to defend it from the Forsaken.
• Sylvanas appointed Cairne Bloodhoof warlord and sent her army toward Gilneas by land and sea through a breach in the Greymane Wall.
• Robbie told Lyral to hold the city until Orc reinforcements arrived, explaining that he had sent a spy to provoke Garrosh into sending troops.
• Jaina learned Darius was Greymane’s prisoner and the Forsaken were invading Gilneas, then sent a messenger to Orgrimmar to persuade Garrosh to intervene.

Garrosh and Doras plotted to use the conflict in Gilneas to seize control of the kingdom, while Cairne Bloodhoof’s relentless siege wore down the Bloodfang Worgen. When Nazgrim’s Orc army arrived, Robbie urged Lyral to lead a counterattack, and the Orcs’ presence sent Cairne’s Abominations fleeing in terror.

• Jaina’s letter prompted Garrosh and Doras to plan a march on the Undercity, but a false request for reinforcements led Doras to send Nazgrim’s army toward Gilneas instead.
• Cairne Bloodhoof used nonstop attacks to exhaust the Bloodfang Worgen, and Lyral struggled to keep his troops steady through five days of battle.
• Nazgrim’s elite Orc army landed, and Robbie told Lyral to use the Scythe of Elune to inspire the Worgen and attack Cairne’s forces.
• Lyral opened the city gates and led the Worgen in an assault, causing the Abominations to flee when they saw the Orcs.
• Cairne failed to rally his troops because the Abominations, like him, feared the Orcs who had brutalized their Tauren souls in life.

The Forsaken and Orc forces were defeated at Gilneas, prompting Sylvanas to supply King Greymane with siege weapons so he could attack Lyral and the Bloodfang Worgen. After Lyral fell asleep, Robbie captured a ghostly intruder who revealed that Greymane planned to attack the city that night.

• Lyral’s Bloodfang Worgen routed the Forsaken and scattered the Orcs, while Cairne Bloodhoof escaped to the Undercity by teleportation rune.
• Sylvanas learned of the defeat and arranged for Antonidas to send siege weapons to King Greymane, hoping he would move against Lyral.
• Greymane told Prince Liam that he planned to kill Lyral and use the siege weapons to seize Gilneas for the Greymane Family.
• After Lyral fell asleep, Robbie hid him and created a fake Lyral, which a ghostly figure attacked before becoming fixated on the Scythe of Elune.
• Robbie questioned the ghost, Avel, who revealed that Greymane planned to attack the city that night with siege equipment from the Forsaken.

Robbie’s manipulation turned Greymane’s assault on the royal city into a disastrous trap, driving him to retreat and distrust Sylvanas. Meanwhile, Jaina received Thrall’s plan to use Prince Anduin as the vessel for a powerful being’s arrival on Azeroth.

• Robbie revived Forsaken soldiers and sent them to ambush Greymane’s army at the royal city.
• Greymane’s forces were trapped by the undead, lost their siege engines, and retreated to Greymane Manor.
• Greymane warned Prince Liam not to trust Sylvanas and decided the family and army should evacuate through the manor’s secret passage.
• Greymane asked the imprisoned Darius Crowley to command the rear guard as the Gilnean forces prepared to withdraw.
• Jaina received Thrall’s letter proposing Prince Anduin as the vessel for a great being who would oversee the plan to repair Outland.

After learning that Thrall’s plan to save Azeroth required Anduin to serve as a vessel, Anduin fled Stormwind and sought refuge with Moira Bronzebeard. Moira agreed to protect him after he convinced her that he loved her and explained the threat.

• Jaina sent Thrall’s difficult-to-read letter to Theramore’s scholars, where an SI:7 agent discovered its contents and passed the intelligence to Shaw.
• Shaw secretly warned Anduin that Thrall’s plan put his life at risk, and Anduin decided to flee before Jaina reached Stormwind City.
• Anduin traveled with trusted guards to Blackrock Mountain and arrived at Moira Bronzebeard’s birthday celebration.
• While viewing Moira’s treasures, Anduin found a model ship inscribed as a birthday gift to Jaina Proudmoore and realized Moira and Jaina were close.
• Anduin claimed that he loved Moira and explained Thrall’s plan, prompting Moira to denounce Thrall and promise that no one would hurt him.

Anduin was taken into King Bronzebeard’s custody after Jaina revealed his location, but he secretly left Moira a Scrying Gem as a birthday gift. The gem showed Muradin Bronzebeard admitting that he forged Frostmourne and revealing King Bronzebeard had an illegitimate son, leaving Moira with a new threat to her claim to the throne.

• Anduin hid in Moira’s bedroom while Jaina tracked him to Blackrock Depths and secretly informed King Magni Bronzebeard.
• King Bronzebeard broke into Moira’s bedroom, found Anduin there, and ordered him taken to Ironforge while warning Moira to keep the incident secret.
• Anduin slipped Moira a note directing her to a birthday present at an inn in Thorium Point, where she found a Scrying Gem and his letter about Muradin Bronzebeard.
• Moira activated the gem and watched a recording of Muradin admitting that he forged Frostmourne and claiming King Bronzebeard had an illegitimate son who could inherit the throne.

Moira summoned Muradin to learn about Magni’s illegitimate children and the Bronzebeard Clan’s secret protection. She then demanded Muradin help her overthrow her father, and he reluctantly proposed using a Titan relic that turns its user into diamond.

• Moira threatened to send evidence against Muradin to Thrall unless he returned to meet her, so Muradin traveled to Blackrock Depths.
• Moira questioned Muradin about Magni’s other women and illegitimate children, and Muradin revealed that Brann kept a list of them.
• Muradin told Moira that Magni secretly supported his children and that one had disguised himself as an Orc in the Zandalari Empire.
• Muradin warned that the Bronzebeard Clan served a great being that protected its kings, but Moira rejected his warning and insisted she would control her own fate.
• Moira proposed that she and Muradin join forces against Magni, threatening him with the evidence she held.
• Muradin reluctantly suggested using a Titan relic from Ulduar that could turn its user into diamond, then worried that Magni would see through the plan.

Moira gained Magni's trust and obtained the Dream Hammer, but Muradin warned that Magni suspected her and could sense its use. In Gilneas, Lyral survived an attack by Avel and chose to live in hiding while a veiled Night Elf investigated how he had cured the Bloodfang Worgen.

• Moira returned to Ironforge, apologized to Magni, and persuaded him that she no longer loved Anduin.
• Magni showed Moira the Bronzebeard Clan's Titan relics and gave her the Dream Hammer, which could inflict nightmares and madness.
• Muradin warned Moira that the Dream Hammer was Magni's test and that he would sense whenever she used it.
• Lyral learned that Avel had attacked him, then agreed with Robbie to fake his death and remain with the Worgen in secret.
• A veiled Night Elf inspected the Bloodfang Worgen's settlement and found traces of the Scythe of Elune's aura in their church.

Jaina went to Ironforge to retrieve Anduin, but Magni Bronzebeard demanded territory in exchange. Moira offered to help steal Anduin and asked Jaina to take her to Ysera, where she asked about the Dream Hammer.

• Jaina visited King Bronzebeard, who first demanded an intimate favor and then an enormous payment to release Anduin.
• Jaina returned to negotiate and agreed to consider Magni Bronzebeard's demand that the Horde leave Hammerfall and withdraw from the Arathi Highlands.
• Jaina found Moira's note, sneaked out of the inn, and met her at a private house.
• Moira offered to help steal Anduin in exchange for meeting Green Dragon Queen Ysera.
• Jaina took Moira through a Portal to the Emerald Dream, where Moira asked Ysera about the Dream Hammer.

Moira struck a bargain with Ysera to learn the Dream Hammer’s deeper powers, then used them and Ysera’s scale to manipulate Magni into ordering Muradin to bring the Elemental Tablet to Ironforge. The chapter ended with Muradin uneasy as he received Magni’s command.

• Moira agreed to return the Dream Hammer to the Emerald Dream after her death, and Ysera explained its ability to plant subconscious impulses and gave her a green dragon scale.
• Moira told Jaina to be patient about helping her smuggle Anduin out, saying she would soon be queen of Ironforge.
• Magni recognized that he was dreaming and used a Titan relic spinning top to test and disrupt the dream.
• Moira rebuilt the dream as the Temple of the Moon, distracted Magni with Tyrande, and used Elune’s voice to make him believe Thrall threatened Azeroth and that the Elemental Tablet could control the elements.
• Magni woke believing the dream’s message and sent Muradin a letter ordering him to return to Ironforge with the tablet.
• Muradin received Magni’s order and felt uneasy about what Moira might have done.

King Magni Bronzebeard questioned Anduin, then brought him and Muradin to Old Ironforge to attempt a dangerous ritual using a Titan tablet. Magni revealed the ruined city and appointed Muradin as his heir if the ritual killed him, leaving Muradin stunned.

• King Bronzebeard questioned Anduin about Varian, Rehgar, Thrall, and Blackmoore, then left him trembling after condemning Blackmoore for saving Thrall.
• Muradin brought Magni a Titan tablet from Ulduar and explained that its inscription meant to become one with the earth and listen to its voice.
• Magni decided to perform the dangerous ritual in Old Ironforge and ordered Anduin to accompany them.
• Anduin saw Old Ironforge’s illusory mountain of gems and its petrified Dwarves, while Magni warned him about the dangers of Azeroth and descenders.
• Magni told Anduin that Muradin would inherit the throne if the ritual killed him, and Muradin asked why Moira would not inherit it.