Chapter Summaries

Thrall and his former allies abandoned their plan in the fallen Zandalari Empire, leaving him stranded with a bottle of Corrupted Blood. Thrall turned to a young Gurubashi and began teaching him his brutal idea of how to become an emperor, while Amani fled the empire after killing two elderly Trolls for provisions.

• Thrall, Hagara the Stormbinder, Mulgore Goldenhoof, and Morchok witnessed the deadly consequences of Corrupted Blood and the Zandalari guards' executions of survivors.
• Hagara, Mulgore, and Morchok rejected Thrall's plan to unleash Corrupted Blood on Orgrimmar, destroyed his Time Beacon, and left through a black hourglass after revealing they would join the Black Dragonflight.
• Thrall discovered that the Enslavement Scroll had stopped working and remained behind as Hagara, Mulgore, and Morchok vanished.
• Thrall met a young Zandalari named Gurubashi and offered to teach him that killing on a vast scale was the way to become an emperor.
• Amani killed two elderly Trolls for refusing or being unable to pay taxes, then bribed a Murloc boatman with hard jerky to escape across the river.

Robbie and Vanessa learned from Yeh'kinya that Holy Light and death magic could counter Hakkar's corrupted blood, while Dasa discovered that G'huun had created her as an unborn replacement for the Zandalari imperial bloodline. The chapter left Dasa confronting the truth that the empire's imperial blood came from G'huun.

• Robbie rescued Yeh'kinya from the starving, violent City of the Sky and healed his injuries in exchange for his knowledge of Hakkar.
• Yeh'kinya explained that Hakkar's corrupted blood drew on both Hakkar's Shadow power and G'huun's power, and that Holy Light could dispel it.
• Yeh'kinya said Hakkar had avoided a full invasion because the Scourge wielded both Holy Light and death magic.
• Dasa contacted G'huun and learned that he had used blood magic to replace Emperor Ata's unborn child with her.
• G'huun told Dasa to support Prince Dasa and his descendants, then revealed that Zandalar's imperial blood was his own.

Thrall witnessed the Pantheon and learned that Aman'Thul treated the Titans as livestock, using their bodies to build his realm and keeping the last 108 in coffins beneath his footstool. The chapter left Thrall facing the hidden being’s revelation about the Titans’ fate.

• Thrall hid amid the Zandalari Empire’s collapse and watched a dying Troll praise Emperor Ata before the Troll died.
• A beam of light struck Thrall, and his consciousness awakened in the Pantheon, where he saw Aman'Thul and Aggramar.
• Aman'Thul questioned Aggramar about Sargeras, then stripped Aggramar of his armor and Titan power and ordered him into a coffin.
• Thrall recognized the hidden being who had helped him and called the Titans Aman'Thul’s slaves.
• The hidden being revealed that Aman'Thul had used countless Titans as building materials, weapons, and medicines, while 108 survivors slept beneath his footstool.

Thrall learned that a traitor had helped Sargeras breach the Pantheon and was tasked with drawing the suspect out. He was instructed to begin by targeting Al'Akir, with an unnamed helper promised to assist him.

• Thrall watched a vision of Sargeras attacking the Pantheon while Aman'Thul traveled through time to strike Titans sleeping beneath his throne.
• Sargeras shielded the sleeping Titans from Aman'Thul's lightning, then destroyed the Pantheon after most of them were reduced to ash.
• The voice told Thrall that Eonar was the only surviving Titan to escape Sargeras and was the most likely traitor.
• Thrall learned that Aman'Thul and Elune wanted Azeroth's power to repair themselves, while Sargeras wanted Azeroth to reach term intact.
• The voice told Thrall to use Azeroth's elemental power to repair Outland and target Al'Akir, promising to send him a helper.

Thrall reunited with Vol'jin in Gadgetzan and decided to use the Southsea Pirates as the start of his plans. After Cruel Dempl escaped a Goblin attack, he met the pirates’ long-absent captain and presented a fragment of the treasure map.

• Thrall met Vol'jin, who revealed he had brought an army of about five thousand Southsea Pirates, and Thrall agreed to begin with them.
• Cruel Dempl led the pirates in a sea battle against Goblin warships, but spotted the danger and escaped into the ocean as Goblin Shredders slaughtered his crew.
• Dempl transformed into a dolphin, reached the pirate lair, and accused Kregg Keelhaul of betraying him before learning that the captain wanted to see him.
• Dempl brought the captain’s briefcase to two cloaked visitors and presented one-third of a treasure map; one visitor showed a marked tablet and key, and Dempl recognized the captain.

Thrall revealed himself as the Southsea Pirates’ true backer and recruited Dempl and Kregg for his plan to unite Tanaris and Uldum. Dempl fled after Thrall gave him one chance to produce evidence against Kregg, while Kregg was appointed foreman and led the pirates toward the Caverns of Time.

• Vol'jin introduced Thrall as the real backer of the Southsea Pirates, and Dempl recognized the Savior and pledged to serve him.
• Thrall told Dempl he wanted to establish a nation in Tanaris and Uldum, bringing the region’s peoples together in peace.
• Kregg refused Thrall’s offer by claiming he remained devoted to Lady Goya, but Dempl accused him of deceiving her and spying for Gadgetzan.
• Thrall warned Dempl to stop quarrelling and give him proof against Kregg; Dempl left the harbor in a small boat and did not return.
• Thrall appointed Kregg foreman of the Southsea Pirates and ordered him to gather them for a journey to the Caverns of Time.
• Dempl sailed through the mist and hidden reefs, wondering what Thrall intended, while Kregg led the pirates toward the Caverns of Time and discarded Lady Goya’s glove.

Thrall led the Southsea Pirates to the Caverns of Time, where he revealed that their role in saving Azeroth was to serve as food. After feasting on Goblin dishes, he and Vol'jin planned to enter Uldum as emissaries of the gods and seek the Forge of Origination.

• Thrall and Vol'jin led five thousand Southsea Pirates into the Caverns of Time and ordered them to lay down their weapons.
• Ellurmi transformed into a Dragon and ate a Tauren, terrifying the pirates.
• Thrall told Craig that the pirates were indispensable food, then prepared and ate a feast of Goblin dishes.
• Anachronos counted the pirates as five thousand military rations and offered Thrall five thousand Orc soldiers.
• Vol'jin reported that Ra-den wanted their help leaving Azeroth after they obtained the Forge of Origination.
• Thrall chose Oasis City as their starting point in Uldum and proposed entering as emissaries of the gods.

Robbie and Vanessa discovered that Thrall’s attack on Uldum was tied to a plan involving the Halls of Origination, while King Felix secretly worked with Ra-den to use the war against Lei Shen. The chapter ended with Ra-den promising Felix power and dominion if he killed Lei Shen and reclaimed Ra-den’s stolen power.

• Robbie disguised himself as Harrison Jones and attended King Felix’s war council with Vanessa, where the Tol’vir dismissed Thrall’s threat.
• Vanessa warned Robbie that Thrall and Brann Bronzebeard planned to explore the Halls of Origination, prompting Felix to involve the Ramkahen and Neferset tribes.
• Robbie spied on Felix and discovered that he secretly communicated with Ra-den, who said Thrall’s plan had become more complicated.
• Felix revealed that Oasis City was prepared to fall and sacrifice half its people to draw Lei Shen into the conflict over the Forge of Origination.
• Ra-den promised to cure the Tol’vir’s Curse of Flesh and help Felix rule Uldum and Pandaria if Felix killed Lei Shen and reclaimed Ra-den’s power.

Dark Pharaoh Takahen agreed to feign support for Thrall while secretly preparing to fight for control of the Halls of Origination. After Thrall's army landed in Uldum, Thrall beat Brann Bronzebeard and demanded that he sign a slave contract.

• Ra-den told Takahen that Thrall was the prophesied ruler of Uldum and ordered the Neferset to support him.
• Takahen told his twelve Priests that he would intercept Thrall's army and seek help from Harrison Jones and the Halls of Origination Guardians.
• Thrall landed his Orc army at the Cursed Landing Site and built fortifications while Brann Bronzebeard argued that he should lead the expedition into the Halls of Origination.
• Thrall punched Brann, ordered the Orcs to beat him, and demanded that Brann sign a Slave Contract.

Robbie persuaded Dark Pharaoh Takahen to cooperate against Thrall, while Felix secretly allied the Oasis with Thrall and handed him the Scepter of Orsis. The Neferset then attacked Thrall's camp with the Sun Obelisk as Felix watched from nearby.

• Thrall forced Brann to sign a slave contract and arranged for his wounds to be treated, leaving Brann to plan an escape.
• Robbie explained the Forge of Origination's secrets to Takahen and secured the Neferset's cooperation by showing him an object.
• Felix secretly met Thrall, agreed to sacrifice Oasis people to lure Lei Shen, and gave Thrall the Scepter of Orsis.
• Felix returned to find Takahen and five thousand Neferset had camped nearby, but he dismissed them as a threat.
• The Sun Obelisk bathed Thrall's camp in debilitating heat, and the Neferset attacked.

Dark Elder Takahen’s Neferset forces defeated the Orcs at their camp, then he revealed that Thrall had taken three thousand Orcs to Oasis City with a possibly fake Scepter of Orsis. At Oasis City, Shimra Sunreaver defeated Thrall and routed the Orcs, leaving him poised to kill Thrall.

• Takahen and the Neferset Warriors overwhelmed the Orc camp, then Takahen confronted Felix as the Orsis People arrived.
• Takahen told Felix that Thrall had led three thousand Orcs to Oasis City and suggested that the Scepter of Orsis was fake, prompting Felix to send his forces back to reinforce the city.
• Thrall led three thousand Orcs to Oasis City through Portals, and Shimra Sunreaver sent five thousand Orsis soldiers out to meet them.
• Thrall’s Scepter of Orsis shattered, and Shimra struck him down with his warhammer as the Orsis routed the Orcs and Vol'jin escaped.
• Shimra stood on Thrall’s chest and raised his warhammer, ready to kill him.

Ra-den destroyed Oasis City and consumed the souls of its citizens, while the Southwind Lord uncovered evidence linking the attack to Thrall. Felix returned to the ruins, recognized that Lei Shen’s warning had been true, and admitted he knew who was responsible.

• Ra-den’s lightning and Void Energy annihilated Oasis City, consumed its citizens’ souls, and left Shimra dying while he clutched a piece of Thrall’s flesh.
• The Southwind Lord found Shimra’s remains and concluded that Thrall’s flesh carried the powers of Void and lightning, implicating Ra-den.
• Felix dreamed that Lei Shen blamed Ra-den for Uldum’s past tragedies and urged Felix to expose him, but Felix woke rejecting the warning as bewitching magic.
• Felix returned to Oasis City and heard the Southwind Lord explain the evidence, then acknowledged that Lei Shen had told the truth and said he knew the culprit.

Al'Akir ordered the destruction of the Orsis People after deciding to punish Ra-den, while Thrall entered the Halls of Origination with Brann Bronzebeard to seek the Guardian's power. The chapter left Brann searching for another way past the stone guardians after Thrall refused to disguise himself as Ra-den.

• Al'Akir learned that Ra-den had been slaughtering the Tol'vir through an energy avatar and ordered the Lord of the South Wind to wipe out the Orsis People.
• The Lord of the South Wind unleashed a sandstorm that destroyed Oasis City and erased the Orsis bloodline.
• King Faoris and High Priest Ament decided that Ramkahen had to appeal to Ra-den for protection from Al'Akir.
• Thrall told Brann Bronzebeard that he intended to use the Halls of Origination to destroy the Tol'vir tribes and rule Uldum.
• Brann's men opened the Halls of Origination's gates, but Thrall struck Brann when he suggested disguising themselves as Ra-den to evade the stone guardians.

Brann broke Thrall’s control by forming a pact with Anhuur, bringing the Halls of Origination’s Guardians to life and forcing Thrall to flee. Outside, Thrall gained Faoris and Ramkahen as slaves, then led them toward a confrontation with Takahen’s Neferset.

• Thrall threatened Brann as the Explorers' League sacrificed over a hundred lives while disabling Guardians on their way to Anhuur.
• Anhuur offered Brann a Titans' Pact that would void the Slave Contract, and Brann accepted by marking the runes with his blood.
• Thrall and Vol'jin fled through the passage as Anhuur and the other Guardians attacked the Orcs and sealed the Halls of Origination.
• King Faoris and Ramkahen submitted to Thrall, who accepted them as slaves and rode on Faoris's back.
• Takahen saw Thrall arriving with Faoris and challenged Ramkahen, pointing out that its soldiers had no fighting spirit.

Thrall and Ra-den used the battle between the Ramkahen and Neferset to reach the Halls of Origination, where Ra-den revealed his plan to activate the Forge of Origination. Thrall learned that the blast could wipe out most life across Kalimdor and ordered Ra-den to use it against Orgrimmar.

• Dark Elder Takahen undermined the Ramkahen's morale, and Thrall struck King Faoris until he ordered his forces to attack the Neferset.
• The Neferset used the Sun Obelisk to overpower the Ramkahen, and King Faoris retreated as Ra-den appeared on the battlefield.
• Ra-den battled Al'Akir long enough to seize soldiers from both sides, then flew with Thrall and Vol'jin to the Halls of Origination.
• Ra-den explained that he had planned to use the Forge of Origination to break through the Titans Shield and leave Azeroth, but needed the bloodlines of all three Tol'vir tribes to activate it.
• Ra-den warned Thrall that activating the Forge could wipe out most life across Kalimdor, and Thrall ordered him to help destroy Orgrimmar.

Robbie and N'Zoth planned to use Thrall to disrupt Ra-den's attempt to reach the Forge of Origination. A memory crystal revealed how Lei Shen had trapped Ra-den in the past, but the record ended when Ra-den banished himself into the Void and the pyramid exploded.

• Robbie and N'Zoth discussed the Forge of Origination's unstable condition and N'Zoth's plan to send it into the Void if Ra-den tried to detonate it.
• Ra-den led Thrall and Vol'jin into the Halls of Origination and used the blood of three Tol'vir tribes to open the way to the Forge of Origination.
• Thrall seized Vol'jin's memory crystal, and Vol'jin explained how to activate it.
• The crystal showed Lei Shen confronting Ra-den and using a black rune to weaken him, then offering to make him Grand Marshal.
• Ra-den revealed that the Tol'vir had become his servants, banished himself into the Void, and triggered an explosion that shattered the crystal.

Thrall seized the Black Rune and killed Ra-den, disrupting plans to use the Guardian against Al'Akir. A mysterious power ordered Thrall to sacrifice a hundred thousand Ramkahen to resurrect Ra-den, and Thrall welcomed the chance to enslave him.

• Ra-den brought Thrall and Vol'jin to the Forge of Origination and absorbed its power to stabilize himself.
• Thrall took the Black Rune and used it to bind Ra-den, whose body broke apart as he died.
• Robbie, Vanessa, and N'Zoth wondered why Ra-den's death had changed what should have happened in history.
• Thrall declared his intentions for the Tol'vir, then learned that Ra-den's death had ruined the mysterious being's plan.
• The mysterious being ordered Thrall to have King Faoris sacrifice a hundred thousand Ramkahen to resurrect Ra-den, whom Thrall could then enslave.

King Faoris used the Astral Obelisk to sacrifice Ramkahen civilians and soldiers, helping Thrall resurrect Ra-den. Ra-den joined the Ramkahen against the Neferset, while Siamat offered Dark Pharaoh Takahen a way to fight back by lifting the Curse of Flesh.

• King Faoris escorted captured Ramkahen civilians to the Halls of Origination, where Thrall ordered him to sacrifice them to resurrect Ra-den.
• After the first hundred thousand sacrifices formed a crimson figure without awakening Ra-den, Thrall demanded ten thousand strong soldiers.
• King Faoris used the Astral Obelisk to control Ramkahen soldiers and send them to their deaths, completing Ra-den's resurrection.
• Ra-den awakened and agreed to correct the Neferset, while Thrall offered to help the Ramkahen wage war against them.
• Dark Pharaoh Takahen learned that Al'Akir would not intervene, and Siamat offered to help him lift the Curse of Flesh.

Thrall manipulated King Faoris into leading the Ramkahen against the Neferset while secretly targeting Ramkahen City. After the Neferset revealed their ancient forms, Thrall reached the city with Ra-den and Vol'jin as ten thousand Orcs came through a Portal to attack it.

• Thrall forced King Faoris to launch a night assault on the Lost City, and the Ramkahen fought their way inside.
• The Neferset's golden colossus fell, but transformed Neferset warriors slaughtered the Ramkahen in the city center.
• High Priest Ament told King Faoris that the Neferset had broken the Curse of Flesh and urged him to seek Ra-den's help.
• King Faoris discovered that Ra-den, Thrall, and Vol'jin had left, while Thrall revealed that Ramkahen City was his real target.
• A young man from the Caverns of Time provided Thrall with ten thousand Orc soldiers, who emerged from a Portal beside Ramkahen City.

King Faoris and Takahen joined forces against the approaching Orcs, but Faoris betrayed the Neferset by unleashing a flood on them. Takahen’s surviving Stone Tol’vir escaped, while Faoris claimed the title of first emperor and watched the Orcs and Ra-den attack Ramkahen.

• Takahen warned Faoris that Orcs were crossing the Portal toward Ramkahen and that Ra-den was aiding Thrall.
• Faoris saw the Orc army with the Astral Obelisk and persuaded Takahen to form a truce to defend the Tol’vir.
• Faoris led the battered troops toward Ramkahen while Takahen followed with a thousand Neferset whose Curse of Flesh had been lifted.
• Takahen discovered Faoris and High Priest Ament were missing as the Vir’naal Dam gates opened and a flood swept away the Neferset army.
• Takahen’s Stone Tol’vir emerged from the flood with golden light and obsidian wings, and Takahen conceded the first emperor title to Faoris before leaving.
• The Orcs attacked Ramkahen with Ra-den, and Faoris calmly watched his people being slaughtered.