Chapter Summaries

After the Orcs slaughtered Ramkahen, Thrall agreed to sacrifice fifty thousand Orcs so Ra-den could summon Void reinforcements to enslave Al'Akir. The Void answered by proposing a partnership and promising to send Void Cartographers to locate Azeroth, leaving Ra-den responsible for protecting them.

• King Faoris watched the Orcs massacre Ramkahen, then escaped into the desert with High Priest Ament and several thousand soldiers.
• Thrall asked Ra-den how the Orcs could reach the Throne of the Four Winds, and Ra-den demanded fifty thousand Orcs as sacrifices to the Void.
• Thrall summoned fifty thousand Orcs through the Caverns of Time and ordered them to build a Void altar in Ramkahen.
• Ra-den opened a portal to the Void and seized thousands of Orc souls, while the rest panicked inside a mist they could not escape.
• A voice from the Void offered to help Ra-den drive out Azeroth's owner in exchange for protecting Void Cartographers sent to find the world's coordinates.
• Ra-den accepted the cooperation and said no one on Azeroth could stand against him.

Ra-den and Thrall helped Void Cartographers use Uldum’s obelisks to calculate Azeroth’s changing coordinates, while Robbie prepared to stop them. As Ossirian and the Qiraji attacked, Ra-den fell into a daze and Robbie summoned the desert’s restless dead.

• Ra-den used the three obelisks to help the Void Cartographers calculate Azeroth’s Variable Parameters, and Thrall accepted the Void’s plan to wipe out other civilizations.
• Robbie learned from N’Zoth that revealing Azeroth’s coordinates could expose the Void faction’s own location and decided to capture the Cartographers.
• N’Zoth teleported Ossirian the Unscarred and a Qiraji force to Uldum, and Thrall sent ten thousand Orcs to fight them.
• Ra-den fought Ossirian, shattered an Ancient Crystal, and became entranced by the strange eyeball hidden inside it as Anubisath closed in.
• Robbie summoned Restless Souls and the skeletons of Ramkahen people killed by the Orcs to rise against the invaders.

Thrall used a Courage Scroll to send tens of thousands of Orcs to die holding back the Undead while he escaped, and Ra-den also fled from Ossirian the Unscarred. After the Void forces were trapped and divided among Robbie and C'Thun, King Faoris remained hidden in his desert refuge as an unseen voice addressed him.

• Thrall used a Fearless Heroism Scroll to embolden the Orcs, then escaped with Vol'jin and several thousand elite Orcs as the sacrifices charged the Undead.
• Ra-den unleashed lightning to escape Ossirian the Unscarred, then split into three sand clones to confuse his pursuer.
• The eye trapped the Vantu masters when the Void passage was blocked by bones, realized Ra-den had deceived it, and closed the passage.
• Robbie and N'Zoth divided the captured Vantu masters with C'Thun, and Robbie sent seven to Ossirian the Unscarred before ordering the Undead to leave Ramkahen.
• King Faoris danced beside a heated pot in his hidden desert refuge when a voice asked whether he liked dancing.

Ra-den confronted Thrall over the Undead army and the missing Mantid Seer, then killed Thrall and attacked the Orcs and Tol'vir. Lei Shen arrived and effortlessly subdued Ra-den, revealing that his power had reached a new realm.

• Thrall ordered Vol'jin to keep King Faoris alive in a pot and ate slices of his flesh while dancing.
• Ra-den confronted Thrall about the Undead invasion of Ramkahen and the Mantid Seer's abduction, then boiled and ate Thrall.
• Ra-den grabbed the Orcs and declared that the Tol'vir should also be wiped out, leaving King Faoris unconscious.
• Lei Shen descended and challenged Ra-den, who accused him of protecting the Tol'vir despite their past betrayal.
• Ra-den attacked Lei Shen with lightning and Void power, but Lei Shen seized him by the throat and dispersed his energy.

Lei Shen captured Ra-den and took him away, while King Faoris claimed victory and declared the founding of the Uldum Empire. Restored to life, Thrall learned that Elune had ordered him to rescue Ra-den, and he accepted the mission after discovering Garrosh had been assigned the same task.

• Lei Shen reminded Ra-den that his past self had awakened and revealed a secret connected to Elune, then carried him away in chains of lightning.
• King Faoris learned that the Lost City of the Tol'vir and Neferset City were deserted, declared himself emperor of a unified Uldum, and led the Ramkahen soldiers home to celebrate.
• The Emissary revealed that he had preserved Thrall's soul, and Anachronos restored Thrall to the moment before Ra-den threw him into the cauldron.
• Thrall and Vol'jin plotted to turn the Alliance and Horde against Ra-den, while the Emissary and Anachronos listened.
• The Emissary ordered Thrall to rescue Ra-den without harming him and said Garrosh had received the same task, with the rescuer to become Azeroth's Savior and the Horde's Warchief.
• Thrall accepted the mission and swore to rescue Ra-den for Azeroth.

Garrosh used a feast to pressure Eitrigg into devising a way to enlist Jaina and Kalecgos in rescuing Ra-den, while plotting to occupy Theramore. He then frightened Kalecgos with a staged feast of dragon whelps and presented him with an agreement declaring the Blue Dragonflight Garrosh’s slaves.

• Garrosh asked Eitrigg about Thrall’s actions in Uldum and ordered him to find a way to rescue Ra-den from Lei Shen.
• Eitrigg suggested using the Alliance, then proposed exploiting Jaina’s feelings for Kalecgos to draw her into the rescue and create an excuse to occupy Theramore.
• Garrosh approved the plan and ordered Eitrigg to invite Kalecgos to Orgrimmar under the pretense of celebrating his succession as Aspect of the Blue.
• Kalecgos arrived and found five roasted dragon whelps at Garrosh’s feast, including a Red Dragon disguised as a Black Dragon.
• Garrosh and Eitrigg pressured Kalecgos to help protect Azeroth and gave him a cooperation agreement to examine.
• Kalecgos spotted a clause stating that the Blue Dragonflight would forever be Garrosh’s slaves.

Garrosh and Vol'jin pressured Kalecgos into signing a contract and committing Jaina to lead an expedition to rescue Ra-den from Lei Shen. When the news reached Theramore, Aegwynn abandoned Jaina, leaving her to seek another source of help.

• Garrosh frightened Kalecgos into signing a contract that bound the Blue Dragonflight to the Orcs.
• Vol'jin and Garrosh pressured Kalecgos to promise that he and Jaina would organize a rescue for Ra-den and defeat Lei Shen.
• Garrosh and Vol'jin brought reporters into the tent, where Kalecgos faced questions about the expedition and his relationship with Jaina.
• Aegwynn confronted Jaina over newspaper reports announcing the rescue expedition and refused to help her challenge Lei Shen.
• Aegwynn opened a Portal and left Theramore, while Jaina wept and thought of someone she might rely on.

Jaina sought Rhonin's help against Lei Shen and the Mogu, but Rhonin warned that the Orcs posed the real danger to Theramore and promised Dalaran's support. After Jaina's appeals for help were rejected or met with hostile demands, she devised a desperate plan that threatened everyone who had abandoned her.

• Jaina met Rhonin in Dalaran, and he advised her to stall the Mogu while warning that Garrosh might target Theramore.
• Rhonin promised that Dalaran would go to war with Orgrimmar if Garrosh threatened Theramore, and Jaina returned to gather allies.
• Jaina sent letters to Alliance leaders, Horde figures, and personal acquaintances asking them to help defend Theramore.
• Jaina staged preparations for war against the Mogu while the leaders' replies revealed that few would support her without demanding something in return.
• Jaina flew into a rage over the replies, then devised an all-or-nothing plan and vowed that no one would live if Theramore fell.

Jaina secretly forced Garrosh to destroy his contract with Kalecgos, then recruited him into a plan to lure the Alliance and Horde leaders to Theramore and kill them with the Focusing Iris. She intended to claim rule over the Alliance afterward, while Garrosh embraced the scheme.

• Garrosh panicked when Jaina appeared in his tent and revealed she had caused the strange disturbances.
• Jaina threatened Garrosh over his contract with Kalecgos, and he destroyed it in front of her.
• Jaina proposed working with Garrosh and asked whether he wanted Thrall, Varian, Malfurion, Tyrande, and Sylvanas dead; Garrosh said he did.
• Jaina outlined a plan to invite the leaders to Theramore under the pretext of discussing Lei Shen, Ra-den, the Blue Dragonflight’s treasures, and control of the Ley Line.
• Jaina explained that the Focusing Iris could unleash enough energy to destroy Theramore and kill everyone there, resolving Garrosh’s concerns about their guards escaping.
• Garrosh praised the plan and asked whether Jaina would sacrifice Theramore; Jaina said she intended to become the Alliance’s supreme queen after its leaders died.

Varian, Jaina, Rhonin, and Garrosh reacted to the proposed sharing of the Ley Lines as rival leaders tried to secure a share. Rhonin uncovered the danger of the Focusing Iris, while Garrosh sought guidance on how to respond to Jaina.

• Varian questioned Andromath about the Ley Lines and decided to control Stormwind's share to protect House Wrynn's authority.
• Jaina received flattering offers and promises from Alliance and Horde leaders seeking access to the Ley Lines, and she resolved to trap them all.
• Rhonin learned that the Focusing Iris was the core of the Ley Lines and could destroy Dalaran, then agonized over whether to warn Jaina.
• Garrosh feared Jaina might attack Orgrimmar with the Focusing Iris and asked a mysterious being for help.
• The mysterious being told Garrosh to seize the initiative after he proposed killing Jaina first.

Garrosh sought Medivh’s help against Jaina, while Jaina brought Kalecgos to Coldarra and confronted the Blue Dragonflight. She used the dragons’ ingrained fear of Orcs to disrupt their magic and leave them vulnerable as the Orcs advanced.

• Garrosh told Medivh about Jaina’s plan, and Medivh sent him away after warning him to deny visiting Karazhan.
• Kalecgos returned to Coldarra, where Vyragosa and the other blue dragons rejected him as their leader.
• Jaina challenged the Blue Dragonflight and unleashed a storm of varied magic, but Teraligos shielded his kin and the dragons prepared a counterattack.
• Jaina opened portals to bring Orcs into the sky and stood on a blue ring whose golden light interrupted the dragons’ spellcasting.
• Jaina revealed that the Blue Dragonflight feared Orcs, and Teraligos lost control of his shield as the Orcs approached.

Jaina helped Kalecgos gain the Blue Dragonflight’s recognition and succeed as Aspect of the Blue, then persuaded the dragons to let them take the Focusing Iris. Unable to transport it through a Portal herself, Jaina asked Kalecgos to escort it personally, and he agreed.

• Teraliggos explained that the Blue Dragonflight’s fear of Orcs came from the lingering effects of the spell Fear of the Orcs, and the dragons agreed to support Kalecgos as their leader.
• Kalecgos became Aspect of the Blue and entrusted the Blue Dragonflight’s affairs to Teraliggos while he remained in Theramore.
• Jaina and Kalecgos persuaded the blue dragons to let mortals temporarily access the Ley Line and take the Focusing Iris from the Nexus.
• Jaina took the Focusing Iris and admitted she could not carry it through a Portal because she lacked sufficient knowledge of Arcane Magic.
• Jaina asked Kalecgos to escort the Focusing Iris personally, and he agreed.

Kalecgos led five Blue Dragons in planning an escort for the Focusing Iris, but his attempts to assert authority pushed them into a slow overland journey in human form. As they camped in the Borean Tundra, an anxious voice warned Kalecgos to abandon the Iris and flee.

• Kalecgos gathered Ulagosi, Luragos, Luragosa, Peilagusa, and Lurugos to plan how to escort the Focusing Iris to Theramore.
• Kalecgos falsely claimed that Deathwing might target the Iris and proposed disguising the dragons as adventurers in human form.
• After the others criticized his plan, Ulagosi suggested a compromise: Kalecgos's group would travel in human form while Taregos, Yaragosa, and Banagos followed in dragon form.
• Kalecgos and his five companions began walking through the ice and snow with the Focusing Iris, then realized their pace would make them miss Jaina's gathering.
• While the group camped in the Borean Tundra, a voice in Kalecgos's mind told him to throw away the Iris and run.

Medivh ambushed the Blue Dragon escort and attacked the five dragons guarding the Focusing Iris. Kalecgos fled to the Nexus, where Keligosa learned the Iris was gone and confronted the returning survivors about their failure.

• Kalecgos heeded Sathrovarr the Corruptor's warning and teleported back to the Nexus.
• Medivh trapped the Blue Dragons in their humanoid forms, killed Keligosa, and ordered his troops to attack the remaining dragons.
• The four surviving Blue Dragons combined their magic against Medivh, but he overwhelmed their Arcane Missiles and sent his forces to finish them off.
• Kalecgos told Keligosa that the escort was safe and blamed Ulagosi for the plan, prompting her to fly out and investigate.
• Taregos and the other cover dragons returned to the Nexus and revealed that the Focusing Iris was gone.
• Keligosa accused Taregos of abandoning his kin and demanded to know who had taken the Focusing Iris.

After Medivh stole the Focusing Iris, Kalecgos fled the Nexus and abandoned his plan to warn Jaina, then attacked an airship and was wounded by its Dwarven musketeers. At Theramore, Jaina waited for the Iris as Genn Greymane arrived with a gift that caught her attention.

• Taregos concealed the Focusing Iris's loss from the Blue Dragons, while Kalecgos blamed others for the failed escort and declared he would retrieve it alone.
• Keligosa accused Kalecgos of desertion, but Taregos let him leave the Nexus.
• Kalecgos sensed the Focusing Iris far to the south, suspected Medivh might be targeting Jaina, and changed course to avoid Theramore.
• Kalecgos tried to shoot down an airship and frame its crew for stealing the Focusing Iris, but Dwarven musketeers struck his wing and forced him to retreat.
• Jaina waited at Theramore for Kalecgos and the Focusing Iris, while Genn Greymane arrived and presented her with a gift.

Jaina welcomed leaders from across Azeroth as they arrived to negotiate for access to the Ley Lines, each offering requests, gifts, or alliances. Varian proposed that Jaina marry Anduin and inherit Stormwind’s throne, leaving her thrilled but postponing her answer until after the meeting.

• King Greymane promised Jaina support on the condition that a future heir to her throne belonged to the Greymane Family, and Jaina welcomed him.
• Baine Bloodhoof asked Jaina for a larger share of the Ley Lines in exchange for the Tauren’s service, and she arranged for him to stay beside Greymane.
• Moira Bronzebeard demanded Ley Line access for the Dark Iron Dwarves, while Jaina welcomed her and gave her the best room.
• Prophet Velen offered Jaina the heart of Rukhmar in exchange for authority over Ley Line allocation, and Jaina deferred the offer.
• Lor'themar Theron tried to become Jaina’s disciple, but Antonidas instead declared that he would take her as his junior sister on behalf of his own master.
• Varian offered Jaina his fleet and promised she could inherit Stormwind’s throne if she married Anduin, and Jaina said they could discuss it after the meeting.

Malfurion and Tyrande tried to win Jaina’s support with a deceptive gift, while Thrall arrived and was wounded by Tirion Fordring. Medivh prepared to destroy Theramore and frame Jaina and the Alliance, but someone trapped him in a parallel space.

• Malfurion gave Jaina a branch that made her appear younger, while he and Tyrande privately planned to use the deception to gain a larger share of the Ley Line.
• Jaina rejected the idea of sharing the Ley Line and secretly resolved to kill Malfurion and Tyrande to secure Aegwynn’s favor.
• Thrall demanded that Jaina hand over the Ley Line, but Tirion Fordring struck and wounded him, then declared himself Jaina’s loyal guard.
• Medivh and Garrosh planned to destroy Theramore and blame Jaina and the Alliance, using Meryl Winterstorm to summon Jaina’s soul as supposed testimony.
• As Medivh prepared to annihilate Theramore with the Focusing Iris, the Plane Reversal Technique pulled him into a gray parallel space, where a familiar black-robed figure appeared.

Medivh fled across a parallel Azeroth with Kel'Thuzad pursuing him after discovering that Kel'Thuzad possessed a replica Focusing Iris. Meanwhile, Jaina delayed the leaders' meeting while the Focusing Iris remained missing, but after the truth emerged, Sylvanas and the Horde leaders confronted her.

• Kel'Thuzad revealed his replica Focusing Iris, and Medivh fled through a Portal with Kel'Thuzad in pursuit.
• Unable to reach the sealed Nexus, Jaina postponed the meeting and told Thrall and Baine that those unwilling to wait could leave.
• Varian, Aemora, Sylvanas, Lor'themar, Malfurion, and Velen each secretly sought information about the Focusing Iris.
• Velen told Tirion Fordring that the Burning Legion had stolen the Focusing Iris and sent it to Argus Planet, and Tirion confronted Jaina with the news.
• Varian told Jaina that SI:7 had found Kalecgos without the Focusing Iris, then withdrew Stormwind City's fleet from Theramore.
• Sylvanas joined the Horde leaders to confront Jaina, while Antonidas lamented that he had made her his disciple.

Jaina faced accusations and abandonment in Theramore, but Rhonin arrived with evidence that Medivh had stolen the Focusing Iris and offered her a chance to lead Dalaran. She refused to leave her home and remained determined to reclaim what she had lost from the Orcs.

• Antonidas and Sylvanas accused Jaina of plotting to use the Focusing Iris to kill Alliance and Horde leaders, and they left Theramore threatening war.
• Aemora, Lor'themar, and Aethas condemned Jaina and departed, while Malfurion and Tyrande left without speaking to her.
• Marcus Jonathan promised to defend Jaina and Theramore with his private army, but Jaina dismissed him.
• Rhonin showed Jaina evidence that Medivh had killed the Blue Dragonflight escort and stolen the Focusing Iris, and he said Garrosh might have been involved.
• Rhonin urged Jaina to leave Theramore and told her he had recommended her to lead Dalaran, but she refused to abandon her home.

Rhonin gave Jaina the Eternal Gate for her protection while Garrosh forced the Sunreavers to devise a Mana Bomb using the Focusing Iris. As a Goblin airship carrying the bomb approached Theramore, Rhonin saw Kalecgos alongside it and hurried to warn Jaina.

• Rhonin showed Jaina the Eternal Gate and urged her to keep it in case Theramore came under attack.
• Medivh gave the powerless Focusing Iris to Garrosh, who ordered Aethas Sunreaver to find a way to destroy Theramore with it.
• After Sharon Songweaver proposed using the Focusing Iris as a Mana Bomb's core, Garrosh demanded the bomb be built within three days.
• Lensha completed the giant Mana Bomb, and Rhonin later spotted it beneath a Goblin airship heading toward Theramore.
• Kalecgos and several Sunreaver mages accompanied the airship, so Rhonin hurried to consult Jaina.