Chapter Summaries

Rhonin used a Titan-forged scroll to trap the sky warship in the Void for half a day, hoping to give Jaina time to evacuate Theramore. When the evacuation descended into chaos, he discovered the Dogslaughter Gang had blocked the land and sea routes and was auctioning fifty places to escape.

• Jaina refused to abandon Theramore, and Rhonin agreed to help her evacuate its residents while he bought time.
• Sharon Songweaver taunted Rhonin aboard the approaching sky warship, and Rhonin banished the ship into the Void with a Titan-forged scroll.
• Someone subtly disrupted Rhonin's spell, limiting the banishment to half a day, and he warned Jaina's servants that people needed to get beyond the Mana Bomb's range.
• Rhonin found Theramore in chaos and followed the crowd to the central square, where Blackheart Gordo announced that the Dogslaughter Gang controlled the ships and had trapped the land exits.
• Blackheart Gordo declared that the gang would auction fifty places to leave Theramore, and Dwarf adventurer asked him to name his terms.

Rhonin learned that Jaina backed the Dogslaughter Gang and had used him to save herself, then released the banished sky warship over Theramore. The city was destroyed in an Arcane explosion, and Rhonin died watching it.

• Rhonin searched for Jaina, then learned from a blind old man that the Dogslaughter Gang controlled Theramore and profited from military ranks, escape slots, and Jaina's support.
• The old man told Rhonin that Jaina had left Theramore and planned to seize the nobles' overseas property before the city was destroyed.
• Rhonin realized Jaina had used him and could no longer sense the Eternal Gate's presence.
• Rhonin lifted the sky warship's banishment with the remaining power of the Titans Scroll, and the ship moved over Theramore.
• Sharon Songweaver laughed as the sky warship released its cargo, destroying Theramore in an Arcane explosion that killed Rhonin.

Jaina watched Theramore's destruction from her hidden laboratory and realized Rhonin had sabotaged her plans, while Garrosh ordered her capture. At dawn, Thrall and Vol'jin sought Jaina's help against Orgrimmar, and Thrall recognized Kalecgos among a group searching for the Focusing Iris.

• Jaina planned to seize Booty Bay and expand her power after Theramore's fall.
• An explosion destroyed Theramore, and Jaina blamed Rhonin after the Eternal Gate shattered.
• Jaina found Rhonin's letter of recommendation for her to lead Dalaran and vowed to reclaim what she had lost.
• Garrosh learned Jaina might have survived and ordered Eitrigg to send Kor'kron forces to capture her.
• Thrall urged Vol'jin to persuade Jaina to attack Orgrimmar, then recognized Kalecgos among figures searching for the Focusing Iris.

Vol'jin and Thrall tried to capture Kalecgos and the Focusing Iris, but Jaina defeated the Orcs and enslaved all three men. With the Iris in her possession, Jaina planned to torture Garrosh and turn the Orcs of Orgrimmar into Magic Marionettes.

• Thrall urged Vol'jin to poison the scattered Kor'kron, and Vol'jin killed several Orcs before they discovered and wounded him.
• Jaina arrived, killed the remaining Kor'kron with magic, and confronted Vol'jin and Thrall while holding Kalecgos captive in a cage.
• Jaina rejected Thrall's offer to destroy Orgrimmar, threatened to kill him, and revealed she planned to turn Kalecgos into a miniature pet dragon.
• Thrall and Vol'jin signed an Enslavement Scroll to save their lives, and Jaina freed Kalecgos, who also signed it.
• Jaina found the Focusing Iris in Theramore's crater and shrank it to the size of her palm.
• Thrall suggested boiling Garrosh alive, but Jaina said she would torture him first and then turn every Orc in Orgrimmar into a Magic Marionette.

Jaina, Thrall, Vol'jin, and Kalecgos confronted Domira, Medivh’s powerful creation, outside Orgrimmar. Domira challenged Jaina for Krasus’s prophecy and Dalaran’s leadership, and their magical battle began with neither side defeated.

• Jaina and her companions found Orgrimmar unusually quiet and suspected Garrosh had prepared for their arrival.
• Jaina detected an enemy nearby, and Domira emerged from the sea as Thrall identified her as the winner of Garrosh’s beauty contest.
• Domira revealed two imprisoned Draenei women on her shoulders and attacked Jaina with their combined frost and fire magic.
• Jaina protected her companions, deceived Domira with an illusion, and struck from behind, but Domira’s magic ring shielded her from the blast.
• Domira claimed her Draenei captives made her unbeatable, copied Jaina’s appearance, and defended herself with three different Magic Shields.
• Jaina hurled a mass of seawater frozen into ice at Domira, who dodged it and countered with Frost Orb and Pyroblast.

Jaina and Domira fought a deadly magic duel that devastated Orgrimmar, but Kalecgos suddenly killed Jaina after revealing that he had been acting under an unknown influence. He left Thrall terrified as he declared that Jaina had finally died by his hand.

• Domira trapped Jaina on the island, nullified the Focusing Iris, froze the sea around them, and unleashed Frostfire.
• Jaina's magic turned Domira's attack against Orgrimmar, where lightning and Water Elementals killed or injured many Orcs.
• Garrosh fled Orgrimmar through a Portal with Eitrigg while Thrall celebrated the damage to his rival's city.
• Kalecgos transformed and bit Jaina, interrupting her magic and killing her.
• Kalecgos's eyes turned black as he told Jaina that she had finally died by his hand, leaving Thrall frightened.

Domira captured Thrall, Vol'jin, and Kalecgos and brought them to a chaotic Orgrimmar, where she learned Garrosh was away. After Thrall persuaded her that Dalaran needed to be managed rather than emptied, Domira spared him and Vol'jin, while Kalecgos tried to save himself by professing his love for her.

• Domira chained Thrall, Vol'jin, and Kalecgos, carried Jaina's corpse through a Portal, and entered Orgrimmar, where berserk Orcs were slaughtering one another.
• Domira froze thousands of Orcs in the Valley of Strength, then found Gagg hiding in the Warchief's hall and learned Garrosh and the officials had gone to save Azeroth.
• Domira said she would take Jaina's place as Dalaran's leader and destroy Stormwind, but Thrall warned her that killing Dalaran's mages would leave the city unable to recover.
• Domira spared Thrall and Vol'jin for the time being, then threatened to turn Kalecgos into an Undead companion for Jaina.
• Kalecgos declared his love for Domira and asked her to make him a magical puppet so he could remain by her side.

Domira’s portal misfired and dropped her into the Dread Wastes, where Mantid killed and ate her. Thrall then sought to use Anduin to pressure the Alliance into attacking the Mogu, but Anduin refused and reacted angrily when Thrall mentioned Prophet Velen.

• Domira took Kalecgos through a portal with Jaina’s frozen corpse, but the portal opened high above the Dread Wastes and Domira fell to her death among the Mantid.
• Thrall, Vol'jin, and Kalecgos escaped Orgrimmar and discussed Thrall’s plan to use Anduin and the Alliance against Lei Shen and the Mogu.
• Thrall and Vol'jin ate Jaina’s remains, while Kalecgos kept her skull and considered taking it to Undercity to be raised as a Lich.
• At Mistveil Trestle, Anduin read conflicting reports about Jaina and Theramore before Thrall arrived and urged him to seek Stormwind’s help against Lei Shen.
• Anduin refused to help, and Thrall revealed that Prophet Velen was searching for him, prompting Anduin to curse Velen.

Thrall pressured Anduin to make Stormwind attack the Mogu by threatening to expose him to the Holy Light, while Anduin struggled to find support in Goldshire. A woman disguised as Jaina offered him leadership of Peace Dove and warned that refusing would let King Varian take his place.

• Thrall showed Anduin Jaina’s severed arm and claimed Velen would report Anduin to the Holy Light unless Stormwind attacked the Mogu.
• Anduin agreed to find a way to send Stormwind’s army against the Mogu, then went to Goldshire to gather information and seek support from nobles.
• Anduin’s letters went unanswered as he stayed at the Lion’s Pride Inn and worried that Varian would act against him.
• A woman disguised as Jaina approached Anduin and explained that Peace Dove had supported the Orcs by sacrificing Alliance people and now needed a new leader.
• The woman offered Anduin control of Peace Dove so he could hand the Alliance over to the Orcs, and said that more than half of Stormwind’s nobles belonged to the organization.
• When Anduin demanded to know her identity, the woman claimed she represented a great existence he could not refuse.

Anduin signed a contract and took control of Peace Dove, then confronted a mysterious white-haired woman who resembled Jaina and met with King Varian. He secured fifty thousand soldiers and ships for his campaign against the Mogu, but Varian left him to find food for the army.

• Anduin signed the silver contract offered by the woman, who then rose away in a pillar of light.
• After taking charge of Peace Dove, Anduin encountered a white-haired woman resembling Jaina outside Stormwind Keep, and she warned him that Peace Dove had refused to help Jaina before her death.
• Anduin learned that the woman had asked Varian to send Alliance troops to destroy Orgrimmar, but Varian had refused.
• Anduin told Varian that Lei Shen Ji Wudao planned to destroy Azeroth and demanded fifty thousand soldiers to fight the Mogu.
• Varian agreed to provide the soldiers and ships but said Stormwind had no food to supply them, while Anduin departed in the Holy Light.

Anduin ordered Laines Trollbane to secure dried meat for an expeditionary force, and Laines returned with supplies after the five thousand soldiers under his command suffered heavy losses. Anduin then gathered his trusted officers, including General Trollbane, and began promoting a fabricated history that portrayed the Orcs as Azeroth’s civilizing saviors.

• Laines Trollbane was summoned by Anduin, who ordered him to procure a large quantity of meat within half a month for fifty thousand soldiers bound for Pandaria.
• Laines accepted the task and requested two thousand soldiers and twenty ships, but Anduin gave him five thousand soldiers and fifty ships and appointed him general.
• Vol’jin questioned Anduin about the order, and Anduin said he would reward Laines if he succeeded without scandal or hang him if his methods became public.
• Half a month later, Laines delivered fifty ships loaded with dried minced meat, while his forces had suffered heavy losses and no unfavorable reports had reached Anduin.
• Anduin praised General Trollbane and sent the ships out from Stormwind City.
• Anduin addressed his trusted generals and aides, claiming the Orcs had arrived with the Titans, defeated the Old Gods, and taught Azeroth’s peoples language, writing, and cooking.

Anduin’s pro-Orc speeches leave the Alliance fleet unwilling to defend him when Malkorok repeatedly tortures him, driving him mad. After Thrall shows him a newspaper about Orgrimmar’s destruction and Garrosh’s expedition to Pandaria, Anduin recognizes Laines Trollbane as responsible.

• Anduin reads Peace Dove propaganda to Alliance officers and insists that the Orcs are benevolent saviors who would never attack without provocation.
• Malkorok boards Anduin’s flagship, beats him, and orders Orcs to eat his limbs while the Alliance soldiers watch without intervening.
• Anduin regenerates his limbs with the Holy Light, but Malkorok returns the next day and has the Orcs torture him for an hour.
• After two days of torture, Anduin wakes from a nightmare driven mad, and a Priest confirms his condition.
• Thrall and Vol’jin visit Anduin with a newspaper reporting that Orgrimmar was destroyed and Garrosh assembled a fleet bound for Pandaria.
• Anduin regains his senses after reading the report and names Laines Trollbane as the culprit.

After Thrall beat Anduin for trying to appease Garrosh, Anduin blamed Llane Trollbane and was punished by Malkorok when he tried to hand Llane over. Seeking answers, Anduin used Prophecy to glimpse possible futures and realized he had mistaken Garrosh for the one who still had allies.

• Thrall struck and threatened Anduin for seeking Garrosh’s mercy, and Anduin ordered his soldiers to bring him Llane Trollbane.
• Anduin’s adviser argued that he should curry favor with Garrosh, but Anduin resisted until Llane was brought before him.
• Malkorok entered, declared that Llane was under his protection, and ordered Orcs to punish Anduin for failing to understand his mistake.
• After his injuries healed, Anduin used Prophecy to see futures in which Garrosh conquered Stormwind, the Alliance defeated the Orcs, or Thrall killed Garrosh.
• Anduin decided that the future he wanted was the one where Thrall defeated Garrosh and Garrosh lost the support of his allies.

Anduin considered Lains’s advice for resisting Garrosh’s army but delayed making a decision until he could speak with Thrall. In a dream, Ra-den tempted Chen Stormstout with the hidden Heart of Darkness, and Chen agreed to seek it in exchange for a chance to defeat Lei Shen and free Ra-den.

• Anduin told his generals that the Holy Light had revealed Garrosh’s alliance with Deathwing and his threat to Azeroth, but his advisers feared Garrosh’s army of five hundred thousand.
• Lains argued that Garrosh could not feed such a large force, estimated that he would keep only a hundred thousand elites, and advised the Alliance to fortify or avoid battle until the Orcs ran out of provisions.
• The generals rejected Lains’s strategy, and Anduin postponed his decision until he could discuss it with Thrall the Savior.
• Chen Stormstout dreamed that Ra-den asked him for help escaping Lei Shen’s prison and offered to restore his Pandaren body.
• Ra-den revealed that a hidden Heart of Darkness lay beneath the Vale of Eternal Blossoms and could give Chen power over the Seven Sha of Pandaria.
• Chen agreed to find Y'Shaarj’s heart, defeat Lei Shen, and free Ra-den.

Chen Stormstout and Taran Zhu entered the underground palace beneath the August Celestials’ statues, each seeking the Heart of Y'Shaarj, and agreed to fight for it. A masked Pandaren defeated them both and revealed herself as Jiyun Ailin, a Swiftcloud Sect survivor and Garrosh’s agent.

• Chen Stormstout found fresh claw prints at the statues and followed them into a hidden underground palace.
• Chen Stormstout discovered Taran Zhu inside, and the two recognized each other and discussed their search for the Heart of Y'Shaarj.
• Chen Stormstout and Taran Zhu agreed that the winner of a match would take the Heart, then exchanged attacks.
• A masked female Pandaren interrupted their fight, knocked Taran Zhu and Chen Stormstout aside, and revealed that she had lured them there with a Nightmare technique.
• The woman identified herself as Jiyun Ailin, a leader of Garrosh’s special forces with the codename Qingluan.

Jiyun Ailin used Taran Zhu and Chen Stormstout to gather three thousand Pandaren versed in Chi, intending to sacrifice them to open the underground palace for Garrosh. As Garrosh’s forces approached Pandaria, Anduin marched inland, unaware that Garrosh’s supposedly massive army was weak and poorly equipped.

• Jiyun Ailin ordered Taran Zhu and Chen Stormstout to recruit three thousand martial arts masters for a blood sacrifice, and they briefly plotted to defeat her before Malkorok confirmed Garrosh’s plan and arrival.
• Taran Zhu and Chen Stormstout gathered three thousand Pandaren versed in Chi, including remnants of the Golden Lotus and survivors of the Peace Dove.
• Anduin landed in the Krasarang Wilds with fifty thousand Alliance soldiers and hurried toward the Townlong Steppes, hoping to seek the Mogu’s protection from the Orcs.
• Garrosh advanced toward Pandaria with a force far weaker than his claimed five hundred thousand, relying chiefly on three thousand Kor'kron elites.

Garrosh led Kor'kron elites into the Vale of Eternal Blossoms to claim Y'Shaarj's Heart of Darkness, while Jiyun Ailin and the Pandaren staged an ambush meant to draw neutral races into a trap. The Orcs were caught by the Sha and attacked by Pandaren forces, but Taran Zhu secretly signaled Garrosh that the plan had changed and promised reinforcements.

• Garrosh reached the Gate of the Deity, where the August Celestials' images welcomed him and the gate opened for his army.
• Jiyun Ailin told Chen Stormstout and Taran Zhu that Garrosh planned to feign desperation to lure neutral races out, and Taran Zhu agreed to take part.
• Garrosh marched three thousand Kor'kron elites into the Vale, where Sha mist drove many Orcs into a frenzy before a purification scroll cleared the corruption.
• Chen Stormstout and Taran Zhu led three thousand Pandaren experts in an attack on the exhausted Orcs.
• Taran Zhu fought Garrosh while signaling that Thrall's plot had changed, then assured him that reinforcements would arrive soon.

Jiyun Ailin’s plan drove Garrosh and the Kor'kron into a confrontation at Qionghua Lake, where the Jinyu ancestor Jinxiu revealed the Heart of Darkness and tested Garrosh as the destined one. After Garrosh failed the test, he suspected Thrall was the true chosen one and resolved to kill him.

• Jiyun Ailin and Malkorok watched Taran Zhu feign defeat against Garrosh while the Pandaren overwhelmed the Kor'kron.
• Jiyun Ailin sounded her horn, prompting the Pandaren to retreat as a colossal, nine-headed turtle rose from Qionghua Lake with Jinxiu aboard.
• Garrosh captured the unconscious Taran Zhu, then met Jinxiu, who claimed to have guarded the Heart of Darkness while waiting for the destined one.
• Jinxiu led Garrosh and the surviving Kor'kron through the lake to Qionghua Palace and explained the Heart of Y'Shaarj and the Jinyu's origins.
• Garrosh approached the heart but was overwhelmed by its violent power, so Jinxiu pulled him back and declared him unworthy of the prophecy.
• Garrosh lay awake that night, suspecting Thrall was the destined one and deciding he would kill him and take his place.

Garrosh and Thrall both tried to claim the Heart of Darkness, but neither could pass its seal. As Thrall was pulled back from the Heart, Taran Zhu burst into the hall and charged toward the seal.

• Garrosh killed a Jinyu and demanded that Elder Jinxiu provide Jinyu as meals in place of Tauren.
• Garrosh hurried to Qionghua Palace after learning Thrall had been invited to seek the Heart of Darkness, but arrived to find Thrall speaking with Elder Jinxiu and Vol'jin.
• Thrall taunted Garrosh, then approached the Heart's seal and became trapped in a vision of power.
• Elder Jinxiu used Flowing Water to pull Thrall back, and Thrall learned that he had failed to merge with the Heart.
• Taran Zhu escaped the palace dungeon, wandered into the central hall, and charged toward the seal as the Jinyu guards pursued him.

Taran Zhu used his Chi to approach the Heart of Darkness, but Grand Elder Jinxiu stopped and captured him before he could reach it. Thrall and Vol'jin plotted to send Chen Stormstout toward the heart, while Garrosh pressured Taran Zhu to retrieve it for him.

• Taran Zhu resisted the Sha's influence with Life Cocoon and used the flowing water to move closer to the Heart of Darkness.
• Grand Elder Jinxiu blocked Taran Zhu with a wall of water, then captured him after he shattered it and nearly reached the heart.
• Garrosh stopped Jinxiu from executing Taran Zhu, and Kor'kron Orcs took the Pandaren prisoner.
• Thrall and Vol'jin revealed they had planted a Magic Beacon in Qionghua Palace and concluded that Chen Stormstout could approach the heart with his Chi.
• Garrosh privately threatened Taran Zhu and urged him to retrieve the Heart of Darkness and hand it over.