Recaps

Wulaizi found himself transported into Azeroth and was swept into a desperate escape with a knight pursued by undead. After the pursuers fell behind, he learned his rescuer was Joseph Gordon, who planned to question him at their destination.

• Wulaizi realized he had awakened in Azeroth wearing his level 20 Paladin gear and carrying his game weapons.
• Joseph Gordon charged past Wulaizi while fleeing pursuers, and Wulaizi cast Blessing of Kings on him.
• Joseph Gordon pulled Wulaizi onto his horse, Black Wind, and ordered him to discard his weapons and chain mail as they fled riders including a black-robed figure on a skeletal mount.
• Joseph Gordon whipped Black Wind until the horse accelerated, and the pursuers disappeared from sight.
• Wulaizi recognized the region as Tirisfal Glades and asked if Joseph Gordon belonged to the Scarlet Crusade.
• Joseph Gordon identified himself as an elite guerrilla knight of the Lordaeron North Maple Regiment and said he would question Wulaizi at their destination.

Wulaizi reached a North Maple Legion camp with the wounded knight Gordon, where he learned that a necromancer was pursuing them and the camp lacked its commander and magical defense. After Wulaizi healed Gordon and blessed the defenders, Gordon rode out to find and kill the necromancer while Wulaizi, Hal, and Hake prepared to hold the camp.

• Wulaizi discovered Gordon unconscious on horseback and helped Hal and Hake bring him into their camp.
• Hal and Hake revived Gordon with their last bottle of holy water, and Gordon learned that Captain Parrion had taken the other soldiers and the magic array gem away.
• Gordon told Wulaizi that a necromancer was pursuing him after his guerrilla squad found Dreadlord Bessarius's lair, and that Qiao and Jella might have fallen.
• Gordon questioned Wulaizi about his identity and blessing spell, then accepted his claim that he might be a Paladin after Wulaizi healed him with the Holy Light.
• Gordon ordered Hal, Hake, and Wulaizi to defend the camp while he searched for the hidden necromancer, and Wulaizi cast Blessing of Kings on them before Gordon rode out.

Unas-Lawugade found that he could access his Paladin stats and skills, then armed himself as the camp prepared for an attack. When red-haired Qiao ambushed and killed Hal, Unas killed Qiao and discovered a way to attempt to resurrect Hal.

• Unas-Lawugade summoned his status panel, checked his Paladin skills, and accepted Hal's help putting on Captain Parrion's armor.
• Unas and Hal hid while Hake kept watch, but a sudden mist and extinguished torches signaled danger.
• Red-haired Qiao appeared at the camp gate calling for help, then sprang up and stabbed Hal to death.
• Hake shot Qiao with arrows, and Unas overcame his fear and killed him with a greatsword.
• Unas gained experience from Qiao's death and failed to heal Hal with Holy Light.
• Unas found the Redemption skill, which could resurrect a dead character, as Hake grieved over Hal.

Unas tried to resurrect Hal but an undead assault interrupted him, killing Hal and Hake and leaving him to fight off skeleton soldiers alone. After defeating them, Unas headed into the woods to help Joseph Gordon, who was surrounded by undead.

• Unas cast Redemption on Hal, but arrows struck Hal and Hake while skeleton soldiers attacked the camp.
• Unas abandoned the brothers’ bodies, retreated behind the camp’s gate, and used his holy skills to defeat eight skeleton soldiers.
• Joseph Gordon searched the woods for the undead mage, but four Ghouls ambushed him and the mage threatened to turn his men into undead.
• Unas found that Redemption still failed, then heard fighting in the woods and decided to go help Gordon.

Unas helped Gordon defeat the necromancer and his undead, leveling up and learning Divine Shield along the way. After they fought off the pursuing Ghouls, Gordon lay gravely injured and warned that they were still in danger.

• Unas discovered the invisible necromancer hiding in a tree, but a red-clad zombie struck him down before Gordon could reach them.
• Gordon attacked the necromancer, and Unas forced the skeletal warhorse to flee with Turn Evil, allowing Gordon to behead the mage.
• Unas leveled up to Paladin level 21, learned Divine Shield, and tried to heal the badly wounded Gordon with Holy Light.
• Three Ghouls attacked, so Unas used Judgment and Consecration while Gordon fought them; Unas made one flee with Turn Evil.
• Gordon blasted one Ghoul's head apart with his fist, and Unas beheaded the last Ghoul, but Gordon collapsed and warned that danger remained.

Unas defeated the remaining Undead, then used Redemption to resurrect the dying Gordon, a former Paladin haunted by his role in the culling of Stratholme. Gordon explained that Unas needed to reach the Distant Mountain Monastery and win the Inquisition’s trust; the chapter ended with them riding toward camp after learning Hal and Hake had died.

• Unas destroyed three skeletons with Judgment and drove the remaining Undead away from the scorched ground.
• Gordon told Unas about his past as a Silver Hand Paladin, the massacre at Stratholme, and his later fight against the Scourge, then died before revealing the ring’s incantation.
• Unas cast Redemption for several minutes and brought Gordon back to life, despite his exhaustion.
• Gordon identified Unas as possibly Holy-favored and warned him that the Inquisition would question his unknown origins before he could gain the monastery’s protection.
• Gordon explained that the Distant Mountain Monastery was humanity’s last refuge in Tirisfal Glades, and Unas decided to rely on him for now.
• Gordon learned that Hal and Hake had died, called Black Wind, and rode with Unas toward camp.

After Joe's funeral, Unas and Gordon faced the returning patrol and went to burn the undead remains. Gordon revealed that his ring could control fire but kept it from Unas for now, while Unas discovered his inventory and the gold he had brought from the game.

• Unas and Gordon found Hal and Hake's bodies missing, and Gordon concluded the plague had turned them into undead who had walked away.
• Gordon and Unas burned Joe Bus's body, and Unas fell asleep from exhaustion as Gordon prayed.
• The patrol returned with Captain Perrien Gosling, whom Gordon blamed for Hal and Hake's deaths and threatened with a military report.
• Gordon explained that his ring let a non-mage control fire and promised it to Unas, but said he would keep it until Unas had learned to use it.
• A soldier identified a severed head as a wanted necromancer, and Unas discovered his game inventory, including a broken Hearthstone and 485 gold.

Unas captured a Skeletal Warhorse and traveled with Gordon to report the discovery of Dreadlord Betherez’s stronghold. They reached an outpost guarded by Durand, who ordered them searched after a tense exchange.

• Unas used Turn Evil to stop a Skeletal Warhorse, stored it in his space, and agreed not to summon it in public after Gordon warned him it could make people think he was a necromancer.
• Gordon and the soldiers burned their fallen comrades, including Jela-De, and collected Scourgestones from the ashes.
• Gordon reported urgent military intelligence and rode toward the mountain road with Unas, who took Captain Parrion’s horse and armor.
• Unas secretly summoned the Bone Horse on the mountain road, then put it away when Gordon warned him of an approaching checkpoint.
• At the outpost, Gordon told Durand that Unas was a wandering Paladin who had saved him, and Durand ordered both men searched before letting them pass.

Unas and Gordon reached the Distant Mountain Monastery, where Unas was quarantined and examined as a newcomer. His lost identity brought him under the Inquisition’s jurisdiction, and Sally Whitemane arrived to question him.

• Gordon explained that the Distant Mountain Monastery was jointly controlled by the Order of the Silver Hand and the North Maple Legion, and that Highlord Alexander Mograine had returned with the Ashbringer.
• Unas and Gordon reached the fortified monastery, where soldiers ordered Unas to quarantine at the Whispering Gardens for three days while Gordon reported on the military situation.
• Unas told registration officer Lake that he had lost his memory, so Lake referred him to the Inquisition; Doctor Hanni then examined him.
• Unas dismantled his borrowed armor to comply with the examination, and Doctor Hanni completed the check and left.
• Sally Whitemane entered Unas’s tent and announced that she had come to question him as the Inquisition’s prosecutor.

Unas-Lawugade faced prosecutor Sally Whitemane’s interrogation and resisted her attempt to take him to the tribunal. After escaping into the refugee camp, he borrowed a cloak from Luisa and planned to slip away among the crowd.

• Sally Whitemane questioned Unas about his identity, past, and Paladin abilities, but dismissed his claims and evidence.
• Unas angered Whitemane with his replies, and she ordered Darion to arrest him and take him to the tribunal.
• Unas kicked Darion’s shield, knocked Whitemane down, and escaped through a tear in the tent.
• Unas hid in Luisa’s tent while Whitemane and Darion searched the camp, then borrowed her black cloak in exchange for a promise to share food.
• Unas disguised himself and left the tent to blend in with the refugees, while Luisa clarified that Lulu was only her family nickname.

Unas fought a Cult of the Damned attacker transforming into a Flesh Golem and survived its explosion with Divine Shield. Darian thanked him, but Unas still needed Sister Sally’s approval to avoid arrest as she arrived with soldiers.

• A black-robed Cult of the Damned member swallowed glowing beads and began transforming into a Flesh Golem, causing refugees and a soldier to flee.
• Unas attacked the transforming golem with his greatsword, wounding its belly and slashing its neck before it grabbed him.
• Darian warned Unas that the Flesh Golem would self-destruct, and Unas activated Divine Shield to survive its explosion.
• Darian explained that the attacker belonged to the Cult of the Damned and thanked Unas for preventing a massacre, but said Sister Sally still had to believe he was a good person.
• Darian told Unas that Sister Sally was his adopted older sister, and Sister Sally arrived with a squad of soldiers.

After Unas helped stop an attack, Whitemane insisted that his identity be investigated by the tribunal, while Baron Maxwell Tyrosus offered him a place with the Argent Dawn. The chapter ended with Unas and Gordon riding toward the monastery, where Tyrosus would accompany him to the tribunal.

• Unas found his greatsword ruined and surrendered as Darian argued with Whitemane over whether he could be trusted.
• Baron Maxwell Tyrosus arrived with Joseph Gordon and a disciplined force, then heard Darian's account of Unas's actions.
• Tyrosus invited Unas to join the Argent Dawn, but Whitemane objected and ordered him taken to the tribunal for investigation.
• Tyrosus said he would accompany Unas to the tribunal, and Erigor stayed behind with his cavalry to clear the scene.
• Gordon reassured Unas that Tyrosus would protect him, then rode with him toward the monastery.

Unas and Gordon appeared before Farshire Monastery’s leaders, where Doan confirmed Unas was human and the council questioned his claim to wield resurrection. Isillien accepted their sworn testimony and ended the inquiry, while Gordon left to handle other business and promised to bring the hungry Unas food.

• Gordon explained to Unas how the surviving human forces had joined together and sent Alexandros, Dathrohan, and Abbendis to relieve besieged Tyr's Hand.
• A Priest led Unas and Gordon to a meeting with Tyrosus, Isillien, Doan, Darian, and Whitemane instead of the tribunal.
• Doan used a detection spell and confirmed that Unas was human, though he could not determine whether he had blood from another race.
• Whitemane challenged Unas to prove he could resurrect the dead, but Unas and Gordon swore that his claim and Gordon’s report were true.
• Isillien accepted their testimony, declared the matter closed, and announced that a new military operation would begin soon.
• Gordon told the hungry Unas to return to quarantine and promised to bring him food before leaving to attend to other business.

After defeating the Flesh Golem, Unas spoke with Erigor, received food from him and the refugees, and went looking for Lulu to share it. He could not find her and returned to his tent to sleep, leaving Lulu’s whereabouts unknown.

• Unas visited the explosion site, where Erigor praised him for facing the Flesh Golem and discussed the costly Judgment armor and scarce supplies.
• Erigor’s soldiers found no clues about the attack, and Erigor gave Unas a bundle of beef jerky before riding back to camp.
• The refugees thanked Unas and offered him bread, which he shared with the jerky to take to Lulu.
• Unas found Lulu’s tent empty, searched the crowded Whispering Gardens without success, and asked nearby people to tell him if she returned.
• Unas went back to his temporary tent and fell asleep after a tiring day.

Unas learned the value of Lulu’s cloak and received Gordon’s warhammer and Libram as he began learning about the Holy Light. He agreed to join the expedition against Bessarius at dawn, then learned that Abbendis had driven the monastery’s dwarves and elves away.

• Unas woke to find Gordon cooking beef, and Gordon explained that Erigor was Duke Nicholas’s second son and that his family had lost its lands to the Scourge.
• Unas asked Gordon about Lulu, and Gordon identified her cloak as valuable Iceweb Spider Silk that Unas should return to its owner.
• Gordon gave Unas Verigan’s Fist and lent him his Libram, explaining that Unas needed to discover his own path to the Holy Light.
• Gordon told Unas that Tyrosus and Isillien were sending troops against Bessarius at dawn, and Unas agreed to join the expedition.
• Unas learned from Gordon that Abbendis had expelled the dwarves and elves, forcing Tyrosus to establish an outpost for them near Venomspider Gorge.

Unas learned to meditate on and circulate Holy Power, greatly improving his attributes and strength. At dawn, he joined Gordon’s vanguard and discovered that Darian and Whitemane were riding with them, leaving him wary of Whitemane’s attention.

• Unas failed to enter meditation by reciting scripture, then activated Seal of Righteousness and used relaxation to perceive his Holy Power.
• Unas condensed the light within him into a ring between his eyebrows and learned to circulate it through his body.
• Unas tested his Holy Power on Verigan’s Fist and saw his attributes rise substantially.
• At dawn, Unas prepared to leave, found Lulu’s tent empty, and rode to the monastery gates.
• Gordon led the vanguard out, and Unas saw Darian and Whitemane among the riders.
• Gordon told Unas that Whitemane had volunteered to join the campaign and warned him not to summon his bone horse or give her cause to accuse him.

Gordon led the exhausted vanguard to Lordamere Lake, where Whitemane healed the soldiers and Unas prepared for the night. Gordon then asked Unas to investigate a nearby fishing village where he had been attacked, while Darian hoped to prove himself as a Paladin.

• Durand let the vanguard pass his outpost, and Gordon hurried the party onward after a Gryphon Rider flew ahead.
• Gordon took the party along a shortcut to Lordamere Lake, where they rested and purified water for the camp.
• Whitemane used a spell to ease the soldiers' fatigue, but Unas misunderstood her attempt to impress him.
• Gordon told Unas about a fishing village nearby where he had been attacked and ordered him to investigate it.
• Darian reflected on his wish to prove himself in battle, then stood as Gordon approached him.

Gordon and Unas returned from scouting to find the camp besieged by dark creatures led by a Dreadguard wielding Gordon’s lost sword, Firekiss. Gordon wounded the demon with a desperate throw, and Unas fought through its hounds as the battle continued.

• Gordon and Unas searched the abandoned fishing village and found signs that its controlled inhabitants had recently fled.
• Gordon and Unas returned to find the camp protected by Darian’s Holy Light Barrier and surrounded by Scourge Hounds and Night Bats.
• A Dreadguard led the attack, and Gordon and Unas charged it while Darian’s soldiers defended the camp.
• The Dreadguard revealed Firekiss and fired green flames at Gordon, who hurled his flaming greatsword into the blast and was knocked unconscious.
• Gordon’s thrown greatsword pierced the Dreadguard’s shoulder and wing, but the demon sent Scourge Hounds to attack Unas as it tried to recover.
• Unas knocked several hounds away with his silver hammer, while Gordon recovered enough to criticize his fighting skills.

Gordon and Unas helped lead the vanguard in a counterattack that drove off the dark creatures, but the Dreadguard escaped across the lake with Firekiss. The exhausted soldiers returned to camp, where Unas reflected on his progress and the next day’s battles awaited.

• Gordon recovered, killed the remaining Scourge Hounds, and joined Unas in preparing to counterattack the retreating Dreadguard.
• At Gordon’s signal, Darian led mounted soldiers out of camp, and they broke through the enemy ranks to join Gordon and Unas.
• Gordon led the cavalry in repeated charges that routed the Scourge Hounds and Darkblood Bats while Whitemane healed and protected the soldiers.
• Whitemane revealed that the Dreadguard was fleeing across the lake, so Gordon abandoned the pursuit and returned to camp with the group.
• The vanguard suffered no deaths, Black Wind recovered enough to stand, and Unas discovered that his experience had risen to 87%.
• After clearing the battlefield and sharing a late meal, the soldiers went to sleep while guards kept watch.

Bessarius prepared to confront the approaching human forces while Gordon’s vanguard reunited with Tyrosus’s army at the fishing village. After the commanders identified the island as the likely location of Bessarius’s lair, they began preparing rafts and a spell to clear the unnatural mist before sending the vanguard across the lake.

• Bessarius learned that human troops were approaching and vowed to make them fear the Nathrezim.
• Gordon’s vanguard traveled to the fishing village after he arranged to meet Tyrosus there.
• Tyrosus arrived with about two thousand troops, including Argent Dawn knights, North Maple Legion soldiers, Priests, and mages led by Archmage Angela.
• Gordon reported that Bessarius’s lair was likely on the island in Lordamere Lake, and Tyrosus ordered rafts prepared.
• Angela offered to disperse the unnatural mist, while Erigor flattered her.
• Gordon told Unas that the vanguard would cross the lake and land on the island once the mist cleared.

Unas and the vanguard crossed Lordamere Lake toward Bessarius's island after the mages cleared the white fog, only to discover the island was surrounded by a Putrid Swarm. As the swarm attacked their rafts, Gordon shielded the group and burned through much of its first wave.

• Unas worried that the vanguard would drown during the lake crossing, and Gordon reassured him while arranging extra air bladders.
• Archmage Angela and the other mages cleared the white fog, revealing a green Putrid Swarm around the hidden island and confirming that Bessarius was there.
• Tyrosus kept the original plan, and the vanguard donned protective gear, boarded rafts, and received blessings before the mages propelled them across the lake.
• Unas used Sense Undead as the rafts approached the island, where the swarm formed black arrowheads and descended on them.
• Gordon activated the White Obsidian barrier, ordered the rafts to speed up, and swept his flaming greatsword through the swarm, destroying more than half of one formation.

The vanguard crossed a swarm of mutated insects, only to have their rafts smashed by an underwater Undead ambush. As Angela’s magic scattered the attackers, Gordon led the survivors toward shore and turned back to cover the rear.

• Whitemane broke down when mutated insects crawled over her, and the soldiers drove the swarm away with smoke bottles.
• Unas spotted a mass of Undead beneath the rafts, but an iron hook punched through one raft and dragged a soldier underwater.
• Undead attacked all three rafts, forcing the vanguard into the lake as Gordon rallied the soldiers around him.
• Angela sent an undercurrent that blasted apart some of the Undead and pushed the surviving soldiers away from the ambush.
• Gordon gave Darian the white obsidian and told him to protect Whitemane, then turned back to cover the rear with Unas following him.

Gordon and Unas escaped the underwater Undead attack, but the losses left the vanguard shaken. Du'an arrived with a plan to cross Lordamere Lake using a Freezing Array, and Tyrosus ordered the troops to prepare for battle.

• Angela's rafts and depth charges rescued Gordon and Unas from the Ghouls and carried them back to the dock.
• The survivors returned to camp, where they mourned the seven vanguard members killed in the underwater attack.
• Gordon told Unas that the officers had no solution and were relying on the mages after Angela requested help from Du'an.
• Du'an arrived in person and proposed using a Freezing Array to create an ice road across the lake.
• Pulhart identified a shorter crossing point, and Angela and Du'an confirmed they could make the ice road, though doing so would exhaust their mana.
• Tyrosus approved the plan and ordered all troops to prepare for battle.

Angela and the mages created an ice causeway across the lake while Bessarius launched a desperate attack to stop them. The Undead army was frozen beneath the ice, and the soldiers prepared to advance toward the island.

• Unas and Gordon followed the army to the lakeshore, where Angela and Du'an began casting a spell to form an ice causeway.
• Bessarius attacked with Fel fire, falling rocks, the Undead, and an Infernal, but the Argent Dawn's Holy Light barriers protected the troops.
• A golden-winged warrior rammed the Infernal with a siege shield, sending it into the lake, where Angela froze it.
• Angela extended the causeway to the island and unleashed snowfall that froze many insects and drove the rest into flight.
• The completed causeway trapped the tightly packed Undead beneath thick ice, and Du'an teleported back to the monastery while Angela stayed on the battlefield.

Pulhart’s army fought its way across the ice causeway toward the island while Gordon and Unas repelled a Scourge attack on the shore. Gordon then led a vanguard toward the Dreadguard’s lingering presence, with Whitemane guiding them.

• Tyrosus buffed Pulhart’s two hundred men, and Pulhart led the cavalry charge across the ice causeway against the Undead.
• Pulhart and his men killed an Abomination as the narrow causeway bogged the cavalry down in a grinding battle.
• Scourge Hounds and Darkblood Bats attacked the rear, where Unas fought them and reached Paladin level 22.
• Gordon unleashed waves of golden-red fire, clearing a path for the vanguard to break through the beasts.
• Gordon asked Whitemane to locate the Dreadguard, and she led Gordon, Darian, and Unas toward its lingering presence.