Recaps

Erigor and Angela rescued Huoye from Bael'Gar, but the Molten Core Monster revealed that his bodily fluids had entered Huoye and could make him explode. Bael'Gar escaped after demanding another energy infusion, leaving Erigor and Angela to wait for Huoye to wake.

• Bael'Gar tortured Huoye, then carried him through the bedchamber while absorbing energy from Fire Dwarves and growing stronger.
• Angela and Erigor cornered Bael'Gar, and Erigor freed Huoye from the monster's shoulder while their soldiers caught him.
• Bael'Gar used his bodily fluids inside Huoye as leverage, threatening to turn him into a living bomb unless Erigor agreed to infuse him with energy.
• Bael'Gar handed Erigor a black stone and fled, while Erigor chose not to pursue him.
• Angela said Huoye was not in immediate danger but warned that removing the rapidly moving droplets could damage his organs, so she and Erigor waited for him to wake.

Rendaen and Unas pursued the retreating Iron Golems, but Thaurissan’s Fire Dwarves blocked their advance until Angela and Erigor’s group joined the fight. After the allies regrouped with Huoye, Unas learned Huoye could use an ancient sorcery to try to enslave the Lava Monster, and they planned to weaken it before he cast the spell.

• Rendaen ordered the pursuit of the retreating golems, but Thaurissan’s Fire Dwarves covered their withdrawal and forced the Dwarves to fight through them.
• Thaurissan retreated after realizing most of his golems were destroyed and his transformed Fire Dwarves were running out of time, though he hoped the Fire Elemental army would win elsewhere.
• Angela cast a Blizzard on the Fire Dwarves, weakening them, while Erigor’s group attacked from another direction and helped Rendaen and Unas defeat them.
• Unas reunited with Erigor’s group and found Huoye being carried unconscious; Erigor explained that they had taken him by force but he remained in danger.
• Erigor told Unas that Huoye planned to use an ancient forbidden sorcery, using the Lava Monster’s bodily fluid as a medium to subjugate it.
• Unas agreed to have them beat the Lava Monster down before Huoye cast the sorcery, hoping that would increase the chance of success.

Rendaen pursued Thaurissan into his underground hall and accepted a traditional duel to end the battle quickly, revealing a bronze transformation that resisted fire. When Thaurissan trapped him in a Flame Cage, Unas intervened, breaking the duel oath and triggering a renewed clash between the armies.

• Rendaen's forces tracked the Iron Golems to Thaurissan's hall, where Thaurissan and his remaining allies prepared to fight.
• Rendaen accepted Thaurissan's challenge to a duel, and the two swore an oath against interference.
• Rendaen transformed into a bronze body that resisted Thaurissan's fire, then gained the advantage in their close combat.
• The Twilight missionaries interfered with corrosion spells, and Thaurissan refused to concede after Rendaen declared that the oath had made him lose.
• Thaurissan trapped Rendaen inside a Flame Cage, while Geddon tried to aid him by raising the hall's temperature and Angela countered with cold air.
• Unas hurled a spear at Thaurissan, striking his Molten Iron Barrier and disrupting his spell; Thaurissan sent his golems forward, and Unas called his side to attack.

Unas captured Fran and unleashed a devastating attack that crippled Thaurissan, but Rendaen remained motionless after escaping the Flame Cage, leaving the battle unresolved. Bael'Gar and the returning Twilight missionaries shifted the fight, and the chapter ended as the Twilight bishop launched corrosion arrows at Unas.

• Unas seized Fran, then drew enemy attacks while charging Reckoning and struck Geddon and Thaurissan with a fourfold Hammer of Righteousness, badly wounding both before collapsing.
• Ardent Defender saved Unas from the fall, while Rendaen rose from the Flame Cage but remained motionless as the opposing forces hesitated over whether to surrender or keep fighting.
• The Flamewaker ambassador tried to rally Thaurissan's supporters and heal the king, while Unas shielded Rendaen and waited for him to recover.
• Bael'Gar entered the hall, devoured the weakened Geddon, and turned toward the Flamewaker ambassador before six Twilight missionaries returned and restrained him with a spell.
• Unas interrupted the Flamewaker's healing of Thaurissan, but as Thaurissan began to stir, the Twilight bishop redirected his corrosion arrows toward Unas.

Rendaen defeated Thaurissan and the Flamewaker, but collapsed from his injuries, while Bael'Gar absorbed the fallen king's body and Huoye began a spell to subdue him. Unas began resurrecting Rendaen in secret, then stopped Moira from stabbing the fallen Dwarf lord.

• Angela struck Rendaen with a frost ray, waking him, and Rendaen killed the Flamewaker and Thaurissan with Storm Bolt before declaring victory.
• The Iron Golems powered down and the Dark Iron Dwarves surrendered, while Bael'Gar seized Thaurissan's corpse and formed a protective shell around himself.
• Unas and Erigor woke Huoye, who began chanting with Bael'Gar's black communication stone as the humans and Dwarves guarded him.
• Rendaen died from his wounds, and Unas persuaded the loyal Dwarves to let him attempt a secret resurrection.
• Unas began casting Redemption in Thaurissan's bedroom, but Moira emerged from a hidden passage and attacked Rendaen with a dagger.
• Unas used Divine Storm and Holy Wrath to knock Moira unconscious before she could interrupt the resurrection.

Unas resurrected Rendaen, whose return exposed and punished the traitors and rallied the Dwarves to continue fighting the Fire Elementals. As Huoye struggled to finish his spell against Bael'Gar, Unas and Darian prepared to share the damage with Hand of Sacrifice.

• Unas completed Redemption and revived Rendaen, then ordered the Dwarves to guard him and take Moira prisoner.
• Gude arrived with a physician, but Rendaen woke, learned of the treachery, and ordered Gude and the other traitor arrested.
• Rendaen thanked Unas, pledged to build a chapel to the Holy Light if he became king, and later ordered the traitors executed and rallied his troops against the Fire Elementals.
• Unas agreed to protect Fran and his son in exchange for Firekiss, then evaded Erigor's questions about scripture.
• Bael'Gar's stone cocoon began to heat and shake as Huoye's spell continued, and Darian proposed sharing Huoye's damage with Unas through Hand of Sacrifice.

Huoye completed his spell and took control of Bael'Gar, who fused with Thaurissan's corpse and evolved into a Molten Giant. Bael'Gar activated the Iron Golems, leaving Huoye and his allies with a powerful new force and the prisoners despairing over Thaurissan's defeat.

• Huoye used the Fire Dwarves' souls and help from Unas and Darian to overpower Bael'Gar's soul and seize control of the Molten Core Monster.
• Huoye discovered that Bael'Gar had absorbed the Iron Golems' terminal controller along with Thaurissan's corpse, and the group discussed whether they could claim the golems.
• Unas fed Bael'Gar energy from the Crimson Diamond, helping him complete his fusion and evolve into a Molten Giant.
• Huoye ordered Bael'Gar to control the Iron Golems, and Bael'Gar activated them through the controller in his chest.
• The prisoners and golem designers initially thought Thaurissan had returned, but they despaired when the golem commander pledged allegiance to Bael'Gar.

Unas reclaimed Firekiss and seized Fran’s weapons and supplies before joining Rendaen’s forces at the battle against the Fire Elementals. He traveled with Angela and Erigor to the front near Flamewaker Island, where he planned to gain experience while observing the fighting.

• Unas took Bael'Gar and the Iron Golems from Lieutenant Sadri and led his forces out of the underground hall.
• Unas searched Fran’s home, recovered Firekiss, and let his companions choose practical weapons from Fran’s collection.
• Unas joined the human forces and learned that Rendaen’s Dwarves had pushed the battle to Flamewaker Island.
• Unas, Angela, and Erigor traveled down the canal and saw the Water Elementals’ dam and pond supporting the advance.
• Unas declined Rendaen’s request to bring the golems forward and went to the front to observe the battle and gain experience.

Unas watched the battle until he leveled up and upgraded Divine Storm, then the Molten Giants arrived and threatened to break the Dwarven line. The group sought Huoye’s advice and learned that Bael'Gar might be able to rally the giants, but they still had to find a way to get him to the battlefield.

• Unas waited for enough battle experience to level up, gained twelve attribute points, and upgraded Divine Storm to Lv2.
• More than a hundred Molten Giants arrived, and their War Stomps began scattering the Dwarves and threatening the front line.
• Unas, Erigor, and Angela returned to the dam, where Rendaen mobilized the resting troops in response to the danger.
• Huoye said the Molten Giants had few weaknesses but revealed that Bael'Gar had once led them.
• Bael'Gar declared that the Molten Giants would recognize him as their king, and Unas suggested testing his claim by getting him to the battlefield.

Unas and the Water Elementals diverted the seawater long enough for Bael'Gar to reach the battle, where he challenged the Molten Giants' new leader, Magmus. As their duel began, Unas asked Huoye whether they could secretly strengthen Bael'Gar or weaken his opponent.

• Unas negotiated with Rendaen and the Water Elementals to divert the seawater, allowing Bael'Gar, the Iron Golem, and the human group to pass before the canal was restored.
• Bael'Gar reached the battlefield, where Huoye translated the Molten Giants' refusal to follow their former leader, and Bael'Gar challenged their new leader.
• Magmus accepted Bael'Gar's challenge, and the Water Elemental duke halted the fighting to give them room to duel on Flamewaker Island.
• Bael'Gar circled the much larger Magmus, while Unas worried that the drawn-out fight would not earn him respect from the watching giants.
• Unas gave Huoye the Crimson Diamond and asked whether there was a way to strengthen Bael'Gar or weaken Magmus.

Angela secretly helped Bael'Gar defeat Magmus, allowing Bael'Gar to reclaim leadership of the Molten Giants and turn them against the Fire Elementals. The allied forces routed the Fire Elementals and reached the Molten Core, while Unas's companions prepared to leave and rejoin the Eastern Plaguelands expedition.

• Angela used dust and Bael'Gar's cover to teleport to the magma pool, then froze Magmus with Extreme Cold Freeze as he stepped over it.
• Bael'Gar attacked the frozen Magmus, won their struggle, and claimed the Molten Giants' kingship, declaring his people free from the Firelord.
• The Molten Giants attacked the Fire Elementals, and the Dwarves and Water Elementals joined the assault; Duke Hydraxis killed the Flamewaker commander.
• The allied forces drove the Fire Elementals back to the Molten Core, where Majordomo Executus closed the gates, leaving the allies to hold the area and await a way inside.
• Rendaen led his army home after the victory, while Darian, Angela, and Erigor declined Unas's invitation to celebrate and planned to rejoin the Eastern Plaguelands expedition.

Unas arranged Flamewaker Island’s future and gave Erigor, Darian, and Angela a warning that Dathrohan was a demon in disguise as they prepared to rejoin the expedition. After seeing them off, Unas was asked to help the Night Elves investigate Spider Forest, then received Dean Du'an, whose aid he hoped to enlist.

• Unas reached agreements with Rendaen over the Molten Giants, Iron Golems, and his temporary occupation of Flamewaker Island, then dismissed most of the troops guarding the Canyon.
• Angela gave Unas a repaired Hearthstone linked to the Monastery and explained that Huoye could contact Master Omar for help with the Black Dragon’s letter.
• Unas secretly told Erigor, Darian, and Angela that Dathrohan was a demon possessing the dead paladin, and urged them to guard Lord Ashbringer and gather evidence.
• As the three set off to catch the expedition before its assault on Stratholme, Unas warned Erigor to watch Darian’s older brother, Renault.
• Nightmoon asked Unas to help investigate Spider Forest because Rose and Haikesi were unavailable, but Dean Du'an’s arrival delayed their departure.

Unas negotiated with Du'an to build a Teleportation Array linking his base to Blackrock Depths, using the Crimson Diamond as its power source. Du'an agreed to help in exchange for secondary usage rights to the gem, though Unas immediately put it to work on the array.

• Unas asked Du'an whether he could build a stable, high-capacity passage through the spatial rift to Blackrock Depths, and Du'an said he knew how to create a Teleportation Array.
• Du'an reminded Unas that he had received none of the promised Fire Crystal or Huoye after helping fight the spiders and Flamewakers, then asked for the Crimson Diamond as compensation.
• Unas refused to give away the Argent Dawn's gem but offered Du'an secondary usage rights and promised him the Fire Crystal he was owed.
• Du'an accepted the terms and asked to use the gem immediately, but Unas said he needed it to build the Teleportation Array.
• Du'an protested that Unas had tricked him, then agreed to return with his mages and begin work on the array.

Unas gave Perella the Crimson Diamond to recharge the Blood Elves’ depleted Fire Crystals and help Du’an learn to build a teleportation array. Unable to reach Rosebayne or Haikesi’s group, Unas led the Night Elves scouting through the Canyon and watched Captain Silver Shadow’s Watchers quietly eliminate a group of giant spiders.

• Unas asked Perella to assign mages to help Du’an study the teleportation array and gave her the Crimson Diamond to recharge the Blood Elves’ Fire Crystals.
• Unas rode with the Night Elves to the Red Stone Stele, then led them on foot beyond the earthen wall after finding no sign of large creatures nearby.
• The Druids and Watchers reported that a large group of giant spiders blocked the mountain pass, while Unas failed to contact Rosebayne and could only sense that she was still alive.
• Unas proposed waiting for reinforcements and then using the teleportation array to bring his troops from the Blackrock Depths, but the Night Elves remained focused on finding the Purple-robed Person.
• At Silver Shadow’s suggestion, Unas joined the group in hunting a small band of spiders, and the Watchers used coordinated ambushes to kill all eight Blade Spiders in ten minutes.

Unas left the Night Elves, visited the teleportation-array researchers, and returned to Shadowforge City, where Rendaen summoned him to a banquet. Rendaen asked him to hand over Moira and revealed he intended to kill her unborn child, leaving Unas to decide how to respond.

• Unas left Captain Silver Shadow and the Night Elves, then encountered Du'an and Blood Elf mages studying a teleportation array that could not transport Molten Giants.
• Unas returned to Blackrock Depths, inspected the Iron Golems, and considered acquiring more to fight the Undead Scourge.
• Unas went to Shadowforge City and joined Rendaen's banquet, where the Dwarf officers regarded him with hostility.
• Rendaen asked what Unas planned to do with Moira, and Unas said he meant to return her to Ironforge for a reward.
• Rendaen insisted Moira's unborn child, Thaurissan's descendant, could not be allowed to live and demanded that Unas hand her over.

Unas negotiated with Rendaen over Moira, borrowed soldiers for an attack on the spiders, and discussed the future of golem production. After three days of revelry and political change, Rendaen was crowned Dark Iron King.

• Unas persuaded Rendaen to keep Moira alive under house arrest and hold her in his custody as a bargaining chip with Ironforge.
• Unas asked Rendaen for elite soldiers to attack the spiders, and Rendaen agreed to lend him several thousand.
• Unas proposed developing cheap, simple golems and secured Rendaen's promise that he could buy them if the Thorium Brotherhood produced them.
• Rendaen gained control of more than half of the Searing Gorge as Dwarf armies surrendered, while the Dark Horde sent an envoy seeking peace talks.
• Rendaen held a small coronation in the Council Hall, placed the crown on his own head, and was hailed as Dark Iron King Rendaen-Mosmar.

Rendaen crowned Unas a Holy Light Lord and rewarded him with Adamantite and territory for his role in the battle. After the ceremony, a Thorium Brotherhood blacksmith tried to negotiate a deal to forge the metal into a weapon, and Unas haggled over the price.

• Rendaen named Duke Hydraxis an Azure Lord and granted him the canal lands and underground lava river.
• Rendaen gave Unas Adamantite, named him a Holy Light Lord, and granted him Firewatch Ridge in Searing Gorge.
• Unas left the palace and met Stone Greystone and Masai of the Thorium Brotherhood, who asked about his Adamantite.
• Stone offered to forge the Adamantite into a spear, and Unas rejected his proposed fee of one tenth of the metal.
• Unas countered Stone's offer with a demand for one fiftieth of the Adamantite.

Unas suspected the Thorium Brotherhood Dwarves were trying to obtain the Mountain King's damaged warhammer and refused their deal. After returning to his new territory, he questioned Fran about the weapon, learning that it might conceal the secret of thunder but had resisted every attempt to study it.

• Stone Greystone and his assistant offered Unas twenty thousand gold coins and the damaged warhammer in exchange for accepting the one-fiftieth Adamantite condition.
• Unas grew suspicious of the Dwarves' eagerness, ended the negotiation, and left them to consider asking their guild leader to intervene.
• Unas returned to his territory and celebrated his appointment with Luther and the others, then heard Frank describe Firewatch Ridge as a barren, dangerous region that might serve as a smuggling route.
• Unas showed the damaged warhammer to his companions, who found nothing unusual, and summoned Fran to explain its history.
• Fran identified the weapon as the Mountain King's warhammer and said that, despite legends of its thunderous power, no master had uncovered its secret.

Unas assembled his troops and transported them through the new Teleportation Array to the Canyon to prepare for a campaign against the Giant Spiders. The array successfully moved all nine hundred soldiers, though its energy supply needed recharging, and Unas left the army at the Red Stone Stele front line for training before their planned march.

• Unas dismissed Fran and ordered Luther to ready the nine hundred available soldiers for the expedition against the spiders.
• Unas gave Frank money to buy Glowing Wheat and Dwarven farms, prioritizing food stocks despite rising prices.
• Unas led the troops through the Teleportation Array, which transported over five hundred people before running out of energy and needing Du'an to recharge its gems.
• The mages resumed the teleportation, and the remaining troops arrived safely in the Canyon.
• Unas marched the soldiers to the Red Stone Stele front line and held a meeting to introduce the Stormwind officers to the Argent Dawn and explain the Giant Spiders before the planned advance.

Unas coordinated the arriving troops while trying to avoid an examination for a possible demonic curse. He diverted Brother Anton by recruiting him to help establish a Chapel of Holy Light in Blackrock Depths.

• Silver Shadow told Unas that the Night Elves had hunted nearby spider groups, and Unas ordered her to stop and help Centurion Qiaosen teach the reinforcements how to fight spiders.
• Unas encountered Brother Anton, who had come to examine him for a possible demonic curse on Lord Tyrosus's orders.
• Unas showed Brother Anton his powerful Holy Light, but Anton insisted that a curse could still be hidden and pressed for an examination.
• Unas told Brother Anton that the new Dwarven king planned to build a Chapel of Holy Light in Blackrock Depths and asked him to help arrange its construction.
• Brother Anton agreed to serve as bishop of the Dark Iron Chapel, allowing Unas to put off the examination.

Unas left Brother Anton in charge of building a chapel in Shadowforge City, then collected the Judgement Armor from the Thorium Brotherhood. After accepting the armor but paying the full price, he agreed to hear the Brotherhood explain the secret of Thunder Hammer, while warning them not to lie.

• Unas appointed Brother Anton to oversee the chapel's construction and returned to Shadowforge City.
• A Thorium Brotherhood Dwarf led Unas to the guild headquarters, where Orphest presented the finished Judgement Armor.
• Stone Greystone and his assistant apologized for deceiving Unas and explained they had bought a set from Old John and altered it for him.
• Unas inspected and donned the armor, then paid the remaining five thousand gold coins despite Orphest waiving the balance.
• Orphest offered to reveal the secret of Thunder Hammer, and Unas agreed to listen if the Brotherhood told him the whole truth.

Unas negotiated with Orphest and Stone over the damaged Thunder Hammer, trading it for concessions from the Thorium Brotherhood. The talks ended with Stone proposing to combine his research with Unas’s Adamantite spear commission by attempting to forge a Thunder Spear.

• Stone explained that the Mountain King’s Thunder Hammer used rare metal to trigger electrical energy, and Orphest said the Brotherhood needed more of the metal for research.
• Unas demanded mass-produced puppets at cost and an Adamantite spear from Stone in exchange for the warhammer; Orphest agreed to use the gold coins on the floor as payment for the spear.
• Unas asked for the Brotherhood’s research results and half the extracted rare metal, but Orphest refused both requests.
• Unas sought to borrow the Brotherhood’s siege vehicles, but Orphest said only King Rendaen could authorize their use.
• Stone proposed using Unas’s Adamantite spear commission as a test piece for Thunder Hammer research and forging a Thunder Spear instead.

Unas secured a contract with the Thorium Brotherhood and brought Dwarven reinforcements and Iron Golems to Flamewaker Island, where the group tried to teleport Bael'Gar to the Canyon. After the attempt failed, Bael'Gar offered to split his body into pieces so the Molten Giants could be transported, and the group began testing his method.

• Stone promised to forge Unas's Thunder Spear and agreed to compensate him if more than one part in a thousand of the adamantite was lost; Unas signed Orphest's contract and handed over the adamantite and damaged warhammer.
• Unas arrived at Flamewaker Island, where the awakened Molten Giants had grown stronger, and later welcomed Thunderaan Deeprock and twenty-five hundred Dwarven reinforcements.
• The Blood Elf mages successfully teleported the Dwarves and seventy-eight Iron Golems to the Canyon, then Du'an explained that he was researching a Magic Circle to control the weather in Farshire.
• The mages failed to teleport Bael'Gar, so he proposed splitting his body apart to make the journey possible; Unas chose to prioritize moving the giants over Du'an's research.
• Bael'Gar began separating his limbs at the joints, causing golden-red liquid to flow from his shoulders as his arms and legs broke away.

Unas and the mages successfully teleported all sixty-two Molten Giants to the Canyon and restored their strength with the Crimson Diamond. The giants advanced to the front lines, where Bael'Gar chased off two Thorn Spiders and set part of the woods ablaze as the battle drew near.

• The mages teleported the severed parts of all sixty-two Molten Giants from Flamewaker Island to the Canyon, working until nearly midnight.
• Bael'Gar swallowed the Crimson Diamond, recognized it as the Fire Source Stone, and recovered inside a Stone Cocoon overnight.
• Unas found the Dwarf reinforcements and Iron Golems positioned orderly at the front, but received no response from Haikesi or Rosebayne.
• Huoye and the rested mages used the Crimson Diamond to replenish the energy of all sixty-two giants by nearly noon.
• The Molten Giants crossed the earthen wall and stationed themselves outside the front lines as Giant Spiders gathered nearby.
• Bael'Gar chased two Thorn Spiders into the woods, trampling trees and starting a fire, prompting two Druids to ask Unas to stop it.

Unas led the army through the woods to attack the Giant Spiders, accepting the destruction of the forest as necessary to the war and his plans for farmland. The army won a decisive victory at the mountain pass, but the two Druids worried about the widespread damage to the woods.

• Unas rejected the Druids’ plea to transplant the trees and set out with the recovered giants, golems, Dwarves, and humans.
• Thunderaan Deeprock pledged loyalty to Unas after explaining his danger in Blackrock Depths, and Unas assigned half the Dwarves to fight alongside the humans.
• The Molten Giants and Iron Golems broke through the spiders’ defenses, and Unas led Argent Dawn’s cavalry in a charge as the spiders began to flee.
• Unas ordered his forces to pursue and exterminate the spiders, using fire and smoke to drive them from the woods.
• The army reported 274 Giant Spiders killed, negligible human and Dwarven casualties, and two Iron Golems destroyed.
• The troops celebrated their victory while the two Druids worried that the battle had burned many trees and that more woodland would be destroyed.