Recaps

Unas’s Restoration Army swept through Westfall, secured Defias’s surrender, and then set out to reinforce Duskwood, while Onyxia reached Deepholm and discovered Deathwing had survived. The chapter leaves Crowley struggling to find the Worgen artifact and hoping Unas’s army will help.

• Unas’s Restoration Army and the Dwarves rapidly captured Defias strongholds, defeated the bandits at Moonbrook, and accepted Vanessa’s surrender.
• Unas secretly arranged for VanCleef to leave with Defias forces and treasure while Vanessa remained to join the Restoration Army.
• Duke August arrived, accepted the victory and spoils, and left the Seventh Legion to clear remaining bandits as Unas’s army prepared for further campaigns.
• After news arrived that Vaelastrasz had been captured and the fighting in Duskwood had stalled, the allies divided their forces, and Unas led over ten thousand soldiers toward Duskwood.
• Onyxia followed a sea monster through a passage into Deepholm, found her ruined father Deathwing, and agreed to seek armor from the Brireiz clan.
• Crowley searched another Worgen den without finding the artifact, then learned Unas’s army had reached Elwynn Crossing and hoped it would help.

Unas and Crowley searched Duskwood for the Scythe of Elune while trying to locate the source of the Worgen. They met Beresha-Stormwind, who revealed her past and offered to help defeat the Heart-Rending Wolf King, but Unas demanded that she hand over the white-furred Worgen first.

• Unas learned that Duskwood’s villages had been abandoned and used reports from survivors to narrow the Worgen’s origins to a triangular area in the south.
• Unas led the allied army into the forest to draw out the Worgen, and Vanessa’s assassins joined Nightmoon in a fierce battle against a pack.
• Nightmoon pursued the white-furred Worgen to a spring, where Beresha-Stormwind appeared, healed it, and warned that the Heart-Rending Wolf King threatened the army.
• Beresha met Unas with a large group of Worgen and offered to help defeat their king if she could claim the magical artifact he possessed.
• Beresha confessed that she had stolen the Staff of Elune to help create the Scythe of Elune and had escaped prison to find it; Unas demanded that she hand over the white-furred Worgen.

Unas and Belysra developed the Balance Ritual to restore the Worgen, then Unas led a Worgen force to join the Alliance campaign in the Burning Steppes. After General Havel assigned the Worgen to harass the Orcs while the Alliance attacked Dreadmaul Rock, Unas’s forces wiped out the enemy scouts, prompting the Orcs to deploy dragonriders that he moved to confront.

• Unas defeated Belysra in a duel with the Scythe of Elune, then worked with her to create the Balance Ritual and restore the sanity of hundreds of Worgen.
• The Restoration Army captured nearly two thousand Worgen, and Sixinlang regained human form and took command of the Worgen Corps.
• Unas sent Vanessa, Nightmoon, Belysra, and Sixinlang toward Gilneas while he led one thousand Worgen soldiers to the Redridge front.
• In the Alliance camp, Unas learned from General Lieyan that Shadowforge City needed him to address trouble near the Molten Core and realized Archmage Deen might be connected to the Thunderfury quest.
• General Havel assigned Unas’s Worgen to harass the Orcs while the Alliance attacked the Ogres at Dreadmaul Rock, and Unas equipped them with light armor, bows, and daggers.
• Unas’s Worgen and the Gryphon Riders eliminated the Horde scouts, but Orc dragonriders broke through the blockade and revealed the Alliance’s movements, so Unas went to intercept them.

Unas helped the allied army break the Old Horde’s hold on Dreadmaul Rock, then left the front to retrieve Windseeker’s Shackled Skull and negotiate with Demitrian for Thunderaan’s resurrection. Back in Venomspider Gorge, he learned the Restoration Army’s progress and confirmed that Princess Calia had married him, while signs emerged that the Forsaken had joined the Horde.

• Unas killed fleeing Orc dragonriders and collected eight Black Dragon heads, prompting Rend Blackhand to recall the remaining riders after learning that Nefarian had left Blackwing Lair.
• Onyxia brought Nefarian to Deathwing, who attacked them and ordered them to find the Brilez clan; Nefarian promised to make Deathwing an invincible dragon of doom.
• The allied army captured Dreadmaul Rock, while Unas’s Worgen forces evaded Orc attacks after Troll Witch Doctors developed a potion that concealed body odor.
• Mage Deen revealed that he was Demitrian, servant of Thunderaan, and Unas agreed to help resurrect the Wind Prince in exchange for Thunderfury.
• Unas and Demitrian recovered Windseeker’s Shackled Skull from Bael'Gar and planned to obtain the other half from Garr before confronting the Firelord.
• Unas returned to Venomspider Gorge, learned about its growing population and forces, confirmed his marriage to Princess Calia, and heard that a Horde flag had appeared over Lordaeron.

Unas strengthened his plans for Lordaeron’s restoration by assigning a secret mission, building up Rosebayne’s spider army, and rallying support for a possible war in the Molten Core. The chapter ended with Unas receiving his Thunder Spear and welcoming Doan into the campaign.

• Unas ordered Feniel to contact the Forsaken spies Hal and Hake and gave him gold and a secret meeting place.
• Unas inspected Rosebayne’s growing Giant Spider army and ordered her to accept Blood Elf assistants and study military tactics with Qiaosen.
• At Rendaen’s council, Unas supported preparing for war against the Molten Core and promised to seek help from General Haval, Magni Bronzebeard, and Dalaran.
• Unas gave Frank more gold to develop Firewatch Ridge and received the Thorium Brotherhood’s heavy Thunder Spear, whose lightning gems could fire ten shots before recharging.
• Unas approved plans for both types of combat puppets, ordered three hundred of each, and tested the Thunder Spear on a wooden cabinet.
• Doan returned the Crimson Diamond, reported progress on his weather Magic Circle, and joined Unas’s campaign.

Unas and his allies faced Ragnaros’s army when the Molten Core seal collapsed, while Unas and Demitrian slipped into the dungeon to lure out Garr. Demitrian revived the Wind Prince Thunderaan, and Unas’s fight against the Fire Elementals was poised to change as the storm burst from the cave.

• Demitrian determined that the Crimson Diamond could not stabilize the seal, and Boyle warned Unas that Angela had likely been besieged by the Undead.
• After seven days of preparations, the seal broke, and Unas killed Magmadar before Ragnaros arrived and launched a full assault on the defenders.
• Duke Hydraxis and the mages engaged Ragnaros while Unas and Demitrian flew into the Molten Core to find Garr.
• Demitrian used the Crimson Diamond to lure Garr and the Lava Elementals into a cave, while Unas held off the enemy army and defeated a blue Flamewaker mage.
• A freezing gale erupted from the cave, revealing that Demitrian had revived Thunderaan.

Unas was trapped by the Fire Elementals, but the firebirds’ life energy awakened Huan, the phoenix reborn from the Fire Ring. Huan carried Unas out of the Molten Core, where they killed the weakened Ragnaros; Unas then set his sights on Demitrian and the Wind Prince.

• The Wind Prince and Demitrian escaped the Fire Elementals’ attack, leaving Unas behind with the Crimson Diamond as the firebirds surrounded him.
• Unas killed the purple eagle rider and fought through the firebirds, but a blue Flamewaker disrupted his Hearthstone escape with Dimensional Anchor.
• Unas retreated into a cave, discovered that the Fire Ring contained the ashes of a phoenix named Huan, and fed it firebird energy and eggs until Huan was reborn.
• Huan carried Unas through the Fire Elemental forces and out of the Molten Core, where they encountered the retreating Ragnaros.
• Unas and Huan overwhelmed Ragnaros, and Huan devoured him after Unas stopped his attempt to self-destruct.
• The Fire Elementals fled, and Unas told Huan they would hunt down Demitrian and the Wind Prince.

Unas defeated the Wind Prince and the Firelord, entered the Firelands, and gained demigod status after destroying Ragnaros’s soul. He left Huan to recover and prepare to challenge for the Firelands, then encountered the Thorium Brotherhood searching for the Firelord’s weapon in the boiling river.

• Unas and Huan killed the Wind Prince and Demitrian, claiming Thunderfury and the Eye of the Storm.
• Unas and Huan routed the Fire Elementals, captured Sothos, and entered the Firelands through a spatial node in the Molten Core.
• Unas destroyed Ragnaros’s soul at his resurrection point, and Huan was named the prospective new lord of the Firelands.
• Ragnaros’s Divine Essence transformed Unas into a Human Demigod with powerful fire affinity and absorption.
• Unas left Huan in the Firelands to recover, ordered Huoye to guard the entrance, and asked him about the Eye of the Storm and fire magic.
• Unas met the Thorium Brotherhood beside the boiling Hot Springs River, where Orphest said they were trying to retrieve the Firelord’s weapon.

Unas recovered the Firelord's Warhammer and prepared to lead an attack on Blackrock Spire. He later reclaimed Lordaeron and became its king, but Deathwing's return unleashed new threats across the world.

• Unas pulled the Firelord's Warhammer from the river and asked the Dwarf smiths to seal the Wind Prince's soul inside Thunderfury.
• Shiroma reported that Nefarian had left Blackrock Spire, and Unas took command of the force preparing to attack it.
• Unas captured Blackrock Spire, defeated Blackwing Lair, and refused Thrall's request for the Blackrock Clan's prisoners.
• Varian and Unas killed the Orc prisoners, ending the ceasefire between the Alliance and the Horde.
• Unas defeated enemies in Dalaran and Gilneas, then led the campaign that reclaimed Lordaeron.
• Unas rescued Princess Calia, obtained Tyr's legacy, and became king of Lordaeron before Deathwing's return shook the world.