Recaps

Unas secured the mages’ help by revealing his control over the Overlord Spiders and negotiating terms for lending Huoye and sharing the crystal mine’s output. Two days later, he led an assembled force toward the spiders using an aggressive plan to destroy them before they could gather.

• Unas told Du'an, Erigor, and Angela that he controlled two Overlord Spiders and claimed his captives obeyed him because they feared the spiritual pressure he inherited from Bessarius.
• Du'an agreed to help in exchange for a temporary loan of Huoye and a share of the crystal mine’s output, and Unas settled on one month and ten percent.
• Two days later, Unas assembled the battle force, beheaded a Troll and two Gnolls who started fighting, and ordered the march.
• Unas placed Helen with the rear reserve, then persuaded her that the assignment was important.
• After the Blood Elf rangers reported the spiders’ positions, Unas chose to advance quickly and have the rear force eliminate spiders at fixed points before the forces joined beyond the new boundary marker.

Unas moved his force beyond the planned position and fortified a narrow pass, using Angela’s ice wall and the Overlord Spiders to prepare for an attack. When the giant spiders arrived, the defenders held their ground, and Unas rushed to stop a brown spider from breaking through the Gnolls’ line.

• Unas led the force past its primary position to a narrow pass, where the engineers raised the Red Stone Stele and cleared the trees.
• Angela raised a spiked ice wall across the pass and coated the ground beyond it with ice, while Unas arranged the troops’ defenses.
• Unas ordered the troops to volley spears, javelins, and stones at the approaching spiders, which retaliated with venom and poisonous spines.
• Unas and Kruz Fireblade killed a Blade Spider after it broke through to the front line, while other defenders held except for the faltering Gnolls.
• Unas rushed toward the Gnolls to confront a brown, barbed spider that was slaughtering them.

Unas led the captives through a spider assault, killed nine giant spiders, and rallied his forces while the rear army advanced. The spiders attacked again as Qiaosen’s cavalry arrived to reinforce the front.

• Unas and Cruz fought together to kill a spined spider, and Unas went on to kill nine giant spiders and reach level 29.
• Unas learned Blessing of Sanctuary, organized the captives after the spiders retreated, and reassured the soldiers by explaining that an Overlord Spider was holding the enemy back.
• Angela reported that Dean Du'an’s rear army had advanced three kilometers, and Unas ordered Qiaosen to push forward at full speed.
• Qiaosen led the rear army five kilometers beyond its original destination, where Du'an relayed that the spiders had attacked Unas’s force again.
• Qiaosen charged toward the battle and hurled his spear into a giant spider as his cavalry arrived.

Unas and his allies trapped the giant spiders in an ice cage and bombarded them with magic, leaving a small group of survivors to face Qiaosen’s troops. During the final fight, Unas reached level 30, chose the Reckoning talent, and used it to kill an Ironclad Spider with a single javelin throw.

• Qiaosen’s cavalry struck the spiders from behind, killing three and paralyzing five before retreating to protect the mages.
• Angela joined the ice team to trap the spider swarm in a cage of pillars, and the remaining mages and Unas’s soldiers attacked the trapped spiders.
• A dozen surviving spiders broke through an ice pillar and charged Qiaosen, so Unas led his Orc squad through the cage to help.
• Unas reached level 30 and chose Reckoning, a talent that stored damage he received and returned it in a counterattack.
• Unas hurled a javelin at an Ironclad Spider and released the stored power, piercing it through and confirming the strength of his new talent.

Unas led his troops to victory over the spiders at the ice wall, then prepared to stop a Flame Spider from melting through their defenses. He and Korfax flew over the wall to attack it, leaving Unas crashing into the swarm.

• Unas unleashed Reckoning to kill the largest spider, and the Orc warriors protected him while he recovered.
• Unas rallied his soldiers and led Qiaosen's troops to the other end of the ice wall, where Rosebayne and Haikesi's spiders had thrown the swarm into disarray.
• Two Overlord Spiders led several spiders away, but a scarlet Flame Spider rallied the remaining swarm and attacked the ice wall with its fiery venom.
• Unas learned Wings of Vengeance and agreed to join Korfax in attacking the Flame Spider.
• Two Ogres hurled Unas and Korfax over the wall, sending Unas crashing into the spider swarm.

Unas tried to fly during the battle against the giant spiders, then helped Korfax escape the Flame Spider’s self-destruction and led the defense of the breach in the ice wall. With the Overlord Spider squad striking the swarm from behind, the enemy broke, and Unas’s forces won the battle.

• Unas gained wings of light but struggled to control his flight, while Korfax attacked the Flame Spider from the air.
• Korfax ordered a retreat after failing to kill the Flame Spider, and Unas flew to catch him as the spider began to self-destruct.
• Unas warned his troops to raise their shields as the Flame Spider’s explosion sent ice shards toward them and blasted a gap in the ice wall.
• Unas led Warriors to block the breach while Nightmoon and Perella directed the Elves’ attack from the ice wall.
• Rosebayne and Haikesi brought the Overlord Spider squad against the swarm’s rear, breaking its resolve and prompting Unas to send Qiaosen and Liante’s cavalry in pursuit.

After the army defeated a swarm of giant spiders, Unas secured the canyon entrance, organized the recovery effort, and reviewed the casualties. Whitemane then brought him to a dying soldier so he could use Resurrection, while Unas insisted Namelia confirm the man could not be saved and distracted Whitemane from her questions about her identity.

• Haikesi returned with the cavalry, and Unas sent him and Rose back into the canyon to scout while carrying the Undead Mage's skull for contact.
• Unas ordered the army to seal the breach, clear the battlefield, and begin building defenses and processing the spider corpses.
• Unas reviewed the casualties and learned that the Orcs and Gnolls had suffered the heaviest losses, many after the ice wall was breached.
• Whitemane summoned Unas to a field hospital, where she said a soldier with a severe heart wound could only be saved with Resurrection.
• Unas greeted Natasha, using the name Namelia, and said he would ask her to confirm the soldier could not be saved before attempting Resurrection.
• Whitemane questioned Unas about Namelia, and he distracted her with a story about the Holy Light and the meaning of Resurrection.

Unas successfully resurrected the dying soldier Mo'er, whose suspicions about Whitemane’s attack led him to protect Unas. The chapter ended with Mo'er knocking Whitemane unconscious before she could investigate Unas’s left hand.

• Whitemane accused Unas of sacrificing his people, but the dying Mo'er defended Unas and revealed that he had volunteered to fight.
• Mo'er asked Unas to care for his pregnant wife, and Unas promised before casting Resurrection after Mo'er’s heart stopped.
• Unas successfully resurrected Mo'er, while Whitemane sensed a strange presence in Unas’s left hand and demanded to examine it.
• Unas shoved Whitemane away, but she bound and stunned him, saying she needed to determine whether he was a demon.
• Mo'er woke fully healed, saw Whitemane restraining Unas, and threatened her with a sword before knocking her unconscious with its hilt.

Unas recovered after Natasha dispelled Whitemane’s Power Word, then ordered Natasha to seal Whitemane’s memory of his use of Fel despite the risk of side effects. After recruiting Mohr and returning to the front, Unas oversaw the army’s defenses and wondered whether the spider swarm would return.

• Mohr helped Unas up and fetched Natasha, who dispelled Whitemane’s binding spell.
• Unas explained to Natasha that Whitemane had discovered his use of Fel, and she agreed to try sealing the memory despite the danger to Whitemane’s mind.
• Unas told Mohr to conceal what had happened, claimed Whitemane had collapsed from exhaustion, and offered him a place in his personal guard.
• Natasha finished working on Whitemane, and Unas left her to watch over her while Mohr returned to the base to recover.
• Unas returned to the front line, where the army built a foundation against the ice wall and camped for the night as he wondered if the spider swarm would attack again.

Unas consolidated the new frontier after the spider conflict, while Rosebayne slowly expanded her force and the army resumed its work. As Perella pressed him to begin mining the crystal, two Goblins arrived asking to see Unas, leaving their purpose unknown.

• Rosebayne recruited three more giant spiders, while Unas arranged for her to study a safe method of mental cultivation.
• The earthen boundary wall neared completion, Whitemane awoke with no memory of her collapse, and the Monastery’s helpers departed after the danger passed.
• Unas sent most troops back to the stronghold and kept the High Elf rangers monitoring the spiders as the army continued its work.
• Perella urged Unas to assign workers to the crystal mine, but he explained that the mushroom cave’s collapse had delayed the Dwarves’ excavation.
• Two Goblins arrived demanding to see Unas, interrupting his conversation with Perella.

Unas tested the Goblins’ dynamite and approved using it to improve mining, while considering its potential to block Blue Rock Pass. He then welcomed Tyrosus’s party at the outpost, where Sir Thomas asked to learn mushroom cultivation.

• Unas told Kraz he would free the Goblins and give them food aid if their dynamite worked, and Kraz promised a test blast by noon.
• Perella inspected the blast and reported that the dynamite could excavate a deep hole, so Unas approved taking the Goblins to the Crystal Cave to clear its crack.
• Unas considered stockpiling dynamite to collapse Blue Rock Pass, then rode to meet Tyrosus while worrying about the secret investigation into Holiya’s death.
• Unas greeted Tyrosus’s party and met Sir Thomas, whom he suspected was under Balnazzar’s control.
• Unas showed the party the mushroom cave, and he agreed when Sir Thomas requested people be taught how to grow Yellow Banana Mushrooms.

After the Goblins' attempt to blast open the mine triggered a chain reaction among the Fire Elemental Crystals, Unas and the others fled the danger zone and sought help. The chapter ended with Archmage Angela arriving to deal with the ongoing underground explosions.

• Tyrosus rewarded Unas with a promotion but refused to provide extra manpower or supplies.
• A blast from the mine interrupted the group's tour, and Unas led everyone there after explaining the crystal deposit and explosives.
• Perella and the rangers fled the mine carrying Goblins, and Unas ordered the group to retreat as explosions continued underground.
• Perella explained that the Goblins had used activated Fire Elemental Crystals in their bombs, triggering a chain reaction among crystals deep in the mine.
• Unas asked Tyrosus for help, and Tyrosus summoned Archmage Angela, who arrived in person.

Angela and the others investigated a dangerous crystal mine where explosions threatened to destroy a cavern full of activated Fire Crystals. After the first Fire Elementals were lost, Unas gathered reinforcements, and sixteen Elementals entered the mine to retrieve the crystals.

• Unas explained the mining accident, and Angela sent three Fire Elementals into the smoke-filled fissure while showing their progress through a Water Mirror.
• The Fire Elementals found a cavern full of red crystals and five activated ones, but an explosion destroyed them as one tried to remove a crystal.
• Angela admitted she had no better plan and summoned reinforcements, then contacted the Blood Elf mages and Dean Du'an for help.
• Du'an and Huoye arrived, and Huoye merged his summoned Fire Elementals into four stronger creatures suited to retrieving the crystals.
• The Blood Elf mages and Helen arrived and summoned six more Fire Elementals, bringing the total to sixteen.
• Unas ordered the sixteen Fire Elementals into the mine to retrieve the activated crystals.

Unas and the mages fought to save the crystals from explosions and a mysterious Flamewaker, which escaped after the cavern blast. Tyrosus then asked Unas about Holiya’s death, and approved his decision to pardon the Gnomes and other races who had retaliated.

• A blast destroyed four Fire Elementals, and the mages entered the cavern to find a Flamewaker attacking them.
• Unas sent Huoye’s Fire Elementals to hold off the Flamewaker while the others retrieved five crystals, leaving three behind.
• The remaining crystals exploded, but the Flamewaker vanished beneath the resulting rubble, and the Fire Elementals searched the cavern without finding it.
• Tyrosus praised Unas’s handling of the battle and privately asked about his investigation into Holiya’s death.
• Unas explained what he had learned while concealing that he had rescued Emily, and Tyrosus approved his decision to pardon the Gnomes and other races.

Tyrosus praised Unas for managing the base and keeping the races united, then questioned how he had subdued the captives and warned that the Dreadlord’s influence might threaten him. Unas agreed to an examination by Brother Anton and promised to treat Earl Ganis well while refusing to send Helen away.

• Tyrosus praised Unas for avoiding Holiya’s execution and building cooperation among the Elves, Dwarves, and Gnomes.
• Tyrosus questioned Unas about the captives’ obedience, and Unas claimed he had inherited the Dreadlord’s oppressive aura after killing him.
• Tyrosus suspected Bessarius might have left something in Unas to aid a future resurrection and insisted that Brother Anton examine him.
• Unas refused to drive Helen away, and Tyrosus urged him to treat Earl Ganis well because of the Northern Realms’ support.
• Tyrosus reaffirmed his confidence in Unas as Warden, and Unas pledged his life to the Argent Dawn.

After the mine stabilized, Unas and the mages prepared to investigate a possible spatial rift to the Firelands beneath the cavern. He recruited a team for the dangerous expedition and asked Natasha to help establish an intelligence department and suppress a secret that could expose him.

• Du'an proposed that the fire demon had either been summoned or had entered through a spatial rift, and Angela planned to teleport a team into the cavern to investigate.
• Unas selected an expedition team led by Marcus, including Natasha, Cruz Fireblade, Whitemane, Nightmoon, and the Copperhammer Brothers.
• Natasha told Unas that Whitemane had come voluntarily and was still determined to learn Resurrection, though she could barely remember Mor.
• Unas asked Natasha to help him establish a military intelligence department, and she agreed to choose informants from the base.
• Unas asked Natasha to find out whether guards had revealed that he sacrificed a Gnoll and to make them forget if necessary; she agreed to handle it when they returned.

Unas and his group entered the cavern to stop the Flamewaker from taking the Crimson Diamond, a legendary source of fire energy. They survived the creature’s first crystal explosion, but more blasts were about to erupt.

• Nightmoon told Unas that Oakleaf had summoned the other Night Elf groups, which were expected to arrive within half a month.
• Angela spotted the Flamewaker climbing toward the Crimson Diamond, and Huoye explained that the gem was a legendary treasure capable of saving the Blood Elves.
• Unas ordered the combat personnel to teleport into the cavern under Angela’s ice barrier and attack the Flamewaker.
• The Flamewaker escaped their attacks by bounding across the walls, and Unas ordered the Fire Elementals to dig out the nearly exposed gem.
• The Flamewaker triggered a cluster of fire crystals, and Unas, the Copperhammer Brothers, and Keluzi shielded the group from the explosion.
• The blast badly wounded the Orc Warrior and injured two young people, while seven or eight more crystal clusters began to glow.

Angela froze the explosive crystals, and Du'an began sealing a spatial rift that might lead to the Firelands. As Unas handled the Crimson Diamond and discovered it was strengthening his Fire Ring, a crowned Flamewaker burst from the lava and shattered the mages’ spell.

• Angela froze all the activated and unactivated crystals, then collapsed from exhaustion as Unas led Warriors after the Flamewaker.
• Unas found the Flamewaker had escaped into a lava pool, and Du'an identified the pool as a spatial passage that might lead to the Firelands.
• Du'an, Angela, and Huoye began sealing the passage while Unas checked the wounded and received the Crimson Diamond from the Fire Elementals.
• Unas discovered that the Crimson Diamond was increasing the Fire Ring’s energy capacity as it absorbed the gem’s power.
• A Flamewaker attacked the mages’ sealing spell, and a tall creature wearing a black crown burst from the lava and shattered their pentagram.

Unas and the others fought a powerful Flamewaker in the cavern, but a second Flamewaker rescued it and both escaped into the lava. Unas survived with a badly injured shoulder, while Ashina lay motionless after taking a blow to the head.

• The Flamewaker threatened the group for the Fire Source Stone, and Unas attacked it with Firekiss.
• Unas, the Dwarf brothers, and the others fought the Flamewaker, while Nightmoon and Perella targeted its vulnerable spots.
• The wounded Flamewaker charged Unas and struck him twice, and Ashina took a blow to the head while shielding him.
• The Flamewaker tried to flee, but the Dwarf brothers and the others held it until a smaller Flamewaker appeared and restored its strength.
• The two Flamewakers escaped into the lava pool, and the Priests stabilized Unas's injuries, leaving him unable to use his right hand.

After Ashina was killed, Unas convinced Perella that he could still save him and took Ashina to a secluded cave to cast Resurrection. The spell succeeded, while Whitemane learned how Holy Power repaired the connection between body and soul.

• Unas found Ashina dead, and Perella wept over her lover’s body.
• Unas claimed Ashina was only in suspended animation and asked Du'an to teleport him, Whitemane, and Namelia away; Perella was left behind to hold the magma pool with the others.
• Unas and Whitemane carried Ashina to a nearby cave while Natasha kept watch outside.
• Whitemane argued with Unas over his refusal to let her touch his hands, but stayed to observe the Resurrection spell.
• Unas cast Redemption and revived Ashina, while Whitemane learned that Holy Power repaired the connection between body and soul.

Whitemane left the expedition after Unas condemned her decision, while Unas returned to the Crystal Cave to help seal the Spatial Rift. The seal closed the opening on their side, but the enemy’s spatial mage had disrupted the other side, and a new Flamewaker apparition appeared.

• Whitemane refused to return to the mine and rode away after Unas angrily dismissed her.
• Unas took Ashina back to the outpost, then returned to the mine with a hundred-man squad.
• Unas learned that the mages had blocked the lava pool while he was away and joined the guards as they finished sealing it.
• Angela and Du'an sealed the lava pool, but Du'an explained that the Spatial Rift remained open because the enemy mage had disrupted the spell on the other side.
• A red apparition appeared where the lava pool had been, and Angela warned the squad not to attack it.
• The apparition became a new Flamewaker carrying two black curved blades.

Unas negotiated with Lucifron-Redtide, the Rage Scale Tribe's chieftain, and learned that the Flamewakers were seeking the Fire Source Stone. After Lucifron threatened an invasion and ended their conversation, Unas identified the Molten Core beneath Blackrock Depths as the likely home of the Flamewakers in Azeroth and told Huoye to focus on sealing the spatial rift.

• Lucifron-Redtide introduced himself as chieftain of the Rage Scale Tribe and demanded the Fire Source Stone in exchange for gems, weapons, and Flamewaker women.
• Unas rejected Lucifron's offers, provoked him, and learned that the chieftain claimed to have been in Azeroth longer than Unas had.
• Unas asked Huoye where the Flamewakers might be in Azeroth, and Huoye named Blackrock Spire in the Burning Steppes as a possibility.
• Unas identified the Molten Core beneath Blackrock Depths as the likely location and told Huoye to focus on sealing the spatial rift.
• Unas recalled how Thaurissan had summoned Ragnaros, who enslaved the Dark Iron Dwarves and made the Molten Core his domain.

Unas and the others discussed the Flamewakers’ slow passage through the Spatial Rift and agreed they needed to resolve the threat quickly. After Angela proposed an assassination mission, Huoye suggested sending Fire Elementals through with bombs to strike the enemy by surprise.

• Angela warned that enemy casters were preventing their spells from succeeding, and Du'an reasoned that the Flamewakers also had difficulty crossing the Spatial Rift.
• Unas explained what he knew about the Molten Core and Ragnaros, then reassured the group that the Firelord was unlikely to pass through the rift.
• Angela, Du'an, and Huoye agreed that they had to act quickly before news of the Crimson Diamond attracted stronger enemies.
• Angela proposed taking the initiative by attacking the enemy near the rift, and Unas chose Nightmoon and Angela to join him; Du'an offered life-saving amulets for their return.
• Huoye argued that the attackers might be overwhelmed and proposed sending Fire Elementals through with bombs to blast the enemy by surprise.

Unas prepared the force to attack the Flamewakers, then hunted spiders to heal his broken shoulder by leveling up. He reached level 31 and gained Holy Shield before returning to the mine, while Rose and Haikesi faced trouble from attention drawn by the battle.

• Unas and Unas organized Fire Elementals, explosives, and a reserve force for the planned assault on the Flamewakers.
• Unas met Haikesi and Rose, learned that Rose's spider army had suffered losses, and ordered them to help him kill four giant spiders.
• Unas scolded Haikesi for neglecting his guerrilla warfare mission and promised to help Rose deal with the new Overlord Spider later.
• Rose led Unas and Haikesi to a swarm of six Thorn Spiders, which they wounded and captured after Unas lured them into an ambush.
• Unas killed four Thorn Spiders, leveled up to 31, healed his shoulder, and chose the Holy Shield skill.
• Rose gained two spider subordinates, but the battle attracted hostile attention, so Unas set off back toward the mine with Rose and Haikesi escorting him.

Unas and his allies began sending Fire Elementals through a magma passage to attack the Flamewakers on the other side. After the enemy adapted to their bombs, Unas prepared to cross himself and lead a joint assault.

• Du'an gave Unas, Nightmoon, and Angela wooden talismans, while Huoye supplied Unas with a fire protection elixir and promised barriers for the others.
• Huoye sent a Fire Elemental through the magma passage, and Angela's Water Mirror revealed the Flamewakers gathered around the matching pool on the other side.
• Unas ordered the first Fire Elemental to detonate a bomb, gravely wounding two Flamewaker priests and injuring Lucifron.
• After the Flamewakers killed one Fire Elemental and retreated beyond throwing range, Unas ordered the remaining ones to wait in the pool until he crossed.
• Unas learned that the passage would take him two to three minutes to cross and prepared to lead the attack.