Chapter Summaries

Gunsel tried to control the lake and keep the Seven-Headed Lizard calm while Unas fought off wave after wave of monsters in his cell. The Seven-Headed Lizard eventually charged upward, and treated crude oil polluted the lake and waterways, forcing the water monsters to retreat.

• Bombs and sinking black oil struck the lake, and Gunsel used a Charm Crystal to calm the Seven-Headed Lizard and push the attacks away.
• Gunsel returned to Unas’s cell and sent King Kong in to seize Unas’s Phylactery, but Unas exploited the cramped space and stabbed the Centaur’s vulnerable underside.
• Gunsel sent more underlings into the cell, and Unas killed them until Gunsel stopped after Unas had slain sixteen enemies.
• The Seven-Headed Lizard lost control and charged upward after the bombs and treated crude oil had filled the lake and waterways.
• The polluted water forced the water monsters to retreat into the institute.

Unas escaped the Lich’s barrier with help from a mage assistant and learned that Gunsel had taken the monster guards and newly mutated prisoners to attack his army. He froze the remaining victims’ mutations and set out to stop Gunsel.

• The Seven-Headed Lizard broke free of the Lich’s control and charged toward shore, prompting Gunsel to gather the mutants and attack the human army.
• Unas failed to break the barrier alone, but a slender mage assistant showed him a magic node, and Unas destroyed it with his attacks.
• The assistant told Unas that Gunsel had taken the monster guards and newly mutated prisoners to attack his army, and explained the mutation plan.
• Unas ordered the assistants to freeze the prisoners whose mutations had begun, then killed the guards and forced the assistants to surrender.
• Unas found a newly mutated prisoner, killed the aggressive mutant, and learned the catalyst produced weak monsters quickly before helping transfer victims to the freezer.

Unas rescued the test subjects from Gunsel’s laboratory, where the Lich returned and turned the mage assistants against him. After defeating one mage and forcing the others to flee, Unas used Gunsel’s Phylactery to locate him, but the Lich unleashed Death and Decay and moved before Unas could strike.

• Gunsel sensed that the laboratory’s magical barrier had been destroyed, returned invisibly, and secretly persuaded six mage assistants to help him ambush Unas.
• As Unas carried four victims through the hall, Drake warned him that Gunsel had returned and betrayed the other assistants.
• Unas shielded Drake from the assistants’ attacks, broke free of Gunsel’s Deep Freeze, and killed one mage before the remaining four fled.
• Unas and Drake searched for the invisible Gunsel, and Unas struck Gunsel’s Phylactery to reveal the Lich’s position.
• Gunsel unleashed Death and Decay, and Unas flew into the corrosive purple mist but missed Gunsel as the Lich moved away.

Unas, Nightmoon, and Natasha fought Gunsel in the research institute, interrupting his Death and Decay spell and destroying his body. Unas escaped with the unconscious, severely aged Nightmoon and Gunsel’s corpse, but the Lich remained alive through his two other Phylacteries, and the group went to rejoin the battle above.

• Unas tried to escape the spreading mist with Drake, but Nightmoon charged into it after Natasha used Shadow Touch to reveal Gunsel’s location.
• Unas followed Natasha’s vision thread into the mist, shattered Gunsel’s shields with his hammers, and forced him to interrupt Death and Decay.
• Unas and Nightmoon attacked Gunsel together, crushing his skull and stabbing him, but his two remaining Phylacteries kept him from dying permanently.
• Unas discovered that Nightmoon had aged dramatically from the mist, caught her as she fainted, and carried her and Gunsel’s body out of the institute.
• Drake identified a piece of Gunsel’s bone as a storage artifact, and Unas told the others to keep Nightmoon safe and follow him to the battle above.

Unas defeated the Seven-Headed Lizard with the Red Dragon’s help, then returned to the beleaguered Argent Dawn army and turned the battle with Gunsel’s corpse and the news of their master’s death. The chapter ended as Unas led the soldiers in a fierce counterattack against the demoralized monsters.

• Unas escaped the lake with Gunsel’s corpse and flew to help Alexstrasza fight the Seven-Headed Lizard.
• Alexstrasza pinned the Seven-Headed Lizard long enough for Unas to pierce its body with his sword, and the monster collapsed.
• Unas persuaded Alexstrasza to carry him toward the other battlefield by warning that her dragon egg could be in danger.
• Alexstrasza’s return revealed the Seven-Headed Lizard’s defeat, while Unas threw Gunsel’s corpse into the center of the battlefield.
• Unas announced that their master was dead, causing many monsters to surrender or lose their will to fight.
• Unas called for a counterattack, and the Argent Dawn soldiers charged as he led the slaughter.

After the battle, Unas and the survivors rested before returning underwater to investigate the research institute and search for the missing dragon eggs. They found the Death and Decay was still tolerable near the entrance, but Dragon Two spotted many corpses and guards deeper inside.

• The monsters scattered after the Red Dragon’s attack, and Unas returned to shore as the soldiers finished off the remaining enemies.
• The hundred-man company suffered heavy losses, Marcus collapsed unconscious, and Natasha healed the wounded before entering Meditation.
• Unas told the Night Elves he might be able to heal Nightmoon and agreed to investigate the institute once the group had rested.
• The Little Red Dragon urged Unas to rescue her eggs, so he led the Night Elves, five soldiers, and two Dragonkin underwater in bubbles conjured by Drake.
• The group entered the research institute and found the Death and Decay grew stronger toward the central hall, where Dragon Two reported seeing many corpses and guards.

Unas and his companions found Gunsel’s forces dead or incapacitated and rescued the surviving prisoners, but they had no way to reverse the mutations. When Natasha tried to search the Lich’s Phylactery, Gunsel’s ghost appeared and vanished after Unas struck at it.

• Unas’s group found the retreating monsters and Red Dragonkin unconscious or dead, confirming that Gunsel’s forces had been wiped out.
• Unas spared Gunsel’s four mage assistants but ordered Drake to watch them, then directed the group to rescue prisoners and kill those who had mutated.
• The group moved 166 surviving prisoners into the freezer, including 58 Night Elves and 36 High Elves, but could not stop their mutations.
• Unas had Drake fetch Natasha and asked her to search Gunsel’s Phylactery for a way to open his storage artifact or reverse the mutation Potion.
• Gunsel’s ghost appeared when Natasha prepared her spell, screamed after Unas thrust his sword through it, and dissipated as the Dreadlord mocked someone.

Unas learned that Gunsel was trapped as a damaged soul inside his Phylactery and made a deal with Bessarius to enslave him and reveal the locations of his remaining Phylacteries. Gunsel opened his storage space, where Unas found the dragon egg, while the other Phylactery remained hidden at the bottom of a lake.

• Bessarius explained that Gunsel's soul had returned to the damaged Phylactery and could neither resurrect nor escape.
• Unas rejected Bessarius's offer as his first choice and asked Natasha to control Gunsel and make him open his storage Arcane Artifact.
• Natasha failed to control Gunsel's fractured, violent soul, so Unas accepted Bessarius's help on condition that he reveal the other Phylacteries.
• Bessarius enslaved Gunsel through the damaged Phylactery, and Gunsel revealed that one Phylactery was in his storage space and another lay at the bottom of the lake.
• Gunsel opened his storage space and emptied its contents onto the floor, including the Little Red Dragon's egg.

Unas recovered all of Gunsel’s Phylacteries and put the Lich under the Dreadlord’s control, ordering him to help develop an antidote for the mutations. He left Natasha in charge of the research and returned the dragon egg to the Little Red Dragon before heading for the Mage Tower and Blue Rock Pass.

• Unas learned that Gunsel’s necklace was a second Phylactery and that his black gemstone held incomplete research on Undead Resurrection, but Gunsel had no systematic knowledge of reversing mutations.
• Unas and Drake retrieved Gunsel’s third Phylactery, a ring hidden in a box inside a hibernating turtle beneath the lake.
• Unas told Natasha to supervise Gunsel, Drake, and the four assistants as they worked on an antidote, and warned her to destroy the black box if it seemed dangerous.
• Unas supplied the research team with Gunsel’s notes and alchemical materials, then left the institute in Natasha’s care.
• The Little Red Dragon examined her recovered egg, confirmed it was unharmed, and told Unas that she was beginning to trust him.

Unas spared the Seven-Headed Lizard after it survived the removal of the horse-slaying sword, then prepared to go confront the Rot Hide Gnolls threatening Liante. He and Alexstrasza returned to the Mage Tower, where Shadra had accepted the Mutant Spiders as guards.

• Unas pulled the horse-slaying sword from the Seven-Headed Lizard, and the monster survived as morning sunlight reached it.
• Unas checked on Nightmoon and Marcus, then told Marcus he was going to deal with the Rot Hide Gnolls.
• Unas asked Alexstrasza to keep her Dragonkin away from his soldiers, and she decided to take them along on foot.
• Alexstrasza flew Unas back to the Mage Tower while the Dragonkin followed on the ground.
• Unas found that Shadra had accepted Gunsel's Mutant Spiders, which now guarded the Mage Tower.

Unas asked Mati'gosa to help him stop the Rot Hide Gnolls after learning that the Azure Eye might be needed to unlock the sealed door in the Mage Tower. At Blue Rock Pass, he found the Mutant Spiders defeated and sent Huoye and the Dwarves to reinforce the stronghold.

• Mati'gosa said the Azure Eye could help open the Mage Tower's sealed door and explained that she was searching for the stolen treasure.
• Unas asked Mati'gosa to help fight the Rot Hide Gnolls, and she agreed to travel with him, Haikesi, and Huoye.
• Mati'gosa flew the group to Blue Rock Pass, where Unas found the Mutant Spiders defeated after the defenders attacked them during their internal conflict.
• Unas learned that Luther had taken the Stormwind City troops back to reinforce the stronghold.
• Unas ordered Huoye to lead the Molten Giants, Iron Golems, and Colonel Deeprock's Dwarves to the stronghold to fight the Rot Hide Gnolls.

Mati'gosa and Unas delayed Thule Ravenclaw’s Rot Hide Gnoll army with a hailstorm and aerial attacks while reinforcements approached the stronghold. Thule realized the arriving Molten Giants, Iron Golems, and Dark Iron Dwarves threatened to turn the battle into a fight for survival.

• The army left a small garrison at Blue Rock Pass, while Huoye led the giants and Unas flew ahead with Mati'gosa to the stronghold.
• Unas and Mati'gosa found more than five thousand Rot Hide Gnolls under Thule Ravenclaw preparing to attack the stronghold.
• Thule asked the Blue Dragon to leave, but Mati'gosa answered with a hailstorm that disrupted the Gnolls’ formation.
• The Gnolls raised their shields and fired arrows and spells at Mati'gosa, who dodged their attacks and harassed them from the air.
• Thule considered retreat as Mati'gosa tired, but Molten Giants, Iron Golems, and Dark Iron Dwarves arrived behind her.

Unas routed Thule’s forces in the Canyon, then pursued the retreating Gnolls to Balnir Farmstead, where Thule prepared to make a stand. After the allied armies gathered, Sir Thomas arrived and began issuing orders, prompting Unas to question his attempt to claim command.

• Unas announced that Gunsel had been defeated and captured, but Thule ordered the Gnolls to attack and then led most of his forces in retreat when the battle turned against him.
• Unas led a counterattack that wiped out the Gnolls Thule had left behind, gained a level, and ordered the army to pursue the fleeing enemy.
• Mati'gosa harried Thule’s retreat, while the pursuing cavalry picked off scattered Gnolls bearing traces of frost magic.
• Thule withdrew to Balnir Farmstead, raised two hundred defenders as Undead, and prepared his remaining troops to fight there.
• Unas halted outside the farmstead and assembled the Stormwind City, Dark Iron Dwarf, giant, and golem forces alongside Sir Thomas and five hundred North Maple Legion soldiers.
• Sir Thomas began assigning the allied forces positions, and Unas suspected that the Paladin was trying to claim command and the credit for victory.

Unas resisted Thomas’s attempt to take command and claim credit, then tricked him into being knocked into a forest before leading the assault on the Rot Hide Gnolls. The battle began with Unas’s forces breaking through the enemy’s defenses, but the Undead slowed the giants and golems enough to force a melee.

• Unas refused Thomas’s orders and invited him onto Mati’gosa to view the enemy formation from the air.
• Unas kicked Thomas from Mati’gosa, and Mati’gosa struck him into a forest when he pursued them with Wings of Vengeance.
• Unas told Thomas’s soldiers that Thomas had gone after enemies in the forest, then ordered a concentrated frontal assault.
• Bael’Gar led the Molten Giants through the Undead’s crude fortifications, while the Rot Hide Gnolls struggled to stop them.
• The Undead delayed the giants, so Unas led the human and Dwarf army around the giants and golems to attack the enemy’s left flank.

Unas and the Argent Dawn drove into Thule’s forces, but metal-armored Skeleton Warriors and Thule’s attack on Mati'gosa turned the battle. Two Dalaran mages arrived on golden Gryphons, dispelled Thule’s magic and Mati'gosa’s curse, and forced Thule to retreat as Unas led the allied army forward.

• Unas led the Dwarves and humans into the enemy ranks and charged Thule’s elite Gnolls, Abominations, and metal Skeleton Warriors.
• Colonel Deeprock and his Dark Iron Dwarves helped free Unas from the Skeletons, while Thule used a Raging Tornado and Bone Spear to weaken Mati'gosa.
• Two Dalaran mages arrived on golden Gryphons and used an Anti-Magic Circle to dispel the tornadoes and clear Mati'gosa’s fatigue curse.
• Thule split his forces and retreated with half of them as the Argent Dawn’s army surged against the Gnoll rearguard.

Unas and Mati'gosa returned to the Mage Tower, where they met the two Dalaran mages investigating Merlin's corpse and explained how Merlin's experiments had been exposed and he had died. The mages believed Unas's account after inspecting the Anti-Magic Room, but Forde warned him that killing Merlin could have serious consequences.

• After the Undead were wiped out, Unas learned that the Dalaran mages had flown to the Mage Tower and hurried there with Mati'gosa while ordering his army to pursue Thule Ravenclaw and the fleeing Gnolls.
• At the tower, Unas and Mati'gosa found the two mages examining Merlin's corpse with Rosebayne and the surrendered assistants; Rosebayne had admitted them after moving the spiders aside to avoid a fight.
• Forde Hanas introduced himself and his apprentice Arnold, and Unas recounted Merlin's experiments and the events that led to Merlin's death.
• Forde and Arnold inspected the Anti-Magic Room and accepted Unas's account, then Forde questioned why Unas had killed Merlin instead of imprisoning him there.
• Unas said Merlin had been too dangerous to leave alive because he might have had unknown ways to threaten them.

Unas and Forde agreed to investigate Merlin’s private quarters before the Kirin Tor could suppress the truth about him. They broke through the magically sealed door, but the tower began to collapse as Unas entered Merlin’s study and rushed to gather its contents.

• Forde warned Unas that the Kirin Tor Council might cover up Merlin’s crimes, then agreed to remain neutral and help investigate.
• Forde and his apprentice could not break the nine interlinked seals by ordinary means, so Forde prepared an Anti-Magic Circle to weaken the door briefly.
• Unas let Mati’gosa strike him repeatedly to charge Reckoning, then joined her and Arnold in preparing their strongest attacks.
• Forde weakened the seal, and Mati’gosa, Arnold, and Unas shattered the magic door and the wall behind it.
• The Mage Tower began to shake, and Unas entered Merlin’s study and stuffed its books, papers, and objects into his bag.

After Merlin’s Mage Tower collapsed, Unas and the others recovered evidence of Merlin’s crimes and uncovered a dispute over who would control his estate and records. Unas kept the experimental reports and letters, then arranged for Fode and his apprentice to go to Fairy Lake while he returned to Balnir Farmstead.

• As Merlin’s tower collapsed, Unas and the others escaped with salvaged belongings while Rosebayne and the Mutant Spiders searched the rubble for the underground floors.
• Unas secretly kept a ruby ring and a large box from Merlin’s bedroom, while Fode and the other mage examined the recovered books and objects.
• The group found experimental records documenting Merlin’s experiments on living people, confirming his crimes alongside the testimony of the victims beneath Fairy Lake.
• Fode claimed Merlin’s estate for Dalaran’s custody, but Unas insisted on keeping the original experimental records because he feared they might be destroyed.
• Unas took the letters Fode had set aside and agreed to destroy them after reading, but put them in his backpack instead.
• Unas sent Fode and his apprentice toward Fairy Lake with written authorization, then set off with the Blue Dragon toward Balnir Farmstead.

After the victory over the Rot Hide Gnolls, Unas planned Canyon’s defenses and tried to keep the Stormwind soldiers and Dwarf reinforcements. He then learned Merlin’s ruby ring contained the deadly Finger of Death spell and asked Huoye to bind it to him.

• Liante reported that Thule Ravenclaw had escaped, while the allied forces had nearly destroyed the Rot Hide Gnolls.
• Unas dismissed Sir Thomas’s threat to accuse him of attacking an ally after the Blue Dragon broke Thomas’s leg.
• Unas offered the Stormwind City soldiers land and provisions if they stayed in Canyon, but Luther said they planned to return home.
• Unas planned to fortify Canyon, relocate residents to Blue Rock Pass, and turn the old stronghold into a mushroom-growing base, while keeping the Dwarves to help build.
• Unas showed Huoye Merlin’s ruby ring, and Huoye discovered it held the Finger of Death spell.
• Unas ordered Huoye to make the ring recognize him as its new master so he could use the spell.

Unas claimed Merlin’s ruby ring and discovered a vast inheritance, which he shared with Huoye while hiding anything that could identify it as Merlin’s. They also found Pafeman, a magically gifted man Merlin had created as a backup body, and decided to keep and educate him.

• Unas claimed the ruby ring, found Merlin’s wealth inside, and realized that Dalaran’s mages might try to seize anything linked to Merlin.
• Unas lent Huoye Spellbooks and gave him more than a hundred mana gems, trusting him to keep Merlin’s possessions secret.
• Unas and Huoye opened a sealed box in Merlin’s bedroom and found a living man named Pafeman, who said Merlin had created him as a backup.
• Unas considered killing Pafeman, but Huoye examined his magical talent and persuaded Unas to spare him.
• Huoye agreed to disguise Pafeman and educate him, while Unas warned that he would show no mercy if anything went wrong.