Chapter Summaries

Unas freed Pafeman from Merlin’s control and entrusted him to Huoye as a mentor, then arranged food supplies and investments for the Dark Iron community. He learned that the Thunder Spear would be delayed because marauders had stolen essential ores, and offered to help find replacements.

• Unas told Pafeman that Merlin was dead and that he was free, while Huoye became his mentor and helped him disguise himself.
• Unas visited Frank, delivered several hundred thousand gold, and instructed him to secure enough Glowing Wheat and prepare for a possible shortage of mine workers.
• Frank explained that he had invested much of the previous funds in wheat fields, which would soon be planted and harvested.
• Unas visited the Thorium Brotherhood to have his damaged Judgement Armor repaired and learned that marauders had stolen ores needed for the Thunder Spear.
• Unas asked Orphest for a list of missing materials and offered to search Merlin’s and Gunsel’s stores for them.

Unas sought Giant Fir’s advice about using the life essence in his body, then helped Giant Fir form a new seed from the remains of its tree. After swallowing the tree core, Unas formed a miniature Essence of Life and discovered that he could rapidly heal wounds.

• Unas asked Giant Fir whether the life essence in his body could restore Nightmoon’s lost youth, but Giant Fir could not tell.
• Giant Fir explained that Unas needed to swallow the tree core to gather the life essence into a core, and asked him to first take it to its main body.
• Unas and Mati'gosa traveled to the ruins of the Chuyun Fir, where Giant Fir gathered its remaining origin into a crystal seed and entered a long slumber.
• Unas swallowed the tree core, causing the green dots in his body to gather into a miniature Essence of Life in his abdomen.
• Unas cut his finger with a dagger and watched the wound heal almost immediately, realizing he had gained Giant Fir’s regenerative ability.

Unas used the Life Essence inside his Emerald Tree to heal Nightmoon, whose injuries from Death and Decay had left her unconscious and aged. Nightmoon woke after her arms were restored, and Unas continued treating her other damaged areas while the antidote for the people beneath Fairy Lake remained unfinished.

• Unas arrived at Fairy Lake and learned that no new information had come from the people working on an antidote.
• Oakleaf told Unas that Nightmoon had briefly awakened but might remain permanently injured, so Unas offered to treat her with the Life Essence inside him.
• Unas channeled Life Essence through Nightmoon's hand and restored much of the skin on her arm, but he had to stop when he reached his limit.
• Unas became intensely hungry after using the Emerald Tree and ate Oakleaf's provisions between repeated treatments.
• Unas and Oakleaf restored Nightmoon's arms, and Nightmoon awoke; after hearing that her people were still in danger, she agreed to let Unas treat the rest of her damaged areas.

Unas checked on Nightmoon and the lake-bottom research, where Gunsel had developed three possible antidote formulas. Gunsel then privately asked whether Unas could resurrect others, hoping to learn about the Art of Rebirth, but Unas refused.

• Unas finished healing Nightmoon's visible injuries and told her to rest while he went to inspect the lake-bottom cave.
• A soldier reported that the Tauren Centaur remained alive in the dungeon, and Unas ordered him to keep watch.
• Unas found Gunsel, Natasha, Drake, and two Dalaran mages working on three potential antidotes that could reverse the mutation.
• Gunsel told Unas he had taught Drake the formulas, then asked to speak with him alone.
• Gunsel asked whether Unas could resurrect others and requested to know about the Art of Rebirth, but Unas laughed and refused to help him.

Gunsel tried to persuade Unas to help perfect the Art of Rebirth, which could restore Undead to life by combining Gunsel’s spell with Unas’s Resurrection. Unas remained suspicious of Gunsel’s motives, and the chapter ended with Gunsel claiming he wanted to atone for his past sins.

• Unas rejected Gunsel’s proposal to share the secret of Resurrection and argued that reviving a few Undead would not defeat the Scourge or undo the harm Gunsel had caused.
• Gunsel explained that a rebuilt life-force supply system could power the Art of Rebirth and claimed it might eventually restore Undead in large numbers.
• Gunsel offered to teach Unas his Rebirth Spell, while Unas admitted he could not learn magic and did not want to try.
• Gunsel proposed using the Menmarri Gem, which could fuse spells, to combine his Rebirth Spell with Unas’s divine Resurrection.
• Gunsel said the last Menmarri Gem was believed to be with the High Elf royal family, and Unas considered asking Huoye and Perella about it.
• Unas questioned what Gunsel hoped to gain, and Gunsel claimed he wanted to atone for his sins by saving living beings.

Unas forced Gunsel to help heal King Kong and restore Rosebayne, promising to revive the Scourge’s victims before bringing the Lich back to life. He took control of King Kong and the Seven-Headed Lizard, leaving both former subordinates recovering under his command.

• Unas demanded that Gunsel heal King Kong and restore Rosebayne, and Gunsel agreed while asking to be the first test subject if they found the Menmari Gem.
• Unas refused to make Gunsel the first test subject and promised to revive him only after all the Scourge’s victims had been brought back to life.
• Unas took Gunsel to the dungeon, where Gunsel said King Kong would recover within a week with a potion and enough food.
• Unas used his blood to become the master of King Kong’s Charm Crystal, then had soldiers clear the cell so the Tauren Centaur could recuperate.
• Unas transferred control of the Seven-Headed Lizard to himself and implanted several additional Charm Crystals to strengthen his hold over her.

Unas helped the mages test three antidotes for the mutations at Fairy Lake, with one potion reversing an Orc’s mutation but causing side effects in a Troll and a Gnoll. Archmage Modera arrived with the Thorn of the Rose, and Unas challenged her group after they circled the lake instead of landing.

• Unas sent the injured Seven-Headed Lizard back to the Swamp and arranged to preserve Gunsel’s corpse.
• Natasha announced that the mages had made samples of three antidotes, and they tested them on an Orc, a Troll, and a Gnoll.
• Fode told Unas that Archmage Modera was coming to inspect the situation at Fairy Lake.
• The Orc’s mutation was reversed, while the Troll and Gnoll suffered harmful side effects, so the mages continued refining the antidotes.
• Unas prepared soldiers and Mati'gosa to welcome Modera, who arrived with the Thorn of the Rose and circled the lake without landing.
• Unas insulted Modera’s group and demanded that they land, prompting a woman among them to challenge his standing as a Paladin.

Fode tried to calm a confrontation between the Kirin Tor mages and Unas’s party, but the mages kept probing for a reason to challenge Unas. Unas recognized their scheme and withdrew into the lake, leaving Modera and Rachel frustrated and Avril boasting.

• Avril attacked Arnold with a fire spell after he insulted her, but Arnold reflected it until Rachel dispelled it and apologized.
• Fode introduced himself and Arnold to Modera, who ordered the mages to land and speak with them.
• Rachel questioned Mati'gosa about her presence, and Mati'gosa defended Unas as someone who acted justly.
• Avril mocked Unas’s titles, and Unas realized the mages were trying to provoke him into a fight.
• Unas told Fode to explain events to the mages, sent his soldiers back to camp, and plunged into the lake.
• Avril celebrated Unas’s departure while Rachel silently criticized her sister.

Unas tried to convince the Dalaran mages that Merlin had been involved in the horrific experiments, but Rachel and Modera remained wary and demanded further proof. When the mages flew to inspect the collapsed Mage Tower, Unas summoned Huoye and the Blood Elf mages to reinforce him before they arrived.

• Fode presented Rachel, Modera, and the Thorn of the Rose with Merlin's copied notes and evidence of the experiments, but Rachel demanded to see the originals.
• Avril accompanied Fode beneath the lake, examined the victims and mutated monsters, and heard Gunsel confess to his crimes and blame Merlin.
• Unas showed Avril Merlin's original notes, but she questioned whether Merlin had written them and returned to report to Rachel and Modera.
• Unas refused to go ashore, and Rachel and Modera declined to enter the lake, leaving the female mages to fly off and inspect the collapsed Mage Tower.
• Unas ordered Drake to contact Huoye and asked Mati'gosa to gather the Blood Elf mages and bring them to the Mage Tower.

Fode, Modera, and the Thorn of the Rose confronted Rosebayne beneath the Mage Tower ruins, and a fight broke out after Alexstrasza attacked the mages. After spiders overwhelmed the area, the Dalaran group freed Alexstrasza only partially and withdrew.

• Fode, Modera, and the Thorn of the Rose arrived at the collapsed Mage Tower, where Rosebayne refused them entry without the Warden's orders.
• Alexstrasza attacked the mages, and Modera trapped her in an Extreme Cold Cage before Rachel Adams sealed her inside a block of ice.
• Rosebayne and Shadra summoned swarms of spiders, forcing the mages to defend themselves against waves of venom, spines, and webs.
• Modera asked Fode to negotiate, and Fode and Rachel Adams descended after the group agreed to partially free Alexstrasza.
• Rachel Adams thawed Alexstrasza while leaving her muscles stiff, then the mages regrouped and flew away.

Unas and his allies prepared to defend the ruins after Modera’s mages retreated, while Mati'gosa worked to save Alexstrasza. The female mages planned to return with reinforcements: Master Pino’s golems.

• Fode warned Rosebayne that the mages would return, then pursued Modera with his apprentice.
• Unas, Haikesi, Mati'gosa, two Night Elf Druids, and the Blood Elf Mage Corps arrived on Magic Carpets and found Alexstrasza immobilized by ice.
• Mati'gosa began removing the cold from Alexstrasza, and Rosebayne explained the earlier battle to the newcomers.
• Unas stored Merlin’s corpse in a Spatial Bag, while the allies scouted the enemy, selected Giant Spiders for defense, and prepared barriers and attack Magic Circles.
• Modera and Rachel told the retreating mages that reinforcements were ready, and the Thorn of the Rose began creating a portal to bring Master Pino’s Iron Army.

Modera and Rachel brought Master Pino and his golem army through a one-way portal to reclaim Merlin’s legacy, despite Fode’s warnings about provoking Knight Unas. After Druids reported the reinforcements, Unas prepared to evacuate Shadra and the valuable spider eggs while still planning to fight.

• Rachel argued that Dalaran needed enough force to reclaim Merlin’s remains and notes from the Mage Tower ruins, while Fode warned that attacking Knight Unas could start a war.
• Modera insisted Fode and Arnold stay to learn the truth about Merlin’s death and defend his honor, while Fode urged her to negotiate with Unas.
• Master Pino emerged through the one-way portal and, after Modera paid him, sent more than three hundred golems and six mages through to join her forces.
• Two Nightsabers scouted the reinforcements and returned to report them to the defenders at the Mage Tower ruins.
• Huoye prepared to reinforce his mages, while Unas ordered his people to remove the spider eggs and equipment and began planning an evacuation that would protect Shadra.

Unas and Modera negotiated over Merlin’s evidence, the Mage Tower ruins, and Shadra, but neither accepted the other’s terms. Modera declared war, leaving the two armies poised to fight.

• The Thorn of the Rose prepared to advance with Golems equipped with circular saws, while Unas’s forces readied themselves for battle.
• Unas met Modera and Rachel Adams between the armies to hear Modera’s demands.
• Unas offered to give Merlin’s letters, notes, and corpse to Rhonin, but Modera and Rachel refused to bring him to the negotiations.
• Unas rejected Modera’s demands for Merlin’s legacy and Shadra, offering only the Mage Tower ruins and silence about Merlin’s crimes.
• Modera demanded Merlin’s original notes and corpse, then declared war when Unas refused to surrender the evidence without Rhonin present.

Fode brought Rhonin to the battlefield to stop the fighting between Unas's forces and Modera's mages. Rhonin halted the battle and began questioning Unas, leaving the negotiations unresolved.

• Fode decided to wait before seeking Rhonin, then withdrew into the forest with Arnold as the battle intensified.
• Modera's mages and Huoye's forces exchanged spells while Shadra's spider swarm overwhelmed the golems, and both sides suffered losses.
• Fode brought Rhonin into the battlefield, where Fode's antimagic halo stopped the incoming spells.
• Rhonin identified himself as the leader of the Kirin Tor and ordered Unas to stop the spiders; the Giant Spiders withdrew and the fighting ceased.
• Rhonin asked Unas why he trusted him, and Unas praised Rhonin's reputation before Rhonin dismissed the stories about his deeds as exaggerated.

Rhonin mediated the dispute between Unas and Modera over Merlin’s death, then rejected Modera’s attempt to conceal the evidence and vowed to expose the scandal. After Rhonin returned to Dalaran, Unas arranged to withdraw to Fairy Lake and met golem designer Pino, who grew interested in the Dark Iron golems.

• Rhonin examined Merlin’s corpse and experimental notes, identifying the body by Merlin’s appearance and the Ebola Necklace.
• Modera demanded that Unas hand over Merlin’s letters and the Mage Tower ruins in exchange for burying the evidence, but Rhonin refused and declared he would make the scandal public.
• Modera threatened to have Rhonin impeached and expelled, then returned to Dalaran to rally the other councilors.
• Rhonin took Merlin’s letters and returned to Dalaran, while Unas agreed to leave the ruins to the female mages and withdraw his forces to Fairy Lake.
• Unas spoke with Golem Master Pino, who became curious about the powerful Dark Iron golems and agreed to visit Unas’s base.
• Unas returned to the Mage Tower ruins and ordered his tired forces to leave for Fairy Lake immediately.

The Council of Six debated whether to reveal Archmage Merlin’s crimes and agreed to seal the evidence and suppress news of his death. Rhonin secured permission to create a small oversight squad, though it would report its findings to the council.

• Modera and Rhonin presented opposing views on what to do about Merlin’s crimes, but most council members opposed making them public.
• Rhonin proposed an independent organization to investigate mages who had exchanged confidential letters with Merlin, prompting a heated argument.
• The Council of Six agreed to seal Merlin’s body, notes, and other evidence and to keep his death secret.
• The council also agreed to suppress information about Gunsel and permit Rhonin to establish a small oversight squad that shared its intelligence with the Council of Six.

Unas learned that Merlin had secretly backed pirates and questioned Gunsel about his criminal operations, while Rosebayne agreed to risk a dangerous procedure to restore her legs. Dalaran's mages bound everyone who knew of Merlin's crimes to a Silence Oath, and Rhonin tried unsuccessfully to recruit Huoye's group.

• Huoye told Unas that Merlin had secretly supported Edward Teach and his pirate fleet, while Gunsel said he had used the Bloodsail Buccaneers to transport test subjects.
• Unas questioned Gunsel about the pirates, learned that the Bloodsail Buccaneers had carried the subjects through Northport, and asked whether Rosebayne could be restored.
• Gunsel said he could give Rosebayne new legs but warned of lasting side effects, and Rosebayne agreed to accept the risks.
• Rhonin arrived with Dalaran's decision, and Modera led everyone who knew about Merlin's crimes in swearing a Silence Oath.
• Rhonin tried to recruit Huoye and promised to build him a Mage Tower, but Huoye and the other Blood Elves rejected the overture because of Dalaran's past treatment of them.

Rhonin agreed to take Helen to Dalaran to study and formed an alliance with Unas, while Drake was offered a place in the Kirin Tor once he finished assisting with Rosebayne’s operation. After Rhonin left, Unas worried that Modera might be searching the Mage Tower ruins for Merlin’s ring, and the next morning one of Little Red Dragon’s eggs hatched.

• Helen asked to join Rhonin’s group, and Unas encouraged Rhonin to let her study in Dalaran.
• Rhonin agreed to teach Helen, then asked Unas to lend him Huoye and heard Unas recommend Drake instead.
• Rhonin and Unas agreed to become allies and friends, and Rhonin met Drake at the research facility beneath the lake.
• Rhonin gave Drake a teleportation scroll and departed with Helen to visit the Monastery and Earl Ganis.
• Unas suspected Modera was searching the Mage Tower ruins for Merlin’s jeweled ring and decided not to use its treasures.
• The next morning, one of Little Red Dragon’s eggs hatched.

Unas used life force from his Emerald Tree to save Little Red Dragon’s weak newborn whelp. The whelp recovered enough to eat and sleep, and Mati'gosa said Alice would stay near Unas because her other damaged eggs might also need his help.

• Mati'gosa told Unas that one of the five damaged eggs had hatched, but its whelp was too weak to survive.
• Unas explained that he might restore the whelp’s life force, and Mati'gosa brought him to Little Red Dragon.
• Unas transferred life force to the whelp while replenishing his energy with food and Little Red Dragon’s blood.
• The whelp regained its strength, flew to Little Red Dragon, and later ate meat before falling asleep.
• Little Red Dragon thanked Unas, and Mati'gosa said Alice would stay near him in case her remaining damaged eggs hatched.

Mati'gosa left to aid two Blue Dragon kin in Quel'Thalas, while Unas organized care for the rescued victims and oversaw Rosebayne's risky surgery. Rosebayne survived the operation, but Gunsel could not guarantee that she would regain normal movement.

• Mati'gosa told Unas she was going north to help two of her kin, gave him a crystal for communication, and flew away after bidding farewell to the Little Red Dragon.
• The Little Red Dragon left with her Whelp and the Dragonkin to find a better place to build a nest.
• Unas and the Night Elves moved the victims from beneath the lake to a new camp five kilometers away, where Master Oakleaf and the Priests cared for them.
• Gunsel operated on Rosebayne to replace her spider lower body, while Unas, Oakleaf, and Natasha stood by to help.
• Gunsel completed the operation successfully and said Rosebayne was out of immediate danger, but he could not guarantee she would move normally after waking.