Chapter Summaries

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.

Unas crossed the lava pool’s Spatial Rift and emerged among the Flamewakers, where he stalled Lucifron while waiting for his allies to arrive. Nightmoon reached him in secret, and they prepared to attack the Flamewaker sent to collect the bombs.

• Unas entered the lava and was pulled through the Spatial Rift, then Fire Elementals helped him escape the pool.
• After the cavern’s allies saw Unas emerge through the Water Mirror, Nightmoon entered the lava pool to follow him.
• Unas flattered Lucifron and stalled for time, then signaled for the five remaining Fire Elementals to join him.
• Lucifron demanded the crystal bombs and sent a Flamewaker warrior to collect them; Unas handed over eight bombs while keeping one in his hand.
• Nightmoon arrived unseen and hid in Unas’s shadow, and they agreed to attack the approaching warrior on Unas’s signal.

Unas stalled Lucifron and the Flamewaker warrior while waiting for Angela, then helped Nightmoon kill the warrior when Angela arrived. The Flamewakers attacked from range, and Unas and Angela took cover behind his shield and her wall of ice.

• Unas delayed the Flamewaker warrior by slowly laying out seven bombs and leading the Fire Elementals away from them.
• Angela emerged from the magma pool and froze the warrior, allowing Nightmoon to stab his eyes and Unas to pierce his neck with Firekiss.
• The second warrior of the Rage Scale Tribe died, and Lucifron ordered the Flamewakers to attack.
• The Flamewakers intercepted Unas's bombs with javelins and then hurled ranged weapons and rocks at Unas, Angela, and Nightmoon.
• Unas raised his shield for cover, and Angela summoned a thick ice wall to protect the three of them.

Unas and his companions endured repeated Flamewaker attacks while Angela struggled to prepare a larger ice fortress. Unas broke away to draw Lucifron and the Flamewakers after him, but became trapped running along a sulfurous magma coastline with the pursuers closing in.

• Unas, Angela, and Nightmoon held their cramped ice-and-shield defense through repeated attacks, and Bate and then Baer arrived from the magma pool.
• Unas decided that he and Nightmoon would break out in opposite directions while Bate guarded Angela as she prepared a wider frost fortress.
• Unas used fake crystal bombs and insults to draw Lucifron and several Flamewaker squads away from the others, while Nightmoon ran in the opposite direction.
• Unas fled at full speed and found a vast magma sea blocking his path, so he turned and ran along the coastline with the Flamewakers pursuing him.
• As sulfurous air made it difficult to breathe and the Flamewakers gained on him, Unas cast Cleanse to relieve his symptoms.

Unas tried to escape the Flamewakers surrounding him, but a net, fire spells, and an accidental collision with the cavern ceiling left him trapped on a cliff. Lucifron shattered Unas’s Divine Shield just as his teleportation talisman began to work, leaving him cornered and in grave danger.

• Unas realized he had run around the island and was surrounded by Flamewaker squads, so he tried to fly away with Wings of Vengeance.
• The Flamewakers trapped Unas in a black net, but he escaped by using his flight to pull the rope-holders off balance and break through an opening.
• Two priests summoned four firebirds, and Unas accidentally struck the cavern ceiling, lost his wings, and fell toward the ground.
• Unas survived the firebirds with Divine Shield but landed on a narrow cliff facing Lucifron and used Du'an’s talisman to begin teleporting away.
• Lucifron attacked Unas, and a priest empowered his blades; Lucifron shattered the Divine Shield, interrupting the teleportation.

Unas fought Lucifron and the Flamewakers on a cliff, using a stored Reckoning strike to kill several enemies before escaping into the magma. Lucifron pursued him beneath the surface, leaving Unas to sense its coming attack while refusing the Dreadlord’s demand for freedom.

• Unas endured Lucifron’s attacks and waited for Reckoning to build enough power for a decisive strike.
• Unas’s spear grazed Lucifron but pierced five Flamewakers, raising his experience to 55% and leaving him badly injured.
• Unas blocked the Flamewakers’ attacks and repeatedly caught their black net with rocks and other heavy objects.
• Unas put away his greatshield, descended the cliff with Firekiss, and drifted through the magma after shedding his armor.
• Lucifron pursued Unas into the magma, while Unas refused the Dreadlord’s condition and closed his eyes to sense the currents.