Recaps

Dalaran celebrated the Northern Expeditionary Force’s victory while its leaders prepared for the imminent fusion of timelines. In Dragonblight, Argus traveled in disguise toward Port Mo’arg, leaving a young red dragon puzzled by his presence.

• Tirion recounted the war to reporters, and Sylvanas joked that the Scourge might return if they kept questioning her before directing them to Pamela.
• Oscar worried Sylvanas would target him, while Paltrice reassured him during their walk through Dalaran.
• The Eternal Night Divine Emperor warned faction leaders that timelines would soon fuse and ordered them to watch for and capture outsiders who escaped the fusion.
• Argus, disguised as an adventurer, asked a young red dragon for directions to Port Mo’arg and continued on after the dragon pointed the way.

The Four Celestials and Shaohao considered using the Nalak'sha Engine to dispel Pandaria's mists, while Hu Feng warned Azeroth about the imminent timeline merger. Azshara offered to join the Night Empire, and Hu Feng invited her to a mysterious place for dinner.

• The White Tiger proposed using the Nalak'sha Engine to disperse Pandaria's mists, but the group agreed to seek more information before deciding whether to risk war with the Mogu.
• The White Tiger explained that the timeline merger could bring alternate selves and greater power, and told Shaohao that his destined-timeline counterpart had died to become Pandaria's mists.
• Hu Feng warned the people of Azeroth that escaped figures from the other timeline could be dangerous and told them to report suspicious powerful individuals.
• Elisande said she felt no change and discussed taking over Suramar from the destined timeline.
• Azshara told Hu Feng that she had dismissed her servants and offered to reorganize Origin Night as an ordinary Night Empire legion.
• Azshara invited Hu Feng to taste her cooking, but he instead offered to take her somewhere mysterious for dinner.

Azshara joined Hu Feng for an evening at a Suramar street stall, where she impressed him by outdrinking him and winning their drinking game. She left without pressing her plan to get closer to him, while Hu Feng recognized her ambition and wondered what she would do next.

• Azshara dressed in a grand formal gown, expecting Hu Feng to take her somewhere luxurious, but he brought her to a Suramar snack street.
• Hu Feng and Azshara ate grilled food among ordinary diners, and Azshara charmed the crowd by ordering wolf-meat skewers for every table.
• Azshara challenged Hu Feng to drink without using divine power and won, leaving him to face the drinking game's penalties.
• Hu Feng pretended to receive an urgent message about Sargeras to avoid finishing his penalty, but Azshara called out his cheating.
• Azshara thanked Hu Feng and returned to her residence without advancing her plan, while Hu Feng saw through her ambition to become God Queen and wondered what move she would make next.

Hu Feng inspected the Night Empire’s weapons and research projects as Mimiron’s War Laboratory spurred Heklar into a fierce arms race. Later, Elune dragged Hu Feng shopping in Suramar, where their teasing ended in a scuffle.

• Hu Feng found Mimiron tinkering with exploding sheep but accepted that his weapons projects remained on schedule.
• Mimiron’s War Laboratory began competing with the Heklar Consortium, prompting Heklar to halt work on a new Void Rocket and focus on weapons.
• Hu Feng checked the Iron Maiden Project and confirmed that Iron Maiden One had a stable artificial soul but was not ready to leave her shell.
• Hu Feng reviewed the stalled Titan’s Spear and Light-and-Shadow research, while artificial Naaru cores continued selling well.
• Elune made Hu Feng pay for her shopping, then attacked him after their Extraordinary Twins connection revealed his thoughts.

The two Azeroth timelines began merging, prompting armies and factions across the world to prepare for war while the Pandaren launched an assault on the Mogu'shan Vaults. As the Predestined Fate Azeroth dissolved, its surviving Deathwing and Twilight Dragons descended and clashed with their counterparts, leaving the world in chaos.

• The Sargeras timeline began devouring the Predestined Fate timeline as Azeroth appeared upside down in the sky, and Deathwing waited for his counterpart.
• The White Tiger and Shaohao sent the Pandaren army and Cloud Serpent Knights to attack the Mogu'shan Vaults before the mist could thicken.
• Alliance, Horde, and Night Empire fleets set out to monitor the Maelstrom, while the Dragonflights watched over Northrend.
• Gazlowe signed an agreement officially bringing the Steamwheedle Cartel into the Horde as the timeline's fusion began and the upside-down Azeroth broke into falling lights.
• Predestined Fate Deathwing and his Twilight Dragonflight descended, and the two Deathwings charged and collided, unleashing a blast that triggered tsunamis.

As Azeroth expanded through the timeline fusion, Hu Feng coordinated disaster relief and repairs while the Alliance and Horde fought the Twilight Dragon Legion. The chapter ended with a damaged Alliance airship making an emergency landing on an island-sized turtle near Mistvale Isle.

• Hu Feng approved aid and construction supplies for regions hit by tsunamis, then sent Alleria to check on Elisande in Suramar.
• Aethelus complained that Suramar’s expanding city plan had become chaotic, while Elisande and Tyrande directed reconstruction crews across Suramar and Darnassus.
• Hu Feng approved rebuilding the Night Great Wall after learning that much of it had become useless, and Elune warned him about the planet-wide tsunamis and earthquakes.
• Admiral Rogers and Nazgrel argued as their damaged airship, the Skyfire, descended toward a giant sea turtle.
• JiFirepaw stared dreamily at AishaCloudsong when the Skyfire’s approach caused a powerful tremor at the Temple of the Five Dawns.

After the dragon battle, the merged timelines left the world struggling with disaster relief and upheaval. Medan met the Medivh and Merith Winterwind of this timeline and prepared to explain who he was.

• Deathwing of destined fate fled north toward Wyrmrest Temple, while Lord Wing pursued him in anger.
• The tsunami and timeline changes damaged cities and territories across the world, prompting leaders and residents to begin rebuilding and relief efforts.
• Thrall prepared to lead the Earthen Ring to the Maelstrom and take responsibility for quelling the tsunamis and earthquakes.
• Medan reached Merith Winterwind’s house in Duskwood and encountered Merith and Medivh.
• Medan revealed that he was the son of Medivh and Garona from another timeline, leaving Medivh stunned.

Medan arrived in a timeline where Karazhan had been restored and Azeroth was protected by a living Titan, leaving him stunned by how different it was from his own. As Merith contacted his mentor and asked Medan to identify other outsiders, Admiral Rogers and Nazgrel awoke on Mistvale Isle after the Skyfire was destroyed.

• Medan saw that the town around Karazhan was bustling despite the devastation in Westfall, and Merith and Medivh brought him inside to eat and explain their timeline.
• Medan learned from Goblin Television that the world was rebuilding after the timeline fusion, that Deathwing was heading for Northrend, and that Sargeras had been captured and allied with them.
• Medan introduced himself and revealed his Titan blood from Sargeras, shocking Medivh and Merith as they discussed his connection to Aegwynn.
• Merith decided to contact his mentor, keep Medan in Karazhan, summon Aegwynn, and have Medan list beings who might have escaped the fusion.
• Rogers and Nazgrel recovered from the wreckage of the Skyfire and found themselves on Mistvale Isle, apparently on the back of a turtle.

Hu Feng approved Medan’s stay at Karazhan, where Aegwynn insisted Medivh accept him as his son and Medan warned about the Old Gods. Elsewhere, C’Thun and Yogg-Saron confronted their alternate selves, while Ji Fire Palm and Aisha discovered Alliance and Horde survivors on Mistvale Isle.

• Hu Feng told Merith to let Medan stay at Karazhan and assist him and Medivh.
• At a family gathering, Aegwynn declared Medan Medivh’s son and ordered him to live in Karazhan under review.
• Medan urged Aegwynn and Medivh to investigate the Old Gods, and Medivh explained that Cthulhu and Yogg-Saron would handle their counterparts.
• C’Thun encountered Cthulhu in Silithus, while Yogg-Saron faced his alternate self in Ulduar.
• Ji Fire Palm and Aisha spotted the wreckage of the Alliance Skyfire and survivor camps while returning to the Temple of the Five Dawns.
• General Rogers and Nazgrel noticed the hot-air balloon and continued fighting Lizardmen while trading insults.

As Deathwing flew toward the Maelstrom to unleash the Cataclysm, Lord Wing pursued him while the Eternal Dragons secured a provisional place at Wyrmrest Temple. At Port Mo'argi, Argus protected the Murlocs from the spreading tentacles and embraced his growing connection to mortal life.

• At Wyrmrest Temple, Deathwing escaped the Red and Green Dragon Queens and flew toward the Maelstrom, and Lord Wing arrived and chased after him.
• At the Caverns of Time, Nozdormu agreed to let the Eternal Dragons join Wyrmrest Temple as observers on probation.
• Hu Feng told Elisande that Argus was in Northrend among the Murlocs and expected him to confront N'Zoth's tentacles.
• Argus returned the Murloc children to Port Mo'argi and joined the Murlocs in their celebration, reflecting on his growing doubts about the Pantheon's ideals.
• When N'Zoth's tentacles erupted and the port panicked, Argus shielded Port Mo'argi and went to fight the invading forces.

Argus arrived at Wyrmrest Temple and fought N'Zoth while the dragons and Eternal Dragons attacked the Twilight Dragon army. At the Maelstrom, Lord Wing confronted Deathwing of the Fated Destiny and used his newly installed weapons to blast him.

• Argus recognized N'Zoth and attacked him, turning the battle at Wyrmrest Temple in the dragons' favor.
• The Eternal Dragons appeared and joined the fight against the Twilight Dragons.
• Orokchiang unleashed his Twilight Domain as the battle in the sky continued.
• Deathwing of the Fated Destiny attacked the Maelstrom, but Lord Wing struck him and challenged him to a fight.
• After the Divine Venerable reminded Lord Wing about his weapons, Lord Wing deployed his thrusters, gun barrels, and main cannon against Deathwing of the Fated Destiny.
• Lord Wing's main cannon hit Deathwing of the Fated Destiny, setting his body ablaze.

Orokchiang and N'Zoth were defeated in Northrend, while Lord Wing overwhelmed the alternate Deathwing at the Maelstrom. Gilneas emerged from isolation amid natural disasters and a three-way civil war.

• The Dragon Aspects and their allies endured Orokchiang's Twilight Domain until his unstable body collapsed, while Argus defeated N'Zoth.
• Lord Wing severed and ate the alternate Deathwing's hind leg, and Hu Feng bound Deathwing with Chains of Dawn before allowing Lord Wing to finish the fight.
• Hu Feng encouraged Thrall and left for home as the battle at the Maelstrom ended.
• Gilneas faced floods, earthquakes, and a worgen plague, while a potion gave some worgen their sanity and the ability to switch forms.
• Lord Godfrey rejected King Genn Greymane's rule and declared independence, plunging Gilneas into a three-way war among rational worgen, Feral Worgen, and rebels.

Gilneas drew the world's attention as Lordaeron and the Night Empire responded to the worgen crisis, while Goblins fled Kezan and Pandaren joined the Alliance and Horde survivors on Mistvale Isle. The chapter ended with the Pandaren considering whether to leave their familiar island and explore the wider world.

• Lord Godfrey opened Gilneas's gates, prompting Queen Calia to station Lordaeron's army at Shadowfang Keep and King Genn and Godfrey's rebels to seek Lordaeron's support.
• Malfurion and Fandral Staghelm sent Night Elf guards and druids to Gilneas to search for the Moon Goddess's Scythe.
• As Kezan's volcano threatened to erupt, Gazlowe charged Goblins exorbitant fares and made those unable to pay sign lifelong employment contracts for passage.
• Six overloaded Goblin ships set sail for Kalimdor, carrying the Steamwheedle Cartel's employees and Goblins fleeing the island.
• Ji Firepaw and Aysa Cloudsinger led Pandaren monks in fighting the lizard monsters and aiding the wounded on Mistvale Isle, while Alliance and Horde leaders welcomed them.
• After hearing about the outside world from the Alliance and Horde, the Pandaren monks began considering leaving Mistvale Isle to explore beyond it.

Oscar Flashdiamond prepared to marry Paltrice in Stratholme City, drawing adventurers and notable guests to an exclusive celebration. As the wedding preparations began, Deathwing headed toward the city to take out his anger on Oscar, while Hu Feng also received an invitation to Kael'thas and Anveena's wedding.

• Oscar Flashdiamond's wedding to Paltrice became major news, and black-market invitations sold for high prices to people hoping to meet Sargeras or attend the private banquet.
• Deathwing stole an invitation, set fire to a black-market auction site, and was chased by Gryphon Riders before paying a ten-thousand-gold fine in Stormwind City.
• Deathwing left Stormwind furious and decided to vent his anger on Oscar.
• Oscar begged Hu Feng for protection from Deathwing, but Hu Feng refused to issue an injunction, and Oscar left without one.
• Hu Feng received an invitation to Kael'thas and Anveena's wedding, scheduled to follow Oscar's celebration.
• Stratholme's Living District filled with wedding decorations, supplies from Dulin Flashdiamond's inn, and arriving adventurers who looked forward to free food, drink, and Oscar's experience lecture.

Oscar's wedding banquet brought powerful guests to Stratholme, but black dragonkin attacked him on the way to collect Paltrice, and he blamed Deathwing. The wedding continued amid a brawl in the hall, leaving the celebration in disarray.

• Sargeras, Sylvanas, Malygos, Nozdormu, Tirion, Orgrim, and Llane attended Oscar and Paltrice's wedding banquet in Stratholme.
• Oscar rode Mr. Fat Maggot to meet Paltrice, and adventurers cheered as he escorted her through the city.
• Seven or eight black dragonkin attacked Oscar, while the onlookers mistook the assault for a wedding spectacle and cheered.
• Oscar rushed into the banquet hall and accused Deathwing of arranging the attack, then grappled with him as Malygos and Nozdormu joined the fight.
• Paltrice entered in her wedding dress and confirmed that black dragonkin had attacked Oscar; Hu Feng also kicked Deathwing as the farcical wedding continued.

The High Elves prepared a quiet wedding for Kael'thas and Anveena, but reporters, rowdy guests, a street fight, and a stampede disrupted Silvermoon City. While the wedding banquet proceeded at the Royal Court, Hu Feng visited the Windrunner family with the sisters and prepared to meet their parents.

• The High Elves sent invitations and planned a small wedding celebration for Kael'thas and Anveena in Silvermoon City.
• Paltrice, Deathwing, Malygos, and Oscar arrived with Sargeras's party, and a brawl between Deathwing, Malygos, and Oscar wrecked a Silvermoon street.
• The Tauren Chieftains Band drew a large crowd near the brawl, and a stampede buried the three fighters.
• At the Royal Court banquet, Tyrande and Kael'thas discussed Dath'Remar, while Elisande examined Anveena and criticized High Elf taste.
• Hu Feng toured Eversong Woods with the Windrunner Sisters and went with Sylvanas to meet their parents at Farstrider Lodge.

Pandaria emerged from the mists as Sha energy returned, and Hu Feng arranged to stabilize the continent and send reinforcements to rescue Shenzhenzi. Deathwing mocked the dragons at Wyrmrest Temple, named a black dragon egg Wrathion, and Argus celebrated his return with the Murlocs.

• The Night Empire broadcast an introduction to Pandaria as the mists dissipated and Sha energy began to threaten the continent again.
• Hu Feng ordered a portal established at the White Tiger Temple, told the White Tiger to stabilize Pandaria, and sent Chi-Jing to reinforce the effort to free Shenzhenzi from Lizardmen on Mistvale Isle.
• Deathwing returned to Wyrmrest Temple stronger after apparently devouring another version of himself and mocked the gathered dragons and Onyxia.
• Deathwing found a black dragon egg in the Wasted Lands, let it hatch there, and named the dragon Wrathion.
• Argus returned to Port Mo'argi and celebrated with the Murlocs.

The Eastern Kingdoms’ factions adjusted to the cataclysm and timeline convergence as they rebuilt, traded, and dealt with new threats. Gilneas’s pleas for help were rejected, while the Night Empire’s forces sailed toward its territory to recover the Moon Goddess’s Scythe.

• Lordaeron reinforced its borders and prepared to help Stromgarde reclaim its city, while Theramore expanded trade and Dalaran welcomed factions from across the world.
• Varian turned the Southern Alliance away from continental ambitions and toward disaster relief, while Magni’s dwarves struggled to repair the Stonewrought Dam after another earthquake.
• Lordaeron’s New Aristocrats rejected both Gilnean delegations, refusing Queen Calia’s aid to a kingdom that had abandoned the Northern Alliance.
• King Genn and Lord Godfrey’s isolationist choices left Gilneas facing its civil war and the Feral Worgen without Lordaeron’s support.
• The Night Empire’s officers ordered their forces to kill threats and search Gilneas for the Moon Goddess’s Scythe.

Thrall learned from Stone Mother Therazane that N'Zoth was secretly driving powerful elementals toward madness, and he asked Hu Feng to protect the stone elements in exchange for their support of his future role as Earth-Warder. Hu Feng sent Thrall to deal with the corrupted water elementals and assigned the druids to handle the restless fire elements at Mount Hyjal, while ordering Cenarius to wake two sleeping Wild Gods and make them choose a side.

• Thrall told Hu Feng that N'Zoth was secretly influencing the elements and that Therazane wanted Titan protection for the stone elements.
• Hu Feng questioned Al'Khan, who reported that the wind elements remained unaffected and loyal.
• Hu Feng agreed to protect the stone elements if they supported Thrall as Earth-Warder and helped stabilize Azeroth.
• Thrall reported that Neptulon and nearly all water elementals had fallen under N'Zoth's influence, while fire elements were restless at Mount Hyjal.
• Hu Feng sent Thrall to deal with the water elementals and told Cenarius that the druids could handle Ragnaros and the fire elements.
• Hu Feng ordered Cenarius to wake Goldrin and Aviana and warned that the White Tiger could kill them if they refused to choose a side.

Chi-Jing helped heal Shenzhenzi while the Pandaren and Night Empire forces fought off the Lizardmen. The chapter then showed the Shaohao Dynasty establishing White Tiger Temple as its outpost in Azeroth, while Flower-Bird-Wind-Moon’s arrival made the Eternal Night Palace’s Assembly Hall uninhabitable.

• Ji Fire Palm prepared to blast apart the Skyfire wreckage, but Aysa Cloudsinger objected until Chi-Jing arrived and promised to help restore Shenzhenzi.
• After the explosives cleared the wreckage, Chi-Jing covered Shenzhenzi’s wound in crimson flames, and healers began treating him as the Crusaders and Windwalker Monks fought the incoming Lizardmen.
• The Pandaren monks protected the healers, and Shenzhenzi’s injuries began healing rapidly while the monks considered whether to join the Alliance or Horde.
• The Shaohao Dynasty opened White Tiger Temple in Winterspring as an embassy and future Pandaren capital, with a portal linking it to Pandaria and elite monks stationed there as instructors.
• Flower-Bird-Wind-Moon appeared at the Eternal Night Palace, and Hu Feng complained that her haunting antics had made the Assembly Hall uninhabitable.

The White Tiger visited Mount Hyjal and agreed to give the Wild Demigods time to accept the Empire’s rules before acting against them. In Gilneas, the Night Empire’s search for the Moon Goddess’s Scythe disrupted the civil war, and Genn intensified his attacks on Godfrey’s rebels.

• Cenarius organized the druids’ campaign from beneath Nordrassil, assigning them to awaken Wild Demigods and clear Fire Elements from Mount Hyjal.
• The White Tiger met Cenarius and promised to give the Wild Demigods time to choose, while warning that his patience was limited.
• Secret envoys from the Southern Alliance offered Genn support in exchange for Gilneas joining their alliance, while Godfrey sought Northern Alliance support.
• The Night Elf Border Guard landed in Gilneas to search for the Moon Goddess’s Scythe and killed envoys sent by Godfrey’s rebels to confront them.
• The Feral Worgen retreated into the forests as the Night Elves attacked them, allowing Genn to intensify the royal army’s assault on Godfrey’s rebels.

Onyxia and Malygos led a dragon coalition against Blackrock Mountain to kill Nefarian and seize the Blackwing Circle’s valuables. Meanwhile, Pandaren survivors chose between the Alliance and Horde, while the neutral Shaohao Dynasty opened White Tiger Temple to trade, training, and adventurers.

• Onyxia left Stormwind after learning Nefarian was near the end of his life and traveled to Blackrock Mountain to kill him and collect the Blackwing Circle’s valuable goods.
• Malygos joined Onyxia with the Blue Dragon Legion, and the coalition found the hidden entrance to the Blackwing Circle.
• Malygos blasted open the Blackwing Circle’s gates as the dragon coalition began its assault.
• Ji Firepaw and the Fire Gold monks registered with the Horde, while Aysa Cloudsinger and the Water Soil monks chose the Alliance, parting as future enemies.
• The Shaohao Dynasty declared White Tiger Temple neutral and welcomed merchants, adventurers, and monks, while it continued considering whether Alliance and Horde armies could enter Pandaria.

The White Tiger forced Goldrinn to serve Sargeras’s war effort, while Cenarius explained the Emperor’s order to awaken the Wild Gods. Argus received one million gold coins from Hu Feng to build a city for disadvantaged races, and Hu Feng went drinking with Azshara after she offered to pay.

• The White Tiger pinned Goldrinn down, threatened him into serving Sargeras, and told Cenarius to report any Wild Gods who refused to awaken.
• Cenarius urged Goldrinn to accept the Empire’s rule and explained that every Wild God within its borders had been ordered to wake and work.
• Hu Feng complained to Argus about awakening the Wild Gods, then learned Argus wanted one million gold coins to build a refuge city in Howling Fjord.
• Hu Feng reluctantly gave Argus the money, and Argus left to establish a city for disadvantaged races.
• Azshara visited the grieving Hu Feng, who rejected her pursuit of him, but he agreed to go drinking after she offered to treat him.

Onyxia and the Blue Dragon Legion attacked Nefarian’s Blackwing Circle while Argus asked Sylvanas for Howling Fjord to shelter disadvantaged races. Sylvanas granted the territory, and the battle between the black dragons remained unresolved.

• Nefarian’s Blackwing Circle came under attack from Malygos’s blue dragons and Onyxia’s black dragons, while the defenders were outnumbered and losing ground.
• Onyxia used a point-blank Deep Breath to badly burn Nefarian, who broke free and retaliated with Shadow Flame.
• In Howling Fjord, Sylvanas’s Forsaken had converted most of the Vrykul into undead and claimed Utgarde Keep as a military stronghold.
• Argus arrived at the Frozen Throne and asked Sylvanas to give him Howling Fjord for a protected settlement for disadvantaged races.
• After consulting Sargeras through a Mental Link, Sylvanas granted Argus the territory.

Argus established Sanctuary in Howling Fjord to shelter disadvantaged, peace-loving races, drawing donations and support from across the world. Hu Feng decided to help sustain Argus’s project because it kept him from interfering with the empire, while Argus remained wary of Sargeras and avoided claiming sovereign power.

• Argus founded Sanctuary at Utgarde Keep, promising disadvantaged races a peaceful home and receiving extensive funding and security support.
• Hu Feng asked Heklar to assess Argus’s actions, and Heklar called the project childish but said Argus’s power could make it real.
• Hu Feng ordered Heklar to support Sanctuary so Argus would remain occupied with his new order instead of meddling in the empire.
• Hu Feng reasoned that Sanctuary could eventually serve the empire as a labor force and affiliated organization while improving its public image.
• Argus stayed in Howling Fjord rather than returning to Kalimdor, expressing his distance from Sargeras by avoiding the creation of a nation or a monopoly on power.