Recaps

After Durotan’s failed attempt to recruit the Frostwolf Clan, the Horde invaded Frostfire Ridge, while the Night Empire landed at Auchindoun and began clearing out True Horde forces. Turalyon and Niami approached the newcomers to make contact.

• Durotan’s negotiations with his parallel self collapsed into a fight, so General Nazgrim ordered the Kor'kron to attack Draenor Citadel.
• The Horde deployed eight airships, seized a beachhead in Frostfire Ridge, and began advancing inland.
• The Alliance prepared to contact the Draenei in Shadowmoon Valley through Yrel, while its other forces continued moving into Talador and Nagrand.
• Hu Feng ordered the Night Empire to land near Auchindoun and clear away the True Horde troops.
• The Night Empire broke Auchindoun’s magical shield, destroyed nearby True Horde positions, and took up positions around the holy site.
• Turalyon and Niami led the Soulbinders out of Auchindoun to meet the approaching outsiders.

The Night Empire settled in Shattrath after driving back the True Horde, while Hu Feng captured Soulbinder Niami and the Horde’s war with Gul’dan grew more chaotic. The Tauren Machine Gunner returned to Azeroth’s universe with stolen blueprints and set course for this world.

• The Night Empire reassured the Draenei that it did not intend to annex them, and Turalyon met her parallel-world counterpart.
• Hu Feng bound Soulbinder Niami, ordered her taken away for training, and learned that Tyrant Vehari was a woman.
• Gul’dan and Sok’reth attacked Hellfire Citadel with the Blood Ring Clan, seized the fortress, and made it a fel stronghold.
• The True Horde lost control of Tanaan Jungle as fel corruption spread and the Azeroth allied forces reinforced the Dark Portal.
• The Tauren Machine Gunner escaped through space in a flying toilet with stolen blueprints and confirmed his coordinates for Azeroth.

The Night Empire consolidated its control over Talador while Hu Feng secretly began transforming Turalyon into her counterpart. In Shadowmoon Valley, Windsor received Golden Eye’s report and used it to conceal a plot to eliminate Prophet Velen.

• The Draenei of Talador grew more willing to accept Night Empire rule after its forces defeated Niami and offered them security and appealing jobs.
• Turalyon accepted Salathas and a book containing an eyeball, unaware that the artifact was gradually replacing her memories with those of her Night Empire counterpart.
• Hu Feng intended to make the two Turalyons identical, disregarding the Talador Turalyon’s autonomy because he believed she would not notice the change.
• The Alliance landed in Shadowmoon Valley, where Windsor received Golden Eye’s message confirming the Night Empire’s victory over the True Horde.
• Windsor told Maradul the good news, then secretly passed along an altered message ordering Prophet Velen’s elimination.

Hu Feng welcomed the Tauren Machine Gunner, who had returned from another world carrying Psionic Warp Engine blueprints, and traded with him for the plans. With the technology in hand, Hu Feng planned to advance his empire’s warship program and eventually confront the Burning Legion and the Void Lords.

• Hu Feng returned to Azeroth after Elisande reported that the Tauren Machine Gunner had appeared again.
• The Tauren explained that he could cross between worlds only when carrying technology, and that this time he had brought Psionic Warp Engine blueprints.
• Hu Feng examined the blueprints and completed a deal with the Tauren for them.
• The Tauren departed in his flying toilet, while Hu Feng looked forward to building the Silver Fleet and the Titan's Spear.
• Hu Feng planned to visit Stratholme to expose a Dead Dwarf to the Tigress at Oscar's home before returning to Draenor.

The defeated Skullsplitter Clan fled across Gorgrond toward Frostfire Ridge, losing most of its members to Draenor’s dangers and Azeroth’s slave-catching teams. The Northern Alliance secured the Faelan Plains as the Horde intensified its assault on the Frostwolf Clan, whose capital, Draenor Citadel, was close to falling.

• The Skullsplitter Clan retreated from the Faelan Plains, then suffered heavy losses crossing Gorgrond while fleeing Magnaron giants and attacks by Primal Gronn and dryads.
• Azeroth adventurers hunted orcs across Draenor and sold captives to the Horde, the Iron Horde, and human buyers, while the Night Empire profited by selling enslavement runes.
• The Skullsplitter Clan reached Frostfire Ridge with fewer than one in ten of its members left, and the Frostwolf Clan conscripted the survivors to fight Azeroth’s invaders.
• The Northern Alliance emerged as the first winner of the war and planned colonial cities and fortresses on the Faelan Plains.
• The Horde sent more reinforcements and advanced toward Draenor Citadel, bringing the Frostwolf Clan and the True Horde closer to defeat.

Sargeras wrestled with what Sarodar’s coming war against the Burning Legion would mean for their friendship and the fate of Azeroth, while Elena urged him to consider the people who cared about him. He remained on Earth with Elena as Sarodar’s forces arrived, still determined to protect her.

• Hu Feng contacted Sargeras on Earth, recognized the house behind him, and teased him before Sargeras abruptly ended the call.
• Sargeras reflected on Sarodar’s Warp Engine warship and struggled to imagine what would happen if either side won their coming conflict.
• Elena told Sargeras that he was no longer alone and urged him to take responsibility for the people who cared about him.
• Sarodar thanked Elena for speaking with Sargeras, but she said she only wanted to help him and keep him safe.
• Sargeras warned Elena that Sarodar’s people had arrived on Earth and insisted she stay put, then spat out the meat soup she had made.

Velen traveled toward Shadowmoon Vanguard Fortress for an Alliance ceremony, unaware that the escort mission was a trap arranged by Tyrant Vihari and the Crusaders. Hakun stabbed Velen, the Crusaders staged the scene as an Orc attack, and Yrel was taken captive as the sole witness.

• Velen accepted Marshal Windsor's invitation to the Shadowmoon Vanguard Fortress ceremony and set out with an Oginni Guard unit led by Hakun, with Yrel as deputy.
• Near Ambori Village, True Horde soldiers surrounded Velen's party, and Velen raised a Holy Light barrier as the guards fought to hold them back.
• Hakun revealed that he served Tyrant Vihari and stabbed Velen with his Oginni Crystal Longsword, while the guards restrained Yrel.
• The Crusaders' Zealot force arrived, killed the Orcs, and staged the battlefield to make it appear that the surviving attackers had fled toward Fortress of Anguish.
• The Crusader captain ordered Hakun to continue the plan, and Hakun sent a trusted subordinate to report the supposed attack at Ambori Village.

After Prophet Velen was killed by the True Horde, the Draenei split over which faction to join. Shadowmoon Valley joined Velen’s World of Azeroth faction, while Talador joined Turalyon’s Soulbinder faction, and Tyrant Vihari moved the Sargerei into the Night Empire’s Dawn Legion.

• A wounded Oginni Guard soldier reported that the True Horde had attacked Prophet Velen, and the Draenei found Velen dead.
• Prophet Velen from the World of Azeroth arrived in Shadowmoon Valley and urged the Draenei to restore order, prompting calls for them to join his faction.
• Draenei leaders in Talador rejected joining Velen’s faction and chose Turalyon’s Soulbinder faction, which they believed offered greater freedom and support from the Night Empire.
• Shadowmoon Valley’s Draenei joined Velen’s faction, while Talador’s Draenei joined Turalyon’s faction, though both groups initially maintained cooperative relations.
• Tyrant Vihari joined the Night Empire’s Dawn Legion and was ordered to lead the Sargerei out of Sok'reth Heights.

Dalaran’s researchers and the Druids entered Gorgrond, where the Druids’ attempt to befriend the Primal Gronn and treants erupted into a war. The Night Empire sent flamethrower troops to aid them, and the Magnaron moved south to attack, plunging the region into chaos.

• The Shaohao Dynasty advanced through Nagrand toward Grommashar while Wolf Riders harried its forces, and the Horde continued struggling against the Frostwolf Clan in Frostfire Ridge.
• Dalaran sent a mage-led research party with Dawn Knights to Gorgrond, and Druids established a neighboring camp near Everbloom Forest.
• The Primal Gronn rejected the Druids’ efforts to communicate, driving them out of Everbloom Forest without attacking them.
• Angry Dawn Druids and orthodox Druids joined forces and attacked the Primal Gronn and treants, setting parts of Everbloom Forest ablaze.
• The Night Empire dispatched a Goblin flamethrower regiment to support the Druids, while the Magnaron marched south to attack the Primal Gronn and the other fighters.

The Night Empire launched a campaign into the Arakkoa Peaks to conquer the high ravenkin and seize their Apophis Crystal technology. Ravenkin exiles joined the invasion as guides and collaborators, helping the army advance toward Skyreach and Rukhmar.

• The high ravenkin sent Apophis Puppets to hunt and kill their exiled, flightless brethren across the Arakkoa Peaks.
• The Night Empire assembled a Border Guard legion and Crusader support, while the Talador Draenei agreed to join in hopes of acquiring Apophis Crystal technology.
• The Night Empire Army marched openly into the Arakkoa Peaks, and the Crusaders headed toward Skyreach to capture Rukhmar on the Divine Emperor's orders.
• Night Elf troops swept and looted the region as Highborne mages searched for ravenkin strongholds and ruins.
• Ravenkin exiles volunteered to guide the invaders and offer their knowledge of Apophis Crystals, accelerating the campaign against the high ravenkin.

The High Arakkoa attacked the Night Empire camp with Skyreach’s energy beam cannon, but the Empire’s shield generator stopped it without harm. The Draenei factions continued to divide and clash, while Talador’s crystal technicians increasingly chose to join the Night Empire.

• The High Arakkoa fired Skyreach’s energy beam cannon at the Night Empire’s largest stronghold, but its shield generator absorbed the attack.
• The Talador Draenei admired the generator’s technology, and many crystal technicians decided to seek work with the Night Empire in Azeroth.
• The Draenei Twins, Turalyon’s two versions, jointly led the Draenei allied with the Night Empire and worked to keep them from becoming Eredar.
• Draenei aligned with Turalyon and Prophet Velen established border checkpoints and traded accusations over their opposing beliefs.
• Paladins left Talador for Shadowmoon Valley, while Soulbinders left Shadowmoon Valley for Talador, and the Sargerei stayed close to Gul'dan, Sok'reth, and their fel legions.

The Night Empire’s forces overran the High Arakkoa while the Night Elf Border Guard’s Gestapo executed prisoners and drove many Arakkoa to surrender to the gentler Draenei. When the Empire surrounded Skyreach, Sha energy shells unleashed demons and murderous madness across the stronghold, leaving a Wrathful Sha forming as Skyreach fell.

• The Gestapo officers executed captured High Arakkoa and declared that even surrender would not spare enemies who resisted the Empire.
• Origin Night officers serving as Mind Commissars led Border Guard assaults, while frightened High Arakkoa surrendered to the Draenei instead of the Night Elves.
• The Night Empire’s army surrounded Skyreach, and the Border Guard fired experimental Sha energy shells into the stronghold.
• Sha energy spread through Skyreach, spawning demons and driving the Arakkoa to attack one another or flee in panic.
• A new Wrathful Sha began forming above Skyreach, and Skyreach was finished.

Rukhmar returned to Tanaan Jungle after completing his mission in Draenor, while the Horde campaign shifted toward its final stages in Frostfire Ridge and Nagrand. Thrall and the Shaohao Dynasty prepared to attack Garrosh’s stronghold and carry out his death sentence.

• Hu Feng ordered Gruul to lead his descendants into Gorgrond and kill any Magnaron who refused to surrender.
• Rukhmar ate the corpse of another version of himself, then flew back to Tanaan Jungle with his leftovers.
• Rukhmar continued pursuing Ao, while Kael'thas complained to Sargeras and Quel'Thalas barred the bird from entering.
• The Horde captured Draenor Citadel after keeping its forces tied down in Frostfire Ridge with a prolonged siege.
• Thrall went to Nagrand to find Garrosh, who had been convicted in absentia and sentenced to death.
• The Shaohao Dynasty found Kairozdormu’s frozen corpse and notified the Bronze Dragons before preparing to join Thrall in an assault on Grommashar.

Neptulon revealed N'Zoth’s plans while the Night Empire unveiled its first Warp Engine warship, sparking a world-wide rush to build starships. The chapter ended with a preview of a future story in which a black-coated young man and Joan of Arc fought Iron Saints and demons in a floating temple.

• Neptulon broke free of Echomaster’s control, stopped his Water Elementals’ attacks, and told the allied forces that Azshara was moving the Naga toward the Broken Isles while another hidden force remained unknown.
• The Eternal Night Divine Emperor publicly revealed Havis’s plans involving the Emerald Dream, making the secret widely known.
• The Night Empire completed the Light of the New Order, its first main battle warship equipped with a Warp Engine, and announced that Mimiron’s War Laboratory would teach simplified Warp Engine construction to Alliance and Horde engineers.
• The Alliance and Horde ordered warships with different designs, Lordaeron requested a Gothic silver-white vessel, and smaller factions pooled money to buy a shared ship.
• In the future-story preview, a young man in a black coat and Joan of Arc faced an Iron Saint purge team and Burning Legion demons in a floating temple, then began fighting.

Gul'dan allied with the Burning Legion in parallel Draenor, while Kil'jaeden secretly pursued a scheme involving the future and the Broken Isles. Archimonde arrived through the portal, and Gul'dan disappeared with elite troops as the Legion took control of Hellfire Citadel.

• Gul'dan watched the Fel Horde grow as clans abandoned the weakening True Horde and joined the Shadow Council.
• Kil'jaeden and Archimonde agreed to aid parallel Draenor, though Kil'jaeden withheld his own plans and sent Gul'dan toward the Broken Isles to seek the Supreme Lord's Divine Body.
• Kil'jaeden used information from his future self to prepare a scheme involving the Titan Sargeras, while keeping Archimonde unaware.
• Archimonde crossed the portal into parallel Draenor, and Gul'dan declared the Shadow Council's loyalty to the Burning Legion.
• Gul'dan vanished with elite Shadow Council and Legion troops, leaving Archimonde's forces to take over Hellfire Citadel and prepare an invasion.

Archimonde led the Burning Legion toward the Dark Portal, but Hu Feng redirected it to Argus and sent Archimonde after his army. The naaru learned of Hu Feng, while Milhouse sneezed in Azeroth thirty-five years earlier.

• Archimonde destroyed the True Horde’s forces in Tanaan Jungle and marched toward the Dark Portal to attack Azeroth.
• Hu Feng decided not to kill Archimonde ahead of time, fearing changes to his own timeline, and redirected the Dark Portal to Argus with the Felstone Keystone.
• Archimonde’s demons crossed the portal and returned to the skies above Argus, while Hu Feng beat Archimonde and forced him through after them.
• Archimonde found himself floating above Argus and cursed Hu Feng and Azeroth.
• Adal heard that Hu Feng had driven Archimonde back to Argus and considered investigating the Mana Storm clan.
• Milhouse sneezed during an experiment in Azeroth thirty-five years earlier and wondered which gnome was thinking of him.

Hu Feng reviewed his vast property inventory with Elisande and decided to donate many of his unused historical artifacts and weapons to museums, while sending books to Suramar’s library. The inventory also revealed that the Crusaders still barred access to the sealed storerooms beneath the Tower of Slumber, but Hu Feng ordered their collections released for exhibition.

• Hu Feng complained that Elisande was cataloging his property when he had only wanted a memorial hall, and the tavern owner suggested making a museum instead.
• Elisande listed Hu Feng’s holdings across the Night Empire and other lands, including estates, a pyramid tomb, Onyxia’s former assets, a Durotar boar farm, and 1,326 gold coins.
• Elisande recommended donating Hu Feng’s unused artifacts and returning Terenas’s Royal Scepter and other Lordaeron treasures to Queen Calia.
• Hu Feng agreed to donate his weapons, armor, and artwork and send his books to Suramar’s library.
• Elisande explained that the Crusaders had refused to inventory or open the Tower of Slumber’s underwater vaults, so Hu Feng wrote an order allowing similar stored items to be moved out and displayed.

The Pandaren army laid siege to Grommashar Fortress, forcing Garrosh to retreat toward an airship that had already been destroyed. Thrall confronted him, and after the two former Warchiefs fought, Thrall called on Draenor’s elements to strike Garrosh down.

• The Pandaren army bombarded Grommashar Fortress with Tiger-Crouching Cannons, Iron Stars, and bombs from cloud-serpent riders.
• Garrosh watched his soldiers fall and retreated toward the fortress’s rear, where he hoped to escape by airship.
• Garrosh found Thrall waiting beside the destroyed airship and accused him of shaping his life and opposing him.
• Garrosh and Thrall fought, with Garrosh overpowering Thrall in close combat before Thrall summoned Draenor’s elemental forces.
• Thrall trapped Garrosh in a stone hand and struck him with lightning, and Garrosh died wishing he could see Grandmother again.

Thrall returned Garrosh's body to Orgrimmar for burial as the True Horde continued to collapse across Draenor. Gul'dan recruited the Blood Ring Clan after Kilrogg surrendered Hellfire Citadel, leaving the Fel Orc Horde disbanded.

• Thrall brought Garrosh's body to Orgrimmar, where he was buried among Orcs who had died in battle.
• Grom Hellscream led the resisting Warsong Clan to Iron Fist Port while Ner'zhul sought to surrender to the Horde after the Iron Horde rejected him.
• Kargath Bladefist led an Iron Horde legion toward Highmaul as his True Horde counterpart also headed there with the Shattered Hand Clan.
• Gul'dan arrived at Hellfire Citadel with the Dawn Legion and offered Kilrogg Deadeye two choices for the Blood Ring Clan and the fortress's inhabitants.
• Kilrogg chose to surrender, and Hellfire Citadel fell a few days later as the Fel Orc Horde was officially disbanded.

Gul'dan reached the Tomb of Sargeras to summon the Burning Legion and retrieve Sargeras's body, but Hu Feng arrived to stop the secret operation. Kil'jaeden's attempt to honor an old order left him facing an unexpected confrontation with Azeroth's host.

• Gul'dan and Cho'gall rowed to the Tomb of Sargeras and entered its empty halls.
• Gul'dan found Sargeras's bound Divine Body and contacted the Burning Legion.
• Kil'jaeden received Gul'dan's summons and, following Sargeras's command, instructed him to reinforce a portal and transport the body.
• A squad of Eredar demons emerged and began breaking the chains around Sargeras's body.
• Hu Feng and the Firstborn of the Gods appeared; one of them pierced Gul'dan with an Energy Spear as Cho'gall was engulfed in flames.
• Hu Feng confronted Kil'jaeden for secretly sending demons into Azeroth, leaving Kil'jaeden stunned.

Hu Feng dismissed Sargeras’s explanation and declared that Azeroth was preparing to attack the Burning Legion on Planet Argus. He showed Sargeras the Night Empire’s vast war-production capacity and left him anticipating the coming war.

• Hu Feng told Sargeras that Azeroth would soon wage war against him and that he intended to defeat the Burning Legion openly at Planet Argus.
• Sargeras offered Hu Feng his Divine Body, and Hu Feng accepted it while asking him to leave enough behind to form an avatar.
• Hu Feng brought Sargeras to Stormwind Keep, where Varian and Bolvar met the Dark Titan and Varian said the Alliance fleet would soon visit him.
• Hu Feng showed Sargeras the enormous shipyards and golem-run factories on Planet Sargeras, explaining that the Night Empire would destroy its enemies and mine their worlds for resources.
• Sargeras watched the Death Star lead resource ships toward a planet as Hu Feng said war would make the Night Empire stronger.

The Night Empire held a military parade as Hu Feng and Sargeras discussed the coming war against the Void Lords and the possibility of working together. At a banquet that night, Hu Feng urged the factions to consolidate their Draenor colony while old rivalries erupted among the guests.

• The Crusaders paraded before Hu Feng and Sargeras, declaring their resolve to fight the Burning Legion as the Empire mobilized its industry, fleets, and soldiers for war.
• Hu Feng urged Sargeras to abandon the Burning Legion's plan and join the New Pantheon against the Void Lords, and Sargeras questioned whether Hu Feng could defeat them.
• At the Eternal Night Palace banquet, Hu Feng called for the factions to accelerate control of Draenor and disband the True Horde.
• Argus and Medivh confronted Sargeras until Hu Feng separated them and directed them to settle their grievances on Argus.
• Argus found Velen and Kil'jaeden's projection trading accusations, while Lord Oscar and Deathwing brawled near the entrance.
• Argus chose not to intervene in the banquet's conflicts and recognized Sarodar as the New Pantheon's hope.

Kargath and the Pandaren used super bombs to destroy Highmaul and Iron Fist Port, wiping out the True Horde and leaving Grom Hellscream to make a final charge before he died. At the Eternal Night Palace, Hu Feng learned that Sargeras had accepted the idea of the New Pantheon, and Sargeras left through a portal after their exchange.

• Kargath detonated a Goblin-made super bomb that destroyed Highmaul and killed the Ogres and the Shattered Hand Clan inside.
• The Pandaren bought another experimental super bomb and used it to destroy Iron Fist Port, killing the Warsong Clan and leaving Grom Hellscream as its sole survivor.
• Grom charged the Pandaren army with Gorehowl, and its soldiers shot him dead as arcane energy corroded his body.
• At the Eternal Night Palace, Sargeras told Hu Feng he would wait for him on Argus, while Argus vowed to kill Sargeras there.
• Hu Feng offered to try to make Argus the Destroyer coexist with fel energy and Titan power, and Sargeras revealed he had accepted the New Pantheon before leaving through a portal.

Hu Feng and the Alliance and Horde leaders discussed N'Zoth's failed attempt to exploit the Burning Legion's invasion, while the naga and Nightmare forces stirred trouble in the South Seas and Emerald Dream. After Ysera confronted Hu Feng over the Emerald Dream, he reassured her that the Green Dragonflight would keep managing it, and she left for Suramar.

• Hu Feng told the Alliance and Horde leaders that N'Zoth had expected the Burning Legion's invasion to cause chaos, but the Legion's agreement with Azeroth had ruined his plans.
• Cenarius reported that Nightmare King Havis was active in the Emerald Dream, and Hu Feng concluded that Azeroth would fight a limited war in the Broken Isles.
• N'Zoth grew furious when Dark Azshara defied his order to retreat, while Havis began withdrawing from the Emerald Dream.
• Cenarius's forces sealed the Emerald Dream and Teldrassil to trap Havis, as Dawn Druids and Cthulhu-worshipping green dragons created rival Nightmare factions.
• Ysera confronted Hu Feng about allowing Cthulhu's forces into the Emerald Dream, and he reassured her that the Green Dragonflight would continue to manage it.
• Hu Feng kissed Ysera, and after their argument she accepted his reassurance and left for Suramar.

The Night Empire took control of the Tomb of Sargeras and kept demons there from returning to the Burning Legion, as Goblins recruited or coerced them into signing contracts. Kil'jaeden shut down the portal after his own visit, while the Night Elf Border Guard moved against Naga forces and Dalaran settled above Azsuna.

• The Night Empire's army entered the Tomb of Sargeras and prepared to turn it into a South Sea stronghold and trade hub.
• Night Elf soldiers and Heklar Consortium employees bargained with demons at the portal, recruiting many and forcing others to sign contracts.
• Kil'jaeden sent an Eredar to investigate the delayed demon withdrawal, but the Eredar did not return.
• Kil'jaeden arrived through the portal, saw the demons being recruited, and returned to Argus before shutting the portal down.
• The Night Empire took over the tomb and the Night Elf Border Guard attacked Naga forces below it.
• Dalaran floated above Azsuna as the Kirin Tor arrived to study the Broken Isles' High Elf ruins and inhabitants.