Recaps

Arthas became a Death Knight after taking Frostmourne, while Deathwing captured Alexstrasza and continued his experiments. Onyxia delivered the Divine Emperor’s warning to Deathwing and presented him with two choices.

• Arthas walked into the snowy plains after killing Mal'Ganis, succumbed to Frostmourne’s whispers, and became a Death Knight.
• Eternal Dragon Lord Aeonus reported Arthas’s fall and realized Deathwing’s actions had caused fate to deviate.
• Nozdormu sensed that the timeline was strengthening and attracting other timelines despite its departure from established history.
• Deathwing imprisoned Alexstrasza at Tol Barad and used a machine to exploit her connection to her offspring.
• Onyxia confronted Deathwing with the Divine Emperor’s decree and told him he had two choices.

Onyxia delivered the Divine Emperor’s demands to Deathwing, who chose to release Alexstrasza after three months and surrendered half his dragon eggs. In Quel’Thalas, Sylvanas arranged Cthulhu’s help in building the force she would lead as the Dark Queen.

• Onyxia gave Deathwing two options for continuing his experiments and warned him not to associate with N'Zoth; Deathwing chose to release Alexstrasza in three months.
• The Divine Venerable appeared through Onyxia’s pendant, took half of Deathwing’s dragon eggs, and warned him to protect Onyxia.
• Onyxia defied Deathwing’s insults and left for Stormwind City, while Deathwing decided to torment Alexstrasza.
• In Quel’Thalas, Kael’thas showed Sylvanas the Twilight’s Hammer army and its Ascended forces.
• Sylvanas asked Cthulhu to hide Faceless Ones, make Twilight’s Hammer members die alongside her and become her first followers, and provide Pit Lords and the power to beguile and brainwash people.

Arthas returned to Lordaeron and murdered King Terenas, while the Night Empire and its allies mobilized for the coming Battle of Mount Hyjal. As Sylvanas prepared for her turning point and the Wardens received orders to free Illidan, the war against Archimonde and the Scourge drew near.

• Arthas returned to Lordaeron, killed King Terenas with Frostmourne, and declared that a new order would rise from the kingdom's ruins.
• A hidden noble crushed a tiny crystal as the Night Empire issued a general war alert and prepared to confront Archimonde at Mount Hyjal.
• The New Horde and Alliance sent forces toward Mount Hyjal, while Lothar viewed the Alliance's newly built floating fleet.
• Kael'thas prepared Quel'Thalas for the Scourge, and Twilight's Hammer troops vowed to die and rise again as Forsaken under Sylvanas.
• The Divine Emperor ordered Maiev's Wardens to return to Kalimdor and release Illidan; Cordana agreed to carry out the order.

Arthas resurrected Invincible and led the Scourge to recover Kel'Thuzad's body, but Oscar and Xavius inflicted devastating losses at Andorhal before they fell. The chapter left Oscar risen as a dwarf Death Knight and Grom Hellscream charging Mannoroth in Demon Fall Canyon.

• Arthas resurrected Invincible and rode with the Scourge to recover Kel'Thuzad's body outside Andorhal.
• Oscar and Xavius defended Andorhal's council hall against Arthas's undead army, and Xavius sacrificed himself in an Arcane Explosion that destroyed many undead.
• Oscar fought on until a Ghoul killed him, and Arthas raised him as a dwarf Death Knight.
• In Demon Fall Canyon, Grom Hellscream charged Mannoroth as the orcs and Black Dragon Riders watched.

Oscar was resurrected as a Death Knight and marched with Arthas’s Scourge Legion while seeking a chance to escape. Elsewhere, Saddar formed an Exploding Legion for the Crusaders, and Princess Calia fled the fallen city of Lordaeron with her guards.

• Adventurers mourned Oscar’s fall and began hunting the Scourge in hopes of finding and freeing him.
• Arthas turned Oscar, Mr. Fat Maggot, and Oscar’s goat into undead, but Oscar’s brief moments of lucidity brought curses and violence that led Arthas to send him trailing behind the legion.
• Saddar united and bomb-equipped corrupted murlocs, earning a promotion to lead the Crusaders’ Exploding Legion as he gathered more creatures for the coming war.
• Lordaeron Royal Guards broke through the undead encirclement with Princess Calia and rode toward Fenris Island in Silverpine Forest.

After Uther's death, Jaina pursued Arthas toward Quel'Thalas, while Hu Feng dealt with Mannoroth and received Maiev Shadowsong and Illidan Stormrage at the Eternal Night Palace. The chapter ended with Maiev and Illidan requesting permission to enter the Assembly Hall.

• Jaina set out for Quel'Thalas, hoping to awaken Arthas and save the prince she had loved.
• Hu Feng questioned the captured Mannoroth, revealed that Sargeras had failed, and beat the Abyssal Lord into submission.
• Gul'dan volunteered to tame Mannoroth, and Hu Feng ordered him to produce an obedient Abyssal Lord or a useful corpse after the Battle of Hyjal.
• Maiev Shadowsong and Illidan Stormrage arrived at the Eternal Night Palace, where Elisande reminded Maiev to obey Hu Feng's orders.
• Maiev knelt to request permission to enter the Assembly Hall, and Illidan paid his respects to Hu Feng.

Hu Feng assigned Illidan to lead the Night Elves’ future campaigns while Maiev agreed to monitor and assist him. At Quel'Thalas, Jaina tried to reach Arthas, but his brief return to himself sent her toward a disastrous escape.

• Hu Feng offered Maiev a choice between monitoring Illidan and guarding dangerous creatures, and she chose to follow Illidan.
• Hu Feng made Illidan a vanguard for the Night Elves, assigned Maiev and her guards to support him, and gave him the Skull of Gul'dan.
• At Quel'Thalas, Jaina confronted Kael'thas over his transformation and asked him to help awaken Arthas, while Kael'thas rejected her claim that they were friends.
• As the Scourge approached the wall, Jaina called to Arthas, who briefly struggled against his control and ordered her to go to Dalaran and then Kul Tiras.
• Jaina teleported away believing Arthas, while Kael'thas and Sylvanas predicted her actions would doom human nations and Arthas prepared to swell the Scourge's ranks.

The Scourge breached Quel'Thalas's outer defenses and advanced toward Silvermoon City while Sylvanas and Kael'thas prepared to make their last stand. Jaina returned to Kul Tiras, still convinced she could save Arthas, as Arthas faced Sylvanas's defenders before the Sunwell.

• Sylvanas spotted the resurrected Oscar among the Scourge, and Arthas blasted him away after he threw goat droppings at him.
• The Scourge broke through Quel'Thalas's first high wall, and Kael'thas teleported Sylvanas back to Silvermoon City to rest before the final battle.
• Kael'thas and Sylvanas discussed her coming transformation into the Dark Queen and his hope that Jaina would eventually turn to him for help.
• As the plague spread through Dalaran, Jaina left for Kul Tiras with a group of mages, believing Arthas's whispers would guide her.
• The Scourge destroyed Quel'Thalas's three high walls and advanced north toward Silvermoon City and the Sunwell.
• Sylvanas struck Arthas with an arrow of dawn, then challenged him to reach the Sunwell only by stepping over the defenders' corpses.

Arthas raised Sylvanas and the Twilight's Hammer dead as high-ranking undead, unaware that Hu Feng had secretly broken their control. As Sylvanas continued to feign loyalty and recruited Oscar into the deception, Hu Feng kept her fate from her sisters while Elisande defended his decision.

• Arthas resurrected Sylvanas and the Twilight's Hammer members as powerful undead, while Cthulhu secretly tampered with their control and concealed the truth from the Lich King.
• Sylvanas pretended to obey Arthas and swear loyalty to the Scourge Legion.
• Hu Feng reassured Alleria and Vareesa that Sylvanas was fine, and Elisande argued that withholding the truth was prudent until the situation stabilized.
• Sylvanas restored Oscar's clarity through Major Mental Control Authority Tampering and asked him to keep infiltrating Arthas's forces.
• Oscar agreed to continue the deception and vowed revenge on the Scourge for taking his sense of taste and ruining his appearance.

Arthas and Kel'Thuzad prepared to attack Dalaran and obtain the Book of the Guardian so they could summon Archimonde, while plague outbreaks and political upheaval spread across the Eastern Kingdoms. The chapter ended with Jaina sailing for Kalimdor with the people who still trusted her, as Quel'Thalas assembled a new army against Arthas.

• Arthas and Kel'Thuzad discussed their plan to seize the Book of the Guardian in Dalaran and open a portal for Archimonde, while Kel'Thuzad privately questioned the danger of the Burning Legion's arrival.
• Antonidas learned that the Scourge Legion was marching on Dalaran, and Tichondrius's pressure had forced Arthas to attack before he could replenish his forces elsewhere.
• Quel'Thalas prepared a new army to avenge Silvermoon City's destruction and Sylvanas's undeath, while the Alliance sealed Thandol Span after plague struck Stromgarde.
• Jaina's hidden plague infection was exposed as the cause of outbreaks in Kul Tiras, and Daelin Proudmoore died after becoming a Death Knight.
• After a mysterious organization revealed evidence of Jaina's contact with Arthas, Kul Tiras denounced her, and she left with her remaining followers.
• Jaina gathered more refugees in Stromgarde and sailed from Fardel Bay toward Kalimdor to establish a new home.

After Archimonde destroyed Dalaran, he ordered the Scourge to sail for Mount Hyjal and the World Tree Nordrassil. Deathwing was summoned to join the war, leaving the Red Dragon Queen imprisoned and causing destruction on his way to Kalimdor.

• Sylvanas helped Arthas and his raiding party kill Antonidas and steal the Book of the Guardian from Dalaran.
• Kel'Thuzad used the Book of the Guardian to summon Archimonde outside Dalaran.
• Deathwing refused to release Alexstrasza, then agreed to travel to Kalimdor when a Nightborne Crusader delivered the Divine Emperor's order.
• Archimonde destroyed Dalaran with a gesture and ordered Arthas and Kel'Thuzad to prepare a fleet for Mount Hyjal.
• Deathwing flew over Dun Morogh and smashed Stormwind City's gate before heading for Kalimdor, while Magni learned that Deathwing had also destroyed the Stonewrought Dam.

After Deathwing destroyed Skala Darkscale’s murloc village, Skala set out to gather an army and seek revenge. Meanwhile, Sylvanas planned Undercity’s construction and confronted Balnazzar and Varimathras, offering to help them seize control of the Scourge or die.

• Deathwing’s passage annihilated Skala Darkscale’s village and killed his tribe, so Skala recovered his harpoon and left to find other murloc settlements and build an army.
• Sylvanas rode through Lordaeron with Oscar and ordered the construction of Undercity beneath the ruins.
• Sylvanas learned through Cthulhu’s Whisper that the battle at Hyjal was nearing and told Hu Feng to strike the Lich King hard.
• Sylvanas led her army to Balnazzar and Varimathras, revealed she knew they planned to seize power, and demanded they surrender or die.
• Sylvanas sealed the area with a purple barrier and summoned tentacles as she gave the two Pit Lords their choice.

Illidan obtained the Eye of Sargeras for Hu Feng’s Eternal Night Energy Cannon as the armies gathered at Mount Hyjal for the coming holy war. In Lordaeron, Sylvanas killed Balnazzar and forced Varimathras to submit.

• Arthas recruited Illidan after Illidan killed Tichondrius, and Illidan borrowed Scourge soldiers to travel to the South Seas.
• Illidan retrieved the Eye of Sargeras from the Tomb of Sargeras and secretly delivered it to Hu Feng, completing the cannon’s final component.
• Malfurion warned Illidan about fel energy, while Illidan said he would leave for another world after the holy war.
• The Scourge and Burning Legion established bases near Nordrassil, and the Night Elves assigned their forces for the coming battles.
• Sylvanas confronted Balnazzar and Varimathras in Lordaeron, killed Balnazzar with her divine power, and gained Varimathras’s submission.

While the battle at Mount Hyjal continued, Illidan used the Eternal Night Energy Cannon to strike the Frozen Throne, weakening Ner'zhul and his control over the Scourge. Illidan then unleashed the Illidari against Arthas's forces in Azshara, while Arthas escaped toward the Eastern Kingdoms.

• At Mount Hyjal, Merith Winterwind, Jaina, Thrall, Durotan, Lothar, and their allies focused their attacks on Regi Wintercold and the Scourge.
• In Azshara, Illidan showed Arthas the Eternal Night Energy Cannon firing a Fel Ray at the Frozen Throne in Northrend.
• The blast cracked the Frozen Throne and weakened Ner'zhul, causing undead across Azeroth to suffer and weakening Arthas's control over the Scourge.
• Illidan attacked Arthas, then summoned the Illidari to fight the undead army.
• Arthas and his Death Knights escaped aboard an Undead Sea Ship, while Illidan and the Illidari slaughtered the Scourge forces in Kalimdor.

Valentine’s Day celebrations brought romance and commercial schemes across Azeroth, while Hu Feng’s family picnicked in Teldrassil and Sylvanas and Naxxramas marked the holiday in their own ways. The chapter ended with Kel’Thuzad ignoring a fight between Oscar and Farinna to spend time with Mr. Bigglesworth.

• King Llane discovered that Countess Katrana Prestor had invested in the Gilded Rose Inn’s Valentine’s Day lover-rental business and ordered her brought before him.
• Queen Talia dragged Varian away after he asked Llane what a brothel was, and scolded Llane for using vulgar language.
• Hu Feng’s family picnicked by a lake in Teldrassil, where Elisande fed Alleria, Vareesa, and Gugu while Elune attacked Hu Feng with Soul Martial Arts Fist techniques.
• Sylvanas received a dark golden rose from Cthulhu’s Eyeball Tentacle and learned it would strengthen her shadow powers through Hu Feng’s divine energy.
• Kel’Thuzad saw that Oscar had decorated Naxxramas for Valentine’s Day, then watched Oscar and Farinna trade insults and attacks before returning to Mr. Bigglesworth.

Merith Winterwind and Jaina defeated Regi Winterchill, while Cthulhu’s influence freed many undead from the Lich King and formed them into the Forsaken. The Alliance and Horde destroyed the Scourge and Burning Legion forces on Mount Hyjal, leaving Archimonde beside Nordrassil as the only enemy remaining.

• Merith Winterwind and Jaina slew Regi Winterchill, and Cthulhu’s influence caused many undead to break free of the Lich King and join the Forsaken under Grigori Agamand.
• The Alliance and Horde fought alongside the Forsaken, destroyed the remaining Scourge forces, and watched the Forsaken withdraw toward Azshara and Lordaeron.
• Grom and the Iron Horde wounded and killed Doomguard Lord Kaz'rogga, while Illidan and the Demon Hunters slew Abyssal Lord Azgalor and the other Abyssal Lords.
• The allied forces defeated the Burning Legion troops and demolished their base, portals, and defenses with the Iron Gronn’s cannons.
• The Scourge and Burning Legion forces on Mount Hyjal were wiped out, leaving Archimonde beside Nordrassil.

Archimonde fought Sok'reth and the assembled allied forces, but Deathwing's charge and a surge of reinforcements overwhelmed him. With Elune shielding the allies from Death Coil, Hu Feng prepared to join the battle and finish Archimonde.

• Archimonde recognized Sok'reth, while Sok'reth attacked him and Elisande led the Highborne into battle.
• Malfurion rallied the druids, and Rukhmar struck Archimonde with a Solar Flame as Elisande urged him to surrender.
• Hu Feng arrived atop Deathwing, who charged Archimonde and tore into him while the allied forces attacked.
• Archimonde unleashed repeated Death Coils, but Elune shielded the allies with moonlight.
• Hu Feng agreed to fight Archimonde alongside Elune, taking melee while she attacked from range.

Hu Feng, as Dawn Titan Sargeras, defeated Archimonde with Dawn Judgment, and the allied forces celebrated the Burning Legion leader’s death. The battle ended with the birth of the Dawn Knights, while Hu Feng turned his thoughts to Sylvanas in the Eastern Kingdoms.

• Archimonde tried to self-destruct, but the Void and fel energies inside him disrupted his body and stopped him.
• Hu Feng invoked Dawn Judgment, binding Archimonde as a golden energy sword descended upon him.
• Stormwind soldiers and knights received dawn power and took up the Paths of Retribution and Redemption as the Dawn Knights.
• The Dawn Knights and Rukhmar added their power to the flames, and Archimonde burned to ash, leaving only his ruined armor.
• Hu Feng gave the allied forces permission to celebrate, and Malfurion sounded his horn to mark their victory.
• Hu Feng wondered how Sylvanas was faring in the Eastern Kingdoms after Arthas fled and the Lich King was badly wounded.

Arthas returned to the Eastern Kingdoms, where Sylvanas had founded the Forsaken and turned against him. As he fled toward his next meeting with Kel'Thuzad, Sylvanas claimed the freed Death Knights and revealed her authority over Undercity.

• Alexandros Mograine fought the Scourge while growing angry at Reno for falling in love with Whitemane, unaware that the demon possessing Dathrohan was influencing Reno.
• Arthas rode into the Eastern Kingdoms, weakened by the Lich King's injuries and intent on meeting Kel'Thuzad before returning to Northrend.
• Sylvanas confronted Arthas from the walls of Undercity and used a strange arrow to free many Death Knights from his control.
• The freed Death Knights pursued Arthas, but Sylvanas stopped most of them and killed the two who defied her.
• Sylvanas warned the Forsaken that she could grant or revoke their free will, then rode away on Cuckoo, her beloved Undead Strider.

As the Lich King’s control weakened, Sylvanas’s rebellion expanded while Kel'Thuzad organized the Scourge from Naxxramas and fought the Scarlet Crusade. The chapter also described the Alliance-backed Dawn Brotherhood, Jaina’s new settlement in Dustwallow Marsh, and the Draenei rebuilding their communities.

• Arthas joined Kel'Thuzad, who commanded the Eastern Kingdoms’ Scourge from Naxxramas in Stratholme as undead increasingly rebelled under Sylvanas’s influence.
• The Scarlet Crusade, led by Mograine and supported by Ashbringer, battled the Scourge while the Alliance-backed Dawn Brotherhood formed under Highlord Bolvar.
• Deathwing’s forces killed Scourge attackers near the Alliance border, while Malygos gathered evidence against Deathwing and prepared to confront the Titan God-Emperor.
• Jaina and her followers received permission to establish a settlement on the coast of Dustwallow Marsh, while Onyxia lived on Floating Island No. 3 under Hu Feng’s authority.
• The Draenei developed their towns on Misty Blue and Misty Blood, rebuilt New Karabor Temple and New Auchindoun, and arranged to elect archbishops to help Turalyon lead them.

Heklar opened the first phase of the cross-sea bridge project with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, while the prospect of earning Night Empire titles inspired elves and gnomes to pursue contributions. Hu Feng watched the new orbital train depart and fantasized about future Titan-powered technology, as Elune went with the Windrunner Sisters to visit Darnassus.

• Heklar prepared to cut the ribbon on the completed routes linking Teldrassil, the Floating Islands, and the Tower of Slumber, while plans were made for later phases.
• An elven team killed Stone Element Princess Theraldis in Maraudon and freed Zaetar, who stayed behind to guide the centaurs and restore the region.
• The Eternal Night Chancellor Council rewarded the elves for their contribution, prompting ambitious elves and gnome engineers such as Mekkatorque to seek ways to earn credit.
• Heklar completed the ceremony, and the silver-white orbital train made its maiden round trip using Arcane Power Crystals and steam in the Heklar Engine.
• Hu Feng watched the train depart and fantasized about building a Silver Fleet, while Elune asked Alleria and Vareesa to take her to Darnassus to ride the train.
• Argus felt a strange premonition as he traveled through the universe, then assumed Hu Feng was hoping he would arrive sooner and continued on.

God Queen Elisande led the Night Empire’s forces against Dire Maul while, in the Eastern Kingdoms, Reno betrayed and killed Ashbringer Mograine. Mograine’s death shattered the Scarlet Crusade, whose factions retreated, split, or continued their campaigns.

• Elisande assigned the Border Guard to attack the Satyr demons, the Moonpetal Rangers to attack the Ogres, and her own forces to confront Tosedrin’s Syndra Elves.
• Elisande agreed to let Vareesa accompany her after Shandris Feathermoon and Garrond Shadowsong defended the young ranger.
• Mograine traveled with Darian, Reno, and Fairbanks to meet Dathrohan, but an undead army ambushed them and Reno became separated from the others.
• After Mograine destroyed the undead, Reno stabbed him with a dagger and blamed his father for favoring his brothers and opposing his relationship with Whitemane.
• Fairbanks accused Reno, but most people doubted him; Mograine’s death threw the Scarlet Crusade into disarray, with Reno returning to Scarlet Monastery, Illidan withdrawing to Light’s Hope Chapel, and Dathrohan continuing toward Stratholme.
• Members who suspected Reno founded the Silver Dawn in the eastern Eastern Plaguelands.

Hu Feng publicly accused Reno of murdering Mograine, triggering war between the Scarlet Crusade factions as Reno struggled to defend himself. Meanwhile, the Night Elf Border Guard cornered the satyr leader Wildheart Ozen at Dire Maul and attacked him with Hellhounds, soldiers, and warlocks.

• King Llane, the Dawn Brotherhood, and Hu Feng questioned Mograine’s death, and Hu Feng named Reno as the murderer.
• The Silver Dawn declared war on Reno’s Scarlet Crusade, while High Lord Illidan and Dathrohan’s Scarlet Crusade distanced themselves from the Scarlet Monastery.
• Reno raged at the Scarlet Monastery but continued to deny the accusation because he feared opposing the Night Empire.
• The Night Elf Border Guard advanced through Dire Maul, with warlocks capturing souls and Hellhounds tracking the Satyrs.
• Wildheart Ozen tried to unleash a fel storm, but Hellhounds silenced him and drained his mana as soldiers and warlocks attacked.

Shandris and Vareesa stopped attacking the Gorok Ogres after Kargath arrived with orders to recruit them into the Iron Horde. Elisande’s forces destroyed the Syndra and freed Immol’thar, who was sent to the Eternal Night Palace after Hu Feng expressed interest in him.

• Shandris led the Feathermoon Rangers in attacking the Gorok Ogres while Vareesa watched Crusher Kray dance to avoid being shot.
• Kargath presented the Emperor’s decree to recruit the Gorok clan, and the Iron Horde beat the ogres into submission.
• Kargath killed King Gorok in a duel, and Observer Krush accepted him as the new king before the clan withdrew with the Iron Horde.
• Elisande and the Highborne reached Immol’thar’s Energy Cage, freed the demon, and killed the Syndra in the hall.
• Elisande told Hu Feng about the apparently timid Immol’thar, and Hu Feng ordered him sent to the Eternal Night Palace.

Elisande defeated Prince Tosedrin and ordered him sent to the Crusaders for judgment and public execution. In Orgrimmar, Hu Feng arranged to transform land near the Valley of Trials for the New Horde, while awkwardly denying that he had asked for female Orcs himself.

• Elisande battered Prince Tosedrin with three schools of magic, then ordered him taken to the Crusaders for judgment and public execution.
• The elven army withdrew from Dire Maul, leaving plans for its reconstruction to future immigrants and workers.
• In Orgrimmar, Durotan misunderstood Hu Feng's request about the Iron Horde's shortage of women, and Hu Feng angrily clarified that the Iron Horde—not he—wanted female Orcs.
• Hu Feng met with Durotan to fulfill his promise to improve part of Durotar after the New Horde's contributions to the Holy War of Mount Hyjal.
• Durotan chose the area around the Valley of Trials for crops, and Hu Feng promised that changes would begin appearing within a few days.