Chapter Summaries

Llane met Durotan, who sought peaceful talks between the Frostwolf Clan and the humans, but a Stormreaver ambush disrupted the meeting. Hu Feng crushed the attackers with divine power and offered the captured warlocks a chance to live.

• Llane agreed to meet Durotan after Garona and Medivh explained the Frostwolf Clan's opposition to the invasion.
• Durotan told Llane that the Frostwolf Clan would not surrender but wanted peace with the humans.
• Stormreaver Orcs ambushed the Frostwolf Clan and human cavalry, and Durotan called on the humans to help fight their common enemy.
• Hu Feng forced the Orcs to their knees, burned the Fel Orc warriors, and left the captured warlocks surrounded by the Frostwolves.
• Durotan realized Gul'dan had feared the god among the Alliance, and Hu Feng offered the warlocks a chance to live.

Hu Feng forced the Orc warlocks into a deathmatch, then stopped Garona’s assassination attempt on King Llane and removed Gul’dan’s soul fragment from her. The sole survivor, Retsen, pledged himself to Hu Feng and was accepted as his follower.

• Hu Feng trapped the Orc warlocks in a circle of Fel Fire and ordered them to fight until only one survived.
• The warlocks attacked one another while the humans and Frostwolf Orcs watched, and Lothar and Sylvanas placed bets on the combatants.
• Garona Shadow Stepped behind King Llane and attempted to stab him, but a burst of golden light deflected her attack.
• Hu Feng seized Garona with a golden hand, tore Gul’dan’s soul fragment from her, and heard her apologize to Llane, who reassured her that she remained his guard.
• The warlock Sylvanas had bet on survived the deathmatch, and Hu Feng allowed the winner, Retsen, to leave unharmed.
• Retsen asked to follow Hu Feng, and Hu Feng accepted him as a follower.

Hu Feng and Llane arranged for the creation of a warlock order while Durotan chose a new homeland for the Frostwolf Clan. The clan agreed to cross the sea to Kalimdor, and Hu Feng reassured Durotan about his son, Gul'guro.

• Hu Feng ordered Retsen to establish the Six Daggers Council, train human and elven warlocks, and stop blighting the land; Retsen offered to recruit dissatisfied members of the Shadow Council.
• Llane offered Durotan three possible settlements for the Frostwolf Clan: Alterac Valley, the Wetlands, or the Barrens in Kalimdor.
• Durotan rejected the first two options and signed an agreement to settle in the Barrens, promising the clan would regard itself as part of Azeroth and aid the world when threatened.
• Llane toasted the Frostwolf Clan as friends, and Durotan prepared to take his people through Westfall to Golden Sands and sail for Kalimdor.
• Hu Feng learned that Durotan's son, Gul'guro, had been entrusted to Orgrim and assured Durotan that the boy would become a wise Great Chief.

The Frostwolf Orcs sailed from Westfall as Hu Feng urged Alleria to return to Kalimdor with him, while Durotan worried about his missing son. In the north, the Horde advanced through the Hinterlands, allied with Zul'jin's trolls, and pushed the Wildhammer Dwarves toward Aerie Peak, leaving Kurdran searching for help.

• The Frostwolf Orcs boarded the Night Elves' new ships, and Hu Feng persuaded Alleria to consider returning to Kalimdor after the war.
• Durotan and Draka worried about their son Gul'guro as they watched the Frostwolf Orcs embark.
• The Horde broke through Thoradin's Wall and advanced into the Hinterlands, where its forces fought the Wildhammer Dwarves.
• Orgrim secured Zul'jin's alliance by promising that the Horde would attack Quel'Thalas as soon as possible.
• Kurdran saw the Wildhammer Dwarves driven back toward Aerie Peak and considered seeking aid from the Alliance in the south.

Kurdran sought Alliance aid for the Wildhammer Dwarves, and King Llane offered support in exchange for an Alliance concession in the Hinterlands. Hu Feng presented powerful Steam Armor as the Night Elves’ contribution, and Kurdran secured 300 sets along with Stormwind troops and Ironforge supplies, though Magni kept the demonstration suit in exchange for ale.

• Kurdran asked King Llane to bring the Wildhammer Dwarves into the Alliance because Orc attacks threatened Aerie Peak.
• King Llane offered a Stormwind legion if the Wildhammer Dwarves granted the Alliance a concession in the Hinterlands, while Magni promised Ironforge food and spirits.
• Hu Feng arrived and offered the Wildhammer Dwarves 300 sets of armor he had crafted himself.
• Magni demonstrated the Steam Armor, using its Arcane Crystals to smash a huge pit into Stormwind Keep’s floor.
• Kurdran agreed to the Alliance’s support and demanded that Magni return the armor, but Magni bargained him down with an offer of 10,000 bottles of Thunder Ale.

Retsen built Stormwind City's Warlock District and worked with Kanrethad to establish its training program, while commoners and Highborne flocked to join. With Sinfeir's arrival, the Six Daggers Council gained a Destruction specialist and proposed changing its name to the Black Scythe Council.

• Retsen oversaw the Warlock District and recruited Kanrethad to teach demon summoning and join the Six Daggers Council.
• Kanrethad encouraged Retsen to leave his past behind and argued that warlocks could fight for Azeroth.
• King Llane offered commoners subsidies and career opportunities to train as warlocks, drawing crowds of applicants alongside arriving Highborne.
• Retsen noticed Sinfeir's concealed fel presence and invited her to join the council.
• Sinfeir joined as a warlock skilled in the Destruction path, completing the council's three branches.
• Retsen told Sinfeir that he and another warlock had proposed renaming the Six Daggers Council the Black Scythe Council.

Durotan led the Frostwolf Orcs to settle in Durotar, where they built Orgrimmar and allied with the Tauren against the Centaurs. The chapter ended with Durotan bringing trade goods to the Night Elves and being welcomed by Garrond Shadowsong at an Ashenvale fortress.

• Anka Heartclaw showed Durotan the Barrens and offered the Frostwolf Clan construction supplies in advance.
• Durotan named the Orcs’ new land Durotar and their developing city Orgrimmar, after Orgrim.
• Tauren envoys befriended Durotan, and the Orcs and Tauren agreed to fight the Centaurs together and help each other build.
• Durotan led Wolf Riders against the Centaurs, whose mobility failed against the Orcs’ giant wolves.
• Durotan brought furs and strong liquor to Ashenvale, where Garrond Shadowsong welcomed him and invited the Frostwolf warriors to a banquet.

Durotan visited Ashenvale and discussed Draenor with Garrond while the Alliance attacked the Horde with support from steam-armored Wildhammer Dwarves. Lothar killed Warchief Blackhand in a Malagok duel, and Orgrim took command as the Horde fell into chaos.

• Dryads watched Durotan and his companions as Garrond introduced them to the forest sisters in Ashenvale.
• Durotan told Garrond that Draenor had become like hell after Gul'dan's fel energy destroyed it.
• Kurdran led three hundred Steam Iron Dwarves against the Orcs and Trolls as Lothar's human legion joined the battle.
• Blackhand challenged Lothar to a Malagok duel, and Lothar killed him with Brotherhood's Blade.
• Orgrim rallied the disordered Horde and ordered its chieftains to gather under his command as the Alliance launched a full-scale assault.

The Crusaders of the Truth prepared a great purge to unite the Night Elves under Titan Sargeras as Divine Emperor. Elisande resolved to offer her lover the Night Elf people, as the Crusaders mobilized and awaited the purge.

• Rumors that Sargeras should become Divine Emperor divided the Night Elves, with Highborne support, druid opposition, and Tyrande weighing the proposal.
• The Crusaders of the Truth reviewed intelligence on opponents and prepared a purge, naming Fandral Staghelm and Cenarius among their targets.
• Spellblade Auriel ordered the Crusaders into wartime readiness and declared that the purge would continue until all opposition was arrested or killed.
• Nearly a thousand Crusaders mobilized, received target lists, and gathered with Faceless Ones in the Tower of Slumber.
• Elisande reviewed reports from Suramar City and resolved to sacrifice opponents to make the Night Elves stronger for her lover.

As the Horde pushed Lordaeron and Gilneas into a stalemate, Hu Feng accompanied Mekkatorque and Gnome forces to reclaim Gnomeregan. They fought off Leprous Gnome Walking Tanks outside the abandoned city and prepared to enter its irradiated depths.

• Orgrim concentrated the Horde's main forces in Silverpine Forest and Hillsbrad Foothills, leaving Lordaeron and Gilneas struggling to hold their defenses.
• Alonsus Faol trained the first paladins, while Dalaran sent more mages to help turn the fighting in Silverpine Forest into a stalemate.
• Mekkatorque thanked Hu Feng for joining the Gnomes' expedition to Gnomeregan, and Hu Feng traveled there with Alleria and Sylvanas.
• The Gnome troops reached Gnomeregan's elevator entrance, where the Leprosy Ray had left the surrounding land and water fluorescent green.
• Mekkatorque ordered the Gnome forces to attack, and their mechanical striders overwhelmed several Leprous Gnome Walking Tanks.
• Hu Feng tried to sell Mekkatorque a Goblin bomb, but Mekkatorque refused, prompting Hu Feng to worry about the Goblins' poor reputation.

Hu Feng and his companions fought through Gnomeregan, where he tried to prove his magical prowess against a Spellbreaker robot with Super Safe Big Bombs. The robot was badly damaged, but Hu Feng’s final bomb exploded in his hand.

• Hu Feng captured an alarm robot, learned from Mekkatorque that its blueprints were freely available, and crushed it when it kept sounding its alarm.
• Alleria and Sylvanas destroyed mechanical enemies as Sylvanas demanded an artifact bow from Hu Feng.
• Mekkatorque warned the group about a Spellbreaker robot that could silence mages, and Hu Feng was silenced when he tried to attack it with a Pyroblast.
• Hu Feng threw two Super Safe Big Bombs at the Spellbreaker, blasting away its arm and damaging its body.
• Hu Feng’s final Super Safe Big Bomb exploded in his hand before he could throw it.

Hu Feng joined Mekkatorque and the others in confronting Mechanist Thermatopragus in Gnomeregan, then secretly collected one of the Walking Bombs before helping end the fight. Later, he tinkered with the bomb in Stormwind Keep while King Llane and Prince Varian watched nervously.

• Alleria confiscated Hu Feng’s Big Bombs and made him destroy them, while Mekkatorque abandoned his offer of safer gnomish bombs after her warning.
• Mekkatorque opened the massive door to Thermatopragus’s chamber, and the gnomes attacked the traitor and his giant robot.
• Thermatopragus summoned Walking Bombs, and Hu Feng froze one and stored it in his spatial ring.
• Hu Feng declared the training over and joined the fight, helping the group defeat Thermatopragus.
• King Llane told Varian that the gnomes were returning to Gnomeregan and that Lothar and the Wildhammer Dwarves were pursuing trolls in the Hinterlands.
• Hu Feng dismantled a Walking Bomb in Stormwind Keep as Llane asked him to move Varian away from it.

Alleria and Sylvanas infiltrated Grim Batol and discovered the Dragonmaw Clan was preparing armor for Gronn and stockpiling dragon eggs with Prince Nefarian. When Nefarian discovered them, he trapped the sisters and dismissed their warning about the God of Magic.

• Alleria and Sylvanas entered Grim Batol to investigate the Dragonmaw Clan’s unusual activity.
• The sisters found a Highmountain Giant forging armor and discovered Gronn chained in a nearby plaza.
• Alleria and Sylvanas overheard Zuluhed and Nefarian discussing Gronn armor and a cache of black and red dragon eggs.
• Nefarian sealed the passage with black flames after revealing he had noticed the sisters hiding behind the eggs.
• Nefarian mocked the sisters’ warning about the God of Magic and claimed Azeroth’s defensive wards made gods no more than mortals there.

Alleria and Sylvanas faced Nefarian in Grim Batol, where Alleria’s necklace summoned Hu Feng’s divine power to punish the black dragon. Nefarian escaped the Titan’s projection, while the sisters were ordered back to Stormwind City and the continent awaited Sargeras’s next move.

• Alleria activated the eyeball pendant with her blood, and a Void Ray struck Nefarian as golden divine power began destroying the hall.
• Zuluhed gathered the dragon eggs and escaped while the trapped Windrunner sisters watched and Nefarian struggled against the Void Energy.
• Hu Feng’s Divine Eye appeared, battered Nefarian with golden spirits and whips, and wounded him with a beam of light.
• Nefarian raised a Flame Shield and fled in dragon form, and Hu Feng let him go so he could later take advantage of the prince’s experiments.
• Hu Feng ordered Alleria and Sylvanas to return within a day, and news of the battle spread across the continent.

Hu Feng confined Alleria and Sylvanas after their reckless adventure, but the sisters soon found a new diversion in Elwynn Forest. They set out with a dwarf adventurer to hunt Hogger, until Sylvanas drove him off and the sisters decided to claim the bounty themselves.

• Hu Feng scolded Alleria and Sylvanas for nearly being taken by a black dragon and forbade them from leaving the Alliance's sphere of influence.
• Alleria placated Hu Feng, while Sylvanas teased him about Elisande before the sisters left to stroll around Elwynn Forest.
• King Llane embarrassed himself with a remark about Alleria and Sylvanas, and Queen Talia hurried Varian away while Garona tried to understand what he meant.
• In Goldshire, Alleria and Sylvanas agreed to help Oscar Sparkdrill hunt the Gnoll Hogger for a hundred gold coins.
• Oscar annoyed Sylvanas with his stories and a remark about her marriage prospects, so she chased him off with a storm of arrows and decided to hunt Hogger with Alleria.

Gul'dan returned to power by creating Death Knights for Orgrim, while an Alliance envoy demanded the Horde hand over its gronn and hinted that it knew about the Dragonmaw Clan's dragon eggs. After reading Durotan's letter about the Frostwolf Clan's peaceful new life in Kalimdor, Orgrim was left contemplating the Horde's future.

• Gul'dan awakened, pledged to serve Orgrim, and created the first Death Knights, led by Teron Bloodreaver, who inflicted heavy casualties on human forces.
• An Alliance knight delivered Durotan's letter to Orgrim and demanded that the Horde surrender its gronn.
• When Orgrim refused, the envoy hinted that the Alliance knew the Dragonmaw Clan had obtained red dragon eggs and urged the Horde to pay hush money.
• Orgrim postponed his decision and later read Durotan's letter describing the Frostwolf Clan's thriving settlement and plans for a peaceful New Horde.
• Orgrim looked at the sleeping infant Gul'guro and reflected that Durotan and the Frostwolf Clan were safe from Gul'dan's influence.

The Alliance secretly traded weapons and food to the Horde for its Gronn giants while arranging protections for human refugees. After the exchange, Hu Feng revealed that he intended to weaken the northern kingdoms and profit by selling them firearms and bombs.

• Windsor and Orgrim signed a secret agreement covering the Gronn, Alliance supplies, Horde withdrawal, refugee safety, and future mediation.
• One month later, Kargath handed Lothar the Horde's twelve remaining Gronn giants and their armor and taming manuals in exchange for weapons and food.
• Kargath challenged Lothar to face his Shattered Hand Arena, and Lothar vowed to capture him after the Horde's defeat.
• Sylvanas and Alleria continued taking bounty missions in Elwynn Forest, where they had defeated Hogger and other threats.
• Hu Feng told Llane and Magni that the Alliance had given the Horde nearly worthless supplies to drain the northern kingdoms and strengthen the Alliance with refugees.
• Hu Feng proposed selling firearms and bombs to the northern kingdoms while they fought the Horde.

Hu Feng freed Hogger on the condition that he unite the Gnolls and protect Alliance lands, leading to trade between Gnolls and human towns. Meanwhile, Oscar Flashdrill was chased into Lakeshire by the Three Brothers Behind the Stone and mistakenly arrested as an Orc-colluding cultist.

• Hu Feng healed Hogger, freed him, and ordered him to unite the Gnolls, attack Murlocs and Kobolds, and stop harming humans.
• Hogger gathered Gnolls across Elwynn Forest, Redridge Mountains, and Westfall, reducing attacks on humans and opening the way for Gnoll trade with Alliance towns.
• Oscar Flashdrill rode through Redridge Mountains and was ambushed by the Three Brothers Behind the Stone.
• Oscar fled into Lakeshire, where guards mistook him for an Orc ally and arrested him.
• A few days later, Oscar was placed in Hogger's former cell after guards reported that he could command Orcs.

Hu Feng deployed Heklar and the Goblin Engineers to supply weapons for the war against the Orcs, disguising their products as Gnome-made. The Rocket Launchers devastated the first Orc assault, and Uther ordered the defenders to keep firing and prepare the bombs.

• Heklar brought ten thousand enhanced bombs and five thousand Goblin Dragon Guns to Stormwind City for Hu Feng.
• Hu Feng and Magni decided to label the Goblin weapons as Gnome products so the northern kingdoms would accept them.
• Llane arranged for the weapons to be sent to the northern front, where Uther and Turalyon inspected them.
• Uther discovered a skull symbol beneath a loose Gnome label on one bomb, but the Orcs began their next attack before he could investigate.
• Human soldiers fired the Rocket Launchers, blasting apart the leading Orcs and throwing their assault into chaos.
• Uther ordered the soldiers to continue firing and the reserve units to prepare the bombs.

Orgrim learned that Gul'dan and Teron Gorefiend had abandoned the Horde, leaving it without reinforcements as human explosives devastated its forces. In Stormwind, Hu Feng took charge of twelve Gronn, including the fel-corrupted leader Skargul the Soulgrinder, and planned to equip them with armor and Goblin weapons.

• Orgrim learned that the humans' explosive weapons had killed a Death Knight and demanded to know where Gul'dan had gone.
• Orgrim learned that Teron Gorefiend and the Death Knights had returned to Draenor and closed the Dark Portal, while Gul'dan had sailed away from Southshore with the remaining Warlocks.
• Llane agreed to order bombs and Rocket Launchers from the Goblins after hearing how effective they had been, and Hu Feng said he would take the Gronn for experiments.
• Lothar brought twelve hungry Gronn to Stormwind, and Hu Feng identified their leader as Skargul the Soulgrinder, whom Gul'dan had empowered with a fel-tainted artifact containing Draenei souls.