Chapter Summaries

The Alliance delegations arrived in Teldrassil ahead of the coronation, where the Windrunner Sisters sought allies and explored their new home. The chapter left them and the other visitors sightseeing and shopping in Suramar City.

• The Stormwind delegation met a Primal Gronn, and King Llane promised the Windrunner Sisters Stormwind's support, with Magni and Mekkatorque also pledging support.
• The Windrunner Sisters moved into Little Eversong Woods, a close replica of their homeland, and Vareesa excitedly explored it.
• Llane and Lothar encountered Kael'thas and a nervous Jaina in Suramar City, where Jaina soon began shopping.
• Lothar bought elven-style armor, Llane admired Suramar's commercial district, and Ysera filled her spatial ring with shopping bags.

Llane and his party toured Suramar, where Chromie was arrested again for protesting changes to history and Llane and Lothar discussed the futures they had escaped. At the Eternal Night Empire’s coronation ceremony, Elune descended before the crowd and supported the procession, while Azeroth spoke directly to Hu Feng.

• Chromie tried to rally people to petition against the Divine Venerable changing history, but Crusaders arrested and shocked her.
• Chromie told Llane, Lothar, and Ysera that their survival was a mistake, and Llane explained the futures Medivh had predicted for him and Lothar.
• The Crusaders of the Truth, the Night Elf Border Guard, the Feathermoon Ranger Corps, and the Moon Priestesses marched in the ceremony and pledged loyalty to the Eternal Night Divine Emperor.
• Elune descended before the Assembly Hall as the Moon Priestesses passed, then told everyone to continue the ceremony.
• Azeroth sent divine power into Elune and told Hu Feng she would temporarily forgive him for destroying one of her moons.

The Iron Horde and other factions gathered for the ceremony as the Divine Emperor asked whether the Night Elves and his people had made their resolve. The chapter ended with Elisande, Alleria, Sylvanas, and Turalyon kneeling to welcome his descent.

• Elune watched the ceremony from a platform as crowds across Suramar City and Darnassus reacted to her appearance.
• Grom led the Iron Horde into the square, while Durotan, Gul'guro, and Taretha discussed Gul'guro's name and place in the New Horde.
• The Divine Emperor's Eye appeared on Sargeras and asked whether the gathered people had made their resolve.
• Elisande welcomed the Divine Emperor's descent on behalf of the Highborne, and Alleria and Sylvanas did so for the Windrunner ranger faction.
• Turalyon welcomed the Divine Emperor's descent on behalf of the Draenei, and the four leaders knelt before the Divine Eye.

Hu Feng founded the Night Empire and secured Elune’s obedience, then reorganized the Night Elves and established ties with neighboring powers. Meanwhile, Mill-Eye Demon’s growing influence drove Kael'thas toward ambition and revenge, and Hu Feng named the Old God Cthulhu.

• Hu Feng appeared before the Assembly Hall, demanded Elune’s aid against their common enemies, and Elune agreed while privately asking him to avenge her and compensate her for her moon.
• Hu Feng entered the hall with Elune as Rukhmar circled overhead, and the Night Empire was founded under a centralized government.
• The Night Elves formed the Eternal Night Chancellor Council and Dawn Legion, while the Draenei and Timbermaw Furbolgs became vassals and other neighboring powers declared their diplomatic positions.
• Kael'thas, influenced by Mill-Eye Demon’s whispers, resolved to become Quel'Thalas’s leader, take revenge on Arthas, and win Jaina.
• Hu Feng described Mill-Eye Demon’s enhanced powers and named him Cthulhu.

During Suramar City’s final Nightmare Fortress challenge, Elisande summoned Oscar Flashdiamond and Xavius Mograine, then rewarded them with equipment and an opportunity to study at Suramar Academy. Oscar left eager to see what was inside his chests, while Xavius gained access to eight classes.

• Suramar City reopened the Nightmare Fortress with generous rewards, prompting Oscar Flashdiamond and Xavius Mograine to pay the entrance fee and enter for welfare chests.
• Elisande learned who Oscar and Xavius were and summoned them to the ruins of the Nightwell.
• Elisande gave Oscar and Xavius four chests and told Oscar to stop chasing welfare rewards and focus on improving his strength.
• Elisande gave Xavius a card allowing him to audit eight classes at Suramar Academy.
• Oscar eagerly anticipated the magical equipment inside the chests.

The Night Empire expanded its diplomatic and commercial ties with the Alliance and New Horde while the Northern Alliance fractured under the Scourge, war, and isolationism. The chapter ended with King Terenas puzzled by Quel'Thalas’s sudden change in attitude, unaware that the kingdom had undergone a major upheaval.

• The Night Empire established embassies across Alliance nations, while King Llane learned that Stormwind would retain responsibility for Alliance leadership in the Eastern Kingdoms.
• Durotan agreed to host Night Elf embassies and eagerly anticipated proving the New Horde’s worth to earn the Divine Emperor’s help transforming Durotar.
• The Scourge ravaged Lordaeron, while King Daval Prysto continued his war against it using disguised dragonkin and Heklar Consortium supplies.
• Gilneas and Stromgarde sealed their borders, and Prince Galen Trollbane sought support from the Southern Alliance as the Northern Alliance weakened.
• Antonidas refused Jaina’s pleas to help Lordaeron, while Quel'Thalas adopted a newly aggressive diplomatic stance that baffled King Terenas.

Kael'thas used Twilight's Hammer to challenge Anasterian's rule, claiming only he and Cthulhu could save the High Elves from the approaching Scourge. After the royal forces sent to Fairbreeze Village mutinied, Kael'thas openly called for his father's overthrow and offered Cthulhu's power to his followers.

• Kael'thas secretly built Twilight's Hammer and spread warnings of disaster while urging the High Elves to support his rule and worship Cthulhu.
• Anasterian sent Spellbreakers and the Mage Corps to purge Twilight's Hammer at Fairbreeze Village, but their commanders revealed themselves as cultists and executed those who resisted.
• Kael'thas appeared in Twilight's Hammer robes at Fairbreeze Village and urged the crowd to overthrow Anasterian and choose a new path.
• Kael'thas presented two Ascended and asked who wanted to receive Cthulhu's power, prompting the crowd to raise their hands.

Kael'thas took control of Quel'Thalas, killed Anasterian, and inherited the Sun King's power before becoming the new Sun King. He then brought Quel'Thalas under the Night Empire's protection as a highly autonomous vassal state.

• Kael'thas entered the royal court with Twilight forces and rejected Anasterian's belief that he was being controlled.
• Kael'thas stabbed Anasterian, but Anasterian accepted that his son acted willingly and transferred his life essence and magical energy to him before dying.
• Kael'thas succeeded Anasterian as Sun King, while Jaina denounced him in Dalaran for murdering his father and seizing the throne.
• Quel'Thalas condemned Lordaeron's use of Iron Stars and Arthas's city massacres, sparking a public dispute with Lordaeron.
• Quel'Thalas applied to become a vassal state of the Night Empire, and the Night Empire approved the request while granting it broad autonomy.

Kargath held the first Shattered Hand deathmatch, forcing Highmaul Ogre Kragg to fight the Fungal Giant Blankenspore while taunting the captive Führer Malkorok. At Eternal Night Palace, Hu Feng discussed the Dawn Legion and Elune’s recovery, then left as she demanded he return her damaged moon.

• Kargath watched the Iron Horde crowd gather in the Shattered Hand Arena and ordered the Goblin host to start the fight.
• Kargath had Malkorok brought over in chains and taunted him about the captured Highmaul Ogres being forced to fight and die.
• The Goblin host announced the duel, and Kragg formed an ice storm as Blankenspore charged at him.
• Hu Feng watched the arena from Eternal Night Palace while Elune complained that the Orcs were not her children.
• Hu Feng told Elune he needed to gather forces to fight the Burning Legion and the Void creatures, and Elune explained that she was still too weak to form a physical avatar.
• Elune demanded that Hu Feng return her moon, and he avoided answering as he left.

Sylvanas agreed to become the Dark Queen and lead an undead force, even though Hu Feng planned for her and her followers to die fighting the Scourge so they could infiltrate it. Meanwhile, Arthas claimed Frostmourne and confronted Mal'Ganis in Northrend.

• Sylvanas told Hu Feng she wanted to become the Dark Queen and gather an undead legion to support him.
• Hu Feng gave Sylvanas a magical necklace to disguise her after death and ordered her to return to Quel'Thalas, where she and her first followers would be sacrificed in the battle against the Scourge.
• Sylvanas returned to Alleria and Vareesa and said she would leave for Quel'Thalas after a few days.
• Arthas took Frostmourne after Muradin Bronzebeard fell, dismissing the sword guardian's warning about the curse.
• Arthas led his expedition through Northrend, using Frostmourne to slaughter undead, and finally confronted Mal'Ganis.

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.