Recaps

The Lightforged and Helya’s Vrykul withdrew from Ny’alotha as the Waking Dream returned to reality, while the Saviors Swarm settled into the Void dream. As Boralus emerged from the nightmare, Derek’s beleaguered fleet remained trapped in battle until Daelin arrived with an unexpected fleet.

• Archbishop Saloras ordered the Lightforged and Helya’s War Bear Valkyries to evacuate Ny’alotha, and Helya promised a dying Vrykul warrior that she would rescue the Vrykul souls held in Helheim.
• Saloras explained that the Saviors Swarm would live and hunt in N’Zoth’s Waking Dream, which might also become a place to exile dangerous criminals.
• The Waking Dream returned to reality as Boralus, and the Saviors Swarm advanced into the ruined city to consume the corruptive remains.
• Derek Proudmoore ordered his outnumbered fleet to fight to the death after losing half his ships to Farwynd’s forces.
• Daelin’s strange fleet appeared through the sea mist, and Daelin called out to Derek while bringing his younger siblings to reunite with him.

Daelin and his family broke the Kul Tiras fleet’s encirclement, exposed the void creatures, and defeated Farwynd aboard the Devil Shark. King Daelin returned to N’yalotha, leaving the Sea Sovereign and the duty of hunting down pirates to the admiral and his children.

• King Daelin’s arrival and the purifying sunlight exposed the void creatures among Kul Tiras’s forces, throwing Farwynd’s fleet into chaos and allowing Derek to break out of the encirclement.
• Daelin’s family charged the Devil Shark, while Farwynd forced Lord Ashvane to swallow a void bug and prepared to fight rather than flee.
• Admiral Daelin and Farwynd leaped between their ships and fought as the vessels collided, and the assault on the Devil Shark ended with Farwynd and Ashvane dead.
• Derek received the Kingdom Regent’s seal from King Daelin, who announced that he would return to N’yalotha and establish a city for the Shadowkin.
• Admiral Daelin agreed to send ships and prisoners to N’yalotha as rent for the Sea Sovereign, while King Daelin departed and reunited with his Naga lover.

Daelin returned to Menethil Harbor aboard the Void-corrupted Sea Sovereign and reunited with his family after learning that his split-off self and N'Zoth were now separate beings. Meanwhile, Aegwynn and Diakum confirmed that Azeroth was beginning to awaken, though her recovery would take centuries.

• Daelin and the wounded soldiers arrived in Menethil Harbor aboard the Sea Sovereign, whose crew warned the dock guards about feeding and avoiding the warship.
• Daelin mistook Diakum's human disguise for a lover of Katherine and Gina, but his attack broke the disguise and exposed the Vigilant.
• Diakum appraised Daelin's Abyssal Trident and explained that Daelin and his brother N'Zoth were now separate individuals despite sharing an identity and past life.
• Daelin embraced Katherine and said he no longer felt guilty about returning to his family, while they discussed Gina's place in their lives.
• Aegwynn reported that the Circle of Stars node had been shut down and Ulduar's shutdown was progressing, allowing Azeroth's activity to rise as she began recovering.
• Diakum and Aegwynn affirmed that Azeroth would awaken but needed at least five hundred years to recover, and Diakum heard the Supreme Star Soul thank him.

Shaper Sargerei and Kil'jaeden discussed the Shadow Chasing Swarm's expansion through the Twisting Nether and the Burning Legion's coming conflicts. Sargerei planned simultaneous invasions of Azeroth and Draenor, intending to confront Diakum and Velen personally on Draenor and leave Azeroth in Kil'jaeden's hands.

• The Shadow Chasing Swarm spread across demon worlds, and its Insect Saint Leviathans enabled it to resume its attacks despite the Burning Legion's destruction of numerous planets.
• Sargerei proposed containing the Swarm in a designated region and letting wild demons fight it, but Kil'jaeden warned that the Swarm could eventually escape and devastate the Twisting Nether.
• Sargerei told Kil'jaeden that Velen and Diakum were assembling an Eredar restoration army, while Xe'ra's fleet headed toward Draenor.
• Sargerei announced that he would invade Azeroth with two fallen Titans and launch a simultaneous Burning invasion of Draenor, focusing the campaign on Draenor to challenge Diakum and Velen.
• Kil'jaeden accepted that Sargerei would lead the campaign personally, and Sargerei left Azeroth's defense in Kil'jaeden's hands.

After the war ended, Great Chieftain Hogger prepared to lead his War Horde to the Dragon Isles and attack the Gnoll Kingdom in Bramblefur Valley. Learning that the enemy numbered at least fifty thousand, he sought reinforcements and funding, and Malin Noggenfogger offered him a war loan.

• Great Chieftain Hogger gathered his gnolls and orc allies at Flamestar Post to board a Kul Tiras fleet bound for the Dragon Isles.
• Maim questioned why they were sailing from the Badlands, and Hogger explained that Booty Bay was under lockdown amid conflict among the goblin cartels.
• Scale Commander Sarkareth offered Dracthyr and Blue Dragon support, warned that the Gnoll Kingdom had at least fifty thousand fighters, and advised Hogger to recruit more allies.
• Hogger decided to seek help from the Golden Guards in Stranglethorn and his Dark Iron Dwarf friend, while Sarkareth suggested offering the dwarves access to Bramblefur Valley's mineral veins and seeking the Church of the Holy Light's help against possible Void corruption.
• Captain Cyrus offered to arrange more ships and artillery, but Hogger admitted that he had no money to fund the expedition.
• Malin Noggenfogger offered Hogger a war loan in exchange for managing the Gnoll Kingdom's trade with the outside world after its conquest.

Great Chieftain Hogger arrived in the Azure Span to conquer the Gnoll Kingdom, but worried that his forces were too divided and outnumbered. After seeking advice and aid from Anveena, Lycantos, and several Loa, he summoned the courage to contact Vigilant Diakum, who answered.

• Hogger arrived in the Azure Span with a fleet and a mixed army, intending to seize the isolated Gnoll Kingdom in the mountains.
• Sarkareth advised Hogger to capture a valley from the Gnolls to win the Blue Dragons' support, and Rend volunteered to lead a night raid with Gnolls and Orcs.
• Hogger inspected his poorly coordinated forces and asked Anveena for advice, so she urged him to seek help from local Loa and unite the Gnolls' enemies.
• Lycantos told Hogger that the war was a chance to establish the Gnolls as a true race and urged him to become their Wolf King.
• Hogger received promises of aid from Akunda, Jibul, Hir'eek, Old Gani, Ohn'ahra, and Grol, including blessings, fighters, and Tuskarr support.
• Hogger used the Holy Crest to contact Vigilant Diakum, and the Vigilant answered him.

Hogger received Diakum’s blessing to fight the Void-corrupted Gnolls of Bramblefur Valley and began pursuing the Holy Light. As the war reached a decisive duel with Corrupt Matriarch Nu Yan, Hogger unleashed a Holy Light-powered attack and appeared to become a gnoll Saint.

• Hogger met Diakum in High Heaven, and Diakum promised the Holy Light’s aid against the corruption in Bramblefur Valley while explaining that gnolls could follow the Holy Light through good deeds.
• Hogger woke with a warmed Holy Crest, obtained a Holy Flame Canon, and learned that Centaur clans would help trap the Bramblefur gnolls.
• Hogger led its allies into Bramblefur Valley, where opposing gnolls joined its campaign to overthrow Corrupt Matriarch Nu Yan and purify their homeland.
• Maim advised Hogger to accept Nu Yan’s duel so the Blue Dragons could strike her forces, and Hogger risked its life believing the Holy Light would watch over it.
• Hogger charged Nu Yan and unleashed Most Holy Slash, astonishing the onlookers as Little Star declared that a gnoll Saint had appeared.

Diakum discussed the Dragon Isles Gnoll victory and the coming challenges posed by Xe’ra as Lothar prepared to become Emperor. At Stromgarde, Lothar gave the Arathi Empire Thoradin’s crown-era sword before his coronation, entrusting his brother nation with a symbol of human unity.

• Diakum told Nali that Hogger had slain the decayed Rage-Eye Matriarch, while Nali described the gifts planned for Lothar’s coronation and warned of tensions with Xe’ra’s fanatical Army of the Light.
• Nali urged Diakum to reject Xe’ra’s prophecy and uphold his creed of defying fate, and he asked her not to embrace Elune’s dark moon if he departed into darkness.
• Lothar’s allies prepared Stromgarde for his coronation with ceremonial regalia, a golden throne, lavish food, and red maple trees.
• Lothar told Daenerys that he would send Strom'kar, the Warbreaker, to the Arathi Empire to help resolve its succession troubles.
• Lothar gave General Stittek the sword and asked her to convey his goodwill to the Arathi Emperor.

Anduin Lothar was crowned emperor under a succession law requiring future rulers to be chosen from the Saviors of human civilization and make a pilgrimage to the World Temple. Diakum left for Draenor after blessing Lothar and Daenerys with a pregnancy spell, then prepared to face the coming Legion invasion and help the Eredar return home.

• At Lothar’s coronation, Varian Wrynn carried the ancient crown, and Lady Aegwynn announced that future emperors must be chosen from the Saviors and undertake a pilgrimage to the World Temple.
• Lothar accepted the new succession law, was crowned by Archbishop Faol, and celebrated with Daenerys and the gathered guests.
• Diakum told Lothar he was leaving Azeroth, then used Power Word: Pregnancy on Daenerys before his Faith Incarnation dispersed and the real Diakum departed for Draenor.
• Aboard the Exodar, Diakum examined the Judicator Armor forged by Tyr and Archaedas and found he could wear it, though his power could melt it.
• Yrel reported that Light Eaters were ready to confront Xe'ra, while Diakum said Draenor should prepare for a true Burning Legion invasion and predicted the Eredar would eventually return home.

Mar'gok returned to Draenor as a powerful graduate of Nathrezim Academy, carrying Pillars of Creation for Diakum and planning to rebuild the Ogre Empire. Diakum received the relics and hinted that the Shadowlands’ rules might soon change, leaving Mar'gok eager to pursue the arcane path.

• At Northshire Abbey, Kael'thas praised Mar'gok's talent and asked what he had traded to Dalaran for the Gatanon Scroll blueprint.
• Mar'gok explained that he planned to build Highmaul as a floating city and reshape Ogre inheritance, while keeping his method for increasing the clan’s numbers secret.
• Before Mar'gok crossed the Dark Portal, Kael'thas sensed powerful relics in his crates, and Mar'gok said he was delivering them for someone else.
• After arriving in Draenor, Mar'gok signed an Apexis Crystal supply contract with the Steamwheedle Prince and brought the crates to Diakum the Saint.
• Diakum identified the crates’ contents as Khaz'goroth's Hammer, the Tear of Elune, the Shield of Aggramar, and the Tidal Stone, then ordered the relics sent beneath Tayara.
• Mar'gok told Diakum he planned to spend three thousand years reforming the Ogre kingdom and had obtained a lich transformation ritual, while Diakum hinted that the Shadowlands might soon change.

Sargerei redirected the Burning Legion fleet from Azeroth to Draenor, where he planned to kill Diakum before he could ascend. He secretly sought the Void Lords’ cooperation, arguing that Diakum’s growing swarm threatened them as well.

• Sargerei learned that the demons under his command hoped Diakum would ascend and leave the material world, and he warned them that the Ashbringers would multiply instead.
• Sargerei rejected the fleet’s invasion plan for Azeroth and ordered it to attack Draenor, where Diakum and the Light Weaver Warband were stationed.
• Sargerei explained that Azeroth was prepared for invasion and that killing Diakum could also curb the Shadow Chasing Swarm’s expansion.
• Malchezaar suggested using the Fallen Titan aboard the fleet to defeat Diakum, but Sargerei rebuked him and dismissed the Man’ari Greater Demons.
• Sargerei secretly contacted the Void Lords and urged them to cooperate against Diakum, warning that the growing swarm would consume them if they refused.

Sarkir questioned Gul'dan about Xavius’s attempt to join the Legion and warned them that Diakum might already suspect their plans. Xavius then reported that Azeroth’s Pillars of Creation may have been transferred, leaving Sarkir with a warning to prepare carefully for the campaign on Draenor.

• Sarkir received Gul'dan’s report that Xavius had abandoned Helya and offered the Legion the Naga’s support in exchange for shelter.
• Gul'dan admitted that Xavius had offered knowledge of sunken wrecks and drowned Blue Dragons to help strengthen the Scourge.
• Sarkir warned Gul'dan that Diakum might have anticipated his plans and told him to assist Kil'jaeden before retiring from the material world.
• Sarkir summoned Xavius, promised him protection if he served the Legion, and threatened him with Torghast or Argus’s Demon Forge if he failed.
• Xavius warned Sarkir that the Tear of Elune was gone and that the other Pillars of Creation might also have been transferred, urging caution in the Draenor campaign.

Pasonia Shaw discovered that Sargerei’s demon fleet was likely bound for Draenor, warned Emperor Lothar, and traveled to Shattered Hand Abyss to confront Kargath Bladefist. She urged Kargath to take his wandering planet into the coming demon war before she killed him.

• Sargerei let Consortium cargo ships pass so they could spread misleading news that his fleet was heading for Azeroth.
• Pasonia Shaw inferred that the fleet was likely targeting Diakum the Saint and sent a warning to Emperor Lothar through the Azeroth intelligence network.
• Matthias Shaw questioned the costly communications invoice presented by goblin agent Razor Regik.
• Pasonia Shaw traveled to Shattered Hand Abyss, where Kargath Bladefist ran a wandering planet and arena for demon fighters.
• Pasonia Shaw confronted Kargath and told him the demon fleet was likely heading for Draenor, offering him a choice between dying immediately or joining another demon war.

Lightforged fleet commander S'fraelx entered the High Heavens during prayer and climbed its Faith Stairway, where the trial exposed her doubts about the Army of the Light's doctrine. She returned to her flagship shaken, while Xe'ra realized Diakum's trial had severed her influence over S'fraelx.

• S'fraelx reviewed her fleet's readiness before praying to Xe'ra aboard her flagship.
• S'fraelx arrived at the High Heavens and learned from Hogger that the Faith Stairway tested those who climbed it.
• S'fraelx climbed to the ninety-ninth stair, where the Archangel of Courage appeared and instructed her to reflect on her faith.
• S'fraelx reached the one hundred and thirtieth stair before the trial's doubts overwhelmed her and her spiritual form fell back to the flagship.
• S'fraelx withdrew from Xe'ra's radiance and ordered that she not be disturbed until the fleet reached Draenor.
• Xe'ra sensed that her mental protection over S'fraelx had been dispelled and wondered how the Army of the Light could fight demons without its current devotion.

As the Eredar Restoration Army prepared to call their scattered clans to reclaim Argus, Diakum learned that Xe'ra was arriving on Draenor and rejected a plot to have her killed. Vilara warned that the Eternal Ones might target Xe'ra, so Diakum resolved to save her and expose the conspiracy; aboard the Light fleet, Lothraxion inspected Xe'ra's landing craft under the pretense of ensuring its safety.

• The seven Eredar clans arrived on Draenor with a powerful fleet, and Diakum learned that their generations in exile had weakened their ties to Argus.
• Diakum urged Velen and Vilara to begin calling the scattered clans to join the Restoration Army, but they said they must first prepare for the coming wars and wait for Hutton to return with the Titan Soul.
• Yula reported that Xe'ra and Sfurax's fleet had entered the Draenor system and relayed Yuna's suggestion to shoot down Xe'ra's ship; Diakum refused and planned a private meeting with Xe'ra.
• Vilara warned Diakum that the Eternal Ones might use an infiltrator to kill Xe'ra and frame the Restoration Army, then urged him to save her and expose the plot.
• Lothraxion visited Xe'ra's landing craft aboard the Light fleet, claiming he needed to inspect it before she traveled to Draenor.

After High Heaven’s Faith Stairway shattered S'fraelx’s certainty and spread doubts through the Lightforged, she gathered affected warriors aboard the Xenedar to seek answers on Draenor. Lothraxion revealed that he had been acting under the Creator’s orders, then sabotaged the ship, but Diakum arrived to shield its occupants as it exploded.

• S'fraelx emerged from solitary confinement and learned from her adjutant that many aboard the fleet had visited High Heaven and lost their spiritual connection to Xe'ra.
• S'fraelx ordered the affected officers and warriors transferred to the Xenedar and headed for Draenor to seek answers from the Vigilant.
• Lothraxion appeared aboard the Xenedar, and S'fraelx confronted him after realizing he had not been assigned to the ship.
• Lothraxion said he had been serving the Creator and could not defy his mission, then transformed into golden bats and vanished as the Xenedar’s engines exploded.
• Xe'ra struggled to protect the ship, but Diakum arrived and used War Authority: Holdfast to shield the Lightforged from the blast.

Dick saved the Xenedar from destruction and guided it to a safe landing beside Oshu'gun, while Xe'ra was weakened by Lothraxion's sabotage. After Dick removed the remaining bombs, he showed Xe'ra the Eclipse Fragment and said it was An'she's first child in darkness.

• Lothraxion's bombs damaged the Xenedar as it neared Draenor, and Xe'ra used her Light to keep the ship functioning while Diakum protected it.
• Diakum caught the Xenedar before it could strike Oshu'gun, easing Gaiara and the gathered Orcs' fears.
• S'fraelx thanked Diakum for saving the Lightforged, agreed to describe the crash as an accident, and went with the wounded to Karabor Temple.
• Saloras and Oreses welcomed S'fraelx and offered to share how the Light Weaver Warband had overcome its crisis of faith.
• Diakum removed the remaining bombs and purged the Death Force from Xe'ra, then revealed the Eclipse Fragment and identified it as An'she's first child in darkness.

Xera arrived at Karabor Temple and prepared to discuss the Army of the Light’s future with Diakum, while Yrel and the Twins devised a plan to weaken the Mother of Light using Sin'dorei suffering from Magic Addiction. Yrel revealed that the Sunwell Floating Isle was already bringing the elves to Draenor, leaving the conspirators poised to carry out their plan.

• Xera arrived at Karabor Temple, where the Naaru and Eredar welcomed her, and she prepared to meet with Diakum after the prayers.
• Diakum told Nali he wanted Xera to help redirect the Army of the Light toward fighting the Void and said they only needed to hold Sargeras back to undermine the demons’ confidence.
• Yrel warned the Twins that Xera and Diakum’s disagreement could escalate, then proposed using Light Eater elves to drain Xera’s Holy Light.
• The Twins agreed to recruit Magic Addicted Sin'dorei from Quel'Thalas, and Oreses suggested turning their treatment into a source of believers for Kael'thas’s Sun State Religion.
• Yrel revealed that she had already arranged for the Sunwell Floating Isle to bring the Magic Addicted elves to Karabor Temple, and said she would proceed despite the Twins’ objections.

Zehra arrived on Draenor and offered to sacrifice her power to help Diakum fuse with An'she, but he rejected her prophecy-driven plan and revealed evidence that Death had manipulated the prophecies and inflamed the Force War. Zehra began to question her beliefs, and Diakum redirected her sacred power toward helping the hungry and the Sin'dorei suffering from Magic Addiction.

• Zehra ended her long sermon and was escorted to Aldor Temple, where Maraad and Nubodon explained that the sick Sin'dorei elves would be moved to Shattrath City.
• Yrel arrived with Light Eater elves and told Maraad and Nubodon that they had arranged for Zehra to spread the Holy Light among the Magic-addicted elves, while Lelan prepared a press release.
• Diakum asked Zehra about An'she and his plan to reignite the sun, and Zehra offered to sacrifice her power to help him fuse with An'she's divine body.
• Diakum refused Zehra's offering and argued that he had forged his own path rather than being shaped by fate or prophecy.
• Diakum showed Zehra a report taken from Nathrezim trapped in his Soul-Reaping War Scythe, revealing that the Eternal Ones had manipulated the Six Forces and that Death was driving the conflict.
• Zehra tried to transfer her sacred power to Diakum, but he sealed it away and directed it toward the hungry and the Magic-addicted Sin'dorei, who gathered outside the temple and welcomed the light.

Zera unleashed her Holy Light to help the Magic Addiction elves, prompting the Army of the Light to mistake the scene for an attack until S'fraelx calmed them. Inside Aldor Temple, Diakum explained his plan to have Zera ignite Xal'atath and help rekindle An'she, while urging Zera to stop bearing the burden of the prophecy alone.

• Zera flooded Karabor Temple with Holy Light as thousands of Magic Addiction elves consumed it, and Yrel blocked the Army of the Light from entering Aldor Temple.
• Orunas demonstrated his Light Eater Clan's Holy Light abilities, but the Lightforged Fleet still suspected that Yrel's side was restraining Zera.
• S'fraelx ordered the soldiers to stand down, and Nubodon explained that Zera was grieving rather than angry.
• Diakum told Zera that he was restraining her while using her Holy Light to try to ignite Xal'atath without destroying her consciousness.
• Diakum asked Zera to ignite Xal'atath so she could join their effort to find and rekindle An'she, and he described how High Heaven could draw the Army of the Light beyond its prophecy.

S'fraelx pledged the Lightforged Fleet to the Argus Restoration Army, while Velen and Nat Pagle foresaw a Burning Legion attack on Draenor and Azeroth involving Kil'jaeden, Sarkir, and Fallen Titans. Diakum rescued Nali and the Dark Portal guards when demons destroyed the portal, leaving Draenor cut off from Azeroth as the invasion approached.

• S'fraelx met the Argus Lord, pledged her fleet to restoring Argus, and agreed to send Lightforged ships to escort Grand Executor Hutton's fleet.
• Ishaana told S'fraelx that Velen and Nat Pagle had both foreseen demons coming to Draenor for the extinguished sun.
• Nat Pagle described a vision of Draenor's destruction, a blue-skinned demon leader, a giant attacking Shattrath, and a darkness threatening the sun; he warned Diakum that the giant and darkness were coming for him.
• Velen confirmed that the Burning Legion would attack Azeroth and Draenor simultaneously with Kil'jaeden, Sarkir, and Fallen Titans, so Nali set out to warn Azeroth.
• The Dark Portal exploded as Nali crossed it, but Diakum rescued her and the guards; he said Draenor had lost its connection to Azeroth.

After the demons destroyed the Dark Portal and severed the direct route between Azeroth and Draenor, Llane Wrynn learned that the invasion was beginning across multiple fronts. Diakum and his allies prepared alternate routes through the Emerald Dream and the stars, while S'fraelx's fleet raced toward Azeroth, hoping to arrive before the decisive battle.

• Llane Wrynn learned that a warlock possessed by a greater wraith had destroyed the Dark Portal, cutting Azeroth off from the K'ure Alliance and delaying the World Tree Tayara's recovery.
• Anzu told Llane Wrynn that demons had also attacked the Elemental Realms, that the World Mother was organizing defenses, and that the Strom'kar and Arathi Empires would share twelve Savior trials.
• Diakum directed Archbishop Nali and the Moon Goddess priests to speed Tayara's fusion with the Tear of Elune, while the Spriggan Father urged him to summon Rexxar and the Mok'Nathal druids.
• Aegwynn used the Staff of Sargeras to transport S'fraelx's fleet, but demonic interference sent it far across the starry sea; S'fraelx reported that the fleet needed about ten days to reach an ancient stargate.
• Diakum ordered the Lightforged Fleet to head for Azeroth and urged S'fraelx and her soldiers to survive the journey, promising to bring them home.

As Sarkir’s fleet attacked Draenor, Diakum rallied the clans and used the system’s sun to destroy the demon warships before empowering the World Rings. Sarkir then sent a corrupted Titan to the surface, and Diakum and Draenor’s warriors advanced to meet it as Mar'gok prepared to unleash his insect swarm.

• Sarkir’s fleet entered Draenor’s system, and Diakum arranged for the Eredar and the K'ure Alliance to hold the line while reinforcements were summoned through a business deal with the Consortium.
• Jaide left for the starport to command the Eredar fleet, while Diakum gathered Draenor’s leaders in Shattrath City to bless their World Rings.
• Diakum used the power of the system’s sun to bombard the demon fleet, destroying warships in orbit and preventing them from attacking Draenor.
• Diakum blessed the World Rings as Draenor’s leaders vowed to fight, but Sarkir sent a corrupted Titan through a fel gate to attack the world.
• Diakum grew into a giant and advanced against the Titan with Ashbringer as Draenor’s warriors prepared to fight the demons, while Mar'gok told Evergreen Father to hatch the insect egg he had brought back.

Diakum fought the fallen Norgannon, dragged him into the Sea of Darkness, and helped destroy a Void Lord in their clash. Meanwhile, Sarkir breached Karabor Temple’s defenses and confronted Velen, intent on burning the city in revenge.

• Diakum recognized Norgannon, whose Platinum Disc absorbed his attacks through its link to the Twisting Nether, and opened a rift to the Sea of Darkness to move their battle away from Draenor.
• Diakum forced Norgannon into the rift, and a Void Lord swallowed them before their combined Holy Light and fel power killed it from within.
• Diakum damaged Norgannon’s Disc of Destruction with Solar Fist, but Norgannon countered with a fel version of the same technique.
• Sarkir attacked Karabor Temple and used its knowledge of the Archon’s Seal to dismantle the defenses protecting the city.
• Velen raised Holy Word: Barrier against the orbital bombardment, and Sarkir confronted him, promising to make Karabor Temple burn in revenge for Oronaar City.

As the Burning Legion bombarded Draenor from orbit, Velen and the Arcane Academy helped unleash the Argus Lord’s power to destroy the demonic fleet. With the bombardment ended and the Eredar rallying behind their World Soul, the battle to reclaim Argus began again.

• Sarkir ordered the Legion to bombard Draenor from orbit while the Twins Archbishop sent Light Weaver Warband commanders to defend key K'ure Alliance positions.
• Velen used sun-transformed Holy Light to hold back demons at Karabor Temple as the Sunwell Floating Isle launched an energy beacon into orbit.
• Ms. Vilara sent the beacon’s coordinates to the Argus Lord, who rose beneath Tanaan Jungle and used Gogonas's Tidal Stone to unleash a cosmic storm that destroyed the Fel warships.
• Garrosh led the Mag'har into battle against the demons, while the Orcs’ Holy Light-blessed weapons turned slain demons to ash.
• The Argus Lord confronted Sarkir and declared him a traitor as the Eredar recognized their World Soul and charged the retreating demons.