Recaps

Azshara faced pressure to abandon her dream of restoring the Elven Empire and rule the trolls, but Diakum urged her to seek an answer among her people. In Suramar, she found a Nightborne child transformed into a troll by the Magic Plague and comforted her by rejecting the idea that elves were noble and trolls savage.

• Tyrande warned Azshara that the Kaldorei and Sin'dorei would resist any attempt to rebuild the empire, while Bwonsamdi and Talanji urged her to unite the troll and Naga empires.
• Azshara lost her temper and dismissed everyone except Diakum after effortlessly forcing the Nightwell's magical surge back into the well.
• Tyrande and Diakum told Azshara to accept that her empire was gone, and Diakum advised her to visit her loyal Nightborne subjects.
• Azshara teleported to Suramar and rescued a Nightborne girl who had tried to drown herself after the Magic Plague transformed her into a troll.
• Azshara comforted the girl, explained that she had once had fangs too, and told her that elves were not noble and trolls were not savage by nature.

Azshara discovered that the Magic Plague spores had cured the Nightborne’s mana addiction by irreversibly turning them into trolls, and she chose to accept them as her people. She joined the battle for Suramar with troll allies, while Vashj urged Varo'then to love Azshara for her soul and protect her.

• Azshara confirmed that the spores had permanently transformed the little girl into a troll and cured her mana addiction, then gave her rabbit meat to eat.
• The girl defended Queen Azshara and revealed that the transformed Nightborne were hiding in the city sewers, so Azshara promised they could stay in their home.
• Azshara transformed herself into a troll and told the girl that trolls with noble souls were elves, then set out to bring the hidden Nightborne to the battlefield.
• Azshara arrived with Remornia, the transformed Nightborne, and troll forces from Zandalar, turning the tide against the demons and undead attacking Suramar.
• Azshara’s transformed subjects revealed themselves and joined the fight, while Vashj gave Varo'then Devolution Spores and urged him to protect Azshara and be more confident in his love for her.

Azshara ended the defense of Suramar, declared the city part of the Zandalar Empire, and began uniting elves and trolls under her rule. Meanwhile, the Shadewalkers prepared for Dymus’s return as Kil'jaeden faced the Dark Titan’s refusal to join the final assault on Azeroth.

• Azshara helped end the invasion of Suramar by casting a Garothi Worldbreaker into a black hole, then proclaimed Suramar a frontier of the Zandalar Empire and demanded that the Kaldorei and Sin'dorei return occupied lands.
• Varo'then chose to remain an elf and serve at Azshara's side, while the queen promised Suramar’s people she would not force them to change their forms.
• Princess Talanji announced the trolls’ return, and Lady Vashj prepared to lead Azshara’s forces against the Naga and bring them under the queen’s command.
• Saloras, Oreses, and the Shadewalkers continued the ritual to summon the Devourer of Worlds, while warning that Dymus was in terrible condition and that void forces might attack.
• Oreses warned that Kil'jaeden would launch a final counterattack as Eclipse accelerated, and Saloras insisted that the dawn could no longer be extinguished.
• Kil'jaeden demanded that the Dark Titan join the assault on Azeroth, but the Dark Titan refused, citing a threat called Fel Zereth and promising Kil'jaeden power if he destroyed the Holy Land of Creation.

As Azeroth’s defenders struggled against Kil'jaeden’s overwhelming invasion, the Saviors prepared to make their final stand near the Star Soul Temple. Meanwhile, Azshara confronted Gul'dan at the Frozen Throne and learned that Sarkir’s promised escape was a trap.

• Kil'jaeden unleashed a massive assault across Azeroth, devastating cities and strongholds, killing defenders, and forcing the Swarm and other survivors to retreat or make desperate sacrifices.
• After eight hours of invasion, Kil'jaeden entered the battlefield in Tanaris and drove his forces toward the Star Soul Temple, where the Supreme Star Soul empowered the defenders.
• Kael'thas demanded to know when Diakum and the Army of the Light would arrive, while Velen said the fleet would reach Azeroth within two hours.
• A meteorite struck near Silithus, and Drek'Thar revealed that Kargath and his gladiators had shattered Shattered Hand Abyss to rain its fragments on the demons.
• Durotan rallied the Saviors to fight, while Lady Blue Moon told Lothar that Azshara had gone to welcome Diakum.
• Azshara confronted Gul'dan at the Frozen Throne, and Sarkir told him to surrender the Helm of Domination before listing the torturous fates awaiting him.

Azshara shattered the Helm of Domination, freeing the Scourge and breaking the Veil between life and death so the dead could enter Azeroth and join the war against the Burning Legion. As undead reinforcements descended across the battlefields, Blackhand began tormenting Gul'dan, while the Argus forces prepared for Dymus to arrive and confront Sargeras's power.

• Azshara removed the Helm of Domination from Gul'dan and tore it apart, freeing the undead from its control.
• Toserin pledged loyalty to Azshara, and undead armies across Azeroth turned on the demons they had been serving.
• The Helm's destruction shattered the Veil of Life and Death, revealing the Shadowlands and bringing its armies into the material world.
• Lothar, Kael'thas, and Varian rallied their forces as undead reinforcements descended on Azeroth's battlefields.
• Blackhand arrived beside Azshara and began breaking Gul'dan's ice, vowing to torment his soul with 999 fragments.
• Oreses learned that Dymus was nearing Azeroth and urged the Argus forces to prepare for the coming clash with Sargeras's power.

The Primus sent the Shadowlands’ armies raining down across Azeroth, turning desperate battles against the Burning Legion into counterattacks. In Silithus, Azshara ordered Diakum to retrieve his divine body while she challenged Kil'jaeden and called for Sargeras to appear.

• Mawsworn and Maldraxxus warriors fell across Azeroth, raising the dead and helping Marshal Windsor’s survivors drive demons from Stormwind.
• A necromantic knight revealed himself to Windsor as an old comrade called Colonel and led the living and dead in a counterattack.
• The Primus deployed more forces to Silithus, where they joined the battle among the Saviors, Greater Demons, and Lesser Gods.
• Azshara told Diakum that Sargeras could empower Kil'jaeden and sent him beyond the planet to retrieve his Solar Divine Body.
• Azshara ambushed Kil'jaeden, fought beside the two Night Warriors, and demanded that he bring Sargeras forth.
• Kil'jaeden called for Sargeras’s Divine Descent as the demon offensive faltered.

Diakum returned to the starfield as the dying Dymus disrupted the demon fleet, then reclaimed his divine body and destroyed the Devourer of Worlds. He used his power to crush the demons and bring S'fraelx's fleet to the Army of the Light's besieged main fleet, leaving the combined forces ready to counterattack.

• S'fraelx's exhausted fleet struggled against Kil'jaeden's vastly larger demon armada while the Army of the Light's main fleet approached a suspected ambush.
• Dymus emerged behind the demon fleet and devoured many ships, but S'fraelx recognized that the Eclipse had assimilated it and that the creature was dying.
• Diakum returned to Dymus's black-hole stomach, reunited with his divine body, and caused the Devourer of Worlds to collapse and consume itself.
• Diakum claimed Dymus's Devouring power and Xe'ra's Light's Heart, then unleashed a Radiant Sun strike that devastated the demon fleet.
• Diakum opened a phase-collapse tunnel and transported S'fraelx's fleet to the edge of the starfield, where they joined the Army of the Light's main fleet and Eonar.

Diakum returned to Azeroth as the Holy Light joined the battle against Sargeras, who completed his descent through Kil'jaeden and overwhelmed Azshara. Diakum confronted Sargeras and declared that their final duel would take place on Argus.

• Diakum felt the material star sea reject him as he returned to Azeroth, and the Supreme Star Soul helped him overcome its force.
• High Heaven's Gate opened above Silithus, and Kyrestia led the angels into battle as the Holy Light declared war.
• Azshara battered Kil'jaeden with cosmic power, but Tyrande's attack triggered Sargeras's final takeover of the demon and left Tyrande near death.
• Sargeras fully possessed Kil'jaeden and defeated Azshara's assault, while the Supreme Star Soul shielded her and the other Children of the World.
• Diakum arrived with Ashbringer and Twilight Hammer, named Argus as the site of their final duel, and challenged Sargeras.

Diakum confronted Sargeras’s incarnation to keep it from reaching Azeroth’s Supreme Star Soul, and the two fought in a battle that devastated the world around them. After trading devastating blows, Diakum used Eclipse to recover uninjured and challenged Sargeras to continue, hoping to learn Starshatter Slash.

• Diakum met Sargeras’s incarnation in combat, and their clashing powers ravaged Silithus and unleashed deadly celestial upheavals across Azeroth.
• Diakum blocked Sargeras’s first strike and counterattacked with his weapons and passive Holy Light techniques, while Sargeras’s destructive sword blows repeatedly damaged Ashbringer.
• Sargeras acknowledged Diakum as a worthy opponent and abandoned his attempt to reach the Supreme Star Soul, choosing instead to test Diakum’s limits.
• Diakum and Sargeras struck each other with their strongest attacks, leaving Diakum cut in two and Sargeras’s incarnation gravely damaged.
• Eclipse extinguished the battlefield’s light and restored Diakum unharmed, and he challenged Sargeras to repeat Starshatter Slash so he could learn it.

Stonewright, Nali, and the other Night Warriors shared Tyrande’s Wrath of Elune and confronted Elune about the deadly flaws in the Night Warrior inheritance. Elune apologized and asked them to help reform the path and join Diakum’s final rescue of An’she as the battle reached its climax.

• Malfurion saw Tyrande being consumed by Wrath of Elune and rushed toward her, but Nali warned him away and began sharing the burden with her.
• Stonewright and the Care for the Night Warrior Association arrived, joined Nali in stabilizing Tyrande, and criticized Elune for letting the Night Warrior inheritance cause so many deaths.
• Elune explained the fates of Stonewright and Kalek, promised to improve the inheritance, and asked the former Night Warriors to guide new followers.
• Nali urged Elune to apologize, and Elune appeared before the Night Warriors, bowed, and asked them to help perfect the inheritance.
• Stonewright accepted Elune’s apology and called on her to prevent further tragedies; Elune invited them to help Diakum rescue An’she as the divine battle neared its decision.

Diakum fought Sargeras’s avatar and defeated it, though the battle left him badly wounded and forced him to return to High Heaven. As he reunited briefly with Nali, Saloras, and Oreses, a new eclipse appeared, which Diakum identified as An'she moving to extinguish the Void.

• Sargeras’s avatar battled Diakum, whose eclipse nullified the avatar’s healing while his Void and Light-Shadow forms damaged the Dark Titan.
• Sargeras unleashed his full-power Starshatter Slash, and Diakum caught and absorbed the blade’s force before striking down the collapsing avatar with a Solar Halo.
• Sargeras withdrew after warning Diakum that he would destroy fel Zereth Holy Land and later face him on Argus, while Diakum prepared to return to High Heaven because Cosmic Repulsion had resumed.
• Archbishop Nali, Saloras, and Oreses reached Diakum, who embraced them briefly and gave Nali a protective Blazing Sun Seal before sending them back to their duties.
• A new eclipse darkened the sun, and Diakum told Nali that it was An'she’s power, not his own, and that An'she intended to extinguish the Void.

As the battle for the Star Soul Sanctuary intensified, Velen rescued the mortally wounded Kil'jaeden and asked him to return to Argus to organize the Penitents. Kil'jaeden agreed after Velen promised to kill him when the Restoration Army reached Argus, and Velen accepted arrest for helping him.

• Sargeras ordered the demons to fight on, promising Demon Ascension to those who earned it, and demonforging spread across Azeroth's battlefields.
• Several Greater Demons targeted Velen, but the awakened Kil'jaeden emerged from the body bag and helped Velen kill them.
• Velen asked Kil'jaeden to return to Argus and arrange for the Penitents to join their people's restoration.
• Kil'jaeden agreed to go, after Velen promised to kill him when the Restoration Army reached Argus.
• Yrel, Maraad, Eredath, and Lelan arrived, and Velen accepted symbolic shackles and judgment for rescuing Kil'jaeden.

The defenders of Azeroth suffered devastating losses as demons overwhelmed the battlefield, and Lothar died holding them back. Lady Eonar then restored life across the planet, reviving Lothar and countless others, while the newly undead Kargath complained that Blackhand had recruited him into death just before the mass resurrection.

• Kael'thas helped White Pawn defeat Felfire Hounds while Lothar sent Varian away and stayed behind with the Iron Horse Knights to fight the demons.
• Lothar was overwhelmed and killed, and Khadgar recovered his body with Garona and Shaw's help while Kargath guarded them.
• Blackhand revived Kargath as undead and told Little Hellscream that Grom had been obliterated, though Orc ancestral spirits might exist beyond the Shadowlands.
• Admiral Sfurax and Hutton arrived in Azeroth's orbit, and Lady Eonar blessed the planet with life, healing its warriors and awakening the World Tree in Un'Goro Crater.
• The blessing revived Lothar and the dead across the world, and Kargath blamed Blackhand for making him undead just before the resurrection.

As Eonar’s resurrection blessing turned the tide of the war, Argus Lord defeated Gogonas and the living drove back the demons. Eonar, Norgannon, Argus Lord, and Azeroth then rescued Gogonas’s soul from fel corruption, while Argus Lord vowed to face Aggramar next.

• Odin stopped the dead from entering The Maw and, with Helya and the Shadow Valkyr, directed them toward Eluh'ia to be resurrected.
• Argus Lord killed Gogonas with the Shield of Aggramar as Iridikron pulled the Black Corrosion Sword and Gogonas’s heart from his body.
• Aegwynn called the Saviors back to the Star Soul Temple, and the resurrected dead and reinforcements joined the counterattack across Azeroth.
• Eonar and Norgannon tried to pull Gogonas’s soul away from Sargeras and Aggramar, and Argus Lord and Azeroth helped them bring it back into Azeroth.
• Argus Lord saw Aggramar on the plains of Antorus and promised to bring him to justice in the next war.

As Azshara prepared a world-level spell to seal Azeroth from the Twisting Nether, the embattled defenders launched a final assault against the demons. On the Shimmering Flats, Blackhand reunited with Griselda and his sons and challenged them to finish their old fight and learn the chieftain’s inheritance.

• Sargeras’s decree drove the demons into an intensified final assault, and their rapid power gains let them reclaim territory and threaten the defenders.
• After Rastakhan died, Azshara arrived in Zandalar, banished the demons on the island into a black hole, and ordered the empire’s Loa to gather before her.
• Azshara began a world-level sealing spell to cut Azeroth off from the Twisting Nether, and Lothar led the defenders in a renewed charge against the disoriented demons.
• Blackhand kicked Rend away when his son ran to embrace him, then praised Griselda’s fighting spirit and challenged her and her brothers to test themselves against him.

Kael'thas reunited with his father, Anasterian, after retaking Silvermoon City and described his plans to end the Sin'dorei's Magic Addiction. Meanwhile, Diakum reunited with Saloras, Oreses, and Neri in a dream, where they rested together before the coming campaign.

• Kael'thas greeted Anasterian among the Venthyr forces after the Titan guardians and allied factions helped reclaim Silvermoon City.
• Anasterian explained how he became a Venthyr and warned Kael'thas that a king bore responsibility for the Magic Addiction afflicting his people.
• Kael'thas described the Sun State Religion and his plan to obtain the Arcan'dor legacy, then told Anasterian that he had discovered their ancestors were Trolls, prompting his father's furious denial.
• After the exhausted warriors finally rested, Saloras entered Diakum's dream and joined him and Neri on the Krokuun Great Plains; Oreses soon joined them.
• Diakum told the three women about the Shadowlands and the First Ones, then fell asleep as they settled beside him, while he planned to continue the Expedition of Flame and pursue An'she's fate.

Diakum learned that An'she planned to sink into the Sea of Darkness and surrender his power to protect Diakum, but he refused to accept the sacrifice. He promised to lead the Solar Expedition to reignite An'she, while hinting that he had arranged a restorative operation for him.

• Diakum offered Emperor Thoradin the chance to return to the material world, but Thoradin chose to become a battle angel in High Heaven.
• Diakum empowered the Holy Light Walkers fighting demons on Azeroth, then worried about the Eclipse that had appeared across the cosmos.
• X'era and Diakum discussed An'she's worsening condition before Lady Elune arrived and revealed that An'she intended to give Diakum the Radiant Sun's power and become a controllable Eclipse.
• Diakum rejected An'she's sacrifice and told Elune he would lead the light and shadow walkers into the Sea of Darkness to reignite him.
• Elune agreed to send her Night Warrior followers with the expedition, and Diakum reassured her that he had already booked An'she for a restorative operation.

Azeroth’s coalitions began driving back the demons while the undead departed to wage war across the demon worlds. At Eluh'ia, Eonar agreed to dismantle Azeroth’s Everything Unification Field but warned that restoring it on Argus would be nearly impossible, and the Eredar demanded that the Titan Souls help restore their homeland.

• Azeroth’s peoples formed continent-wide alliances and launched a demon-slaying counteroffensive with support from the Holy Light fleet.
• The Shadowlands’ army left a small detachment on Azeroth and sent its remaining forces through the River of Souls to fight demons across the stars.
• Eonar, Norgannon, and Golganneth rested beneath Eluh'ia while Elune’s moonlight helped heal Eonar.
• Yrel, the Twins Archbishop, Archbishop Nali, and the Lightforged visited Eluh'ia as representatives of the Eredar, carrying divine weapons as leverage.
• Eonar agreed to dismantle the Everything Unification Field on Azeroth but said transporting and reinstalling its devices on Argus would be nearly impossible.
• Nali and Saloras demanded that the Titan Souls help restore Argus, and Oreses accused the Pantheon of hiding a ghost.

Azshara arrived to negotiate for the ruins of the Pantheon, accusing Aman'Thul of being shaped by the First Ones and arguing that the Titan Souls had followed the wrong primordial paths. She demanded the Pantheon as a means to gain power against Sargeras, leaving the Titans to decide whether to reveal how to summon it.

• Neri gave the Titan Souls a day to consider the Eredar's terms and told Eonar that Azshara would arrive for the handover of the Pantheon ruins.
• Azshara invited Oveena and the Haranir to join her Elven Empire, and Oveena said they would deliberate before choosing a place in the world.
• Azshara accused Aman'Thul of being a traitor influenced by the First Ones and challenged Eonar to reconsider her spouse's actions toward Elun'ahir and imperfect life.
• Norgannon questioned whether the First Ones had shaped Aman'Thul for a purpose, and Azshara proposed investigating the Pantheon ruins and rescuing Aman'Thul and Khaz'goroth from Antorus.
• Azshara demanded the means to summon the Pantheon so she could draw on primordial Arcane power against Sargeras, warning the Titans that her rule would allow only one voice.

Azshara sought to unite the Zandalar Empire by placing its Loa under royal authority and demanded that Bwonsamdi become its Guardian Spirit of the Nation. Bwonsamdi accepted her decree, leaving the empire poised to gain a second Lesser God.

• Azshara returned to her palace and ordered Bwonsamdi to take Haranir form and rebuild his Other Side to serve all the empire’s peoples.
• Azshara gave Bwonsamdi six months to win recognition across the empire, threatening to replace him if he failed.
• Bwonsamdi argued that he needed Mueh'zala’s anima and more Faith Power to compete for advancement in the Shadowlands.
• Azshara offered to grant Bwonsamdi the title Guardian Spirit of the Nation and direct the empire’s worship toward him, making his power dependent on her decree.
• Old Gani reported that Azshara’s forces had killed Shadra and Malakk and were hunting Hakkar, warning Bwonsamdi that other rebellious Loa had been eliminated.
• Bwonsamdi knelt and accepted the title, asking Azshara to issue her decree.

Bwonsamdi learned that Queen Azshara’s efforts to unify the Empire advanced her Arcane Path, just as a second eclipse raised fears of trouble in the Sea of Darkness. At Karazhan, Medivh reunited with Aegwynn, accepted Aluneth, and prepared to join Azshara’s coming journey while promising to eventually sever his connection to Sargeras.

• Bwonsamdi left Azshara’s palace with authority to build temples across the Empire, then argued with Old Gani about their roles in the Queen’s court.
• Old Gani explained that Azshara’s unification of the Empire strengthened her Arcane Path and warned that obstructing her would bring ruin.
• Bwonsamdi saw a second eclipse, while Medivh studied the phenomenon at Karazhan and suspected a warning connected to the Sea of Darkness.
• Moroes told Medivh that Aegwynn had been informed of his return, and Aegwynn arrived to reunite with her son.
• Medivh and Aegwynn discussed the coming Solar Expedition, and Aegwynn gave him Aluneth to accompany him on the road.
• Medivh told Aegwynn he would eventually sever his dark connection to Sargeras, while she urged him to live freely and return to visit her.

The Eclipse Sect accelerated An'she's fall and prepared to spread the Eclipse beyond the Sea of Darkness, while the Truth Hunter warned that Diakum would oppose them. Diakum then organized the Solar Expedition with the Lightforged Fleet and the exiled children of the Void to reach An'she and reignite the sun.

• The Eclipse Sect leader argued that An'she's weakening made an invasion during the coming Eclipse possible and invited the Truth Hunter to join.
• The Truth Hunter refused, warned that Diakum and the People of Light would intervene, and urged the Eclipse Sect to disband and stop harming An'she.
• The Eclipse Sect leader rejected the warning, vowed to bring about Eternal Night, and threatened Diakum and the Truth Hunter.
• Gristletia told Diakum that more than 589 Light-believing civilizations had joined the Solar Expedition, and Diakum explained that only legendary members could enter the Sea of Darkness.
• Zraly reported that 300 Light warships and 500 naaru were ready to accompany the expedition, while Diakum said the exiled children of the Sea of Darkness would handle the counterattack and return home.

The Queen of Blades returned to the Overmind as the Shadow Chasing Swarm prepared to leave the Twisting Nether for the Sea of Darkness. The Overmind granted the Odachi Insectfolk a new identity and the task of continuing the Great Cycle in the Swarm’s place.

• The Queen of Blades admired the Shadow Chasing Swarm’s expanding war effort and learned that the Light Weaver had summoned it back to the Sea of Darkness.
• The Queen of Blades greeted four elder insects and met the Odachi Insectfolk gathered with the Overmind.
• The Overmind appointed the Odachi Insectfolk to lead the Twisting Nether’s Swarm after the Shadow Chasing Swarm departed and named them the Toranar Swarm.
• The Odachi Insectfolk elder accepted the new name, offered to undergo Abathur’s modification surgery, and named a victorious Valkyrie as their Queen of Blades.
• The Queen of Blades warned that the Toranar Swarm would face a fierce demonic counterattack after losing the Swarm champions.
• The Odachi Insectfolk elder vowed to retreat and rebuild elsewhere in the Twisting Nether before restarting the war, while the Shadow Chasing Swarm went to the Sea of Darkness.

After the demon invasion, Kael'thas struggled to decide how Quel'Thalas should treat its undead citizens and proposed gathering them into a separate realm. At the Star Soul Temple, the leaders debated the dead and prepared for the Solar Expedition, which Kael'thas suspected would involve a ritual to ignite the sun.

• Kael'thas learned that many Sin'dorei had become San'layn and received letters from undead elves who wished to keep serving Quel'Thalas.
• Lanathel advised Kael'thas to seek the World Mother's guidance and described proposals from Emperor Lothar and the Blue Dragons about the undead.
• Kael'thas proposed gathering Azeroth's undead in one place, then went to the Star Soul Temple to discuss his idea with the other leaders.
• Princess Talanji urged the leaders to include death in their peoples' faiths, warning that ordinary believers could otherwise face judgment in the Shadowlands.
• Lothar told Kael'thas that leaders of the People of Light would soon join the Solar Expedition, and Kael'thas suspected Diakum had assembled them for a ritual.

Archbishop Oreses explained how the Lightkindling Ritual would unite the faith of the People of Light to rekindle An’she, while Commander Diakum refused to become the Sea of Stars’ new sun. As the Solar Expedition prepared to enter the Sea of Darkness, the Truth Hunter welcomed the returning exiles and urged Diakum to become the force that would reshape the Void.

• Oreses told the Argus Five and Draenor Five that Diakum would use the Lightkindling Ritual to awaken An’she, and explained why he would not accept the role of the eternal sun.
• Yrel objected that a new sun could displace Diakum, but Oreses and Eredath assured her that his place as Lord of Dawn would remain unchanged.
• Oreses assigned the Army of the Light to maintain the ritual during the expedition, while Fareeya reported that at least ten Night Warriors would join them.
• Staghelm and Marlis reached the Sea of Darkness and found that it welcomed their return, then prepared the Shadow-Chasing Beacons for the swarm’s arrival.
• The Truth Hunter told Staghelm that the Void would accept the Light Weaver’s return and asked him to urge Diakum to open Heaven’s Gate and correct the Eclipse Sect’s course.