Recaps

Diakum defeated Old Anzu’s resistance and explained that Rukhmar could return if Draenor’s connection to the Emerald Dream was restored. Anzu agreed to consider helping protect Draenor, while Neri’s group prepared to head for Skyreach to rescue Eredath and recover the Golden Sunfire Ring.

• Neri and Rexxar’s companions helped Diakum defeat Old Anzu, and Diakum stopped the battle to question him about the forged extortion letter.
• Diakum revealed that Medivh had drawn Anzu into the scheme by promising to resurrect Rukhmar, then persuaded Anzu to discuss Draenor’s fate in his nest.
• Neri led the others toward Skyreach to rendezvous with Garona and Nubodon, rescue Eredath, and retrieve the Golden Sunfire Ring for the K'ure Alliance.
• Maraad, Yrel, Yura, and Neri discussed the Holy Light-like flames wielded by Rukhmar and whether the Arakkoa were connected to the Holy Light.
• Diakum warned Anzu that the Orcs and demons threatened the Arakkoa, and Anzu admitted he had been preparing a solution with the Scroll Keepers.
• Diakum explained that Rukhmar could be reborn if Draenor’s connection to the Emerald Dream returned, then challenged Anzu to protect the world for her sake.

Diakum convinced Anzu to help the demon-resistance coalition by promising to restore the Arakkoa’s rightful Talon King, Terokk, and purge his curse through Lightforging. As Neri’s group prepared to rescue Eredath and support Skyreach’s rebels, they learned the Talon King would return before dawn, and Reshad revealed that two figures would come back from time.

• Diakum urged Anzu to investigate the Evergrowth Woods and condemned him for neglecting the Arakkoa, prompting Anzu to explain the factions’ decline and reveal Terokk’s corrupted soul.
• Anzu agreed to join the coalition if Diakum could remove Sethe’s curse, and Diakum used his Dark Archon form and the Twilight Hammer to consume the Void curse and proposed Lightforging Terokk.
• Garona told Neri and the others that Eredath was being tortured by Skyreach’s sun priests, who planned to sacrifice him, while civilians and priest apprentices secretly supported his teachings and planned a rescue.
• Neri’s group discussed contacting Skyreach’s rebels, but Yrel warned that the Arakkoa’s divisions and the ongoing Orc attack on Talador left little time to find a leader they could unite behind.
• Nubodon relayed Diakum’s order to send two Sunfire Kaliri eggs to Karabor Temple and prepare to liberate Skyreach with the returning Talon King before dawn.
• Reshad explained that the eggs were sacred to Arakkoa birth, while Neri and Yura recognized Diakum’s plan to Lightforge Terokk; Reshad then announced that two noble figures would return from time.

Reshad explained how Talon King Terokk and Princess Lacey had been betrayed and prepared for rebirth, while Anzu and Naaru Kara Lightforged them in new bodies. As a coup began in Skyreach, Terokk and Lacey arrived to join the struggle, and Terokk pledged the Arakkoa’s support to the K'ure Alliance.

• Reshad recounted Terokk and Lacey’s tragic history, then sent their eggs through Nubodon’s astral gate to Karabor Temple and revealed the locations of the Sunfire relics and Rukhran.
• Naaru Kara Lightforged Terokk and Lacey’s eggs with Anzu’s help, while Anzu blessed them with his Life Force and pledged to support Draenor against the demons.
• Garona told Dick that Eredath was being tortured at Skyreach, and Dick sent a team to rescue him before dawn while waiting for a signal to begin the Arakkoa’s coup.
• Neri and Yura planned to retrieve the Sunfire Gold Relics, while Dick explained that the fallen Arakkoa would lead the revolt and discussed seeking Draenor’s Heart of Life.
• Terokk and Lacey arrived at Skyreach after being reborn, and Terokk thanked Dick and promised that the Arakkoa would remain allies of the Draenei under his rule.

Terokk led the Arakkoa of the Midnight and the kaliri in a surprise assault to reclaim Skyreach, while Diakum fought through the Sun Sect’s defenses to stop its superweapon. The battle reached Skyreach’s upper levels as Viryx prepared Rukhmar’s Breath, and Diakum entered the Sun Temple after defeating Master Ranjit.

• Diakum urged Terokk to unite the arakkoa under the names Sunfire Arakkoa and Arakkoa of the Midnight, and Lacey supported opening Skyreach to Anzu’s people.
• Terokk summoned tens of thousands of Arakkoa of the Midnight, while kaliri joined his forces and Lacey sent them to warn Skyreach’s residents.
• Terokk’s forces reclaimed Skyreach, where the Talon King ignited the Sun Sect’s battle standard and led the assault as Diakum joined him as Hand of the King.
• Viryx rallied the Sun Sect and ordered its warriors to defend the temple while she prepared to activate Rukhmar’s Breath.
• Terokk shattered a Sunfire Guardian as the battle spread across Skyreach’s platforms, while Diakum advanced toward the Sun Temple to seize Rukhmar’s Breath.
• Diakum defeated Master Ranjit with charged holy chakrams and Ashbringer, spared him, and entered the Sun Temple while shaping a wheel of holy light.

Neri, Yura, and Rexxar raided Skyreach’s treasury, freed Rukhran from the Sun Cult’s control, and tried to save two injured Sunlight Eagle hatchlings as the city’s ancient weapon fired. Below, Eredath insisted on joining the effort to stop Rukhmar’s Breath, and Garona followed to protect him for her mother’s sake.

• Neri and Yura found the Golden Sunfire Ring and Sunlight Eagle eggs in the treasury while Rexxar fought outside.
• Rexxar freed Rukhran by linking their souls, and the Dread Raven Lord rescued him, Neri, and Yura when Rukhmar’s Breath shattered the platform.
• Yura discovered that two eggs had cracked, and Rexxar told her and Neri to link their souls to the hatchlings to keep them alive.
• Eredath explained that Rukhmar’s Breath was an ancient weapon and urged his companions to stop it from firing again.
• Eredath convinced Maraad and Yrel to take him toward Skyreach’s heights, and Garona followed to keep him from dying and hurting her mother.

Diakum and the Arakkoa fought to end Rukhmar’s destructive influence and stop Viryx from firing Rukhmar’s Breath at Skyreach. The Talon King saved the city with Eredath’s help, while Diakum gained Rukhmar’s Solar Blessing after the false Sun God fell.

• Viryx crawled toward Rukhmar’s Breath while the resurrected Rukhmar fought Diakum to defend Skyreach.
• Diakum asked Anzu for permission to destroy Rukhmar, and Anzu agreed after Diakum promised to reveal where the true Rukhmar had gone.
• Eredath tried to persuade Viryx to stop, but Garona stabbed her and Maraad knocked her from the platform as she activated Rukhmar’s Breath.
• Eredath locked the weapon’s controls, and Terokk destroyed its core; Diakum protected Skyreach with a Holy Word: Barrier as the blast consumed Rukhmar.
• Terokk called on the Arakkoa to lay down their weapons, while Diakum carried the burned Eredath to safety and mourned Rukhmar with Anzu.
• Diakum received the legendary talent Rukhmar’s Solar Blessing and the enhanced Solar Storm skill.

Diakum helped Terokk plan Skyreach’s recovery and prepared to pursue the false Talon King Ikiss, while Eredath recovered from his ordeal and confessed his hidden ties to Kil'jaeden. Eredath chose the priesthood, but Diakum invited him to become a practitioner of both Light and shadow, leaving him facing a new calling.

• Diakum told Maraad and Yrel that Eredath had survived but could no longer fight as a guard, and reassured Garona that Lelan would not abandon him.
• Diakum declined to claim Rukhmar’s remains and discussed with Terokk the escaped Sun Priests, the threat of Ikiss, Skyreach’s religious future, and the coming World Artifact.
• Terokk agreed to send his daughter against Ikiss and promised Skyreach’s warriors would support the war against the Demon Blood Horde, while Diakum accepted the danger of seeking Draenor’s Heart of Life.
• Eredath told Diakum that he had hidden his contact with Kil'jaeden, his invitation to return to Argus, and his resentment toward Velen after his mother’s death.
• Eredath vowed to become a priest and protect his people’s faith, and Diakum offered to guide him as a Light-Dark Twinborn who could work in both Light and shadow.

Diakum and his allies attacked the Fallen Arakkoa and their leader Ikiss, who had summoned Sethe’s cursed power in an attempt to end the curse on his people. After Diakum purified Sethe and the recruits defeated Ikiss, Eredath embraced his path as a Shadow and Discipline Priest; the group prepared to return to Talador.

• Garona reported that Ikiss’s followers were collecting Sethe’s cursed remains and preparing a summoning ritual in Sethekk Hollow.
• Diakum warned Princess Lacey that Ikiss’s attempt to free the Arakkoa of the Midnight could instead corrupt them, then sent Garona to find the ritual’s source.
• Diakum led his recruits in destroying fallen rituals around the valley while Eredath wrestled with whether to use shadow magic.
• Garona located Ikiss, who had summoned Sethe’s skeletal form, and Diakum charged in to purify the cursed demigod as the recruits fought Ikiss.
• Ikiss attacked Lacey with a curse, but Eredath intercepted and contained it with shadow power before affirming his commitment to both shadow and Light.
• Diakum emerged with Sethe’s purified Shadow Eye, gave it to Eredath to help him forge a staff, and announced that they would return to Talador.

Diakum secured Arakkoa support for the fight for Shattrath and learned that the Bloodmane Tiger-Men might join the K'ure Alliance, while a mysterious raven tied to a Dark Titan watched him. The chapter ended with Grom Hellscream challenging the Alliance to Mak'gora after capturing Draenei, prompting Diakum to confront him.

• Reshad and Princess Lacey told Diakum that Terokk had sent Arakkoa forces to support Shattrath, and they asked him to approve Eredath's role in rebuilding the Sun faith.
• Diakum encouraged Yrel to seek an Arakkoa-forged weapon and explained how Maraad's devotion strengthened his Holy Light.
• Garona introduced Kalash Goldmane, who revealed that Eska and other Fallen Arakkoa had joined the Orcs and asked to move his clan to Talador.
• Kalash spotted a purple-eyed raven watching the group, and Diakum's holy strike failed to harm it before it flew away.
• Anzu told Diakum that a powerful god inhabited the raven and had forced him to help the mysterious visitor.
• Maraad reported that Grom Hellscream had captured Draenei and demanded Mak'gora, and Diakum set out to face him.

Diakum learned the War Horde was attacking several Draenei strongholds and planned to awaken Draenor’s hidden Life Force, then received a blazing Sunwing mount from Anzu. After discovering a danger in Shattrath City, he returned in time to stop Grom Hellscream from killing Velen and challenged Grom himself.

• Anzu told Diakum that the War Horde had split its forces to attack Shattrath City, Karabor Temple, and Shadowmoon Valley, and Diakum issued orders to reinforce the cities and mobilize the ogres.
• Diakum revealed that Draenor’s plants could awaken to fight the demons and identified the Spriggans’ Holy Land as essential to the alliance’s plans.
• Anzu granted Diakum the Sunwing appearance, and a warning about evil jars being carried toward T'uurem made Diakum hurry back to Shattrath with his companions.
• Velen met Grom outside Shattrath to secure the release of captured Draenei and fought him in a duel, initially landing powerful blows before Grom’s Gorehowl shattered Velen’s barrier.
• Diakum arrived during Grom’s killing strike, protected Velen, and challenged Grom to fight him while Velen returned to the city with urgent news.

Gul'dan persuaded the Dragonmaw Clan to spread an enhanced Red Scourge plague across Draenor, while Warsong orcs rejected his plan and rode to Grom Hellscream's aid. Diakum fought Grom in a deadly duel as Dragonmaw riders moved to attack Shattrath and other Draenei settlements, leaving the duel's outcome unseen.

• Gul'dan urged the High Warlords at T'uurem to attack Shattrath with plague jars, but a Warsong Warlord rejected the plan and led his warriors toward Grom.
• Gul'dan told Zuluhed that the Polluter had empowered the plague and instructed the Dragonmaw to spread it across Draenor; Gul'dan then left through a Shadow Gate.
• Zuluhed sent Nekros and other Dragonmaw leaders to bomb Shattrath, Karabor Temple, and other settlements while Anzu secretly listened to their plans.
• Diakum and Grom continued their duel, and Grom activated his Death Wish as Diakum transformed into a Seraphim of Retribution.
• Diakum and Grom charged into a blinding clash whose outcome remained hidden, as Nekros's riders arrived above Shattrath and found its barrier raised.
• Nekros redirected one squad to attack Diakum with plague jars and ordered the other riders to target Auchindoun and other Draenei settlements.

Diakum survived the Dragonmaw Clan’s magic plague attack and defeated Grom Hellscream in their Mak'gora, while uncovering Grom’s hidden concern for his son. Grom miraculously survived and was carried away as the Black Wolf God’s chosen, while Diakum confronted Medivh over his interference in Draenor.

• Nekros bombarded the battlefield and Shattrath with plague jars, but Diakum was immune, the city’s Naaru's Shield held, and Grom killed Nekros with Gorehowl.
• Diakum explained that he intended to punish those responsible for the plague himself, then challenged Grom to finish their Mak'gora; Grom resumed fighting with renewed fury.
• Grom burned through his life force in a fierce battle, but Diakum’s Ashen Judgment defeated him, shattered Gorehowl, and left both combatants badly wounded.
• Anzu revealed that a demigod’s Life Force sustained Grom, and Diakum heard Grom’s dying plea to save Garrosh from the Red Scourge; Diakum said Grom had once secretly entrusted his son to Matron Geyah.
• Diakum and Medivh wagered over whether Grom would seek revenge or leave the War Horde, and Diakum condemned Medivh for risking Draenor to manipulate fate.
• The Warsong Clan carried Grom away alive, and the Annihilator Black Wolf regarded him as its chosen warrior while Diakum returned to Shattrath.

Diakum confronted the Red Scourge outbreak in Shattrath, comforted the infected, and received Kil'jaeden's Leader's Mark from Hutton before setting out to seek a cure. As demons attacked Auchindoun's Holy Land, Diakum turned to confront the Demon Prince Peroth'arn.

• Rexxar warned Diakum that the Dragonmaw Clan had spread the contagious Red Scourge across Talador and infected Draka.
• Velen reported that infected Draenei were rapidly becoming Broken, while Diakum entered the quarantine zone and used the Holy Light to treat and encourage the patients.
• Diakum discovered that Hutton had been infected, and Hutton passed Kil'jaeden's Leader's Mark to him and urged him to protect the K'ure Alliance.
• Diakum sent Rexxar to Nagrand to hurry the World Rings' elemental blessings and planned to take them to the Heart of Life for a cure.
• Anzu warned Diakum that demons were attacking Auchindoun's Holy Land, so Diakum flew there as Peroth'arn led the assault on its defenses.

Diakum defeated the demon forces attacking Auchindoun and interrogated the captured demon prince Peroth'arn about Azeroth’s history and survivors. After Peroth'arn revealed the state of the Night Elves, High Elves, and other peoples, Diakum offered him a choice between surrendering to Arantien or being sent away by the Void.

• Peroth'arn challenged Diakum and was badly wounded by his Solar Storm, while Garona, Maraad, Eredath, and Yrel captured or fought the other attackers.
• Diakum restrained Peroth'arn and learned that Azshara had survived the War of the Ancients and was believed to be sleeping in Suramar.
• Peroth'arn recounted the War of the Ancients, including the survival of Tyrande Whisperwind, the Stormrage brothers, and other figures, and described Xavius’s betrayal.
• Peroth'arn explained that Kur'talos Ravencrest governed the Kaldorei, while Dath'Remar Sunstrider led the High Elves and Suramar was ruled by Toserin and Elisande.
• After Peroth'arn shared what he knew about Azeroth’s peoples and demigods, Diakum released his Holy Light restraints but used the Void to offer him a choice between surrendering to Arantien or being sent away.

Arantien led the defense of Karabor Temple as Lycantos's demon wolves and Mogor's Felblood Orcs attacked, while the Draenei and their allies fought back. The Hand of Argus veterans were Lightforged and charged into battle, and Arantien confronted Mogor as he tried to flee.

• Arantien tracked the demon wolves in Karabor's outer district, identified the dark spirit worgen leading them, and warned the defenders about their abilities.
• Arantien flew into the sky to stop Mogor's wyvern riders from dropping plague jars, while Anzu's raven flock and the Arakkoa attacked the Orcs from above.
• Mogor dropped plague jars into the outer city, but the ravens and Arakkoa destroyed the wyvern riders and helped protect the Draenei.
• Ristalan led thirty Hand of Argus veterans through the Naaru's shield, where their Lightforging and Argus Hearts made them legendary demon slayers who cut through the wolves.
• Mogor fled from the veterans, but Arantien landed in his path and asked where he planned to run.

Diakum received the newly forged World Rings, which could help protect Draenor, and prepared to enter Gorgrond to seek a cure for the Magic Plague. He left Neri and the K'ure Alliance to defend Shattrath while warning that he would force Draenor's Heart of Life to answer if it refused to help.

• Anzu warned Diakum about the Lightforged veterans' fanaticism and reported plague infections among the Shadowmoon Orcs and Talon Guards, so Diakum restricted Arakkoa from approaching Shattrath and ordered raids on the Demon Blood Horde's supply lines.
• Neri reassured Diakum that the plague victims could still be saved, while Diakum feared he had only seven days to awaken Draenor's Heart of Life and prevent their irreversible transformation into Broken.
• Diakum explained that Grom had survived because Annihilator had made him one of the God Chosen, and that his wounded soul would keep him out of the war for now.
• Ner'zhul and the exhausted shamans completed the thirty-five World Rings, and Matron Geyah gave them to Diakum and asked him to protect Draenor.
• Diakum sent Neri, Maraad, Yrel, Nubodon, and Eredath to defend Shattrath, then set out for Gorgrond with Rexxar, Garona, and Maraad; he also gave Neri the Eye of the Storm to offer Garrosh.
• As he flew toward Gorgrond with the World Rings, Diakum resolved to persuade Draenor's Heart of Life to help or destroy it if it refused.

The Unresonated Power of Draenor rings granted Titan-derived powers that functioned only in Draenor, with core rings controlling and strengthening subordinate rings through resonance. Further enhancement required resonance with Draenor's Heart of Life, which risked a hostile reaction because of its enmity with Titan divine power.

• Draenor Elemental Lords, Arakkoa Sun Empire, and K'ure Alliance forged the rings using Draenor's world-creating power and Aggramar's divine power.
• Aggramar's power granted ring holders different enhancements through the Defender's, Healer's, Punisher's, Destroyer's, and Avenger's paths.
• The core ring possessed full bonuses and could conditionally seal or release subordinate rings' powers, while subordinate rings provided 66% of the original bonuses.
• Master-servant resonance strengthened core and subordinate rings when more than three subordinate rings gathered near a core ring.
• Resonance with Draenor's Heart of Life offered further enhancement but carried a high risk of provoking its hostility.

After the K'ure Alliance received promises of support from the Army of the Light and the Illidari, Great Chieftain Blackhand confronted Gul'dan over the warlock's schemes and took steps to curb his power. Blackhand then questioned the Black Wolf God, Lycantos, about its motives and learned that it intended to lead him beyond Draenor to its own world and its archenemy.

• Archbishop Neri received news that Mida of the Army of the Light would seek help for Draenor, while Arantien reported that the Fel Hammer and three Demon Hunter packs were on their way.
• At the T'uurem camp, Blackhand inspected the demon dragons Gul'dan had obtained and questioned him about using the Red Scourge against Orcs in Frostfire Ridge and Nagrand.
• Gul'dan revealed that Orgrim and Eitrigg had secretly freed Blackrock Orcs, that Griselda led the Orthodox Blackrock Clan, and that Blackhand's daughter was involved.
• Brox exposed Gul'dan's secret portal project, and Blackhand ordered Brox and Varok to take over Orgrim and Eitrigg's posts while placing the Stormreaver Clan under Zuluhed and directing Gul'dan to build the portal.
• Blackhand met with Lycantos, who said the portal led to its homeland and urged him to travel there; Blackhand declared that he would never accept enslavement, and Lycantos promised to stand with him.

Gul'dan lost control of the Shadow Council and Stormreaver Clan but continued building the Dark Portal while plotting to use the Horde in a new world. The Shaper recruited him, assigned him a trial involving Dick, and arranged for Tichondrius and a demon legion led by Kazzak to support the coming conflict.

• Zuluhed took charge of the Stormreaver Clan and urged Gul'dan to preserve their alliance as they discussed plans for the world beyond the Dark Portal.
• Gul'dan told Zuluhed that the portal led to Azeroth and that they could exploit either victory or defeat in the war to take the Horde through it.
• Zuluhed learned from Lord Lethon that Gul'dan had acted independently of the Legion and was urged to pursue a divine artifact in Azeroth for the Nightmare Tyrant.
• Gul'dan encountered Sarkir, the Shaper, who offered him a demon legion from The Conqueror and approved his work on the Dark Portal.
• Gul'dan pledged himself to Sarkir and accepted a trial to bring Dick into Azeroth when the portal opened.
• Sarkir ordered Tichondrius to protect Gul'dan, and Tichondrius proposed sending Doom Lord Kazzak to confront Diakum.

The plague-stricken Frostwolf Clan prepared for a final battle against Fenris, but a Gorian Empire expedition arrived with an offer to evacuate them to Nagrand. Durotan and Drek'Thar accepted the rescue, and learned that Sorcerer-King Mar'gok also wanted to meet Leoroxx.

• Durotan and Drek'Thar chose to fight Fenris rather than retreat into the barren Ice Valleys, and they rallied the Frostwolf Clan for battle.
• Durotan gave Dranosh Saurfang the coldsteel axe Glory of Frostfire Ridge, which he had meant as a gift for his son Go'el.
• Durotan rejected Fenris's offer of surrender and felblood, killed the leading envoy, and sent the last messenger back with the Frostwolf Clan's defiant answer.
• Durotan and Drek'Thar met Tomok, who announced that Sorcerer-King Mar'gok had sent the Gorian Empire fleet to evacuate the Frostwolf Clan to Nagrand in exchange for tribute.
• Tomok explained that Mar'gok intended to reclaim Ogre Magi Fortress and meet Leoroxx to discuss the Mok'Nathal Clan's return to the Gorian Empire.

Fenris led the Thunderlord Clan in an attack on Worgol, but Durotan’s alliance with Mar'gok’s ogres and Leoroxx’s Mok'Nathal forces trapped and defeated him. After Fenris was captured, Mar'gok offered Leoroxx a place for the Mok'Nathal in the Gorian Empire and proposed that they help reclaim Ogre Magi Fortress; Leoroxx agreed to return there as an ally.

• Fenris marched his wolf riders on Worgol, believing the plague had weakened the Frostwolf Clan enough for him to destroy it.
• Durotan’s warriors and Mar'gok’s ogre forces ambushed the Thunderlord riders, while Lelan and Dranosh fought alongside the defenders.
• Fenris tried to provoke Durotan into a Mak'gora, then ordered a retreat when Drek'Thar’s blizzard and the ogre attack turned the battle against him.
• Leoroxx and the Mok'Nathal intercepted Fenris outside Worgol, defeated him, and delivered him to Durotan for treatment and later judgment by the K'ure Alliance.
• Mar'gok offered to help the Mok'Nathal overcome their breeding lock and join the Gorian Empire, then granted Leoroxx a claim to Ogre Magi Fortress in exchange for joining its conquest.
• Leoroxx accepted Mar'gok’s invitation to return to Ogre Magi Fortress as an ally.

Orgrim Doomhammer was ordered to the Talador front, where Shadow Council assassins attacked him and Kargath rescued him. Meanwhile, Diakum’s party discovered threats in Gorgrond and split up to pursue Evergrowth Woods and an artifact sought by Orc warlocks.

• Orgrim gave Brox Saurfang a roster of untainted Blackrock Orcs to protect and warned him that the Shadow Council was undermining the Horde.
• Orgrim’s Laughing Skull escorts attacked him in Thunder Pass with a fel-poisoned dagger, but Kargath arrived and treated his wound.
• Diakum killed Shadow Council assassins and learned from their remains that Eitrigg had been their intended target, but chose to continue searching for Evergrowth Woods.
• Kalash Goldmane reported that local Tiger-Men had found a mysterious oasis and Orc warlocks digging for a legendary artifact, so Diakum sent him with Maraad and Garona to pursue it.
• Diakum urged Goldmane to unite the Tiger-Men and promised them a greater role in the K’ure Alliance, while Maraad asked whether Orcs could undergo Lightforging and Diakum warned against it.
• Garona told Diakum that Yrel was hiding something, and he said he trusted her to reveal it herself.

Diakum and Rexxar encountered the hostile guardian of Evergrowth Woods, while Eitrigg and Nazgrel joined Maraad and Garona’s fight over the Heart of the Magnaron. The artifact ended up with the Draenei, and Eitrigg and Nazgrel continued toward Talador as Nazgrel urged an end to Blackhand and Gul'dan’s corruption.

• Diakum healed Halasa and learned from Rexxar that the hostile grove concealed a place filled with violent Life Force.
• Diakum entered the grove with Rexxar and faced Eternal Tarlna, a demigod guardian that demanded a trial by combat.
• Eitrigg and Nazgrel discovered Maraad, Garona, and the Tiger-Men battling Shadow Council warlocks and gronn over the Heart of the Magnaron.
• Nazgrel fought alongside Maraad, while Eitrigg shot down the fleeing warlock who had thrown the artifact to Garona.
• Garona and Goldmane lured the gronn away with the artifact, and the Tiger-Men captured several young gronn as the battle ended.
• Nazgrel told Eitrigg that Maraad had saved his life, then urged him to stop tolerating Blackhand and Gul'dan’s actions.

Diakum and Rexxar entered the Evergrowth Woods to seek the Spriggans’ help against the Burning Legion and demand an end to the Red Scourge’s Plague Spores. After Rexxar chose to swallow a Spriggan seed and enter the sacred woods, Diakum confronted Lord Nalagor, who rejected his demand, leaving Diakum threatening him with the Twilight Hammer.

• Diakum defeated the Thornbeast Lord Nalta while Rexxar and Rukhran burned the parasitized creatures attacking them.
• Rexxar realized that Life Force had both wild and harmonious aspects, and Diakum explained that every primal force carried opposing principles.
• Diakum presented Nalta’s seed to the Spriggan elders and persuaded them to let him enter the Evergrowth Woods; Rexxar swallowed a seed after Anzu urged him to seek balance between life’s two paths.
• The Spriggans welcomed Diakum into the woods, where he reached the Pool of Life and met Lord Nalagor, the Evergreen Father.
• Diakum demanded that Lord Nalagor recall the Red Scourge’s Plague Spores, but Lord Nalagor refused, so Diakum raised the Twilight Hammer and warned him to choose between peace and destruction.

Diakum persuaded Nalagor to let him seek an audience with Draenor’s Heart of Life and urged the Spriggans to help fight the fel plague. The Heart of Life confronted him with its ancient hatred of the Titans, while Diakum sent Anzu to seek his wife in Ardenweald.

• Diakum threatened to unleash Void corruption unless the Spriggans helped contain the contaminated Red Scourge, and Nalagor agreed to purify it with Holy Light.
• Diakum presented the Titanforged rings and argued that the Heart of Life should decide whether they could help heal Draenor; Nalagor agreed to arrange an audience and consider cooperation with the K'ure Alliance.
• Nalagor praised the Draenei as friends of nature, then left Diakum to meet the Heart of Life and spoke with Withered Wood about fighting demons.
• The Argus Star Soul protected Diakum as he entered the Heart of Life’s domain, and it eased the pressure on the secretly following Old Anzu.
• The Heart of Life mourned how the Titans had interrupted its ascension, and Diakum explained its grievance to Anzu before telling him to seek his wife in Ardenweald.