Recaps

Draka and Hutton encountered Spriggans preparing a possible cure for the Magic Plague, while Anzu found Rukhmar’s soulseed in Ardenweald and learned Sethe’s was nearby. Diakum persuaded Draenor’s Wild Heart to join the K’ure Alliance by embracing the world and pursuing vengeance against the Titans, and the Heart empowered him to fight for Argus’s freedom.

• Hutton admitted that corruption was turning him into a Broken, then drank the Spriggans’ experimental medicine for the infected.
• Anzu touched the Wild Heart and entered Ardenweald, where he called on Bwonsamdi for help locating Rukhmar’s soulseed.
• Bwonsamdi fled after noticing Argus, but he gave Anzu coordinates that led him to Rukhmar’s soulseed and Sethe’s nearby.
• Anzu returned determined to defend Draenor so Rukhmar could someday return, while Diakum warned him that Bwonsamdi would eventually collect his favor.
• Diakum urged the Wild Heart to merge with Draenor and become its World Will, and Argus promised the world vengeance against Aggramar.
• The Wild Heart accepted the K’ure Alliance, granted its children ancient fury, and empowered Diakum to fight demons, Titans, and anyone who threatened Argus’s freedom.

Diakum received Draenor’s blessing as the World Rings awakened, then prepared to defend the Heart of Life from the Burning Legion. He sent Garona and Maraad to escort the rings to Shattrath City, leaving them to face their trial as the demons gathered.

• Draenor’s Heart of Hatred empowered Diakum with immense strength, regenerative abilities, and new talents, while the World Rings resonated with the world’s wild power.
• Old Anzu warned that the Annihilator and demon forces were advancing on the Evergrowth Woods, and Diakum identified the threat as the Polluter’s attempt to seize Draenor’s life force.
• Nalagor accepted the Blood Drinker ring and summoned Gorgrond’s forests, Spriggans, Podlings, and sporefolk to defend the Evergrowth Woods; he also sent a ring to Rexxar.
• Diakum entrusted Garona and Maraad with artifact rings for Shattrath City, gave them rings of their own, and declared their recruit trials complete.
• As Corrupted Cenarius appeared above the forest, Diakum told Garona to deliver the rings while he stayed to fight the Polluter and defend Draenor’s Heart of Life.

The Burning Legion attacked Evergrowth Woods and pursued the World Artifacts as Diakum fought the weakened Annihilator. Rexxar and Garona escaped toward Shattrath with the rings, while Maraad was rescued after a desperate stand by Kalash Goldmane and the tigerfolk, who marched with summoned Gronn to join the siege.

• The Polluter tried to recruit Draenor’s Heart of Hatred, but Diakum rejected him, and the demon lord unleashed a Withering Curse and sent the Annihilator against the forest.
• Diakum fought Lycantos and discovered that the Annihilator had lost much of its strength, while Lycantos urged him to kill it and warned him not to squander the Argus Heart’s remaining power.
• Rexxar, Maraad, and Garona split up under attack: Maraad drew pursuit away while Rexxar and Garona fled through the awakened forest carrying the artifacts.
• Lord Lethon persuaded Zuluhed to stop pursuing the artifacts, while Maraad was shot down and fought alone against a vast force of demons.
• Maraad purified his crystal relic with his own Holy Light and used it to slaughter hundreds of demons before collapsing from exhaustion.
• Kalash Goldmane and the tigerfolk found Maraad and brought summoned Gronn to join the march toward Shattrath City.

Garrosh led the Mag'har in reclaiming the Warsong ancestral lands, then entered the ruined fortress alone to destroy the demons summoned by the remaining warlocks. Facing Lord Hakkar, he found the principle that would guide his life and launched his coming-of-age attack.

• Garrosh ordered the execution of Felblood Orcs who tried to surrender, while Griselda and the Mag'har forces fought through the fortress.
• Garrosh, Gaiara, and Griselda discovered that the warlocks had sacrificed Orc civilians to summon demons, and Griselda led Gaiara away so Garrosh could face the battle alone.
• Empowered by the Heart of Fury, Garrosh fought through the demons and warlocks in the fortress ruins despite his grief and injuries.
• Lord Hakkar emerged from the collapsing portal and boasted that Garrosh should submit to the Legion.
• Garrosh vowed to fight demonic corruption in Orc civilization, then leaped at Lord Hakkar with his battle-axe and shouted, "Lok-tar ogar!!!"

Ner'zhul, Drek'Thar, and the Mag'har fought as demons invaded Draenor and its plants awakened to defend the world. As Kazzak attacked Shattrath City, Velen and Mar'gok rallied the Alliance forces to hold the city until the World Artifact arrived.

• Ner'zhul told Drek'Thar that Grom had survived his fight with the Vigilant and warned that the Black Wolf Annihilator was cultivating faith among the War Horde.
• Draenor's plants awakened across Nagrand as Kazzak entered through a fel gate and unleashed a demonic invasion.
• Gaiara and Griselda led the Mag'har into battle, and Garrosh joined them after killing Hakkar the Houndmaster.
• Ner'zhul planned to send Drek'Thar to Shattrath City for the healing ring and said he would accept responsibility for the War Horde's crimes.
• Kazzak battered Shattrath City's barrier while Velen and Mar'gok gathered Draenei, ogres, and Arakkoa to defend the city until the World Artifact returned.

Shattrath City faced a massive Burning Legion assault as Velen and Mar'gok struggled to hold back Kazzak and Magtheridon. Neri delivered the World Artifacts, and Mar'gok claimed the All-Seeing ring, gaining enough power to drive Kazzak back as the battle continued.

• Kazzak and Magtheridon battered Shattrath City's defenses while Velen and Mar'gok fought to hold them back, and the Legion poured through the breached walls.
• Ner'zhul summoned the elemental lords, and Terokk led the Talon Guards into battle, but the defenders remained overwhelmed.
• Neri arrived with the World Artifacts, carrying the unconscious Rexxar and Garona, and offered Mar'gok a choice of rings.
• Mar'gok chose Nisamys the All-Seeing, whose power awakened all four Titanforged Runes and let him summon arcane aberrations that devastated the demons.
• Mar'gok's empowered attack forced Kazzak back, and the Doom Lord recognized the World Artifact and feared that Diakum's victory on Argus might be repeated.

Neri distributed Draenor’s World Artifacts as the K’ure Alliance fought the demons, and Yrel chose the path of a guardian while Ner’zhul entrusted healing to Drek’Thar. As Blackhand prepared to attack Shattrath City, Oronok revealed the Black Wolf God’s plans and ordered two captives rescued for an approaching ritual.

• Neri gave secondary rings to the K’ure Alliance’s commanders and assigned the primary rings to Yrel, Ner’zhul, and the Talon King before joining Jaide’s forces against the demon portals.
• Ner’zhul chose Iserarus, Eternal Gift, and gave it to Drek’Thar to heal the plague-stricken in the city and restore the Orcs’ place in Draenor.
• Yrel chose Sactus, Mark of Stillness, and vowed to protect her people as the Draenei leader, while the Talon King took Heart of Stone.
• Blackhand ordered his forces to prepare to storm Shattrath City after Oronok explained that the Burning Legion had invaded and that the Black Wolf God expected the War Horde to lose on Draenor.
• Oronok told his apprentices to rescue two captives from Blackhand’s guards and prepare a Wild Hunt ritual in the jungle.

Doom Lord Kazzak broke Shattrath City's defenses, but Velen and the K'ure Alliance turned the battle with Holy Light and the power of their World Artifacts. As Yrel and her allies wounded Kazzak, Durotan and the recovered plague survivors joined the fight, preparing to confront Blackhand and the War Horde.

• Kazzak shattered Shattrath City's Holy Light barrier and ordered the demons to destroy the city while he sought Diakum.
• Jaide's coalition attacked the Legion's spellcasters, while awakened forests surrounded Shattrath and Kazzak ordered more forces summoned.
• Velen called on the Argus Heart to protect Shattrath and empower the K'ure Alliance, turning the defenders' counterattack into a rout of lesser demons.
• Yrel endured Kazzak's attacks with the Seal of Immovability, then teamed up with Mar'gok and Terokk to blind him and break his remaining demon horn.
• Durotan, Draka, Ner'zhul, and other survivors of the Magic Plague joined the battle, and Leoroxx sent them to hunt demons and stop Blackhand's attack.
• Durotan gave Draka the Heart of Stone ring and led the Frostwolf Clan to fight the War Horde.

Diakum defeated and burned Lycantos, but learned that the Black Wolf God had escaped fel corruption and become the death god of the Green Skin orcs. After helping the wounded Evergrowth Woods forces set out for Shattrath, Diakum flew toward the battle and received a warning from Bwonsamdi that Lycantos and its wolf pack would leave Draenor after the War Horde’s defeat.

• Diakum questioned the dying Lycantos, then beheaded and burned its demon body with Ashbringer.
• Bwonsamdi appeared and revealed that Lycantos had made a prior pact with the Death Realm, escaped fel’s control, and become the Green Skin orcs’ god of death.
• Diakum asked Bwonsamdi to tell Lycantos to protect the Green Skins from further corruption, and Bwonsamdi demanded ten powerful souls in return.
• Diakum gained the Legendary Talent [Titan's Grip], accepted repaired war armor from Nalagor, and asked the Spriggans and Thornbeasts to advance toward the demon front.
• Diakum warned Anzu that Bwonsamdi’s offer to revive Rukhmar was a scam, and Bwonsamdi raised Diakum’s soul debt to one hundred.
• Bwonsamdi relayed that Lycantos would take the Green Skin orcs away after the K'ure Alliance defeated the War Horde, while the wolf pack would withdraw wherever Diakum went.

Blackhand attacked the Mag’har leaders at Shattrath, but Durotan, Draka, and Yrel arrived to reinforce them. Meanwhile, Diakum confronted Kazzak above the battlefield, and their long-awaited duel began.

• Blackhand attacked Griselda and Gaiara, defeating them as he tried to execute the Mag’har leaders.
• Durotan, Draka, Old Whiteclaw, and Matron Geyah joined the fight against Blackhand, who summoned demon wolves and resisted their assault.
• Yrel crashed into the battle, declared herself Archon, and rallied the Draenei and Orcs against Blackhand’s War Horde.
• Diakum arrived on Sunwing, and Kazzak recognized him as his longtime enemy and challenged him to fight.
• Diakum entered his Seraphim form as Kazzak’s wounds healed and its fel power surged, and the two charged into battle.

Diakum transformed into a Radiant Holy Spirit and defeated Kazzak, but the Doom Lord detonated itself and swept him into a fel explosion. Anzu rescued the exhausted Diakum and demanded that he repay the favor by helping save Rukhmar.

• Hutton organized the K'ure Alliance's counterattack while Nubodon released Murmur to unleash sonic attacks on the demons.
• Velen stayed behind to protect the civilians as Eredath led warriors into battle, and Akama brought reinforcements from Karabor Temple.
• Diakum activated Hand of Fate, entered the Radiant Holy Spirit state, and overwhelmed Kazzak with devastating holy-light attacks.
• Diakum dragged Kazzak away from the city, severed its arms, and struck its neck with a massive blade of holy light.
• Kazzak detonated itself after Diakum pierced its skull, and the fel blast swept Diakum away as Jaide raced to find him.
• Anzu carried the injured Diakum out of the blast cloud and told Jaide that Diakum owed him a favor for saving his life.

The K'ure Alliance defeated the demon assault on Shattrath City, while Orgrim Doomhammer accepted his duty to lead the Horde and rescued Blackhand from the battlefield. Blackhand acknowledged his failure and offered Orgrim the title of Great Chieftain.

• The K'ure Alliance killed Doom Lord Kazzak and Abyssal Warlord Magtheridon, forcing the demons to retreat from Shattrath City before they collided with the Evergreen Father's Spriggan army.
• Orgrim Doomhammer learned from Oronok Torn-heart that Lycantos had chosen him as the next Great Chieftain, and Kargath urged him to save Blackhand and lead the Horde.
• Orgrim agreed to become Great Chieftain, then rode with Kargath toward Shattrath City as Kargath revealed that Gul'dan was building a gate to another world.
• Garrosh Hellscream attacked Blackhand during the retreat, but Orgrim arrived on a two-headed drake, rescued Blackhand, and escaped with him as ghost wolves covered their flight.
• Blackhand accused Orgrim of rebellion, but Orgrim explained that he had to protect the Horde and repay Blackhand's kindness by sparing him.
• Blackhand admitted that he had failed the Horde and invited Orgrim to take his title and become a more worthy Great Chieftain.

Orgrim consolidated control of the Felblood Orcs and prepared to evacuate Draenor before the K'ure Alliance could turn against them. After learning the Dark Portal needed a vast supply of fel energy, he planned to power it with a Greater Demon and secretly intended to leave Gul'dan behind as an additional sacrifice.

• Orgrim took the King of Clans' throne, learned that Kaz and Hulkan had fled to the Seat of Glory, and ordered the captured Gul'dan brought before him.
• Orgrim assigned Zuluhed to reform the Shadow Council, ordered Eitrigg to bring back the Thunderlord and Blackrock forces, and declared that the clans must unite and leave Draenor.
• Orgrim revealed that fel radiation would eventually make him one of the Felblood Orcs and said he would lead them to a new world; he also took command of the Warsong Clan until Grom awoke.
• Gul'dan explained that the Dark Portal required a massive fel sacrifice, and Orgrim proposed using a Greater Demon from the Seat of Glory to power it.
• Oronok permitted Gul'dan to use the corpses of cowards and enemies to create an undead army, while Orgrim ordered preparations to enslave the Greater Demon.
• Orgrim secretly told Zuluhed to copy Gul'dan's ritual so they could power the Dark Portal without sacrificing their people, then leave Gul'dan behind to die.

After waking from the battle with Kazzak, Diakum learned that he had reached the threshold of Demigod advancement and chose to help Lightforge the gravely injured Maraad. The ritual healed Maraad’s body and sent his mind into a trial of virtue, where he charged at Lord Jaraxxus as Diakum watched over the process.

• Diakum awoke after several days of recovery and found that his strength had advanced to the Demigod threshold, though he still needed to improve his Agility and master his class paths.
• Neri told Diakum that the battle had devastated Shattrath and its allies, and that demons were corrupting Nataan Jungle.
• Neri explained that Maraad was near death, so Diakum volunteered to lead his Lightforging ritual despite his own weakness.
• Neri gave Diakum the newly upgraded Doom Lord’s Soul-Imbued Staff, and he joined Velen and Ishaana at Maraad’s bedside.
• Diakum entered his Seraphim form and began Lightforging Maraad, healing his wounds while connecting their minds through the Holy Light.
• Diakum’s spiritual trial placed Maraad before Lord Jaraxxus and other foes, and Maraad seized Naru’s Hammer and charged into battle.

Velen warned that Lightforging could connect mortals to Naaru minds and lead to fanaticism, while Diakum completed Maraad’s ritual and learned about his Chosen and growing Naaru divinity. Yrel revealed that K’ure had secretly Lightforged her, and Diakum prepared to put her through a Trial of Virtue.

• Velen told Yrel, Eredath, Nubodon, and Lelan that Lightforging risked mental assimilation and that the Army of the Light had destroyed doomed worlds through Light Burial.
• Velen said Diakum would perform no more Lightforging rituals himself and that Lady Kara would handle any future ones.
• Maraad won the final mental trial, and Diakum received notices confirming Maraad as his Chosen and warning that Naaru divinity was assimilating his mind.
• Yrel revealed that K’ure had Lightforged her before her death, leaving holy markings on her body and causing her strength to grow.
• Diakum offered to guide Yrel through a Trial of Virtue so she could become his true Chosen, and she readily agreed.

The Final Curse Lord's Soul-Imbued Staff gained enhanced destructive powers after devouring a Greater Demon's soul for the third time. Doom Lord Kazzak remained sealed within it, defeated and available for transformation into a long-term servant through the infusion of another force.

• The four Elemental Lords of Draenor blessed the Final Curse Lord's Soul-Imbued Staff, strengthening its offensive, defensive, healing, and enhancement spells.
• The Final Curse Lord's Soul-Imbued Staff slew and devoured a Greater Demon's soul for the third time, sealing the Doom Lord's ferocity and brutality within it.
• The Final Curse Lord's Soul-Imbued Staff gained Fear Oppression Aura, Doom Curse, and the ability to unleash Animate Hellfire after multiple executions.
• Doom Lord Kazzak admitted defeat and submitted to Diakum, accepting service even if it meant becoming Lord Sargeras's enemy.
• Kazzak's weakened soul remained available for refinement through other forces, with Holy Light and Void infusions offering different servant forms.

The K'ure Alliance leaders learned that Orgrim Doomhammer had taken control of the War Horde and planned to lead the Green Skins away from Draenor. They rejected his request for safe passage and prepared to attack the Orcs, while Durotan accepted that his people would not welcome the Green Skins home again.

• Diakum proposed leading an expedition into Tanaan Jungle, where demons were spreading Fel contamination, and Samuro reported that the jungle's creatures had begun fighting the demons alongside the Spriggans and Bleeding Hollow Orcs.
• Samuro reported that Blackhand's banner had been replaced, and Griselda Blackhand revealed that Orgrim Doomhammer had defeated Blackhand in Mak'gora and offered to take the War Horde off Draenor.
• Gaiara, Mar'gok, the Talon King, and the Draenei leaders rejected Orgrim's request to spare the Green Skins, with Velen warning that the Horde might be building a way to escape.
• Diakum, the Talon King, and Mar'gok proposed an assault through Tanaan Jungle, using Rukhmar's Breath and a magical launch platform to strike the War Horde's fortress, and Griselda urged the Alliance to mobilize.
• Durotan told Hutton that he believed Orgrim was trying to save his people, but Hutton warned that Draenor would never welcome the Green Skins back.
• Durotan accepted that the Green Skins would face either death or exile and prayed that their ancestors' spirits would guide them.

Diakum’s force pushed through Tanaan Jungle as the K’ure Alliance prepared to stop the Green Skins from fleeing through a Dark Portal. The chapter ended with Medivh agreeing to use forbidden power to teleport as many Orcs as possible, while Diakum faced Blackhand and the portal began to activate.

• Diakum and the Lightforged veterans destroyed demon-forging camps as Yrel and Maraad discussed why the K’ure Alliance mattered beyond the Vigilant’s individual power.
• Lantresor told Diakum that Orgrim had enslaved a Greater Demon and was using it to help open the Dark Portal, so Diakum sent him to warn the Wizard Chieftain and the Talon King to bombard the site.
• Blackhand confronted Diakum in the jungle and declared that he would protect his clan, while Diakum challenged him to fight.
• Orgrim demanded that Gul’dan open the Dark Portal immediately, but Gul’dan said it needed three more days; Orgrim’s forces then seized Gul’dan and used him in the extraction ritual.
• Orgrim used a raven insignia to contact Medivh, who agreed to use forbidden power to open the unfinished portal for three hours and told Orgrim to gather as many elite warriors as possible.

Diakum defeated and killed Blackhand, then delivered the Great Chieftain’s remains to Griselda as the Mag'har Orcs faced an imminent assault. Lycantos warned Diakum that the Holy Light was eroding his humanity, while Blackhand entered Maldraxxus and eagerly began a new life of war.

• Blackhand fought Diakum but was overwhelmed and killed, while Lycantos’s wolves were driven from the battlefield.
• Diakum spoke with Lycantos, who pleaded for the green-skinned orcs and warned that the Holy Light was turning Diakum into a being estranged from his humanity.
• Griselda mourned her father, received Blackhand’s skull and weapons, and vowed to prove herself against her brothers as chieftain.
• An Arakkoa reported that the Alliance was ready to attack, and Diakum ordered the assault on the War Horde’s stronghold and Dark Portal to begin.
• Lycantos guided Blackhand’s soul to Maldraxxus, where Blackhand planned to rebuild the Horde after surviving its deadly welcoming trial.

The K'ure Alliance launched its final assault on Orgrim Doomhammer’s fortress, but Medivh’s attempt to teleport the Horde away unleashed a catastrophic spatial force that lifted the entire fortress from Draenor. As the city began its violent journey between worlds, Diakum raised a barrier and urged the Alliance warriors to escape and meet him in Stormwind.

• Rukhmar’s Breath destroyed the Dark Portal, prompting Medivh to promise Orgrim that he could still teleport the Horde and demand his obedience.
• Diakum and the K'ure Alliance attacked the fortress while Orgrim and his warriors fought to defend it; Garrosh, Yrel, Nubodon, Brox, and others joined the battle.
• Medivh began a dangerous ritual using Tanaan Jungle’s energy, but a mysterious voice spoke through him as the collapsed portal reopened in a fel vortex.
• The fortress tore free from the ground and rose into the sky as Draenor’s space and foundations buckled, leaving Diakum and Orgrim uncertain what had caused the disaster.
• Diakum cast Holy Word: Barrier and told the K'ure Alliance warriors to flee after landing and rendezvous with him in the Stormwind Kingdom.

As the Horde fortress was teleported through the Dark Portal, the resulting energy threatened to shatter Draenor, and Ner'zhul and the ancient Life Progenitor sacrificed themselves to save the world. The survivors named the transformed Life Progenitor Tayara, while the K'ure Alliance leaders faced the question of what to do with the Green Skins left behind.

• Mar'gok escaped the city with the K'ure Alliance warriors he could reach, while Anzu's ravens carried others away as the fortress entered the Dark Portal.
• Mar'gok, Drek'Thar, Terokk, Hutton, and the other ring bearers tried to stop the Tanaan Jungle from collapsing, but Ner'zhul merged with the four elements and plunged into the magma to quell the energy below.
• Nalagor called upon Draenor's Heart of Life, and the ancient Life Progenitor sacrificed the jungle's trees and its own remaining power to grow into a World Tree that absorbed the destructive backlash.
• After the energy subsided, Nalagor declared that the Life Progenitor had become Tayara, and Mar'gok and Terokk thanked the tree for saving them.
• Drek'Thar asked about those swept away with the fortress, and Mar'gok said some city fragments had fallen into the sea while Vigilant likely protected the people who teleported.
• Terokk warned that the battle was not over because Green Skins remained trapped in the jungle, and the leaders debated whether to kill them all.

After the War Horde's fortress fell into Azeroth, the Draenei and Mag'har survivors scattered across the unfamiliar world through random teleportation. Diakum reached Lakeshire and sought Stormwind's leaders, while Ashbringer landed in the garden of Grand Duke Mograine, whose family took its arrival as a holy revelation.

• The fortress crashed into the Black Morass, and Oronok Torn-heart ordered the Black Wolf God's wolves to help the K'ure Alliance warriors escape.
• Lelan teleported Yrel, Maraad, and their injured companions away from the fortress, scattering them across Azeroth, including Northrend.
• Lantresor, Samuro, and Garrosh rescued Mag'har Orcs, Sunfire Arakkoa, and Ogres before teleporting to the Bloodhoof Clan's Elemental Holy Land in Desolace.
• Yrel and Lelan found themselves near a vast city of purple light after arriving in another part of Azeroth.
• Diakum awoke in a crater beside Lakeshire and told Lieutenant Windsor that he needed to speak with Stormwind's leaders, then discovered Ashbringer was missing.
• Grand Duke Mograine found Ashbringer in his scorched garden and ordered the news spread as a sign of the Holy Light's favor toward his family.

After escaping the ruined Orc fortress, Gul'dan tried to reach Karazhan but was hunted down by Garona and Nazgrel. They killed him and destroyed two soulstones, but a disguised Nathrezim recovered another soulstone hidden in Gul'dan's staff and planned to send him to Argus for a reward.

• Gul'dan fled across the Black Morass, intending to seek refuge with Medivh at Karazhan and claim the reward promised by The Shaper Sargerei.
• Garona spotted Gul'dan and abandoned her plans to find her family so she could kill him while he was weak.
• Nazgrel followed Gul'dan's trail with Black Scar and Thunderlord warriors, hoping to use his death to secure the rebuilding of the Black Scar Clan.
• Nazgrel and Garona attacked Gul'dan together, killed him, and smashed two soulstones they found on his body.
• A Thunderlord wolf rider revealed himself as a Nathrezim, recovered a hidden soulstone from Gul'dan's broken staff, and prepared to take Gul'dan's soul to Argus.

Diakum arrived at Stonewall Keep and discovered that his companions had been scattered across Azeroth and Ashbringer had been taken to Tirisfal. An Infinite Dragon named Aionus tried to recruit him, but Diakum turned against it after learning the Bronze Dragons had moved his sword.

• Diakum waited at Stonewall Keep, worried that he could not find Ashbringer or contact Maraad and Yrel.
• General Gavinrad and Mayor Solomon met Diakum, but Aionus froze everyone in the fortress except him.
• Diakum used shadow power and Mind Control to question Aionus, who identified him as a potential Infinite Dragon recruit and revealed that he had arrived about two years before the Dark Portal opened.
• Aionus showed Diakum that Lelan’s mass teleportation had scattered the Lightforged across Azeroth, including Yrel and Lelan near Suramar and Maraad and Nubodon in Silithus.
• Aionus revealed that Ashbringer had fallen into Grand Duke Mograine’s garden in Tirisfal after the Bronze Dragons interfered with its path.
• Diakum rejected Aionus’s threats and prepared to strike it with the Twilight Hammer.

Diakum killed and purified an Infinite Dragon, then confronted how the Holy Light had shaped his personality and how wary he remained of the Void. After the Holy Light approved his Light-Dark Twinborn trial, he set out to gather the scattered K'ure Alliance warriors.

• Diakum killed the Void-corrupted Infinite Dragon Aionus and purified its remains with sacred flames.
• The Argus Star Soul warned Diakum that the Holy Light had changed him and that he stood close to losing himself in it.
• Shadow Word challenged Diakum to examine his distrust of the Void and accept the shadows as part of his path.
• Diakum admitted the Holy Light had altered him and prayed to pursue the Light-Dark Twinborn trial without hiding his doubts.
• The Holy Light activated the trial, stripping Diakum's power unless he called upon it and warning him against Void temptations.
• Diakum put away the Twilight Hammer and began collecting the dragon's spoils while planning to gather the scattered K'ure Alliance warriors.