Recaps

Diakum united ogres, Orc clans, and Draenei against the Burning Legion while confronting Cho'gall, the Burning Blade’s corruption, and threats across Draenor. The arc left him battling Anzu in a shadowstorm as his allies fought Rukhmar and the Arakkoa to rescue Eredath.

• Diakum passed Lantresor’s Blade Trial, pursued the Overmind Orb, and entered its nightmare realm, where he used Shadowform to defeat Lycantos and free Garona’s will.
• Diakum allied with Mar'gok, defeated Cho'gall, and helped secure Highmaul, while Garrosh rallied the Warsong vanguard and became its Mag'har war chief.
• Diakum revealed Draenor’s origins in the Ancient Rune Stones and proposed forging World Artifacts, while Garrosh led Warsong warriors toward Grommashar.
• Diakum helped Lantresor and Samuro confront Old Dal’s fel-corrupted Burning Blade elders, tempered Ashbringer in battle, and left Samuro to lead the clan.
• Diakum learned that the demon-blooded War Horde had attacked Shattrath and prepared to defend it as Durotan, Orgrim, Draka, and Rexxar worked to unite the clans against Blackhand.
• Diakum killed Nekros Skullcrusher, then learned that Arakkoa had captured Eredath and that Maraad was missing, so he led a search party into the Spires of Arak.
• Gul'dan accepted a mysterious visitor’s offer to seek the Dark Portal, while Malderan escaped Anzu’s illusion and Yrel helped rescue him.
• Diakum’s party confronted Rukhmar and the high-ranking Arakkoa, and Diakum entered a shadowstorm to face Anzu as the battle continued.

Diakum united the Arakkoa, fought the Horde and its plague, and gathered the World Rings in a race to save Draenor’s infected peoples. He reached the Heart of Life’s domain, where the wounded world spirit revealed its resentment toward the Titans.

• Diakum helped Terokk reclaim Skyreach, stopped Viryx from firing Rukhmar’s Breath, and guided Eredath toward a path joining Light and shadow.
• Diakum defeated Grom in Mak'gora as plague jars struck Shattrath, then learned that the Red Scourge was turning Draenei into Broken and set out to find Draenor’s Heart of Life.
• Ner'zhul and the shamans completed the World Rings, and Diakum carried them toward Gorgrond while sending his allies to defend Shattrath.
• Blackhand consolidated power as Gul'dan prepared the Dark Portal and pledged himself to Sarkir, while Durotan’s Frostwolves and Mar'gok’s ogres defeated Fenris’s attack on Worgol.
• Diakum’s allies battled Shadow Council forces over the Heart of the Magnaron as Diakum fought his way into the Evergrowth Woods and demanded that Lord Nalagor contain the contaminated plague.
• Nalagor agreed to purify the Red Scourge and arrange an audience with the Heart of Life, while Diakum entered its domain and learned of its grievance against the Titans.

Diakum and the K’ure Alliance repelled the Legion and battled the War Horde as Orgrim tried to lead his people through the Dark Portal. The portal’s collapse tore the fortress from Draenor and scattered the Alliance across Azeroth, leaving Diakum to seek his missing allies and confront the changes in himself.

• The Wild Heart merged with Draenor and empowered Diakum, while the K’ure Alliance gathered the World Rings to defend the world from the Legion.
• The K’ure Alliance fought Kazzak’s invasion of Shattrath, and Diakum defeated Kazzak before recovering enough to Lightforge Maraad.
• Orgrim became Great Chieftain and planned to lead the clans through the Dark Portal, while Diakum and the Alliance prepared to stop the War Horde’s escape.
• Diakum killed Blackhand, then led the assault on the fortress as Rukhmar’s Breath destroyed the Dark Portal and Medivh’s ritual sent the fortress into a fel vortex.
• Ner’zhul and the Life Progenitor helped contain the destruction in Tanaan Jungle, while the fortress crashed in the Black Morass and scattered the Alliance across Azeroth.
• Garona and Nazgrel killed Gul’dan, but a disguised Nathrezim recovered a hidden soulstone and took Gul’dan’s soul toward Argus.
• Diakum learned that his allies had been scattered and Ashbringer had landed in Grand Duke Mograine’s garden, then killed the Infinite Dragon Aionus.
• Diakum accepted that the Holy Light had changed him and began the Light-Dark Twinborn trial as he prepared to gather the scattered K’ure Alliance.

Diakum and his allies confronted Sargeras through Medivh, then turned to the growing threats on Azeroth and Draenor. The arc left Lothar heading for the battlefield with Diakum as his bodyguard, while the Orcs prepared to begin their war and Diakum gained powerful enchanted armor.

• Chromie discovered that Diakum had killed Aionus and learned that the Argus Star Soul wanted to speak with her, while the Bishop Council debated reopening the Dark Portal and the Ashen Crusade was founded.
• Diakum and Chromie encountered Aegwynn, Garona, and Khadgar in the Black Morass, where Diakum fought Arcanagos and warned Stormwind’s knights about the Orc invasion.
• Diakum confronted Medivh at Karazhan with Aegwynn and the liches, and Sargeras emerged from Medivh to transform the tower into a Fel stronghold.
• Diakum fought Sargeras with the Void Lords’ aid and entered a frenzy, while his companions escaped and he was left weakened after the battle.
• Diakum helped Medivh return from the astral plane, advised him to enter Maldraxxus to cleanse his soul, and sealed Medivh’s urn under the Light’s protection.
• Diakum discovered threats spreading through the Magic Plague and reprimanded Yrel for Lightforging hundreds of Nightborne, ordering her to stop and lead them to the Broken Shore.
• Zuluhed and Lethon attacked Lothar’s forces while searching for the Dragon Soul, and Diakum rescued Lothar and urged him to unite humanity by rebuilding the Second Arathor Empire.
• Diakum left Karazhan with Lothar for the battlefield, while Medivh’s enchanted Lion’s Roar armor strengthened Diakum’s resistance talents and the Orcs prepared to start the war.