Chapter Summaries

Diakum defeated and spared the Blue Dragon Arcanagos, warned Khadgar against returning to Karazhan, and sent him and Garona to help evacuate innocents while the others regrouped. Back at the Nexus, Arcanagos awoke with severe mental injuries and missing memories, prompting Tarecgosa to investigate the Black Morass with the Chatterbox Staff.

• Diakum tormented Arcanagos with Shadowflame and void magic until Aegwynn and Chromie intervened and Chromie healed the dragon with temporal magic.
• Aegwynn explained that Arcanagos had come to investigate the Dark Portal, and Diakum warned her that Medivh's dark power could kill the Blue Dragon if they confronted him.
• Garona identified Khadgar as a spy and gave Diakum Gul'dan's Skull; Diakum told Khadgar to stay away from Karazhan, but Khadgar insisted on helping evacuate its innocent residents.
• Diakum ordered Garona and Khadgar to find the K'ure Alliance's rally beacon while he and the others regrouped their scattered warriors.
• Arcanagos awoke at the Nexus with missing memories and a mind damaged by the encounter; Kalecgos arranged treatment while Tarecgosa prepared to investigate the Black Morass with the Chatterbox Staff.

Chromie saved Arcanagos from corruption, while Diakum prepared a gentler way to confront the Orc threat. In the Black Morass, Gavinrad’s scouts were outmaneuvered by Orcs, and the general’s camp was trapped, forcing him to call for help.

• Chromie told Diakum she had sent Arcanagos away and erased his memories to protect him from the Void’s influence.
• Diakum and Aegwynn discussed their plans as they entered the Black Morass, where Diakum waited for a distress flare to test his approach to uniting Azeroth.
• Gavinrad and Mage Malin examined captured Orc scouts and underestimated their strength and intelligence.
• A disguised wolf spirit priest and the other Orc prisoners broke free, signaling a force of Orcs and dire wolves to surround the human camp.
• Gavinrad ordered Malin to warn Stormwind, but Orc spellcasters blocked his teleportation, so Gavinrad fired the Draenei signal pistol to summon aid.

Diakum disguised himself as a human and helped General Gavinrad escape the Orc attack on the Traveler's Camp, warning him that Stormwind needed aid from the other human kingdoms. After learning that Lycantos wanted him to stay out of its coming duel with Goldrinn, Diakum prepared to intervene quietly and headed toward Karazhan with reinforcements to confront Medivh.

• Aegwynn gave Diakum a disguise brooch, and Lieutenant Windsor identified his human appearance as resembling the Prestor Family of the Northern Borderlands.
• Diakum fought through the Orc assault at the Traveler's Camp, helped Gavinrad evacuate the survivors, and urged him to warn Anduin Lothar and Llane Wrynn that Stormwind could not withstand the invasion alone.
• Garona reported that about eight hundred K'ure Alliance warriors had escaped the Orc fortress, and Diakum explained that Lycantos wanted him to stay out of its destined contest with Goldrinn.
• Diakum told Garona and Khadgar that he would intervene in the human war quietly, then ordered Gaiara to lead the gathered warriors to the Redridge Mountains and set out for Karazhan to confront Medivh.
• Aegwynn introduced Diakum to the liches Meryl Winterwind and Farodis Nar'thalas, and Diakum revealed that he had killed the demon Kasanathir several times on Argus before asking Farodis to tell him his story.

Lothar and Llane prepared Stormwind to face a massive Orc invasion, though they questioned the foreign prophet’s warning and doubted the Northern kingdoms would help. At Karazhan, Medivh healed Orgrim and offered the War Horde a way to obtain supplies, then turned his attention to the wounded Grom Hellscream.

• Gavinrad told Lothar that the War Horde had trapped his force in the Black Morass and reported that roughly four hundred thousand Orcs threatened the kingdom.
• Lothar and Llane agreed to reinforce the Redridge Mountains, seek Medivh’s assessment, and contact the Dwarven king rather than rely on divided human kingdoms.
• Lothar reassured young Varian that he would return from the campaign with a real sword for him.
• Medivh used time magic to heal Orgrim after Varok Saurfang brought him to Karazhan, and he directed the Orcs to seek supplies from the Goblins.
• Varok asked Medivh to heal Grom Hellscream and reforge Gorehowl, and Medivh said he needed to speak with Grom by borrowing Varok’s body.

Medivh spoke with Lycantos about the Orcs’ unity, the Wolfheart War, and the hidden forces shaping the Force War, then tried to awaken Grom Hellscream by confronting him with his guilt. Meanwhile, a mysterious father and his daughter Sinestra turned away from Karazhan, where danger was gathering.

• Medivh let Lycantos speak through Varok Saurfang, and Lycantos promised that his hunting pack would confront Goldrinn while the Orcs forged unity under pressure.
• Lycantos warned Medivh that the supreme battlefield of the Force War was Azeroth and gave him hidden divine weapons as the price of watching the Wolfheart War.
• Medivh tried to awaken Grom Hellscream, entered his mind, and exposed the guilt and fear keeping him trapped in memories of his clan’s destruction.
• Medivh told Grom that Diakum had spared his life because he had a role in correcting his past mistakes, then urged him to rest before his coming mission.
• A black-haired man and his daughter Sinestra turned their carriage away from Karazhan after he sensed danger there, and he told her to focus on their hidden family’s work.

Farodis recounted the War of the Ancients and the secrets surrounding Azshara, Tyrande, and Illidan before Diakum’s group reached Karazhan to confront the darkness beneath it. Their preparations were interrupted by Tarecgosa, who attacked Diakum and was swiftly subdued by Argus.

• Farodis told Diakum and Chromie how he had opposed Azshara, how Cenarius had fallen, and how Azshara’s power had affected Tyrande and the fate of Illidan.
• Argus questioned Farodis through the Argus Heart seal and learned that Azeroth had awakened ten thousand years earlier; Khadgar reported that Dalaran had not yet answered his warning.
• Diakum told Khadgar and Garona to evacuate the civilians, while Aegwynn ordered Moroes to clear Karazhan’s guests before Diakum, Meryl Winterwind, and Farodis prepared to enter the Hanging Abyss.
• Tarecgosa trapped Diakum and the two liches in an Arcane Domain, froze the liches, and confronted Diakum with the unruly staff Aluneth.
• Diakum drew the Twilight Hammer, prompting Meryl and Farodis to restrain him as Tarecgosa tried to flee; Argus caught her and sent her crashing to the ground.

Diakum and Aegwynn led their allies into Karazhan to wrest control of the tower from Medivh, discovering that he had given dangerous artifacts to the Green Skin Orcs. At the top, Medivh revealed that Sargeras had influenced him since before his birth, leaving Aegwynn devastated as the confrontation began.

• Tarecgosa fainted after the Argus Star Soul branded her, while Aegwynn accepted Aluneth despite its past failure during her fight with Sargeras’s avatar.
• Diakum reported that Medivh’s dark servants had removed the artifacts from Karazhan’s cellar, and he lent Meryl Winterwind Kazzak’s Soul Resonator Staff for the coming battle.
• The group entered Karazhan’s Mage Tower, where Aegwynn went ahead to activate its defenses and the others discussed her family and Diakum’s history with demons.
• Aegwynn returned with a shield for Diakum, and she led the group to Medivh’s astral observatory at the tower’s summit.
• Medivh revealed that Sargeras had been hidden in Aegwynn’s shadow and had influenced him since before his birth, causing Aegwynn to break down.

Diakum and the liches fought Medivh as Karazhan’s unstable magic threatened Deadwind Pass, while Khadgar, Garona, and Tarecgosa rushed to stabilize the tower. Aegwynn chose to fight Sargeras inside her son, and Diakum began phase two by preparing to draw the Dark Titan’s attention.

• Diakum transformed into the Sanctified Seraphim and joined the two Archlichs in battling Medivh, while Medivh summoned demons and unleashed devastating spells.
• Khadgar persuaded Garona and the waking Tarecgosa to help reach Karazhan’s control core and release its unstable magical energy.
• Diakum urged Aegwynn to take responsibility and save Medivh, prompting her to reclaim Aluneth and resolve to challenge Sargeras again.
• Aluneth confessed that it had feared Sargeras and had tried to stop Aegwynn from falling into the Titan’s trap.
• The Archlichs bound Medivh with Necromantic Shackles, and Aegwynn pierced his heart with a sure-hit Arcane strike to drive Sargeras out.
• Diakum switched to the Twilight Hammer and told the others to attack while he taunted Sargeras.

Diakum fought Sargeras’s fragment of will in Medivh’s demonized body, receiving power from the Argus Star Soul and several Void Lords. As demons and Void servants flooded into Karazhan and the battle threatened the Eastern Kingdoms, Diakum unleashed Life Force and prepared to turn the invading forces into nourishment.

• Aegwynn pierced Medivh’s heart, but Sargeras’s will erupted from his body and transformed him into a demon.
• The Argus Star Soul empowered Diakum, who drew Sargeras’s attention and battled the Titan’s avatar with help from the Void Lords.
• Sargeras tore Karazhan into a Fel stronghold and summoned F'harg, Shatug, and Aggramar, while Void servants entered to fight the Greater Demons.
• Farodis, Aegwynn, and Meryl Winterwind evacuated the terrace by exiling it from Karazhan’s physical plane, leaving Diakum behind.
• Diakum activated Ancient Frenzy, endured Gorribal piercing his heart, and declared that he would make the assembled demons and monsters nourishment for Life Force.

After defeating Sargeras’s mortal vessel, Diakum recovered from Ancient Frenzy with severe weakness but gained powerful Void rewards. At Karazhan, he learned that Medivh’s soul might be difficult to retrieve, and Lycantos offered to bring it back in exchange for Diakum staying out of its duel with Goldrinn.

• Diakum woke from his frenzy, discovered he was weakened for thirty days, and received two Legendary Talents, a Mythic sword technique, and two titles from the Void Lords.
• Garona helped Diakum recover and dress, while Tarecgosa criticized the destruction at Karazhan and Diakum sent her to assist Chromie.
• Diakum reassured Khadgar that he could become an Arcaneforger and discussed how Aegwynn’s reclaimed Guardian power in Atiesh could draw mages to Stormwind.
• Diakum joined Aegwynn, Farodis, and Meryl Winterwind as they tried to summon Medivh’s soul, but they feared Sargeras had altered it and that Death’s laws might not reach him.
• Diakum summoned Lycantos, who offered to retrieve Medivh’s soul without a price if Diakum stopped intervening in its duel with Goldrinn.

Diakum negotiated with Lycantos to recover Medivh’s soul, then helped Medivh and Lady Aegwynn confront the consequences of Sargeras’s corruption and Medivh’s past actions. Medivh chose to enter the Shadowlands and infiltrate Maldraxxus, while Aegwynn stayed behind to fulfill her own duties.

• Diakum agreed that he would intervene in the war between the Green Skin Orcs and humanity, while Lycantos promised not to spread the worgen curse or involve other forces in its duel with Goldrinn.
• Lycantos guided Medivh’s spirit back from the astral plane, and Medivh and Lady Aegwynn apologized to each other and reconciled.
• Diakum, Farodis, and Old Meryl warned that Sargeras’s corruption remained in Medivh’s soul and that he could become the Dark Titan’s weapon against Azeroth if he returned to the material world.
• Diakum argued that Medivh should enter the Shadowlands to cleanse his soul and spy on Death’s faction, while Old Meryl insisted he accept responsibility for the lives lost because of his actions.
• Lady Aegwynn tried to follow Medivh into death, but Diakum and the others stopped her, and Medivh gave Khadgar the key to Karazhan before choosing to depart.
• Diakum advised Medivh to go to Maldraxxus, seize Marquis Sin'dane’s position, and build power there; Medivh accepted the plan and promised to make amends for the harm he had caused.

After burying Medivh, Diakum told Aegwynn about Azeroth’s Star Soul and asked her to help it communicate with its children. Aegwynn agreed to search for a way through the Titans’ blockade, while Diakum planned to recover and then aid the Stormwind Kingdom; Aegwynn ended by asking him for a personal favor.

• Diakum consecrated Medivh’s urn and sealed it under the Light’s protection.
• Farodis and Old Meryl urged Diakum to recover in Karazhan and offered help for the Stormwind Kingdom, while he asked them and Garona to leave so he could speak privately with Aegwynn.
• Aegwynn touched the Argus Heart signet ring and learned from the Argus Star Soul about Star Souls, Titans, and Azeroth’s importance.
• Diakum explained that the Dragonflight could return to Azeroth’s side and asked Aegwynn to try becoming the world’s Star Soul Spokesperson.
• Aegwynn agreed to help Diakum and Lord Argus find a breach in the Titans’ blockade and promised to prepare a teleportation orb for the Tomb of Sargeras.
• Diakum said he would recover briefly before traveling to the Stormwind Kingdom, and Aegwynn offered to provide him with armor, weapons, and Moroes’s assistance.

Diakum safeguarded Atiesh and discussed the burdens of wielding it before exploring Karazhan and using its time rift to contact Maraad in Silithus. The vision revealed that the Magic Plague had infected elves and goblins at Cenarion Hold, while Maraad stayed to help the sick and Diakum warned him about the dreadlord Sorenor.

• Diakum placed Atiesh in his Augure chest after Aegwynn entrusted it to him, and he explained to Garona why its power continually reshaped its Guardians.
• Diakum sent Garona to watch the Darkmoon Faire's performance and warned her that the seemingly harmless circus hid a dangerous nature.
• Diakum found Karazhan's time rift, which showed him Maraad in Silithus among elves infected by the Magic Plague.
• Diakum contacted Maraad and learned that Nubodon and General Vastann Staghelm had contained the plague at Cenarion Hold, though infected goblins were also falling ill.
• Diakum identified the hidden dreadlord Sorenor as the gnome physician Nelson and warned Maraad not to confront him alone.
• Maraad chose to remain with Nubodon and help the infected elves recover, while Diakum learned that General Vastann Staghelm's father was a retired druid caring for his family in Ashenvale.

Diakum checked on Yrel in Suramar and learned that she had become entangled in the Nightborne’s political conflict while rescuing people from Magic Addiction. After discovering that Yrel had Lightforged about two hundred Nightborne into Light-addicted elves, he was left to deal with her dangerous, rapidly spreading experiment.

• Diakum watched Yrel lead Nightborne resistance fighters away from Suramar’s guards and Oru'ruel, then guided her to safety at Moonrest Estate.
• Yrel explained that Governor Toserin and Grand Magus Elisande had been struggling for control of the Broken Isles, while many Suramar Nightborne suffered from Magic Addiction and became Withered.
• Diakum ordered Yrel and Lelan to meet Aegwynn at the Broken Shore, open an ancient ruin, retrieve the Ashbringer from Eredath, and then travel to Stormwind.
• Yrel said she wanted to save the Nightborne by Lightforging them, and admitted that her first attempt had made Runas crave the Holy Light instead of magic.
• Yrel confessed that roughly two hundred Nightborne, including children, had undergone her conversion and that more were coming to the safe house seeking the same treatment.
• Diakum condemned Yrel’s experiment as replacing Magic Addiction with Light Addiction and reacted with dismay at the number of elves she had transformed.

Yrel and Lelan prepared to leave their hidden Nightborne refuge after Yrel was ordered to stop creating Light-addicted Elves, but they rescued one final group and brought their followers to nearly a thousand. Meanwhile, Farodis explained the secret alliance backing Toserin’s campaign and asked Diakum whether he would oppose Quel'Thalas supporting Anduin Lothar as Human Emperor; Diakum responded with a question about Dath'Remar Sunstrider.

• Diakum reprimanded Yrel for her reckless Lightforging and ordered her to take her Light-addicted Elves to the Broken Shore without making more.
• Yrel told Lelan to prepare to leave their underground refuge, but the two agreed to rescue Olair, Aruin, and their group of more than four hundred Nightborne first.
• Diakum visited Farodis in Karazhan and asked why Quel'Thalas secretly supported Toserin’s conquest of the Broken Isles.
• Farodis explained that Quel'Thalas and the Kaldorei backed Toserin to remove Elisande, secure magic for their people, and keep Azshara asleep, while also revealing the Kaldorei fear of Tyrande’s eventual release.
• Farodis asked whether Diakum would interfere with Quel'Thalas’s plan to support Anduin Lothar as Human Emperor, and Diakum asked whether Dath'Remar Sunstrider was truly dead or whether two demigod liches were hidden in the Sunwell.

Sir Lothar ambushed Thunderlord wolf riders in the Redridge Mountains, but a drake and Zuluhed attacked the victorious humans before a mysterious noble rescued the survivors. The chapter ended with the stranger treating Lothar and Kishaen and asking Lieutenant Windsor whether he had heard of the Prestor Family.

• Sir Lothar and Kishaen led an ambush that wiped out a band of Thunderlord wolf riders, and Lothar saved Kishaen from their captain.
• Zuluhed and Drake Lord Lethon searched the Redridge Mountains for the Dragon Soul, then attacked the human forces from the sky.
• Kishaen warned Sir Lothar of the drake and tackled him out of the deadly breath, while the drake's assault killed or wounded many soldiers.
• A mysterious noble used a magical orb to rescue the survivors and treated Lothar and Kishaen with healing potions.
• The noble asked Lieutenant Windsor whether he had heard of the Prestor Family.

Lord Daval Prestor and Katrana rescued Lothar and Kishaen, then revealed their Black Dragonflight identities and their interest in the Dragon Soul. Lothar awakened from a vision of a giant white wolf, whose voice sent him back to the war, and was asked what he had seen.

• Daval and Katrana treated the wounded Lothar and Kishaen, then sent Windsor's soldiers to take them to Karazhan.
• After the soldiers departed, Katrana questioned Daval's decision to send Lothar to Medivh, and Daval explained that he wanted to learn what Lethon and the Orc warlock planned to do with the Dragon Soul.
• Daval transformed into an Orc and rode a Dire Wolf toward the Black Morass to investigate Lethon's search for the artifact.
• Lothar awoke in a strange forest and encountered a giant white wolf that judged his memories of war and told him he was not yet prepared.
• Lothar opened his eyes beside a black-haired, yellow-skinned man, who asked him whom he had seen.

After awakening in Karazhan, Lothar learned that Orcs and their drake allies threatened Stormwind, and the leaders around him urged him to rebuild a united Human Empire with Quel'Thalas's support. The chapter left Lothar facing an arranged marriage to Farodis's granddaughter as part of that plan, while Diakum and Meryl prepared to seek Strom'kar and Ashbringer.

• Diakum healed Lothar, who woke after dreaming that Goldrinn had judged him unready to become its God Chosen.
• Diakum and Garona warned Lothar about Grom Hellscream and the Orcs' strength, and Diakum revealed his true half-giant form.
• After Windsor recounted Lothar's rescue by Daval Prestor, Diakum realized that their attack on Medivh had inadvertently spared Deathwing.
• Lothar asked Meryl and Farodis to secure aid for Stormwind, and Aegwynn, Meryl, Farodis, and Diakum pressed him to unite humanity by rebuilding the Second Arathor Empire.
• Meryl proposed that Lothar marry Farodis's granddaughter Daenerys von Trollbane Nar'thalas to help win Quel'Thalas's support, while Farodis promised to discuss the match with her.
• Aegwynn left to open the Tomb of Sargeras, and Diakum offered to help Meryl find Strom'kar in exchange for bringing him Ashbringer.

Lothar prepared to leave Karazhan while Diakum received Medivh’s armor and persuaded Moroes to remain and care for the tower rather than kill himself. As the humans set out for war, Zuluhed learned of a hidden barrier in the Redridge Mountains and planned to seize the Dragon Soul.

• Lothar prepared to take Medivh’s ashes to Northshire Abbey, while Diakum accepted Lion’s Roar armor from Moroes as Lothar’s bodyguard.
• Diakum discovered Moroes planned to drink poison and told him a story about a loyal butler, convincing him to stay in Karazhan and prepare for Medivh’s possible return.
• Khadgar stopped Moroes from taking the poison and asked for his help securing the tower, and Moroes agreed to work with him.
• Diakum left Karazhan with Lothar, Hunter Master Attumen, and the knights bound for the battlefield.
• A Green Skins wolf rider told Zuluhed about a hidden barrier in the Redridge Mountains, and Zuluhed and the drake suspected the Dragon Soul was inside and resolved to begin the war.

Medivh's Lion's Roar · Commander's Might armor was described as an upgradeable legendary item originally crafted for Anduin Lothar. Its current wearer, Diakum Zastinus, gained enhanced resistances while the armor developed compatibility with Holy Light Force.

• Medivh crafted Lion's Roar · Commander's Might for his sworn brother, Anduin Lothar, using Titan magic to adapt it to its wearer's physique.
• Medivh permanently enchanted the armor so its wearer's energy could strengthen it and eventually raise its quality.
• Diakum Zastinus wore the armor with its energy adaptation growth path set to Holy Light Force.
• Diakum Zastinus's legendary resistance talents rose to Mythic Blade Resistance and Mythic Energy Resistance, reducing physical and energy damage by 66% except against artifact attacks.