Chapter Summaries

The allied forces fought their way through the dream toward the Tower of Azora to destroy Zuluhed and free Elwynn Forest. On the battlefield, Varian Wrynn received the sword Saramani and revealed himself as he joined his father and grandfather’s duel.

• Marshal Lothar held off the undead while Millhouse Manastorm and the other groups advanced toward the Tower of Azora, and Kael'thas assigned his forces and Mar'gok's forces to attack separate fortresses.
• King Llane confronted his father, King Baratheon, while Maraad, Yrel, and the Lightforged fought back demons summoned by the Shadow Council.
• Varian Wrynn charged across the battlefield in his magically matured body, and Diakum sent him the sword Saramani.
• Varian used Saramani to bring down Baratheon's warhorse, then removed his helmet and announced his return to Llane and Baratheon.

Zuluhed prepared to corrupt Ysera into a fel-powered Nightmare Tyrant while Eska secretly planned to use the Void to claim her instead. At the Tower of Azora, Zuluhed confronted the Azerothian assault force, and Garrosh struck his dream shield.

• The besieged Shadow Council warlocks panicked, but Zuluhed ordered them to hold the Tower of Azora and prepared a secret weapon.
• Zuluhed revealed that Ysera had regressed into a powerful Proto-Dragon and planned to use a fel seed to turn her into a Nightmare Tyrant.
• Zuluhed left Eska to oversee Ysera’s corruption, but Eska admitted to Xal'atath that he meant to betray Zuluhed and transform Ysera into a Void servant.
• Kael'thas, Mar'gok, and their surviving allies reached the tower’s highest level after suffering heavy losses on the way up.
• Zuluhed raised the Dragon Soul and summoned nightmare creatures and demon lords to block the attackers, but Garrosh charged in and cracked his dream shield with the Axe of Destruction.

Garrosh, Yorin, and their allies defeated Zuluhed during the battle at the Tower of Azora, while Onyxia arranged to confront her brother Nefarian. The Mag'har won back a measure of dignity, but a black-clad figure escaped with the Dragon Soul.

• Garrosh, Mar'gok, Kael'thas, and the academy staff attacked Zuluhed and weakened his dream shield as he fought back with Ulthalesh and the Dragon Soul.
• Onyxia and the dragons entered the Tower of Azora's dream, where Mylune found the Dream Crystal and Onyxia ordered the others to help Kalecgos and Korialstrasz while she waited for Nefarian.
• Mylune tore open the dream realm, allowing Vigilant to bombard the Tower of Azora with Holy Light and force Zuluhed to shatter the nightmare realm as he tried to escape.
• Garrosh used his Solar-Powered Battleaxe to guide Vigilant's Lightbreaker strike through Zuluhed's shield, and the attack burned Zuluhed nearly to death.
• Yorin used fel energy from Gul'dan's Skull to burn Zuluhed to ash, while a black-clad figure stole the Dragon Soul and fled.
• Garrosh collapsed from his injuries, and Griselda emerged from her nightmare and fell asleep beside him and Yorin as the Mag'har celebrated their victory.

Xal'atath tried to corrupt Ysera and take over her body, but Kael'thas and Mar'gok interrupted the ritual and rescued the Dragon Queen. The chapter ended with Xal'atath escaping, Eska dying, and Mar'gok helping Kael'thas endure a severe Magic Addiction attack.

• Xal'atath used Eska and the Blade of the Black Empire to infuse Ysera with Void corruption while planning to possess the Green Dragon Queen.
• Mar'gok and Kael'thas arrived in the dreamscape, attacked Eska, and fought to break the Void's hold on Ysera.
• Mar'gok's forbidden spell interrupted Eska's ritual, and Kael'thas tore the Blade of the Black Empire from Ysera's scales as she awakened and flew away.
• Xal'atath fled the shattered dreamscape after leaving a corrupting whisper in Ysera's mind, while Eska died in the flames and called out to God Anzu.
• Kael'thas collapsed under Magic Addiction, and Mar'gok confiscated his orbs, gave him Titanforged Runes, and promised to watch over him without revealing his condition.

Nefarian tried to escape with the Dragon Soul, but Onyxia and the Vigilant’s strike stopped him, sending the artifact into Vereesa and Rhonin’s hands. Aegwynn rescued them from Deathwing’s attack and took the Dragon Soul, while the chapter ended with Chromie and Onyxia watching the Dragon Aspects arrive to confront the battle’s aftermath.

• Nefarian fled the battlefield with the Dragon Soul, but Onyxia ambushed him and Mylune helped the Vigilant strike him with a Solar Bombardment.
• The Dragon Soul landed in a tree near Vereesa and Rhonin, and Rhonin stopped Vereesa from giving in to its temptation before they escaped on her dragonhawk.
• Nefarian’s servants pursued Vereesa and Rhonin, while Ysera emerged from the Dream and fought the Vigilant in her monstrous Proto-Dragon King form.
• Deathwing used the Dragon Soul’s influence to attack Rhonin and Vereesa, but Aegwynn arrived and halted his control of the earth with the Staff of Sargeras.
• Rhonin handed the Dragon Soul to Aegwynn, who praised him and sent Vereesa to care for him.
• Chromie questioned Onyxia about Nefarian’s escape, and the two watched the Red Dragon Queen and the Weaver arrive as Onyxia speculated about Lightforging the guardian Dragon Kings.

Diakum purified the Void corruption in Ysera while Aegwynn and the dragons held back her kin. Ysera accepted the World Mother’s call and flew home with her dragonflight, leaving Alexstrasza behind as the Dragon Aspects faced a choice about their future.

• Diakum restrained Ysera and used the Holy Light to purge the Void seed while Mylune tried to reach her.
• Aegwynn stopped the Dragon Kings from interfering, and Tarecgosa urged Malygos and Alexstrasza to learn the truth about the Titans and the World Mother.
• Malygos and Alexstrasza arrived, and Alexstrasza demanded that Aegwynn destroy the Dragon Soul before tensions rose between them.
• Diakum finished healing Ysera, who recognized Mylune and Alexstrasza by their closeness despite her shattered memories.
• Aegwynn called Ysera home to the World Mother, and Ysera departed with her dragonflight after bidding Alexstrasza farewell.
• Diakum shared his knowledge of dragons with the World Mother and acknowledged his role in Ysera’s suffering.

After the green dragons returned to the World Mother, Diakum warned Alexstrasza that the Dragon Aspects might no longer represent justice and left her to consider the Incarnate Dragons. Meanwhile, Kael'thas resisted his Magic Addiction, withdrew from the Guardians of Tirisfal trial in favor of Mar'gok, and began weighing a new bargain with him as Diakum prepared for the campaign's aftermath.

• Diakum spoke with the Overmind, which reported that its swarm had survived the Void's rebuke and asked him to obtain powerful genes from the Dark Empire's surviving branches.
• Diakum told Alexstrasza that Alestrasza's choice to abandon her guardian power did not make her less a defender of life, and urged the Red Dragon Queen to question whether the Incarnate Dragons were truly evil.
• Malygos proposed returning to Wyrmrest Temple to study Tyr's records, while warning Alexstrasza that Deathwing had returned and Ysera was safe with the World Heart.
• Mar'gok helped Kael'thas suppress his Magic Addiction, and Kael'thas offered to withdraw from the Guardians of Tirisfal trial in exchange for Mar'gok supporting Lothar's campaign to restore his nation.
• Kael'thas explained that he was delaying demigodhood to seek the Flames of Sulfuras, and Mar'gok decided to pursue a Commendation Rune and a stronger Arcane foundation instead of claiming the Guardian's staff.
• Diakum ordered Kael'thas and Mar'gok to return to Stormwind and prepare for the succession ceremony; Mar'gok then proposed a new alliance to Kael'thas, who agreed to think it over.

Yrel and Griselda debated whether Garrosh should be Lightforged, and Diakum entered Garrosh’s mind to offer him a chance to gain strength before his battle with Grom. Garrosh accepted, while Khadgar was urged to take the Staff of the Guardian and become the next Guardian of Tirisfal.

• Yrel learned that Garrosh had been badly burned while killing Zuluhed, and she warned Yorin Deadeye that Uthalesh’s Scythe could consume him.
• Griselda urged Yrel to Lightforge the injured Garrosh, partly to strengthen him and partly to remove a rival for control of the Mag’har Horde.
• Diakum entered Garrosh’s mental world, saw him repeatedly lose to a dark version of himself, and rebuilt the setting after explaining that his despair would keep him from defeating Grom.
• Garrosh told Diakum he wanted to defeat Grom to free his father from guilt and fulfill his mother’s wish, then agreed to be Lightforged.
• Mar’gok and Kael’thas offered Khadgar the Staff of the Guardian, arguing that he was suited to protect humanity and should accept the role of Guardian of Tirisfal.

Khadgar accepted Atiesh but rejected the public title of Guardian, resolving to pass its power on secretly and use it to save people in the Northern Borderlands. Rhonin received a Heart of Azeroth pendant from Aegwynn and joined the Salvation Army, then planned to travel north with Khadgar and Vereesa.

• Khadgar told Rhonin he feared inheriting Atiesh because a future vision showed him refusing to avenge Theramore, and Garona urged them to remember that fate could be changed.
• Rhonin revealed that his own fate had changed, and Khadgar agreed to accept Atiesh while keeping the Guardians' power secret and leaving to rescue people from the demons.
• Aegwynn appeared to Rhonin in a dream, judged him worthy of the Salvation Army, and gave him a Heart of Azeroth pendant bearing the name Dragonheart Rhonin.
• Rhonin awakened with the pendant in his hand, beheld the Star Soul through it, and invited Vereesa to join his journey north.
• Khadgar returned with Atiesh and found Rhonin chatting with Vereesa, then reacted with envy when he noticed Rhonin's pendant.

Gul'dan reported on the Scourge's expansion to Tichondrius, who promised reinforcements while assigning him to pursue an opportunity in Nerubian territory. Gul'dan recruited Zuluhed from the Maw and began selecting more prisoners, while Xal'atath proposed an alliance with Deathwing.

• Gul'dan told Tichondrius that the Scourge had established forces across Azeroth but faced resistance from Helya and Bwonsamdi, and Tichondrius arranged for reinforcements from the Shadowlands.
• Gul'dan revealed three San'layn, whom Tichondrius named Jiemie, Muze, and Dark Vein before taking them to Kalimdor.
• Gul'dan found Zuluhed imprisoned in the Maw and offered to free him if he helped seize the Nerubian kingdom and build an army.
• Gul'dan used his authority to take Zuluhed and learned he could recruit five suffering prisoners each month, then urged the other prisoners to fight for the remaining spots.
• Xal'atath offered Deathwing help with his son Nefarian and his plans in exchange for resources to create her a body, and Deathwing questioned her right to propose an alliance.

After Stormwind’s forces reclaimed Elwynn Forest, Lothar prepared a campaign to drive the Orcs from Westfall while King Llane assigned Varian to serve under him as White Pawn. Meanwhile, Quel’Thalas’s expeditionary force arrived, Anveena spoke with the Heart of Azeroth, and Gaiara reported that her brother was missing.

• Lothar and King Llane agreed to rest the army before attacking the fortified Redridge Mountains and to send Lothar with the Iron Horse Knights and a new Seventh Legion to reclaim Westfall.
• Llane revealed that Varian had returned from Draenor, and Lothar accepted him as a soldier under the codename White Pawn and ordered him to keep his helmet on.
• Liadrin and Lor’themar told Kael’thas that Dath’Remar had manifested in the Sunwell and that Kael’thas would command Quel’Thalas’s forces in the coming wars.
• Lady Gina Goldsword learned that Fina planned to dine with Queen Katherine and insisted on joining her daughter at the Golden Rose.
• Diakum awakened the Sun Spirit from the golden crystal ball, and Anveena took the Heart of Azeroth to speak with her mother, the Star Soul Lord.
• Gaiara arrived on a Dread Raven and told Diakum that her brother was missing.

Gaiara and Diakum searched for the missing infant Go'el, while Hogger found him among his Gnolls and chose to spare him, sending him drifting toward Westfall. After the Black Wolf God directed Hogger north to the Wetlands, Gaiara and Diakum set out to find Go'el in Westfall.

• Gaiara told Diakum that a ghost wolf had knocked Go'el from his swaddling clothes during an attack, and Diakum suspected someone had found him.
• Hogger confronted a Gnoll brute who planned to eat the baby and killed him to protect his authority.
• Hogger recognized the Frostwolf emblem on Go'el's swaddling clothes and placed the infant in a basket, sending him downriver toward Westfall.
• Hogger decided to abandon his failing hunting pack, and Lycantos directed him to build his strength among Gnoll clans in the Wetlands.
• Gaiara and Diakum rode toward Westfall, hoping to find Go'el while keeping his identity from the Green Skins.

Lieutenant Aedelas Blackmoore found a newborn Mag'har orc in a refugee camp and sent a veteran to contact the nearby Mag'har, hoping the rescue would earn him favor. Green Skin warlock Drak'Sul identified the infant as Durotan's son and set out to seize him, while a teenage human slave decided to follow.

• Madam Krania told Aedelas Blackmoore that Taresa Foxton had rescued a brown-skinned infant from the river, and Blackmoore recognized the child as a Mag'har orc.
• Blackmoore ordered Tamis Foxton and his family to keep the infant alive, gave him a healing potion, and sent a veteran with the child's belongings to contact the Mag'har.
• Green Skin wolf riders killed the veteran, recovered the swaddling cloth and wolf-fang pendant, and brought them to Drak'Sul at Sentinel Hill.
• Drak'Sul identified the belongings as Frostwolf tokens and concluded the infant was Durotan's newborn son, then ordered his forces to capture the child and use him to pressure Durotan.
• A teenage human slave watched Drak'Sul leave Sentinel Hill and decided to follow him, despite his grandmother's Shadow Trial assignment.

Lieutenant Aedelas Blackmoore and Matthias defended Sadin Farm against Drak'Sul's Stormreaver Orcs while reinforcements raced to the refugee camp. Diakum invoked the Holy Light to protect the defenders, and Windsor's Seventh Legion and Durotan's Mag'har forces were closing in as the battle escalated.

• Commodore Windsor received Little Finger's report that Drak'Sul was attacking Sadin Farm and ordered Gryphon riders and cavalry to reinforce it.
• Matthias helped Blackmoore fight off Orc attackers, warned him that reinforcements were coming, and identified the infant as a likely Orc prince.
• Blackmoore and Matthias rallied the frightened refugees, while Krania hid the infant with her daughter Taresa in the barn loft.
• A Felhound crashed into the loft, but a tiny Golden Little Angel appeared and destroyed it after Taresa prayed for help.
• Diakum designated Sadin Farm a temporary Holy Land, and the Holy Light shielded the defenders, giving the refugees courage to fight back.
• Windsor's Seventh Legion and Durotan and Gaiara's Mag'har wolf riders approached Sadin Farm as Diakum reflected that Go'el's arrival had altered Blackmoore's fate.

After the battle at Sadin Farm shattered the Stormreaver Clan's forces, Durotan reunited with Go'el and thanked Taresa and Lieutenant AEDelas Blackmoore for their help. Blackmoore earned an opportunity to serve under Lothar in the campaign to reclaim the Redridge Mountains, while Go'el's elemental blessing ceremony began.

• Drak'Sul tried to escape through a demon portal, but a dwarf shell detonated beside it and sent him and nearby warlocks into the Twisting Nether.
• Dwarf Steam Tanks turned the battle against the Stormreaver Clan, whose surviving forces fled toward Moonbrook and Dagger Hills after suffering devastating losses.
• Gaiara found Go'el and Taresa in a burned-out barn, and Go'el stopped crying only when Taresa returned with her parents and Blackmoore.
• Durotan thanked Taresa for protecting Go'el and agreed to free the Foxton family from servitude so they could return to Draenor.
• Blackmoore asked Durotan for a chance to rise through his own efforts, and Durotan introduced him to Llane and Lothar at Go'el's elemental blessing ceremony.
• Lothar offered Blackmoore command of the recruits rebuilding the Stonewall Brigade, and Blackmoore accepted the assignment to fight in the Redridge Mountains.

Go'el's elemental blessing ceremony drew all four elemental lords, revealing his extraordinary shamanic power and destiny. As the guests prepared for the growing conflict, Blackmoore received support and a cryptic warning from Diakum, while Jialiya and Arthas set out for Draenor and Varian promised to help reclaim their homeland.

• Gaiara led Go'el's blessing ceremony, and Al'Akir, Neptulon, Therazane, and Ragnaros all appeared to bless him.
• Diakum predicted that Go'el would become a shamanic leader who would help coordinate Azeroth's elemental forces.
• Draka and Durotan gave Blackmoore Draenor-made weapons and armor and offered the Frostwolf Clan's protection, while Tamis departed for Draenor.
• Diakum healed Blackmoore and advised him to pursue his own path rather than the Holy Light, prompting Blackmoore to consider the Wolf God's power.
• Jialiya explained that she and Arthas were traveling to Draenor with other refugees, and Varian secretly gave Arthas a shortsword and promised to help reclaim their homeland.
• Arthas vowed to return from Draenor and join Varian on the battlefield before going to Lordaeron to see his father.

The Centaur’s sacrifices summoned the Corrupted Cenarius, whose Magic Plague devastated Maraudon and prompted Naralex to warn the world. As demons overran Stromgarde, Rhonin used the Heart of Azeroth to fight back, but Mannoroth confronted him while Grom Hellscream sensed the invasion and urged Orgrim Doomhammer to join the battle.

• The Centaur elders’ ritual summoned Corrupted Cenarius, who unleashed the Magic Plague and killed the surrounding defenders; Naralex warned Mount Hyjal and the world that the Corrupted had arrived.
• Rhonin and Vereesa defended Stromgarde while Khadgar opened portals to evacuate civilians, but a Fel Well erupted beneath the city and demons poured through.
• The Heart of Azeroth empowered Rhonin, allowing him to kill a Doom Lord and unleash devastating spells against the demons emerging from the Fel Well.
• Danath Trollbane stayed behind to lead the defense and urged King Thoras Trollbane to evacuate and preserve Stromgarde’s legacy; Khadgar and Rhonin continued fighting as the city burned.
• Mannoroth entered Stromgarde, recognized the World Power within Rhonin, and challenged him to a duel while trapping them both in fel shackles.
• At Searing Gorge, Grom Hellscream sensed the Corrupted’s arrival in the north and urged Orgrim Doomhammer to go fight it.

Diakum learned that Mannoroth had invaded the Eastern Continent and rallied the Light Weavers to hunt him, while Stromgarde’s refugees fled toward dwarf territory. Princess Moira Bronzebeard organized aid in Thelsamar, but the Dark Iron Dwarves and orcs prepared to attack, with Orgrim secretly planning to turn against them.

• Diakum sensed Mannoroth in Stromgarde, summoned the Light Weavers, and told Anveena she could become his Light-Shadow Priest.
• Khadgar sent Stromgarde refugees to Thelsamar, where Mayor Eroen Dullnose arranged for them to camp outside town and sought help from King Magni.
• Princess Moira Bronzebeard arrived with King Magni’s orders, organized aid for the refugees, and sent Captain Karl Wildhammer’s force toward the Wetlands.
• A gryphon rider reported that Dark Iron Dwarves and orcs were advancing on Thelsamar while its local troops were away.
• Orgrim Doomhammer questioned General Angerforge, who explained that the Dark Iron Dwarves planned to seize Ironforge and summon the Fire Lord.
• Orgrim secretly delayed his attack on the Dark Iron Dwarves while Rend Blackhand reported that the Venture Company would arrange ships for the orcs’ retreat.

Orgrim defeated the Dark Iron force at King's Valley and forced Princess Moira to bargain for passage, supplies, and a chance to capture Emperor Sorissan. Meanwhile, Diakum prepared to depart with the Lightforged after learning that Black Pawn had arrived from Draenor to fight Mannoroth.

• Orgrim led the Horde through the mountain tunnel into King's Valley, where Princess Moira tried to bluff them with Human farmers and Dwarf defenses.
• Orgrim seized General Angerforge and threw him to Moira, who killed him with a point-blank musket shot.
• Orgrim negotiated passage through the Wetlands and supplies from Moira, then offered her a chance to raid Shadowforge City and capture Emperor Sorissan with Warlord Maim Blackhand's help.
• Moira agreed to disguise herself and her guards as prisoners, and Orgrim assigned Rend Blackhand to escort them while she ordered the Dark Iron prisoners executed.
• Moira gave Orgrim her seal and firearm to help the Horde pass Sardo Bridge, then declared she would prove herself by completing what the men of her family could not.
• Archbishop Akama told Diakum that Mannoroth had appeared and Black Pawn had arrived from Draenor, so Diakum prepared to leave aboard the Exodar with one thousand Lightforged.

After Stromgarde fell, Rhonin recovered and prepared to help rescue King Thoras Trollbane’s trapped forces by freeing an Earth Princess from her seal. The Vigilant promised to draw Mannoroth to Hammerfall, while Darius Crowley arrived at Thoradin’s Wall with Silverpine’s Worgen to hunt demons, leaving Danath to open the gates and march with them.

• Vereesa told Rhonin that Stromgarde had fallen and described how its survivors had fled, including King Thoras Trollbane’s soldiers trapped in a northeastern valley.
• Danath explained that he planned to lead a temporary legion to aid the trapped soldiers, and Rhonin proposed freeing Meshlir, the Earth Princess, to create a chance for their escape.
• Diakum reassured Rhonin that he had done his best, announced that he was assembling an army, and ordered Danath to hold the line and lure Mannoroth to Hammerfall.
• Rhonin’s strength returned after Diakum’s blessing, and he and Vereesa rode Gryphons into the mountains to seek the ancient stone giant and its wand.
• Darius Crowley arrived at Thoradin’s Wall with the Worgen of Silverpine Forest and warned Danath that the Northern Borderlands were overrun by demons and that humans could no longer survive there.
• Danath accepted the Worgen as temporary allies, ordered the gates opened, and prepared to march against the demons behind them.