Chapter Summaries

Orgrim Doomhammer’s forces captured Dun Modr and prepared to ambush Mannoroth, while King Thoras chose to join forces with the Orcs to fight the demons besieging his army. Orgrim watched the battlefield from afar, uneasy about the valley where the coming fight would take place.

• Azuka Blade Fury and her warriors captured Dun Modr’s dwarves, and Orgrim Doomhammer ordered Malkorok to remain behind and prepare explosives at Thandol Span.
• Orgrim rallied the Orc chieftains to fight Mannoroth and reclaim their honor, revealing that Durotan and the Mag'har were in this world.
• King Thoras refused to flee his besieged army, and Khadgar told him that aid would arrive if they held out until Mannoroth came to the valley.
• Azuka Blade Fury delivered Orgrim Doomhammer’s proposal to cooperate against the demons, and King Thoras agreed to work with the Orcs.
• Orgrim surveyed the valley with Kargath and said the place felt ominous.

Aboard the Exodar, Lothar weighed whether to trust Orgrim’s Orcs and spare them after they helped defeat Mannoroth, while Varian urged him to honor their cooperation. As the battle in Arathi intensified, Grom hunted demon commanders, and Kargath warned Khadgar that Mannoroth was approaching and needed to be held long enough for Grom to strike.

• Diakum and Saloras told Lothar that Orgrim’s temporary alliance was a gamble aimed at Mannoroth, and Saloras raised the possibility of killing the Orcs after the demons were defeated.
• Varian argued that the humans should spare the Orcs for helping them, and Lothar decided to prioritize defeating the demons and rescuing Thoras before judging the Orcs’ intentions.
• Diakum asked Saloras to restore Ashbringer and declared that he would unleash his holy wrath on Mannoroth and the demons.
• Grom rode through the battlefield and killed a Doom Valkyrie and her Man'ari warlocks with Gorehowl.
• Kargath told Khadgar that Mannoroth was on the way and ordered him to hold the Greater Demon while the Orcs created an opening for Grom to attack.

Mannoroth charged from Stromgarde to crush the orcs and humans, but Grom Hellscream and the allied forces confronted him despite the felblood forcing many orcs to their knees. Grom wounded the Destroyer with Gorehowl, and Black Pawn descended through Mannoroth’s flames to deliver a follow-up strike.

• Mannoroth sensed the approaching fighters and carved a fel scar from Stromgarde toward the valley as he charged.
• Rhonin and Vereesa Windrunner summoned the Earth Princess Meshlir, but Mannoroth attacked and shattered her body.
• Grom Hellscream, Orgrim Doomhammer, Kargath Bladefist, and the orc warriors charged Mannoroth, with King Thoras and the Stromgarde forces joining them.
• Mannoroth forced many orcs to their knees, but Kargath, Varok Saurfang, and Azuka Blade Fury wounded him in close combat.
• Grom struck Mannoroth with Gorehowl and ignited most of his body, but Mannoroth prepared to kill him with Sargeras’s Flame.
• Black Pawn fell through the flames and brought his Oak Axe down on Mannoroth.

Black Pawn and the Light Weaver Warband joined the orc chieftains’ assault on Mannoroth, while Lothar confronted Orgrim about the Horde’s future. Vigilant intervened to prevent Mannoroth’s escape and empowered Gorehowl, leaving Grom and Garrosh to fight the Destroyer together.

• Black Pawn refused Varian’s offer of Saramani, warned him not to make him a role model, and dropped from the Exodar to strike Mannoroth in the forehead.
• The Light Weaver Warband and Lothar’s forces teleported onto the battlefield, where Lothar questioned Orgrim and warned that they would settle their conflict at Corrupted Cenarius’s execution in Kalimdor.
• Orc warriors including Nazgrel, Varok Saurfang, and the Fireblade Blademasters sacrificed themselves to expose Mannoroth’s armor and wounds while Black Pawn and Grom attacked.
• Vigilant’s Purification authority severed Mannoroth’s connection to Fel Force, and Vigilant transformed into a giant to battle the Destroyer.
• Vigilant consecrated Gorehowl so it could permanently destroy demons, and Garrosh challenged Grom before following him toward Mannoroth.

Diakum and the resistance defeated Mannoroth in the Arathi Highlands, lifting the demon blood curse from the Green Skins and ending their forced berserk rage. The chapter left Eitrigg preparing to lead willing orcs back to tradition while Rend Blackhand and Princess Moira continued their escape from Shadowforge City.

• Diakum fought Mannoroth as the resistance joined forces with Lord Crowley, General Danath, the Wildhammer Dwarves, and other allies against the Legion.
• Grom, Black Pawn, and Diakum combined their attacks to expose Mannoroth's heart, and Grom drove Gorehowl into the demon's skull.
• Diakum contained Mannoroth's final explosion and kicked its destructive energy through a Fel Rift, destroying a wasteland in the Twisting Nether.
• Grom pulled Gorehowl from Mannoroth's remains, and Kazzak explained that the Destroyer's battle fervor would endure among the Green Skins.
• Eitrigg realized Mannoroth's death had made the demon blood curse controllable and began choosing which orcs would return to tradition.
• Rend Blackhand told Princess Moira that Grom had lifted the curse, then agreed to follow her escape plan from Shadowforge City.

After Mannoroth's defeat, Orgrim led the Orcs in a retreat from the Arathi Highlands while Lothar allowed them to leave and the Worgen pursued. The Orcs crossed Thandol Span and destroyed part of the bridge, where Godfrey challenged Orgrim to a final hunt beneath Kalimdor's silver moon.

• Orgrim ordered the Orcs to withdraw toward Thandol Span, and the chieftains collected pieces of Mannoroth's bones as spoils.
• Lothar let the Orcs leave because they had helped defeat the demons, while Daenerys vowed to learn from the Orc warriors.
• Kargath fought Lord Crowley as the Worgen tried to intercept the retreat, wounded him, and then withdrew with the Shattered Hand assassins.
• Orgrim's army crossed Thandol Span with Malkorok's help, and the Orcs detonated explosives that damaged the bridge and halted the Worgen pursuit.
• Godfrey identified himself as Gilneas's Dragonbone Lord and challenged Orgrim's hunting pack to meet the White Wolf's pack beneath Kalimdor's silver moon.

After Mannoroth's defeat, Thoras Trollbane refused Lightforging and accepted responsibility for Stromgarde's fall so Danath could lead the kingdom into a rebuilt Human Empire. He died after charging Anduin Lothar with reclaiming Stromgarde, and Diakum laid his body to rest among the city's demon-occupied ruins.

• Saloras lamented that most of Mannoroth's remains had been taken, while Diakum preserved the demon's heart to be made into a shield.
• Diakum declared Ashbringer would ascend into a greater weapon rather than be abandoned, then received word that Thoras Trollbane was near death.
• Thoras refused Lightforging and explained to Daenerys and Danath that he would bear the shame of losing Stromgarde so Danath could support Lothar's imperial ambitions.
• Emperor Thoradin pardoned Thoras and affirmed that he had cared for his land, and Thoras asked to be buried in Stromgarde after its recovery.
• Thoras charged Lothar with reclaiming Stromgarde, and Lothar accepted the mission before Thoras died with Daenerys and Danath beside him.
• Diakum carried Thoras's coffin to Stromgarde, purified the demons near the palace ruins, and consecrated the king's resting place.

Magni Bronzebeard learned that the Orcs had crossed the Wetlands with help from Gnolls, while Orgrim recruited Hogger Wolfvein and offered him a future in the Black Morass. The chapter left the Orcs preparing to leave for Kalimdor as General Vandar Stormpike agreed to conceal Princess Moira Bronzebeard’s alliance with them.

• Gerefu reported that the Orcs had passed through the Wetlands, occupied the route to Thelsamar, and received supplies from Gnolls, prompting Magni to send General Vandar to investigate.
• Hogger Wolfvein brought provisions to Orgrim and discussed building a Gnoll kingdom; Orgrim offered him the Black Morass and a chance to join the Orcs’ voyage to Kalimdor.
• Orgrim recognized a Frostwolf Clan swaddling cloth Hogger had used and learned that Hogger had sent Durotan’s child downriver, then let Hogger recruit Wetlands Gnolls for a day.
• Hogger agreed to travel with Orgrim’s forces, serve as an auxiliary, and learn leadership from him, while asking for goblin support and a fleet.
• Brox told Orgrim he would accompany the Orcs to Kalimdor as Draenor’s executioner, and challenged Orgrim to consider his own fate.
• Vandar learned that Princess Moira had taken troops to assassinate the Dark Iron King and ordered the dwarves to stage a mock battle with the Orcs so humans would find no evidence of their cooperation.

Danath Trollbane stayed near the Arathi Highlands to prepare for Stromgarde’s eventual liberation, while Lothar accepted the Heart of Azeroth and considered joining the war against the Corrupted One. In the Redridge Mountains, Eitrigg began selecting orcs for evacuation as Rend and Maim brought him the captive Dark Iron king.

• Danath refused to go to Stormwind and vowed to build a force in the Wildhammer-controlled highlands to reclaim Stromgarde.
• Daenerys gave Danath the Barbarian Lord Battleaxe and Forest Sprite Devolution Spores, which he consumed to begin the Prosperity Ritual.
• Diakum and Rhonin explained that Lothar had been chosen as humanity’s representative and gave him the Heart of Azeroth pendant; Lothar accepted it.
• Lothar learned that the Anti-Demon Crusade was gathering for the battle at Mount Hyjal and planned to discuss a Stormwind campaign in the Redridge Mountains with King Llane.
• Rhonin told Lothar that Khadgar had gone to Alterac to investigate the Dragonborn and had also received an artifact from Lady Aegwynn.
• Rend and Maim delivered the captive Dark Iron King Thorisson to Eitrigg, who tasked them with stabilizing the front while he prepared to evacuate salvageable orcs.

Lothar told King Llane that the Orcs in Redridge Mountains had divided and would soon leave for Mount Hyjal, while Princess Moira explained her alliance with them and gave the humans Eitrigg’s message. At the Exodar, Diakum learned that Imira had gone to Nar’thalas Academy and hurried to check on her, fearing she might become an Eredar lich.

• Lothar reported Stromgarde’s destruction and warned Llane that Orc divisions made an assault in Redridge Mountains urgent.
• Princess Moira admitted that she had cooperated with the Orcs to capture the Dark Iron king and delivered Eitrigg’s message inviting the humans to Mount Hyjal for a final battle.
• Lothar agreed to take elite warriors to Mount Hyjal, while Moira prepared to meet her uncle Muradin and seek his forgiveness.
• Llane gave Varian the invisibility cloak, and Varian decided to pass it to Arthas and Jialiya before they traveled to Draenor.
• Yrel Lightforged black dragons aboard the Exodar as Diakum discussed bringing them to Mount Hyjal as flying mounts.
• Diakum learned that Imira had gone to Nar’thalas Academy and set out with the Twins to check on her, fearing she might become an Eredar lich.

Diakum prepared to travel to Nar'thalas Academy to rescue Imira and secure the Highborne's cooperation, while the Twins joined him. After freeing King Baratheon's soul from Apocalypse, Diakum persuaded the magic sword to abandon Death Force and enter the Sea of Darkness, where it gained a new swarm and wielder.

• Diakum told Neri he planned to visit the Broken Isles and Nar'thalas Academy, and Neri agreed to lead the Exodar forces to Kalimdor once it was ready.
• Diakum set out with Saloras and Oreses, planning to free King Baratheon's soul and enlist Kael'thas as their guide to Nar'thalas Academy.
• Lothar brought Apocalypse to Diakum, who ordered the sword to release King Baratheon's soul and said Llane could fight alongside his father again.
• Diakum used the Void to weaken Apocalypse's resolve and convinced it to abandon Death Force in exchange for a chance to become stronger and challenge Frostmourne.
• Apocalypse released Baratheon's soul, entered the Sea of Darkness, and empowered a Qiraji champion as its wielder before Diakum welcomed Baratheon Wrynn into the Army of the Light.

Diakum and the Twins traveled with Kael'thas to Nar'thalas Academy to retrieve Imira and confront Headmistress Lady Blue Moon. Diakum proposed an academic contest whose outcome would determine whether the Arcane Academy could establish a teaching district there.

• Kael'thas admitted that his Magic Addiction had not fully subsided and resolved to seek a cure through the Arcan'dor tree, then opened a portal to the Broken Isles.
• Kael'thas guided Diakum and the Twins through Azsuna and explained that the Tidal Stone powered the ancient defensive barrier protecting it.
• Saloras and Oreses criticized Nar'thalas Academy's study practices and outdated coursework, while Diakum challenged its teaching standards and lack of a Divinity School.
• Headmistress Lady Blue Moon welcomed the visitors and gave the Twins elite-class entrance exams, but Saloras and Oreses disputed the questions and their assumptions.
• Diakum revealed that he had come to retrieve Imira and rebuild the Arcane Academy, then challenged Lady Blue Moon to an academic contest over a teaching district at Nar'thalas Academy.

Diakum’s visit turned Nar’thalas Academy’s academic exchange into a fierce contest, while Governor Toserin recognized that Diakum also intended to rally the Highborne to aid the Kaldorei at Mount Hyjal. As Headmistress Lady Blue Moon prepared an ancient artifact for a final challenge, Diakum sought reinforcements from the Legion’s upper ranks.

• The Eredar Twins defeated challenge after challenge at Nar’thalas Academy, and Master Oreses made Lady Kalecia concede by showing her a spark of Sargeras’s Flame.
• Governor Toserin told Headmistress Lady Blue Moon that Diakum’s exchange was a pretext to unite the Highborne and bring them to the decisive battle at Mount Hyjal, but she refused to concede the academy’s honor.
• Lady Blue Moon summoned Lady Shandaral and Governor Toserin to face the Twins, and she brought out the sealed Sahien Stone as a possible final test.
• Diakum scolded Imira over her test paper, but Imira argued that her answers followed advanced theories and lamented Azeroth’s lost progress during ten thousand years of isolation.
• After seeing Lady Blue Moon bring the Sahien Stone into the library, Diakum asked Kazzak how to contact the Legion’s upper ranks and demanded that he teach him.

The Arcane Academy’s students and Headmaster Sarkir challenged Nar’thalas Academy, and Sarkir opened the Sahien Stone while demanding that the Highborne join the Battle of Mount Hyjal. The chapter ended with Sarkir’s temporary body collapsing and the elves facing the consequences of their defeat.

• The Twins and Imira fought Nar’thalas Academy’s students and faculty to a draw, after which Headmaster Blue Moon announced the student exchange was over.
• Diakum insisted the teachers must also compete and had the Grand Library Palace cleared before Headmaster Blue Moon presented the Sahien Stone, a sealed artifact containing the essence of the Well of Eternity.
• The Twins and Imira failed to solve the artifact’s arcane puzzle, so Diakum summoned Sarkir in a temporary Eredar body to represent Arcane Academy.
• Sarkir immobilized the gathered spellcasters, opened the Sahien Stone, and told the Highborne they must join the war at Mount Hyjal or risk being destroyed by him.
• Sarkir’s body began to collapse after he opened the stone, and he praised the three students before disappearing and declaring Arcane Academy the winner.

Diakum forced Nathrezim Academy to accept defeat and ordered its faculty and upper-year students to join the Anti-Demon Crusade, while Kael'thas began planning to reclaim the Arcan'dor World Tree. In Stormheim, Staghelm discovered that a Ren'dorei recruit had died after summoning the Shadewalker swarm for revenge, and he launched a hunt for the Nathrezim responsible.

• Sarkir's Death Edict nearly stripped Dean Blue Moon of her death authority, but Shandaral and the Grand Lord of Holy Oaths interrupted the conscription and restored her sanity.
• Diakum ordered Nathrezim Academy's faculty and upper-year students to join the Anti-Demon Crusade, and warned that the Highborne must end their isolation.
• Kael'thas proposed reclaiming the Arcan'dor World Tree to solve Magic Addiction and secure the Quel'dorei's future, while Imira and the Arcane Academy group departed with a mountain of homework.
• Staghelm found a lone Ren'dorei survivor whose companions had died fighting Vrykul and demons, and she succumbed after the swarm granted her revenge.
• Staghelm burned the ruined village and rallied nearby Shadewalkers to hunt the Nathrezim dreadlord responsible for the deaths.

The Shadewalkers and their insect swarm attacked a fel-corrupted Vrykul village, freeing Helya and the captured Shieldmaidens. Mephistos tried to flee, but Diakum and his allies defeated him and prepared to send him into the Sea of Darkness.

• Fel-corrupted Vrykul captured the Shieldmaidens of Skold-Ashil, and Helya discovered disguised Nathrezim among their captors.
• A disguised Nathrezim unlocked the Shieldmaidens’ cages and warned Helya that the Light Weaver wanted to see them.
• General Staghelm’s Shadewalkers and insect warriors attacked the village, while the freed Shieldmaidens joined the battle against the fel Vrykul and Nathrezim.
• Mephistos recognized the Void forces and attempted to escape, but Saloras, Oreses, and Imira struck him with powerful spells.
• Diakum knocked Mephistos down with the Twilight Hammer and opened a rift to the Sea of Darkness, intending to test his resistance to void power.

Diakum gathered the Shadewalker Cult and Helya’s Shieldmaidens to join the fight against Corrupted Cenarius, while deciding to seek Ulthalesh’s knowledge about destroying Nathrezim. At Mount Hyjal, Malfurion prepared to seek troll aid against nightmare creatures as he privately accepted the Black Crow King’s plan for Nordrassil.

• Diakum and his companions discussed how to destroy Nathrezim and decided he would take Ulthalesh from Yorin Deadeye after defeating Corrupted Cenarius.
• General Staghelm reported the Shadewalker Cult’s strength, and Diakum directed the cult to develop as an elite force at Karazhan.
• Diakum healed Helya and her Shieldmaidens, then recruited them to fight Corrupted Cenarius and sent the group through a portal to Silithus.
• At Mount Hyjal, Naralex reported that demons had isolated the Kaldorei and that nightmare creations threatened the Emerald Dream, so Malfurion sent him to seek aid from the trolls’ Loa Gods.
• After Naralex left, Malfurion reflected on the Black Crow King’s plan and quietly said it might be time to say goodbye to Nordrassil.

Illidan returned to Mount Hyjal and learned that Malfurion and the Black Crow King planned to use Nordrassil against the Corrupted Cenarius. He proposed spending some of the World Tree’s Life Force to revive sleeping demigods, while Diakum and the Kaldorei prepared for the approaching battle.

• Arantien delivered Vigilant’s news to Illidan: reinforcements were heading to Kalimdor, and the Exodar would bring demon slayers from the Eastern Continent.
• Diakum told Illidan to return to Mount Hyjal and warned him that the Conqueror had sent an observation fleet; Illidan ordered the Illidari warships to prepare for a hunt.
• Diakum suggested that an approaching special force help defeat the Corrupted One, and Illidan agreed to let them try after hearing they had killed Mannoroth.
• Agamaggan arrived in Felwood, so Illidan ended the communication and led the Illidari toward the threatened defensive line.
• The Black Crow King ordered Illysanna and the Watchers to protect Nightsworn Fortress, while Diakum offered to reinforce its seals and travel there with them.
• Illidan met Malfurion beneath the World Tree, learned of the plan to weaponize Nordrassil, and proposed using some of its Life Force to revive sleeping demigods.

Diakum reached Nightsworn Fortress and discovered that Tyrande Whisperwind’s seal was failing, then accidentally caused the moonlight keeping her asleep to go out. As Tyrande awakened and fixed her gaze on him, Diakum prepared to face her while Polluter confronted the weakened Malorne in the Emerald Dream.

• Diakum and the Watchers crossed the Emerald Dream to Mount Hyjal, where Illysanna Ravencrest explained the danger of Tyrande’s unstable Black Moon power.
• The group entered the underground chamber and saw Tyrande sealed beneath Malorne’s moonlight, while Diakum learned that Azshara’s seal had been absorbing and transforming Elune’s wrath.
• Argus Lord warned Diakum that Tyrande was close to awakening, and Diakum’s inspection identified her as an unstable Lesser God whose power was still growing.
• Diakum looked toward the moonlight source, causing it to flicker out; Tyrande awakened and opened her black eyes toward him.
• Diakum invoked the Hand of Fate and powers from the Argus Heart and Heart of Azeroth as the Golden Little Angel kicked the Watchers out of the chamber.
• In the Emerald Dream, Polluter arrived with Anetheron and Banehollow to confront the weakened Malorne and declared that he would give his father rest.

Tyrande awakened as the Nightsworn and fought Diakum with power that rapidly grew toward godhood. After Diakum appeared to die, he returned as the Void-corrupted Devourer of Worlds, and Aegwynn realized his plan was to lure him to Felwood, where he could devour demons and find his way back to the light.

• Tyrande awakened on the battlefield and attacked Diakum, whose powers rose to demigod strength through Argus and Azeroth's aid.
• Diakum fought back with his holy-light abilities, but Tyrande's power kept growing and she severed his connection to the Holy Light.
• Diakum struck Tyrande with Sargerei's Finger of Death, but she regenerated and severed his arm; her fury continued to intensify as she began to regain her senses.
• Malfurion, Illidan, and Aegwynn reached the collapsing battlefield, where Aegwynn tried to transport the region beyond the world with the Staff of Sargeras.
• Tyrande recognized Aegwynn as an ally and moved to protect her, while Diakum's apparently dead body rose again as the Void-corrupted Devourer of Worlds.
• Diakum devoured Tyrande's black moonfire, and Aegwynn understood that his plan was to send him to demon-filled Felwood so he could feed and return to the light.