Chapter Summaries

Diakum prepared to give Deathwing new life and invited the Nether-Stalker to help him confront the brewing conflict in the Sea of Darkness. As shadows consumed part of Silvermoon City, Kur'talos Ravencrest sacrificed himself to protect Anasterian, who returned to battle to inspire the Quel'dorei.

• Diakum and the Nether-Stalker discussed how power fueled conflict, and Diakum asked the Nether-Stalker to deliver an invitation to an old friend in the Burning Legion.
• Farodis offered the Sunwell ruins to the Arcane Scholar Clan in exchange for help addressing the Quel'dorei's Magic Addiction and joining the campaign for Arcan'dor in Suramar.
• Kur'talos Ravencrest fought through the shadows to rescue the wounded Anasterian and explained that he would give his life to bind the Kaldorei and Quel'dorei together.
• Anasterian escaped the palace with Salorian, then passed Flame Strike to him and took Quel'Delar back into the shadows to fight beside his people.

As Void creatures spread through Silvermoon City, Diakum empowered Old Chen, Uther, and other defenders while coordinating resistance across the city. N'Zoth halted the dream’s erosion, and Imira’s expanded Wall of Heart shielded the inner-city refuge as the battle continued.

• Ji Firepaw and Aysa Cloudsinger rescued elven children from a troll warlord, but a Faceless One warlord ambushed them until Diakum’s blast wounded it and Old Chen caught the falling children.
• Diakum empowered Old Chen and warned that N'Zoth’s creatures were trying to pull Silvermoon City into Ny'alotha, so Old Chen attacked the Void-tainted land while refusing to learn Lunar Fist.
• Taran Zhu escorted Lady Lanathel out of the Mage Tower with a treasured object and hurried toward Prince Kael'thas, whom he believed would need it.
• Diakum empowered Uther, Liadrin, Fina Goldsword, Halduron Brightwing, Lunsa Gianthoof, and other defenders, while Uther chose to protect the elves rather than serve King Terenas’s cause.
• N'Zoth paused the dream’s erosion after noticing Diakum’s many empowered champions, and Imira expanded a Wall of Heart that shielded the inner-city refuge from dragon breath.

Kael'thas and his allies repelled the assault on Silvermoon City with help from Agamaggan and the Blue Dragons, though the Beast King's rampage devastated the city. After learning that his father was trapped in the darkness leading to N'yalotha, Kael'thas entered it with Lanathel to search for him.

• Mar'gok defeated Galleya and helped General Lirath summon Agamaggan by luring a Twilight Dragon to the ritual site.
• Agamaggan entered Silvermoon City, slaughtered Twilight Dragons, and marked Lirath as the Eye of the Beast King in exchange for her service to the swarm.
• Windrunner arrived with Eldragosa and the Blue Dragons, who drove off the black whelps, while Salorian flew toward Kael'thas.
• At the royal court, Archbishop Nali told Kael'thas that Anasterian and other leaders were trapped in the darkness leading to N'yalotha, but urged him to remain outside.
• Lanathel joined Kael'thas and, carrying the platinum flame, vowed to accompany him into the darkness; the newlyweds went inside together.
• In the darkness, Diakum's incarnation weakened as Lothar and Princess Talanji debated searching for the Black Crow King, and Dick pointed out Kael'thas approaching with a torch.

Kur'talos Ravencrest and Anasterian faced death in the darkness as Elisande refused to save them. Meanwhile, Onyxia and the Dracthyr attacked Twilight Dragon Nefarian and the Dragonborn, leaving Onyxia to fight her corrupted brother while Sarkareth confronted his memories of Neltharion.

• Kur'talos Ravencrest and Anasterian resisted the monsters in the darkness, while Elisande admitted she had chosen to let them die so she could unite the elves under her rule.
• Little Star led Onyxia to the wounded Twilight Dragon Nefarian, and Onyxia summoned the Dracthyr to deal with his Dragonborn guards.
• Onyxia questioned Sarkareth about calling Neltharion his father, and Sarkareth explained that he still felt bound to the one who created and trained the Dracthyr.
• Sarkareth and Blackscale Camp attacked the Dragonborn as Onyxia charged Nefarian, who had lost his identity and could only fight like a beast.
• Onyxia defeated Nefarian without entering her hidden state, while Sarkareth slaughtered the Dragonborn and Little Star watched their battles with unease.

Kael'thas found Anasterian dead and learned that the Sunwell had been destroyed, leaving the Quel'dorei facing an unavoidable crisis of Magic Addiction. He awakened the Radiant Sun's fire seed, rescued the palace from N'Zoth's darkness, and emerged as the king of the Sin'dorei, while Lothar realized Varian, Arthas, and Jialiya were missing.

• Kael'thas and Lanathel fought through the darkness and found Kur'talos Ravencrest battling Faceless Ones, then used the Heart of Azeroth to prove they were real.
• Kur'talos gave Kael'thas Ravencrest's Legacy and led him to Anasterian's body, explaining that the Sunwell was gone and the Quel'dorei would face Magic Addiction.
• Kael'thas vowed to find a solution and used the Radiant Sun's fire seed, joined with his phoenix fire, to drive back N'Zoth's darkness and restore the palace to the material world.
• Kael'thas embraced the name Sin'dorei, mourned his father, and emerged as the new king as the Phoenix Guard and the Quel'dorei pledged loyalty to him.
• Lirath Windrunner hailed Kael'thas as the Blood-Robed King, while Lothar noticed that Varian, Arthas, and Jialiya were missing and feared they had gone after Terenas.

Varian, Arthas, and Garona pursued King Terenas to the coast, where they fought his Dragonborn escort and tried to stop him from escaping. Terenas captured Arthas and prepared to take him away, but Jialiya’s divine power manifested through the Vigilant and forced the king to release him.

• Varian followed Garona’s marks to the coast with Arthas and Jialiya, where they found Terenas preparing to escape by ship with Dragonborn escorts.
• Varian and Garona ambushed the escort while Arthas confronted his father, and the three fought several Dragonborn knights.
• Arthas rejected Terenas’s offer to inherit the throne and attacked him with the Holy Light, but Terenas transformed, disarmed him, and seized him.
• Garona pulled Jialiya away as Terenas took Varian’s sword and began dragging Arthas toward the shore.
• Jialiya’s divine power awakened through the Vigilant, who ordered Terenas to release Arthas, and the king complied before the Vigilant warned the Tidesages about N’Zoth.

After the attack on Silvermoon City, Arthas resolved to abandon his claim to the throne and make amends by helping those harmed by his family. Kael'thas, the Kaldorei, the dwarves, and Marshal Lothar agreed to unite in a northern campaign against Terenas Menethil, beginning with the recapture of Menethil Harbor.

• Garona sent Jialiya to be examined by the Pandaren healers and directed White Pawn and Arthas to meet Marshal Lothar.
• White Pawn encouraged Arthas to turn his guilt into action, and Arthas gave his money to a grieving elven child.
• Arthas declared he would give up his succession rights and become a ranger, but Varian challenged his authority to make that choice.
• Kael'thas agreed to spare loyal Revantusk Trolls if Talanji formally renounced the Amani claim to Quel'Thalas, and Talanji accepted a unified Troll Empire under Zandalari rule.
• Alleria demanded a response to Terenas's attack, and Kael'thas, the Kaldorei, and Muradin's dwarves pledged to join a war against him.
• Lothar declared that the northern campaign would begin with retaking Menethil Harbor, then proceed through the Arathi Highlands to reclaim Stromgarde and pacify the Northern Borderlands.

Diakum completed a powerful black dragon creation intended as Azeroth’s last-resort defender, then returned from the Astral Realm with Aegwynn. They learned that Lothar’s forces had retaken Menethil Harbor and that a Tauren-led Black Dragon Resistance Army was active in the Wetlands, seeking to rescue a black dragon and recruit Onyxia.

• Diakum explained to the Nether-Stalker that his Faith Incarnations could act independently while he supplied them with power, then discussed the Astral Realm and its possible connection to the Titans.
• Diakum finished shaping the Black-Eroding World-Ender Dragon from Deathwing’s remains, designing it to spread Frenzied Dragon Disease and transform into a powerful second form when Azeroth faced an existential threat.
• Aegwynn told Diakum that Karazhan’s Astral beacon had been found and that the Staff of Sargeras remained in Azeroth; Diakum asked the Nether-Stalker to guard the dragon and later deliver it to Azeroth.
• Diakum asked the Nether-Stalker to use its connection with Ve'nari to help an expected guest in The Maw.
• Diakum and Aegwynn returned to the material world and used a modified Ethereal staff to guide the Sunwell floating island toward Karazhan.
• Moroes reported that Lothar’s army had recaptured Menethil Harbor and that a Tauren-led Black Dragon Resistance Army was active near the Wetlands, seeking to rescue an important black dragon and persuade Onyxia to join them.

Diakum traveled to Ironforge, where Magni appointed him an honorary champion and special envoy to help reclaim Grim Batol. At the mountain, Diakum met Onyxia and Blackhorn, who asked him to separate his Tauren identity from his black dragon identity.

• Diakum and Aegwynn arrived in Ironforge, where Magni reported Lordaeron's seizure of Menethil Harbor and its supplies and confirmed that Muradin would lead dwarves alongside Marshal Lothar's army.
• Magni described black dragons gathering at Grim Batol and accepted Diakum as Ironforge's special envoy to help the Wildhammer Clan reclaim the city.
• Diakum chose a gnome transport plane to reach Grim Batol, then jumped from it and landed near the mountain with Aegwynn's guidance.
• Aegwynn told Diakum that Onyxia and Blackhorn were coming and that they had already breached Grim Batol's defenses and captured drakelings.
• Onyxia and Blackhorn arrived, and Blackhorn asked Diakum to separate his identity as Soulwalker Blackhorn from his identity as the black dragon Ebyssian.

Blackhorn explained how Huen Highmountain raised him and why he sought to save the Black Dragonflight’s eggs at Grim Batol. Diakum withheld judgment on Sabellian’s proposed leadership until after Deathwing fell, and the group prepared to rescue Sinestra while Blackhorn faced renewed Void whispers.

• Blackhorn recounted how Huen Highmountain adopted him, and how he later sheltered Sabellian and tried unsuccessfully to purify his corruption with Khaz'goroth's Hammer.
• Blackhorn asked Aegwynn and Diakum to help purify the black dragon eggs at Grim Batol, and Aegwynn agreed to assist him.
• Sabellian argued with Onyxia over the fate of the hatchlings, then offered to lead the purified Black Dragonflight in service to the World Mother and help manage threats in the shadows.
• Sabellian presented Ashjra'kamas, Shroud of Resolve, and Diakum said he would decide the Black Dragonflight’s future after Deathwing fell and Sabellian helped rescue Sinestra.
• Diakum warned Blackhorn not to divide his soul because the Void’s whispers had returned, while Onyxia offered him a place among the Light-Forged Dragons.
• Diakum urged the group to save Sinestra and prepare for the coming challenge from Deathwing’s ally.

Onyxia and the Five-Colored Dragons attacked Grim Batol to rescue Sinestra and stop Deathwing’s Twilight Dragon eggs, while Diakum freed the city from Modgud’s curse. Onyxia split open the hidden cavern with Khaz'goroth's Hammer, revealing her mother in the magma and a trap that Xal'atath had prepared for Diakum.

• Alestrasza explained that Deathwing and Xal'atath were corrupting hundreds of black dragon eggs, and the dragons planned to rescue them and Sinestra.
• Onyxia led her sisters into Grim Batol, where they joined Sabellian's forces and fought the Abyssal Duke and the hatchery's guardians.
• Diakum drew Modgud's vengeful spirit out of Grim Batol and into the Blade of the Black Empire, ending the curse that had haunted the city for centuries.
• Alestrasza and the Dracthyr began moving the corrupted eggs, while Sarkareth refused to rejoin the Black Dragonflight but agreed to help purify them.
• Onyxia accepted Khaz'goroth's Hammer from Blackhorn and split the ground open, exposing Sinestra trapped in a magma pool.
• Modgud warned that Xal'atath had baited Diakum with Sinestra, but Diakum acknowledged the warning and faced the trap.

Diakum discovered that Xal'atath had turned Sinestra into a Void-filled trap, forcing him to choose between exposing his secrets and letting her suffer. He began reshaping her while Onyxia, the Light-Forged Dragons, Sabellian's black dragons, Blackhorn, and Azeroth's Star Soul joined forces to suppress the Twilight energy.

• Lady Aegwynn warned Diakum that Sinestra's ritual could not be interrupted without sending her into the Sea of Darkness, and Diakum found her stitched body trapped in lava.
• Diakum explained that Xal'atath had made Sinestra a vessel for Twilight energy to lure him into Voidform, then proposed countering the energy with Holy Light and shadow forces while he reshaped her.
• Onyxia rallied the Light-Forged Dragons to lend her their Holy Light, while Sabellian brought his black dragons to help absorb the Twilight energy and Blackhorn used Khaz'goroth's Hammer to stabilize the cavern.
• Diakum began using the Curse of Flesh on Sinestra as Onyxia and the gathered dragons struggled to contain her Twilight flames.
• Azeroth's Star Soul sent power through Aegwynn's Heart of Azeroth, strengthening both groups as they continued trying to save Sinestra.

Diakum completed Sinestra’s restoration and Lightforging, freeing her from Xal'atath’s corruption and reuniting her with Onyxia. A purified black dragon egg hatched into Wrathion, whom Diakum entrusted to Blackhorn as the black dragons began to imagine a future beyond Deathwing’s legacy.

• Diakum carefully removed Xal'atath’s hidden Twilight bombs and remolded Sinestra’s damaged body while Aegwynn watched.
• Diakum used the Holy Light in his Radiant Sun form to Lightforge Sinestra, transforming the corrupted dragon eggs as well.
• Sinestra reunited with Onyxia and chose to become a Light-Forged priest rather than lead the Light-Forged Dragons as queen.
• A black dragon egg hatched into a golden-eyed, uncorrupted dragon that breathed golden fire, and Sabellian presented it as hope for the Black Dragonflight.
• Nyxondra recognized the hatchling as her child, but Sabellian urged her to keep their relationship quiet and let it symbolize the black dragons’ return to purity.
• Diakum named the hatchling Wrathion and entrusted Blackhorn with its care.

Anduin Lothar and his allies prepared to reclaim demon-occupied Stromgarde as the armies of Lordaeron threatened the Northern Borderlands. Dalaran arrived as a rebuilt floating city, though its maiden flight exposed serious technical flaws, and Antonidas discussed using his achievement to expand access to magic.

• Anduin Lothar welcomed Danath Trollbane and promised to leave Danath's conflict with his cousin Garin to the Trollbane family.
• Lothar ordered Prince Derek Proudmoore to attack Lordaeron's ships at Faldir's Cove and then bombard Stromgarde from the sea.
• The commanders speculated about Dalaran's secret reconstruction before the city appeared above the battlefield behind a violet barrier.
• Lothar began the assault on Stromgarde as demons tried to attack Dalaran from the air.
• Dalaran's Grand Magi struggled with multiple failures during the floating city's first flight, while Antonidas discussed his graduation project and proposed establishing a human branch of Nathrezim Academy.

Diakum and the Light Weavers supported Lothar’s campaign to reclaim Stromgarde, while Dalaran and the Exodar bombarded the demon-held city. Lothar’s forces broke into the inner city and faced a demon army as the battle for Stromgarde continued.

• Diakum and the Light Weavers boarded the Exodar and set out to support Lothar, while Archbishop Nali explained how Draenor and Azeroth technologies had helped transform Dalaran into a floating fortress.
• Dalaran and the Exodar bombarded Stromgarde, and Diakum sent Light Weavers through teleportation beacons to establish strongholds across the city.
• Demon King Kuruul ordered his forces to resist the invasion, summon Pit Lords, and prepare a tactical retreat after striking the attackers with Felsteel Annihilators.
• Lothar led the Seventh Legion into Stromgarde’s outer city, coordinated his allies, and used the Bloodfang Worgen to disrupt the demon warlocks.
• Sarkareth Scalecommander and the Blackscale Camp helped destroy the city’s Fel cannons, then Lothar’s forces breached the inner-city gate and charged the demons.
• Lothar killed the leading Pit Lord, and Varian fought beside him while resolving to reclaim Saramani and unite his civilization.

Felsteel Annihilators attacked Stromgarde, and Lightforged War Mechs joined the battle to counter them. Danath discovered that Garin had returned with Dragonborn warriors after refusing to recognize Terenas as emperor; as Stromgarde’s forces rallied under Danath’s banner, Daenerys took the broken Garin toward the inner city to see his father.

• Neri deployed the Lightforged War Mechs after Fareeya reported demonic machines attacking the Stromgarde front.
• Danath fought a Felsteel Annihilator, was carried into a fortress by its wreckage, and Garin shot the Man'ari demon attacking him.
• Danath confronted Garin and learned that Garin had refused Terenas’s demand to surrender Stromgarde’s legitimacy and declare him emperor.
• Garin lost control and attacked Danath, but Daenerys cut off his wings and ordered Danath back to lead the troops.
• Danath rallied Garin’s Dragonborn soldiers to fight for Stromgarde, while Daenerys comforted Garin and led him toward the inner city to see Thoradin.

Lothar and his allies fought their way into Stromgarde’s Fel Tower, where they found King Thoras Trollbane’s protected sarcophagus and confronted Demon King Kuruul. Kuruul empowered itself with Fel energy, but Diakum arrived only to watch, swore not to purify Kuruul, and let the battle continue.

• Lothar’s forces stormed the Fel Tower with support from Dalaran, the Army of the Light, the Mag’har Horde, and the Kul Tiras fleet.
• Lothar and White Pawn reached Thoras Trollbane’s sarcophagus, freed it from the demons’ corrupting ritual, and found Garin Trollbane kneeling in grief.
• Daenerys encouraged Lothar to face Kuruul, while Varian joined him after receiving a Rune Stone that could summon reinforcements.
• Lothar, White Pawn, Khadgar, and Rhonin attacked Kuruul, which absorbed the tower’s stored Fel energy and trapped them on the summit.
• Kazzak brought Diakum through Kuruul’s Fel barrier, but Diakum said he had come only to watch and swore not to purify Kuruul that day.
• Reassured by Diakum’s oath, Kuruul took up Doom Blade again and resumed its fight against the human heroes.

Varian helped Marshal Lothar defeat Kuruul, and the demons fled after their king’s death as Stromgarde was reclaimed. Lothar declared the founding of the Warbreaker Empire, while Diakum returned to his ship and resumed thoughts about a forbidden divine art.

• Diakum and Kazzak discussed demons’ limited paths through fel as Kuruul fought Lothar and the others.
• Varian used the Thunder Axe to disrupt Kuruul’s defense, allowing Lothar to kill him with Ashen Judgment.
• Lothar cast Kuruul’s head onto the battlefield, and the terrified demons routed from Stromgarde as the Alliance celebrated victory.
• Lothar planted his battle standard and named his new empire the Warbreaker Empire, then invited Daenerys to spar with him.
• Diakum returned to his golden throne and told Archbishop Nali that he planned to resume researching Power Word: Pregnancy.

After Lothar and Daenerys discussed the Trollbane family, they received news of Kul Tiras's civil war and Lordaron's attempted invasion of Stormwind, which Hogger's gnolls had blocked. The chapter ended with Jaina insisting that her younger brother Tandred had been erased from her family's memories by the Void.

• Lothar and Daenerys agreed that Garin could remain in Stromgarde as a hermit, and Lothar promised to share responsibility for the Trollbane family.
• Varian told Lothar he did not dislike Jialiya but was not ready to consider marriage, and Lothar left the choice to him.
• Garona reported that Kul Tiras was in civil war, Daelin's battered fleet was heading to Booty Bay, and Hogger's gnolls had stopped Lordaron's fleet from reaching the Stormwind Kingdom.
• Hogger refused to let the Dragonborn pass through the Black Morass and prepared to meet King Llane, while arranging for Dog Rend's Orcs and Dark Iron mortars to reinforce him.
• Hogger escorted Katherine Proudmoore, Jaina, and Lord Cyrus to meet Llane and Diakum, where Jaina insisted that her younger brother Tandred existed and that the Void had erased him from their memories.

Hogger bargained with King Llane for ships and food while Jaina learned that forces tied to the void were targeting her family and set out to protect Derek. Meanwhile, an amnesiac Admiral reached Dustwallow Marsh, where Rexxar agreed to help him find a ship and travel to the Northern Borderlands.

• Hogger negotiated with King Llane for three warships and food in exchange for helping Stormwind, and Llane proposed that he capture northern Stranglethorn Vale for them.
• Diakum healed Queen Katherine, and Jaina told him about the Kul Tiras rebellion and the force trying to erase her memories of Tandred.
• Diakum cleared the mental interference from Jaina and urged her to protect Prince Derek and help Lothar before returning to Kul Tiras.
• An amnesiac sailor calling himself Admiral fought undead Quilboar on the coast of Dustwallow Marsh until Rexxar drove them off.
• Admiral persuaded Rexxar to join him aboard an approaching pirate ship and travel to the Northern Borderlands to find his son.