Chapter Summaries

Lady Velysia Stittek learned that Emperor Thoradin IX had received a Solar Vision revealing that the Old World still existed and that His Majesty Lothar had reunited humanity under the Strom'kar Empire. The emperor appointed Stittek to lead an expedition to Kul Tiras, join Lothar’s holy war, and share the Arathor Empire’s blessings and knowledge with its old-world kin.

• A state priest told Lady Stittek that the emperor’s Solar Vision had revealed the Old World and the rebirth of an empire under His Majesty Lothar.
• The priest explained that Lothar possessed Emperor Thoradin’s true sword, Strom'kar, while the Arathor Empire’s throne had been passed down using a fabricated holy sword.
• Emperor Thoradin IX promoted Stittek to general and ordered her to lead an expedition to Kul Tiras with priests, Holy Flame Warriors, and members of the Lothar family.
• The emperor tasked the expedition with supporting Lothar’s campaign against the Void fortress and invited him to visit New Stromgarde.
• Thoradin IX ordered Stittek to take the secret of the Holy Flame’s power against Magic Addiction to the Sun King of Quel'Thalas and said she and her commanders would become the first Children of the Sun.

Lothar learned from the Pandaren that a human civilization might survive beyond the Storm Sea and authorized Zhou Zhuo to join Daelin’s scouting voyage. Meanwhile, Diakum endured another Eclipse, gained a portion of An’she’s solar authority, and aimed a Solar Arrow at the Dragon Isles’ sealing mist, warning Azeroth’s Star Soul just before it reacted in alarm.

• Lothar discussed the Storm Sea with the Wandering Isle elders, who confirmed that a continent lay within its storms, and he told Zhou Zhuo to seek Daelin if he wanted to join the expedition.
• Lothar inspected the growing imperial fleet port on Tol Barad and planned to reorganize the fleet ahead of the war against Kul Tiras.
• Zhou Zhuo found Daelin fleeing a fight with Katherine and Gina, then agreed to join his Storm Sea voyage despite having no navigation experience.
• Diakum endured Eclipse’s torment and resolved to pursue Light-Shadow Coexistence so he could withstand An’she’s suffering and claim the Sun God’s authority.
• Diakum discovered that he could perceive Azeroth from the sun and shape solar storms, then aimed a Solar Arrow at the Dragon Isles’ sealing mist while warning the startled Star Soul.

The Dragon Isles’ seal broke, prompting the dragon Aspects and their flights to return while old tensions flared between the Blue and purified Black Dragons. Meanwhile, Diakum’s Faith Incarnation recovered the Shadowed Heart and prepared to bring Neltharion to meet the waiting Dragon Kings.

• The Sun Arrow shattered the Dragon Isles’ seal, and Alexstrasza led the dragons from Northrend toward their homeland as the Oathstones called to them.
• Nozdormu joined Alexstrasza and Malygos near the isles, explaining that the truth about their past was recorded on the Platinum Disc and that he would not influence their decisions.
• Malygos tried to attack the purified Black Dragons waiting on the Green Dragon coast, but Alexstrasza and Nozdormu restrained him while the Bronze Dragons stopped the Blue Dragons.
• Sabellian and Blackhorn watched the confrontation, with Sabellian anticipating Malygos’s reaction to Neltharion’s arrival and Blackhorn urging him not to restart the cycle of hatred.
• On the Forbidden Isle, Aegwynn and Onyxia recovered the Shadowed Heart, and Diakum’s Faith Incarnation explained why he had left it sealed until the Dragon Isles’ barrier broke.
• Diakum asked Neltharion to transport them to the Dragon Kings, while Neltharion joked about facing his namesake’s angry family and teased Onyxia.

Diakum’s attempt to keep his Faith Incarnation pure during An’she’s shift into darkness failed, but the Shadowed Heart absorbed shadow energy and offered a possible way to share the corruption. He ordered the goblin masters to finish the artifact, agreeing to their demand for a starship.

• Onyxia left for Deepholm to bring goblin masters to the Obsidian Throne to complete the Shadowed Heart.
• Malygos attacked Neltharion II over his resemblance to Deathwing, and Ysera opened a Dream Gate so they could fight without harming the Dragon Isles.
• Alexstrasza and Ysera prepared to settle the dragons in Valdrakken before freeing the Incarnate Dragons and confronting the past.
• Diakum’s Faith Incarnation turned dark for six hours, while Aegwynn evacuated the dragons and Centaurs from the affected area.
• Diakum awoke to find the Shadowed Heart filled with shadow energy and concluded it could help contain Eclipse’s corruption.
• Nali told Diakum that the goblin masters demanded a starship as payment, and he agreed to provide one.

Diakum hired the Primal Goblins to repair the Shadowed Heart and demonstrated his ability to restore life after his unstable Light-Shadow power caused destruction. In Valdrakken, the transformed Raszageth apologized to the dragons and offered peace if they released her siblings, while making clear she would force their choice if necessary.

• Diakum negotiated with the Primal Goblins, who agreed to repair and improve the Shadowed Heart using the Dragon Soul and Shadowflame in exchange for employment and trade privileges.
• The Twins and the Lightforged escorted the Primal Goblins to the Obsidian Throne, while Diakum told them he would endure his Light-Shadow shifts until the artifact was ready.
• Aegwynn questioned whether the Shadowed Heart could withstand the Sun God's Eclipse, and Diakum said it would help him survive the Fusion stage before Rebirth.
• Diakum restored the withered grasslands and forests with the great sword of Holy Light, then explained to Aegwynn how divine power exceeded mortal classifications of domains and authority.
• Raszageth arrived in Valdrakken in her transformed Tempest Dragon form, apologized to the Dragons of Order, and offered peaceful coexistence if they released her siblings.
• Alexstrasza and Nozdormu recognized that Raszageth still made threats naturally, and Nozdormu suggested Diakum give the other Incarnate Dragons a Confession package.

Raszageth joined the Dragon Kings at Tyr’s Hold, where they opened the prison of the other Incarnate Dragons. Diakum prepared to confront the newly freed demigods with Eclipse and leave the Dragon Kings to rescue them if they could survive until dawn.

• Raszageth arrived with the Dragon Kings at Tyr’s Hold, and they discussed restoring the fortress and the sacred spring while Malygos restrained his anger toward Neltharion II.
• Diakum, Aegwynn, and Neltharion II discussed freedom, the Void’s whispers, and how Iridikron had resisted corruption through hatred of the Titans.
• Raszageth explained that she had come to accept the Proto-Dragons’ need for their own civilization and intended to make Northrend Vyranoth’s territory while seeking out Storm Dragons enslaved by Odin.
• The Dragon Kings reopened the prison sealed for over twenty thousand years and found Vyranoth, the Firelight Dragon, and Iridikron frozen inside Titan orbs.
• As the Dragon Kings prepared for the Incarnate Dragons to attack, Diakum darkened his hand with Eclipse and told everyone to flee while he faced them, warning that they would need to survive the lightless night until dawn.

Vyranoth woke from her imprisonment and fought alongside Fyrakk and Iridikron against Diakum’s Eclipse, but Alexstrasza rescued her from the darkness. After bringing Vyranoth to Wyrmrest Temple, Alexstrasza apologized for their past and took her to Silithus, where she pledged to give up the Titans’ guardian power and return to the World Mother.

• Vyranoth broke free of her cage and joined Fyrakk and Iridikron as Diakum’s Eclipse drained their Life Fire.
• Vyranoth tried to save Fyrakk, but the Eclipse overwhelmed her; Iridikron dragged the darkness underground and told the others to escape.
• Alexstrasza carried Vyranoth out of the darkness and later tended to her at Wyrmrest Temple, apologizing for her past betrayal.
• Alexstrasza brought Vyranoth through a portal to the Star Soul Sanctuary in Silithus, where they found Raszageth and the other dragons.
• Alexstrasza declared that she would relinquish the Titans’ guardian power and return to the World Mother, taking Vyranoth’s hand as she made the choice.

Alexstrasza returned to the World Mother’s embrace, choosing to relinquish Titan authority and receive Azeroth’s power, while Vyranoth joined her and the two healed their broken bond. Malygos and Nozdormu also began casting off Titan power, as Iridikron considered an alliance with Diakum and Fyrakk resisted the changes.

• Little Star overheard Matigosa and Tarecgosa romanticizing Alexstrasza and Vyranoth’s reconciliation, then found Sindragosa sharing their enthusiasm.
• Malygos accepted Alexstrasza’s choice and asked Little Star to invite her grandfather, while admitting he hoped to eventually leave his duties as Blue Dragon King.
• Raszageth introduced Alexstrasza and Vyranoth to the Keepers and explained that the dragons would help liberate Ulduar, while Fyrakk argued with Ysera and resisted the World Mother’s plans.
• Iridikron urged Fyrakk to accept the new era and thought about speaking with Diakum, whom he recognized as a potential ally against the Titans.
• Vyranoth warned Alexstrasza not to choose her fate merely to please her, but Alexstrasza explained her decision and the World Mother drew both dragons into a sharing of their hearts.
• The World Mother replaced Alexstrasza’s Titan authority with Azeroth’s power, Aegwynn received the extracted authority, and Nozdormu shattered his Titan hourglass and embraced an uncertain future.

Diakum completed his third night in the prison, discovered his growing Sun God powers and Faith Power, and sent his angels to build High Heaven. He went to the Cave of Zaralek to cleanse Deathwing’s Aberrus, but a warning letter from Rafaam revealed that the Supreme Thief King planned to steal the Shadowed Heart.

• Diakum purified the prison, then rested with Neri and sensed his Sun God authority awakening further.
• Diakum used Faith Power to begin shaping High Heaven and assigned his five little angels to build it.
• Diakum told Neri he planned to eliminate Azeroth’s hidden dangers before his ascension limited his ability to enter the material world.
• Diakum arrived at the Cave of Zaralek, learned about the Jarradin and Deathwing’s Shadowflame barrier, and declined to interfere with the Dracthyr’s search for the Oathbinder.
• Saloras delivered the reforged Shadowed Heart, and Diakum found Rafaam’s letter asking to borrow it and ordered Aegwynn to prepare to catch the thief.

Diakum tempered the Shadowed Heart with Deathwing’s Shadowflame and infused it with his own Devourer of Worlds essence, bringing it closer to becoming a Path artifact. Rafaam watched from hiding with Ajil, while his plans to steal the awakened relic and recruit Ajil remained unresolved.

• Aegwynn and the Dragon Kings gathered outside Aberrus Palace as Diakum entered the Shadowflame with the Shadowed Heart, while the dragons discussed Rafaam and the danger of the Void.
• Diakum emerged and explained that the Shadowed Heart had helped him endure An'she's Eclipse but still lacked the hunger needed to become a divine weapon.
• Iridikron proposed using Galakrond's Eternal Hunger to awaken the Shadowed Heart, but Dick chose to infuse it with his own Devourer of Worlds essence instead.
• Dick began his fifth light-dark transformation, and Aegwynn said the Shadowed Heart was becoming a Path artifact and that two more cycles would bring Diakum onto his Path to Godhood.
• Rafaam watched from hiding with Ajil and learned that Diakum had used his own essence; Rafaam then tried to persuade Ajil to join his newly invented Phantom Thieves Legion.

Diakum completed the Glutton Heart as Eternus and the Infinite Dragons attacked, then was cast into the End of Time to fight Murozond. Rafaam stole the artifact and abducted the Saviors along with Aberrus Palace, bringing them to K'aresh, the Ethereals’ homeland.

• Diakum finished forging the Glutton Heart, which could absorb Eclipse corruption and wield stored shadow as an attack.
• Eternus led the fading Infinite Dragons in a desperate raid; she struck Diakum with chaotic hourglasses, sending him into the End of Time to face Murozond.
• Rafaam stole the Glutton Heart, unleashed chaotic artifacts against the defenders, and used the Staff of Sargeras to transport the entire battlefield and everyone on it away from Azeroth.
• Diakum defeated Murozond in the temporal echo, while the Saviors recovered from Rafaam’s super teleportation.
• Rafaam welcomed Aegwynn and the other Saviors to K’aresh and asked them to hear him out before killing him.

Rafaam’s forced invitation brought Diakum and his allies to K’aresh, where the Ethereals asked them to defend their ruined home from the Void and the approaching Burning Legion. Diakum agreed to return in person and purify the Void Gate, while the others prepared to hold it and use Dymus’s essence to strengthen the Shadowed Heart.

• Aegwynn discovered that the Staff of Sargeras was overloaded, leaving the group stranded near K’aresh’s enormous Void Gate.
• Ajil explained that the Burning Legion had discovered K’aresh and was sending a fleet, while Rafaam revealed that Dymus’s essence could help the Shadowed Heart grow.
• Diakum weighed the Ethereals’ plea and their offers of treasure, then accepted their help and instructed Saloras to use the Shadowed Heart to drain K’aresh’s Void energy.
• Yrel opened Rafaam’s treasury and found the Staff of Sechinar, which the Red Dragon Queen identified as Eonar’s staff containing the Power of Rebirth.
• Diakum dismissed his Faith Incarnation and said he would return in person to purify K’aresh, ordering the others to hold the Void Gate until then.

The Azerothians and Eredar agreed to help the Ethereals reclaim K'aresh, as Ethereal factions gathered for a desperate battle against the Void. Meanwhile, Diakum confronted the Nether-Stalker over its role in Rafaam’s scheme and ordered it to open a route to K'aresh, leaving the Nether-Stalker to prepare a dangerous fleet-scale phase wormhole.

• Aegwynn and Archbishop Nali offered the Dragon Kings a way home and urged them to leave, but Alexstrasza and the other Dragon Kings chose to stay and help the Ethereals.
• Neltharion II, Iridikron, and Blackhorn shaped a battlefield from stellar fragments while Saloras prepared to drain Void energy from K'aresh.
• Agil summoned Ethereal factions from across the stellar sea, and Sahadar arrived with the Ethereum fleet as more than two hundred warships assembled.
• Saloras began the draining ritual, the Ethereal fleets attacked the Void servants, and the war to reclaim K'aresh began.
• Diakum confronted the Nether-Stalker about allowing Rafaam’s plan to proceed, then ordered it to open a rift to K'aresh after his transformation was complete.
• The Nether-Stalker returned to its starship and ordered its followers to prepare a fleet-scale phase wormhole despite the risk.

The Ethereals fought to reclaim K’aresh as Rafaam wielded the Shadowed Heart and the dragons unleashed a Solar Storm against the Void forces. When a powerful Void Revenant appeared and attacked Saloras, the Nether-Stalker’s starship arrived in time to intervene, though it suffered devastating losses.

• Ethereal warships and Azeroth’s fighters battled the Void creatures pouring through the planet-sized gate, while Rafaam used its gauntlets to defeat enemies and heal Rhonin.
• Aegwynn and Saloras came under attack during the ritual, and Rafaam seized the Shadowed Heart and endured its pain to continue drawing energy from the Void gate.
• Aegwynn guided Raszageth and Fyrakk to combine storm and solar fire, creating a Solar Storm that cleared a path through the Ethereal army and killed three Void Demigods.
• The Void Lords sent a colossal Void Revenant to stop the ritual, and its attack shattered the protection granted by the Primal Staff.
• Saloras rushed to protect the Shadowed Heart as the Void Revenant struck, but the Nether-Stalker’s starship arrived in time; the ship, its collection, and some followers were lost in the collision.

Diakum defeated the Void Lesser God and helped the Ethereals free K'aresh from the Eye of the Void, leaving the ruined homeland on a path toward recovery. Rafaam celebrated the victory as he claimed he had stolen a hopeful tomorrow for K'aresh.

• The Holy Light's champion arrived at K'aresh, destroyed the Voidwalkers, and struck the Void wraith with An'she's Solar Fist.
• Diakum drove the Void wraith away from K'aresh while the Ethereals attached towing locks to the shattered continents and pulled their homeland free.
• Diakum kicked the continents beyond the stellar ring, then redirected the two dying suns toward the Eye of the Void.
• The first sun exploded and killed the Void wraith, while the second crashed into the Eye of the Void and set it ablaze.
• Rafaam boasted to Ajil that he had stolen tomorrow for K'aresh, and Ajil praised him as the Supreme Thief King.

Diakum absorbed the remaining Void power at K'aresh and learned from Xal'atath how the Void had infiltrated the material stars. After returning to the Ethereals, he assigned the Nether-Stalker and Rafaam missions tied to the Shadowlands and the Soul of the Life Titan.

• Diakum completed his fusion with An'she's divine body and used the Shadowed Heart to consume the Void essence left by Dymus at K'aresh.
• Xal'atath explained that she had tracked K'aresh through the Song of Shining and that the Void had used the world as a major rift into the material stars.
• Iridikron told Raszageth that he had chosen to follow Diakum because he wanted revenge against the Titans, and he waited for an audience with the Vigilant.
• Diakum returned to K'aresh's shattered continent and asked the Nether-Stalker to retrieve one of the five Shadowlands keys so the First Ones' creation powers could not be reunited.
• Diakum ordered Rafaam to tell Hutton and A'dal where the Soul of the Life Titan was, then join the Nether-Stalker on his mission in exchange for settling their private grudge.

The Ethereals agreed to join the war against the Burning Legion and gained trade permits for Draenor and Azeroth, while the Saviors planned simultaneous campaigns against the Old Gods. After the group returned toward Azeroth, Diakum left a deadly challenge for Dymus in the ruins of K'aresh.

• The Ethereal Node Princes accepted the Vigilant's demand to send fleets against the Burning Legion and secured trade permits for Draenor and Azeroth.
• Aegwynn and the others learned that N'Zoth had sent Ethereal thieves to steal Ulduar's Titan Beacon, and they planned campaigns against Ulduar and Kul Tiras.
• Iridikron asked to join the fight against Ulduar, while Aegwynn explained that the World Mother intended to elevate more Proto-Dragons into Lesser Incarnate Dragons.
• Rafaam stole Fyrakk's Meteoric Flame Axe and left everyone a theft notice, prompting Malygos and Ysera to argue over whether to keep their stolen artifacts.
• Diakum told Oreses he would remain with her in her dreams and memories, then revealed that he had left a gift for a guest in the K'aresh Sector.
• Dymus's fragment found Diakum's energy bait in K'aresh, but the resulting holy flames incinerated it and carried Diakum's challenge to the Devourer of Worlds.

Diakum returned to the Dragon Isles, where the molefolk of Grom named him their champion and the Red Dragon Queen invited him to witness Tyr’s reforging. Tyr awakened with his memories, apologized to the dragons, and was offered the Heart of Azeroth as he considered becoming a guardian of the world.

• The molefolk of Grom celebrated Diakum as their champion, and the Red Dragon Queen agreed to help them connect with the outside world.
• The Red Dragon Queen invited Diakum to Tyr’s Hold, where the dragons and Keepers used a silver scale and Tyr’s memory disc to revive him.
• Tyr learned what had happened since his death, apologized to the Dragon Kings and Incarnate Dragons, and heard Vyranoth accept while Iridikron and Fyrakk rejected his apology.
• Tirion Fordring offered Tyr’s Hand back to him, but Tyr asked him to keep the hammer as a symbol of justice for humanity.
• Aegwynn offered Tyr the Heart of Azeroth and invited him to become a guardian, while Diakum urged him to join a future mission to free Aggramar.
• Tyr said he needed time to choose his path but promised not to betray the trust placed in him.

The Titan Keepers and their allies planned to reclaim Ulduar and prepare Azeroth for the Burning Legion, while the Vigilant learned why Iridikron hated the Titans. Diakum took Iridikron toward Uldir to confront its horrors and show him how they would oppose the Titans without harming innocents.

• Khadgar and Rhonin urged Grand Duke Mograine to develop human-specific paths of power, while Lady Aegwynn argued that humans should study their Titan-Construct origins.
• Ra-den proposed that the Titan Keepers leave Azeroth after liberating Ulduar, but Tyr and the others focused on restoring Ulduar and preparing its armies for the coming demons.
• Ironaya revealed that Storm-Eater planned to challenge Odin over his enslavement of the Storm Drakes, potentially forcing him to reconsider his position.
• Diakum advised Fyrakk to prepare to rule the Firelands, and Fyrakk left for the Chamber of Heart to begin his preparations.
• Iridikron told Diakum that Titan servants had poisoned Galakrond and conducted cruel experiments at Uldir, which had driven his hatred of the Titans.
• Diakum invited Iridikron to return to Uldir with him and promised to oppose its evils without sacrificing innocents.

Diakum met Princess Talanji in Nazmir, where she reported on the Saviors Swarm’s growth and plans to attack Uldir. As the swarm prepared for war, Diakum defended its role as both a weapon and a force for restoring ruined lands.

• Princess Talanji reported that the swarm had built nests in Nazmir, lost a king beast to G'huun’s corruption, and hoped to obtain Anub'zhar’s genes to create a stronger one.
• Talanji explained that she and the Zandalari had embraced the swarm and were cooperating with the Haranir to investigate Uldir’s corruption.
• Tokali complained that the swarm’s gene masters were harassing the Loa Gods and seeking their bodies and offspring for research.
• Diakum and Iridikron suggested that Tokali trade his body for help attaining his desired Thunder Stegosaur form, and Tokali considered the offer.
• Diakum argued that the Saviors Swarm could restore polluted land as well as fight invaders, while Iridikron agreed that it should serve as a last line of defense.