Chapter Summaries

Dick led the Draenei assault on Gul'dan's ritual to sever the elements from Draenor, battling demon-blooded Orcs and defeating Kilrogg Deadeye. He destroyed two Curse Code cores with a thrown shard of Kazzak's Grudge, weakening Gul'dan's ritual as the elemental lords fought to survive.

• Ner'zhul identified Gul'dan's ritual platform, and Dick ordered his warriors to break the three Curse Code cores while Ner'zhul steadied the enraged elements.
• Dick's force charged through the Shadow Council's blockade, while Neri and Gola hunted warlocks and Dick cut down Orc defenders.
• Kilrogg Deadeye ambushed Dick, but Dick caught his killing blow and struck him down; Kilrogg fled after seeing Dick as the one destined to kill him.
• Dick urged Ner'zhul to stop the elemental lords from sacrificing themselves, then threw Kazzak's Grudge at Gul'dan's fel shield.
• Gul'dan mocked Dick for missing, then realized the throw had destroyed two Curse Code cores and weakened the ritual.

Dick defeated Gul'dan and two summoned demons in a blazing Sanctified state, then ordered the Orcs to surrender and pressed the Elemental Lords to join the fight against the Legion. He reassured Neri that his ties to her, his people, and his oath would keep the Holy Light from erasing his mortal self.

• The Elemental Lords joined the Draenei against Gul'dan's forces, and the Orc warlocks and Blood Ring hunters began fleeing as their lines collapsed.
• Dick advanced on Gul'dan, entered his Sanctified Seraphim state, and killed the summoned demons Dezoxx and Kurazmal.
• Dick shattered Gul'dan's Fel shield, burned him to ash, and declared that his soulstone would allow him to return for another confrontation.
• Dick raised Gul'dan's skull and demanded the Orcs surrender; Ner'zhul urged the Shadowmoon Orcs to lay down their weapons while the Draenei attacked those who kept fighting.
• Dick challenged the Elemental Lords to remain and resist the Legion, then told Neri that she, his clan, and his oath anchored him to the mortal world.

Dick explained to Neri that Lura’s power was transforming him and could overwhelm his mortal will when he unleashed too much holy power, so he planned to discharge the excess during the coming conflict. After Ner’zhul and Dick pressured the elemental lords into helping Draenor’s defenders, the elements restored Ner’zhul’s blessing and offered Dick a gift to mark their acceptance of the Draenei.

• Dick told Neri that Lura’s Radiant Fragment had given him Naaru traits and that he needed to grow stronger and release his excess holy power before it became uncontrollable.
• Ner’zhul apologized to the elemental lords for the Orcs’ crimes and asked them to help the Orcs resist the Shadow Council and the Burning Legion.
• Dick accused the elemental lords of abandoning the Orcs and threatened to bind or fight them unless they joined the defense of Draenor.
• Ner’zhul and Dick’s joint appeal persuaded the elemental lords to restore Ner’zhul’s elemental blessing and warn that this was the Orcs’ last chance.
• The elemental lords demanded closer cooperation between Draenei and Orc shamans and named Nubodon as a Draenei representative of elemental power.
• Ner’zhul gave the Curse Cipher Fragment to the elemental lords’ former allies and told Dick that they wished to gift him a token of Draenor’s acceptance of the Draenei.

Dick received a legendary staff forged by Draenor’s Elemental Lords, then set out with Neri and Ner’zhul for Karabor Temple to confront the danger posed by Gul’dan and expose a traitor. Before they reached the temple, Dick encouraged Nubodon to decide for himself whether to pursue the elements or remain a vindicator, and Nubodon was left to reflect on what the Holy Light meant to him.

• The Elemental Lords reforged Kazzak’s Grudge into the legendary staff Claw of Draenor · Kazzak’s Endless Hatred and gave it to Dick.
• Dick, Neri, and Ner’zhul discussed the destruction of Shadowmoon Valley, Gul’dan’s threats to Karabor Temple, and the need for Orcs and Draenei to seek peace together.
• Dick told Neri that the Holy Light had revealed the Draenei traitor’s identity, but he wanted to consult Velen before exposing the traitor.
• Yrel summoned Nubodon to meet Dick, while Nubodon worried that the Elemental Lords’ choice of him as a shaman representative would force him to abandon the Holy Light.
• Dick assured Nubodon that he would not pressure him to give up his path as a vindicator and urged him to follow his conscience rather than treat faith as a substitute for personal judgment.
• Nubodon said his heart belonged to the Holy Light, then listened as Dick explained that the Light could guide people who chose to protect and help others.

Diakum returned to Karabor Temple, where Velen welcomed him and appointed him commander of all Draenei armed forces. As Diakum prepared to preach and discuss the Orc threat with Velen, Archbishop Othaar and his servant Lathorn plotted to have him killed on the road to Talador.

• Nubodon and Maraad wrestled with Diakum’s questions about the Holy Light, and Yrel suggested seeking guidance from Bishop Ishana.
• Ishana learned that Diakum had returned and organized the city’s welcome, including preparations for him to preach.
• Velen greeted Diakum, appointed him commander of the Draenei armed forces, and received a letter about Chieftain Ner'zhul and the Orc threat.
• Diakum agreed to deliver a sermon and planned to meet with Velen to discuss their next steps.
• Archbishop Othaar ordered Lathorn to arrange Diakum’s death during a journey to Talador, where they also hoped to eliminate Hutton.

Gul'dan recovered from demon-forging and prepared an attack on Karabor Temple, intending to summon the Dark Star and use Kilrogg Deadeye against Diakum. Kilrogg accepted his foretold death but predicted Gul'dan would fail, then ordered his hunters to stay behind.

• Gul'dan awoke stronger after the Polluter demon-forged him and learned that Socrethar's disciples would help attack Karabor Temple if the Orcs also targeted Diakum Zastinus.
• Teron'gor told Gul'dan that the Shadowmoon warlocks had contacted the Dark Star, K'ara, and Gul'dan agreed to guide its descent upon Karabor Temple.
• Gul'dan chose the wounded Kilrogg Deadeye to lead the assault, forced demon blood into him, and restored him with fel power.
• Kilrogg accepted that he would die that night but warned Gul'dan that the attack would fail and leave him fleeing Shadowmoon Valley in disgrace.
• Kilrogg ordered the Blood Ring Hunters not to accompany him and sent them back to the jungle to await their own moment of destiny.

Dick challenged Ishana to restore the Draenei’s hope of returning to Argus, then joined Velen and Neri to investigate Socrethar’s hidden organization. When Kara’s Dark Star threatened Karabor Temple, Dick proposed a plan to stop it, while Gul’dan began the attack and celebrated the coming destruction.

• Dick preached to Karabor’s people, then confronted Ishana about their fading commitment to the World Vow and comforted her as she mourned Argus.
• Neri brought Dick to Velen, who gave him the Eye of the Storm, and Velen, Neri, Akama, and Dick planned to expose Socrethar’s allies.
• Dick sensed a warning from Lord Lura’s remains and realized Gul’dan was bringing down Kara’s Dark Star on Karabor Temple.
• Velen explained that Kara was the being behind the Dark Star, and Dick proposed using their past method against Sarkir to stop it and contact the Army of the Light.
• Gul’dan summoned the Dark Star and declared that Karabor Temple and its people would be destroyed.

Kara returned as a void-corrupted Dark Star and threatened to destroy Karabor Temple, so the Draenei and Orcs joined forces to slow its fall and attempt to purify it. As Dick prepared to suppress Kara and Velen prepared to restore its Light, Nubodon embraced shamanic power and helped create an opening for the rescue.

• Kara descended toward Karabor Temple, and Ner'zhul warned that its impact would destroy the city and spread void corruption.
• Neri explained the Draenei plan to purify Kara, with Dick suppressing it while Velen and Ishana channeled the Holy Light.
• Ner'zhul summoned a storm to slow Kara, and Draenei shamans and Arcane Mages joined the effort as Dick entered his Sanctified Seraph Form.
• Nubodon chose to call upon the elements despite Yrel's protest, raising a storm and a Rock Hand that briefly checked Kara's descent.
• The Rock Hand and storm were shattered, but the combined assault created an opening, and Dick's sacred radiance surged toward Dark Kara.

Dick used the Draenei’s united faith to help Velen and Ishana purify Kara and bring the Naaru back to the light, saving Karabor from the Dark Star. The rescue strengthened Ner'zhul’s belief in peace, but Gul'dan still expected Kilrogg to assassinate the exhausted Dick.

• Dick unleashed his accumulated Holy Power against Kara, broke its Void shield, and activated the Hand of Fate to restore his strength.
• Dick led Velen and Ishana into the Void storm, where the three priests began purifying Kara as Yrel urged the Draenei to lend the Naaru their light.
• Draenei across Karabor raised lights for Kara, and Nubodon discovered that the Holy Light still watched over him despite his altered body.
• Kara resisted the Void, shed its corrupted fragments, and returned to its radiant form as the Draenei welcomed it home.
• Ner'zhul concluded that the Draenei could be friends with peaceful Orcs, while Gul'dan planned to have Kilrogg kill Dick after the battle.

After Karabor was purified, Dick accepted that exile had changed the Draenei and joined the hunt for Archbishop Othaar’s conspiracy. When demons ambushed his force, Kilrogg Deadeye challenged Dick to a fatal Mak'gora, leaving their duel poised to begin.

• Karabor awakened in the Holy Light and preached to the Draenei, while Dick admitted that he had misjudged how exile had changed his people.
• Neri told Dick that Archbishop Othaar had anticipated Karabor’s destruction and was likely behind a conspiracy, so Dick set out with Maraad, Yrel, and the vindicators to confront him.
• Maraad and Yrel described Othaar’s followers and influence, and Dick ordered Nubodon to summon Neri and the arcane guards to rescue civilians held at the governor’s residence.
• Dick’s group was ambushed by demons, including a fel elf commander, and Dick sent Yrel to fight her while the other vindicators engaged the attackers.
• Dick exposed Kilrogg Deadeye, who challenged him to a duel to the death, claiming that only Dick could stop his assassination attempt and protect the city.

Dick defeated and killed Kilrogg Deadeye in an honorable Mak'gora, learning that Kilrogg's death vision had changed from the world's destruction to its rebirth. After giving Yrel Kilrogg's halberd as a reward, Dick prepared to take the fight to the demon-aligned governor's mansion.

• Kilrogg recognized that his death vision had changed and chose to face Dick, hoping his death would spare his son Jorin a doomed world.
• Dick and Kilrogg fought a fierce Mak'gora, with Dick relying on martial skill and Holy Light while Kilrogg unleashed his fel-fueled Blood Rage.
• Kilrogg refused to use hidden wyvern poison and accepted defeat, and Dick killed him with purifying Holy Light after learning that his vision now showed the world's rebirth.
• Ner'zhul collected Kilrogg's skull, thanked Dick for granting his old friend an honorable death, and promised to gather Orc leaders who would choose peace with Matron Geyah.
• Dick gave Yrel Kilrogg's Spine of Magic after she reported defeating her opponent, then prepared to join the assault on the governor's mansion.

Dick and his allies stormed Othaar’s residence, turned the ancient guard Quaram against the traitors, and persuaded the governor’s guards to stand down. They found Othaar completing a fel ritual with his followers’ lives, and Dick confronted him as he began his attack.

• Dick discovered that Othaar’s followers included Man’ari who had evaded the Holy Light’s scrutiny, and learned that Othaar was performing a ritual while holding civilians inside his residence.
• Dick used his Arcane Academy authority to reactivate the ancient guard Quaram, then recruited him into the Hand of Argus to break through the residence’s defenses.
• Dick promised the governor’s guards that he would protect their homeland, persuading them to abandon their weapons and join the assault against Othaar.
• Dick learned that Othaar had sacrificed Sargerei followers to fuel his Demon Ascension and had ordered his servants to work with Socrethar, Havari, and Gul’dan.
• Dick burst into the ritual hall, killed a Man’ari with the Holy Light, and confronted Othaar, vowing to destroy him completely.

Diakum defeated Othaar’s forces, exposed his plan to turn the Draenei into Man'ari, and spoke with Sarkir through a Legion communicator. After executing Othaar, Diakum ordered a purge of the Sargerei at Socrethar's Rise and summoned the Draenei leaders to Karabor Temple.

• Diakum slaughtered Othaar’s Corrupted Sargerei and forced Othaar to explain his plan to join the Burning Legion for the Draenei’s survival.
• The Exarch Guard rejected Othaar’s claims and affirmed their commitment to fight demons rather than embrace fel energy.
• Othaar activated a Legion communicator, and Sarkir mocked him, spoke with Diakum, and urged him to kill the Corrupted before challenging the Legion’s leaders.
• Sarkir abandoned Othaar, explaining that Socrethar the Eternal was only a name and not a promise of ascension.
• Diakum burned Othaar to ashes and ordered Akama to summon the Draenei leaders while sending Neri, Maraad, and the Vindicators to hunt the Sargerei at Socrethar's Rise.

After Othaar’s execution, Akama briefed Hataaru on the coming political changes and the threat to Auchindoun, while Neri discussed her relationship with Dick and the Draenei’s future. As dawn returned to Shadowmoon Valley, Ishana brought Dick fragments of Lady Kara, which he purified into Atama Crystals for weapons, then asked to meditate in his Holy Light.

• Hataaru arrived after the fighting and learned that Dick had reset Lord Quaram’s command protocol and personally purified Othaar, while Akama warned him to support new security measures at the coming meeting.
• Akama told Hataaru that Dick planned to reestablish the Assassin Court and Judgment Court, and Hataaru agreed to back the changes and investigate the threat to Auchindoun.
• Neri visited Dick, reassured him about their relationship and his other admirers, and learned that he foresaw the two of them traveling to another world to warn its people about the Burning Legion.
• Dick and Neri watched sunlight return to Shadowmoon Valley after Lady Kara’s return to the Holy Light, and Neri left to lead the Rangers against the Sargerei.
• Ishana brought Dick shadow-crystal fragments from Lady Kara, and Dick purified one into a downgraded Atama Crystal that could be used to forge weapons.
• Dick urged Ishana to treat purifying the remaining crystals as a trial for potential heroes, and Ishana asked to meditate beneath his Holy Light.

Dick restored the Hand of Argus veterans and prepared them to train a new generation of demon hunters before presiding over a council meeting about Draenor’s growing crisis. The meeting exposed a Void-worshipping infiltrator, whose teleport beacon brought a demon into the chamber, giving Dick an unexpected target.

• Dick welcomed the thirty-one surviving Hand of Argus veterans, named Ristalan their temporary commander, and ordered them to train recruits as the legion was rebuilt.
• Dick gave Yrel, Maraad, and Nubodon dark crystals to purify as trials for earning their own Lightforged Holy Blades, then Ristalan sent Yrel to training after hearing her demon-slaying tally.
• Archon Niaami tried to deceive Dick about her shadow aura, then attacked him with a teleport beacon and transformed into shadow to escape.
• Dick used Kazzak's Grudge to blast Niaami from hiding, and the other archons subdued her, but her beacon summoned the Greater Demon Azakael into the council chamber.
• Azakael announced that he carried the Conqueror's decree, and Dick challenged the demon to fight.

Velen, Dick, and the Draenei leaders exposed a Burning Legion infiltration and reorganized their security and political leadership as they prepared for war. The council then heard Ner'zhul promise that traditional Orcs would support the Draenei and share Draenor, though he still had to unite the clans.

• Velen and Dick helped defeat the summoned demon, while Niaami was captured and Maladaar admitted that Auchindoun's defenses had failed.
• Velen kept Maladaar in his post and warned the Archons that the Burning Legion was coming; Diakum announced that Neri would lead the Assassin Court and he would command the Judgment Court.
• Velen appointed Akama to govern Shadowmoon Valley and Karabor Temple, named Ishana to replace Othaar, and backed a new shaman Archbishop; Dick supported Yefa's nomination.
• Diakum described the Shadow Council as a Burning Legion plot and presented Ner'zhul as an ally seeking peace between the Orcs and Draenei.
• Velen declared that the Draenei would not seize Draenor as their homeland, and Ner'zhul promised traditional Orc support while acknowledging that he could not yet speak for every Orc.

Dick resolved to visit Auchindoun to protect the Draenei’s legacy and restore their unity, while Velen considered seeking Hutton’s help. At Blackhand’s fortress, Gul’dan concealed his betrayal of Ner’zhul and offered a Bloodrage Potion that he claimed could turn peons into warriors, setting up a demonstration and promising to eliminate Dick.

• Dick concluded that he needed to reach Auchindoun to safeguard its Star Soul Will Fragments and revive the Draenei’s World Vow, while Velen decided to seek out Hutton.
• Gul’dan returned to Blackhand’s fortress, learned that Blackhand had sent the Blackrock peons for warrior training, and asked for four of the weakest peons as part of a gift.
• Blackhand reprimanded Rend and Maim for failing to seize the Bleeding Hollow Highlands, dismissed Griselda’s request to join Horde affairs, then ordered Orgrim and Eitrigg to secure the Bleeding Hollow territory and summon the Frostfire Ridge clans.
• Blackhand permitted Griselda to travel with Orgrim and Eitrigg, and the three siblings left the clan hall.
• Gul’dan told Blackhand that Ner’zhul had betrayed the Horde and that Kilrogg had died fighting Dick, then offered a Bloodrage Potion and wagered his clan and life on its power.
• Blackhand agreed to watch Gul’dan test the potion on peons, while Gul’dan promised that Dick would no longer interfere with the Horde’s conquest.

Gul'dan demonstrated Bloodrage Potion to Great Chieftain Blackhand, who accepted its power and planned to use it to unify the Orc clans. Gul'dan then received orders from Corrupted Cenarius to bring Annihilator Lycantos and his ghost wolves to Draenor, while secretly pursuing his own plan to destroy the world and achieve Demon Ascension.

• Gul'dan gave four peons Bloodrage Potion, and they gained great strength, rapid healing, and uncontrollable fury in a fight against Blackhand's guard.
• Blackhand praised the potion and considered distributing it to Orc chieftains and warriors to strengthen his command over the Horde, despite its bloodlust-inducing side effect.
• Gul'dan told Blackhand that Havorosen had been sent to assassinate Zargrel and secured permission to use his reclaimed clan members to prepare more potions.
• Corrupted Cenarius ordered Gul'dan to work with Annihilator Lycantos and his ghost wolf pack, crush the Draenei, and seize the Star Soul Will Fragment hidden in Auchindoun.
• Gul'dan agreed to target Diakum, then privately revealed that he cared nothing for the Horde and intended to burn Draenor as his path to power and Demon Ascension.

Dick left Karabor Temple for Oshu'gun, stopping in Shattrath City, where he reunited with Jaide and Hutton and learned that Orc clans were attacking Draenei settlements. When Maraad mentioned that Lelan had adopted Garona, Dick resolved to go to Telmor and protect her.

• Dick declined Velen's request to remain in Karabor Temple, encouraged him to remember Kil'jaeden's sacrifice, and departed with Maraad, Yrel, and Nubodon.
• During the flight, Dick recounted Argus's final days, and the group later reached Shattrath City, where Jaide and Hutton welcomed him.
• Hutton told Dick that several Orc clans were attacking Shattrath's surroundings and Telmor, while Jaide described the Orc campaign against the Ogres and Arakkoa.
• Maraad explained that Lelan had survived the Bladefist Clan attack and lost her adopted half-Orc daughter, Garona; Dick decided to travel to Telmor.
• Jaide agreed to let Dick go to Telmor, where he could aid its defense and visit Lelan.

Dick and his companions rode toward Telmor while discussing the Draenei’s expansion into Talador, the Orcs’ security fears, and Garona’s origins and disappearance. They arrived as Telmor was under attack, where Dick rescued Lelan and she tearfully greeted him as Uncle Diakum.

• Dick argued that the Draenei’s development of Talador had created understandable security fears among the Orcs, while Maraad and Nubodon discussed the risks of closer contact between their peoples.
• Maraad explained that Garona was Lelan’s adopted daughter, born to a Draenei defender and an Orc shaman, and that she had disappeared during the raid on Bladefist Clan.
• Dick resolved to find Garona before Gul'dan could irreparably alter her, then continued riding toward Telmor with the hunter cavalry.
• Giselda led the Orc assault on Telmor and captured the wounded Lelan after Hellfires breached part of the city wall.
• Dick and his cavalry arrived, and Dick struck down Giselda before helping Lelan to her feet.
• Lelan embraced Dick and wept with relief as she called him Uncle Diakum.