Chapter Summaries

Raymond bound the newborn Bottomless Abyss to himself while the Burning Legion, weakened by its energy shortage, attacked the Army of the Light. Kil'jaeden overwhelmed X'era's forces and began turning exhausted Naaru into Entropic Demons, threatening the Army's faith.

• Raymond used the Abyss Fragments to shape Mardum into a newborn Bottomless Abyss and gained vast power within it.
• Kil'jaeden ordered Queen Sacrolash and Alythess to take the Legion's remaining fleet and destroy the Army of the Light.
• Turalyon and Lothraxion led the Army of the Light in an assault on a Legion-held planet, but Kil'jaeden's fleet ambushed and devastated them.
• X'era and the other Naaru shielded the survivors from the bombardment, while Sacrolash's fleet continued firing until the shield nearly failed.
• Kil'jaeden arrived, captured X'era, and killed Turalyon with a single blow.
• Kil'jaeden transformed two exhausted Naaru into Entropic Demons, and X'era cried out as she realized the revelation could destroy the Army of the Light's faith.

Raymond defeated the Burning Legion’s forces, turned X’era into a weapon, and negotiated a temporary truce with Sargeras that divided the Physical Universe between them. Meanwhile, Albus Dumbledore arrived on Faerun and approached a battle after witnessing a goblin-like creature use magic.

• Kil'jaeden transformed the depleted Naaru into Entropic Demons and tried to corrupt X'era, but Raymond arrived and shattered her into fragments to forge her Light's Heart and remains into the greatsword Golden Storm.
• Raymond broke a tentacle linked to the Shadow Void, drew a Void Lord's attention, and sealed the Entropic Demons into the staff Void Gaze, which he used to devastate the Burning Legion's forces.
• Sargeras appeared to confront Raymond, but the two agreed to a temporary truce that divided the Physical Universe while leaving Azeroth contested.
• Raymond ordered the Devil Legion and New Phyrexia to establish themselves in his territory and began building a portal network centered on the Black Temple in Outland.
• Albus Dumbledore arrived on Faerun and watched goblin-like creatures attack a caravan, then stepped toward the battlefield after seeing one of them cast an explosive fire spell.

Dumbledore saved a caravan from goblins and a murderous mercenary band, then met a Green Dragon who taught him about Faerûn’s magic and recognized his connection to Soros. When the dragon tried to flee, a Lich appeared and blocked his path.

• A red bird killed the goblin spellcaster, and Dumbledore slaughtered the goblins with an enchanted sword, saving the caravan.
• Dumbledore stopped the mercenaries from killing their employer, but a Green Dragon emerged and devoured the fleeing men.
• Dumbledore traded a Ring of Spell Storing to the Green Dragon for answers about Toril’s Weave and Arcane Magic.
• Dumbledore asked whether the Green Dragon knew Soros, then revealed he had once been Soros’s headmaster.
• The Green Dragon returned Dumbledore’s ring and tried to escape, but a Lich appeared through a portal and blocked him.

A Lich brought Dumbledore to Athkatla, where Soros’s power restored his ability to use magic and gave him access to the Wizard’s Tower. Meanwhile, Raymond confronted Blue Dragonflight emissaries at the Sunwell, demanded Malygos’s submission, and seized Saragosa for cruel experiments that left her mentally broken.

• A Lich froze an adult Green Dragon and teleported him away before escorting Dumbledore to Athkatla on Soros’s behalf.
• The Lich showed Dumbledore the Wizard’s Tower and explained that Soros had restored the magic of Dumbledore’s original world within Athkatla; Dumbledore cast Lumos and prepared to attend a lesson.
• At the Sunwell, Saragosa and Kalecgos confronted the Arcane Mysteries Society’s Liches over Negative Energy spreading through the Sunwell.
• Raymond arrived, declared himself Azeroth’s guardian and ruler of its Weave, demanded that Malygos hand over the Focusing Iris, and threatened the Dragon Aspects with submission.
• Raymond restrained Kalecgos and Saragosa, then used magic to make Saragosa submit to forced breeding experiments with Infernal Dragons.
• Over the following two weeks, Raymond kept Saragosa producing hybrid dragon eggs and repeatedly used magic that damaged her mind until she was broken.

The Dragon Aspects debated whether to submit to Soros after Nozdormu warned that his power had locked the world into a single timeline. As Soros expanded his control over the Lich King, mortal souls, and Azeroth’s magic, Raymond ordered Jin-Gitaxias to infiltrate Ulduar and Compleat its Keepers before Yogg-Saron could escape.

• Kalecgos told the Dragon Aspects that Soros’s forces had occupied the Sunwell and demanded their submission, while Nozdormu warned that resistance would lead to destruction.
• Malygos suddenly flew toward the Sunwell, while Alexstrasza and Ysera weighed their choices and Nozdormu departed with Chromie.
• Gramill reached Ner'zhul at the Frozen Throne, began examining him and the Helm of Domination, and prepared to bring troops through a portal to take control of the Lich King.
• Soros used the Church of the Contract God to promise believers a lavish afterlife in Cyberpunk City, while Medivh questioned his plan to claim mortal souls.
• Raymond told Medivh he intended to make the Dragon Aspects obey him and then traveled to the Storm Peaks to meet Jin-Gitaxias.
• Jin-Gitaxias reported widespread signs of Yogg-Saron’s corruption and began covertly sending nanomachines into Ulduar to infect its Keepers before the Old God could break free.

Malygos attacked the Arcane Mysteries Society’s Sunwell fortress with the Focusing Iris, but Raymond arrived and overpowered him. Raymond drained Malygos’s Titan Power and magic, leaving the Dragonlord near death while Raymond gained a devastating new breath attack.

• Jeffrey reviewed the Society’s new potion formulas and prepared to send them to Habasar Drin for sale in Faerûn.
• Malygos and his Blue Dragon guards attacked the Sunwell, and Jeffrey led the liches in fighting them until Malygos’s Arcane breath devastated the fortress.
• Raymond arrived, absorbed Malygos’s breath attack, transformed into a gigantic multi-headed dragon, and seized the Focusing Iris.
• Raymond defeated Malygos and refused Kalecgos’s offer of Blue Dragonflight loyalty in exchange for sparing him.
• Raymond stripped Malygos of his Titan Power and magical energy, then unleashed a massive Arcane lightning breath over the sea.

Raymond defeated Malygos and pressured the Blue Dragonflight to submit, while Nozdormu prepared the Bronze Dragons for a final battle against the Infinite Dragonflight. At Ulduar, New Phyrexia’s invasion spread as Loken and Yogg-Saron plotted to exploit the chaos, and Raymond set out to find Loken.

• Raymond explained how Titan Power let Malygos control Azeroth’s magic, then offered Kalecgos the Blue Dragonflight’s freedom and renewed strength in exchange for allegiance.
• Raymond showed Kalecgos that Saragosa was alive, resurrected the fallen Blue Dragons, and let Kalecgos leave to persuade the flight to submit.
• Nozdormu told Chromie that the Bronze Dragonflight had no choice but to surrender to Raymond after resolving its conflict with the Infinite Dragonflight.
• Jin-Gitaxias’s Phyrexian forces invaded Ulduar, infected Mimiron, and began converting its mechanical defenders and facilities.
• Loken enlisted General Vezax’s help to use the invasion against Ulduar’s guardians and weaken Yogg-Saron’s seal, while Yogg-Saron began emerging through the darkness.
• Raymond arrived at Ulduar, learned that Loken held the keys to its forges, and rode Mimiron toward the palace where Loken was hiding.

New Phyrexia launched a surprise invasion of the Storm Peaks and Ulduar, Compleating the battling Titan creations. Raymond confronted Loken, defeated him, and had Mimiron Compleat him, producing a transforming mechanical fusion that flew from the Halls of Lightning.

• Rafakiel's aircraft drenched the Earthen and Aesir armies in Phyrexian Oil, Compleating them as New Phyrexia attacked the Forge of Wills and Ulduar.
• Loken watched Ulduar's defenses collapse, then Mimiron and Raymond entered the Halls of Lightning and confronted him.
• Raymond resisted Loken's lightning and illusions, broke his leg, and pinned him down before ordering Mimiron to inject him with Phyrexian Oil.
• Loken was Compleated, and Phyrexian Oil fused Mimiron's head with his body to create a transforming mechanical being that burst through the ceiling and flew away.

Raymond killed Yogg-Saron by hurling the Void Gaze Staff through the Old God’s brain, then tasked Jin-Gitaxias with studying the captured essence and cleaning up the contamination. With Ulduar in ruins and the Keepers serving New Phyrexia, Alexstrasza arrived and chose to send a message to Raymond after learning that refusal would bring coercion.

• Raymond led the fused Titan Keepers into Ulduar’s depths, where they fought General Vezax while Raymond examined a piece of Saronite torn from the Faceless One.
• Raymond confronted Yogg-Saron, resisted his mental assault, and hurled the Void Gaze Staff through the Old God’s brain, causing a massive explosion that destroyed Ulduar and scattered Yogg-Saron’s blood across the Storm Peaks.
• Raymond recovered the staff, sealed Yogg-Saron’s life essence and consciousness inside it, and gave Jin-Gitaxias permission to study it and capture Faceless Ones, while warning him to clean up the contamination carefully.
• Alexstrasza arrived at the ruins and learned from a Vedalken that Yogg-Saron was dead and the Keepers had submitted to Lord Soros.
• After the Vedalken warned that New Phyrexia would use force if the Red Dragonflight refused, Alexstrasza asked him to send a message to Raymond.

Dumbledore admired Athkatla’s magical prosperity, struggled with the cost of studying Arcane Magic, and agreed to consider Bernard’s business proposal. A Lich then brought him to Raymond, where Dumbledore witnessed the wars in another universe and arrived as Raymond negotiated with Queen Alexstrasza.

• Dumbledore watched Athkatla’s bustling streets and defended the Empire’s authoritarian rule as a source of protection for ordinary people.
• Dumbledore returned a borrowed book to Daisy, encouraged her studies, and treated her to breakfast.
• Dumbledore spent his savings at the market and decided to accept Bernard’s proposal to earn money through cooperation.
• A Lich summoned Dumbledore to meet Raymond, taking him through the Nine Hells and a portal to the battlefield on Mount Hyjal.
• The Lich brought Dumbledore to Storm Peaks, where Raymond introduced him to Queen Alexstrasza while negotiating with the Red Dragonflight.

Raymond persuaded Alexstrasza and the Red Dragonflight to serve him, then explained his ambition to become the ultimate authority across the Multiverse to Dumbledore and agreed to invite Gellert Grindelwald on the condition that Dumbledore complete a dangerous task. Meanwhile, Illidan and Maiev Shadowsong reached the Broken Isles in pursuit of the Tomb of Sargeras, where Deathwing appeared and opened its entrance.

• Alexstrasza swore that the Red Dragonflight would obey Raymond and protect life, then agreed to send herself and several Red Dragons to the Sunwell for his research.
• Raymond showed Dumbledore Saronite, discussed his chosen allegiance to evil and his ambition to become the answer for countless worlds, and agreed to invite Gellert Grindelwald if Dumbledore reached LV7 and handled a problem in Neverwinter.
• Illidan and Grom Hellscream landed on the Broken Isles with their forces, captured prominent Orcs, and prepared to explore the Tomb of Sargeras.
• Maiev Shadowsong and Naisha arrived with the Watchers and began searching for Illidan despite their exhaustion.
• Deathwing watched both groups, transformed into a huge black Dragon, and split open the beach to reveal the Tomb of Sargeras.
• Illidan and Maiev Shadowsong led their followers toward the tomb entrance at nearly the same time.

Illidan entered the Tomb of Sargeras seeking the Dark Titan’s Avatar, but Vashj revealed herself as N’Zoth and tried to corrupt it. Maiev and Illidan joined forces to escape, and Soros arrived to destroy their pursuers, leaving Maiev wary of him.

• Illidan entered the flooded tomb as Grom Hellscream and the Warsong Clan fought Maiev Shadowsong and the Watchers outside; Grom defeated Naisha while Maiev pursued Illidan.
• Illidan and the surviving Naga reached the Avatar of Sargeras, where Vashj transformed into a vessel for N’Zoth and the Naga became Faceless Ones.
• N’Zoth attacked Illidan’s mind, but Maiev arrived and helped him break free; the two agreed to fight together and ignited the Fel energy in the chamber to escape.
• Soros entered the tomb and found Illidan and Maiev retreating from Demons and Faceless Ones; he teased them, then destroyed their pursuers with powerful magic.
• Maiev examined Soros warily after the battle, while Illidan protested Soros’s jokes about their relationship.

Raymond revealed the struggle over Azeroth’s World-Soul and transformed Illidan Stormrage into a demon lord bound to his Abyss. Illidan returned to the Tomb of Sargeras to defeat N’Zoth’s avatar, while Raymond confronted Maiev Shadowsong over her pursuit of Illidan.

• Raymond identified himself to Maiev Shadowsong as Soros, explained his power and role in the conflict over Azeroth, and told Illidan Stormrage that many forces sought to shape the World-Soul.
• Illidan recognized Raymond as the best force to protect Azeroth and agreed to become his chosen without promising obedience.
• Raymond used the Abyss Fragment in his Demon Hand to transform Illidan into a powerful demon lord who could also disguise himself as a Night Elf.
• Illidan returned to the tomb’s deepest level and fought N’Zoth’s avatar, overcoming its spells and destroying its exposed head.
• Raymond accused Maiev of taking out her anger over Tyrande on Illidan and suggested that Illidan was special to her; Maiev attacked him, and they began fighting in the passageway.

Illidan Stormrage defeated N'Zoth's incarnation and learned that Raymond trusted him, while Raymond arranged for Maiev Shadowsong to accompany him. Raymond then gave Kael'thas water from the Well of Eternity, investigated reports of kidnappings and Kalesia's disappearance in Stranglethorn Vale, and traveled to Theros to find Ajani Goldmane.

• Illidan Stormrage bound Sargeras's empty avatar, realized N'Zoth's plot had been exposed, and discussed the Old Gods with Raymond.
• Raymond told Illidan Stormrage he could decide what to do with the avatar and Eye of Sargeras, then revealed that Maiev Shadowsong would stay by his side.
• Maiev Shadowsong apologized to Illidan Stormrage and left after promising not to threaten him unless he joined the Burning Legion.
• Raymond gave Kael'thas water from the Well of Eternity, and Kael'thas reported that Zul'Gurub's Trolls were kidnapping people and that Kalesia had vanished.
• Raymond suspected a threat within Zul'Gurub, warned Kael'thas about Hakkar, and traveled to Theros to seek Ajani Goldmane.
• Raymond reached Akros, paid a tavern bartender for information, and learned that Ajani and a human woman knight were in the city.

Raymond searched Akros for Elspeth and Ajani, bought the Thread of Fate, and witnessed Xenagos’s invasion as he challenged the gods and attacked the city. Elspeth and Ajani helped defend Akros, but Xenagos vanished after casting a mysterious spell that left the city’s fate unclear.

• The tavern owner discovered that Raymond had transformed the thugs into monsters and sent Hertes to alert the guards and temple while searching for Raymond.
• Raymond found a merchant selling the Thread of Fate and bought it for a hundred gold bricks before learning that Xenagos’s monster army was approaching Akros.
• Xenagos urged Akros’s people to reject the gods, killed a priest with lava, and ordered his army to attack the city.
• Elspeth and Ajani arrived at Akros, fought the invading monsters, and rallied the city’s defenders as the power of Fate protected them.
• Xenagos fought Elspeth, then Ajani took his place while Elspeth pursued the monsters inside the city.
• Xenagos cast a spell that enveloped Akros and vanished, while the Dragons and siege beasts disappeared along with him.

Xenagos became the God of Revelry after Raymond traded him a Spark for advice and the Pink Book, then began undermining the gods of Theros through pleasure and deception. Raymond tested Ajani’s soul-duplicate ability on a ruined plane and altered Ajani’s memories before returning him to a world where Xenagos’s ascension had thrown gods and mortals into turmoil.

• Ajani and Elspeth helped Akros repel the Monster army while Xenagos secretly watched the city celebrate.
• Raymond revealed himself to Xenagos and traded advice on weakening the gods, along with the Pink Book, for Xenagos’s Spark.
• Xenagos ascended to godhood, shocking Akros and prompting Heliod to demand that Elspeth kill the new god.
• Raymond met Ajani and traveled with him to a ruined plane, where Ajani demonstrated his ability to create a soul duplicate of an opponent.
• Raymond used memory weaving on Ajani before letting him return to Theros, where Heliod and the other gods faced growing doubt and Xenagos’s influence spread.

Raymond left Xenagos with the Pit Fiend Alkinds to guide the new God of Revelry and stir conflict among Theros’s gods. In Azeroth, leaders agreed to unite against the Burning Legion and punish the Orcs, while Daelin began a brutal naval campaign against Thrall’s people along Azshara’s coast.

• Raymond warned Xenagos that Nylea’s arrowhead in his chest remained dangerous, then summoned Alkinds to advise him and undermine the other gods.
• Alkinds told Xenagos a selectively edited account of how he had incited a war among gods, while secretly preparing to provoke conflict in Theros.
• On Darkshore, Malfurion, Tyrande, Calia, Jaina, and Cairne agreed to form an alliance against future threats and debated a punitive campaign against the Orcs.
• Calia and Malfurion pledged troops and support for the campaign, while Cairne refused to participate because Thrall’s tribe had once helped his people.
• Daelin led the Kul Tiras fleet to Azshara and ordered his ships to ram Orc fishing boats, bombard a village, and blockade the coast to starve the Orcs.

Daelin's fleet devastated the Horde's coastal settlements and food supply, pushing Thrall into crisis before Raymond forced him to wager the Orcs' future and his own soul in a game of choices. As Thrall prepared to meet Daelin, Chromie and her Infinite Dragon counterpart fought across the collapsing timelines, leaving the settlement in ruins and Chromie captured.

• Daelin ordered the Kul Tiras Fleet to bombard the Orc villages and blockade Azshara's coast, killing more than a thousand Orcs and cutting off much of the Horde's food supply.
• Raymond appeared before Thrall, revealed himself as Soros, and offered a wager: Thrall had to decide whether the Orcs were worth saving or lose his soul.
• Thrall accepted Raymond's game, and Raymond's first choice forced him to persuade Daelin to end the blockade or kill him, with severe consequences either way.
• After Raymond left, Thrall resolved to meet Daelin with Varok Saurfang and a small guard, but a dark Gnome appeared and offered to restore his stolen Fate before Chromie arrived to confront her.
• Chromie and her Infinite Dragon counterpart battled through the time stream, destroying much of the Orc settlement as Thrall and Varok Saurfang evacuated its residents.
• The Infinite Dragon trapped Chromie with a black hourglass and turned her into a two-dimensional photograph.

Mirozond captured Chromie and approached Soros with her as a gift while the Bronze and Infinite Dragonflights prepared for an open war amid the collapsing timelines. Nozdormu chose to hold the Bronze Dragons’ position until the timelines merged, while Soros agreed to meet with Mirozond and heard her offer.

• Mirozond sealed Chromie in the Hourglass of Time, escaped Varok Saurfang’s ambush, and flew away after warning Thrall that Soros could not be defeated.
• Thrall ordered Saurfang to assemble an elite force for a nighttime operation to break Daelin’s coastal blockade and restore the Horde’s food supply.
• Soros met with Mirozond at the Sunwell fortress, where she offered him the imprisoned Chromie and pledged herself to serve him.
• Nozdormu confronted Murozond in the Caverns of Time, but they argued over the Infinite Dragonflight’s actions and failed to reach an agreement.
• Murozond declared that he would attack without restraint, and Nozdormu resolved to keep the Bronze Dragonflight fighting until the timelines merged.

Daelin Proudmoore led the Kul Tiras Fleet in a blockade intended to starve the Orcs, but Thrall lured him into an ambush and killed him. After Daelin arrived in Baator, he discovered that the Contract God Soros ruled the orderly city where newly dead souls received housing and provisions.

• Daelin and his adjutant predicted that the Orcs would run out of food within a month, while the fleet waited for internal conflict before landing.
• Thrall's Blood Orcs lured Daelin's men into the forest and ambushed them in a valley, killing most of the force despite Daelin's fierce resistance.
• Saurfang defeated Daelin, and Thrall executed him after Daelin refused to surrender and vowed that Jaina would avenge him.
• Thrall considered Saurfang's suggestions to recruit Trolls, Goblins, and other Kalimdor forces as allies.
• Daelin's soul arrived in Baator, where an Imp explained that Soros was the Contract God and directed him to the registration line.
• Daelin received legal identification, a free apartment, and six months of food, and looked forward to exploring the city.