Chapter Summaries

Tyrel led the Dawnblade Legion to reclaim Andalyn Manor while Cain and Rilas attacked the Scourge's necromantic towers and Alex was sent to surprise Sunwell Citadel. At Andalyn Manor, the Dawnblade Knights gained a decisive advantage in their clash with Gavinrad's Death Knights.

• Tyrel divided the campaign, sending Cain and Rilas against Howling Spirit Tower and Blood Spirit Tower while he led the Dawnblade Legion toward Andalyn Manor.
• Tyrel ordered Alex to take part of his forces along a smaller road and launch a surprise attack on Sunwell Citadel.
• At Andalyn Manor, Tyrel's knights faced Lord Commander Gavinrad the Dreadlord and his Death Knight order, which included Forest Trolls and Blood Elves.
• Alex commanded the Dawnblade Knights to form ranks and charge as both cavalry forces collided inside the manor grounds.
• Tyrel cast Blessing of Protection, shielding the Dawnblade Knights and their Sallaz Steeds from physical impact as the Bloodrazor Spears broke through the Scourge's defenses.
• The Dawnblade Knights overwhelmed the Death Knights, losing only one knight for every seven Death Knights slain.

Alex and Selin led the Dawnblade Legion into the Amani Crypt to stop the Scourge from raising more Forest Troll Undead, where they confronted Death Knight Dakuro Warfang. As Dakuro threatened to overwhelm them, Ranger-General Sylvanas Windrunner arrived with the Ranger-Expeditionary and struck him with an arrow.

• Alex discovered a vast reserve of Forest Troll Undead in Sunwell Citadel and decided to find and destroy the Amani Crypt.
• Alex followed the descending Undead to the hidden entrance of the Amani Crypt, and he and Selin led the Dawnblade Legion inside.
• The Blood Elves fought through the crypt and found Dakuro Warfang raising Forest Troll Undead in a vast hall.
• Dakuro unleashed waves of Undead, so Alex and Selin fought their way toward him to stop his endless reinforcements.
• Dakuro overpowered Alex and Selin, but Sylvanas Windrunner arrived with the Ranger-Expeditionary and pinned him to a wall with an arrow.

Ranger-General Sylvanas led the Ranger-Expeditionaries in a rain of Holy Light-blessed arrows that devastated the undead at Sunwell Citadel, then joined the fight against the survivors. At Andalyn Manor, Tyrel defeated Gavinrad, but an unexpected voice suggested the battle was not over.

• Sylvanas explained that the Farstriders had tracked the resurrected Forest Troll Undead to the Amani Crypt and had entered it to destroy the corpses and kill the necromancer.
• Sylvanas led the Ranger-Expeditionaries to aid the Dawnblade Legion and ordered their Holy Light-blessed arrows to rain down on Sunwell Citadel.
• The Ranger-Expeditionaries killed eighty percent of the Forest Troll Undead, then followed Sylvanas into the citadel to fight the remaining undead and Death Knights.
• At Andalyn Manor, Oathsun smashed Gavinrad's Death Charger, and Tyrel struck Gavinrad down with Flaming Strike.
• Tyrel declared that Gavinrad had lost, but an unknown speaker told him that the outcome was not certain.

Tyrel fought Dalkhan and Gavinrad after Dalkhan used the Stones of Light and Flame to suppress Flaming Strike. Tyrel revealed Arcane Fire, and Saloren Sunstrider’s arrival turned the battle in his favor as Dalkhan fled.

• Tyrel confronted Dalkhan, who admitted to betraying Quel'Thalas and using the Stones of Light and Flame to bind Flaming Strike.
• Gavinrad held Liadrin, Drasia Moonfang, and the other Paladins in the air while he and Dalkhan attacked Tyrel together.
• Tyrel summoned Aluneth to pressure Dalkhan, then awakened Arcane Fire in Flaming Strike and used it against Gavinrad.
• Saloren Sunstrider and Luminas Sunmark arrived after Luminas opened a portal to the battlefield.
• Dalkhan escaped under a Shadow Shield, and the Stones of Light and Flame stopped restraining Flaming Strike.

Tyrel and Saloren defeated Gavinrad and liberated him from the Lich King's control, then secured victory at Andalyn Manor and recovered two Sunwell artifacts. The survivors reunited, but Lothar learned that Dalkhan had betrayed them and blamed himself for Quel'Thalas's fall.

• Tyrel and Saloren struck Gavinrad with Flaming Strike and Apocalypse, killing him and freeing him from the Lich King's control.
• Tyrel ordered Gavinrad's remains sent to Tirion Fordring, while Astalo entrusted the Stone of Light and Stone of Flame to Tyrel and the three Moon Crystals to Kael'thas.
• Tyrel reassured Aluneth that they would kill the escaped Dalkhan, and the Dawnblade Legion and Twilight Death Knight Order wiped out the remaining forces at Andalyn Manor.
• Rilas and Cain greeted Saloren as their mentor, while Saloren spoke with Sylvanas, who felt guilty that he had saved her and the Ranger-Expeditionary.
• Liadrin told Lothar that Dalkhan was the traitor, and Lothar realized Dalkhan had used his trust to learn the Sylvanas Barrier's weakness and blamed himself for Quel'Thalas's disaster.

After Sunwell Citadel was reclaimed, Tyrel destroyed Dalkhan’s statue as the Blood Elves prepared to retake the last Scourge-held sites in the Ghostlands. Amid the preparations, the characters comforted one another over betrayal and loss, and Liadrin ended the chapter in Lor'themar’s arms, reflecting that people changed with the times.

• Tyrel destroyed Dalkhan’s statue in Sunwell Citadel, and the Dawnblade Legion renewed its loyalty to him.
• Cain and Rilas had captured the Scourge’s necromantic towers, while the Awakened Blood Elves joined the forces preparing to reclaim Windrunner Spire and Deatholme.
• Valeera comforted Tyrel, who wondered what Saloren and Sylvanas were doing, while Cain and Rilas secretly tried to eavesdrop on the pair and were caught.
• Drath comforted the grieving Liadrin and let Lor'themar speak with her alone.
• Lor'themar embraced Liadrin, and she reflected that the times had changed and people changed too.

Tyrel’s forces used summoned Undead, demons, and other expendable troops to weaken Deatholme’s Scourge before launching a joint cavalry assault. The Dawnblade Knights and Twilight Death Knight Order broke through the gates and killed the super Abominations Balgus the Bloodletter and Nathrakh.

• Arthas Blood-Weeper and the other Blood Elf Death Knights raised tens of thousands of Undead to fight the Scourge outside Deatholme.
• Sinfer’s Warlocks summoned demons at Tyrel’s command, while Blood Elf Magisters and Rangers sent Arcane Elementals and beasts into battle.
• Dalkhan Theron saw the demons and concluded that Tyrel’s golden eyes meant he would follow Azshara and Illidan; he withdrew to the Cursed Tower, leaving the Scourge without his command.
• After the Scourge outside Deatholme had been weakened, Tyrel and Saloren led their forces in a joint assault, with Dawnblade Knights and Twilight Death Knights charging together.
• The cavalry broke through Deatholme’s defenses and killed the super Abominations Balgus the Bloodletter and Nathrakh.

Tyrel led the Blood Elves and Awakened in an assault on Deatholme to reclaim their former homeland and kill Dalkhan. Dalkhan tried to escape behind a curtain of dark magic, but Lothar’s arrow, empowered by Tyrel, pierced it and destroyed him.

• Tyrel cleared a large section of Deatholme with Flaming Strike, and the Blood Elves and Awakened advanced into the city.
• Dalkhan’s lieutenants appeared, while powerful elves split into groups to fight them and press toward the Cursed Tower.
• Aluneth sensed Dalkhan beneath the tower, and Tyrel and Saloren charged through his dark magic defenses into the underground chamber.
• Dalkhan raised a dark curtain and prepared to escape, but Lothar fired a light-infused arrow empowered by Tyrel.
• Lothar’s arrow pierced the curtain and reduced Dalkhan to ashes.

Tyrel oversaw Deatholme’s purification and the rebirth of Mother Tree Sas’aral after the Scourge’s defeat. He left Sylvanas as Quel’Thalas’s ambassador to Lordaeron and returned to Silvermoon City, where the people celebrated the victory and the glory of the Sin’dorei.

• Saloren and the Awakened forces departed Deatholme for Lordaeron, and Sylvanas arrived too late to speak with him.
• Tyrel appointed Sylvanas as Quel’Thalas’s ambassador to Lordaeron and endorsed Lothar as Silvermoon City’s next Ranger-General.
• Tyrel purified Deatholme and replanted Sas’aral’s seed, allowing the ancient tree to be reborn.
• Tyrel entrusted the Sallaz Great Gate to Mylah and prepared to defend Quel’Thalas against the Scourge in the Plague Lands.
• Tyrel and his forces returned to Silvermoon City, where the people celebrated the victory and honored the Phoenix King, the Dawn King, and the Sin’dorei.

Tyrel and Saloren traveled to Orgrimmar to negotiate an alliance between the Blood Elves, Awakened, and Horde against the Alliance. Thrall, Vol'jin, and Cairne accepted Tyrel’s proposal for an alliance of equals.

• Tyrel persuaded Saloren that Quel'Thalas should stand with the Awakened and seek allies against the Alliance.
• Tyrel and Saloren traveled through The Barrens, where Cairne Bloodhoof’s Tauren cavalry rescued them from Gnolls and escorted them onward.
• The journey showed Tyrel and Saloren the Horde’s rebuilding settlements and trade routes across central Kalimdor.
• Thrall welcomed Tyrel and Saloren to Orgrimmar, where they met with Thrall, Vol'jin, and Cairne.
• Tyrel proposed that the Blood Elves, Awakened, and Horde unite as equals, and the Horde leaders agreed to the alliance.

The Awakened Undead attacked Southshore, prompting King Varian Wrynn to send Marshal Redpath and Alliance forces to defend the town. After learning the Undead were based in Tarren Mill, Mayor Henniy Mareb agreed to let the Alliance use Southshore as a military port, leaving the town aligned with Stormwind’s campaign to reclaim Lordaeron.

• The Awakened Undead attacked Southshore while Alexandros Mograine was away, and Mayor Henniy Mareb organized the town’s defense.
• King Varian Wrynn rejected Bolvar Fordragon’s call for caution and sent Marshal Redpath with Stormwind soldiers to Southshore.
• Marshal Redpath arrived and saw that Southshore had survived the battle and was training its residents under capable leadership.
• Henniy Mareb told Redpath that the Undead came from Tarren Mill and that the revived necromancer Hercule had fled there.
• Redpath asked Mareb to let Alliance forces land through Southshore as part of Varian’s plan to eradicate the Undead and reclaim Lordaeron.
• Mareb agreed to accept the Alliance’s help, despite his concern that Southshore would become Stormwind’s subordinate military port.

The Alliance deployed troops and SI:7 rogues to Southshore, prompting the Awakened at Southpoint Gate to uncover the intervention and prepare for conflict. Arthas Blood-Weeper pointed to the Frostwolf Clan in Alterac Valley as an ally, while the reoccupied Ruins of Dalaran revealed another power in the region.

• Osmar Garithos laughed as the Alliance’s arrival in Southshore appeared to set the Alliance and Awakened against each other.
• Arthas Blood-Weeper captured Southpoint Gate and stationed the Twilight Death Knight Order there after Garithos escaped his pursuit.
• SI:7 rogues spotted the Awakened at Southpoint Gate and sent word to Southshore, but Belmont’s Death Hunters hunted them down.
• Belmont identified the dead spies as SI:7 and learned that the Alliance had deployed forces to Southshore; he and Arthas concluded that the Alliance regarded the Awakened as enemies.
• Arthas Blood-Weeper said the Awakened could rely on the Frostwolf Clan in Alterac Valley if the Alliance attacked.
• Anslem Ruin led surviving Kirin Tor mages back to the Ruins of Dalaran, where they had reestablished themselves behind a violet Magic Shield.

Arthas Blood-Weeper led the Twilight Death Knight Order against Marshal Redpath’s Stormwind soldiers near the Hillsbrad Foothills, overwhelming them with a charge and the power to raise the dead. As Redpath tried to hold his troops together, he killed a Death Charger and sent its rider tumbling into the human formation.

• Arthas Blood-Weeper led more than a thousand Blood Elf Death Knights out of Southpoint Gate after a Stormwind officer threatened them, and the officer fled.
• Near the Hillsbrad Foothills, Marshal Redpath led Stormwind soldiers against the Twilight Death Knight Order, whose first charge inflicted devastating losses.
• Redpath changed his troops from an offensive formation to a defensive one after realizing the Blood Elf Death Knights surpassed the Old Horde’s Death Knights.
• Arthas and the Death Knights raised fallen human soldiers as Undead, shaking the Stormwind formation before launching another charge.
• Redpath took a soldier’s shield and faced the charging Death Knights, killing one Death Charger and sending its rider into the human formation.

Garithos used Netharash to place Aiden Pyrenod under his control, while the Alliance rallied troops to take the Hillsbrad Foothills. As the Dwarven Foresight Legion arrived, Arthas prepared to reinforce Southpoint Gate with the Shattered Plains Ogres.

• Garithos praised Aiden Pyrenod for completing his mission, then Netharash possessed Aiden and placed him under the Overlord’s control.
• Marshal Redpath counted the heavy Alliance casualties at Southshore and sent Stormwind City a report on the Awakened’s strength.
• Varian Wrynn dispatched more troops and SI:7 agents, while the Foresight Legion marched north from Menethil Harbor.
• Marshal Redpath welcomed General Vandalar Foresight and his Dwarven legion, which had come to fight the Scourge.
• After learning that the Alliance had massed tens of thousands of troops, Arthas asked Belmont about the Shattered Plains Ogres approaching Southpoint Gate.

The Shattered Plains Ogres, led by Magsor, seized the Alterac Ruins after the Syndicate Organization withdrew to face the Alliance's Foresight Legion. Lord Aiden Pyrenod's forces trapped thousands of dwarves with an avalanche, unaware that the ogres had already taken their home base.

• Arthas Blood-Weeper ordered Magsor and the Shattered Plains Ogres to capture the Alterac Ruins before the Alliance could establish a foothold there.
• Duke Falconcrest ordered the Syndicate Organization to abandon the ruins because its forces were depleted and could not withstand the ogres.
• Magsor's ogres occupied the ruins and found the Syndicate Organization's food, weapons, and armor stockpiles.
• The Syndicate Organization triggered an avalanche in a mountain pass, burying more than two thousand dwarves and splitting the Foresight Legion.
• Lord Aiden Pyrenod led the Syndicate Organization in attacking the trapped dwarves while the ogres held the ruins behind him.

Saldo Deepcurrent discovered that the Stromgarde Militia Corps had entered the Hillsbrad Foothills and was attacking Durnholde Castle, threatening the Awakened and Blood Elves’ plans. Tyrel sent Alex with three thousand Dawnblade Legion soldiers to help hold back the Alliance, leaving Alex surprised by the size of his force.

• Saldo Deepcurrent spotted the Stromgarde banner above Durnholde Castle and realized Prince Galin Thorbain’s forces had joined the conflict.
• Prince Galin Thorbain ordered Lieutenant Varok to take Durnholde Castle and seize the surrounding lands for Stromgarde.
• Saldo Deepcurrent sent Dragonhawk Riders to warn the Awakened at Southpoint Gate and report the incursion to Tyrel.
• Tyrel ordered Alex to help the allies hold back the Alliance and assigned him three thousand Dawnblade Legion soldiers.
• Alex confidently accepted the mission, then reacted with surprise when Tyrel told him how many troops he could lead.

Alex led three thousand Dawnblade Legion soldiers through Quel'Danei to The Hinterlands, where he learned about the local troll clans and devised a plan involving the Witherbark trolls. After reaching the front, he wagered that he could make Prince Galin Thorbain withdraw from Durnholde Castle without losing a soldier, and Ranger Lord Saldo agreed to follow his command if he succeeded.

• Alex arrived in The Hinterlands and asked Selin about the Forest Troll clans living there.
• Selin explained that the Fang trolls were Horde allies but were isolated behind Shadowbranch and Witherbark territory, while some Witherbark trolls had settled in the Arathi Highlands.
• Alex decided the Witherbark trolls were central to his plan and led his soldiers toward the Hillsbrad Foothills, requisitioning Dragonhawks and borrowing gryphons.
• Ranger Lord Saldo doubted that Alex's three thousand soldiers could defeat the Stromgarde militia at Durnholde Castle or contain the Alliance at Southshore.
• Alex wagered that he could make Galin Thorbain withdraw to the Arathi Highlands without losing a soldier, and Saldo promised to obey his command if he succeeded.

Alex relied on the Assassin's Alliance for intelligence in the Hillsbrad Foothills while SI:7's Mathias Shaw intercepted Farad and learned that the Frostwolf Clan was hiding in Alterac Valley. Shaw then informed General Vandalar Foresight that the Shattered Plains Ogres had taken the Alterac Ruins and told him the Foresight Legion had a more critical mission.

• Malox warned Alex that working with the Assassin's Alliance was dangerous, but Alex said he needed their intelligence and would show no mercy if they betrayed him.
• Mathias Shaw confronted Farad, who rejected cooperation in the Alliance-Horde conflict but left him a letter bearing the Blood Elf phoenix emblem.
• Shaw read that the Frostwolf Clan remained hidden in Alterac Valley and realized its presence could affect the fighting in the Hillsbrad Foothills.
• Shaw told General Vandalar Foresight that the Shattered Plains Ogres had defeated the Syndicate Organization and occupied the Alterac Ruins.
• Vandalar asked if the Foresight Legion would fight the Ogres, and Shaw said they had a more critical mission.

General Vandalar Foresight’s Legion invaded Alterac Valley and initially seized much of the Frostwolf Clan’s territory, but Drek'Thar turned the battle by calling on the elements. The Foresight Legion retreated in defeat after its tanks were buried and its troops routed.

• General Vandalar Foresight led the Foresight Legion through tunnels into Alterac Valley and seized three-fifths of the Frostwolf Clan’s territory.
• Thrall returned to Alterac Valley and appointed Drek'Thar chieftain of the Frostwolf Clan.
• Drek'Thar summoned a blizzard and shook the mountains, blinding the Dwarves and triggering avalanches.
• Vandalar Foresight fought an Ice Element, then narrowly escaped Drek'Thar’s twin axes and lost his great hammer.
• The snow buried the Legion’s tanks, and the Frostwolf Clan routed its troops, forcing Vandalar Foresight to order a retreat.

Alex arranged for the Syndicate Organization, Stonefist Ogres, and Witherbark Tribe trolls to attack Stromgarde while Garrin Thorbain was away. The poorly defended kingdom fell, and Garrin abandoned Durnholde Castle to flee back to the Arathi Highlands.

• Alex celebrated after Drek'Thar and the Frostwolf Clan tied down the Foresight Legion in Alterac Valley.
• Alex secretly offered Duke Falconcrest a chance to rebuild a kingdom in Stromgarde in exchange for the Syndicate Organization pledging loyalty to the Blood Elves.
• Duke Falconcrest followed Alex's instructions and recruited the Stonefist Ogres and Witherbark Tribe trolls to help attack Stromgarde.
• The Syndicate Organization infiltrated Stromgarde while the ogres and trolls provided the manpower to capture the poorly defended kingdom.
• Marshal Oslait fled toward Refuge Valley with a small force, and Garrin Thorbain abandoned Durnholde Castle and fled back to the Arathi Highlands.