Chapter Summaries

Hoxbyr led the Elven Rangers in an ambush that wiped out the Twilight Cultists he had lured from their camp. He let a few survivors escape to spread fear, then raised his bloodied swords as proof to Tyrel that he had changed.

• Hoxbyr scouted the Twilight Cult camp and rejected poisoning its well, choosing instead to lure the cultists into an ambush.
• Hoxbyr ordered High Elf Rangers to disguise themselves as wounded Cenarion Circle druids, and nearly a thousand Twilight Cultists pursued them.
• The Elven Rangers sprang their magically concealed ambush, and traps cut down the cultists as they tried to flee.
• Hoxbyr killed the charging Grimtotem Clan Tauren and fought through the cultists with his twin swords.
• The Elven Rangers exterminated the pursuing Twilight Cultists except for those Hoxbyr deliberately let escape to frighten the camp.

Hoxbyr captured Twilight Camp with almost no casualties, and Archmage Modan’s mages raised Sindra Fortress in its place. When Lord Commander Demetrian returned with an army and summoned Hyrmat, Lord of the South Wind, Rilas destroyed the Wind Lord with Stars' Fury.

• Hoxbyr used the Twilight Cultists’ panic to seize Twilight Camp and earn praise from Rilas.
• Rilas ordered Archmage Modan and the High Elf arcanists to build a fortress before the Twilight Cult could counterattack.
• Archmage Modan led one thousand arcanists in raising Sindra Fortress from the desert sands.
• Lord Commander Demetrian returned with more than ten thousand Twilight Cultists and summoned Wind Elementals to attack the fortress.
• Lord Commander Demetrian summoned Hyrmat, Lord of the South Wind, who charged at Sindra Fortress.
• Rilas fired Stars' Fury through Hyrmat, Lord of the South Wind, destroying him.

After Rilas killed Hyrmat, Alex empowered Thunderfury with the Wind Elemental’s essence as Aberrant Insects besieged Sindra Fortress. The Horde and Alliance forces arrived in Silithus, and the Horde settled into the fortress as its warriors prepared for battle.

• Lord Commander Demetrian abandoned the assault on Sindra Fortress after Rilas killed Hyrmat and planned to leave Silithus once he seized the Wind Elementals’ power.
• Alex used Thunderfury to absorb Hyrmat’s elemental essence, strengthening the weapon and reflecting on the difference between his power and Rilas’s.
• Archmage Modan raised Sindra Fortress’s Magic Shield as the Aberrant Insects launched a massive siege, and elven mages and rangers attacked the swarms.
• The Seventh Legion and Ironforge Legion camped below Cenarion Hold, while the Kor'kron Guard and other Horde forces entered Sindra Fortress.
• Rend Blackhand toured Sindra Fortress with his Blackrock Clan elite as Alex praised the Orc warriors, whose equipment had been reforged and enchanted by their allies.
• Rilas watched the Orc and Tauren warriors and concluded that the Sin'dorei’s interests mattered more than his blood feud with the Orcs.

The Scourge launched a renewed offensive in the Western Plaguelands as Kel'Thuzad rebuilt his forces and sent an overwhelming air force against Hearthglen. After a dying Gryphon Rider warned Taelan Fordring that the Scourge had moved, Taelan vowed to defend the town despite the absence of its leaders.

• Kel'Thuzad ordered the Scourge to return to war while Rhaes Frostwhisper rallied Scholomance's Dark Mages to serve him.
• Alaki raised hundreds of thousands of corpses in Andorhal as Kel'Thuzad took advantage of the Eastern Plaguelands drawing away the Scourge's enemies.
• Gargoyles and frost dragons attacked Hearthglen's Gryphon Riders, and one wounded rider reached town to warn that the Scourge had moved.
• Isillien panicked over the absence of Alexandros and Tirion, but Taelan Fordring declared that he would defend Hearthglen.

Taelan Fordring uncovered and crushed the Cult of the Damned’s uprising inside Hearthglen while the Scourge attacked outside. He openly challenged Highlord Ithilien, took command of the defense, and rallied the Scarlet Crusade to hold the walls.

• Taelan rebuked the negligent inspectors and confronted Highlord Ithilien, declaring that he was Hearthglen’s Lord Commander.
• Darian Mograine reported that the Cult of the Damned had been purged and the plague-infected isolated, with help from Taelan’s allies and the Blood Blade’s intelligence.
• Taelan ordered the inspectors to fight the Undead and led them and his personal guards to Hearthglen’s walls.
• Darian brought the captured Cult leader before the defenders, and Taelan killed him with a strike of Holy Light.
• Taelan rallied the Scarlet Crusade, won the support of its veteran Paladins and Priests, and stabilized the defensive line.

Taelan and the defenders of Hearthglen struggled against the Scourge until a new plague overcame even those protected by the Holy Light. The Awakened arrived, destroyed the Scourge’s plague weapons, dispersed the plague mist, and treated the infected.

• Taelan and Highlord Ithilien rallied Hearthglen’s defenders, but Summoner Alaki ordered Plaguebringer Noth to attack them with a new plague designed to affect Paladins.
• Plague barrels landed inside Hearthglen’s defenses, and the mist infected Paladins and Priests despite the Holy Light’s protection.
• Three Awakened airships and their Bat Riders attacked the Scourge, destroying its Meat Wagons and stopping the bombardment.
• Archbishop Alonsus Faol dispersed Hearthglen’s plague mist with a Holy Nova.
• Grand Apothecary Faralaniel and the Awakened apothecaries treated the infected with potions developed by the Royal Apothecary Society.

The Scourge unleashed colossal Flesh Golems against Hearthglen, leaving Taelan prepared to sacrifice himself to defend the city. Archbishop Alonsus revealed a new ally as Prophet Velen’s repaired Exodar warship arrived above the battlefield.

• Summoner Alaki summoned enormous Flesh Golems after the Awakened destroyed the Scourge’s plague barrels and Meat Wagons.
• Taelan asked Archbishop Alonsus whether the Awakened could stop the Flesh Golems, then vowed to defend Hearthglen with his life.
• Archbishop Alonsus pointed to the sky and told Taelan and Isillien that they had a new ally.
• Chief Engineer Rommull reported that the Exodar warship had arrived above Hearthglen, and Prophet Velen surveyed the Scourge army.
• Prophet Velen had chosen to ally the Draenei with Azeroth’s people and join the campaign against the Scourge.

Prophet Velen and the Draenei joined the defense of Hearthglen, while Veronaara’s Dark Rangers fought Anub'Rekhan’s Nerubian army at the Undead Bastion. The battles remained fierce, with the Sentinels holding Hearthglen’s line and Banshees taking control of Spider Demon Lords at the Bastion.

• Prophet Velen ordered Chief Engineer Rommull to teleport the Sentinels to Hearthglen, where they burned and cut down the Scourge’s Flesh Golems.
• Prophet Velen introduced himself to Archbishop Alonsus, and the two agreed to discuss the Holy Light after the war.
• The Draenei joined the Scarlet Crusade and the Royal Apothecary Society in holding off Summoner Alaki’s forces at Hearthglen.
• Crypt Lord Anub'Rekhan led his Nerubians in an assault on the Undead Bastion, where Veronaara’s Dark Rangers met them with Dark Arrows.
• Spider Demon Lords reached the Bastion’s walls and began slaughtering defenders, but Banshees entered their bodies and seized control of them.

The Dark Rangers fought Anub'arak's Scourge forces at the Undead Bastion, but Nerubians undermined its walls and let Anub'arak break through. Veronaara was saved from his charge by Anub'sereth, a freed Crypt Lord who joined the Awakened to fight the Lich King, and the two former brothers began battling.

• The Dark Rangers possessed Spider Demon Lords and turned them against the Nerubians, while Anub'arak waited for an opening to attack.
• Nerubians collapsed the ground beneath the Undead Bastion, then emerged behind the Dark Rangers and threw their ranks into chaos.
• Anub'arak smashed through the weakened gate, devoured several Dark Rangers, and tore apart his possessed guards as they tried to stop him.
• Anub'arak charged Veronaara, but Anub'sereth emerged from stable ground and blocked him.
• Anub'sereth revealed that the Awakened had freed him from the Lich King's control, and the two Crypt Lords fought as free Nerubians clashed with the Scourge.

Garithos led his Undead army into Andorhal, hoping to seize the Western Plaguelands while the Scourge and Awakened fought each other. He encountered Death Knights in the town square and began a duel with Razuvious.

• Garithos rejected the plan to conquer the Arathi Highlands and gathered his forces to attack Andorhal.
• Hercule urged Garithos to seize the corpses stored in Andorhal and turn them into an army.
• Garithos charged across the southern bridge, overcame the light resistance, and entered Andorhal.
• Garithos confronted the Death Knights in the town square and attacked their leader.
• Razuvious identified himself as a former resident of the Kingdom of Stormwind and exchanged blows with Garithos.

Garithos's army fought the Death Knights and undead Gothik raised at Andorhal, while Hercule confronted Gothik over his ties to Kel'Thuzad. Thule Ravenclaw's Rotten Gnolls and Archmage Arugal's Worgen arrived, turning the battle against the Scourge.

• Garithos ordered his forces to kill the Death Knights, and Instructor Razuvious led them into battle.
• Gothik the Reaper raised corpses to swell the Scourge's ranks, while Hercule appeared and challenged him in revenge against Kel'Thuzad.
• Gothik rallied several thousand Death Knights to raise more undead and use Ghost Form, putting Garithos's army at a disadvantage.
• Thule Ravenclaw arrived with the Rotten Gnolls, and Archmage Arugal brought the Sons of Arugal Worgen to Andorhal.
• The Gnolls and Worgen tore through the Scourge's undead and Death Knights, shifting the battle's momentum.

Blood Elves, the Awakened, Stromgarde humans, and Wildhammer Dwarves gathered to attack Scholomance and weaken the Scourge. Prince Garrin joined in exchange for help reclaiming Stromgarde, and Lord Commander Fostad decided Aerie Peak would join the campaign too.

• High Magister Astalo thanked Lord Commander Fostad for guiding the troops through The Hinterlands to avoid Scourge scouts.
• Prince Garrin Thorbain agreed to join the campaign after the Blood Elves promised to help him reclaim Stromgarde and negotiate the Orcs' departure from Hammerfall Town.
• Garrin chose the Blood Elves over the Alliance, whose offer to station troops in the Arathi Highlands risked leaving Stromgarde without control of its territory.
• Lord Commander Fostad learned that King Magni had sent the Bronzebeard Dwarves to Silithus and declared that Aerie Peak would join the fight against the Scourge.

A coalition of Awakened, Blood Elves, Wildhammer Dwarves, and humans infiltrated Keel'daron Island to attack Scholomance. After entering the crypt, they ambushed its guards, but the assault began noisily when Fostad attacked Commander Kil'tunas.

• Ganser Arcanus and Belmont opened a portal on Keel'daron Island, allowing the coalition to arrive under the Blood Elf Magisters' concealment magic.
• Belmont unlocked Scholomance's sealed gates and warned the coalition that his Death Hunters knew little about what lay ahead.
• The coalition encountered Scourge guards led by Commander Kil'tunas at Scholomance's entrance.
• Fostad struck Commander Kil'tunas with Stormhammer before Astalo could finish planning a quiet attack.
• Commander Kil'tunas tried to escape and raise the alarm, but Prince Garrin pinned it to the wall with an arrow, and Astalo and Aethas engulfed it with Pyroblasts.

The allied forces pushed deeper into Scholomance, where Prince Garrin fought Death Knight Alexei Barov and the Blood Elves encountered a trap. High Magister Astalo revealed that the hidden Spellbreaker Guard had protected the force from the enemy’s magic.

• High Magister Astalo ordered over a thousand Blood Elf Spellblades to attack, and they slaughtered the Dark Mages and necromancy apprentices in the hall.
• Prince Garrin recognized Alexei Barov as a Death Knight and challenged him over Keel'daron, while their forces clashed.
• Lord Commander Fostad found a massive Flesh Golem and attacked it with Stormhammer.
• Dark Dean Gadin’s elite Undead mages ambushed the advancing Blood Elves with Shadow Bolts, but shield-bearing Spellbreakers blocked the attack without casualties.
• Instructor Marishia recognized the hidden Spellbreaker Guard, and High Magister Astalo explained that Tyrel had sent over a hundred magic-immune Spellbreakers to ensure victory.

Blood Elf Spellbreakers overwhelmed the Dark Mages, while Dark Dean Gadin confronted the Death Hunters and High Magister Astalo and Aethas Sunstrider battled the Barov family and traitorous Instructor Marishia. The chapter ended with Sinfer taking on Illythia Barov as Astalo, Aethas, Jandice Barov, and Marishia faced off.

• Blood Elf Spellbreakers absorbed Dark Dean Gadin's Shadow Bolt and hurled a stolen spell back at him.
• Lilian Voss tried to ambush Dark Dean Gadin, but he threw her aside before Belmont rescued her and warned her not to reveal herself so easily.
• High Magister Astalo appealed to Jandice Barov's past, but she attacked him with hundreds of magical duplicates.
• Astalo used Blood Magic to destroy most of Jandice's duplicates, while Aethas Sunstrider's Pyroblast was blocked by Illythia Barov and Instructor Marishia counterattacked.
• Sinfer claimed Illythia as her opponent, Astalo focused on Jandice, and Aethas prepared to face Marishia.

At the Undead Bastion, Sylvanas arrived with her new bow Lys'theril and turned the battle against Ankha and the Scourge. She helped Anub'sereth defeat Crypt Lord Anub'Rekhan, though Ankha remained a threat.

• Crypt Lord Anub'Rekhan warned Anub'sereth that Ankha would devour the Awakened, and the giant spider arrived with her offspring.
• Ankha and her offspring overwhelmed the Awakened Nerubians and Dark Rangers, while Veronaara's arrows failed to hurt Ankha.
• Sylvanas arrived and fired five Wail of Anguish Arrows into Ankha's eyes, injuring her.
• Crypt Lord Anub'Rekhan burrowed toward Sylvanas, but she sensed his attack and dodged his emergence.
• Anub'sereth rammed Crypt Lord Anub'Rekhan from beneath, and Sylvanas shot a Wail of Anguish Arrow through his open maw, killing him.

Ganser Arcanus confronted Lich Rhaes Frostwhisper in Scholomance and defeated him with the flame essence of Flaming Strike. The chapter ended with Rhaes burned to ashes as Ganser continued his fight for the Awakened.

• Lich Rhaes Frostwhisper challenged Ganser Arcanus's claim to being a lich, and Ganser explained why he had joined the Awakened and vowed to defeat him.
• Rhaes attacked with frost and dark magic, but Ganser calmly countered every spell with Fire Magic and Arcane Magic.
• Rhaes unleashed Frostmourne's Ice Power, but Ganser's flame energy devoured it.
• Ganser revealed that Dawn King Tyrel had given him a portion of Flaming Strike's flame essence and burned Rhaes's charging Undead to ashes.
• Rhaes cast an Ice Barrier to protect himself, but Ganser's pure white flames consumed him and reduced his bones to ashes.

Lord Commander Arthas led the Twilight Death Knight Order toward Andorhal, where Garithos’s forces were fighting the Scourge. Garithos battled Instructor Razuvious and then Patchwerk, while Hercule remained locked in a stalemate with Gothik and Black Witch Farinna attacked Archmage Arugal with her fanatics and spiders.

• Lord Commander Arthas discovered that Garithos’s forces were fighting the Scourge in Andorhal and prepared to seize the town and capture Garithos.
• Garithos battered Instructor Razuvious, shattered his armor, and wounded him, but Razuvious survived by using Lich Form.
• Patchwerk struck Garithos with a hook, sent him crashing into a ruined house, and then fought him in a contest of strength and speed.
• Hercule and Gothik the Harvester continued their stalemated battle with Necrotic Magic.
• Black Witch Farinna sent her fanatical Cult of the Damned worshippers and spiders to attack Archmage Arugal and his Worgen.

Hercule defeated Gothik the Harvester while the Twilight Death Knight Order launched a surprise attack on Andorhal. Arthas and Kol'thir disrupted the battle between the Scourge and Garithos's forces, leaving both sides caught off guard.

• Hercule exposed Gothik the Harvester's lack of skill beyond necromancy and froze his undead forces before striking him with a Counterspell and an ice spike.
• Arthas and Kol'thir led the Twilight Death Knight Order into Andorhal from the east and west.
• Kol'thir cut through the Scourge forces and challenged Instructor Razuvious, who failed to gain an advantage against him.
• Arthas attacked Garithos's forces and mocked Garithos as he fought Patchwerk.
• Garithos recognized Arthas and questioned why the Twilight Death Knight Order had appeared in Andorhal.

Hercule revealed that he had secretly joined the Awakened and helped Arthas turn War God Patchwerk against Garithos. The chapter ended with Arthas controlling Patchwerk as they prepared to fight Garithos together.

• Hercule admitted to Garithos that he had become a hidden agent for the Awakened and explained why they had manipulated Garithos into attacking Andorhal.
• Garithos unleashed his undead strength, hurled War God Patchwerk away, and challenged Arthas to face him.
• Hercule and Arthas worked to break Kel'Thuzad's restriction on Patchwerk while Hercule's revived Undead surrounded Garithos.
• Garithos cut through the Undead and used Heroic Leap and Charge to escape the encirclement and rush toward Hercule.
• Patchwerk declared himself the Awakened's War God, stopped Garithos with a grappling hook, and joined Arthas after Arthas took control of him.