Chapter Summaries

As the Scourge’s offensives faltered across the Western Plaguelands, the Awakened forces defeated the defenders of Scholomance, prompting Kel'Thuzad to send Naxxramas after them. The allied raiders fought their way toward Keel'daron Island’s harbor, with their escape still at risk from the approaching Scourge forces.

• Archmage Arugal tried to end his fight with Black Witch Farinna, but she refused to let him go and continued pursuing him.
• The Awakened forces gained the upper hand at Andorhal and Scholomance, where Ganser killed Lich Rhaes Frostwhisper and Sinfer helped High Magister Astalo imprison Jandice Barov’s soul.
• Astalo learned that Kel'Thuzad had discovered the attack and was bringing Naxxramas toward Scholomance, so he warned his allies to withdraw.
• Prince Garrin, Lord Commander Fostad, and the allied forces fled Scholomance but found Scourge troops and air forces waiting on Keel'daron Island.
• Fostad’s Gryphon Riders attacked the Scourge air forces as Garrin charged the Undead and Astalo ordered the Magisters to clear a path to the harbor.

As the allied forces tried to escape Keel'daron Island, Saphiron attacked them, but Saloren and Nightbane arrived to hold off the Frost Dragon and protect their retreat. Saloren stood alone against Kel'Thuzad's advancing Undead while Nightbane fought Saphiron in the sky.

• Kel'Thuzad sent Saphiron to stop the allied forces from escaping Naxxramas, and the Frost Dragon overwhelmed the Wildhammer Dwarf Gryphon Riders.
• Astalo ordered the Blood Elf Magisters to strike Saphiron with a combined fire spell, but Saphiron evaded it behind protective ice.
• Saloren arrived with Nightbane, whose Curse Flame broke through Saphiron's ice and scorched him.
• Nightbane and Saphiron clashed in the sky, while Saloren stood at Keel'daron Island's harbor to shield the allied forces' retreat.
• Kel'Thuzad stayed hidden in Naxxramas and sent Undead against Saloren, who cut them down with Apocalypse until corpses piled beneath him.

Saloren’s forces escaped while Astalo’s explosives destroyed Scholomance and drew Kel’Thuzad away from Naxxramas. Valeera’s team infiltrated the floating city and Miendis captured Mr. Bigglesworth, leaving Kel’Thuzad roaring with rage as Valeera confronted Arthas through a magical image.

• Saloren withdrew with Nightbane after the allied forces escaped from Keel'daron Island, and Astalo’s Arcane Bombs destroyed Scholomance.
• Kel’Thuzad left Naxxramas to inspect Scholomance’s ruins and found a fragment of Dark Dean Gadin.
• Valeera led Blood Elf rogues and Awakened Death Hunters into Naxxramas to capture Kel’Thuzad’s cat, Mr. Bigglesworth.
• Miendis fed Mr. Bigglesworth a cat treat and captured him, then Malox relayed the news to Valeera.
• Valeera saw Arthas on a magical image and threatened to burn the Scourge, while Kel’Thuzad roared over the loss of his cat.

Archlich Kel'Thuzad retook Andorhal and raised countless Undead with corrupted Sunwell energy, forcing the allied forces to face the Scourge in a final battle. The Eastern Kingdoms Allied Forces and Scourge clashed between Andorhal and Hearthglen as the Exodar warship fought Naxxramas overhead.

• Archbishop Alonsus and Prophet Velen destroyed Lich Summoner Alaki with Holy Shock, while Taelan wondered why Kel'Thuzad was enraged.
• Archlich Kel'Thuzad brought Naxxramas to Andorhal, where his Undead forces overwhelmed Garithos's troops and Hercule's awakened Undead; Black Witch Faerlina retreated with two corpses.
• Archlich Kel'Thuzad used corrupted Sunwell energy to raise countless Undead and launch an all-out assault on the allied forces.
• Prophet Velen directed Naaru Volos to power the Exodar warship, which shone with Holy Light above the Western Plaguelands.
• King of Twilight Saloren named the allied army the Eastern Kingdoms Allied Forces and rallied its members, while Taelan and High Magister Astalo called their forces to battle.
• The Eastern Kingdoms Allied Forces fought the Scourge between Andorhal and Hearthglen as the Exodar warship bombarded Naxxramas with Holy Light cannons.

The Exodar warship’s Holy Light barrier withstood Naxxramas’s attacks as Prophet Velen confronted Archlich Kel'Thuzad. On the battlefield, Saloren led the Twilight Death Knight Order against the Scourge, absorbed Dirty Hilghai’s plague with Apocalypse, and killed him.

• The Exodar warship’s Holy Light barrier blocked Naxxramas’s soul-energy attacks and Saphiron’s frost breath, while Kel'Thuzad failed to break it.
• Prophet Velen confronted Kel'Thuzad, and Saloren prepared to help until Archbishop Alonsus urged him to trust Velen.
• Saloren sent Nightbane to fight Saphiron, then drew Apocalypse and led the Twilight Death Knight Order into the Scourge’s army.
• Dirty Hilghai’s plague incapacitated some Blood Elf Death Knights, but Saloren’s Apocalypse absorbed the spreading plague.
• Saloren dragged Hilghai before him and killed him with Apocalypse, allowing the Twilight Death Knight Order to press on without the plague threat.

Prophet Velen defeated Archlich Kel'Thuzad and the Exodar warship brought Naxxramas crashing into Lake Keel'daron, giving the allied forces a major victory. As Taelan celebrated, Saloren warned Sylvanas that the battle was not over and looked north.

• Kel'Thuzad called on Lich King Arthas for aid, and Arthas empowered him and raised frost guards to join the fight.
• Prophet Velen revealed his suspicions about Arthas and overwhelmed Kel'Thuzad with Holy Light, killing him.
• The Exodar warship bombarded Naxxramas until its damaged propulsion system failed and the city sank into Lake Keel'daron, flooding nearby land and threatening plague contamination of the water.
• Taelan celebrated the allied forces' victory and called out to his father, Tirion, who was fighting the Scourge in the Eastern Plaguelands.
• Sylvanas asked Saloren whether the battle was over, and Saloren said it was not as he looked north.

Alex and Leotheras traded barbs after battling the Qiraji, while Ranger-General Rilas Windrunner explained that the allied forces needed to defeat the lords of Ahn'Qiraj before entering the temple. Rilas identified their next target as Moam, an Obsidian Destroyer, and decided to assemble their strongest fighters to face it.

• Alex regretted not bringing Sinfer so they could use Aberrant Insect souls to summon demons against the insects.
• Leotheras praised the battle, and Alex exchanged insults with him over their nicknames and rival forces.
• The chapter described how Leotheras and Loramus had helped train Blood Elf and High Elf Demon Hunters, with Soul Song protecting them from demonic backlash.
• Rilas Windrunner arrived and told Alex and Leotheras they should focus on fighting the Qiraji lords rather than arguing.
• Rilas revealed that their next target was Moam, a construct believed to have been an Obsidian Destroyer, and vowed to gather their strongest forces against it.

The Blood Elves discovered that Moam could absorb and reflect magic, then drained its stored energy and used further magical attacks to weaken its obsidian body. Rilas ordered the High Elf arcanists to keep attacking while Alex and Leotheras fought Moam at close range.

• Ranger-General Rilas learned from Hoxbyr that the Night Elves knew little about Moam, and Archmage Modan volunteered the High Elf arcanists to attack it.
• Modan and a hundred High Elf arcanists blasted Moam with Arcane Magic, but Moam absorbed the spell and reflected the energy, killing more than a dozen arcanists.
• Moam also absorbed Rilas's Stars' Arrow, and High Priest Galeel explained that it stored energy rather than generating its own.
• Alex and Leotheras used their abilities to drain Moam's stored energy, while the Blood Knights and Demon Hunters joined them with Mana Burn and Mana Drain.
• Alex and Leotheras attacked Moam's obsidian body, and Rilas ordered Modan's arcanists to bombard it again until its energy remained too low to reflect the magic and its body began to grow brittle.

High Druid Fandral pursued General Rajaxx into an ambush, but Rilas arrived with Elven Rangers and helped him defeat the qiraji commander. Rilas's words about loss and duty reminded Fandral of his son as he watched him leave.

• General Rajaxx lured Fandral and several hundred druids into an ambush surrounded by ten thousand elite qiraji.
• Fandral fought Rajaxx while protecting his druids, and Rajaxx used a subordinate as a shield against Fandral's attack.
• Rilas arrived with more than a thousand Elven Rangers, whose volleys killed thousands of qiraji and helped the druids counterattack.
• Rilas reached Fandral and blocked Rajaxx's escape, allowing Fandral to catch and tear the qiraji commander apart.
• Fandral rebuffed Rilas's thanks and asked about his enemy, and Rilas said he had lost loved ones to the Orcs or the Horde but had to protect his people and brothers.
• Rilas left, and Fandral was reminded of his son.

Alexandros the Ashbringer rallied the Scarlet Crusade at Light's Hope Chapel and led it west to attack Corin's Crossing. After cutting through the Undead, the Crusade encountered Saidan Dathrohan and fallen Scarlet Crusade Death Knights, leaving Alexandros to face his former friend.

• Darian worried about Taelan and Hearthglen, but Reno and Alexandros reassured him that Taelan had strong allies.
• Falbanask reported that the Scarlet Crusade had assembled, and Alexandros prepared to lead its troops into battle.
• Alexandros rallied the Scarlet Crusade with a cry of "For Lordaeron!" and led it out of Light's Hope Chapel.
• Alexandros and the Scarlet Crusade charged into Corin's Crossing, where Ashbringer burned through masses of Undead.
• Alexandros discovered Saidan Dathrohan and fallen Scarlet Crusade Death Knights waiting in the settlement's center.
• Saidan challenged Alexandros and revealed his cursed Rune Blade, Heart of Corruption.

Tyrel prepared to send Blood Knight reinforcements along the Road of Revenge to the decisive battle in the Eastern Plaguelands, but Forest Trolls attacked Pathfinder Camp. He ordered Liadrin to continue east while he went to confront Zul'jin.

• Luminas reported that Ashbringer was fighting Saidan Dathrohan at Corin's Crossing and that Nathanos had sent no news from Marris Farm.
• Tyrel and Luminas visited Blood Knight Square, where Liadrin and the Dawnblade Legion pledged themselves to the coming fight against the Scourge.
• Tyrel led the Dawnblade Legion's reinforcements along the magically enhanced Road of Revenge toward the Eastern Plaguelands.
• In the Ghostlands, Tyrel learned that Forest Trolls had surrounded Pathfinder Camp and that Zul'jin had launched the attack.
• Tyrel ordered Liadrin to lead the reinforcements east and follow Cain's orders while he confronted Zul'jin personally.

Lor'themar and Hadrun led the Blood Elf Rangers in a desperate counterattack against the Forest Trolls at Pathfinder Camp, but Egilson unleashed a devastating thunderstorm that scattered and wounded them. Lor'themar fought to protect the survivors while Hadrun reached Egilson and was blasted away by lightning.

• Lor'themar refused to abandon Pathfinder Camp and urged Hadrun to fight beside him, keeping the Scourge campaign from being distracted.
• Lor'themar rallied the Rangers, and Hadrun led a charge that turned the defenders into a counterattacking force against the Forest Trolls.
• Lor'themar and Hadrun split the Rangers into two groups and drove into the Trolls, who were weakened and largely inexperienced.
• Egilson gathered storm clouds and struck the battlefield with a powerful thunderstorm, scattering the Rangers and catching Trolls in the lightning.
• Lor'themar rose from the dirt and charged to defend the surrounded Rangers, while Hadrun attacked Egilson and was blasted away by a bolt of lightning.

Tyrel arrived in time to save Hadronox and Lothar from the Forest Trolls, routing them with Flaming Strike. After learning that thousands of Blood Elf Rangers had died, Tyrel turned toward Zul'Aman and vowed to end the wheel of hatred.

• Eagle God Egilson overwhelmed Hadronox with lightning while Dakara blocked Lothar from helping.
• Tyrel struck Egilson with Flaming Strike, then healed Hadronox with Blood-red Holy Light.
• Tyrel's Flaming Strike burned more than a thousand Forest Trolls and healed the Blood Elf Rangers it touched.
• The Forest Trolls fled in a rout, and Tyrel chose not to pursue because his forces were divided and the Blood Knights had not arrived.
• Tyrel learned that several thousand Blood Elf Rangers had died and declared that it was time to end the wheel of hatred.

Tyrel led the Blood Elves to Zul'Aman, where Valeera provided a map after infiltrating the city. As the army prepared to attack, Zul'jin and the Amani defenders appeared on the walls, vowing to resist.

• Tyrel ordered the Blood Elves to preserve the ancient ruins and read inscriptions saying Forest Trolls had pursued servants of the Old Gods to the highlands.
• Lothar reported that the highlands were clear, and Tyrel asked whether they had a map of Zul'Aman's defenses.
• Valeera revealed a map and told Tyrel she had infiltrated Zul'Aman, fought Lynx God Haralaz, and escaped.
• Tyrel prepared to drive the Forest Trolls from Quel'Thalas, and the Blood Elves moved ballistae and formed up beneath Zul'Aman's walls.
• Zul'jin and the Forest Troll heroes appeared with defenders on the walls, and Zul'jin vowed that the Amani would never surrender their land.

Tyrel and the Blood Elves fought to break the Forest Trolls’ resolve as Zul'jin launched the Amani elite troops into battle. After the Blood Elves’ first attacks failed to breach Zul'Aman's gates, Tyrel prepared to strike with Flaming Strike, leaving Zul'jin alarmed by the Dawn King’s power.

• Zul'jin sent Dakara and the Amani elite troops into battle, and Dakara hurled a spear at the Blood Knights.
• Tyrel blessed Lothar and Hadronox, who intercepted Dakara’s spear and destroyed the Amani Empire’s banner with an Arcane arrow.
• Tyrel rallied the Blood Elves to attack Zul'Aman, but their ballista bolts, moonblades, and a massive fireball failed to break the Loa-blessed gates.
• Tyrel gathered power in Flaming Strike as Zul'jin ordered his subordinates to stop him, but Eagle God Egilson and Dragonhawk God Gaialle avoided confronting the flames.
• Zul'jin recognized that Tyrel’s strength had surpassed Phoenix King Kael'thas and even King Anastarian.

Tyrel and the Blood Elves stormed Zul'Aman, breaking through its first gate and battling the Amani Empire's elite warriors. Tyrel blasted open the second gate with Aluneth, revealing the city beyond.

• Tyrel burned away the blessings on Zul'Aman's first gate with Flaming Strike, and the Blood Elves charged inside.
• Ranger-General Lothar and the Blood Knights fought Zul'jin's elite Amani Troll warriors.
• Tyrel recalled his long-held desire to enter Zul'Aman and advanced with Valeera through the city.
• At Zul'Aman's second gate, Tyrel used Aluneth to erase its divine protections and blast it open.

As the Blood Elves overwhelmed Zul'Aman's defenders, Zul'jin ordered Dakara to evacuate the Amani Trolls and preserve their people. Staying behind to face the invaders, Zul'jin summoned four Loa Spirits and gained a crimson wind-serpent's power, which began restoring his severed arm.

• Tyrel strengthened the Blood Elves with Sunwell magic and Blood-red Holy Light while Lothar led them against the Amani defenders.
• Dakara asked Zul'jin to let him fight, but Zul'jin admitted the Amani could not reclaim their land alone and named Dakara his successor.
• Zul'jin ordered Dakara to take the Amani Trolls away by ship and seek aid from Zandalar or The Hinterlands.
• Dakara departed with the Amani legacy, and Zul'jin remained in Zul'Aman to face the Blood Elves.
• Zul'jin summoned the Bear, Eagle, Dragonhawk, and Lynx Loa Spirits as a crimson wind serpent appeared and his severed arm began to regrow.

Tyrel’s forces attacked Zul'Aman while Luminas confronted the Bear God Naralakh at his altar. Luminas’s Death Knights battled Naralakh’s guards as she wounded him and forced him to change forms.

• Tyrel led the elite Blood Knights toward Zul'jin while other Blood Elves moved to deal with Zul'Aman's Loa altars.
• Blood Knights and Amani War Bear Knights clashed at the Bear God's altar as Luminas confronted Naralakh.
• Luminas summoned elite Death Knights through a Twilight Gate, bringing the forces on both sides to parity.
• Naralakh charged Luminas in giant bear form, but she evaded him, froze his leg, and stabbed him with her Rune Blade.
• Naralakh transformed back into Troll form, took up his weapon and shield, and charged Luminas again.

Luminas and Valeera fought Bear God Naralakh and Lynx God Haralaz after Haralaz ambushed Luminas. The two women turned the Loa Spirits’ combined charge against them and landed potentially fatal attacks on both gods.

• Luminas discovered that Haralaz had joined Naralakh’s fight and was ambushed by the Lynx God, who cracked her Rune Blade.
• Valeera arrived and helped Luminas face the two Loa Spirits, then fought Haralaz while Luminas confronted Naralakh.
• Naralakh and Haralaz attacked Luminas and Valeera simultaneously, but the women vanished inside Luminas’s frost and the gods collided with each other.
• Haralaz gouged out Naralakh’s eyes, and Naralakh’s charge sent Haralaz crashing into a wall.
• Luminas drove her Rune Blade into Naralakh and controlled its shattered fragments to tear through his body, while Valeera used Shadowstep to stab both daggers through Haralaz’s ears into his brain.

Ranger-General Lothar and Hadronox confronted Eagle God Egilson at Zul'Aman, only to be ambushed by Dragonhawk God Gaialle and his forces. Lothar summoned Quel'Thalas's draconic aerial force, turning the battle in the Blood Elves' favor and leaving Egilson trapped against both rangers.

• Lothar and Hadronox reached Egilson's altar, where Egilson appeared alongside Gaialle and their eagles and dragonhawks attacked the Blood Elf Rangers.
• Lothar sounded a massive horn, summoning Proto-Dragons and Void Dragons led by Zerakku to overwhelm the Amani flying forces.
• Gaialle transformed into a gigantic dragonhawk and fought Zerakku in the sky as their flames collided.
• Lothar struck Egilson's wings with two arrows while Hadronox joined him, leaving Egilson with no escape.
• Egilson attacked Lothar and Hadronox with fierce winds and lightning as the two rangers faced him together.