Chapter Summaries

As the Dawnblade Legion rebuilt Moonwhisper Temple, Anub'arak led a vast Nerubian army in an assault that forced Tyrel's forces into a desperate battle. The treants of Rosalor Forest arrived just as the Legion's front line was coming under mounting pressure.

• Tyrel ordered Moonwhisper Temple rebuilt, and the High Elves laid their ancestors' bones and relics to rest in the Tomb of Stars.
• Tyrel learned that Arthas had burned the ships along the Forgotten Coast and attacked the Scourge, and he prepared to support Arthas and Muradin.
• Tens of thousands of Nerubians appeared outside Moonwhisper Temple, led by Anub'arak, who ordered them to slaughter the Dawnblade Legion.
• The Dawnblade Archers and Magisters struck the Nerubians with empowered attacks while Mylah Dawncaller led the Paladins and Kaelen Sunfury's Spellblades used Blink attacks.
• The Legion killed nearly twenty thousand Nerubians but suffered fewer than three thousand casualties as the seemingly endless assault wore down its Magisters and frontline fighters.
• High Examiner Tesseran persuaded the arcane-enhanced treants of Rosalor Forest to aid the Legion, and the treants helped shield the Paladins.

Anub'arak broke through the Dawnblade Legion's lines and overwhelmed Tyrel's forces, leaving Tyrel powerless as the Nerubians inflicted heavy casualties. The Blue Dragonflight turned the battle around, and Anub'arak withdrew after telling Tyrel to seek the Shadow Crystal.

• Anub'arak charged into the Dawnblade Legion's ranks, opening a breach for the Nerubians to attack the spellblades and rear forces.
• Tyrel fought Anub'arak with help from Arkanimus, while Kaelen Sunfury, Mylah Dawncaller, and High Investigator Tesseran Bloodwatcher battled Anub'Rekhan.
• Anub'arak reminded Tyrel that he was too weak to protect his people, stirring Tyrel's resolve to defend Quel'Thalas.
• Saphiron led five adult blue dragons and several dozen young dragons against the Nerubian army, shifting the battle in the High Elves' favor.
• Anub'arak burrowed away after telling Tyrel to seek the Shadow Crystal.

After the Scourge’s army was defeated, Tyrel sought help from the Red Dragonflight at Wyrmrest Temple, explaining the threat posed by the Scourge and the Burning Legion. He learned that a red dragon named Cleostrasz lived in Dalaran and might be known to his brother Kael'thas Sunstrider.

• Tyrel thanked Saphiron for saving the Dawnblade Legion, and Saphiron explained that the Blue Dragonflight protected the High Elves of Quel'Thalas.
• Tyrel left Cain in charge of Moonwhisper Temple and rode a shielded dragonhawk to Wyrmrest Temple to seek Queen Alexstrasza’s aid.
• Tyrel told Tariostasz that the Scourge was spreading plague and that the Doomguard Mal'Ganis might be acting for the Burning Legion.
• Tariostasz brought Tyrel into Wyrmrest Temple, where Demistrasz received him while Tariostasz reported to Queen Alexstrasza.
• Demistrasz asked whether Tyrel knew Cleostrasz, and Tyrel said his brother Kael'thas Sunstrider served on Dalaran’s Council of Six and might know him.

Tyrel learned that Alexstrasza had refused to help the Dawnblade Legion, though Tariostasz secretly gave him a flame of life. With the Scourge pressing on and the Shadow Crystal reportedly hidden in Nar'zul Abyss, Tyrel chose to lead an elite squad into the underground kingdom, leaving Cain to command the legion if he did not return.

• Afrasastrasz told Tyrel that Alexstrasza would not aid the fight against the Scourge, and Tariostasz escorted him out of Wyrmrest Temple.
• Tariostasz gave Tyrel his essence, a flickering flame of life that could resist the erosion of death.
• Tyrel falsely told the Dawnblade Legion that the Keepers of the Grove would help them, then learned that more than ten thousand soldiers had died and that Nar'zul Abyss lay nearby.
• Cain told Tyrel that Anub'arak had urged him to seek the Shadow Crystal, and Tesseran Bloodwatcher and the Holy Relic Association located it in Nar'zul Abyss.
• Tyrel decided to infiltrate Nar'zul Abyss with an elite squad and told Cain to take command of the Dawnblade Legion if he did not return.

Tyrel led Arthas and the High Elves into Nar'zul Abyss, where they found Orcs guarding the Shadow Crystal. After seizing it, he was overwhelmed by shadow and death energies and fell unconscious, leaving the Dawnblade Legion to seek a way to treat him.

• Tyrel led Arthas, High Examiner Tesseran, and the guards down into Nar'zul Abyss, avoiding Nerubians and branching passages.
• Tyrel's group discovered hundreds of Orcs guarding the Shadow Crystal and defeated them in a full assault.
• Tyrel protected his hand with Solar Holy Light and seized the Shadow Crystal, triggering a surge of shadow and Death Energy that invaded his body.
• The Essence of Life Flame entered Tyrel, and the clash among shadow, holy light, death, and life energies knocked him unconscious while he kept hold of the crystal.
• High Examiner Tesseran used Mass Teleport to return the High Elves to Moonwhisper Temple, where Cain summoned the Dawnblade Legion's Holy Paladins to treat Tyrel.

After awakening from a month-long coma, Tyrel learned that Arthas had found Frostmourne and warned that it was the Lich King's trap. Tyrel ordered the Dawnblade Legion back to the Eastern Kingdoms, then teleported alone toward Quel'Thalas when an undead fleet intercepted them.

• Tyrel awakened in Moonwhisper Temple and discovered that Arcane Energy had replaced most of the Holy Light Energy in his body.
• Cain told Tyrel that Arthas had killed Mal'Ganis and returned to Lordaeron with the human expeditionary force, and Tyrel recognized Frostmourne as a trap.
• Tyrel learned that Asas had been sent to warn Arthas, then ordered the Dawnblade Legion to return to the Eastern Kingdoms immediately.
• Tyrel told Cain and the others that the Lich King controlled the Scourge and likely had Arthas under Frostmourne's influence.
• The Magic Fleet encountered an undead fleet on the Endless Sea, and Tyrel chose to teleport to Quel'Thalas while Cain stayed to lead the battle.
• Tyrel used his immense Arcane Energy and soul power to cast a long-range teleportation spell and vanished from the Dawnblade.

Arthas raised Uther Lightbringer and Gavinrad the Dire as Death Knights, then led the Scourge toward Quel'Thalas. The army overwhelmed Marris Farm, where Ramstein the Gorger killed Nathanos Marris.

• Tichondrius ordered Arthas to take Kel'Thuzad's remains to Quel'Thalas, while Kel'Thuzad warned him not to trust the dreadlords and said the Lich King's plan to control Tyrel Sunstrider had failed.
• Arthas used Frostmourne's Death Energy to resurrect Uther Lightbringer and Gavinrad the Dire as Death Knights, who pledged their loyalty to him.
• Arthas learned that Nathanos Marris lived at Marris Farm and led the Scourge army there to bring him along to Quel'Thalas.
• Nathanos Marris fought the Scourge alone, first with his bow and then with his warblades, but exhaustion left him vulnerable.
• Ramstein the Gorger knocked Nathanos Marris down, crushed his breastbone, and killed him.

Arthas and the Scourge failed to breach Quel'Thalas’s Magic Shield, so Dath'Remar Sunstrider offered to find a flaw in it in exchange for power and the Sunwell. Arthas Blood-Weeper silently yearned to kill the traitor, but the Lich King’s control kept him from acting.

• The Scourge tried to attack Quel'Thalas from the gate, air, and underground, but its Magic Shield stopped every assault.
• Arthas struck the shield with Frostmourne, but its power dispersed across the shield’s many magical matrix points.
• Kel'Thuzad told Arthas that only Archimonde’s arrival could break the shield through external force.
• Dath'Remar Sunstrider teleported to the Scourge and offered to help breach the shield, seeking the Sunwell and the Archmage position.
• Arthas promised Dath'Remar eternal life and power if he found a way in, and Dath'Remar returned to Quel'Thalas to search for a flaw.
• Arthas Blood-Weeper wanted to kill Dath'Remar, but the Lich King’s control kept him silent.

Dalkhan learned from Lor'themar that the Salas Defense Line could be disrupted by attacking the Sunwell's power or the Magisters maintaining its shield. He went to Sunwell Plateau, where Archmage Biluo Hua praised him as his favored heir, unaware of Dalkhan's growing hatred.

• Dalkhan returned to Deatholme and asked Lor'themar about weaknesses in the Salas Defense Line's Magic Shield.
• Lor'themar trusted Dalkhan and revealed that the shield could be disrupted by interfering with the Sunwell's power or its Magisters.
• Dalkhan teleported to Sunwell Plateau and entered the palace using his status as a Silvermoon Council member.
• Archmage Biluo Hua confronted Dalkhan and asked why he was not helping Prince Tyrel in Deatholme.
• Biluo Hua called Dalkhan his favored heir but criticized his arrogance and selfishness, while Dalkhan silently resented him.

Dalkhan bound the Sunwell and massacred Silvermoon Council members, weakening Quel'Thalas's shield and enabling Arthas's Scourge to breach the Elven Magic Gate. Sylvanas, Lor'themar, and Liadrin organized a defense and evacuation as the Scourge advanced through Thalassian Path.

• Dalkhan bound the Sunwell, weakening its connection to Quel'Thalas's Magic Shield, then began killing members of the Silvermoon Council.
• Kel'Thuzad detected the weakened shield, and Arthas, Uther the Darkbringer, and Gavinrad the Dreadbringer shattered it with a combined attack.
• The Scourge bombarded and breached the Elven Magic Gate, forcing Sylvanas and the Pathfinder Legion to retreat through Thalassian Path.
• Lor'themar and Liadrin joined Sylvanas at the end of Thalassian Path, where Sylvanas ordered Lor'themar to hold the line and Liadrin to evacuate residents and seek aid.
• Lor'themar's Dawnblade Legion and Sylvanas's Pathfinder Legion formed a defensive position as the Scourge poured out of Thalassian Path.

Lothar rallied the unprepared Dawnblade Legion reserves and the Pathfinder Rangers to defend Quel'Thalas as the Scourge pushed through Thalassian Path. The High Elves held the line until Arthas sent Uther, Gavinrad, and Nathanos against them; Uther wounded Lothar before Tirion Fordring intervened.

• Sylvanas used the narrow Thalassian Path to slow the Scourge while Lothar took command of the frightened Dawnblade Legion reserves.
• Lothar urged the Paladins to defend their homeland, inspiring them and the Pathfinder Rangers to join the fight.
• The High Elves initially repelled the Scourge, but stronger Undead and aerial attacks weakened their defenses.
• Arthas ordered Uther, Gavinrad, and Nathanos to break the High Elf line.
• Uther attacked Lothar, and Hadrun Mingyi's arrow diverted the strike so it wounded Lothar's face and blinded his right eye.
• Tirion Fordring blocked Uther's next blow and rejected his offer to join the Scourge.

Sylvanas and the High Elf forces retreated from the Scourge advance after Death Knights overwhelmed their line, while Arthas led the invasion into Quel'Thalas. The Scourge reached Deatholme, where Lor'themar Theron and Hadrun Mingyi prepared a determined defense.

• Uther overpowered Tirion until Sylvanas intervened, but Nathanos Blightcaller then attacked Sylvanas under the Scourge's control.
• Gavinrad led hundreds of Death Knights in breaking the High Elf defensive line, raising their fallen enemies as Undead.
• Sylvanas ordered a retreat and brought down boulders across Thalassian Path to delay the Death Knights.
• Arthas led the Scourge through Eversong Woods, leaving a Scar of Death, and vowed to bring Tyrel into the Scourge.
• The Scourge attacked Deatholme, where Lor'themar Theron and Hadrun Mingyi directed the High Elf defense from the city walls.

Gavinrad used Corpse Explosion to devastate Deatholme’s defenses, but Sylvanas’s forces attacked the Scourge from behind. Veronaara and Hoxbyr took command against Uther’s army as Sylvanas led elite Rangers after Arthas, and the High Elves held the line.

• Gavinrad protected himself with Bone Shield and Anti-Magic Shell, then detonated hundreds of thousands of Scourge corpses beneath Deatholme, shaking the city with a chain of explosions.
• Sylvanas led the Pathfinder Legion’s thirty thousand elite Rangers in an attack on the Scourge’s rear as Arthas prepared to take advantage of Deatholme’s weakened shield.
• Arthas sent Uther, Farik, and Marvien with one hundred thousand Undead to attack the Rangers and their Ranger-Expeditionaries.
• Sylvanas handed command to Veronaara and Hoxbyr, then led several hundred elite Rangers to pursue Arthas.
• Veronaara lured Uther’s forces toward the western road, where Captain Salanor led ten thousand High Elf Warriors in a charge while Rangers and Silvermoon Ballistae attacked.
• The High Elf Warriors held their defensive line despite Uther’s presence, preventing the Scourge from breaking through.

Arthas pursued Ranger-General Sylvanas after she harassed him, leaving Death Knight Gavinrad to assault Deatholme while its defenders struggled to protect the city and evacuate its civilians. Tyrel Sunstrider returned to Deatholme and learned it was under attack.

• Sylvanas ambushed Arthas with enchanted arrows, then drew him away from Deatholme by fleeing south while attacking the Scourge.
• Arthas assigned the assault on Deatholme to Death Knight Gavinrad the Dreadbringer and led the Scourge's main force after Sylvanas.
• Gavinrad attacked Deatholme as its Dawnblade Legion defended the gates and portals evacuated more than two hundred thousand High Elf civilians.
• Tirion Fordring and Lothar struggled to hold off Gavinrad while Dark Ranger Nathanos Blightcaller gained the advantage against Hadrun Mingyi.
• Tyrel Sunstrider teleported back to his estate in Deatholme, where Luminas Sunmark greeted him and he saw the city was in crisis.

Tyrel helped Luminas enlarge the portal from Deatholme to Silvermoon City so the High Elf civilians could evacuate ahead of the Scourge. Before confronting the enemy, he received Mother Tree Sas'aral's life force and soul, along with her final fruits, as she sacrificed herself to protect the elves.

• Tyrel and Luminas combined their Arcane Energy to enlarge the portal linking Deatholme and Silvermoon City.
• Tyrel reassured the High Elf civilians that Quel'Thalas would prevail as they evacuated through the portal.
• Tyrel visited Mother Tree Sas'aral and learned that she intended to protect him and the High Elves before the Scourge arrived.
• Mother Tree Sas'aral transferred her origin life force and soul into Tyrel, healing his injuries and strengthening him.
• Mother Tree Sas'aral produced several powerful fruits for Tyrel, and he said farewell before leaving to face the Scourge.

Tyrel rescued Tirion Fordring and Lor'themar Theron from Gavinrad, then learned that Sylvanas was in danger and went with Luminas to aid her. They arrived west of Silvermoon City and found the Pathfinder Legion's battlefield already abandoned after Arthas defeated it and forced it to retreat.

• Tyrel intercepted Gavinrad's attack, resisted his plague, and drove him off with Arcane-powered sword strikes.
• Tirion asked Tyrel why he had lost the Holy Light, and Tyrel explained that a Shadow Crystal had lured him into the Scourge's trap.
• Tyrel learned Sylvanas was holding back Arthas and left Tirion and Lor'themar to defend Deatholme while he went to help her.
• Luminas teleported Tyrel and herself to Silvermoon City, and they hurried toward the Pathfinder Legion's battlefield.
• Tyrel and Luminas found the Scar of Death strewn with fallen High Elves and wrecked weapons, evidence that Arthas had defeated the Pathfinder Legion and driven it back.

Arthas crossed the Erlendil River with the Scourge and attacked the Pathfinder Legion at the Eastern Sanctum, where Tyrel and Sylvanas fought to stop him. As the defenders faced defeat, the Sunfury Legion arrived under Salorian Dawngrasper.

• Arthas froze the Erlendil River with Frostmourne and led the Scourge into North Eversong Woods.
• Sylvanas charged Arthas to protect the evacuating civilians, but Tyrel intervened before Frostmourne could strike her.
• Tyrel fought Arthas, but Frostmourne shattered the Quel'dorei Greatsword and blasted Tyrel to the ground.
• Luminas attacked Arthas with frost magic to help Sylvanas rescue Tyrel, but Arthas froze and killed her.
• Arthas pursued Tyrel and Sylvanas as the Pathfinder Legion neared defeat, until Salorian Dawngrasper led the Sunfury Legion into battle.

Salorian Dawngrasper and the Sunfury Legion rescued Sylvanas, Tyrel, and the Pathfinder Legion from the Scourge, then Salorian stayed behind alone to delay the enemy. Gravely wounded after fighting thousands of Undead, he faced Uther the Darkbringer as their duel began.

• Salorian Dawngrasper and the Sunfury Legion defeated the Scourge vanguard and gave Sylvanas, Tyrel, and the Pathfinder Legion a chance to retreat.
• Salorian ordered Sylvanas to take Tyrel and the Pathfinder Legion to safety, while the Sunfury Legion held back another Scourge attack.
• Salorian ordered the Sunfury Legion to withdraw to Silvermoon City and remained alone to defend the Sunwell and delay the Scourge.
• Orbaz Bloodboil sent several thousand elite Undead against Salorian, who killed them with Quel'delar until Uther the Darkbringer ordered the attackers to stand down.
• Uther the Darkbringer approached the gravely wounded Salorian and gave his name before their battle began.

After Salorian Sunseeker died, Sun King Anasterian ordered Tyrel to evacuate Quel'Thalas’s people to the Isle of Quel'Danas while he prepared to defend the kingdom. Anasterian refused to recall Kael'thas, choosing to preserve his sons and other scattered forces as the last hope for the Quel'dorei.

• The Sunfury Legion reported Salorian Sunseeker’s death, devastating Tyrel and Sun King Anasterian.
• Archmage Biluo Hua warned that Silvermoon City’s Magic Shield might not withstand the Scourge’s assault.
• Anasterian ordered Tyrel to lead the people of Quel'Thalas to the Isle of Quel'Danas, but Tyrel refused and said he wanted to defend the Sunwell.
• Anasterian slapped Tyrel and sternly insisted that he obey the Sun King's order, while Ranger-General Sylvanas urged Tyrel to understand his father’s motives.
• Archmage Biluo Hua suggested recalling Kael'thas, but Anasterian refused, naming Kael'thas and Tyrel among the seeds who could restore Quel'Thalas if the kingdom fell.

Tyrel organized the evacuation of Quel'Thalas’s civilians and children while the Scourge devastated the kingdom. Arthas turned slain High Elves into undead, adding a force of High Elf undead to the Scourge.

• Tyrel reassured Lor'themar that Quel'Thalas would survive as they moved civilians to the Isle of Quel'Danas.
• Tyrel arranged for the wounded Ranger-Expeditionary to escort High Elf children by magical warship to Aerie Peak for the Wildhammer Dwarves to protect.
• Lor'themar told Tyrel that Valeera had gone missing shortly after Tyrel led the Dawnblade Legion to Northrend.
• Arthas punished Gavinrad for finding Deatholme empty after its High Elves escaped through a portal.
• Arthas enslaved Ranger Captain Veronaara's soul and transformed her into a Banshee, then raised many High Elves as undead for the Scourge.