Chapter Summaries

Arthas entered Silverpine Forest, where Sylvanas ambushed him and used a strange arrow to free most of his Death Knights from the Lich King's control. As Arthas fled toward his fate at the Frozen Throne, Sylvanas welcomed the defectors into the Forsaken and rode away on her beloved hawkstrider, Gugu.

• Arthas rode through Silverpine Forest toward Kel'Thuzad, hoping to arrange affairs in the Eastern Kingdoms before returning to Northrend.
• Sylvanas and her Forsaken surrounded Arthas, and she announced that she would let him watch his legion abandon him before killing him at the Frozen Throne.
• Sylvanas's arrow filled the Death Knights with whispers, restoring most of their free will and prompting them to turn against Arthas.
• Sylvanas stopped the defectors from pursuing Arthas and killed the two Death Knights who disobeyed her command.
• The surviving Death Knights bowed to Sylvanas and joined the Forsaken, while she rode off on Gugu, the hawkstrider Varimathras had failed to have retired.

Arthas fled north by sea while Kel'Thuzad consolidated the Scourge in the Eastern Kingdoms and cared for Mr. Bigglesworth. The chapter also described the Scarlet Crusade's struggle against the Scourge, the Dawn Brotherhood's formation in the south, and tensions surrounding Deathwing; it ended with an author’s note thanking a supporter for funding extra chapters.

• Arthas sailed north with another force of Scourge after Sylvanas's rebellion weakened the Lich King's control in the Eastern Kingdoms.
• Kel'Thuzad took command of the Eastern Kingdoms Scourge from Naxxramas and maintained a stalemate with the Scarlet Crusade while tending to Mr. Bigglesworth.
• Mograine and the other leaders kept the Scarlet Crusade together, relying on Ashbringer despite their shortage of troops and resources.
• Bolvar became the supreme leader of the newly established Dawn Brotherhood, which gained support from the southern Alliance.
• Deathwing and black dragonkin stopped Scourge forces from crossing south, while Malygos gathered evidence against Deathwing over Alexstrasza's disappearance.
• The author thanked Dai Le Ge Dao for supporting the novel and announced 18 extra chapters plus one special chapter.

Jaina established Theramore in Dustwallow Marsh as a neutral city, but Aegwynn’s arrival pushed it toward the Alliance and led the New Horde to reject an embassy. The chapter left Theramore caught between the factions as the Alliance and Horde traded insults.

• With the Night Empire’s approval, Jaina founded Theramore in Dustwallow Marsh and invited the Alliance and New Horde to open embassies there.
• The New Horde considered the invitation, while the Alliance ignored it and the local Goblin town remained a neutral free-trade zone.
• Onyxia moved her lair to Floating Island Number Three, and Jaina discovered Aegwynn living in a cabin deep in the swamp.
• Jaina invited Aegwynn to become her mentor and help manage Theramore, and Aegwynn accepted.
• Aegwynn’s Alliance loyalties led Theramore to lean toward the blue faction, so Durotan rejected the proposal to establish a Horde embassy.
• The Alliance and Horde mocked and insulted each other as Theramore’s factional leanings strained relations.

The Night Empire’s Draenei continued building their settlements while remaining wary of outsiders, and the Blackrock Syndicate completed the first phase of its cross-sea bridges. Blackrock’s new noble status inspired an elven squad to earn imperial merit by killing Princess Theradras, and the story left them pursuing promotion through further service.

• The Dawnlight Draenei developed Azuremyst Isle and began building a new Auchindoun on Bloodmyst Isle, while Soulbinder Tu'ranni sought archbishops to help govern them.
• The Night Empire opened the first cross-sea bridge route from Teldrassil to the floating islands and Tower of Slumber, and Blackrock accepted the order to cut the ribbon.
• After Blackrock became a baron, a group of elves sought imperial recognition by attacking Maraudon and killing Princess Theradras.
• The elves freed Za'tar, who chose to remain in Maraudon and guide the centaurs while restoring the land.
• The Eternal Night Prime Minister Council commended the elven squad and told them that sufficient merit could earn them a reward from the Eternal Night God-Emperor.

The Night Empire’s technology advanced as the elves and gnomes pursued new opportunities, while a silver-white train completed its first test run. Boss Hu fantasized about future Titan technology, and Argus continued his journey with almost nothing; the chapter ended with Boss Hu sensing an ominous premonition.

• Elves joined the Night Elf Border Guard or formed teams to seek threats, while Mekkatorque submitted a steam-power proposal and blueprints for research funding.
• Hekso held the railway’s opening ceremony, and the silver-white train made its first test run toward Teldrassil.
• Boss Hu watched the train and imagined using Titan energy technology to power a space battleship.
• Elune asked Alleria and Vereesa to take her to Darnassus so she could ride the train, leaving Boss Hu lost in thought.
• Argus sensed that a Titan kin might be thinking about him, shrugged off the thought, and continued onward with few possessions.
• Boss Hu suddenly felt an ominous premonition while imagining the future.

Elisande led the Night Empire’s forces to begin clearing Dire Maul, assigning the ogres, satyrs, and Prince Tortheldrin’s Highborne to different forces. In the Eastern Kingdoms, Renault betrayed his father Mograine during a Scourge ambush, stabbing him with Ashbringer.

• Elisande assigned the Border Guard to attack Dire Maul’s satyrs and the Feathermoon Rangers to handle its ogres, while her forces targeted Tortheldrin.
• Elisande allowed Vereesa to join the campaign with Shandris’s Rangers after Jarod and Shandris vouched for her.
• Dathrohan lured Mograine to a meeting, where a Scourge army ambushed him and separated him from Renault.
• Mograine used Ashbringer to destroy the attacking undead, then searched the corpses for Darian and Falbanx.
• Falbanx warned Mograine that he might have been infected, and Renault seized Ashbringer and stabbed his father in the chest.

Renault was accused of killing Ashbringer Lord, but his performance and the chaos after Mograine's death let him escape suspicion. The Scarlet Crusade split into rival groups, Darian founded the Argent Dawn, and news of Mograine's death spread across the world.

• Renault blamed his father for favoring Sitharis and Darian and opposing his relationship with Whitemane before Ashbringer Lord fell.
• Renault rescued Falbanx and feigned grief, allowing him to cast off suspicion, though Darian partly believed Falbanx's accusation.
• The Scarlet Crusade fractured: Illiyasen returned to Fireside Valley, Renault took Whitemane and his followers to Scarlet Monastery, Dathrohan held Stratholme, and Brigitte Abdis returned to Tyr's Hand.
• Darian led members who distrusted Renault to establish the Argent Dawn at Light's Hope Chapel and build an underground Holy Light Secret Hall.
• News of Mograine's death spread worldwide, prompting mourning from human powers and the New Horde, while Tirion Fording remained in the wilderness eating Eastern Plaguelands Maggots.

After Ashbringer Mograine died, Sarodar accused Renault of patricide, igniting an international uproar and turning the Argent Dawn and several Scarlet Crusade branches against the Scarlet Monastery. Renault furiously denied the charge but feared confronting the Night Empire, while the factions traded denunciations and demands.

• King Llane mourned Mograine and questioned whether a traitor, rather than the Scourge, had caused his death.
• Sarodar revealed that Renault had murdered his father, and the Argent Dawn declared total war on Renault's Scarlet Crusade.
• Darian disowned Renault and denounced him and Whitemane, while Illiyasen and Brigitte Abdis distanced their Scarlet Crusade branches from the Scarlet Monastery.
• Balnazzar, speaking through Dathrohan, condemned Renault and declared his own Scarlet Crusade branch an enemy of the Scarlet Monastery.
• Renault smashed things and denied Sarodar's accusation, but he avoided speaking against the God-Emperor and feared provoking the Night Empire.
• The Argent Dawn joined Sarodar in attacking Renault and Whitemane, while Darian angrily objected when the Argent Dawn insulted the brothers' shared mother.

The Night Empire’s forces crushed the Satyr resistance in Dire Maul while the New Horde ambassador tried to capture the Gor'dok Ogres alive for settlement. Shandris Feathermoon and Vereesa moved on after the ogres were defeated and urged to surrender for citizenship.

• The Night Elf Border Guard and Highborne warlocks cornered Wildkin Ozen and his Satyrs, while Felhounds silenced and drained their leader.
• The elves and warlocks overwhelmed Wildkin Ozen with gunfire, curses, and close attacks as Satyr demons fell around him.
• Feathermoon Rangers shot down Gor'dok Ogres while the New Horde ambassador pleaded with them to target limbs and called for the ogres to surrender.
• Kray the Trampler danced to entertain the ranger girls, and Vereesa watched as they spared him their arrows.
• Shandris Feathermoon shot down a fleeing ogre and called Vereesa onward while the ambassador offered the defeated ogres settlement and citizenship.

Shandris and Kargath oversaw the Gor'dok clan's capture and incorporation into the New Horde, while Elisande's forces defeated the Sindorei in Dire Maul and freed Immol'thar. The frightened Doomguard was spared and ordered sent to the Eternal Night Palace at Boss Hu's request.

• Kargath gave Shandris the decree to extradite the Gor'dok ogres to the New Horde, then sent her to support Elisande's forces.
• The New Horde beat the Gor'dok ogres into submission and persuaded them to join, while a staged duel made an orc farmer their new king.
• Elisande's Highborne and the Feathermoon Rangers killed the Sindorei defenders and shattered Immol'thar's energy cage.
• The freed Immol'thar panicked when the elves considered killing him, and Elisande contacted Boss Hu for instructions.
• Boss Hu ordered Immol'thar sent to the Eternal Night Palace, and the demon eagerly acted harmless to avoid being killed.

Elisande beat Prince Tortheldrin and ordered him sent to the Crusaders for judgment and execution. In Orgrimmar, Boss Hu tried to find female orcs for the Iron Horde, but Durotan misunderstood and thought Boss Hu wanted them for himself.

• Immol'thar left its prison in Dire Maul and followed Crusader soldiers toward Darkshore.
• Elisande battered Prince Tortheldrin with three schools of magic and ordered the Crusaders to judge and publicly execute him.
• Kargath Bladefist departed with the Iron Horde's Black Dragon Riders as the Gor'dok Ogres migrated toward Durotar.
• Vereesa watched Elisande's beating and admired the stern Archmage.
• Boss Hu asked Durotan for female orcs to help the Iron Horde, but Durotan repeated the request as though Boss Hu wanted them himself.
• Grom Hellscream stood embarrassed as Boss Hu protested Durotan's misunderstanding.

Hu Feng agreed to transform part of Durotar into farmland for the New Horde, then went to Uldum to use the Azeroth Restart Device. At the Halls of Origination, he learned that the Titan facility Uldir had been corrupted and sealed after Blood God Gorrohon escaped.

• Durotan showed Hu Feng the Valley of Trials and asked him to transform it for large-scale crop growing.
• Hu Feng promised the New Horde that the land would begin changing in a few days, and Durotan pledged his people's loyalty to Azeroth.
• Hu Feng traveled to the Halls of Origination, where Anrafeht confirmed the facility had remained secure during his absence.
• Anrafeht reported that Uldir had issued an emergency transmission after Old God corruption spread and Blood God Gorrohon escaped, prompting Hu Feng to question the reliability of the Titans' facilities.

Hu Feng used the Azeroth Restart Device to make The Valley of Trials fertile and rainy, while Elune watched and complained. The New Horde saw the land transformed, giving them hope of growing enough food to support their people.

• Hu Feng reached the Azeroth Restart Device, where Elune appeared and teased him about eating one of her moons.
• Hu Feng selected rich soil and a mild, rainy climate for The Valley of Trials and activated the device.
• The pyramids in Uldum unfolded, channeled energy into the Halls of Origination, and sent a golden beam into the sky.
• Thrall, Durotan, Orgrim, and Grom watched as divine rain transformed The Valley of Trials into fertile green land.
• Thrall sensed the land reviving, and the New Horde anticipated using the rich soil to grow crops and ease food shortages.

Jaina struggled to build Theramore until Kael'thas offered supplies, Arcane Golems, and a loan. After helping her, he said he was saying goodbye to his former self and left, while Jaina realized the depth of her unfairness toward him.

• Jaina found that Theramore lacked the workers, materials, money, and allies needed to make progress.
• Kael'thas and Quel'Thalas offered Theramore construction supplies, Arcane Golems, and a low-interest loan.
• Jaina thanked Kael'thas and began comforting him about killing Anasterian, while asking him to stay for a banquet and talk.
• Kael'thas explained that he had helped because of his past feelings for Jaina, not to gain repayment or favor.
• Kael'thas left the mage tower after describing how unequal affection had driven him away, and Jaina wept.

Boss Hu and Elune left their fishing trip after witnessing a bizarre courtship, while Vivianka arrived in Stormwind seeking Boss Hu and accidentally convinced the king that Bolvar and Lothar were related. King Llane corrected her misunderstanding, but worried that the awkward incident could cause trouble if Boss Hu heard about it.

• Boss Hu resisted Elune's pleas to go fishing at first, then spent hours fishing with her at Un'Goro Crater.
• Boss Hu spotted a human man romantically addressing a male High Elf, then hurried away with Elune when she wanted to watch.
• Vivianka rode into Stormwind City for the third time, and royal guards escorted her to Stormwind Keep.
• King Llane learned that Vivianka was looking for Anduin Fortagen, son of Grand Duke Bolvar, leaving Bolvar and Lothar confused about their supposed family ties.
• King Llane discovered Vivianka was actually seeking Titan Sarodar and explained that Bolvar and Lothar were unrelated.
• Vivianka left in silence, and King Llane ordered Bolvar and Lothar to keep the incident secret from the Titan Divine Lord.

Vivianka confronted Boss Hu about his lies and threatened to find Anduin Fortagen, while she continued overseeing Duskwood Orchard Forest. Back in the Eternal Night Palace, Boss Hu returned to idling and considered Kael'thas's request to extend the World Tree's blessing to the High Elves.

• Vivianka reflected on how Sarodar's battle with Sargeras had caused the deaths of her family and neighbors, and decided she wanted to make trouble for the Titan.
• Vivianka asked Boss Hu who Anduin Fortagen was and where he could be found, then threatened to kill or seek him out when Boss Hu tried to dissuade her.
• Vivianka left to inspect the reclaimed orchard forest, rejecting Boss Hu's warnings and calling him a liar and an evil god.
• Boss Hu ended the connection and returned to idling while Elisande and the Chancellor's Council managed imperial affairs.
• Kael'thas asked Boss Hu to grant the World Tree's blessing to the High Elves and offered to plant a World Tree in Quel'Thalas.

Ashbringer Mograine awakened as a Death Knight and led Kel'Thuzad's Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, including the undercover agent Oscar. While secretly passing Naxxramas intelligence to Sylvanas, Oscar decided to build his own faction with help from Old God Cthulhu.

• Ashbringer Mograine awakened in Naxxramas as a powerful Death Knight, and his fallen Ashbringer became infused with death and Shadow energy.
• Kel'Thuzad formed the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, led by Mograine, with Sir Zeliek, Lady Blaumeux, and Oscar representing conquest, famine, and death.
• Mograine and Oscar frequently argued, while Oscar's armored war maggot Mr. Fat Worm impressed Kel'Thuzad with his strength and earned his tolerance.
• Oscar secretly sent Sylvanas details about Naxxramas and its defenses while waiting for the royal army to attack.
• Fearing Sylvanas would punish him if he joined the Forsaken, Oscar began recruiting undead followers and covertly building his own faction with Cthulhu's help.

Valentine’s Day brought romance and commercial schemes across Azeroth, while Boss Hu’s family picnicked and its undead residents marked the holiday in their own ways. The chapter left the festivities continuing across Stormwind, Teldrassil, the Undercity, and Naxxramas.

• King Llane learned that Countess Katrana Prestor and other nobles backed the Gilded Rose Inn’s Valentine’s rental lover service, and he ordered her brought before him.
• Queen Turalyon dragged Prince Varian away after he asked what a brothel was and scolded Llane for using vulgar words.
• Boss Hu’s family picnicked near Dolanaar as Elisande fed Alleria, Vereesa, and a wild Moonkin, while Elune attacked Boss Hu after his teasing.
• Queen Sylvanas accepted a dark-golden energy rose from Cthulhu after learning it could strengthen her control over Shadow energy.
• Kel'Thuzad watched Oscar decorate his Mr. Fat Worm and provoke Dark Witch Farina, then dismissed the illusion and returned to petting Mr. Bigglesworth.

Oscar led his Scourge force through the Scarlet Crusade’s fortress, secretly creating a loyal undead army before Balnazzar escaped. In Darrowshire, Sylvanas helped Pamela accept that her parents were dead and awakened the little girl’s desire for revenge.

• Oscar, with Mr. Fat Worm and Tragic Timmy, attacked the Scarlet Crusade and resurrected its fallen soldiers into undead under his command.
• Oscar stormed the fortress, found a painting of Tirion Fording’s family titled “Love and Family,” and decided to return it to Tirion someday.
• Oscar discovered that Dathrohan had disappeared and Balnazzar had fled, then ordered his Scarlet Undead to guard the fortress as his secret base.
• Sylvanas found Pamela in Darrowshire, helped her recover her doll, and told her that her parents were dead.
• Pamela learned that Arthas had killed her parents and vowed to take revenge, becoming a powerful vengeful spirit.

Arthas reached the ruined Frozen Throne with the Scourge, but Illidan Stormrage and the Night Elves ambushed him before he could get there. As the battle turned against the undead, Maiev Shadowsong unleashed her Vengeful Spirit and its growing sha demons.

• Arthas and Anub'arak led the Scourge through underground tunnels, where they killed a fragment of Yogg-Saron called an Ancient Forgotten.
• Arthas reached a valley near the Frozen Throne, but Illidan Stormrage and the Illidari attacked him from the cliffs.
• Illidan overpowered Arthas and summoned fel flame elementals to hold back the Scourge as the Demon Hunters and Watchers slaughtered the undead.
• Anub'arak charged to support Arthas while Maiev Shadowsong unleashed Vengeful Spirit, whose sha demons multiplied as the Scourge killed them.
• The sha demons grew numerous enough to outnumber the Scourge, tipping the battle in the Night Elves' favor.