Chapter Summaries

Boss Hu summoned and bound the Eredar sisters Saralath and Olesseth, then recruited them into the Dawn Legion and learned they commanded a high-ranking female Eredar legion. He ordered the destructive sisters to stay under control while he decided where their forces would be stationed.

• Boss Hu tested Saralath's shadow magic and Olesseth's destructive flames after the sisters emerged from the Fel Portal.
• Boss Hu brought the sisters to his side hall and had them fill out employment forms with details about their abilities and the Burning Legion.
• The sisters admitted they had no useful secrets to share but said their high-ranking Eredar legion could join them in serving Boss Hu.
• Boss Hu learned their troops specialized in ranged attacks and assassination and consisted entirely of female Eredar.
• Boss Hu ordered the sisters not to set fires, kill people, or discriminate while he arranged a place for their legion to stay.

Queen Azshara established her Court Elves in Azshara and began plotting to gain influence in the Night Empire, while the New Horde braced for conflict with her. Thrall pursued diplomacy with Theramore, and Jaina agreed to open talks despite Aegwynn’s objections.

• Azshara and the Court Elves arrived in Azshara, where they began building a city and made the region her fief under the Night Empire’s strict rules.
• Azshara studied the Empire’s politics, resented the power held by a Goblin and outsiders, and decided to win her Titan master’s trust and undermine Elisande.
• After learning that Azshara was a racialist, the New Horde began building fortifications along its border with Azshara and the Redwater River.
• Warchief Thrall extended an olive branch to Theramore, and Jaina agreed to exchange ambassadors despite Aegwynn’s objections.

Princess Cariath led the Lordaeron Restoration Army into Alterac, conquering the Shattered Territory and establishing a foothold before turning toward Troll-held Alterac Valley. When the Forsaken threatened Fenris Isle, she withdrew the main force and called on Alliance adventurers to keep the valley campaign going.

• Princess Cariath led the Lordaeron Restoration Army into the Shattered Territory and wiped out the Ogre tribes there.
• Cariath ordered the army to rebuild the ruins as militarized towns and chose Alterac Valley, occupied by Zul'jin and the Trolls, as its next target.
• The Restoration Army's vanguard seized the southern end of Alterac Valley, but the Trolls repeatedly attacked its fortress base.
• The Forsaken prepared to attack Fenris Isle, so Cariath took the main force back to defend it.
• Cariath issued a Hero's Call, and Alliance adventurers flocked to Alterac Valley to fight for rewards and battle merits.

Dulin Flashgem joined the adventurers fighting the Amani Trolls in Alterac, hoping to surpass his brother Oscar, but the battlefield’s brutality shattered his idealism. After a bloody day defending Frostfall Graveyard, he returned to camp wondering whether he could ever reach Oscar’s level.

• An adventurer-led group used artillery to destroy an Amani Troll bunker and rode toward its next bounty target.
• Dulin joined an Alterac mercenary group and grew frightened as he witnessed deadly traps, arrows, and other battlefield horrors.
• A squad leader ordered Dulin and the other warriors to help defend Frostfall Graveyard from attacking trolls.
• Dulin fought alongside his comrades as guns, Holy Light, and Dawn’s Light helped repel the troll assault.
• After the group withdrew to camp, Dulin tended his wounds, missed home, and doubted he could become an adventurer like Oscar before going to sleep.

Prince Thoras recruited adventurers to help Stromgarde fight the Forsaken, prompting Blackhand to secure a toll road through Forsaken territory with Sylvanas’s approval. As Gallywix retaliated against the Blackrock Syndicate, attention shifted to the worgen calamity returning.

• Prince Thoras summoned adventurers to aid Stromgarde against the Forsaken in the Arathi Basin.
• Blackhand met Sylvanas and won her approval to build a Blackrock Syndicate highway through Forsaken territory.
• The Blackrock Syndicate opened the toll road and lucrative roadside inns, giving adventurers a faster route between Alterac and Arathi.
• Thrall protested Sylvanas’s decision, while Gallywix’s envoys were rejected and non-Blackrock Goblins faced deadly attacks in Forsaken lands.
• Gallywix denounced Blackhand and moved against the Blackrock Syndicate in several Goblin cities, while the Ratchet Consortium and Venture Company stayed neutral.
• The worgen calamity returned and drew everyone’s attention elsewhere.

Worgen escaped from Shadowfang Keep and ravaged Silverpine Forest, while Arugal offered Princess Cariath his allegiance in exchange for a lordship. Elsewhere, Magni softened toward Moira and Thaurissan, but the Alliance continued to consider how to bring the Dark Iron Dwarves into the fold as Varian prepared to attack the Horde.

• Worgen rampaged across Silverpine Forest, forcing the Forsaken and the Lordaeron Restoration Army to pause their fighting and hunt them.
• Arugal redirected his worgen to attack the Forsaken and offered Princess Cariath his support in exchange for a territory and real authority.
• Magni Bronzebeard said he would consider blessing Moira and Thaurissan's marriage, prompting the Dark Iron Dwarves to send gifts to the Bronzebeard Dwarves.
• Magni said the Alliance would make one final effort to recruit the Dark Iron Dwarves before resorting to force, and Bolvar agreed that the region had to be stabilized.
• Varian prepared to lead an assault against the Orthodox Horde and Nefarian, while Onyxia continued managing Stormwind's political affairs.

The Night Elves and Tauren sent a joint investigation team to Shadowfang Keep, suspecting Arugal had taken the Moon God's Scythe, while the Forsaken and Lordaeron Restoration Army prepared to let them pass. Meanwhile, Nightmare corruption spread through the Green Dragonflight, leaving Ysera facing threats in the real world and an unseen faction within the Emerald Dream.

• The Night Elves blamed the Old Gods for corrupting the Moon God's Scythe and renewed their search for Velinde Starsong and the artifact.
• Night Elf and Tauren Druids formed a joint investigation team and headed for Shadowfang Keep, where they suspected Arugal had hidden the scythe.
• The Forsaken and Lordaeron Restoration Army agreed to avoid harming the investigators as their war continued, while Boss Hu sought a temporary ceasefire.
• Nightmare King Sargoth corrupted several Green Dragons, who fled to Duskwood and Hinterlands and turned forests into Nightmare territory.
• Ysera assembled the Green Dragonflight to patrol the Emerald Dream and attack the Nightmare Green Dragons gathered around the Temple of Atal'Hakkar.
• Cthulhu's flesh secretly corrupted Green Dragons in the Emerald Dream, creating a hidden faction that Ysera did not know existed.

Gul'dan and the Black Hand Council summoned waves of high-ranking Eredar women, who broke free of their control and gathered around Boss Hu to sign contracts and pledge allegiance. The chapter ended with the Eredar urging Boss Hu to replace the Burning Legion and destroy the universe.

• Gul'dan and the Black Hand Council summoned high-ranking Eredar through repeated Fel portals in the Assembly Hall plaza.
• The Eredar Twins directed the newly arrived Eredar to Boss Hu's registration table, where they signed contracts and crowded around him.
• Alleria and Vereesa accused Boss Hu of summoning a crowd of Eredar, while he insisted they were the ones taking advantage of him.
• Turalyon and the Dawnlight Draenei argued with the Eredar, and Boss Hu stopped the confrontation by magically choking and lifting them into the air.
• The Eredar praised Boss Hu's power and urged him to take the Burning Legion's place and burn the universe.

Kil'jaeden watched the Burning Legion suffer as female Eredar left for Azeroth, while Boss Hu teased Gul'dan over his failed contract negotiations. Odyn remained wary of Sarodar and decided to wait for the Pantheon envoy Algalon rather than contact the Titan Father God.

• Kil'jaeden faced the loss of most female Eredar to Azeroth, while Hassabel regretted missing the recruitment fair and Gingaros proposed replacing them with war mechs.
• Boss Hu found Gul'dan negotiating with five female Eredar, who demanded fifty intelligent creature souls each month and rejected his offer.
• Boss Hu mocked Gul'dan for seeking the Eredar's services and pressed him to reveal any unusual uses he had found for Fel Energy.
• Odyn recalled Loken's betrayal and suspected that Yogg-Saron had corrupted him, so he sent the Alpha distress signal to summon the Pantheon.
• Odyn worried that Sarodar might be a fallen or rogue Titan and chose to wait for Observer Algalon instead of contacting him.

Mimiron’s work in Ulduar was interrupted when Cthulhu’s whispers drove out Yogg-Saron’s influence, while the female Eredar Sargerei settled into their own district in Eternal Night Palace. The Sargerei’s unruly behavior drove Gul'dan to move his laboratory away.

• Yogg-Saron’s whispers had driven Ulduar’s Keepers into silence and madness, and Mimiron had turned from civilian engineering to building war machines.
• Cthulhu’s whispers reached Mimiron and displaced Yogg-Saron’s influence, leaving Mimiron confused by the new competitor.
• The female Eredar Sargerei joined the Dawn Legion and built the Fel-energy Sargerei Highlands in Eternal Night Palace.
• Boss Hu visited the Sargerei district, rebuked the Eredar women for their revealing armor, and was dragged away by them.
• Gul'dan moved his Fel Energy laboratory to Floating Island Number Three to escape the noise next door.

Immol'thar became a Doomguard Lord after establishing a demon stronghold in Felwood Forest, while the Night Empire introduced a contribution-point system for citizens and adventurers. Satyrs who wanted to return to the Empire remained stuck waiting for approval, and their attempt to enlist the Eredar sisters' help failed.

• Immol'thar wandered away from the Eternal Night Palace, settled in Felwood Forest, and began summoning and enslaving demons to build a stronghold.
• The Night Empire promoted Immol'thar to Doomguard Lord and encouraged him to expand his forces.
• The Night Empire introduced contribution points that citizens and adventurers could exchange for rewards, including mounts, goods, and classes.
• The Satyrs grew angry that Doomguards and Eredar could join the Empire while their own applications were delayed.
• The Satyrs contacted the Eredar sisters of the Sargerei for help, but the sisters refused, leaving the Satyrs waiting for the Chancellor's Council.

The chapter described the cautious, isolated Dawnlight Draenei under Turalyon and their distrust of the Draenei from the main timeline. Turalyon asked the Eternal Night Prime Minister Council to prepare alternate settlements for those newcomers, leaving Grand Vizier Elisande to consider a backup plan.

• Arcane Spider Mother Narthila moved her enlarged brood from the Magical Corridor into Amber Spiderweb Valley, while the Draenei avoided interfering.
• The Eredar Twins visited Mannoroth's prison, dismissed his demands for release, and told Gul'dan to keep training him.
• The Dawnlight Draenei kept mostly to themselves and relied on limited trade with the Night Elves, wary of contact with other Alliance states.
• Turalyon and her archbishops agreed to keep their distance from the main-timeline Draenei because they did not know whether those newcomers could be trusted.
• Turalyon's faction asked the Eternal Night Prime Minister Council to prepare alternative resettlement plans, and Grand Vizier Elisande reluctantly agreed to consider them.

Boss Hu ordered Elune to keep training, then reviewed Queen Azshara’s growing political activity and decided to replace the Crusaders in the Azshara region with the Sargerei. The Eredar Twins agreed to send an elite force to monitor the queen and discipline her Court Elves.

• Elune asked Boss Hu to take her fishing, but he ordered her back to her planet core to train and learn to control her power.
• Boss Hu gave Queen Saralath a report on Queen Azshara’s activities, including the Court Elves’ new coastal town and Azshara’s political proposals.
• Queen Saralath assessed Azshara as power-hungry, and Boss Hu explained that the Crusaders would withdraw temporarily to the Tower of Slumber.
• Boss Hu proposed sending the Sargerei to monitor Azshara while the Crusaders were away.
• High Warlock Olesseth and Queen Saralath agreed to select elite Sargerei to watch Azshara and discipline the Court Elves.

Boss Hu found everyone he wanted to bother busy, so he spent the afternoon seeking company and chatting with Llane and Lothar. Llane worried that Varian might attack the Orthodox Horde, but agreed to let him govern and learn from his own decisions.

• The Windrunner sisters and Turalyon were occupied with their duties, leaving Boss Hu unable to find anyone to bother.
• Boss Hu contacted Vivianka while she supervised refugees rebuilding their homes near Deadwind Pass, but she angrily insulted him and chased off his divine projection.
• Boss Hu went to Floating Island Number Three and found Llane and Lothar playing Hearthstone.
• Lothar praised Varian's recent rule, while Llane said Bolvar and a Black Dragon Princess were responsible for Stormwind's success.
• Llane asked Boss Hu to dissuade Varian from attacking the Orthodox Horde, but Boss Hu and Lothar urged Llane to let Varian make his own decisions.

Elune spent a lively day wandering through Darnassus and Suramar before returning to the Eternal Night Palace to train and recover. The chapter ended with Boss Hu promising to protect Azeroth as her wound healed, and Elune believing him.

• Elune visited Darnassus and saw Fandral Staghelm openly offer blunt counsel, a habit encouraged by Boss Hu’s advice to listen to differing opinions.
• Elune wandered through Suramar, where adventurers and Highborne enjoyed its busy streets and food stalls, and Boss Hu defended mingling with the people to hear their views.
• Back at the Eternal Night Palace, Boss Hu channeled divine power into Elune and helped her practice forming a spiritual avatar.
• Elune trained in her Titan’s true form and showed Boss Hu the scar across her abdomen as it continued to heal.
• Boss Hu promised that he would protect Azeroth and that everyone would fight for her, and Elune said she believed him.

The Crusaders unveiled Ael's Light, crystal-powered Chosen Zealots, and the mind-machine Chosen Immortals, transforming their forces into a networked army. Hu Feng declared them the first Chosen Ones of a New Pantheon, recognizing that they were the prototype of the future fleet and forces he had glimpsed.

• The Crusaders launched Ael's Light, using orbital and local crystals to teleport their soldiers across Azeroth.
• Draenei technicians equipped the Chosen Zealots with dark-gold armor, crystal-powered Energy Longswords, and a mental network linked to Sarodar Divine Kingdom Planet.
• Crusaders with powerful minds abandoned their bodies to become Chosen Immortals, steel war machines carrying elf souls and amplified senses.
• Hu Feng watched the new Crusaders with Elisande and Alleria, then declared that the empire's people would ascend as kin of a New Pantheon.
• Hu Feng named the Crusaders the first Chosen Ones, and they vowed through the mental network to fight for the empire and the New Pantheon.
• Elune appeared beside Hu Feng as he recognized the army as a primitive prototype of the future Silver Fleet and called for the glory of Azeroth.

The Night Empire’s Druids sought cooperation from Sylvanas and Princess Cariath to investigate Arugal and the Worgen while mediating between the Forsaken and the Lordaeron Restoration Army. The factions agreed to a temporary ceasefire, and Cariath’s army claimed Fenris Isle and all of Alterac as its territory.

• The Druids split their delegation, sending senior Druids to meet Sylvanas in Undercity and newer Druids to meet Princess Cariath at Fenris Isle.
• Pamela startled the Druids in Sylvanas’s council chamber before Sylvanas heard their purpose and welcomed their high-ranking delegation.
• Cariath demanded that the Night Empire mediate over her army’s territory and agreed to cooperate if Arugal would be handed over after the investigation.
• The Forsaken and the Lordaeron Restoration Army announced a temporary ceasefire and agreed to support the Druids’ investigation.
• Cariath’s army declared Fenris Isle and all of Alterac to be its legitimate territory, and Alterac ceased to exist as a kingdom.

Princess Cariath’s territorial claims strengthened the Lordaeron Restoration Army, while Othmar Garithos set out to join her. In Silverpine Forest, Forsaken forces and Druids reached Shadowfang Keep to investigate the rapidly spreading worgen plague.

• The Scarlet Crusade, the Argent Dawn, and the Stromgarde Restoration Army recognized the Lordaeron Restoration Army’s annexation of Alterac, prompting the Syndicate to intensify its raids.
• Othmar Garithos left Southern Alliance territory to join Princess Cariath, who welcomed him with a letter bearing the royal seal.
• A Forsaken force led by Death Knights marched through Silverpine Forest toward Shadowfang Keep, killing worgen as a Druid team examined their bodies.
• The Forsaken surrounded Shadowfang Keep and found Timbermaw Hold in ruins, while Gilneas kept its gates shut and left refugees outside the wall.
• A high elf Death Knight told the Druids that the worgen plague infected humans and spread quickly, so they continued toward Shadowfang Keep to find its source.

Queen Azshara endured the Eredar sisters’ surveillance while the Alliance and the Orthodox Horde prepared for war around Blackrock Mountain. King Varian led the Alliance campaign, intent on proving himself by defeating the Orcs and Black Dragon Prince Nefarian.

• Queen Saralath and High Warlock Olesseth entered Azshara’s quarters, killed an eavesdropping elven rogue, and warned Azshara that they were ordered to watch her until the Crusaders returned.
• The Eredar sisters told Azshara that the Titan God-Emperor preferred a loyal fool to an ambitious, clever person, while Azshara concealed her thoughts.
• King Varian led Stormwind and Ironforge forces into the Burning Steppes to attack the Orthodox Horde and Nefarian’s forces at Blackrock Mountain.
• Warchief Rend Blackhand prepared the Orcs and Black Dragon Riders to face the Alliance, confident that Nefarian’s support would bring victory.
• Varian readied his artifact sword, King's Will: Heart of Battle, hoping to prove his worth as king, while Queen Tiffin and Onyxia refused to let him take Anduin to war.

Brigitte Abdis led her Scarlet Crusade force toward Fireside Valley to seek supplies, despite a warning that it had fallen to the enemy. In Kalimdor, Sinestra sought Titan Sarodar’s protection from Deathwing and was assigned to care for the black dragon eggs, leaving her safe from her former mate.

• Brigitte Abdis prepared to lead her starving Scarlet Crusade force to Fireside Valley and sent scouts ahead after hearing a warning that it was dangerous.
• Boss Hu met Sinestra, who explained that Deathwing had taken control of the Twilight Dragon project and that she feared being forced back into his hands.
• Boss Hu told Sinestra that Deathwing would not be allowed to reclaim her and gave her responsibility for caring for all black dragon eggs.
• Sinestra accepted the assignment and felt relieved that she no longer had to return to Deathwing.