Chapter Summaries

Boss Hu and Elisande crossed into the predetermined timeline’s Suramar, where Elisande confronted a degraded version of herself. Boss Hu left Elisande to deal with her counterpart while he went to inspect the city.

• Aeonus explained that the timelines were overlapping and that Boss Hu could destroy the distortion or cross through it.
• Elisande learned that her counterpart kept male servants for pleasure and decided to confront her.
• Boss Hu summoned the Firstborn of the Gods, and the elite Zealots crossed into the predetermined timeline with him and Elisande.
• The Firstborn killed the Nightborne Archmages as Boss Hu and Elisande entered the Nightwell hall.
• Elisande struck down and restrained her Nightborne counterpart, then prepared to torture and kill her while Boss Hu left to explore Suramar.

Boss Hu explored the predestined timeline, confirmed that Azeroth existed only on his own timeline, and visited a young Ysondre before returning to Suramar. There, he destroyed the Nightborne population and Nightwell, while Elisande killed her counterpart, and they left for home.

• Boss Hu inspected the predestined timeline and saw Stormwind struggling under Onyxia's influence, the Night Elves isolated on Teldrassil, and the Horde still at war with them.
• Boss Hu found that Azeroth was absent from the predestined timeline's planetary core and concluded that his timeline would eventually consume it.
• Boss Hu visited Azurewing Roost, gave Ysondre a protective measure, and left after the young dragon sensed a strange connection to him.
• Boss Hu returned to Suramar and used dark golden energy to kill every Nightborne in the city, collapse the Nightwell, and replace it with a Divine Crystal seal.
• Elisande killed her Nightborne counterpart, and she and Boss Hu crossed through a passage back to their own world.

A Tauren from another world was captured after his portable toilet entered a different Azeroth, where Boss Hu studied his technology and helped him depart. After crossing the spacetime turbulence again, the Tauren realized he could never return to Sarodar’s world and suspected time itself protected it.

• The Tauren fled Jim Raynor’s forces in his portable toilet, was swept through spacetime turbulence, and discovered that he had reached another world with Azeroth and a nearby gray planet.
• The Ael Crystal captured the Tauren and brought him to the Eternal Night Palace, where Elisande and Boss Hu questioned him about his arrival.
• The Tauren explained that he wanted to return home, and Boss Hu agreed to replenish his craft after borrowing his energy gun and powered armor for study.
• After several days, the Tauren departed with a Divine Crystal powering his portable toilet, while engineers kept the weapon and armor blueprints for research.
• The Tauren crossed the turbulence back into his universe, found it had closed behind him, and concluded that Sarodar’s world was protected by time itself.

The August Celestials began a ritual to awaken Shaohao, with the Cao Mogu offering their support in exchange for Monk training and a chance to rebuild their dynasty beyond the Great Wall. Shaohao returned in spiritual and corporeal form, declaring that he would revive the dynasty, unite the Pandaren, and break through the mists.

• Cao Fei offered the Cao Mogu's support for awakening Shaohao and asked for Monk training and permission to rebuild the Cao Dynasty beyond the Great Wall.
• Xuen the White Tiger and the other August Celestials accepted Cao Fei's terms in principle, while reserving the Pandaren Dynasty's decision for after Shaohao awakened.
• The Pandaren, Cao Mogu, and August Celestials gathered in the Vale of Eternal Blossoms to begin the ritual.
• The Nalak'sha Engine activated deep within the Mogu'shan Vaults as energy gathered at Shaohao's memorial and Yu'lon and Chi-Ji lent him their life force.
• Shaohao awakened and vowed to revive the dynasty, unite the Pandaren, and break through the mists so they could return to the world.

After Shaohao restored his dynasty, he settled Cao Fei’s people and sent Cao Fei to the Monastery of the Silent Step to earn support for restoring the Cao Dynasty. Cao Fei endured a harsh apprenticeship despite his lack of talent, while Xuen watched to see whether he would learn what it truly meant to be an emperor.

• Shaohao restored the dynasty, rebuilt its central institutions, and settled Cao Fei’s people on the plains below Kun-Lai Summit.
• Shaohao agreed to support restoring the Cao Dynasty if Cao Fei passed the Monk trials and earned Xuen’s acceptance.
• Cao Fei refused the gold offered to turn him away and waited for days outside the Monastery of the Silent Step until Master Snowdrift admitted him.
• Cao Fei struggled with chi and martial arts, but Master Snowdrift encouraged him, and he trained alongside Feixue, Xianglian, and the other apprentices.
• Cao Fei told his Pandaren friends that he would restore the Cao Dynasty, while Xuen watched and judged that Cao Fei still had to understand the way of an emperor.

The Azeroth Allied Forces launched a full assault on Stratholme, where King Saurfang and the New Horde fought the undead. The chapter also described the Night Empire’s ties with the New Horde and its allies, ending with negotiations over Horde development rights in Azshara as the Eastern Kingdoms remained at war.

• Grand Lord Tirion ordered the punitive coalition to attack Stratholme, and the Azeroth Allied Forces surged into the city.
• King Saurfang killed an abomination and led New Horde warriors forward against the undead.
• The Firebrand clan left the Iron Horde and joined the New Horde after the Eternal Night God-Emperor approved its request.
• The chapter outlined the Night Empire’s close but distinct relationships with the Kalimdor Alliance, the New Horde, and its other allies.
• The New Horde delegation negotiated with the Night Empire for a port satellite city and mining rights in Azshara.

The Alliance Expeditionary Force approached the Scarlet District and secured Oscar’s Scarlet Undead Legion as an ally against the Scourge, agreeing that Oscar would rule Stratholme after the war. The deal widened divisions among the factions, leaving the Forsaken and Quel’Thalas openly pursuing cooperation while their ties to the Horde and Alliance weakened.

• King Saurfang’s Horde force cleared Stratholme’s eastern district while the Alliance cautiously advanced toward the Scarlet District.
• A Scarlet Death Knight welcomed Grand Duke Bolvar and offered Oscar’s forces to help attack the Scourge in the municipal square.
• Bolvar confirmed that Stratholme would belong to Oscar after the Scourge’s defeat, and the Scarlet Undead Legion agreed to join the campaign while remaining neutral.
• Sylvanas grew angry that Oscar’s claim had disrupted her plans to recruit Scourge survivors, and the Forsaken began distancing themselves from the Horde.
• The Orcs condemned the Forsaken’s methods, while the High Elves resented the Alliance and Horde for supporting an undead power near Quel’Thalas.
• The Forsaken and Quel’Thalas began open diplomatic contact, as the campaign against Naxxramas and Oscar’s independence deepened factional divisions.

The Alliance Expeditionary Force and the Crusaders advanced toward the civic square, while Princess Cariath and Vivianka competed to kill undead. After the Ael Crystal’s airstrike destroyed the Gargoyle swarm, Oscar’s sabotage threw the Scourge Legion into chaos, leaving Bolvar’s forces poised to wipe it out.

• Princess Cariath and Vivianka raced ahead, competing to slaughter undead as the Alliance and Crusaders joined the attack.
• The Zealot captain called for air support, and the Ael Crystal annihilated the Gargoyle swarm with a silver-white energy barrage.
• Princess Cariath killed the Death Knight commanding the undead, causing the Scourge forces to falter.
• Ghouls and abominations began attacking their own kind, and Bolvar recognized Oscar’s defection as the cause and ordered the Alliance to exploit the chaos.

Oscar exploited the Scourge Legion’s internal chaos to recruit undead while the Argent Dawn and Scarlet Vanguard attacked City Hall Square. Baron Rivendare was killed by the ghouls he summoned, and Darian Mograine returned after opening the route to Naxxramas.

• Tirion Fording noticed the undead fighting among themselves and praised Oscar as the Scourge Legion’s forces turned on one another.
• Oscar tried to gather the newly liberated undead, though the Wailing Banshees planned to join Dark Queen Sylvanas after the war.
• In Naxxramas, Oscar brawled with Dark Lord Mograine while the battle for City Hall Square raged below.
• Princess Cariath, the Demon Blade Girl, King Saurfang, Tirion Fording, and Brigitte Abdis overwhelmed Baron Rivendare’s forces and cornered him.
• Baron Rivendare summoned the Army of the Dead, but the ghouls turned on him and tore him apart as Darian Mograine opened the teleportation route.
• Darian Mograine emerged from the necromantic tower and looked with satisfaction at Baron Rivendare’s death.

At the Tower of Slumber, Auriel oversaw the successful creation of the first Dawn Administrator from two volunteer Zealots. Elsewhere beneath the tower, the Extermination Order remained in its early stages, with Titan's Spear still only a skeletal concept awaiting crucial technologies.

• Nightborne scholars discussed the slow progress of the Extermination Order and their experiments on Aqir while Auriel inspected the Tower of Slumber's research departments.
• A researcher summoned Auriel to the Chosen Administrator Plan department, where two Zealots prepared to merge their minds and souls with a Dawn Crystal.
• The Zealots sacrificed their bodies, and Dawn's Light fused their souls into a powerful energy being that identified itself as the Dawn Administrator.
• The Crusaders celebrated the plan's success and ordered the development of enchanted armor for Administrators.
• Deep beneath the tower, the Extermination Order team continued work on Titan's Spear, which still lacked the power source and core technologies needed for construction.

Hekso oversaw the first successful movement test of the Chosen Colossus, a new heavy war machine intended for the Crusaders. At the Eternal Night Palace, Boss Hu explained its role in the Empire’s military future and reassured Alleria that Rangers would gain new duties and upgraded weapons rather than disappear.

• Hekso supervised Goblin and Draenei engineers as they tested the Chosen Colossus prototype, which walked and rotated its upper body under remote control.
• Hekso ordered engineers to prepare the Colossus for combat testing in the Second War of Shifting Sands and to achieve mass-production standards within six months after the war.
• Alleria questioned Boss Hu about the Colossus project and worried that machines would replace Rangers and traditional weapons.
• Boss Hu demonstrated a Heavy Zealot’s powerful armor, energy warhammer, and Eye of Truth banner to Alleria.
• Boss Hu told Alleria that elite Rangers would become stealthy snipers and would receive upgraded weapons as technology advanced.

Tirion Fording organized the assault on Naxxramas while Oscar worked to undermine the Scourge from within. Gul'dan arrived with his warlocks to hunt Gothik, triggering outrage among the Allied and Horde soldiers, while Vivianka loudly criticized Sarodar.

• Tirion Fording ordered the soldiers to establish a forward camp, help Oscar's Scarlet Undead clear the city, and secure Naxxramas's teleportation passage.
• Tragic Timmy delivered Oscar's letter, which revealed that Oscar had turned Dark Witch Farina and Plaguebringer Noth against the Scourge and was waiting for the main force to enter Naxxramas.
• Gul'dan emerged from a Fel Portal with his Shadow Council warlocks and demonic troops, saying they would target Scourge Lord Gothik on the Titan's orders.
• Brigitte calmed the soldiers after Gul'dan's appearance provoked anger and alarm among the Alliance and Horde veterans.
• Vivianka insulted Sarodar in front of the Crusader Zealots, who asked her to keep her criticism quiet.

After Stratholme was cleared, Oscar’s Scarlet Undead Legion made the city its base while the allied forces established a foothold outside Naxxramas. Adventurers, soldiers, and goblin merchants turned the civic square into a bustling marketplace, and Mr. Bigglesworth wandered out of the necromantic tower among them.

• Oscar’s Scarlet Undead Legion occupied Stratholme, began repairs, and gathered the ghosts still roaming the city.
• The allied forces secured the entrance to Naxxramas and opened bounty missions that drew adventurers to the faction camps.
• Warlock adventurers crowded Gul'dan’s Shadow Council camp, seeking fel magic and provoking noisy clashes.
• Goblin peddlers sold potions and other goods as the civic square filled with troops, dancing, and a Tauren Chieftains concert.
• Kel'Thuzad fretted when Mr. Bigglesworth left the necromantic tower, and the allied forces warned each other not to harm the cat.

Adventurers gathered in Stratholme and Naxxramas, where Dulin Flashdrill hoped to rescue his brother Oscar during the coming assault. Meanwhile, the Scourge and allied forces both protected Mr. Bigglesworth, and Kel'Thuzad made clear that the cat’s safety mattered more to him than the war.

• Adventurers from both factions took bounty missions around Stratholme and treated Naxxramas’s undead as lucrative targets.
• Dulin Flashdrill joined his adventurer team in Stratholme and hoped to free his brother Oscar when the allied army attacked.
• Adventurers repeatedly infiltrated Naxxramas while the allied vanguard held the central teleportation passage and Kel'Thuzad’s counterattacks failed.
• The allied soldiers and adventurers avoided harming Mr. Bigglesworth because they feared Kel'Thuzad’s curses and vengeance.
• Kel'Thuzad ordered both sides to pause their fighting whenever Mr. Bigglesworth walked or ate, and the cat remained safe amid the battle.

The allied forces launched their assault on Naxxramas, fighting Anub'Rekhan in the Spider Wing while the New Horde faced Patchwerk in the Construct Quarter. As the battles continued, Kel'Thuzad prepared to flee Naxxramas and relocate the elite Death Knights of the Knights of the Ebon Blade.

• Brigitte Abdis led the Scarlet Vanguard in holding the passage as Grand Duke Bolvar, Tirion Fording, Princess Cariath, and the allied fighters attacked Anub'Rekhan.
• Dark Witch Farina and her Curse Cultists attacked the Scourge forces from behind, joined the assault on Anub'Rekhan, and urged the allies to hurry to the Plague Wing.
• King Saurfang fought Patchwerk while the Kor'kron guards withdrew to help the Horde forces destroy the Scourge Alchemists and other enemies.
• Patchwerk shattered Saurfang's Earth Shield with a single blow, and Saurfang resumed the fight with Gorehowl.
• Kel'Thuzad packed his valuables and Mr. Bigglesworth and prepared to flee Naxxramas, planning to relocate the elite Death Knights of the Knights of the Ebon Blade.

A mutation during the purification experiments produced orcs that could reproduce by dividing, and Boss Hu controlled their behavior and made their progenitor into a source of obedient cannon fodder. Named Greenskins, the rapidly multiplying tribe gathered under the Great Warlord and marched toward Fireside Valley on his master's orders.

• Auriel learned that a mutated orc had developed rapidly dividing cells and could produce more mutated orcs by eating.
• Boss Hu tested the mutation, infused the parent orc with Dawn's Light, and ordered it to divide and make its offspring obey.
• The newly created orcs fought each other until only a few remained, then obeyed Boss Hu's order to kill themselves.
• Boss Hu took the parent orc and rewarded Auriel and the scholars for their research.
• In Icewind Pass, the Great Warlord gathered the Greenskins, including mutated Goblins, and led them toward Fireside Valley to kill, burn, and eat everything.

The Crusaders fought Instructor Razuvious in Naxxramas’s Military Quarter, where the Firstborn of the Gods arrived to protect Vivianka and face him. In the Construct Quarter, the Horde defeated Patchwerk, but Grobblus and his hound Glas appeared as the next threat.

• The Crusaders and Chosen Immortals attacked Instructor Razuvious’s Death Knights while Darian Mograine rested, wounded from his defeat.
• Instructor Razuvious overwhelmed Vivianka, prompting the Crusader captain to summon the Firstborn of the Gods through the Ael Crystal.
• The Firstborn of the Gods blocked Razuvious’s strike, sent him flying, and told Vivianka to withdraw before turning to confront the instructor.
• The Horde expeditionary force joined King Saurfang and wore Patchwerk down until he died.
• Grobblus and his hound Glas entered the Construct Quarter, and King Saurfang ordered the Horde to attack.

Gul'dan overwhelmed Scourge Lord Gothik in the hall while the Alliance Expeditionary Force, Argent Dawn, and Scarlet Vanguard pushed through the Plague Wing after Noth betrayed and killed Filthy Silas. The chapter left Gothik surrounded by Gul'dan's forces and the expedition advancing toward Loatheb.

• Gul'dan mocked Gothik and attacked him with Fel magic, knocking him from the balcony and summoning fel imps and Felhounds to surround him.
• Gul'dan battered Gothik with curses and rapid Chaos Bolts while Gothik's mental attacks failed to penetrate the Fel Flame wall.
• Noth pretended to seek Silas's help, then stabbed him with a lethal poisoned dagger and killed him.
• The Alliance Expeditionary Force, the Argent Dawn, and the Scarlet Vanguard advanced into the Plague Wing after Noth signaled them.
• Farina showed Noth false tenderness, while he continued to love her despite knowing she used his feelings.

The Crusaders fought through Naxxramas’s Military Quarter as Gul'dan escaped with Gothik and Oscar fled from the pursuing Death Knights. After learning that Naxxramas was about to fly to Northrend, the Crusaders began retreating, but Darian stayed behind to fight his father.

• The Firstborn of the Gods killed Instructor Razuvious, then sent the Crusaders deeper into the Military Quarter while Darian Mograine and Vivianka followed.
• The Crusaders discovered Gul'dan escaping through a Fel Portal with the bound Gothik, and Gul'dan returned to Kalimdor with his warlocks.
• The Crusaders joined Oscar and Mr. Fat Worm in fighting Dark Lord Mograine and the undead pursuing them.
• Oscar warned that Naxxramas was about to fly to Northrend and urged the forces to retreat, but Darian charged his father and began fighting him.
• The Crusader captain led his troops in retreat, while the Firstborn of the Gods told Vivianka to escape before Naxxramas flew away.

The allied forces withdrew from Naxxramas, leaving Darian behind as he fought his father and was turned into a Death Knight. The Scourge fled aboard Naxxramas, while Kel'Thuzad secretly returned to Northrend and left the empty fortress as a possible prize for Titan Sarodar.

• Oscar gathered the undead he had stolen from the Lich King's forces and escaped through the portal with the retreating allies.
• Tirion learned that Darian had stayed behind to fight his fallen father, but Brigitte Abdis and Oscar warned that there was no time to rescue him.
• The Alliance and Horde forces withdrew through the portal, with Tirion entering last as Naxxramas prepared to depart.
• Ten minutes later, Naxxramas raced northwest, and Mograine welcomed his resurrected son Darian among the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
• Kel'Thuzad teleported to Northrend with a dragon skeleton and Mr. Bigglesworth, leaving Naxxramas empty while Death Knights returned to the hidden fortress of Acherus.
• Kel'Thuzad decided the Scourge should abandon Naxxramas rather than risk provoking Titan Sarodar, effectively leaving the fortress for him.