Chapter Summaries

Boss Hu rallied Azeroth against Avenger Argus’s coming attempt to impose Titan order, then went into orbit to defend the free world. N’Zoth sent a grotesque aerial weapon to support him, though Boss Hu mocked the Old God’s claim to be a freedom fighter.

• Boss Hu told Azeroth’s people that he would resist the Pantheon’s rigid order and fight Argus if he tried to format their world, winning the crowd’s cheers.
• Elisande praised Boss Hu’s speech and pointed out that his guidance of the public also shaped their wills; Boss Hu argued that relative freedom still mattered.
• Boss Hu vanished to await Argus beyond planetary orbit, while N’Zoth’s enormous fleshly eye rose from the Endless Sea and joined the defenses in orbit.
• Boss Hu, in his towering Titan form, acknowledged that N’Zoth’s forces could help against Argus but mocked the Old God as an anarchist terrorist.

Beyond Azeroth's orbit, Titan Sarodar waited for Argus and tried to recruit N'Zoth while discussing their shared goal of killing Argus. Sarodar showed N'Zoth visions of the Void Lords' defeat and Zazhan's imprisonment, then let N'Zoth go, believing he would eventually reveal his secrets.

• Sarodar waited for Argus and tried to coax the wary N'Zoth into joining his company.
• N'Zoth agreed that Argus of the Pantheon had to die and warned Sarodar about Daofikunjazantus, also called Zazhan.
• Sarodar dismissed Zazhan as defeated and promised to hunt down the Void Lords.
• Sarodar used Dawn's Light to show N'Zoth future visions of the Void Lords' destruction and Zazhan fleeing to an underground cavern beneath an azure planet.
• N'Zoth accused Sarodar of showing him a selective vision and asked whether Sarodar had used it to trace his location.
• Sarodar denied tracing N'Zoth, said he was hiding in the deep sea, and let him remain silent.

Sarodar confronted Argus, who arrived expecting to find his kin and Azeroth safe, and revealed that he was prepared to fight him. The chapter ended with Argus stunned by Sarodar’s rejection of the Pantheon’s old order and his vow to lead a new one.

• Sarodar told N'Zoth to hide on the far side of the planet while he met the approaching Argus.
• Argus discovered that Sarodar had hatched and, seeing Azeroth unharmed, asked how he had done so.
• Sarodar summoned Elune, and she eyed Argus warily while he defended Aman'Thul’s actions against her.
• Argus noticed the concealed energy cannons and Sarodar’s guarded stance, then realized Sarodar was prepared to kill him.
• Sarodar declared that Azeroth was a free world and vowed to forge a new order, eliminate the Void Lords, defeat Sargeras, and oppose anyone who challenged the New Pantheon.
• Argus shook his head in anguish, unable to accept Sarodar’s transformation and Azeroth’s changed allegiance.

Boss Hu showed Argus Stormwind City’s lively mortal civilization and challenged his belief that flesh-and-blood creatures embodied chaos and corruption. Argus remained unconvinced but curious as they headed to Lordaeron, where Queen Cariath prepared a performance for their arrival.

• Boss Hu guided Argus through Stormwind City, showing him ordinary people’s lives and explaining how ambition and creativity drove mortal progress.
• Boss Hu pointed to the city’s technology, public debates, and the Northrend campaign as evidence that mortals could solve problems and defeat great threats.
• Boss Hu challenged Argus to question the Pantheon’s authority and argued that he would lead a new order by combining the strengths of different powers.
• Argus admitted he needed time to think, then followed Boss Hu toward Lordaeron to learn about striving, faith, and rebirth.
• Queen Cariath instructed officials in Lordaeron City to begin the performance plan before Boss Hu and Argus arrived.

Sarodar took Argus on a tour of Azeroth, where the welcome and stories of its mortal peoples challenged Argus’s belief that flesh-born races were chaotic and fallen. Argus decided to conceal his identity and experience the world for himself before reaching a conclusion.

• In Lordaeron, a little girl welcomed Argus and thanked him for helping Sarodar protect the world, prompting Argus to question the Pantheon’s beliefs.
• In Ironforge and Gnomeregan, Magni and the other dwarves and gnomes showed Argus their confidence and camaraderie, while Sarodar explained the Pantheon’s plan to turn them back into constructs.
• In Orgrimmar, Thrall told Argus that a creature’s nature depended on its heart, and Sarodar recalled the Orc hero Brox’s sacrifice against Sargeras and the Burning Legion.
• After the celebration, Argus told Sarodar he wanted to see Azeroth from a mortal’s perspective and would conceal his identity.
• Sarodar agreed to let Argus travel on his own, and the two Titans parted after shaking hands.

While Argus began his solitary Heart-Quest, Sarodar built the Death Star and Silver Fleet into instruments of imperial conquest. The chapter left Boss Hu addressing a fanatical crowd in Suramar, promising that the Empire would bring war across the universe.

• Argus departed to begin his solitary Heart-Quest, unaware that Sarodar had controlled what he saw.
• The Night Empire lifted its war alert as construction of the Death Star continued and the first Silver Fleet soldiers began training there.
• The fleet’s political commissars drove the soldiers to pledge obedience, while the Death Star was named “Azeroth’s Retribution” and its prototype fighters were designated “Moonlight Arc.”
• Boss Hu rode through Suramar with mechanical forces behind him as citizens gathered beneath the Eye of Truth banners.
• Boss Hu declared that the Empire would conquer the universe and that its enemies could submit or face annihilation.

Argus began a solitary journey across Azeroth to understand mortal life and question the Pantheon’s principles, while Boss Hu prepared for the coming timeline merger and dealt with refugees and extremists from the destined timeline. The chapter left the world bracing for a global fusion and the Horde facing an uncertain transition after Thrall stepped down.

• Argus restrained his divine power, disguised himself in ordinary iron armor, and began a Heart-Quest to observe Azeroth’s people and society.
• Boss Hu told Elisande he had let Argus leave because he needed time to form his own convictions, and said Iron Maiden could progress without the Titan’s divine essence.
• Boss Hu ordered a Firstborn of the Gods to bring Deathwing back from Outland as the merger of two timelines drew near.
• Boss Hu and Elisande discussed Night Warrior Tyrande’s radical Black Moon Legion and learned that most elven refugees wanted peaceful lives.
• Elisande explained that Thrall was trying to limit Horde extremists and Garrosh’s power, though Garrosh would likely succeed him as Warchief under King Saurfang’s oversight.

Sarodar realized that timeline fusion was strengthening his world while threatening to let powerful beings from the other timeline survive as separate individuals, so he ordered Deathwing to kill and devour his counterpart and set planetary forces to watch for intruders. In the doomed timeline, Meryl Winterstorm told Medan to protect himself as cracks appeared in the sky and their world awaited fusion.

• Sarodar summoned Deathwing and learned that Deathwing felt no effects from the approaching timeline fusion.
• Sarodar concluded that some powerful beings had resisted being absorbed and ordered Deathwing to kill and devour any alternate Deathwing who appeared.
• Sarodar planned a worldwide interception campaign and ordered Cthulhu and Yogg-Saron to monitor abnormal energy fluctuations, especially those linked to the Old Gods.
• In the predetermined timeline, Meryl Winterstorm told Medan that their world would be devoured and urged him to protect himself by merging into the other timeline.
• Meryl and Medan looked toward the dark, cracked sky as they waited for the timeline fusion.

The Northern Expeditionary Alliance advanced through Icecrown Citadel while Professor Putricide survived after Sarodar intervened, and Tirion accepted that Sylvanas would become the next Lich King. High-ranking undead were driven to join Sylvanas, and the Night Empire’s Northern Expeditionary Army entered the battle with its Valkyrie’s bone chickens.

• Festergut died, and Professor Putricide lamented his loss while the Alliance hurried to fight Rotface.
• Tirion abandoned his plan to kill Putricide after Sarodar spared the professor, and he chose to trust Sarodar’s guarantee that Sylvanas would succeed Arthas.
• Alliance and Horde forces used Cthulhu’s flesh to free high-ranking undead from the Lich King’s control, then pressured them into pledging loyalty to Sylvanas or facing death.
• The Night Empire’s Northern Expeditionary Army formally joined the campaign, with Giant Bone Combat Chickens attacking Scourge forces throughout the Citadel.
• A divinely empowered Valkyrie summoned flocks of bone chickens to support the Northern Expeditionary Army.

Sylvanas forced Blood Queen Lana'thel and the San'layn to pledge loyalty by subjecting them to Cthulhu's terrifying illusion. At the Eternal Night Palace, Elune appeared, and her familiar outburst sent Boss Hu flying through a wall before she demanded compensation for her moon again.

• Sylvanas made Blood Queen Lana'thel promise loyalty in exchange for freeing the San'layn from Cthulhu's illusion.
• The San'layn awoke from the illusion and knelt in fear before Sylvanas.
• Boss Hu and Elisande discussed the Northern Expedition and the plan to leave the Lich King for others to defeat.
• Elune appeared in the Eternal Night Palace, and Elisande coached her on acting with the dignity of a chief Divine Queen.
• Elune pounced on Boss Hu and beat him through a wall, then demanded that he compensate her for her moon.

The champions of Azeroth defeated the Lich King, shattered Frostmourne, and freed the souls trapped within it. Pamela delivered the final blow, and Arthas died in his father Terenas's arms.

• Tirion Fording led the assault on the Lich King as Sylvanas, Pamela, Malygos, Sindragosa, Jaina, and the other champions attacked.
• The Lich King unleashed World Ender, but the Blue Dragonflight restored the shattered platform and the attackers kept him on the defensive.
• Dark Lord Mograine seized Frostmourne, giving Tirion the chance to shatter it with the Ashbringer.
• The freed souls overwhelmed the Lich King, and Sylvanas invited Pamela to take revenge by delivering the final blow.
• Pamela pierced the Lich King's heart, and Arthas briefly regained control before dying in Terenas's arms.

After Arthas’s death, Sylvanas took the Helm of Domination and assumed responsibility for the Scourge while the victors left Icecrown. She began settling the Forsaken in Icecrown Citadel and discovered Arthas’s hidden collection, including his horse Invincible, which she considered selling.

• A golden beam marked Arthas’s defeat, and Terenas told Cariath that Lordaeron was now her responsibility.
• Tirion tried to take the Helm of Domination, but the Firstborn of the Gods stopped him and warned Sylvanas about its burden.
• Sylvanas took the helm, said Sarodar would help purify it, and traded insults with Garrosh before Tirion invited the group to celebrate.
• The Forsaken moved into Icecrown Citadel and began reorganizing the Scourge under Sylvanas’s leadership.
• Sylvanas searched a secret chamber behind the Frozen Throne, found royal antiques and Invincible, and wondered whether to sell Arthas’s horse.

Dalaran celebrated the Northern Expedition’s victory while its leaders prepared for the imminent timeline fusion and a worldwide interception campaign. In Northrend, Argus traveled in disguise toward Mo’aki Harbor after a young Red Dragon helped him find the way.

• Tirion Fording described the war during interviews as Sylvanas sat beside him with Pamela, and Sylvanas redirected reporters’ attention to Pamela.
• Oscar worried that Sylvanas would take revenge on him, but Palthris reassured him as soldiers celebrated and prepared to return home with their pay.
• The Titan God-Emperor warned faction leaders that the timelines would soon merge and ordered them to watch for, report, and capture anyone who escaped the fusion.
• Argus traveled through Dragonblight disguised as a human adventurer and asked a young Red Dragon for directions to Mo’aki Harbor.
• The Red Dragon pointed Argus toward the harbor and flew away, puzzled by his calm manner and broken sword.

Boss Hu purified Frostmourne and the Helm of Domination, then gave both to Sylvanas, who discovered that the helmet connected her to the Scourge. The undead across Northrend answered her call and marched toward Icecrown Glacier as a new Lich King emerged.

• Boss Hu gave the purified Frostmourne to Sylvanas and congratulated her on becoming a Spellblade.
• Alleria and Vereesa examined Frostmourne while Boss Hu purified the Helm of Domination.
• Sylvanas put on the transformed helmet and gained control over the Scourge’s psychic network.
• The undead in Northrend received Sylvanas’s call and converged on Icecrown Glacier.

After Sylvanas became the new Lich King, the Scourge gathered in Icecrown while the Forsaken rebuilt Icecrown Citadel into a city and reopened it to trade. As Northrend’s war ended, the Alliance and Horde prepared for new political struggles, and Anduin quietly investigated troubling matters in Stormwind.

• The Scourge and undead nerubians answered Sylvanas’s summons and migrated to Icecrown, ending the Dragon Legion’s war in Dragonblight and prompting the Northern Expedition coalition to withdraw.
• The Forsaken divided Icecrown Citadel into residential, trade, alchemy, magic, military, and royal districts, while Sylvanas made the Frozen Throne mostly symbolic and opened the fortress to merchants.
• Sylvanas and Dark Lord Mograine agreed that the Knights of the Ebon Blade would keep Shadow Vault as a liaison post while their relationship developed.
• After the Northern Expedition ended, Alliance-Horde clashes increased, Thrall prepared to step away from leadership as the Horde considered Garrosh as his successor, and the Alliance continued under Varian’s rule.
• Anduin visited the Holy Light Cathedral less often and investigated something privately, while Onyxia watched Archbishop Benedictus and secretly protected the young prince.

The August Celestials and Shaohao decided that they would need to seize the Nalak'sha Engine from the Mogu to investigate whether it could disperse Pandaria’s mists. They prepared to scout the Mogu'shan Vaults while accepting that war would inevitably bring attacks from the sha.

• The White Tiger proposed using the Nalak'sha Engine to disperse the mists, and the others agreed they needed more information before trying it.
• The White Tiger explained Sarodar's warning that the timelines would fuse, potentially granting each person another version's power or making them enemies.
• The White Tiger told Shaohao that no other version of him existed because his destined fate was to become Pandaria's mists and never return.
• Shaohao ordered the Dragon Knight Order to advance toward the Mogu'shan Vaults and scout the area, and the White Tiger agreed that war over the Engine could not be avoided.
• Yu'lon worried about the sha, and the White Tiger said the Pandaren would try to contain them while fighting the Mogu.

As the timeline merger approached, Boss Hu warned Azeroth’s people to report powerful figures from the other timeline. Queen Azshara offered to join the Night Empire’s forces and invited Boss Hu to taste her cooking, but he instead arranged to take her to dinner in Suramar.

• Boss Hu publicly explained that the timeline merger would benefit ordinary citizens but warned them to report suspicious powerhouses from the other timeline.
• Elisande said she felt no change after the death of her double, and Boss Hu suggested she prepare to take over the other timeline’s Suramar.
• Queen Azshara visited Boss Hu and said the Court Elves would join the Night Empire as an ordinary legion, while she and Vashj would be her only remaining attendants.
• Queen Azshara invited Boss Hu to taste her cooking, but he proposed taking her to dinner in Suramar and making her pay.

Azshara dressed for a private outing with Sarodar, expecting grandeur, but he took her to Suramar’s street stalls. After a drinking contest, she returned to her residence without advancing her plans, leaving Hu Feng curious about her next move.

• Azshara chose an extravagant gown and went with Sarodar to Suramar City’s snack street.
• Sarodar ate grilled North Sea Ray and roasted spider legs while Azshara endured the diners’ stares and ordered smoked wolf meat skewers for every table.
• Azshara challenged Sarodar to drink, won the contest, and made his companions finish his remaining cups.
• Sarodar claimed he had to help Sargeras and tried to leave, but Azshara pointed out that he was cheating at his own game.
• Azshara returned to Floating Island Number Three without making another move toward Sarodar, who revealed that he had only pretended to be drunk and wondered what she would do next.

Boss Hu inspected the Night Empire’s weapons projects and watched Mimiron’s War Engineering Laboratory intensify its rivalry with the Blackrock Syndicate. Later, Elune took him shopping in Suramar, where their teasing ended with her beating him after she sensed his thoughts.

• Boss Hu scolded Mimiron for building exploding sheep, then learned they were recreational projects and that Mimiron had kept up with his assigned weapons work.
• Mimiron’s War Engineering Laboratory challenged the Blackrock Syndicate after the God-Emperor decreed that weapons developed in the same field would compete in public tests and bids.
• Boss Hu inspected the Iron Maiden, whose artificial soul had stabilized, and learned she still needed time before she could emerge from her experimental shell.
• Boss Hu reviewed the slow progress on Titan’s Spear and the stalled Naaru research, while the Crusaders profited from selling artificial Holy Light cores.
• Elune dragged Boss Hu shopping on Crystal Avenue, then beat him after the Transcendent Twins’ connection let her sense his thoughts.

Thrall prepared to leave the Horde’s leadership to pursue his calling as an Earth-Warder, while Zandalar formally joined the Horde after a failed coup by Zul’s blood-worshipping faction. God-King Rastakhan sent an envoy to Orgrimmar to seek help against Zul and Blood God Gorrohon.

• Thrall asked King Saurfang to oversee the Horde’s forces and keep Garrosh in check until he was ready to resume authority.
• The Zandalari ended their isolation and joined the Horde, strengthening the Horde’s standing among troll tribes.
• Zul launched a coup against God-King Rastakhan, but Rastakhan rallied with help from the Loa spirits and Princess Talanji and defeated him.
• Zul fled with his followers to Atal'Dazar and then Uldir, where they sought to free Blood God Gorrohon.
• God-King Rastakhan ordered a Zandalari delegation and the Akunais to go to Kalimdor and seek the Horde’s help.