Chapter Summaries

Arthas led the Undead against the demons assaulting Icecrown Citadel, while the Dragon Kings investigated the Goblin airship that had brought the Avatar of Sargeras to Dragonblight. Nozdormu traced the ship to the Tomb of Sargeras but could not see its earlier history.

• Arthas coordinated the Frost Wyrms and Meat Wagons to destroy Felhounds, then rode Invincible to fight three Pit Lords.
• Arthas killed the Pit Lords with Dar'khan's help and learned that demons were gathering toward the Stone Coffin to expand the rift.
• The Four Dragon Kings examined the crashed Bilgewater Cartel airship and found its Goblin crew dead without battle wounds or Fel Energy corruption.
• Nozdormu traced the airship's Timeline to its departure from the Tomb of Sargeras but could not see any further back.

Nozdormu and the other Dragon Kings discovered a faint Titan energy pulse in the Tomb of Sargeras, then prepared their flights to evacuate as demons approached. Nozdormu later saw Deren and Chromie gathered in Theramore and looked forward to the unfolding game.

• Nozdormu told Malygos, Alexstrasza, and Ysera that higher authority had concealed the Tomb of Sargeras's Timeline and that investigating it could cost him his life.
• The Four Dragon Kings inspected the tomb from a nearby cliff, where Nozdormu saw Goblins surveying and using explosives before the entrance was damaged.
• Ysera sensed a faint Titan energy fluctuation inside the tomb, and the Dragon Kings withdrew, deciding to blame the incident on the Goblins.
• Alexstrasza ordered the Red Dragonflight to move its eggs and Whelps to the Caverns of Time, while Malygos prepared to abandon The Nexus and set Arcane bombs there.
• Nozdormu saw Deren and Chromie with others studying a map in Theramore's Mage Tower and said he expected Chronormu not to disappoint him.

Kil'jaeden sent Mannoroth and the Legion to attack Icecrown Citadel after learning that Ner'zhul had restored Sargeras's avatar. Varimathras discovered an ancient Titan facility near the battlefield but was seized by something beneath the snow, while Mannoroth reached Arthas in the citadel.

• Kil'jaeden ordered Mannoroth to attack the Scourge traitors and lead the Legion toward Icecrown Citadel.
• Varimathras fled the battlefield and found a Titan facility northeast of Icecrown Citadel.
• Varimathras reported his discovery to the Legion, then tentacles dragged him beneath the snow.
• Arthas and Ner'zhul argued over fleeing as the citadel shook and Mannoroth burst into the throne hall.

Arthas fled as the Burning Legion attacked Northrend, but Loken activated Ulduar’s final protocol and unleashed Yogg-Saron against the demons. Deren’s plan left the Legion and the Old God battling across Northrend, while a red-haired mage and Vrykul arrived in Theramore, where Windrunner recognized Rhonin.

• Mannoroth attacked the wounded Arthas, who escaped through a hidden passage while Dar'khan and the Death Knights fought the demons.
• The Burning Legion assaulted Ulduar, and Loken activated its defenses before consulting Yogg-Saron.
• Loken triggered Ulduar’s final protocol, causing Titan constructs to attack indiscriminately as Yogg-Saron’s tentacles dragged demons and constructs underground.
• Kil'jaeden summoned more demons to fight Yogg-Saron, while Alexstrasza ordered the dragon eggs transported and a Vrykul leader decided to flee Northrend.
• Deren, Chromie, Jaina, and Aegwynn discussed the plan at Theramore as Deren anticipated a battle between the demons and the Faceless Ones legion.
• A red-haired mage and a group of Vrykul teleported to Theramore, where Windrunner recognized Rhonin.

Onyxia confronted Deren about his night with Jaina, then joined Chromie in demanding that he make up for it. The next day, Deren recruited Prince Rivendare of Hot Sands to sell weapons to Yogg-Saron’s forces in Northrend, leaving the Goblin eager to build a lucrative monopoly.

• Onyxia accused Deren of secretly spending the night with Jaina, and Chromie emerged to confirm what had happened.
• Deren admitted that he had comforted Jaina, so Onyxia and Chromie demanded that he take on ten each.
• Deren met Prince Rivendare of Hot Sands in the Theramore Mage Tower and explained that the Burning Legion and Yogg-Saron were battling in Northrend.
• Deren proposed sending Twilight's Hammer cultists and a ship of goods to contact Yogg-Saron, and Rivendare agreed to risk an initial shipment.
• Deren advised Rivendare to focus on consumable firearms, bombs, and cannons rather than swords and armor, and Rivendare embraced the prospect of exclusive profits.

Deren urged the Goblin Prince to steer Rustwater toward dealing with the Burning Legion while keeping Steamwheedle’s Yogg-Saron business separate, then arranged a rushed production of dragon egg transport pods for Alexstrasza. Alexstrasza hinted that Deren and Onyxia might be able to affect the growing crises, but Deren avoided committing.

• Deren proposed that the Goblin Prince use Garrosh and Rustwater to explore business with the Burning Legion, then expose Rustwater to the Alliance if the deal succeeded.
• After the Goblin Prince left, Jaina teased Deren about Onyxia and Chromie, while Deren asked to be sent back and given a few days to rest.
• Alexstrasza told Deren that Dragonblight Temple was unsafe and asked him to build a device to move the dragon eggs within a week.
• Deren designed transport pods with Alexstrasza’s input, and Theramore’s craftsmen produced prototypes while Onyxia forged them.
• After the pods passed testing, Alexstrasza hinted that Deren and Onyxia could act amid the crises in Ulduar and the demon invasion, but Deren claimed they had done nothing yet.

Deren endured teasing at breakfast over his exhausting night with Onyxia and Chromie, then learned that Rhonin had returned to Theramore from Northrend with his Vrykul family. The chapter left Deren and the others reacting to the unexpected news.

• Deren limped downstairs and reflected on how he had grown accustomed to Chromie joining him and Onyxia.
• Jaina and Anveena teased Deren about his bruises, while Chromie and Onyxia made suggestive remarks that embarrassed him.
• Sylvanas and Vereesa arrived during breakfast and said they had a situation to report.
• Vereesa revealed that Rhonin had returned from Northrend with a Vrykul tribe and his twin children.

Vereesa recounted how Rhonin had settled among a Vrykul tribe, married three warriors, and brought the tribe to Theramore to escape demons in Northrend. Deren proposed offering the refugees a home and a chance to serve Theramore, while the dining room’s romantic squabbles left him wondering how Rhonin managed three spouses.

• Sylvanas and Vereesa explained that Rhonin had been abducted by a Vrykul warrior, become the tribe’s powerful mage chieftain, and married three women.
• Vereesa said Rhonin had teleported his tribe to Theramore because demons threatened their home in Northrend.
• Onyxia, Chromie, and Sylvanas teased Vereesa about Rhonin’s return and his three wives, while Deren tried to avoid the argument.
• Chromie accused Deren of promising to take responsibility for her after they slept together, embarrassing him in front of everyone.
• Deren suggested settling the Vrykul in Theramore and employing them as soldiers, and Vereesa agreed to discuss the plan with Jaina and Rhonin.
• Onyxia pulled Chromie into her embrace as Deren privately considered asking Rhonin how to survive life with multiple spouses.

Mannoroth changed the demonic assault on Ulduar to a siege and ordered the corpses burned to deny Yogg-Saron a source of strength. As the Old God sought reinforcements, a cargo ship from The Sandbox arrived with weapons, leaving Gromm Goldtooth to oversee the delivery.

• Mannoroth halted large-scale charges and ordered the demons to burn corpses and bombard Ulduar's defenses.
• Yogg-Saron recognized that the demons' tactics were draining his strength and regretted eliminating the Titan Watchers too soon.
• A Faceless One scout reported that Twilight's Hammer followers had brought weapons by ship, and Yogg-Saron ordered elite guards to meet them.
• A cargo ship marked with The Defias Brotherhood Express Delivery docked behind Ulduar with crates of weapons.
• Gromm Goldtooth checked the shipment while Twilight Cultists prepared to explain the delivery to the Old God's minions.

Goldtooth and Malkorok delivered weapons to Yogg-Saron, who paid them in Titan treasures and demanded more ships. The Goblins’ holy water shells then devastated a demon assault on Ulduar, while Rivendare prepared to expand the arms trade.

• Goldtooth delivered cannons, armor, poisoned swords, and holy water shells to Ulduar with Malkorok, and Rivendare told him a second ship was ready.
• Yogg-Saron demanded more weapons, paid Goldtooth with Titan treasures, and pressured him into ordering ten cargo ships to arrive by the next sunset.
• The Faceless Ones unpacked Goblin-made auto cannons and holy water shells, while Rivendare followed Deren’s advice to keep weapon sales steady for long-term business.
• Demons attacked Ulduar, but holy water shells dissolved some attackers and sent the rest fleeing.

Garrosh sent Anasterian to Northrend to negotiate a weapons trade between the Goblins and the Legion in exchange for Fel Energy. After surviving the journey and fighting Legion guards, Anasterian offered Varimathras supplies and a way into Ulduar, and Varimathras agreed to report the proposal to Kil'jaeden.

• Garrosh ordered Anasterian to act as an envoy and secure more Fel Energy through a Goblin arms deal with the Legion.
• Anasterian and two Fel Orc guards traveled through a portal and sailed to Northrend aboard the Goblin ship Seagull.
• Anasterian's party fought a group of Fel Guards on the Northrend coast, and he demanded to be taken to their commander.
• Anasterian presented Varimathras with Goblin weapons and supplies, Garrosh's Soul Crystals, and a way to breach Ulduar's inner defenses.
• Varimathras accepted the proposal and said he would report it to Kil'jaeden.

Anasterian Sunstrider devised a mist-and-illusion strategy that exhausted Ulduar’s defenders’ ammunition and let suicide demons breach its wall. The Burning Legion entered the Titan facility, and Kil’jaeden took Anasterian into his service to gather intelligence on Azeroth.

• Mannoroth ordered Doom Guards to attack the Bilgewater Cartel transport ships, but Faceless Ones and Sky Cavalry drove them off while the goblins continued their work.
• Anasterian Sunstrider offered Kil’jaeden a plan to overcome Ulduar’s defenses, and Kil’jaeden ordered him to prepare it and monitor Azeroth.
• The Burning Legion used illusions in the mist to make Ulduar’s defenders waste ammunition, then mixed suicide demons into later attacks.
• The suicide demons blew open Ulduar’s wall, allowing the Burning Legion to break into the Titan facility.
• Kil’jaeden forgave Anasterian and assigned him to gather intelligence on Azeroth.

Jaina and Aegwynn met with Varian to discuss an Alliance expedition to Northrend, where the demons and Yogg-Saron had nearly exhausted their forces. They gave Varian Sargathas's Blade, and its whispers failed to sway his resolve.

• Jaina introduced Aegwynn to Varian and explained that Northrend's demons and Yogg-Saron were locked in a devastating war.
• Jaina revealed that Yogg-Saron's forces were depleted and that the demons' portal was weakening as the Avatar of Sargeras's Fel Energy ran low.
• Jaina urged Varian to lead an expedition to Northrend, citing Kul Tiras's ships, the Aspect Dragons, and Theramore's Vrykul guides.
• Varian worried that mortals could not kill an Old God, so Jaina presented Sargathas's Blade as a weapon capable of piercing its defenses.
• Varian took the blade, resisted Sargathas's whispers through sheer will, and reported that it had gone silent after one sentence.

Varian explained his approach to ruling and protecting his trusted subordinates to Sargathas, who grew curious about him and fell silent when he spoke of his devotion to Azeroth. Half a month later, the Alliance set sail for Northrend, and Varian studied the landing plans as Sargathas wondered what worried him.

• Varian told Sargathas that he avoided keeping servants constantly at his side to protect them from being bribed, threatened, or used against him.
• Anduin visited Varian, who explained that he had not remarried because he was devoted to protecting Stormwind City, the Alliance, and Azeroth.
• After half a month of negotiations, Varian and the Alliance leadership decided to send an expedition to Northrend and divided up the campaign's responsibilities and spoils.
• The Alliance forces boarded ships provided by Kul Tiras as the demonic passage weakened and Yogg-Saron retreated into his underground prison.
• Varian joined the first advance contingent and studied maps aboard ship while Sargathas asked what concerned him.

Varian explained to Sargathas how trust, fairness, and shared obligations held an alliance together and helped secure victory. As the fleet neared Northrend, he prepared his vanguard and announced that he would lead the landing himself, while Sargathas agreed to watch his fighting and learn from him.

• Varian told Sargathas that betrayal and deception created distrust and infighting that ultimately doomed an alliance.
• Varian explained that the Alliance resisted enemy schemes because he treated its members fairly and made loyalty more rewarding than betrayal.
• Sargathas praised Varian and admitted his approach had given her inspiration.
• As the fleet approached Northrend, Varian summoned the vanguard, prepared the soldiers, and won their cheers by promising to land first.
• Varian explained to Sargathas why he needed to lead from the front and described how his combat strength had grown.
• Sargathas warned Varian not to get surrounded and decided she wanted to witness his fighting and learn his strategy.

Varian led Stormwind’s landing force into Northrend and helped defeat a group of Felhounds near the beach. Sargathas absorbed the demons’ souls to prevent their resurrection, and Varian returned to camp while chatting with her.

• Varian established a beachhead in Dragonblight and rode out with knights to support a scout squad fighting Felhounds.
• Varian led a pincer attack that killed the Felhounds, then arranged treatment for the wounded and praised the surviving scouts.
• Sargathas asked to absorb the Felhounds’ souls, and Varian agreed on the condition that she leave fallen soldiers’ souls untouched.
• Varian stabbed each demon corpse with Sargathas’s dagger, allowing her to absorb the souls and prevent the demons from returning to the Twisting Nether.
• Varian called her Miss Sargathas and asked about her true form, causing her to fall silent as he headed back to the beach camp.

Varian and Alexstrasza planned to gather intelligence before attacking the demon stronghold at Dragonblight Temple. Sargathas offered to scout it in exchange for demon souls, but Varian refused to accept her promise unless she swore not to harm his kingdom or Azeroth, leaving the deal unresolved.

• A scout reported a vast demon stronghold at Dragonblight Temple, and Alexstrasza vowed the Dragon Race would reclaim its holy land.
• Varian urged Alexstrasza to avoid a reckless assault and ordered more surveillance so the Alliance could lure the demons into the open.
• Sargathas offered to possess a low-ranking demon and use its memories to scout the stronghold, asking to absorb powerful demon souls in return.
• Varian offered Sargathas his soul after death in exchange for her help, but demanded she swear never to harm his kingdom or Azeroth.
• Sargathas refused to swear on her homeland, so Varian rejected the deal and said he would scout the demon lair by other means.

Varian briefed the allied leaders on the demons’ positions at Wyrmrest Temple and devised a plan to lure them out by serving as bait himself. After he led his knights into battle and drew the demons’ attention, the Pit Lord sent the main force after him, leaving the temple weakly guarded.

• Varian detailed the demon forces and possible explosives inside Wyrmrest Temple, then proposed luring the demons onto open ground and ambushing them.
• Alexstrasza volunteered to clear the explosives, while Varian planned to draw the demons out by wearing his crown and ceremonial armor.
• Varian rode out with royal knights, and he told Sargathas that a king had to face danger rather than send someone else in his place.
• Varian and his knights defeated the demon scouts, and Sargathas eagerly gathered the demons’ souls as Varian fought.
• The demons recognized Varian as an important target, and the Pit Lord ordered the main force to pursue him, leaving only a few demons behind at the temple.

Varian’s forces defeated the demon army, and the Dragon Race reclaimed Dragonblight Temple. As the allies rested and prepared for the next battle, Varian wondered why Sargathas had fallen silent.

• Varian destroyed the Infernal, and the human, elf, and dragon forces routed the demons.
• Varian used the Blade of the Dark Empire to extract the wounded Pit Lord’s soul for Sargathas.
• Vereesa mourned Lisha Starwind, who unexpectedly awoke and was confirmed alive by a priest.
• Alexstrasza ambushed the Felguards’ attempt to detonate explosives, allowing the Dragon Race to reclaim Dragonblight Temple.
• Varian ordered the allied troops to camp and recover, then wondered why Sargathas no longer spoke to him.

Varian discovered that the missing Sargathas had possessed the body of the Elf ranger Lisha Starwind and returned to him. He agreed to keep her close because her body depended on the dagger containing her remnant soul, leaving him to figure out how to explain Lisha’s new role to Vereesa.

• Varian caught a figure sneaking into his room and subdued the intruder, who revealed herself as the Elf ranger Lisha Starwind.
• Varian recognized Lisha as Sargathas, the Dagger Lady, and asked how she had escaped and acquired the Elf’s body.
• Sargathas explained that Lisha had died in battle and that she had possessed and repaired her body after absorbing a powerful demon soul.
• Sargathas told Varian that her remaining consciousness had to stay near the dagger or Lisha’s body would weaken and die.
• When Sargathas pretended to leave and end her life, Varian stopped her and agreed not to send her away.
• Sargathas embraced Varian, and he wondered how he would persuade Vereesa to accept Lisha as his personal guard.