Chapter Summaries

Deren and Onyxia expanded their fertilizer business in the Swamp of Sorrows, where rising profits attracted Onyxia’s brother Nefarian. Deren persuaded Nefarian to supply sulfur for a share of the business, while Onyxia’s larger plan remained under way.

• Deren oversaw the Dragonborn workers and celebrated a large new fertilizer order with an extra dinner and overtime pay.
• Nefarian arrived in his dragon form, confronted Onyxia about her workshop, and threatened Deren with Dragon Awe.
• Deren used gold and the promise of business profits to persuade Nefarian to cooperate with Onyxia’s fertilizer venture.
• Nefarian agreed to supply sulfur from the Burning Steppes for a 10% share, with deliveries to Onyxia’s factory and quarterly dividends.
• Onyxia praised Deren after Nefarian left, and Deren assured her their plan was under control.

Onyxia and Deren used a fertilizer business to conceal a more dangerous underground plan while rumors spread across Azeroth. Chromie hid Deren’s involvement from Nozdormu, but Deathwing learned of Onyxia’s venture and set out to confront her.

• A goblin sold Blackwing Fertilizer in Stormwind City, claiming it contained Onyxia’s blood, while an SI:7 agent secretly recorded the product’s details.
• In Onyxia’s lair, Deren and Onyxia discussed how the absurd fertilizer rumor would keep Deathwing from suspecting their buried plan.
• Alexstrasza ordered her agents to monitor Onyxia, while Malygos dismissed the fertilizer report and Ysera’s guards let her sleep.
• Nozdormu spotted a buried device beneath a fertilizer factory and challenged Chromie, who concealed Deren’s role and agreed to keep observing.
• Deathwing heard that Onyxia was selling fertilizer and left Deeprock Abyss to teach his daughter a lesson.

Deathwing discovered that Katrana Prestor was an illusion and learned from Nefarian that Onyxia was in her old lair in the Swamp of Sorrows. As Deathwing headed toward her, Onyxia and Deren prepared for their plan with a rocket weapon, and Chromie agreed to join them.

• Deathwing found the illusion puppet in Katrana Prestor's estate, destroyed its core, and left the estate burning.
• Deathwing confronted Nefarian, who revealed that Onyxia was in her old lair in the Swamp of Sorrows.
• Deren tested an armor-piercing rocket on Onyxia, and she ordered him to make a hundred after seeing its power.
• Chromie arrived through a Time Rift and warned that Nozdormu had noticed abnormal Timeline fluctuations.
• Deren and Onyxia told Chromie their plan was underway, and Chromie agreed to join them before warning that Deathwing might already be coming.

Deathwing discovered Onyxia’s fertilizer operation and confronted her, dismissing her resistance as a childish game. Onyxia escaped through a Time Rift with Chromie, leaving Deathwing trapped in the lair and realizing that the times had changed.

• Deathwing arrived at Onyxia’s lair and found her arranging fertilizer sacks with Deren, then confronted her about her mortal dealings.
• Onyxia ordered Deren to flee through an escape tunnel and stood her ground against Deathwing, challenging him over his long campaign to destroy the world.
• Deren reached a safe house while Deathwing transformed into his dragon form and shattered Onyxia’s rune array.
• Onyxia pretended to retreat before Chromie pulled her through a Time Rift and threw an Hourglass of Time at Deathwing.
• Deathwing broke free of the time restraint too late to stop Chromie and Onyxia from escaping.

Deren, Chromie, and Onyxia blasted Deathwing with a massive explosion, then attacked him with rockets when he survived. N'Zoth pulled Deathwing through a spatial rift before the final rockets struck, leaving him alive but gravely wounded and missing his tail as the others celebrated their victory.

• Chromie brought Onyxia back to the safe house as Deren detonated the explosives beneath Deathwing, devastating the surrounding area.
• Deren, Chromie, and Onyxia found Deathwing alive in the crater, horribly mangled but still crawling.
• Chromie froze Deathwing in time while Onyxia fired twelve rockets at him, and Deren warned her to prepare another volley when Deathwing appeared to lie still.
• Deathwing pleaded with Onyxia, then tried to unleash his remaining lava, but Chromie stopped him with Time Lock and Onyxia fired again.
• N'Zoth opened a spatial rift and began pulling Deathwing away, but one rocket struck before it closed, severing his tail.
• Deren told Chromie they had won, while Onyxia watched the dawn break over the Swamp of Sorrows.

After Deren, Onyxia, and Chromie blasted Deathwing into retreat, they forged the crater into evidence of a black dragon feud and negotiated Theramore’s help rebuilding their fertilizer business. Deren celebrated their survival in Theramore, where an unknown voice spoke to him before he fell asleep.

• Deren saw that the explosion had destroyed the dragon nest, fertilizer workshop, and supplies, while Deathwing had escaped badly injured.
• Deren asked Chromie to forge the blast site, and she used Time Magic while Onyxia added dragon blood to make it look like a battle between black dragons.
• Jaina arrived to investigate, questioned Deren, Onyxia, and Chromie, then agreed to help shield them from investigations and rebuild fertilizer production with Theramore taking a share.
• Deren and Onyxia persuaded Chromie to stay in Theramore, and the group celebrated their survival at a tavern.
• Deren returned to his room and fell asleep after dismissing a mysterious voice in his mind, which promised to find him again later.

Azeroth empowered Deren and gave him Lucky Gold Coins for Onyxia and Chromie, whose magic helped them mislead Nefarian about Deathwing’s defeat and the blast site. Nefarian agreed to support their expanding fertilizer business and investigate freeing Kul Tiras prisoners for Jaina, though Onyxia suspected he had accepted their story too readily.

• Azeroth strengthened Deren and sent two blessed Lucky Gold Coins to Onyxia and Chromie.
• Onyxia sensed Nefarian inspecting the blast site, so Chromie teleported the three of them to confront him.
• The coin’s influence helped Onyxia and Chromie convince Nefarian that Deathwing had attacked Onyxia and been defeated.
• Deren persuaded Nefarian to supply volcanic sulfur and Orc Peons for the fertilizer business and to seek Kul Tiras prisoners for Jaina.
• Nefarian left to investigate the prisoners, while Onyxia questioned how quickly he had believed their account.

Jaina and Chromie used bribes and Azeroth’s Lucky Gold Coin to keep Dalaran and the dragonflights from investigating the truth behind Deathwing’s injuries and the Swamp of Sorrows explosion. After Rivendare’s fertilizer business was destroyed, Deren and Chromie arranged a new Theramore venture, which Rivendare eagerly accepted.

• Jaina persuaded Rhonin to classify the Swamp of Sorrows explosion as a black dragon conflict, and Rhonin approved the report.
• Alexstrasza’s council debated Deathwing’s condition, while Nozdormu decided to investigate the suspicious Timeline himself.
• Chromie used Azeroth’s Lucky Gold Coin to convince Nozdormu that Deathwing and Onyxia had caused the explosion during a family fight.
• Rivendare arrived at the ruined fertilizer plant and mourned the loss of his business.
• Deren and Chromie offered Rivendare a new Theramore workshop, tax exemptions, and discounted sulfur from Nefarian.
• Onyxia reassured Rivendare that Deathwing’s children would beat him up again, and Rivendare agreed to expand the business as an environmentally friendly fertilizer plant.

Nefarian brought Kul Tiran prisoners from the Dragonmaw Clan to Theramore, where Jaina discovered that one of them was her long-lost brother, Derek Proudmoore. Derek was treated and reunited with Jaina, while Nefarian sought compensation for his help.

• Nefarian searched the Dragonmaw Clan prison and freed several prisoners, including a scarred Kul Tiran soldier.
• In Theramore, Jaina learned that Deren had arranged for Nefarian to bring Kul Tiran prisoners, and she welcomed them with him.
• Jaina sent the prisoners to the Mage Tower for treatment, where a burned man identified himself as her brother Derek.
• Jaina ordered the priests to heal Derek, learned he had spent more than a decade imprisoned, and told him he was home.
• Nefarian accepted Jaina's gratitude by asking for more shares and hinted that rescuing the prisoners had brought an unexpected benefit.

Deren and the others finalized the Blackwing Fertilizer shares, then enjoyed a seaside rest in Pandaria. Their peaceful evening ended with Jaina asking Deren to help her face her father, Admiral Daelin, who was arriving in Theramore, and Deren agreed to meet him the next day.

• Deren mediated the fertilizer-share dispute, assigning the Aspect Dragons 5% in exchange for their protection and settling the remaining shares among the parties.
• Jaina privately gave Nefarian an additional 2% and Deren 1% as thanks for their help.
• On the Pandaria coast, Onyxia teased the drunken Chromie before sharing her worry that her strength could hurt mortal Deren; Deren reassured her that he might attain immortality.
• Chromie teased Deren and Onyxia about becoming the first Dragon Knight, and Onyxia used Chromie's hourglass to show her a possible future with a black-haired man.
• Jaina arrived at the beach and told Deren that Admiral Daelin would reach Theramore the next day and might clash with the Horde.
• Deren agreed to accompany Jaina and try to persuade Daelin not to wage war against the Orcs of Kalimdor.

Daelin Proudmoore arrived in Theramore and reunited with his son Derek, then demanded an explanation for Jaina’s cooperation with the Horde and Black Dragons. After hearing how their fertilizer partnership had helped recover Derek and could increase food production, Daelin set aside his immediate anger and agreed to wait for results.

• Daelin’s fleet fired a ceremonial salvo beyond Theramore Harbor, and Onyxia, Nefarian, and Chromie answered with a display of dragonfire above the ships.
• Daelin landed and embraced Derek, who returned scarred and injured after years as an Orc prisoner.
• Thrall’s diplomatic party arrived, and Daelin reacted with hostility to the Orcs and the Black Dragons in Theramore.
• Deren explained that Jaina, Onyxia, Nefarian, Thrall, and Rivendare were cooperating to produce and distribute fertilizer that could greatly increase crop yields.
• Jaina told Daelin that Nefarian had helped locate Kul Tiran prisoners, including Derek, and urged her father to consider fertilizer’s benefits to Kul Tiras.
• Daelin remained wary of the Horde but agreed not to oppose Jaina’s decision for now and to wait for the results.

Chromie delivered gifts to Alexstrasza before joining Deren and Onyxia at the beach, where Jaina announced that Kael'thas Sunstrider needed help defending Quel'Thalas from the Scourge. Deren rejected a nobles-only rescue and secured Kael'thas's agreement to a mass evacuation of Silvermoon City, with its city and Sunwell offered as collateral.

• Chromie brought gold, candy, liquor, and picture books to Alexstrasza and the red dragon whelps, then left to visit Ysera.
• Jaina arrived at the beach and told Deren, Onyxia, and Chromie that Kael'thas Sunstrider had come seeking help because Quel'Thalas's defenses had collapsed.
• Kael'thas told Deren, Jaina, and Onyxia that Dar'khan had betrayed Quel'Thalas and that the Scourge was nearing Silvermoon City's last barrier.
• Deren challenged Kael'thas over the High Elves' past choices and offered either a nobles-only evacuation or a mass evacuation requiring the elven army, Dalaran, and the black dragons to cooperate.
• Kael'thas chose to evacuate the people rather than destroy the occupied Sunwell, and Deren accepted Silvermoon City and the Sunwell as collateral for the costs.

Jaina brought Deren and Onyxia through a portal into the Kul Tiras Royal Palace to ask Daelin for elite sailors to help evacuate Silvermoon City. Daelin agreed to lend the Eighteen Bronze Men under strict conditions, while Deren left caught between Jaina, Onyxia, and Queen Kathrin’s pointed attention.

• Jaina entered the palace with Deren and Onyxia, and froze the guards’ spears when they mistook her companions for intruders.
• Daelin initially rejected Deren’s request for the Eighteen Bronze Men, but Deren showed him a Time Replay of Alexstrasza with Chromie and reminded him of Derek’s old scar.
• Kathrin questioned Jaina about her feelings for Deren, while Onyxia watched from beyond the curtain with visible jealousy.
• Deren told Daelin that Kael'thas had requested help evacuating Silvermoon City before the Undead attacked, and Daelin agreed to lend the guards if they fought only the Undead and Deren took responsibility for their safety.
• Kathrin questioned Deren about his past as an Agricultural Advisor, but Onyxia interrupted and urged him to leave with the assembled guards.

Deren persuaded Antonidas and Dalaran’s Council to approve a rescue mission for Quel'Thalas, framing it as a way to save High Elf mages and craftsmen while weakening the Scourge. The mission was approved with Kul Tiras’s guards and a deal involving the Sunwell, though Deren secretly held a more advantageous mortgage agreement.

• Jaina brought Deren to Dalaran, where he presented Kael'thas's request for aid and personal seal to Antonidas.
• Deren convinced Antonidas that Dalaran could rescue High Elf survivors without formally entering the war, emphasizing the threat of undead mages and the value of elven craftsmen.
• Jaina revealed that she had arranged for Admiral Daelin's Royal Guard Elite unit to support the rescue, and Antonidas agreed to summon the Council.
• Deren persuaded the Council to approve the mission by offering Kael'thas's promissory note and proposing the Sunwell and Silvermoon City as collateral for rescue costs.
• Antonidas approved the arrangement as a fair exchange for temporary Sunwell usage rights, while Deren left with a hidden Mortgage Agreement containing undisclosed terms.

Deren and Jaina secured three Horde elites for a secret mission to evacuate the High Elves, while Deren arranged a diversion with Onyxia. Chromie realized he intended to save Sylvanas Windrunner, leaving Onyxia suspicious and angry about his interest in the Elf.

• Deren and Jaina asked Thrall to provide Horde specialists for the High Elf evacuation, and Thrall agreed to send a witch doctor, a Shaman, and a Shadow Hunter as mercenaries.
• Deren gave the Horde one percent of his Fertilizer shares in exchange for its support, and Jaina brought the three elites back to Theramore to prepare for departure at dawn.
• Deren assigned Onyxia to draw the Scourge's attention near Quel'Thalas while disguising her intervention as an accident, as Chromie warned that the Dragon Aspects were avoiding the war.
• Chromie suspected Deren was going to save Sylvanas Windrunner, and Deren admitted he wanted to correct the Timeline toward a better outcome.

Chromie challenged Alexstrasza over the dragons’ refusal to intervene in the Scourge’s atrocities, and Deren argued that the Aspects might be bound by orders from the beings who empowered them. He proposed that Azeroth’s crises could be a staged trial meant to force its people to grow, leaving Chromie and Onyxia unsettled by the possibility.

• Chromie tried to persuade Alexstrasza to help mortals by reminding her of Silvermoon’s destruction, the Lich King’s threat to the Red Dragonflight, and Sapphiron’s enslavement, but Alexstrasza refused to interfere.
• Chromie told Deren that Alexstrasza seemed trapped in her repeated claim that dragons must not interfere in mortal wars, and Deren suggested that the Aspects were obeying an order from the beings who had created them.
• Deren proposed that Neltharion’s apparent madness may have been an attempt to break free of those shackles, and Onyxia wondered whether the Scourge had been allowed to happen to unite Azeroth’s peoples.
• Deren urged Chromie and Onyxia to save whoever they could and said they should break the plot laid out for Azeroth.
• Deren compared the powers behind Azeroth to a nobleman who staged his death and hired thieves to train his heir through scripted crises, leaving Chromie and Onyxia shocked by the possibility.

Deren, Jaina, and their allies entered Silvermoon City to rescue survivors as Arthas's Undead army overran the city. After securing the Magic Academy and finding civilians, Deren and Jaina set out with Vokaya to reach City Hall, where hundreds of survivors were reportedly sheltering.

• Jaina teleported the group from Dalaran to the Silvermoon City Magic Academy, where they fought off Ghouls and an Undead ranger ambush.
• Deren killed an Abomination with his poleaxe, and the group cleared the academy and established a defensive position.
• Jaina and Zalama began treating a group of High Elf civilians, including a child showing early signs of the plague.
• Vokaya transformed Count Morningstar into a chicken after the noble demanded that the Silvermoon Council receive evacuation priority.
• Deren learned that at least three hundred survivors were at City Hall and that Arthas's forces were attacking the Royal Palace.
• Deren, Jaina, and Vokaya left for City Hall while Antonidas stayed behind to defend the academy and establish a Teleportation Array.

Deren, Jaina, and Vokaya fought their way into City Hall and found the surviving Elf Rangers under siege. Deren rescued Sylvanas by transforming her into a Chocobo, and Jaina teleported the survivors away as the Undead closed in.

• Deren, Jaina, and Vokaya fought through Abominations, Skeleton Archers, and a Necromancer to reach City Hall.
• Deren and his companions broke through the eastern wall, killed five Necromancers, and joined the surviving Elf Rangers inside.
• The Ranger Captain told Deren that Sylvanas was defending the Arrow Tower, so Deren and Vokaya went to rescue her while Jaina held the courtyard.
• Deren found Sylvanas refusing to flee and had Vokaya transform her into a Chocobo before the rangers agreed to escape with them.
• Deren and Jaina fought back the Undead long enough for Jaina to teleport the survivors to the Magic Academy.

Deren helped Jaina evacuate refugees from Silvermoon City while Arthas diverted his forces to defend the Sunwell, allowing the teleportation to succeed. In Dalaran, Deren collapsed from magical backlash, and Sylvanas confronted him after the Polymorph wore off.

• Deren punched an elf noble who demanded help, then killed a Death Knight as the group teleported from City Hall to the Magic Academy.
• Arthas led the Scourge toward the Magic Academy, but turned his forces toward the Sunwell after Onyxia attacked the Undead ritual site.
• Deren signaled for help, and Onyxia distracted the Scourge while Antonidas teleported the refugees to Dalaran.
• Deren vomited black blood after arriving in Dalaran, and Onyxia gave him mead while the Golden-Haired Princess watched from afar.
• Jaina silenced nobles who demanded special treatment, and Sylvanas returned to human form and angrily confronted Deren for turning her into a chocobo.
• Onyxia stepped between Sylvanas and Deren, and Jaina's attempt to explain prompted Sylvanas to mock her as another pet owner.

Deren brought Sylvanas to Kul Tiras so she could consider where to go after Silvermoon’s fall, then arranged an airship journey to show her Azeroth. After seeing Stranglethorn Vale stir memories of Eversong Woods, Sylvanas asked to visit Theramore.

• Sylvanas thanked Deren for rescuing more than three thousand High Elves, and he told her he had sent Kael'thas to Stormwind City to seek aid.
• Deren suggested Sylvanas travel with Jaina to Kul Tiras, and more than a hundred Rangers agreed to follow Sylvanas wherever she settled.
• Jaina brought Deren and Sylvanas to Port Borales, where Daelin welcomed them and thanked Deren for returning his men safely.
• At the Royal Palace banquet, Sylvanas told Jaina that she and her Rangers belonged in the forest, not by the sea.
• Deren took Sylvanas aboard the Goblin airship Prince Rivendare, where she shot a Troll Witch Doctor over Stranglethorn Vale before the airship suffered a gasbag leak.
• Sylvanas said the forest reminded her of the flames in Eversong Woods and asked Deren to take her to Theramore.