Chapter Summaries

After Raszageth fled, Deren and his companions left the Dragon Isles for Theramore so he could recover from his injuries. On the ship, Deren resolved to build enough power to protect himself, considering the Six Gods Combination idea seriously.

• Onyxia and Chromie joined Jaina as they checked on the badly injured Deren, who recalled how Chromie had given him a grain of the Hourglass of Time.
• Deren reminded Chromie that her mission involved lighting the Oathstone, but she dismissed the task and wanted to return to Theramore.
• Deren ordered everyone to leave, and Jaina teleported the group to the Flying Fish.
• On the ship, Onyxia comforted Deren as he struggled with memories of his ordeal and vowed to punish Ragnaros next time.
• Deren decided he could no longer rely on others for protection and planned to pursue the Six Gods Combination idea.

Jaina prepared to teleport the group from the ship, but Alexstrasza arrived and explained that Onyxia had inadvertently dispelled the Dragon Isles' ancient barrier. The group learned that Raszageth had also been freed, and Alexstrasza was left facing the threat of the Storm-Eater's revenge.

• Jaina nearly completed the teleportation spell as Deren and his companions prepared to leave.
• Alexstrasza landed on the ship, startling Deren and drawing Onyxia's wary attention.
• Alexstrasza explained that Onyxia's presence had activated the Dragon Isles' recognition mechanism and dispelled their magical barrier.
• Chromie revealed that the group had encountered Raszageth and persuaded her to retreat.
• Chromie warned Alexstrasza that Raszageth intended to take revenge on the other Aspect Dragons.

Jaina and Deren raised the possibility that someone had secretly provoked the War of the Scaleborn, prompting Alexstrasza to heal Deren and hear his account. Deren began questioning Neltharion’s past research on the Forbidden Reach, while Alexstrasza recalled how Neltharion had blamed the Primal Incarnates and warned of a titan purge.

• Onyxia and Chromie refused to get involved in the dragons’ conflict, while Jaina said Deren’s recovery came first and suggested the ancient war might have been deliberately instigated.
• Alexstrasza learned that Deren was badly injured and used her life energy to heal him, noticing Elune’s blessing and an unusual mark of eternity.
• Jaina invited everyone into the captain’s cabin, warded it against eavesdropping, and agreed to hear Deren’s suspicions.
• Deren asked what Neltharion had been doing on the Forbidden Reach during the ancient war.
• Alexstrasza recalled that Neltharion had claimed his research would strengthen dragons, and that he blamed Raszageth’s faction for attacking his facilities and provoking war.

Deren proposed that Neltharion may have staged the Forbidden Reach attack to provoke a war between the Aspect Dragons and the Primal Incarnates, prompting Alexstrasza to demand an investigation. Deren tried to redirect her attention to Ragnaros, who claimed to have acted under Deathwing’s guidance.

• Deren questioned whether Neltharion’s Forbidden Reach experiments and Raszageth’s attack had been manipulated, while Chromie confirmed the experiments involved forced fusion of draconic life-forms with traits from other races.
• Deren suggested that someone may have leaked information to Raszageth and engineered the attack to spark the War of the Scaleborn.
• Alexstrasza insisted they investigate whether the war had been deliberately provoked, fearing the sacrifices and hatred between dragons might have been built on lies.
• Deren regretted drawing Alexstrasza into the mystery and urged her to focus on Ragnaros, who had said Deathwing guided his actions.