Chapter Summaries

An Yang and Lothar found Khadgar and brought him to Stormwind Keep, where An Yang confirmed that the dark force he sensed was Fel. With Orcs approaching the Elwynn Forest defenses, Lothar took Khadgar to fly for Karazhan and alert the Guardian.

• An Yang and Lothar located Khadgar hiding outside Stormwind City, and An Yang subdued him after Khadgar fired an Arcane Blast.
• At Stormwind Keep, Khadgar doubted An Yang was a Mage, while Lothar explained the situation and urged him to cooperate.
• Khadgar insisted on investigating the evil force in Westfall, and An Yang confirmed that it was Fel.
• Urgent reports arrived that Orcs had crossed Westfall and were nearing the Elwynn Forest defense line, which had been reinforced after civilians were evacuated.
• Lothar forced Khadgar onto a gryphon and flew with him toward Karazhan to notify the Guardian.

An Yang, Lothar, and Khadgar arrived at Karazhan, where Lothar went upstairs to meet Medivh while An Yang and Khadgar waited among the tower’s books. An Yang predicted Medivh was shirtless and carving art, and Khadgar began exploring the library as An Yang started reading.

• Lothar warned An Yang to stay downstairs while he spoke with Medivh, and the gryphon carried the group to Karazhan.
• Moroes greeted Lothar and led him, Khadgar, and An Yang into the tower’s vast library.
• Lothar went upstairs to find Medivh, while Moroes warned Khadgar not to touch the books.
• An Yang predicted that Medivh was shirtless and carving art, and a slight vibration from above surprised Khadgar.
• Khadgar wandered among the shelves and read books, while An Yang began studying the library’s volumes.

An Yang, Lothar, and Khadgar traveled with Medivh to Stormwind City, where Medivh joined King Llane to discuss the Orc invasion. Medivh agreed to investigate the Orcs and set out with Khadgar, while An Yang kept his knowledge to himself to avoid arousing Medivh’s suspicion.

• Medivh questioned An Yang about his predictions, and An Yang explained that he had learned about the Orcs and their divisions through encounters in Azeroth.
• Medivh explained Fel to Lothar and agreed to travel with the group to Stormwind City using a magical portal.
• King Llane welcomed Medivh to Stormwind City and asked him to help discover the Orcs’ origins and how to defeat them.
• Medivh said he had previously met the Orcs on Draenor and believed they had once been a peaceful, honorable people.
• Lothar argued that the Alliance needed an Orc prisoner to learn more, and Medivh chose Khadgar to accompany him on an immediate expedition.
• An Yang stayed silent during the discussion, fearing that Medivh would suspect his prophetic knowledge.

An Yang led Lothar, Khadgar, and Medivh toward the front lines in Elwynn Forest, hoping to capture an Orc prisoner while steering events toward Medivh’s corruption. After reaching an overrun human outpost near Westfall, the group prepared to advance as An Yang sensed movement in the woods.

• Lothar assembled an elite force and marched from Stormwind City toward Elwynn Forest with An Yang, Khadgar, and Medivh.
• An Yang told Lothar that the Orc Warchief’s strike team would include a slave who could speak both Azeroth’s and Draenor’s languages.
• The force reached the site of a recent battle and found human and Orc casualties, wrecked carts, and a massive hammer.
• Lothar warned his soldiers that the Orcs were much stronger and ordered them not to fight them head-on.
• An Yang sensed unusual activity deep in the woods as Lothar prepared to move forward.

An Yang and the Stormwind force were ambushed by the Iron Horde, whose orc warriors overwhelmed the human soldiers. As An Yang fought off nearby attackers with lightning magic, Medivh began casting a powerful spell from within Khadgar’s barrier.

• An Yang caught an orc’s thrown warhammer, stunning Khadgar, Medivh, Lothar, and the hidden attacker.
• Lothar recognized the ambush and ordered the troops to prepare, but Blackhand and the other orcs crashed into the human formation and inflicted heavy casualties.
• An Yang stayed mounted and killed any orc who approached him with his Lightning Drawing Technique.
• Khadgar blasted an orc attacking Medivh and raised an Arcane Barrier around them, but Durotan charged into the barrier.
• Medivh surveyed the devastating losses and began murmuring a mysterious incantation while protected by Khadgar’s barrier.

During the battle, An Yang freed Garona while Medivh’s spell wiped out the fel-corrupted orcs and sent the survivors fleeing. Medivh returned to Stormwind, while Garona tried to escape and found herself surrounded by human soldiers.

• Lothar rescued Kaelen from an orc, but Blackhand hurled Lothar aside and lost his left hand when Lothar shot him with a firearm.
• An Yang spotted Garona, killed the orc holding her captive, cut her chain, and offered her freedom and a chance to remain among a clan.
• Medivh completed his spell, causing the fel-corrupted orcs to burn and collapse across the battlefield.
• Blackhand fled, and the surviving orcs followed; Orgrim Doomhammer pulled the dazed Durotan onto a horse as Lothar and the knights gave chase.
• Medivh told Khadgar to escort the survivors to Stormwind City, then returned to Stormwind himself.
• Garona tried to flee, but human soldiers surrounded her, and An Yang told her she should have run sooner.

Garona tried to escape but Khadgar captured her, and Lothar's force began returning to Stormwind City with her and a shackled Orc prisoner. On the way, An Yang calmed the Orc's berserk rage with a Purification Spell and turned his attention to the prisoner.

• Garona attacked a soldier, seized his greatsword, and charged Khadgar, who pinned her to a tree with an Arcane spell before soldiers detained her.
• Lothar returned with a captured Orc, placed him in Garona's cage, and ordered his force to return to Stormwind City.
• Lothar challenged An Yang over his limited involvement in the battle, and An Yang argued that he had expected the Guardian to protect the soldiers.
• Lothar questioned Garona, who learned An Yang had predicted her capture and ignored the Orc's threats to keep speaking.
• The shackled Orc began breaking free in a rage, but An Yang cast a Purification Spell that calmed him, astonishing Lothar and Khadgar.

An Yang persuaded the captured Frostwolf orc Gurush that Gul’dan’s Fel threatened his clan and homeland, then convinced Lothar to let him go. Gurush escaped into the forest to rejoin his people, while the soldiers watched in confusion.

• An Yang spoke Orcish with the captive and identified him as a Frostwolf who had refused Gul’dan’s Fel.
• An Yang warned Gurush that Gul’dan’s Fel would destroy their new world and urged him to help Durotan resist.
• Gurush agreed to help Durotan, and Lothar allowed An Yang to release him despite suspecting he was sowing discord.
• An Yang freed Gurush from the cage and shackles, then stopped him from charging at Garona.
• Gurush thanked An Yang, ran into the forest, and whistled for his Frostwolf companion as the soldiers wondered why he had been released.

An Yang used Garona’s testimony to confirm the orcs’ invasion plans and persuaded King Llane to offer her freedom in exchange for help. Later, An Yang hinted to the Queen to spare Garona from a cold night in the dungeon, then told Khadgar that Alodi’s notes pointed toward the truth about Medivh.

• An Yang identified Garona as a half-breed and revealed that he had predicted her desire for acceptance before meeting her.
• Garona told King Llane and the officers that the orcs came from a destroyed world through the Dark Portal and planned to sacrifice human captives to bring the Horde across.
• Garona challenged Lothar and An Yang, but King Llane promised her freedom if she helped them; she remained undecided and was sent to the dungeon.
• An Yang hinted to the Queen that Stormwind’s dungeon would be cold, and the Queen understood that Garona needed consideration.
• An Yang found Khadgar studying Alodi’s book, explained that Alodi’s clues led toward Dalaran, and began discussing Guardian Medivh with him.

An Yang revealed to Khadgar that Sargeras had corrupted Medivh and was behind the Dark Portal, while urging him to keep the discovery secret. Meanwhile, Durotan considered joining forces with humans against Gul'dan, and Garona began to show a connection with Lothar as An Yang tested her.

• An Yang told Khadgar that Sargeras's soul had passed from Egwene into Medivh and warned him not to expose the truth to Medivh or tell others yet.
• Khadgar searched his books and pieced together that the corrupted Guardian had invited the orcs through the Dark Portal.
• Durotan told Orgrim that Gul'dan's Fel was killing the land and proposed working with humans to overthrow him.
• Gurush returned to Durotan and Orgrim, saying a white-robed human had freed him and asked him to help the Frostwolf Clan fight Gul'dan.
• Durotan asked Gurush to recount his conversation with the human, while Orgrim remained distrustful of humans.
• An Yang challenged Garona to break his defensive barrier, and she insisted she only needed a weapon as Lothar watched her.

An Yang summoned two towering stone giants to guard the group as Lothar, Garona, and Khadgar camped on a mountain road during their journey. As night fell, Khadgar’s interest in Garona led to a blunt exchange that amused Lothar.

• Lothar stopped the group on a mountain road and assigned Khadgar the first watch, but An Yang offered to use a spell instead.
• An Yang summoned two five-meter stone giants, which stood guard while the others examined their strength and unusual nature.
• Lothar found a small cave for shelter, and An Yang lit the campfire with magic.
• At night, Khadgar watched Garona as she rested, and she told him he wanted to sleep with her.
• Khadgar denied wanting to sleep with Garona, who replied that he would not make a good mate, prompting Lothar to laugh.

An Yang and his companions reached the Orc camp in Westfall and saw the Dark Portal and its human captives. As Lothar demanded a way to stop the Orc invasion, An Yang noticed an opportunity to attack the camp.

• Garona described her painful past, and Khadgar apologized before sharing how his parents had sent him to the Kirin Tor.
• Garona asked An Yang who her father was, but he warned her she would not want to know.
• The group traveled to the Westfall Orc camp and saw the unfinished Dark Portal and cages of human captives.
• An Yang explained that the Orcs used human lives to power the portal and warned Lothar that destroying it would not end the invasion while the source of Fel remained.
• Two officers approached, and An Yang told Lothar that the opportunity to wipe out the Orc group had arrived.

An Yang met Durotan and warned him that Gul'dan and Orgrim could put him in danger, then lent him a magical bracelet to shield him from Fel. Back in Stormwind City, An Yang watched the leaders' meeting collapse into argument before he and his companions were summoned inside.

• An Yang dismissed two officers and met Durotan and Gulush, then reminded Durotan of their earlier encounter in the Redridge Mountains.
• Durotan explained that Orgrim supported him but refused to negotiate with humans, and An Yang repeated the message Durotan had planned to deliver to him.
• An Yang warned Durotan to be wary of Orgrim and lent him a bronze-bell bracelet that could block Gul'dan's magic in direct sunlight.
• Durotan and Gulush departed, and Lothar, Khadgar, Garona, and An Yang rode back to Stormwind City.
• Lothar reported on the Orcs' portal to the gathered rulers, whose meeting erupted into an argument and ended in discord.
• A guard invited An Yang and his companions into the council chamber.

King Llane agreed to meet Durotan despite An Yang’s warning that Orgrim might betray him, while An Yang prepared to protect the humans and orcs. After crafting a soul-powered puppet, An Yang learned from Khadgar that Medivh had tried to stop his Dark Portal research and urged Khadgar to inform Lothar carefully.

• King Llane and Lothar agreed to meet Durotan, and An Yang warned them that Orgrim might betray the Frostwolf chieftain.
• An Yang promised to protect the humans if the meeting turned dangerous, and the Queen gave Garona a dagger for her protection.
• An Yang returned to his room and successfully crafted a homunculus puppet that absorbed stray souls.
• Khadgar arrived and told An Yang that Medivh had burned his Dark Portal research notes, though he had saved one.
• An Yang advised Khadgar to raise his suspicions with Lothar gradually and cautioned him not to accuse Medivh, who had not completely fallen yet.

At Blackrock Pass, King Llane and Durotan began negotiations while An Yang detected Orgrim’s hidden ambush and warned both sides’ allies. The meeting collapsed into a standoff when An Yang told Durotan his plan had failed, leaving the human and Orc forces on the brink of battle.

• King Llane led a heavily equipped human force to Blackrock Pass, where Durotan and the Frostwolf Clan awaited them.
• Orgrim left the meeting area to check the ambush positions, while Medivh watched from the mountainside and struggled against Sargeras’s influence.
• King Llane and Durotan began negotiating, with Garona interpreting as Durotan explained that he wanted to save his people from Gul'dan’s fel magic.
• An Yang sensed Orcs concealed beneath rubble and realized Orgrim had chosen to prepare an ambush despite Durotan’s efforts to negotiate.
• An Yang warned Gurush and Kaelen to prepare, and warriors on both sides noticed the others becoming alert.
• An Yang interrupted Durotan and said his plan had failed; Lothar drew his sword, Durotan drew his cleaver, and the hidden Orcs and Blackhand watched in confusion.

An Yang exposed Orgrim’s betrayal and warned Durotan that Gul’dan planned to destroy the Frostwolf Clan, but an Orc ambush at Blackrock Pass turned the parley into a battle. The humans and Frostwolves fought to survive as Medivh attempted a spell from the cliff and the ambushers began overwhelming the human mages.

• An Yang revealed his ancient sword, accused Orgrim of betraying Durotan, and wounded an Orc hiding in the rubble before warning Durotan to leave the Orcs.
• Orcs burst from the rubble and attacked both delegations; Durotan ordered the Frostwolf Clan to retreat while King Llane and Lothar organized the human soldiers.
• Durotan and An Yang fought through the ambushers as Medivh tried to cast a spell from the cliff above the battle.
• Blackhand appeared on the ridge with Orgrim, and Khadgar saved Garona from an attacking Orc while An Yang fought beside them.
• King Llane ordered an orderly retreat, but the court mages drew the Orcs’ attention, and one mage was killed when an Arcane Barrier shattered.

An Yang and Lothar fought to defend King Llane as Blackhand led an Orc assault and a much larger force of Orc reinforcements arrived. Medivh raised a Lightning Barrier that separated Lothar and An Yang from the king’s main force, leaving them surrounded and ready to fight.

• Blackhand charged through the human soldiers on his dire wolf and signaled the approach of a vast Orc army.
• An Yang told Lothar that Medivh’s power was unstable as he continued fighting to protect the king.
• An Yang climbed the cliff, spotted the Orc reinforcements and their Shamans, and attacked them with missiles and ion cannons.
• Medivh summoned a powerful lightning storm that formed a barrier separating the Orcs from most of the humans.
• An Yang realized that Lothar, himself, and about twenty soldiers were trapped with the Orc forces, and prepared to fight.

An Yang killed Blackhand and prepared to face the Orc army trapped with Lothar’s soldiers behind Medivh’s Lightning Barrier. As the battle turned against the humans, An Yang’s Yellow Paper puppets transformed into demons and attacked the Orcs.

• Blackhand charged An Yang, who blasted him from the air and killed him with an explosion from his armor.
• The Orcs surrounded the humans behind the Lightning Barrier, while King Llane left after failing to break through and asked An Yang to protect Lothar.
• Lothar and Kaelen fought alongside the remaining soldiers as An Yang strengthened them with spells and prepared his puppet arts.
• The Orcs’ Flame Shock badly wounded a human soldier, but the Diamond Body spell kept him alive.
• An Yang’s Yellow Paper puppets transformed into fierce ghosts and yaksha demons, which began attacking the Orc army.

An Yang killed Blackhand and prepared to defend the humans trapped behind Medivh’s Lightning Barrier as the Orc army advanced. With Lothar and Kaelen fighting on the ground, An Yang turned his paper puppets into ghosts and yakshas to join the battle.

• Blackhand charged An Yang, who blasted him and his giant wolf with his armor’s weapons, killing the Orc Warchief.
• The humans cheered while the Orcs gathered to attack, and King Llane left after failing to break Medivh’s barrier, asking An Yang to protect Lothar.
• Lothar and Kaelen stood with a small group of soldiers, then fought the Orcs after An Yang strengthened the humans with spells.
• An injured human soldier was nearly killed by an Orc, but An Yang’s falling Yellow Paper transformed into fierce ghosts and flying yakshas that attacked the Orcs.

An Yang summoned ghost and puppet troops to help Lothar’s dwindling soldiers resist the Orc army, while his spells and high-tech weapons struck the Orcs and their Shamans. Grom Hellscream joined the battle and killed Kaelen, leaving Lothar charging at him as An Yang discovered his missiles were depleted.

• Lothar and Kaelen rallied the human soldiers by proclaiming that the Prophet had sent reinforcements as An Yang’s summoned ghosts entered the battle.
• An Yang’s paper Yakshas, puppet soldiers, and stone giants slowed the Orc advance, while he maintained spells and attacked the Orcs and Shamans.
• The Orcs and Shamans destroyed most of the summoned creatures and reduced Lothar’s original soldiers to fewer than ten.
• An Yang bombed a group of Orcs and attacked their survivors with his weapons as Grom Hellscream reached the front lines.
• Grom killed Kaelen by crushing his head, and Lothar charged at him in rage.
• An Yang locked onto Grom with his missile bay, but his system warned that all missiles had been depleted.