Chapter Summaries

Annie and Chromie infiltrated the Halls of Stone, where Annie copied Titan records about the Old Gods and the Forge of Wills. After Thorim defeated Loken but was trapped by Yogg-Saron’s tentacles, Annie arrived and attacked Loken as Kil’jaeden prepared a campaign against the Scourge and a direct assault on Icecrown Citadel.

• Annie bypassed the Ancient Tribunal’s defenses and learned about the Titans’ visits to Azeroth, the creation of the Forge of Wills, and the imprisonment of the Old Gods.
• Thorim confronted Loken over Sif’s death and their broken alliance, then struck him down with Krolmir after resisting his lightning spells.
• Loken revealed that he had altered Ulduar’s records to summon Algalon if he died, then called on Yogg-Saron to bind Thorim and drain his strength.
• Annie and Chromie arrived after the fight, and Annie attacked the injured Loken with a gigantic flaming sword when he insulted her.
• Kael’thas reported that the Legion had assembled an army, while Kil’jaeden ordered Brutallus to stage attacks near Crystalsong Forest as he led an elite force against Icecrown Citadel to kill Arthas and seize the Helm of Domination.

Little Annie killed Loken, triggering concern that the Observer Algalon would arrive to judge Azeroth, while Brann and Chromie discussed preparing for the threat. At the Flame Alliance outpost, Sylvanas agreed to hear a succubus’s secret message from Phoenix after Garrosh insisted on staying.

• Little Annie descended onto the shattered Wisdom Throne and found that her flaming sword had killed Loken and destroyed half the Temple of Wisdom.
• Brann Bronzebeard warned Little Annie that Loken’s death could summon Algalon, and Chromie explained that Algalon might activate a protocol to destroy Azeroth.
• Chromie said Algalon would arrive at Ulduar’s Celestial Planetarium, while Brann considered gathering forces and Little Annie offered to help fight him.
• A bound succubus demanded to speak with Sylvanas, and Garrosh Hellscream refused to hand her over unless he could hear her information.
• The succubus revealed that her master, “Phoenix,” had sent her, so Sylvanas agreed to hear her privately and allowed Garrosh to enter alone without weapons.

At a Wyrmrest Temple council, Alexstrasza warned the Alliance leaders that Kil'jaeden would attack Icecrown Citadel to seize the Helm of Domination, and the factions debated how to stop him. They agreed to send a small elite force through a portal, rely on Annie to defeat Arthas quickly, and leave the chapter with Annie protesting that everyone expected her to fight everywhere.

• Annie ate potato chips while Sylvanas and the leaders of the three factions waited for Alexstrasza and Malygos to arrive.
• Alexstrasza revealed that Kil'jaeden would attack Icecrown Citadel the next day and seize the Helm of Domination, prompting Varian and Thrall to discuss attacking the demons' camp.
• Garithos and Reginald Windsor rejected Thrall's plan as too rushed, and Alexstrasza redirected the council toward stopping Kil'jaeden at Icecrown Citadel.
• After the factions argued over possible strategies, Annie suggested taking the Helm of Domination before Kil'jaeden could reach it.
• Alexstrasza proposed a surprise assault using Holy Light to break through Icecrown Citadel's defenses, while Malygos said the dragons could portal only five hundred troops there.
• Alexstrasza identified Annie as the one who could defeat Arthas quickly, and Annie protested that she had already promised to help Brann at Ulduar and was being asked to fight too many battles.

Illidan waited in Shadowmoon Valley for the right moment to launch his assault on Argus while Maiev watched him, and the battles at Icecrown Citadel and Ulduar intensified. At Icecrown, Malygos confronted his resurrected consort Sindragosa as the Alliance pressed toward the Frozen Throne, while Brann’s forces prepared to storm Ulduar.

• Illidan dismissed Highmother Shahraz, warned Maiev Shadowsong not to interfere with his plans, and watched her vanish into the shadows.
• Kil'jaeden broke through Icecrown Citadel’s eastern gate and sent his demons inside, while Alexstrasza and the dragons attacked the Legion’s forces outside.
• Calia Menethil joined the Alliance assault, and Malygos recognized Sindragosa among the Frost Wyrms and carried her away as the Alliance fought on.
• Annie summoned Pureblood Fire Hawks to battle the Frost Wyrms, and the Alliance broke through the next door and continued toward the Frozen Throne.
• Brann Bronzebeard and Thorim prepared the Explorer’s League, Steamwheedle Cartel, and their allies to attack Ulduar and rescue its Keepers.

Arthas confronted Kil'jaeden at the Frozen Throne, but Kil'jaeden stripped away his power, broke Frostmourne, and took the Helm of Domination before leaving Arthas to die. The Alliance arrived too late to stop him, mourned Arthas and Terenas, and escaped Icecrown through Annie’s portal as Kil’jaeden escaped with the Helm.

• Arthas waited alone at the Frozen Throne as Kil'jaeden's Burning Legion and the Azeroth Alliance forces advanced on Icecrown Citadel from opposite sides.
• Kil'jaeden reached Arthas first, stripped away his Lich King power, broke Frostmourne, and tore the Helm of Domination from his head.
• Kil'jaeden let Kael'thas attack Arthas, then left with the Helm as the Alliance forces approached.
• The Alliance found Arthas dying, and Calia, Jaina, and Terenas spoke with him before Fel energy consumed his body and soul.
• Annie opened a portal to Wyrmrest Temple, and the surviving Alliance champions fled Icecrown while Alexstrasza learned that Kil'jaeden might have taken the Helm.
• Annie teleported away to Ulduar, leaving Sylvanas and the others to hope she could stop Algalon's threat to Azeroth.

Annie arrived at Ulduar after failing to retrieve the Helm of Domination and learned that Brann and Chromie were waiting for Algalon while the Titan Keepers refused to help. She killed Yogg-Saron, imprisoned the Keepers after they tried to capture her, and confronted Algalon as he began the process to destroy Azeroth; the battle remained ongoing.

• Annie found Chromie, Brann, and their allies waiting for Algalon, and told Chromie that Kil'jaeden had taken the Helm of Domination.
• Annie learned that the four Titan Keepers would not help stop Algalon, then teleported to Yogg-Saron's prison and disintegrated the Old God.
• Annie returned and revealed that she had imprisoned Thorim and the other Keepers after they tried to arrest her, prompting the Goblins, Dwarves, and Gnomes to rush off to loot Ulduar.
• When Algalon arrived and began analyzing Azeroth, Annie and Chromie watched as he concluded that the planet should be re-originated.
• Chromie attacked Algalon as he uploaded his destruction code, and Annie summoned Tibbers to stop him from escaping.
• Algalon empowered himself with the stars and transported them into a cosmic battlefield, but Annie struck back with Shatterfire and challenged him as their fight continued.

Annie defeated Observer Algalon with Tibbers and sent the code that halted Azeroth’s destruction, then kept Algalon from leaving until the danger was confirmed over. Meanwhile, Kil'jaeden gave the Helm of Domination to Kael'thas, who became the new Lich King and was ordered to lead the Scourge south within three days.

• Annie empowered Tibbers with Yogg-Saron’s shadow essence, allowing it to overpower Algalon until he surrendered.
• Algalon gave Annie the Alpha Code, and Annie sent it skyward from Ulduar to stop Azeroth’s reorigination.
• Annie countered Algalon’s escape spell and made him wait an hour while Brann Bronzebeard and his armed forces arrived; Chromie persuaded them to lower their weapons.
• Kil'jaeden returned to Whisper Gulch with Kael'thas and offered him the Helm of Domination so he could command the Scourge.
• Kael'thas put on the Helm, became the new Lich King, and promised to master its power within three days before marching south with Kil'jaeden.

Annie visited Daelin Proudmoore at the Flame Alliance fleet’s harbor and tried to persuade him to join, while the leaders gathered at Wyrmrest Temple to plan for the coming battle against the Burning Legion and Scourge. The allies agreed to march despite Alexstrasza withholding her secret plan, and Jaina received a letter offering her a possible evacuation route as Malygos vowed to find a way to revive Sindragosa.

• Annie criticized Daelin’s wooden warships and invited him to join the wealthy Flame Alliance, but Daelin refused and considered retiring to Kul Tiras after the war.
• Alexstrasza told the assembled leaders that roughly four hundred thousand demons and six hundred thousand undead were advancing toward Dragonblight, prompting them to discuss their limited forces and bleak odds.
• Sylvanas revealed that the Flame Alliance expected to summon a million Fire Elementals once the Firelands’ portals reopened, but Alexstrasza rejected retreat and insisted on fighting in Dragonblight.
• Thrall, the Stormwind Alliance, and Sylvanas agreed to send their forces to the battlefield after Alexstrasza and Malygos swore that victory was possible, though they kept their plan secret.
• Sylvanas gave Jaina a letter from Daelin promising that half of the Seventh Fleet would help her evacuate if the battle went badly.
• Sindragosa left to report to her new master, while Malygos promised Alexstrasza that he would find a way to free and revive her.

Kael'thas turned the Scourge against the Burning Legion, triggering the Battle of the Six Armies as Azeroth's forces joined the assault. When Kil'jaeden confronted Kael'thas, Annie teleported the allied heroes around him, while an expeditionary force launched an invasion of Argus.

• Kil'jaeden ordered Kael'thas to send the Scourge against Azeroth's armies, but Kael'thas used Sindragosa's space stone to summon Annie and Sylvanas and then commanded the undead to attack the Burning Legion.
• Alexstrasza signaled the general assault, and Thrall, Garithos, and the Stormwind Alliance led their armies against the demons as the Scourge and the allied air forces struck from other sides.
• Kil'jaeden raged at Kael'thas's betrayal, found him behind the Scourge, and opened a portal to confront him, but Annie hit him with a fireball.
• Annie used the space stone to summon more than a hundred allied heroes and powerful dragons around Kil'jaeden, who fled as Velen declared his end had come.
• In Outland, the Argus expeditionary forces opened portals near the Black Temple and began marching through to invade Argus.

Illidan and the expeditionary force arrived on Argus, where they met Turalyon and Hebrew Doom, who offered to guide them to rescue captives at Agonar’s Desolation. Meanwhile, the allied armies cornered and killed Kil'jaeden in Dragonblight, then overran the Burning Legion’s demon camp; the demons’ souls returned to Argus to await possible resurrection.

• Illidan’s expeditionary force reached Argus and encountered Hebrew Doom, a Paladin who recognized Turalyon and offered to help if they first rescued captives at Agonar’s Desolation.
• Kil'jaeden fled across Dragonblight as Thrall, the dragonflights, Annie, and Azeroth’s heroes pursued him.
• Annie teleported the pursuing heroes around Kil'jaeden, and Velen confronted him over the Legion’s destruction of Argus and other worlds.
• Garrosh charged Kil'jaeden and was knocked into a snowdrift, while Sylvanas and the assembled heroes launched a coordinated attack.
• Kil'jaeden escaped west before the allied forces finally killed him on the shores of Lake Dak'mar, and the demons’ souls returned to Argus.
• The allied armies overran the Burning Legion’s camp at Galakrond’s Rest on February 10 and wiped out nearly four hundred thousand invading demons.

Lady Liadrin found Annie bathing in Sholazar Basin and secured her promise to attend a meeting at Wyrmrest Temple. On Argus, Illidan’s plan destroyed the planet, and the chapter ended when Alleria emerged from a portal Annie opened during the meeting.

• Liadrin entered Annie’s magical barrier, fell into the hot spring, and delivered Sylvanas’s order for Annie to attend the leaders’ meeting.
• Annie agreed to go, and Liadrin tossed Tibbers aside while helping her tie up her hair.
• On Argus, Illidan gave Alleria a bomb to activate at the planet’s core and fought Argus the Unmaker to buy time for her and Maiev.
• Alleria activated the bomb and escaped through a portal, while Maiev returned to Illidan instead of leaving him behind.
• The bomb destroyed Argus, and Maiev stayed beside the wounded Illidan as the planet fell apart.
• At Wyrmrest Temple, Annie grew bored of the ongoing meeting, opened a portal, and watched Alleria stumble through it.

Alleria Windrunner returned from Argus through Annie’s portal and told the leaders gathered at Wyrmrest Temple about Illidan’s campaign. Annie revealed that the device Alleria had planted was a planet-destroying bomb, leaving everyone to believe Argus and its inhabitants had been destroyed; the dragons then withdrew from mortal affairs and left the factions to settle territorial disputes themselves.

• Annie’s portal brought Alleria Windrunner into the meeting at Wyrmrest Temple, where she reunited with her sister Sylvanas and learned that her son Arator was in Silvermoon City.
• Alleria confronted Garrosh Hellscream over the Horde’s past, but Sylvanas and Thrall stopped the dispute from becoming a fight inside the dragons’ sanctuary.
• Alleria explained that she had fought on Argus with Illidan, Maiev, and the expeditionary forces before Maiev pushed her through a portal after she planted a device at Argus’s core.
• Annie identified the device as a Super Tsar Bomba and said its detonation would have destroyed Argus, shocking Alleria and the leaders who had expected the planet to be purified.
• Malfurion and Tyrande learned that Illidan had fought to destroy the Burning Legion, while Sylvanas rebuked them for imprisoning and exiling him.
• Alexstrasza declared the Azeroth United Army disbanded, barred mortal fighting in Dragonblight, and left the factions to negotiate or fight over territory elsewhere.

Annie visited Azshara beneath the Great Maelstrom, where they reminisced about the past and discussed recent events, including the Burning Legion’s defeat. Annie revealed that she had captured N’Zoth, but their conversation was interrupted when a black-haired man emerged from hiding at the reef.

• Annie denied stealing Azshara’s great white shark, then gave Azshara six imitation Infinity Stones as compensation.
• Azshara recalled the fallen Kaldorei Empire, and Annie told her that Illidan and his allies had destroyed Argus, though Illidan had apparently died in the explosion.
• Annie revealed that she had captured the Elder Gods, showed Azshara the imprisoned G’huun and N’Zoth, and said N’Zoth could not escape unless she released him.
• Annie spotted someone hiding by a coral reef, and Azshara smashed the reef with a surge of water, revealing a black-haired, middle-aged human man.
• The stranger approached the pavilion and taunted Azshara, who recognized him as a black dragon and an old enemy.

Sylvanas planned the Flame Alliance’s expansion across Northrend and war against Stormwind while Alleria struggled to understand Azeroth’s divisions. Annie captured N’Zoth, gave it to Sargeras to secure Azeroth’s safety, then left Pandaria; the account followed the wars and the Flame Alliance’s eventual unification of Azeroth before ending with the Pantheon’s visit.

• Sylvanas outlined plans to secure Sholazar Basin, seize Zul'Drak with Kael'thas, and attack the Stormwind Alliance, while the leaders also agreed to maintain control of Outland.
• Alleria learned that Annie Hastur had skipped the meeting and that the Flame Alliance’s leaders handled affairs in her absence.
• Neltharion told Annie and Azshara that he had recovered from the Old Gods’ influence, and Annie admitted she had captured the Old Gods, including N'Zoth.
• Annie defeated the Sha in Pandaria, settled at Halfhill Market, and later gave Sargeras the orb containing N'Zoth; Sargeras promised not to attack Azeroth while it remained pure.
• Annie left Pandaria, and the Flame Alliance later joined its Pandaren allies to conquer the continent as the war across Azeroth continued.
• The Flame Alliance conquered the Eastern Kingdoms and Kalimdor, reorganized into the United Empire of Azeroth with Azshara as acting empress, and the Pantheon later inspected Azeroth’s World Soul.

Annie entered the Sanctuary world as a level-one projection on Hell difficulty, expecting a game but finding a dangerous wilderness. After a Fallen ambushed her and she missed with Firebolt, she used Blink to escape, leaving the demon charging after her.

• Annie found that Sanctuary rejected her true body, then chose to enter by projection and designed a custom skill tree with Tibbers's advice.
• Annie created a level-one Mage projection, selected Hell difficulty, and arrived alone in a gloomy wilderness with only a weak Staff and Tibbers as a toy.
• Annie chose Blink as her first skill, while her Staff provided the basic Firebolt spell.
• Tibbers spotted a torch-bearing Fallen sneaking up behind Annie, and it charged after she noticed it.
• Annie fired Firebolt at the Fallen but missed, so she used Blink to evade its axe strike; the Fallen then spotted her and charged again.

Annie defeated a Fallen in the Blood Moor, then joined Gheed’s caravan and traveled to the Rogue Encampment while conserving her limited mana. At the camp gates, Kashya addressed the arriving outsiders as the caravan prepared to enter.

• Annie used Blink and Fireballs to defeat a Fallen, then discovered it had dropped a gold coin and learned that her projection had only five mana left.
• Tibbers warned Annie that her mana was nearly depleted and that he could not be summoned until she learned his skill and reached level six; Annie continued toward human settlements despite being tired and hungry.
• Annie joined Gheed’s caravan, complained about its food, and refused Warriv’s request to demonstrate her Fireball because she needed to save her mana.
• Warriv told Annie that Diablo had destroyed Tristram and that evil was spreading through the Blood Moor as they traveled toward the Rogue Encampment.
• Ansal challenged the caravan at the camp gates, while Gheed pointed Annie out as a suspicious newcomer; Annie argued with him, and Kashya ordered the gates opened.
• Kashya welcomed the outsiders to the Rogue Encampment and warned them that she commanded the Rogues and would not tolerate trouble in her camp.

Annie was taken in by Akara, who discovered that she could use Blink and agreed to lend her materials for enchanting. After her bizarre staff failed to sell, Annie decided to seek out Charsi for more materials and pursue power through spending rather than leveling up.

• Kashya brought Annie to Akara, who recognized her as a talented mage and took her in as an honorary apprentice of the Sisters of the Sightless Eye.
• Annie demonstrated Blink after Akara replenished her mana, then persuaded Akara to let her experiment with enchanting materials.
• Three days later, Annie tried to sell a staff covered in powerful but mismatched Paladin enchantments, and the adventurers who inspected it rejected it.
• Annie packed up her stall and told Tibbers she would make a set of divine artifacts so she could fight Andariel without grinding for levels.
• Annie headed toward Charsi, planning to obtain materials from her and promising Tibbers she would pay her back after making money.

Akara and Kashya planned to recruit adventurers to cleanse the evil cave in the Blood Moor, offering access to the Book of Wisdom as a reward. Meanwhile, Annie and Charsi launched a bargain sale of enchanted gear, but their first purchase was interrupted just as the Barbarian shill tried to buy the advertised axe.

• Kashya told Akara that the source of the Blood Moor's corruption was likely an abandoned mine where most of the scouting Rogues had died.
• Akara proposed organizing an adventurer expedition and rewarding successful participants with the chance to read the Book of Wisdom.
• Akara and Kashya discussed Annie's enchanting talent and her claim that she came from an outside world before hearing that Annie and Charsi were selling enchanted equipment for ninety-nine gold apiece.
• Annie arranged a ninety-nine-item sale with a Barbarian shill and ordered the crowd to form a limited line while she and Charsi prepared to sell the gear.
• The Barbarian admitted he had only fifty gold, and an unidentified voice interrupted as he reached for the battle axe.

Annie and Charsi’s equipment sale was interrupted by Gheed, who called their goods a scam and drove away much of the crowd. After Annie insisted the items be identified, several buyers uncovered valuable enchanted gear, and Gheed was left stunned as the sale continued.

• Gheed accused Annie and Charsi of selling worthless enchanted items made from flawed stock, causing many customers to leave and Charsi to panic.
• Annie challenged Gheed’s claims and had Sickle identify the battle axe, which proved to be a rare item with +1 to all Barbarian skills.
• Flavie bought the red hunting bow Annie hinted at, identified it as a powerful rare weapon, and thanked Annie before leaving with her companions.
• Annie refused to give Laites special advice despite his flattery, and he chose a shield whose properties revealed another valuable enchanted item.
• Gide was shocked when the three items identified so far proved worth far more than the gold Annie had charged for them.

Annie and Charsi’s first magic-equipment sale succeeded, and Annie planned a more expensive second batch to fund her enchanting experiments. Meanwhile, Kashya admitted the Rogues faced a bleak future before meeting Virche, an Amazon centurion who arrived at the encampment with a hundred elite warriors.

• Virche’s Amazon company killed a Fallen Shaman and its Fallen attackers on the road, then found a Thul rune among the loot.
• Annie sold all ninety-nine enchanted items for ninety-nine gold each, dismissed customers seeking better gear, and promised Charsi she would become a legendary blacksmith.
• Annie decided their next batch would use better equipment bases and sell for at least a thousand gold per item, despite Charsi’s objections.
• Akara and Kashya discussed Annie’s talent and the danger posed by Andariel’s forces before a Rogue messenger reported an army of women at the gates.
• Kashya recognized Virche and her Amazon warriors, argued with the centurion over her criticism of the Rogues, then let the Amazons enter the encampment.