Chapter Summaries

Annie’s failed wand experiments produced an iron staff with a powerful skill bonus, which Charsi hurried to show Akara. Meanwhile, Akara negotiated with Amazon Centurion Vielche over the Sightless Eye and secured the Amazons’ help for a future campaign.

• Annie repeatedly failed to enchant iron rods into the powerful wand she wanted, but one attempt produced a steel wand with +2 to all Mage Skills.
• Charsi recognized the wand’s value, stopped Annie from melting it down, and rushed to bring it to Akara.
• Vielche demanded that the Amazons be allowed to reclaim the Sightless Eye, and Akara agreed on the condition that they first defeat Andariel and recover it.
• Akara offered the Amazons access to the Book of Wisdom in exchange for joining the campaign against the demons in the Bloody Foothills, and Vielche accepted.
• Kashya challenged Akara’s decision to give up the relic, but Akara defended the Amazons’ claim to it.
• Charsi arrived at Akara’s tent carrying the iron wand and began to report her discovery.

Flavie’s Rogues wiped out a Fallen camp and found the remains of sisters in a cooking pot, prompting Flavie to warn her recruits about the demons’ brutality. Meanwhile, Annie’s enchantment experiment caused a fiery explosion in Charsi’s forge, and Kashya arrived to investigate the damage.

• Flavie led her Rogue archers in an ambush that killed a Fallen shaman and his followers without injuries.
• Flavie collected the shaman’s demon blood for Annie’s enchantments and showed her recruits the human remains boiling in the Fallen’s pot, warning them not to show demons mercy.
• Annie complained to Tibbers about working and studying, then said she had already memorized Akara’s enchantment notebook and let Charsi keep it.
• Annie’s experimental shield triggered a Flame Storm, exploding in the forge and setting nearby ground and parts of the building ablaze.
• Kashya arrived with armed Rogues to investigate the blast while Annie left the forge, and she asked Charsi what had happened.

Annie held a clearance sale with Charsi, selling enchanted gear for 998 gold each and revealing powerful items that drew a crowd. Afterward, Amazon Centurion Virche offered a rune in exchange for custom equipment, giving Annie a new subject for her enchanting research.

• Annie refused Charsi’s request to lower the price and announced plans to build a two-story shop and laboratory.
• The adventurers protested the tenfold price increase, and some sold their places in line to other buyers.
• Annie started the sale; Yade bought a scepter identified as Death's Fathom, Flame Shard, and Paladin Laitus followed Annie’s advice to choose a powerful Crystal Sword.
• After the sale, Virche asked Annie to make custom equipment, but Annie initially refused even when offered large sums of gold.
• Virche offered Annie a Shael rune, and Charsi explained runes and Rune Words; Annie accepted the commission and asked Virche to write down her requirements.

Annie argued with Khala about work, magical research, and her ambitions to uncover the world's secrets and defeat the Prime Evils. Khala left for dinner, while Annie remained determined to protect her snacks and avoid outfitting the entire Rogue force.

• Adventurers became more focused on earning money for enchanted equipment after Charsi and Annie sold powerful gear, and Kashya found Annie sitting idle on crates.
• Annie told Kashya that she was studying runes and the world's fundamental rules, and she explained that she wanted equipment powerful enough to let her defeat the Prime Evils.
• Kashya warned Annie about the dangers of demonic corruption, but Annie described Warlocks who traded other people's souls to demons for power.
• Annie teased Khala about outfitting the Rogues, then used Flash to evade her; she said she helped Flavie's group because they gathered materials for her.
• Khala invited Annie to dinner and tried to persuade her to share her premium cheese, but Annie refused and escaped Khala again with Teleport.

Annie opened her Artifact Workshop and revealed unstable rune-made equipment powerful enough to astonish Akara, Kashya, and Wilche. After Akara offered her six runes, the group learned that Deckard Cain might know the rune lore Annie needed, prompting plans to rescue him from Tristram.

• Annie opened her Artifact Workshop, posted its prices and rune-trading terms, and stationed eight heavily equipped Barbarian guards at its gate.
• Akara and Kashya entered the empty workshop, where Wilche argued with Annie over the equipment she had received and showed them the unstable artifacts on display.
• Annie explained that unfamiliar runes made the artifacts unstable, and Akara offered her six runes from her collection.
• Kashya demanded that Annie make a thousand sets for the Rogues, but Annie refused until she could study more runes and research materials.
• Akara suggested that Khaine, the last Horadrim descendant, might understand runes, and Kashya said he was imprisoned in Tristram and described a portal there.
• Annie urged the Rogues to rescue Khaine, and Kashya said they would need time to prepare and wanted to borrow Annie's Barbarian guards for the campaign.

Annie enchanted equipment for three customers at the Legendary Workshop, then barred Necromancers after a foul-smelling visitor forced her into a sale. Meanwhile, Akara and Kaisha discussed the imminent assault on the Den of Evil and worried that demons elsewhere might exploit the Rogues’ campaign.

• A Druid traded an El Rune for an enchanted Feral Axe after Annie grew impatient with his indecision.
• Yue Chen traded an Amn Rune for a Memory iron scepter and left stunned by Annie’s runeword enchantment.
• A Necromancer offered a Ral Rune and a maggot-covered Zombie head, but Annie refused to make a Preserved Head and forced him to accept an enchanted short staff instead.
• Annie ordered the guards to ban Necromancers and corpses from the workshop and closed the shop for the day.
• Akara told Kaisha she feared demons near the eastern fortresses might attack while the Rogues and adventurers assaulted the Den of Evil.

Akara ordered Kashya to prepare to defend the Cold Plains pass so the Rogues could reclaim the Blood Moor, citing a recurring dream that seemed to point toward a future cathedral on the site of their encampment. Meanwhile, Annie lost a bug fight, stomped her opponent’s cricket, and fled before she had to honor their wager.

• Akara urged Kashya to send three thousand elite Rogue warriors under Flavie to fortify the Cold Plains pass and hold off Blood Raven’s forces until the Den of Evil was cleansed.
• Akara described her recurring dream of the Sisterhood’s future triumph and a great cathedral where the Rogue Encampment stood, and Kashya reluctantly agreed to follow her orders.
• Annie challenged a boy’s undefeated Archangel Tyrael with her bug named Diablo, but Tyrael killed Diablo while the children cheered for the angel.
• Annie stomped Tyrael in the mud pit, declared that she had won, and used Flash to flee as the children began crying.
• Kashya comforted the children by offering them a gold coin for food, while Annie told Charsi that her bug fight had gone well and concealed how she had won.

Kashya prepared to assault the Evil Cave, hoping to destroy the source of evil before Blood Raven’s forces overwhelmed Flavie’s position. Back at the Rogue Encampment, Earl Mary revealed herself and moved to seize Annie for Andariel.

• Kashya ordered Ansar to ready the adventurers and eight Barbarian guards for an assault on the Evil Cave after a short rest, citing the danger to Flavie’s forces and the encampment.
• Kashya distributed Annie’s enchanted torches so the attackers could light the cave and avoid ambushes.
• Annie stayed in the Artifact Workshop with Charsi, explained that she had made a charm after children chased her, and refused a cloaked woman’s request to enchant equipment despite her offer of rare runes.
• The woman revealed that she was Earl Mary of the Forgotten Tower in the Black Marsh, and Charsi recognized her as a powerful demon.
• Mary drew a poison blade and announced that Andariel wanted Annie alive, while Charsi warned Annie to run.

Annie resisted the Countess’s attempt to capture her, while Charsi fought to protect her and accidentally unleashed unstable rune gear. The Countess charged again, and Annie summoned Tibbers to attack her.

• The Countess attacked Annie in Charsi’s forge, but Charsi intervened and was injured while Annie escaped outside using Blink.
• The Countess pursued Annie and nearly captured her, but Annie dodged and used Teleport to keep out of reach.
• Charsi arrived carrying an unstable rune-imbued shield and javelin, then blocked the Countess’s strike with the shield’s lightning retaliation.
• Charsi raised Odin’s Lightning and triggered a massive Lightning Storm that blasted a crater into the ground and left her scorched but alive.
• The Countess charged at Annie and the helpless Charsi, so Annie summoned Tibbers, who grew into a giant flaming bear and struck the Countess.

Flavie’s exhausted Rogues barely held the valley pass while Kashya’s forces found the Evil Cave’s corruption source and Akara completed the purification ritual. As the demons retreated and sunlight returned to the Blood Moor, Annie defeated the Countess and claimed the runes she dropped, leaving Akara to arrive amid a chaotic scramble for treasure.

• Flavie’s Rogues ran out of mana, retreated from the second defensive line, and set the third line ablaze to hold back the Undead and Fallen led by Blood Raven.
• Akara learned that the Countess had attacked the camp and that Annie was fighting her with a Flame Giant Bear.
• Kashya’s forces found the evil magic circle guarded by a powerful Zombie and seven others, then prepared to destroy the corruption source.
• Bishibosh’s Fallen reinforcements overwhelmed Flavie’s exhausted defenders, but the Rogues used potions and fire to block the valley pass.
• Kashya purified the Evil Cave, Akara’s ritual cleared the dark clouds, and the demons retreated as Flavie’s surviving Rogues celebrated victory.
• Annie had Tibbers kill the Countess, claimed her dropped runes, and watched refugees rush to collect the scattered treasure as Akara arrived.

After the Rogues reclaimed the Blood Moor, Annie celebrated the sunrise, dismissed Charsi’s concerns about the dead, and spent the day seeking food instead of work. Akara and Kashya planned to ask Annie to equip two hundred Rogues, while Akara’s attempt to persuade the girl to help ended in failure.

• Annie woke to Charsi repairing a broken mannequin, teased her shaved head, and heard how the Rogues had cleared the Den of Evil and Flavie’s troops had suffered 1,220 casualties defending the Cold Plains valley.
• Annie rejected Charsi’s advice to rise early, explained that she followed her own desires, and eagerly joined the camp’s celebration for the chance to eat fresh meat.
• Akara comforted Flavie as she reported the battle losses, while Kashya praised the barbarian guards’ equipment and decided to send Flavie with two runes to request gear for two hundred elite Rogues.
• Annie told the livestock pen’s calf how to escape becoming meat and encouraged it to grow into the Cow King, then left without caring whether it could get away.
• At the bonfire celebration, Akara tried to convince Annie to work harder and help others, but Annie refused and Akara postponed her effort to persuade the girl.

Annie completed Thori'dal, a powerful runic artifact bow, while Charsi prepared to mass-produce equipment for Flavie's Rogues. Annie then left the workshop to go fishing, leaving Akara concerned about her selfish behavior.

• Annie redesigned and enchanted an ornate war bow, explaining to Charsi that its decorations made room for the runes needed to stabilize it.
• Annie finished Thori'dal, whose magic created arrows and granted extraordinary combat abilities, and told Charsi that she planned to mass-produce the weapon.
• Annie said the armor would be even stronger but refused to make shields or spears for the Amazons, while Charsi hurried off to organize production.
• Annie abandoned her remaining work and headed out with fishing gear after hearing the area around the Rogue Encampment had been cleared of monsters.
• Akara met Annie at the gate and urged her to get along with the other children, but Annie rejected her advice and ran out to play.

Annie bullied a boy into giving her fishing bait, then fed his sister and reluctantly told her the history of Sanctuary. The chapter left Annie wondering whether the Worldstone explained Sanctuary’s limits on magic and human power.

• Annie threatened to scare away the fish until the chubby boy gave her half his worms, then persuaded his sister to bait her line with the promise of dried cheese.
• Kashya watched Annie torment the boy and told Ansar to tighten security around Rogue Encampment; Ansar also asked Kashya for equipment for the guards.
• Annie gave the boy’s sister cheese and, when the girl insisted on a story, recounted Sanctuary’s origins, the Nephalem, and the angels’ and demons’ role in human history.
• The chubby boy shouted that Annie’s account was nonsense, while Annie speculated that the Worldstone might explain Sanctuary’s restrictions on magic and human strength.

The Angiris Council debated whether to intervene in Sanctuary as Diablo escaped his seal, but its members failed to reach a decision and Auriel agreed to investigate unusual energy in the mortal world. In Annie’s house, the Rogues and Amazons claimed twenty-one sets of powerful armor and bows, and Kashya prepared to attack Morena and secure Charsi’s workshop.

• Imperius convened the Angiris Council to discuss Diablo’s escape, while Izual and Malthael reported that their means of perceiving fate had become unclear.
• Auriel urged the Council to observe Sanctuary, but Tyrael demanded intervention; Imperius accused him of breaking their laws and suspected he intended to use humanity against Heaven and Hell.
• The Council’s vote produced no resolution, and Izual abstained while asking to investigate an unusual energy surge in the Blood Moor; Auriel volunteered to go in his place.
• Annie presented twenty-one sets of Thori'dal bows and Judgment armor, and Kashya, Virche, and Flavie divided the equipment among their forces.
• Kashya tested the lightweight armor, planned to attack Morena the next morning, and ordered Flavie to guard Charsi’s workshop while Akara urged her to arrange Khaine’s rescue soon.

Annie spent time with Johanna and promised to make her equipment so she could become a warrior, while a disguised Auriel arrived at Rogue Encampment to investigate unusual energy. The chapter ended with Auriel and Annie trading insults as Auriel tried to learn about the encampment.

• Annie watched refugees build farms and a town as the Sisterhood prepared to establish an independent settlement around Rogue Encampment.
• Annie learned that Kashya and her squad had left to kill Blood Raven and Bishibosh before opening the Cairn Stones portal to rescue Deckard Cain in Tristram.
• Johanna told Annie she wanted to fight demons, and Annie promised to have Charsi make her a powerful set of armor and weapons.
• Auriel approached Annie and Johanna, questioned Annie about her threat to hit angels, and asked where she was.
• Johanna gave Auriel their names and said Akara was in charge, while Annie refused to answer Auriel's questions and challenged her to ask someone else.

Kashya led twenty-one Rogues and Amazons in a swift assault that destroyed Bishibosh’s Fallen encampment, proving the power of their new equipment. Afterward, the warriors set out for the Burial Grounds to face Blood Raven, while Auriel arrived at the Rogue Encampment disguised as a Zakarum High Priest to investigate unusual energy fluctuations.

• Kashya briefed Flavie, Viltche, and their warriors on a ten-minute strike through Bishibosh’s camp, ordering them to prioritize the Fallen Shamans and Bishibosh.
• Auriel introduced herself to Akara as a High Priest sent by the High Council of Zakarum, asked about Khanduras and the Dark Wanderer, and arranged to stay in a tent near the Rogue barracks.
• Kashya’s arrowhead formation charged into the Fallen encampment, killing thousands of Fallen and most of the shamans as they advanced toward Bishibosh.
• Kashya blocked Bishibosh’s fireballs, caught up with him, and cut him in half; Flavie then severed his head as the remaining Fallen fled.
• Kashya ordered the warriors to withdraw toward the Burial Grounds, where they planned to confront Blood Raven, and Cassia Wilche revealed her full name after accepting the Rogues as comrades.

Auriel investigated the strange energy coming from Annie’s workshop but was forced to flee when her stomach trouble worsened. Meanwhile, Marius and the Dark Wanderer reached the outskirts of Lut Gholein, where demons surged toward the city, and Marius remained unaware that his companion had manipulated his dream.

• Auriel watched Annie’s workshop and concluded that its energy and the guards’ equipment were far beyond ordinary mortal craftsmanship.
• Annie confronted Auriel, recognized that she had diarrhea, and let her leave; Annie realized Auriel was powerful enough to sense the energy released by her enchantments.
• Marius recalled traveling east with the black-cloaked swordsman and saw the demonic darkness following them toward Lut Gholein.
• Marius dreamed of Tal Rasha, Tyrael, and Baal, then woke to demons and undead emerging from the desert and charging toward Lut Gholein.
• The Dark Wanderer told Marius that the man in his dream was his brother and that they would continue north, while Marius remained unaware that the Dark Wanderer had planted the dream and meant Baal.

Kasha confronted and killed Blood Raven, the corrupted former Rogue Morena, after finding Rogue sisters’ corpses hanging in the Burial Grounds. With Blood Raven’s death destroying her summoned Undead, Kashya led the Rogues and Amazons onward to the Stony Field, with Tristram as their next test.

• Kasha and Cassia’s forces surrounded Blood Raven beneath a tree where the demon had hanged Rogue prisoners, and Kasha demanded to know why Morena had committed such atrocities.
• Blood Raven admitted she had tortured the Rogues to turn them into Undead archers and summoned tens of thousands of Hungry Undead to attack the group.
• Cassia and the nine other Amazons summoned ten golden Valkyries, which fought back the Undead while Kasha faced Blood Raven.
• Blood Raven fired a line of Fire Serpent arrows at Kasha, but Kasha’s magic arrow shattered them and pierced Blood Raven’s head.
• Kasha’s magic arrow burned Blood Raven and the hanging corpses, while the demon’s released energy destroyed the summoned Undead throughout the Burial Grounds.
• Kashya ordered her forces to the Stony Field and resolved to continue fighting the demons, with Tristram as their next destination.

Annie stole honey from a killer-bee hive with Johanna, then led the swarm into two Barbarian guards while the girls escaped and ate the honey. A burst of holy golden light appeared in the Rogue Encampment, and Annie ran there with Johanna to see what was happening.

• Annie ignored Johanna’s warnings, startled the killer bees with Shatterfire, and used Blink to grab honeycombs from their hive.
• Annie fled with Johanna as the killer bees chased them, then warned the Barbarian guards to run when the girls reached them.
• The guards confronted the swarm, fled into a river, and stayed trapped there while Annie and Johanna ate honey nearby.
• Annie told Johanna that teammates could be sacrificed, then promised her more honey the next day.
• Annie spotted holy golden lights flaring inside the Rogue Encampment and hurried there with Johanna.

Oriel revealed herself as Hope’s Archangel in the Rogue Encampment, where Annie’s honey drew a swarm of bees and drove away the onlookers. In Lut Gholein, Jerhyn sent Renald to defend the palace against demons while Tyrael pursued the Dark Wanderer toward Tal Rasha’s tomb, leaving the city under siege.

• Oriel’s transformation exposed her angelic form, but Annie mocked her and asked to study her while Oriel remained weak from eating human food.
• Annie lured a swarm of killer bees to the clearing with honey, scattering the crowd and leaving many people swollen from stings.
• Jerhyn gave Renald his ancient king’s sword and ordered him to lead the last five thousand Royal Guards against the demons beneath the palace.
• Tyrael found evidence that the Dark Wanderer had camped in the desert near Lut Gholein, then set off toward Tal Rasha’s tomb to stop him from freeing Baal.
• A horde of demons and undead ambushed Tyrael in the desert, and he attacked them with his holy sword El’druin.
• Annie and Johanna ate honey near the Rogue Encampment, where Annie dismissed Johanna’s guilt over the bee attack and planned to show her Oriel.