Recaps

The Loran Family developed its territory with Medivh’s help as the rainy season approached, while Medivh prepared for the coming war by raising a vast skeleton army and breaking through to Second-Rank Advanced Mage. He ended the chapter using his renewed spiritual power to resurrect stronger skeletons.

• The Skeleton Engineering Team rapidly built the Loran Family’s Military Castles, and Knight Philemon oversaw the territory’s expansion to twelve castles with farming outposts.
• As rainy-season clouds approached, Philemon told Fiona to warn Philip to withdraw soldiers from exposed outposts because floods could bring Murloc raids.
• Medivh reflected that the rainy season would precede a year of war between the Gewalt Federation and its two hostile empires, and reviewed the many skeletons he had resurrected over four months.
• Medivh resurrected a Mid-Grade Purple Bone Skeletal Behemoth from monster bones, then used the Spring of Time to revitalize his spiritual power and advance to Second-Rank Advanced Mage.
• Medivh used his renewed power to begin assembling and resurrecting top-grade Skeleton Assassin parts.

Medivh resurrected Metal-Eating Dragon Skeletons that could produce Transcendent metal, then strengthened Kurd City's Skeleton Legion. As severe flooding brought stronger Murloc attacks to the Odyssey Region, Hilda and the Mage Skeletons defended the 18th Ring District and killed a Third-Rank Murloc Warrior.

• Medivh resurrected top-grade Purple Bone Skeletons and discovered that the Dragon-Blooded Metal-Eating Beast Skeleton could consume ore and produce Transcendent metal.
• Medivh named the Metal-Eating Behemoths Metal-Eating Dragons, sent seven of them to mine in Black Furnace Fortress, and resumed resurrecting top-grade Skeletons.
• Flooding covered the lower Wan River, and Murlocs attacked settlements across the Odyssey Region as higher-Rank Murlocs entered the area.
• Hilda fought a Third-Rank Murloc Warrior on the 18th Ring District wall while Mage Skeletons prevented Murloc Warlocks from rescuing it.
• Hilda killed the Third-Rank Murloc Warrior, and a watching Fourth-Rank Murloc retreated beneath the river as other Murlocs moved upstream to attack less-defended camps.

After the rainy season, Medivh built Dragon Gate Ferry across the Wan River and made new arrangements with the Loran Family. As war drew near, Knight Ostan arrived to reinforce Philemon and discovered that Kurd had supplied the troops with food and rapidly built their Military Castles.

• Murlocs raided human camps during the floods, taking advantage of the water and rainy-season darkness.
• After the skies cleared, Medivh expanded Kurd’s forces with Purple Bone Skeletons, two of which advanced into Third-Rank Bone Spirits.
• Skeletons built Dragon Gate Ferry with regular boat docks and an emergency overhead cableway, and Medivh named the growing northern-bank settlement after the crossing.
• Philip arranged for the Loran Family’s troops to cross the Wan River and signed a more expensive contract to rent Kurd’s Skeleton Engineering Team for northern Military Castles and outposts.
• Ostan arrived with reinforcements and rebuked Philemon for leaving their supplies behind, but Philemon explained that they could buy cheap food in Kurd.
• After seeing the Military Castles and Kurd’s enormous West City Wall, Ostan realized that Medivh had helped the Loran Family build its defenses.

Knight Ostan arrived with Loran Family reinforcements and saw how quickly Philip had expanded north of the Wan River. In Kurd City, Medivh demonstrated the new Anti-Air Ballista, giving the city a defense against high-altitude attacks.

• Knight Ostan crossed the Wan River to inspect the northern Military Castle and praised the Skeleton Engineering Team's construction speed.
• Philemon told Knight Ostan that Finel and the other mages were training in Kurd City because it had a Mage Tower.
• Medivh asked Hilda about Kurd City's defenses, and they discussed the danger posed by high-altitude airships.
• Medivh showed Hilda the Anti-Air Ballista, a mobile Giant Crossbow designed to target enemies in the air.
• Draven tested the Anti-Air Ballista and praised its range, accuracy, and ability to fire repeated volleys.

Medivh demonstrated the powerful Sky Bow anti-air weapon and supplied the Hobarton elders on the front line with Fierce Lion Battle Armor. The Hobarton Legion prepared for the coming war, eager to earn more Magic Rune Armaments.

• Medivh showed Draven and the others the Sky Bow Alchemy Ballista Cannon, whose specially enchanted bolt tracked and destroyed an eagle in midair.
• Hilda asked Earl Hobarton Draven to equip her legion with Sky Bow cannons, but Draven explained that only mage operators could use them and promised to provide more Anti-Air Ballistas instead.
• Medivh gave Draven two sets of Fierce Lion Battle Armor for the elders defending Dragon Gate Ferry, with three more sets still being made for the seven elders who helped defend the city.
• The Hobarton elders welcomed the armor and vowed to fight more Orc Berserkers, while the legion's knights hoped to earn custom Magic Rune Armaments through Medivh's battle bounty.

Medivh assessed Kurd City's defenses and adjusted his skeleton production plans while balancing military preparations with study and leisure. Audrey continued her relationship with him, and Hilda and two visitors from the Loran Family reflected on Audrey's choice to follow him.

• Medivh reviewed Kurd City's forces, concluded that its guards were spread thin, and planned to alternate resurrecting Purple, Green, and Common Skeletons.
• Medivh told Audrey he would be free for the next few days, and she eagerly accepted before leaving for patrol with unsteady legs.
• Hilda noticed Audrey's frequent absences and understood that Audrey had been spending time with Medivh, though she did not press her about it.
• Audrey and Hilda met Finel and Filulu from the Loran Family, who praised Audrey for choosing Medivh despite the scandal and said her decision had proved wise.

Medivh agreed to supply the Pioneers along the lower Wan River and rent out Skeleton Engineering Teams, opening trade routes that could support the region’s defenses. After the Noble Council offered him access to buried Orc and Bear-man bones near Winter Fortress, Medivh began organizing an excavation, and word of the deals brought more Pioneers seeking his services.

• Audrey felt delighted when Finel praised the way she spoke.
• Skeleton troops repelled Orc Vanguard Squads while construction continued at Dragon Gate Ferry.
• Medivh agreed to sell supplies to lower Wan River Pioneers in exchange for payment, including bones, and offered free excavation services for large burial sites.
• Medivh agreed to rent Skeleton Engineering Teams to build Military Castles along both banks of the Wan River.
• Earth mages built bridges across the Wan River, and the Noble Council’s envoy offered Medivh buried Orc and Bear-man bones near Winter Fortress.
• Medivh organized an archaeological expedition, and Pioneers from the middle and lower reaches began sending envoys after hearing about his deals.

Medivh expanded trade along the Wan River and helped secure its middle and lower reaches for the Gewalt Federation, earning recognition from the Noble Council. As settlers arrived and the Hobarton Family pledged further support, Medivh agreed to provide equipment in return while Kurd continued developing magical armor for its skeletons.

• Kurd's merchant ships traded goods for bones along the Wan River, while the Skeleton Engineering Team helped build castles and farming outposts that blocked the Orc Vanguard Squad from crossing.
• The Noble Council commended Medivh for his work, and the Gewalt Federation prepared settlers to farm the newly secured river region.
• Earl Hobarton Draven urged Medivh to accept human subjects, and Medivh agreed to take the settlers offered by the Noble Council.
• Medivh received ten thousand households of pioneer settlers, while Draven promised that the Hobarton Family would send another hundred thousand prosperous households to Kurd.
• Medivh offered the Hobarton Family Fierce Lion Battle Armor and Anti-Air Ballistae in return for its support, and Draven accepted.
• Kurd's Skeleton Mage Corps continued developing Magic Rune Armor and explored inscribing Spirit Runes onto the Time Skeletons' Origin Bone Artifacts.

Medivh expanded Kurd City and Dragon Gate Ferry to accommodate more than a million settlers while building up their defenses, workforce, and undead forces. The chapter ended with him asking Bishop Moana to build more Light Churches so the settlers could pray more easily.

• The Noble Council sent ten thousand households to Kurd City, where Medivh assigned settlers to work and organized able-bodied men for militia training.
• The Hobarton Family sent 100,000 households totaling 1.12 million people, and Medivh divided them between Kurd City and Dragon Gate Ferry.
• Medivh paused work on the Skeleton Assembly Line but expanded his forces to 200,000 skeletons, including 100,000 Combat Skeletons, and strengthened his magical resources and Mage Tower defenses.
• Medivh asked Bishop Moana to build more Light Churches in Kurd City and Dragon Gate Ferry because the settlers faced long queues when they went to pray.

Medivh supported the Great Expansion by supplying military goods, building castles, and strengthening defenses across the Wan River while Kurd City and Dragon Gate Ferry expanded. He gave Draven four suits of Fierce Lion Battle Armor for the Hobarton Family, and the visiting elders prepared to carry them home.

• Medivh’s trade in military supplies and specialties flourished as Pioneers exchanged excavated bones for goods, and his Skeleton Engineering Teams built Military Castles for them.
• The Noble Council provided Medivh with subsidies and access to Transcendent Materials, while his support helped establish a defensive line along both banks of the Wan River.
• Dragon Gate Ferry expanded alongside the castle defenses and repelled Orc vanguard and assassin attacks, though Orcs killed several Pioneers and members of Pioneer teams elsewhere.
• After the monthly meeting, Medivh sent Draven four suits of Fierce Lion Battle Armor for the other elders of the Hobarton Family.
• The Hobarton elders praised Medivh and arranged for elders from home to wear the armor and escort it back safely.

Medivh continued expanding Kurd City by bringing nearby Alien Tribes under his control and using their ancestral bones to strengthen the city. After Hilda suggested he build a human inner circle, Medivh agreed to establish Knight and Mage Academies whose students would first swear loyalty to him.

• Medivh ordered the Skeleton Legion to wipe out a Werewolf Tribe that had fought Kurd City and recover its ancestors' bones.
• Medivh accepted five Alien Tribes into Kurd City, relocating their members and preserving their ancestral bones for future use.
• Skeletons excavated the mixed cemetery beside Winter Fortress, including the remains of humans, Orcs, Bear-men, and enslaved native tribes.
• Hilda advised Medivh to build a human inner circle to help him deal with other nobles, and Medivh agreed to establish Knight and Mage Academies.
• Medivh required Knight Academy candidates to prove themselves through military training and Mage Academy students to sign a Loyalty Contract before enrollment.

Draven advised Medivh to establish a professional Kurd Legion and test the commoners for mage aptitude. Medivh assigned the legion’s formation to Hilda and Audrey, then launched a census that revealed Kurd had hundreds of thousands of youths to test and more than 1,500 Skeleton Mages.

• Draven told Medivh that Kurd needed a professional legion and asked Hilda to guide its training.
• Medivh put Audrey in charge of forming the Kurd Legion with Skeleton Warriors, while Hilda helped establish it.
• Draven explained why the Hobarton Family had avoided testing commoners for mage aptitude: apprentices without binding contracts usually joined the Academic School.
• Medivh ordered the Skeleton Mages to test commoners under nineteen across Kurd and Dragon Gate Ferry, estimating that about 400,000 youths qualified.
• The census surprised the Loran Family mages, who saw hundreds of Skeleton Mages and learned that Medivh’s corps numbered more than 1,500.

Medivh supported a new expansion campaign by preparing his mages and soldiers and agreeing to build a defense line along the South Bank of Tu River. The Noble Council promised him a Viscount title and territory if the Leap Operation succeeded, and Cargo Airships arrived in Kurd to begin transporting workers and materials.

• Medivh established Kurd Magic Academy for 112 young mages, agreed to seek mage talent in the Hobarton Family’s territory, and offered to help train its members.
• Hilda and Audrey selected five thousand elite militiamen for the Kurd Legion, and Hilda gave Audrey the Qi Guiding Technique to teach them.
• The Federation Envoy told the pioneers that the Noble Council had ordered a defense line built on the South Bank of Tu River before the next rainy season, using Cargo Airships to transport the Skeleton Engineering Team and materials.
• Medivh questioned why earth mages were not building the defense line, and the envoy explained that it would cost too much and mages would not take the job.
• The Noble Council asked Medivh to pause construction at Dragon Gate Ferry and lead the work on the Tu River Defense Line, promising him a Viscount title and a strip of territory if the operation succeeded.
• Cargo Airships landed in Kurd, where skeletons loaded bricks as local brickworks increased production.

Medivh’s Skeleton Engineering Team rapidly built the Riverbank Wall on the South Bank of Tu River while Federation forces delayed the Orc Army. Medivh also began constructing a supply route linking the front to Dragon Gate Ferry and Kurd City as the Orc forces advanced through the wilderness.

• The Gewalt Federation launched Leap Operation, sending cargo and combat airships carrying skeletons and pioneers to the South Bank of Tu River.
• Medivh deployed more than a hundred thousand skeletons to build the Riverbank Wall, astonishing the pioneers with the Skeleton Mages’ construction work.
• The Orc Empire discovered the operation and mobilized an army, while Federation Envoys told Medivh to keep building as they fought off Orc Vanguard Squads.
• Medivh expanded the Skeleton Production Line and began building a Rapid Supply Line between Dragon Gate Ferry and the Tu River defenses.
• The Gewalt Federation harassed the Orc Army on its march and destroyed boats to slow its crossing of Sui River.

Medivh and the Skeleton Engineering Team built the Tu River South Bank Wall while Gewalt Federation strike teams delayed the Orc Army. After the Orcs reached the river and prepared a frontal assault, Medivh and the Federation Envoys reinforced the threatened section and checked on the nearly completed supply route.

• Medivh oversaw the Skeleton Engineering Team as it rapidly extended the Tu River South Bank Wall, and the Federation Envoys asked him to build at least a thousand kilometers of defenses.
• The Orc Army reached the North Bank of Tu River ten days later, and its leaders ordered a frontal assault rather than searching for a gap in the wall.
• The Orc Warlords delayed crossing the river to recover their troops and build camps in case they needed to retreat.
• The Federation Envoys and Medivh stopped extending the wall westward and reinforced the section facing the Orc camps with a double line and an outer fort.
• The Federation Envoys asked when the Rapid Supply Line would be finished, and Medivh said it was almost done.

Medivh completed the Gale Train rapid supply line, allowing supplies to reach the Tu River South Bank Defense Line at high speed. When the Orc Army launched its river crossing, the defenders inflicted heavy losses, especially in Medivh’s heavily armed section of the wall.

• Medivh completed the railway from Dragon Gate Ferry to the Tu River South Bank Defense Line, and the first Gale Train reached its destination safely.
• The Gale Train began carrying supplies hourly, while Skeletons guarded the route and Federation Envoys assigned a Tier 5 Knight to each train against sabotage.
• After a month of preparation, the Orc Army launched its River Crossing Campaign, but trebuchets, archers, and burning oil battered its boats and troops.
• Human knights and mages stopped the Orc Transcendents from breaking through the defenses.
• At Medivh’s section of the wall, Giant Crossbows, trebuchets, Skeleton Archers, and Bone Spirit Archers killed Orc soldiers and low-tier Transcendents attempting to advance.

The Orc Army’s assault on the Tu River South Bank Wall failed, and its retreat left it severely weakened. Medivh was ennobled as Viscount Wrynn, publicly named Audrey as Viscountess Wrynn, and established a noble family linked to the Hobartons.

• Draven and the Hobarton elders in Fierce Lion Battle Armor repelled the Orcs, while the defenders’ fortifications and supplies helped hold the South Bank of Tu River.
• The Orc Warlords ordered a retreat, and Murlocs killed many Orcs as they fled; the Orc Army lost nearly half its forces and remained on the North Bank of Tu River.
• The Noble Council sent an envoy to award Medivh a noble crest and asked him to extend the Tu River South Bank Wall westward.
• Audrey joined Medivh at his ennoblement ceremony, where he declared his noble surname to be Hobarton Wrynn and became Viscount Medivh Loran Hobarton Wrynn.
• Medivh publicly recognized Audrey as Viscountess Wrynn, and Finel, other Loran City mages, and Knight Hilda congratulated her.

Medivh developed Wrynn Territory, supported the pioneers’ construction projects, and agreed with Audrey to have an heir. After months of training and raising skeletons, he resurrected a top-grade Purple Bone Spirit Cat Warrior whose ancient rune improved the Spirit Cat Tribe’s inheritance.

• Audrey congratulated Hilda on becoming the Hobarton Family’s chosen successor, while the Second Elder praised Medivh for establishing House Wrynn.
• Medivh asked the Second Elder to help recruit free citizens for Wrynn Territory, and the Second Elder agreed to arrange recruitment and consider a trade for more subjects.
• Medivh rented out his Skeleton Engineering Team to build defensive walls and Military Castles while expanding Wrynn Territory and collecting bones as payment.
• Audrey asked Medivh to give the Wrynn Family an heir, and he agreed to stop taking precautions with her.
• Over five months, Medivh expanded his skeleton forces and strengthened his mental power enough to resurrect a top-grade Purple Bone Transcendental Skeleton.
• Medivh resurrected the Spirit Cat Tribe’s sixth progenitor, and the Spirit Cat Warlock Group copied its advanced Inheritance Spirit Rune for the tribe’s Spirit Rune Warriors.

Medivh accepted the Hobarton Family’s offer to relocate two hundred thousand households to Wrynn Territory in exchange for supplies over fifty years. He continued training with Audrey and Hilda, ending the chapter sparring with Hilda under her instruction.

• Medivh resurrected several Transcendental Skeletons and confirmed that the Spirit Cat Tribe’s inherited rune had not advanced beyond the High-Grade Purple Bone version.
• The Second Elder offered Medivh two hundred thousand households in exchange for fifty years of annual supplies, and Medivh accepted the deal.
• The Second Elder contacted the Grand Elder to arrange the relocation, which would take several months.
• Medivh and Audrey sparred with Knight Hilda, whose defenses Medivh struggled to penetrate, before Audrey and Medivh’s closeness prompted Hilda to leave the hall.
• Hilda later advised Medivh on his fighting, and they resumed sparring in the Spare Martial Arts Hall as she guided him and tested him under pressure.

Medivh defeated Hilda in a sparring match, and their relationship grew closer as the Fire Sparrow Armor transformed through its resonance with his ring. With the war paused for the rainy season, Medivh continued developing Wrynn Territory and welcomed a large migration of leased households to Kurd City.

• Medivh feinted past Hilda’s counter, subdued her, and accepted her quiet consent as he used Cleanse on her.
• Medivh activated the Fire Sparrow Armor’s transformation with his Fire Sparrow Ring and explained its connection to the Wings of Flame prototype.
• Hilda began visiting Medivh daily to spar and share meals, while the Hobarton elders approved of their relationship.
• The Orc Empire fortified the Sui River while the Gewalt Federation harassed its construction and cultivated land between the Wan and Tu Rivers.
• Medivh’s Skeleton Engineering Teams built walls and districts around Wrynn Territory as he prepared to populate them.
• Cargo Airships brought people leased by the Hobarton Family to Kurd City, and Medivh asked Bishop Moana to establish churches in their districts.

Medivh expanded Wrynn Territory’s Light Churches to reassure newcomers and deter potential enemies while fortifying the Tu River front with Wrynn Dark Tower. By late May, Audrey and Hilda were both pregnant, though Medivh resisted pressure to have more children right away.

• Medivh arranged for more Light Priests to serve the growing number of Light Churches, using the Church of Light’s presence to calm newcomers and discourage the Necromancer Council and Mage Association from targeting him.
• Medivh had Skeleton Mages convert more Fourth Ring District castles into Mage Towers and build Wrynn Dark Tower to power and defend the Tu River South Bank Wall.
• Medivh prepared Wrynn Dark Tower to detonate in an Elemental Storm if the enemy captured the South Bank districts, hoping the threat would deter the Orc Army.
• By late May, Audrey and Hilda congratulated each other after both conceived Medivh’s heirs.
• Draven and the Second Elder urged Medivh to have more children, but he said they could discuss it later because he did not want Audrey or Hilda’s cultivation interrupted.

Medivh reflected on the Wrynn Family’s future as torrential rains flooded the rivers and lowlands. The Gewalt Federation exploited the floods to destroy Orc camps on the Tu River’s north bank, leaving Medivh stunned by the Orcs’ defeat.

• Draven and the Second Elder urged Medivh to have more children, but he said the Wrynn Family lacked the foundation to give them a good upbringing.
• Mid-June rains flooded the Wan and Tu River lowlands, while Wrynn Territory’s districts and deep-water reservoirs protected much of its farmland.
• Murlocs swam upstream to hunt in the flooded wilderness, while the Gewalt Federation kept its ships off the stormy rivers.
• The Federation Envoys ordered Combat Airships to break the flood barriers around Orc camps on the Tu River’s north bank, and human warriors held off Orc fighters who tried to intervene.
• Murlocs attacked the flooded camps and killed many Orcs, and Medivh watched in disbelief as the Orc Army was overwhelmed.

The Orc Empire’s Wyvern Cavalry attacked the South Bank of Tu River Wall and tried to destroy Wrynn Territory’s Rapid Supply Line. Medivh’s air defenses wiped out the raiders, leaving the Orc Empire on the back foot and giving the Gewalt Federation’s Pioneer Legion an opening to cross the Tu River.

• The Orc Empire sent its Wyvern Cavalry against the South Bank of Tu River Wall while the Griffin Legion and combat airships engaged the main force.
• A Wyvern Cavalry unit flew around the Hengduan Mountains to attack the Rapid Supply Line in Wrynn Territory.
• Medivh let the wyverns enter the district’s airspace, then ordered its Elemental Ballistas, Anti-Air Ballistas, and Sky Bow Ballistas to fire.
• Wrynn Territory’s air defenses shot down wyvern after wyvern, while the Griffin Legion blocked the main force and forced it to retreat.
• The Orc Empire failed to damage the Rapid Supply Line or break the defenses, leaving the Pioneer Legion a chance to cross the Tu River and establish a foothold on the north bank.

Medivh’s forces captured the surviving Wyverns and used their poisonous blood to strengthen Dragonblood skeletons, creating Poison Lizard Dragonblood Skeletons. After the Wyvern Cavalry was repelled, the Federation Envoys asked Medivh to stockpile building materials for the campaign to seize the North Bank of Tu River.

• The Purple Bone Dragonblood Sorcerers subdued the wounded Wyverns while the Warriors bound them, and the Skeleton Mages treated the badly injured captives and collected blood from the dead.
• Medivh tested which skeletons could absorb Wyvern blood, and the Dragonblood Kobold skeletons advanced while the Lizardman skeletons developed green bone scales and the ability to spit acid.
• Medivh named the mutated Lizardman skeletons Poison Lizard Dragonblood Skeletons and reserved Fourth-Rank Wyvern blood for future Yellow-Grade Kobold and Lizardman skeletons.
• The Federation Envoys praised Medivh’s anti-air defenses and asked him to stockpile building materials for the Pioneer Legion’s planned advance across the Tu River.
• Medivh agreed to support the campaign and discussed using Military Castles and Military Farming Outposts instead of building a defensive wall on the North Bank.

Medivh oversaw construction and supply work during the Rainy Season Offensive while avoiding the fighting, and he continued developing Wrynn Territory’s defenses and Wyvern breeding. The chapter ended with an Orc Assassin Squad being destroyed near Wan River as Medivh approached a Tier 3 Mage breakthrough.

• Medivh sent Wrynn Territory’s Skeleton Engineering Team to build docks and a district north of Tu River while other pioneers prepared Military Castles and the Pioneer Legion occupied Military Fortresses.
• After the floods receded, the other pioneers began construction on the North Bank of Tu River, while Medivh assigned skeletons to his allotted districts and stayed out of the coming battle.
• Audrey and Hilda asked to ride the captured Wyverns, but Medivh told them the mounts were not yet tame enough and reminded them that they were pregnant.
• Medivh adjusted his Resurrected Skeletons and intensified his cultivation as his mental strength neared the Tier 3 Mage threshold.
• Elemental Ballistae destroyed an Orc Assassin Squad near Wan River, while Medivh’s Wrynn Dark Tower and Mage Tower Cluster protected Kurd and construction expanded the towers’ range.