Chapter Summaries

Ye Ting used the Third Magic to protect himself and Sylvanas from Ner'zhul's soul attack, and the magic also transformed Sylvanas into a Heroic Spirit. Ner'zhul abandoned soul attacks and sent the Scourge charging at the tower.

• Ner'zhul unleashed a soul shockwave against Ye Ting and Sylvanas to help Arthas escape.
• Ye Ting used the Third Magic to materialize their souls, rendering Ner'zhul's attack ineffective and strengthening Sylvanas.
• Ner'zhul recognized the power of their souls, feared them, then grew greedy and decided to capture them.
• Ner'zhul ordered the Scourge to attack the tower, sending undead, Abominations, Nerubians, and Gargoyles against Ye Ting and Sylvanas.

Sylvanas and Ye Ting held a narrow passage against the Scourge, cutting down wave after wave of undead while Ye Ting sealed gargoyles outside the tower. Despite their apparent advantage, both began to suspect the Lich King had something else planned.

• Sylvanas used Arrow Barrage and Split Arrow to kill numerous undead with Sunstrider's Bow.
• Gargoyles crowded the tower walls and tried to force their way through windows and cracks.
• Ye Ting reshaped Arthas's ice magic into a solid barrier that kept the gargoyles outside.
• Sylvanas and Ye Ting slaughtered the undead charging through the passage, but both sensed that something was wrong.

Ye Ting and Sylvanas survived the tower’s collapse and drove back the nerubians with Ye Ting’s powerful magic. As the Scourge closed in again, Ye Ting called Tangram and requested an orbital strike.

• Ye Ting and Sylvanas noticed the Scourge easing its assault but stayed alert for Ner'zhul’s next move.
• Nerubians burrowed beneath the tower, destroyed its foundations, and brought the ruin down around them.
• Ye Ting cast Shinra Tensei, blasting the rubble and nearby nerubians and undead into the air.
• Ye Ting and Sylvanas emerged in a crater as the Scourge advanced again.
• Ye Ting released Sylvanas’s hand, called Tangram, and requested an orbital strike.

Ye Ting revealed an orbital strike of concentrated Holy Light that purified the Scourge surrounding him and Sylvanas. The blast left a cleared area amid the undead, with sunlight visible through the clouds.

• Sylvanas asked Ye Ting about the strange words he had used, and he told her to wait for an orbital strike.
• A brilliant light appeared above the ruins, drawing the attention of Ye Ting's party and the undead.
• Ner'zhul recognized the light as Holy Light and recalled his past encounters with the Draenei.
• A pillar of Holy Light descended over Ye Ting, Sylvanas, and the surrounding undead, healing Sylvanas while purifying the Scourge.
• The strike cleared the undead from several hundred meters around Ye Ting and Sylvanas, leaving a bright opening in the dark clouds.

Ye Ting used K'ara’s Holy Light attack to escape with Sylvanas, while Ner’zhul ordered Arthas to march on Silvermoon City. The High Elves assembled their defenses at the city gates as another battle loomed on Quel'Danas Isle.

• Ner’zhul hesitated after the Holy Light strike, allowing Ye Ting to teleport away with Sylvanas.
• Ner’zhul realized Ye Ting had tricked him, raged, and ordered Arthas to lead the Scourge toward Silvermoon City.
• The Scourge reached Quel'Thalas’s walls at dusk, where High Elf soldiers prepared to defend their city.
• Silvermoon City’s gates opened, and several thousand High Elf guards, rangers, mages, priests, and magical constructs marched out.
• The chapter revealed that another war was about to begin on Quel'Danas Isle.

Arthas led an elite Scourge force to Quel'Danas Island after disabling the Gatekeeper system, hoping to seize the Sunwell and resurrect Kel'Thuzad. He faced King Anasterian Sunstrider, and their opening clash ended with Arthas unharmed.

• The Scourge captured the three temples and moon crystals, causing the Gatekeeper system and the Three Moon Keys to fail.
• Arthas sent Baron Rivendare's army toward Silvermoon City as a feint while he led Scourge elites in a surprise attack on Quel'Danas Island.
• Arthas confronted Anasterian Sunstrider and revealed that his true target was the Sunwell, whose power he wanted to use to resurrect Kel'Thuzad.
• Anasterian attacked Arthas with Felo'melorn, sending a fiery phoenix toward him.
• Arthas raised a frost shield with Frostmourne, and the fire and ice canceled each other out without harming him.

Arthas and Anasterian fought to a standstill until Anasterian gained the advantage in close combat, but Frostmourne cracked Felo'melorn. Wary of the sword, Anasterian retreated over the sea to attack Arthas's subordinates with magic.

• Anasterian realized that Arthas's power came from Frostmourne and challenged him with Felo'melorn and powerful fire magic.
• Arthas charged through Anasterian's spells, and the two leaders fought while their subordinates battled around them.
• Anasterian's graceful swordsmanship gave him the upper hand, and he struck Arthas hard enough to send him into a crater.
• Arthas emerged badly burned but smiling, while Anasterian discovered that Frostmourne had cracked Felo'melorn.
• Anasterian withdrew above the sea and began casting spells against Arthas's subordinates.

Arthas forced Anasterian into a direct battle by repeatedly freezing the sea and destroying the Elven King’s chance to escape. Their final clash ended with Felo'melorn shattering and Frostmourne devouring Anasterian’s soul, leaving the Elven King dead on the ice.

• Anasterian abandoned his initial plan to defeat Arthas through illusion magic and tried to keep his distance.
• Arthas froze the sea with Frostmourne, and Anasterian repeatedly melted the ice with Flamestrike to prevent the Scourge from crossing toward Quel'Danas Island.
• Arthas kept recreating the ice until Anasterian realized he was being forced into a battle of attrition and descended onto it to fight.
• Arthas charged Anasterian on Invincible, but the Elven King dodged his strike and severed both of the warhorse’s front legs with Felo'melorn.
• Arthas struck back in fury, and the weapons’ final clash shattered Felo'melorn before Frostmourne devoured Anasterian’s soul.

The High Elves fought Baron Rivendare’s Scourge army outside Silvermoon City, holding firm against successive assaults as the undead deployed increasingly dangerous forces. With the elven mages stretched thin and skeletal dragons descending, Rivendare prepared to deliver a fatal blow.

• Vereesa led the High Elves in successive arrowstorms that destroyed the first waves of undead, but Rivendare sent shielded troops and Abominations to absorb their attacks.
• The High Elf mages and priests disrupted the undead advance, while the guards formed a shield wall and spears that held back the Scourge’s charge.
• Rivendare deployed more Abominations, necromancers, burrowing Crypt Fiends, and gargoyles, forcing the elves to counter attacks across the battlefield.
• Astromancer Solanian led mages in casting Mud to Stone to stop the Crypt Fiends from tunneling beneath the elven lines.
• Skeletal dragons descended and killed dozens of elves with their breath attacks, while the shortage of mages left the High Elf forces struggling to respond.
• Rivendare saw that the elves had committed most of their remaining strength and prepared to launch a fatal blow.

Lor'themar held the High Elf line against the Scourge until Baron Rivendare's death knights used Anti-Magic Shell to resist the mages' spells and charge the army's flank. Just as Lor'themar faced the prospect of defeat, powerful allies intervened and a familiar voice addressed him.

• Lor'themar kept the High Elf forces in formation while the mages and constructs held back the skeletal dragons.
• He spotted the Scourge death knights charging and ordered his remaining mages to attack them with spells.
• Baron Rivendare's death knights raised Anti-Magic Shells, absorbed the spells, and reached the High Elf flank.
• Arrows felled several death knights, black tentacles ensnared nearby undead warhorses, and a winged figure glowing with golden light blocked the charge.
• A familiar female voice asked Lor'themar why he was fighting that way and said she had not taught him to do so.

Sylvanas returned to Silvermoon City with Ye Ting and reinforcements, restored Lor'themar’s resolve, and helped turn the battle against the Scourge. As Liadrin and the High Elf paladins struck Rivendare’s death knights from the flanks and rear, the Scourge’s chance of defeating the elves disappeared.

• Sylvanas rejoined Lor'themar, scolded him for losing control of the battle, and ordered him to resume commanding while she went to the front lines.
• Lor'themar spotted Ye Ting beside Sylvanas and realized their arrival and reinforcements gave Silvermoon City a strong chance of being saved.
• Sylvanas's arrows and Ye Ting's summoned tentacles disrupted the death knights' charge as Liadrin descended with Avenging Wrath.
• Liadrin used Consecration and Divine Storm to burn undead and scatter their skeletal warhorses.
• The other High Elf paladins charged Rivendare's death knights from the flanks and rear, leaving Rivendare focused on limiting the Scourge's losses.

After the Scourge retreated from Silvermoon, a devastating explosion at the Sunwell left Sylvanas grieving and forced the survivors to hurry to Quel'Danas. Ye Ting prepared to find allies for the journey, beginning with Liadrin.

• Rivendare ordered the Death Knights and most of the Scourge to retreat while undead cannon fodder covered their escape, and Sylvanas forbade Lor'themar from pursuing them.
• A huge explosion at the Sunwell made Sylvanas realize that Quel'Danas had been attacked and that the elven king had likely failed.
• Ye Ting urged the grieving Sylvanas to protect Quel'Thalas, and she agreed to travel with him to the Sunwell.
• Vereesa reunited with Sylvanas and tearfully insisted that she was an adult ranger who could fight alongside her sister.
• Ye Ting decided to find reliable helpers for the journey and planned to start with Liadrin.

Ye Ting flew Sylvanas, the Windrunner sisters, Liadrin, and Lelora to the Isle of Quel'Danas, where they found the Sunwell's defenses in ruins and mages murdered by traitors. Vereesa deduced that the killer had recently entered the inner area, so the group hurried after him.

• Ye Ting transformed into a Dragon and carried Sylvanas, Vereesa, Alleria, Liadrin, and Lelora toward Quel'Danas.
• The group saw that the island's buildings and defenses had been devastated by the Scourge's scheme.
• Ye Ting landed near Sunwell Plateau, where they found the bodies of many powerful High Elf mages.
• Sylvanas concluded that traitors had murdered the mages, and Vereesa identified their wounds as deliberate attacks from behind.
• Vereesa inferred that the killer had recently entered the inner area, and Liadrin urged the group to pursue him.

Ye Ting and the elves reached the Sunwell and found the Silvermoon Council slain, then encountered the wounded commander Salorian facing Arthas and the traitor Dar'Khan. Liadrin condemned her former friend, while Arthas warily recognized Ye Ting and recalled his recent defeat.

• Ye Ting and the elves followed the trail of corpses through Sunwell Plateau and heard fighting near the Sunwell.
• They entered the plaza and found three slain Silvermoon Councilors beside the Sunwell, along with the wounded legion commander Salorian facing Arthas and Dar'Khan.
• Sylvanas recognized Dar'Khan as the traitor, and Liadrin confronted him about betraying Quel'Thalas and their old comrades.
• Dar'Khan blamed his betrayal on the recognition and status given to others, but Liadrin rejected his excuses and condemned his selfishness and ambition.
• Dar'Khan praised Arthas and asked him to show the elves the power of death, while Arthas watched Ye Ting warily and remembered his recent defeat.

Arthas confronted Ye Ting at the Sunwell and escaped with stolen Sunwell water by sacrificing a banshee to unleash her devastating wail. Dalkhan was left behind, gravely injured, as Ye Ting and the elves struggled to recover.

• Dalkhan worried that Arthas was displeased with him while Ye Ting’s group tended to Salorian beside the Sunwell.
• Arthas tried to persuade Ye Ting to join the Scourge, but Ye Ting rejected him and threatened the Lich King.
• Arthas discovered Dalkhan had hidden a bottle of Sunwell water, seized it, and prepared to leave without the traitor.
• Sylvanas ordered the group to stop Arthas, but he unleashed a banshee’s wail that badly injured Dalkhan, Salorian, and the elves.
• Ye Ting shielded Vereesa as Arthas and his undead escaped, leaving the paralyzed Dalkhan behind.

Ye Ting transformed the Sunwell into a living elven girl named Anveena and prepared to take her to Silvermoon City. Solanian remained wary of the plan but agreed that Anveena should be brought back for further consideration.

• Sylvanas led forces into Eversong Woods to clear out undead and rescue refugees while Quel'Thalas's survivors began rebuilding.
• Liadrin and Lelora used the Holy Light to comfort the wounded, and Vereesa served as temporary Ranger General in Silvermoon City's defense.
• Ye Ting brought Solanian and other mages to Sunwell Plateau to demonstrate how he could relocate the Sunwell.
• Ye Ting used the Third Magic to transform the Sunwell into a little elf who called him Daddy and named herself Anveena.
• Solanian accused Ye Ting of taking the Sunwell, but he explained that Anveena could retain her functions in human form and promised she would remain in Silvermoon City.
• Solanian agreed to bring Anveena back to Silvermoon City while leaving the relocation plan for further consideration.

Ye Ting left Quel'Thalas after its reconstruction began, aware that Anveena's growing popularity and resentment toward Kael'thas could provoke political turmoil. He headed for Alterac to check on the Barov family and reunite with those who had waited for him, while Caer Darrow Castle faced another intruder alarm.

• Anveena's role in restoring the High Elves strengthened her bond with Sylvanas, while royalists feared that their popularity and resentment toward the absent Kael'thas threatened Quel'Thalas's stability.
• Ye Ting left Quel'Thalas for Alterac to verify the Barov family's survival and answer Janice, Ilucia, Garona, and the others who had waited for him.
• The Scourge devastated Lordaeron and the former lands of Alterac, but the Barov family defended Caer Darrow County and made it a haven.
• A magical alarm rang inside Darrowmere Lake Castle, signaling that an intruder had entered.

A magical alarm brought the women of Darrowmere Castle to confront an intruder, only for them to discover that Archmage Sandor Liver had returned. Ye Ting reunited with his long-waiting companions and noticed an unfamiliar Menethil girl among them.

• The castle's defenses activated after a spatial disturbance, and its mistresses arrived armed and ready to fight.
• Onyxia recognized Ye Ting, embraced him, and released him after he promised not to disappear again.
• Alleria welcomed Ye Ting back, embraced him, and urged him to greet the others.
• Ye Ting reunited with Janice Barov, Ilucia, Garona, and Malicia, who each showed their affection in different ways.
• Ye Ting noticed a golden-haired, blue-eyed girl whose appearance suggested she belonged to the Menethil royal family, but he did not know who she was.

Ye Ting reunited with Princess Calia Menethil, who broke down in his arms over Lordaeron’s fall and her family’s deaths. He comforted her, accepted her trust, and offered to help rebuild Lordaeron.

• Ye Ting recognized Calia Menethil after she reminded him of their meetings at King Terenas’s banquets.
• Calia embraced Ye Ting and wept as she described Lordaeron’s destruction and the deaths surrounding her.
• The chapter recounted how Onyxia had found Calia after Ilucia urged her to search the undead-infested capital and brought her to Caer Darrow.
• After the others left, Ye Ting comforted Calia as she explained that she had admired and trusted him since childhood.
• Ye Ting invited Calia to call him Sandor or Big Brother Sandor and promised to help her rebuild Lordaeron.

Ye Ting promised Calia that he would help rebuild Lordaeron, then explained to Alleria the Scourge’s devastation and Quel’Thalas’s condition. Alleria decided to return home and help form an expeditionary army, while Janice approached Ye Ting after Alleria left.

• Ye Ting promised Calia his help in restoring Lordaeron, and she left the hall hopeful and grateful.
• Alleria questioned Ye Ting about his closeness to Calia, and he explained that Lordaeron’s strength was essential to defeating the Scourge.
• Alleria asked about Quel’Thalas, and Ye Ting told her how he had helped save it and her sister Shiv.
• Alleria thanked Ye Ting, then said she would return to Quel’Thalas and help rebuild it and form an expeditionary army.
• Alleria left for the night, and Janice walked toward Ye Ting as he appealed to her after Alleria refused to see him.