Recaps

Rhode learned magic, hunted Yetius with Lilia, and earned money while helping Southshore. He and Lilia then boarded Captain Sander’s ship with Nat Pagle, where a powerful catch tugged at Nat’s line.

• Rhode found Lilia stealing corn, took her in, and began learning magic with her help.
• Rhode’s experiments with Fireball destroyed part of the Jade Mine, and he agreed to clear the rubble and compensate the workers.
• Rhode and Lilia took a bounty to hunt Yetius, killed him and several yetis, and recovered Ruby Earrings that could store mana.
• Rhode met Gixil on the road and later killed a Giant Spider, then claimed the bounties for Yetius and the spider.
• Rhode cleared the Jade Mine, shared spider meat with Southshore’s children, and ordered Lilia a lightweight mithril breastplate.
• Rhode discussed expanding Southshore’s docks with Captains Sander and Hans and Nat Pagle, then agreed to sail with them and Lilia to a nearby island.
• Nat Pagle caught several fish aboard Captain Sander’s ship, and Rhode used Mage Hand to help him pull in a powerful catch.

Rhode expanded Southshore’s docks, joined Audric’s Tower as vice president, and began investigating a series of murders linked to stolen ruby necklaces. The investigation pointed toward a mage seeking a magical Ruby Necklace, while Rhode’s experiments with construct magic continued and Audric raised the subject of dark magic.

• Rhode recruited Bumpelba, froze the sea to trap the attacking Naga, and brought the Murlocs to Southshore as allies before proposing a harbor expansion.
• Rhode left Southshore with Lilia for Durnholde Keep, where Vern Audric recognized his Ruby Earrings, appointed him vice president, and offered him a position at the tower.
• Rhode investigated the murder of a merchant family and suspected a mage, while Hearthglen and Blackmoore discussed Rhode’s unusual standing and planned to draw him into their circle.
• Rhode studied construct magic, modified an Arcane Golem to follow more complex commands, and began developing a smaller reconnaissance construct.
• After Lieutenant Drake reported another attack, Rhode rescued the surviving girl, Julie, and learned that her attacker had stolen the Ruby Necklace her father gave her.
• Rhode connected Julie’s stolen necklace to his Ruby Earrings and asked Drake to check whether other murder victims had lost necklaces.
• Sally’s Gomoku suggestion helped Rhode devise a new way to connect spell models, and he used it to create a fist-sized Arcane Golem.
• Drake’s report showed that many nearby murder victims had lost gemstone necklaces, especially ruby ones, and Audric asked Rhode whether he knew about dark magic.

Rhode killed Alex, gained the Ruby Necklace, and accepted Blackmoore’s offer while secretly seeking a way to win Thrall’s trust. He built up his own forces, then traveled to Dun Garok, resolved a conflict over the Crown of Will, and began negotiating for muskets.

• Rhode exposed Alex’s murders and killed him in the Deep Forest, then returned Julie’s Ruby Necklace and accepted it as a gift.
• Rhode activated the Ruby jewelry’s set effect, learned Blink, and accepted Blackmoore’s offer of a military post while asking that Thrall train Lilia.
• Rhode linked Spell Models to give his Arcane Golem combat abilities, then planned a Musket Corps and recruited commoners as magic apprentices.
• Rhode helped Sally pursue priestly training and selected eighteen new magic apprentices, while Lilia trained with Thrall and learned warrior skills.
• Rhode and Lilia traveled toward Dun Garok, killed two carrion vultures, and found the Crown of Will in their nest.
• Rhode stopped a battle between Captain Iron Mountain’s dwarves and Targ’s ogres, returned the Crown of Will, and cleared up their misunderstanding.
• Rhode drank with Captain Iron Mountain, then visited the smithy, where Coldsteel gave Lilia Mira’s Song.
• Captain Iron Mountain took Rhode to the armory, where Bretta Goldfury demonstrated a musket and Rhode asked the price of a hundred guns.

Rhode uncovered Blackmoore’s plan to have him killed, secretly won Hearthglen over, and marched on Caer Darrow with an unlikely army of musketeers, mages, soldiers, and ogres. After capturing the city and clearing Scholomance, Rhode prepared to return and confront Blackmoore.

• Captain Ironhill sold Rhode a hundred Dwarf Muskets, and Goldfury escorted them to Durnholde Keep and trained the Musket Corps.
• Jandice Barov attacked Rhode and Lilia for Alex’s death, but Lilia interrupted her spells and Rhode killed her.
• Blackmoore ordered Major Drake to kill Rhode and his followers after the campaign, while Rhode spied on their plans and Drake later warned him of the assassination order.
• Rhode convinced Hearthglen that he served Kel'Thuzad and persuaded him to avoid fighting, then set out with more than thirteen hundred troops for Caer Darrow.
• Rhode gave Targ a copy of the Strange Cookbook, leading Targ and his ogres to pledge allegiance and join Rhode’s army.
• Rhode’s forces stormed Caer Darrow, defeated Alex Barov, and accepted the defenders’ surrender without a massacre.
• Rhode and his companions entered Scholomance, killed Instructor Malicia and her apprentices, and found Cult of the Damned documents linking Kel'Thuzad to the school.
• Rhode declared the dungeon quest complete, planned to recruit willing Caer Darrow soldiers, and prepared to return to deal with Blackmoore.