Recaps

Yu Lin Bloodhawk secured Wildhammer support for a campaign against Orc supply lines and negotiated a major alliance with Lothar, including supplies and the creation of the Kingdom of Stormwind Restoration Corps. After returning to the Seaside Plain, he moved to ensure its human administrators could fill the Corps’ officer ranks before Stormwind’s nobles arrived.

• Yu Lin Bloodhawk and Mez'dra agreed that the Wildhammer Dwarves would join the war, then planned reconnaissance of Orc supply depots and convoys in Durnholde.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk organized a plan to draw Orc forces into Durnholde while the Hinterlands’ Flying Forces attacked their supply convoys, and he traveled with Mez'dra to Southshore to meet Lothar.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk offered Lothar food, weapons, and armor on deferred payment terms, then negotiated for military equipment and supplies for the Hinterlands in return for rare-quality gear and rations.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk proposed forming a Kingdom of Stormwind Restoration Corps from Stormwind refugees, and Lothar agreed to a pact under which the Corps would serve in Durnholde or the Hinterlands until year's end.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk explained to Mez'dra that Quel'Danil's grain surplus made the supply commitments possible and said the Corps would attack Durnholde while local Hinterlands troops returned to defend Aerie Peak.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk returned to the Seaside Plain and ordered officials to form the Restoration Corps, which drew eager recruits hoping to serve under Lothar and the Little Prince.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk learned that Lothar wanted to send established nobles as Corps officers, then urged the Seaside Plain administrators to appoint their own people before the nobles arrived.

Yu Lin Bloodhawk negotiated with Quel'Thalas and Lothar while preparing a campaign against the Zul'Aman Trolls and managing political disputes in the Restoration Corps. As war began in Quel'Thalas, he moved his forces toward Aerie Peak and planned attacks on the orcs in Durnholde Region.

• Yu Lin Bloodhawk transferred authority over the Kingdom of Stormwind Restoration Corps to its human administrators, then left for Quel'Thalas to avoid the noble delegation and coordinate with Alleria and Sylvanas.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk presented his plan to draw the Orcs and Zul'Aman Trolls into southern Quel'Thalas, while Lireesa Windrunner agreed to seek royal support and sign an agreement with Stormwind in the Windrunner family's name.
• Sylvanas and Alleria prepared the forces and civilian evacuation in southern Quel'Thalas as Lireesa went to Southshore, where she signed the agreement with Lothar.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk returned to the Seaside Plain and told Turalyon's delegation that the High Elves would not interfere in the Restoration Corps, then arranged for High Elf officials to remain neutral in negotiations.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk visited Quel'Danil City to ask the Old Charlatan to recover a Portal from Zul'Aman, inspected the fortress construction, and discussed schools and other public services despite the council's lack of funds.
• After the Old Charlatan agreed to address the Portal matter, Yu Lin Bloodhawk learned that war had begun in Quel'Thalas and ordered the Restoration Corps to march to Aerie Peak while concealing his purpose from Lothar.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk secured more Clerics for the Eastern Burning Legion by appointing Sorens Dean of Discipline, then joined Mez'dra at Aerie Peak to plan strikes on an orc supply depot and a scattered regiment in Durnholde Region.

Yu Lin Bloodhawk coordinated a Hinterlands offensive against the Orcs while pressuring Turalyon and the Stormwind Restoration Corps to settle their command dispute and join the campaign. As the Corps departed, Yu Lin resolved to prioritize Quel'Thalas’s own strength and limit its obligations to human refugees and the Alliance.

• Yu Lin Bloodhawk and Mez'dra organized a joint campaign with Lieutenant Blair, assigning the Western Burning Legion to attack scattered Orc forces and the Eastern Burning Legion to strike their supply depot.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk gave Turalyon three days to settle the Kingdom of Stormwind Restoration Corps’ internal dispute, then urged him and the current officers to reach an agreement that would protect their soldiers.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk warned Turalyon that Doomhammer and Zul'Aman forces had invaded Quel'Thalas, and explained that the Hinterlands’ raids could disrupt Orc supplies while freeing Alliance troops to defend Lordaeron.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk reported to the Quel'Danil Council, helped secure funds for its plans, and oversaw preparations for the Second-Class Standing Burning Legion as Turalyon negotiated with the noble scions.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk monitored plans to breed elite beasts and sent Alleria and Sylvanas advice on how Quel'Thalas should draw in the Zul'Aman trolls without letting them advance too far.
• Turalyon and the old noble houses agreed on the Restoration Corps’ command structure, and Yu Lin Bloodhawk attended its departure as six thousand soldiers and roughly ten thousand logistics workers set out for Aerie Peak.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk judged human refugees a threat to High Elf rule if they challenged his authority, and defended using force to protect the Hinterlands and Quel'Thalas’s interests.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk rejected relying on the Alliance, approved the Restoration Corps’ request to recruit a Seaside Plain garrison, and resolved to leave Corps negotiations to the Quel'Danil Council.

Alleria and Sylvanas assessed the Orc and Zul'Aman Troll advance and prepared to slow the Orcs while exploiting the allies’ divided aims. As Rangers lured Orc scouts into the woods and trapped their reinforcements, an Orc commander discovered the ambush and pursued them with Voidwalkers and Death Knights.

• Alleria and Sylvanas concluded that two elite Orc legions and the Zul'Aman Trolls threatened Quel'Thalas, and planned to stall the Orcs in Southern Eversong Woods.
• Sylvanas reasoned that Doomhammer’s Orcs were likely racing toward Lordaeron, and Alleria planned to ambush their vanguard and capture prisoners to confirm their objective.
• Alleria pressed Sylvanas to explain Yu Lin Bloodhawk’s advice, and Sylvanas said commanders should first make themselves impossible to defeat and wait for the enemy to expose a weakness.
• The Orc vanguard commander marched through the rain, grew suspicious of the High Elves’ preparations, and kept his forces moving while Death Knights and demons cleared the way.
• Sylvanas ordered Frostwolf Rangers and gorilla Rangers to strike the Orc scouts, while Owl Rangers and Mountain Lion Nightstalkers monitored the enemy’s movements.
• An Orc scouting squad accepted the Frostwolf Rangers’ challenge and followed them into the woods, while the Nightstalkers laid poisoned caltrops along the road.
• An Orc Wolf Rider Company Commander led reinforcements into the trap, where poisoned caltrops killed Worgs and riders, and further traps injured scouts sent into the woods.
• The Orc commander used summoned Voidwalkers to clear the road, then found tracks suggesting his scouts had followed High Elf Rangers and ordered the Voidwalkers and Death Knights to pursue them.