Recaps

Yu Lin Bloodhawk and Sylvanas developed weapons and tactics to counter the Orc advance, while High Elf Rangers and Nightstalkers inflicted heavy losses through mines, smoke, and traps. The Orc Vanguard adapted and continued toward Silvermoon, while Sylvanas remained uncertain whether the Orcs had uncovered her ambush plan.

• Yu Lin Bloodhawk read Alleria’s letter and considered coordinating Quel'Danil’s forces with her campaign, then consulted Christine about weapons that could pierce Orc armor.
• Christine outlined the specialists and resources needed for Wingblades, while Yu Lin Bloodhawk pursued ballista production and prioritized War Bows and armor-piercing arrows.
• An Anti-Tank Land Mine destroyed a Voidwalker, and Sylvanas’s Rangers used mines, nets, and coordinated attacks to ambush Orc Wolf Riders.
• High Elf Gryphon Riders bombed the Orc column as Rangers attacked its Worgs, then poisoned caltrops and smoke trapped more riders and mounts.
• Mountain Lion Nightstalkers and High Elf Rangers hunted isolated Orc Wolf Riders through the smoke, killing them with coordinated shots, nets, and stealth attacks.
• The Orc Vanguard used Voidwalkers, logs, and Shamans to clear the smoke, forcing the Frostwolf Rangers to retreat as Sylvanas recognized the limits of her tactics.
• After losing more than a hundred elite Wolf Riders and additional flank patrols, the Orc Vanguard Commander acknowledged the High Elves’ advantage in the forest and considered Doomhammer’s plan to secure Troll support before attacking Lordaeron.
• The Orc Vanguard Commander tightened his formation and continued marching, then camped near Sylvanas’s ambush area as Sylvanas inspected the battlefield and found no sign that the Orcs had discovered her plan.

Sylvanas destroyed the Orc vanguard while Yu Lin Bloodhawk pursued new weapons, managed waves of troll prisoners, and helped the mages secretly collect from Vereesa’s Iceclaw Bear. Vereesa grew suspicious after several collections, leaving the scheme at risk.

• Sylvanas’s forces ambushed and destroyed the Orc Wolf Rider Archers, then used Wingblade Siege Engines to break the Orc vanguard and force the surviving Death Knights to surrender.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk recruited Steven to develop explosive ballista bolts and arranged for David to oversee armor production and improve the Goblins’ mech.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk brought Goblin villagers into consideration for the army and sought engineers and pilots to strengthen their mech.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk arranged for Zul'Aman troll prisoners to be sent to the Hinterlands, assigned them to work, and planned to move them to Hakkari Island under troll leaders.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk refused to slaughter surplus Giant Bloodfang Boar piglets and agreed to help the mages use Vereesa’s Iceclaw Bear for breeding research.
• After Vereesa rejected his request, Yu Lin Bloodhawk enlisted Lirath Windrunner to help sneak the bear out and offered him a rare white feline pet in return.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk and Jia De Diwa moved their collection operation to woods away from the village, where Lirath brought the bear and several collections went smoothly.
• Vereesa noticed that the Iceclaw Bear grew listless every few days and became suspicious.

Yu Lin Bloodhawk sent forces to aid Lordaeron and used attacks on the orcs’ Soul Shard-gathering squads and a gamble about Gul’dan’s rebellion to help the Alliance survive Doomhammer’s siege. The Alliance reached Lordaeron’s defenses, Doomhammer turned toward Arathi, and Quel’Thalas reported progress against the Zul'Aman Trolls.

• Yu Lin Bloodhawk sent three gunships and an aircraft carrier with ground troops to Tirisfal, where his forces attacked the orcs collecting Soul Shards and eased pressure on Lordaeron.
• Doomhammer summoned Infernals and took Lordaeron Outer City, while Yu Lin’s Gryphon Riders supported the defenders and he led the City Lord’s Household Guard and Vilebranch Troll Field Regiment into the Inner City.
• Yu Lin helped the battered human legions return to the fight with cannons and gunners, but Doomhammer’s Death Knights and Wolf Riders continued to threaten them.
• As the Alliance’s lines faltered, Yu Lin warned King Terenas that Gul’dan’s rebellion could divide the orcs and proposed having Gryphon Riders announce it over the battlefield.
• Yu Lin and the Gryphon Riders spread the message that Gul’dan had rebelled, prompting the Death Knights to leave Doomhammer and leaving undead soldiers to disrupt both armies.
• Yu Lin’s riders bombed the battlefield and dropped smoke bombs while the Allied Army advanced, then used bombs and Arcane Shots to hinder Orc Shamans as the Alliance entered Lordaeron’s Inner City.
• Doomhammer abandoned his attempt to capture Lordaeron and headed for Arathi, while Lothar’s Allied Army drove the weakened orcs back across Hillsbrad.
• Alleria reported that Quel’Thalas had encircled the Zul'Aman Trolls and that the Ranger Corps held Zeb'Nowa and Zeb'Sora against counterattacks.

Yu Lin Bloodhawk explored the World of the Dead, survived a ghoul ambush, and encountered a Death Knight leader who wanted him as a student. After securing the living Death Knight research and watching the war’s fortunes shift, Yu Lin prepared a voyage to Kalimdor while seeking a lasting solution for the Zul'Aman prisoners.

• Yu Lin Bloodhawk returned to Quel'Danil and inspected Allen Jerick’s Living Death Knight research, then warned him to keep the discovery of the World of the Dead secret and proceed cautiously.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk entered the Death Rift with Jerick, the Arcane Mages, and the Gryphon Rider Bodyguards, where a ghoul ambush forced them into a desperate battle.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk fought through waves of undead and confronted a female frost Death Knight before Old Charlatan Sorens arrived and drove the attackers back.
• The Death Knight leader offered to make Yu Lin Bloodhawk his student and let the group return through the Death Rift, while Yu Lin exchanged his Two-Handed Greatsword for a book from the female Death Knight.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk studied the Death Knight training manual, learned to wield Death Grip, and ordered Jerick and Sorens to seal their completed research while considering its use on Wretched and Rangers.
• After the Orc forces withdrew from Lordaeron, Yu Lin Bloodhawk grieved the losses of the Kingdom of Stormwind Restoration Corps and approved its request to recruit more soldiers.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk chose Ratchet as the fleet’s first Kalimdor resupply stop and assigned Willyx to oversee the Lyk Brothers’ combat mech research.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk prepared to leave the Hinterlands, found its prisoner camps nearly full, and concluded he needed a lasting solution for the Zul'Aman Trolls as the southern Ranger Corps closed in on their army.