Chapter Summaries

After a recurring nightmare drove Yu Lin Bloodhawk to leave Tirisfal, the Ancient Locust Tree called to him and asked him to save the woods. He took the tree’s child with him and learned that seven hostile men were following the carriage.

• Yu Lin Bloodhawk woke from another nightmare of zombies and a grotesque inn, then insisted on leaving Tirisfal by the next evening.
• Dirithis brought five young rogues to Lordaeron’s church, where they completed the Follower Ritual and became Yu Lin Bloodhawk’s followers.
• On the road through Tirisfal Woods, Yu Lin Bloodhawk heard the Ancient Locust Tree calling and stopped the carriage beside it.
• The Ancient Locust Tree asked Yu Lin Bloodhawk to save the woods, and he promised to take its newly grown Young Treant with him.
• The Ancient Locust Tree warned Yu Lin Bloodhawk that seven hostile men were trailing the carriage, and the five rogues offered to deal with them.

Yu Lin Bloodhawk brought five wounded Rogue assassins aboard a ship bound for Quel'Thalas and discovered that Little Locust Tree could heal them. The Rogues learned their new master was kindhearted as Yu Lin tried to persuade the Young Treant to remove their scars.

• Yu Lin Bloodhawk and Dirithis hurried to the harbor while the five Rogues stayed behind to face their pursuers.
• All five Rogues returned badly wounded, and Yu Lin Bloodhawk gave them large health potions as their ship sailed away.
• Little Locust Tree healed the Rogues' bleeding wounds, astonishing them and Yu Lin Bloodhawk.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk offered Little Locust Tree a blue potion to encourage it to remove a Rogue's scar and help the two female Rogues avoid scars.
• The five Rogues reflected that their code names were 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17, and that their discovered identities had made them targets for death.

Yu Lin Bloodhawk and the Rogues sailed toward Quel'Thalas after Little Locust Tree healed their wounds. Despite reaching Quel'Thalas's waters, Yu Lin's growing sense of dread remained unresolved when a Dragonhawk Rider welcomed him home.

• Little Locust Tree used Medium Blue Potions to heal the Rogues, and Yu Lin told them to rest aboard the ship.
• The Rogues took turns guarding Yu Lin as the ship sailed toward Lordamere and Stratholme.
• Yu Lin offered the captain and sailors extra pay to reach Sunsail Archorage within three days, and they hurried the ship onward.
• Yu Lin told a female Rogue that he felt watched by a venomous presence, so the Rogues divided into groups to guard him and monitor the ship.
• The ship entered Quel'Thalas's territorial waters and passed inside its Magical Shield, but Yu Lin's dread grew stronger.
• A Dragonhawk Rider approached Yu Lin and welcomed him home.

Yu Lin Bloodhawk negotiated with Dragonhawk Riders to capture a pirate ship in exchange for battle pets, then explained how different beasts suited different military roles. He remained in Sunsail Archorage discussing a potential deal with Glo, while the pirate ship was still being pursued.

• Yu Lin Bloodhawk learned from a Dragonhawk Rider that a pirate ship had been following his vessel and asked the riders to capture it rather than sink it.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk promised Maladai five hundred Dire Wolves and a hundred War Bears if he secured the pirate ship.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk hurried to Sunsail Archorage, paid and thanked the sailors, and recorded the arrival of his five human Rogues and a Young Treant.
• Glo met Yu Lin Bloodhawk at the docks and asked about the Dire Wolves and his battle pet unit’s choices.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk explained the strengths and weaknesses of War Bears, Lynxes, and Dire Wolves to Glo.

Yu Lin Bloodhawk negotiated with Glo and Maladai over battle pets, then learned how the dragonhawk riders had captured the pirates who hunted him. The wolves were collected for the base, while Maladai left Yu Lin Bloodhawk with the captured human prisoners and a stamped agreement for a hundred war bears.

• Yu Lin Bloodhawk explained how war wolves and war bears could defend the dragonhawk base, and Glo agreed to take the dire wolves while insisting on the hundred bears.
• Glo told Yu Lin Bloodhawk that the air force could obtain materials for dozens of Soul Trinkets, prompting Yu Lin Bloodhawk to complain that the Military Department had given his unit only thirty.
• Maladai reported that dragonhawk riders had captured the pirate ship with bombs, used Humanoid Detection to find pirates hiding aboard, and suffered no casualties.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk tried to delay handing over the dire wolves, but Glo arranged to collect them immediately and had Maladai prepare stamped paperwork.
• Maladai reminded Yu Lin Bloodhawk about the hundred war bears, then left him with the human prisoners; Yu Lin Bloodhawk shouted that he did not want them.

Yu Lin Bloodhawk received a captured pirate warship and 132 prisoners, but struggled with the cost and logistics of keeping them. He learned Sylvanas had taken the rare white wolf he wanted, then sent the prisoners and ship to Shalandis Isle to repair the vessel under guard.

• Yu Lin Bloodhawk complained about being handed 132 human prisoners and considered ransoming any important captives.
• Five soldiers reported bringing back 272 Giant Bloodfang Boars, 100 Helm Bears, and 500 Dire Wolves, and told Yu Lin Bloodhawk that Sylvanas had taken Lupos.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk welcomed the soldiers and proudly showed them the captured pirate ship, then rejected the Dragonhawk Rider’s orders to accept the prisoners.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk inspected the ship and learned from its former sailor that the damage was minor and the prisoners could repair it.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk ordered five Rogues and five soldiers to take the ship and prisoners to Shalandis Isle, remove the sails and rudder, and bring all gunpowder and ammunition back to Sunsail Archorage.

Yu Lin Bloodhawk returned to the military camp and found the elves watching gladiatorial fights between combat pets and trolls. He learned that Sylvanas had taken Lupos, the white wolf, home, while she still expected him to provide two hundred wild bears.

• Yu Lin Bloodhawk left Little Locust Tree Treant in Treant Valley with another treant and returned to the military camp at Tranquillien.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk discovered a makeshift arena where a black bear killed a troll warrior in a fight.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk found Sylvanas recording the fights and asked where she had put Lupos.
• Sylvanas told Yu Lin Bloodhawk she had taken Lupos home because she liked him, and reminded him to bring her two hundred wild bears.

Yu Lin Bloodhawk bargained with Sylvanas for Lupos, but she used his thoughts about the wolf’s rarity to secure promises of more rare battle pets for herself and Alleria. As testing continued, he explained how sincere care could help beasts form soul links, and Sylvanas considered moving Lupos to the barracks—prompting Yu Lin Bloodhawk to offer to take him in.

• Yu Lin Bloodhawk offered Sylvanas six hundred frostwolves and future rare beasts in exchange for Lupos, but she refused to return him.
• Sylvanas pretended that Windrunner family members could read minds and revealed that Lupos was a Wolf King whose attacks dealt shadow damage.
• Alleria learned that Lupos was a rare elite battle pet and told Yu Lin Bloodhawk to find her a rare pet as well.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk saw a Ghostclaw Lynx that had completed its soul link without a trinket, and Sylvanas said about twenty pets had done the same.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk explained that sincere care and good treatment helped beasts bond with their handlers.
• Sylvanas decided Lupos should leave her home for the barracks, and Yu Lin Bloodhawk offered to take him instead.

Yu Lin Bloodhawk criticized the lynxes’ poor performance in the Gladiator Arena, then prepared to test whether a bonded lynx could learn Stealth and fight more effectively. He arranged a real spear for the Troll and sought magical protection for his soldier before the test began.

• Sylvanas and Alleria teased Yu Lin Bloodhawk, who hurried away after Alleria threatened him over the Carrion Bird.
• A lynx fought a Troll in the arena, taking a long time to kill him while Rangers secretly protected the lynx from fatal danger.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk learned from his deputy commander that no lynxes had died because Rangers shot Trolls who threatened them.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk asked a female elf soldier to fight with her bonded lynx and tried to teach the animal Stealth, but it did not understand her.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk ordered the next Troll to receive a real spear and asked elderly Mage elves for an item that could protect his soldier from a fatal blow.

Yu Lin Bloodhawk helped a female elf and her lynx learn to enter stealth together before a combat trial. After arguing with Alleria, he threatened to leave Quel'Thalas and revealed that another group of High Elves lived in Kalimdor.

• Yu Lin Bloodhawk borrowed a protective necklace from an old elven mage and gave it to the female elf before her trial.
• The female elf soothed her lynx, which entered stealth, and Yu Lin Bloodhawk told them to practice coordinating before facing the Troll.
• Sylvanas asked Yu Lin Bloodhawk whether Lupos could learn stealth and whether he knew of rare elite felines, but he refused to give her a straight answer.
• Alleria grabbed Yu Lin Bloodhawk when he tried to leave and threatened to strip him of his military post and title.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk said he could sail to Kalimdor and join Prince Thalor, startling Alleria and the others with the news that another group of High Elves existed.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk declared that he would sail around the world and blast anyone who bothered him with his twenty cannons.

Yu Lin Bloodhawk prepared a female elf and her red lynx to duel a troll, then watched as she used stealth and patience to unsettle him. The duel remained unresolved as Sylvanas joined the spectators gathered around the recording.

• Sylvanas questioned Yu Lin Bloodhawk about his gunboat and the other high elves in Kalimdor, while he teased her about eloping with him.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk coached the female elf to focus and wait for an opening before the duel began.
• The female elf and her red lynx vanished from the troll's sight, leaving him to guard himself with his spear against the arena fence.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk and his adjutant recorded the troll's changing expressions and discussed how his movements created an opening.
• The spectators grew absorbed in the slow duel, placed bets on how long the troll would last, and Sylvanas came over to see what they were watching.

Yu Lin Bloodhawk watched a female elf and her lynx defeat a Troll, then promoted her to command the Nightstalker battalion and returned the Mage’s necklace to her. He arranged special training for the Nightstalkers and obtained Frenzy Potion for the continuing tests.

• Yu Lin Bloodhawk explained how fear and emotional discipline affected soldiers as the Troll grew increasingly frightened and reckless.
• The female elf and her lynx killed the Troll with a coordinated arrow and neck bite, and Yu Lin Bloodhawk praised their perfect strike.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk promoted the elf to commander of the Nightstalker battalion, promised her special training, and had the Mage present her with the necklace.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk considered testing a lynx’s fighting skills but worried about risking one before its Soul Link was complete.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk sent his adjutant to ask the Mages for a way to enrage a Giant Bloodfang Boar, and they prepared several bottles of Frenzy Potion.

Yu Lin Bloodhawk tested whether frenzy potion would awaken a Giant Bloodfang Boar’s Warrior skill, and the enraged animal’s Charge devastated the Trolls sent into the arena. He stopped the elves from killing the valuable breeding boar and waited for the anesthetic to weaken it as it chased more Trolls.

• Yu Lin Bloodhawk drugged bread with frenzy potion and fed it to ten Giant Bloodfang Boars before sending three Trolls into the arena.
• The boar used Charge to kill two Trolls, then gored a third who had become trapped on the fence.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk sent in five more Trolls, but the boar charged through them and killed all five, so the elves shot it with anesthetic arrows.
• Sylvanas assured Yu Lin Bloodhawk that she and Alleria could kill the boar if it broke through the fence, and he ordered five more Trolls to distract it without killing it.
• The wounded boar chased the five Trolls but stopped using Charge, and Yu Lin Bloodhawk suspected the anesthetic had weakened its hind legs.

Yu Lin Bloodhawk tested Giant Bloodfang Boars, confirmed their natural Charge skill, and planned armor designs and a breeding program to build a battle-pet force. As he worried that Arthas's rise and the coming war might arrive sooner than expected, someone suddenly burst through his door.

• Yu Lin Bloodhawk used trolls to test six Giant Bloodfang Boars and confirmed they naturally possessed the Charge skill.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk scheduled a meeting and asked the female Nightstalker commander to sketch armor for Giant Bloodfang Boars, wild bears, and a lynx.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk considered breeding Giant Bloodfang Boars with ordinary wild boars and purchasing other beasts to equip the rangers.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk studied a map of the Eastern Kingdoms and worried that Arthas and the undead invasion might come earlier than he expected.
• Someone shoved Yu Lin Bloodhawk's door open with a crash.

Sylvanas confronted Yu Lin Bloodhawk after mistaking his interest in Kalimdor for an attempt to abandon Quel'Thalas. He began weighing possible refuge sites and schemes to secure a base, but left the actual expedition for later while prioritizing his troops and military authority.

• Sylvanas barged into Yu Lin Bloodhawk's room and accused him of planning to flee to Kalimdor, insisting he had responsibilities in Quel'Thalas.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk clarified that he was not leaving immediately, though he considered visiting Kalimdor to establish a future foothold for the elves.
• After Sylvanas stormed out, Yu Lin Bloodhawk marked a coastal site in the Hinterlands and an island in Stranglethorn Vale on his map as possible bases.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk weighed the dangers of the Hinterlands, including Trolls and the Emerald Dream, against the distant island's pirate population and access to Booty Bay.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk considered scouting the island, seizing pirate ships, recruiting sailors, and trading his gunship for gryphons, but decided to wait until after a meeting and focus first on his troops.

Yu Lin Bloodhawk discovered that officers from every legion had gathered to buy battle pets after hearing about his successful tests. He began teaching them about feline traits and training tactics, leaving the meeting focused on Lynxes and the qualities of tigers.

• Yu Lin Bloodhawk planned to obtain Wyverns from Goblins and considered selling Galleon if necessary.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk learned that the crowd included representatives from every legion seeking battle pets, and he promised his adjutant's former legion a boar for each soldier in a few years.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk explained that young pets should train with their handlers to build bonds and form effective Battle-Pet Rangers.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk opened the meeting by teaching the gathered officers about beasts' natural abilities and battlefield uses.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk described Lynxes' Stealth and outlined research into feline species and skill differences.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk explained that tigers combined leopard-like agility with bear-like strength and described the Frostsaber Guardian's purplish-blue stripes.

Yu Lin Bloodhawk taught the elves about battle pets, their habitats, and their special abilities, while Sylvanas asked questions throughout the lesson. After discussing magic-like animal skills, Yu Lin asked the elderly Mage whether Rangers could learn Conjure Bread and Conjure Water, and learned that even those with little magical talent could master basic versions.

• Yu Lin Bloodhawk explained that ordinary tigers in the Eastern Kingdoms lived only in Stranglethorn Vale, where Trolls raised them, while most other tiger populations lived in Night Elf lands.
• Yu Lin described lions’ fighting abilities and habitats, then showed how lynxes could coordinate with Rangers and taught the elves about bears’ Swipe and boars’ Charge.
• Sylvanas asked about wolves, and Yu Lin explained that Howl might strengthen nearby allies, including Mages and battle pets.
• Yu Lin described other animal abilities, including birds’ Screech, gorillas’ Thunderstomp, dragonhawks’ Flame Breath, bats’ Sonic Burst, and stacking scorpion venom.
• Yu Lin asked the elderly Mage whether Rangers with little magical power could learn Conjure Bread and Conjure Water, and the Mage said they could learn basic versions.

Yu Lin Bloodhawk persuaded a Mage to teach his troops Minor Create Bread and Conjure Water, then reviewed battle-pet armor designs and laid out plans for testing and equipping them. He left for Sunsail Archorage with Ranger training books, while Sylvanas followed on another Dragonhawk.

• Yu Lin Bloodhawk asked the old Mage to teach his soldiers Minor Create Bread and Conjure Water, explaining how the spells could free troops from supply constraints, and the Mage agreed.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk made both spells mandatory prerequisites for Bloodhawk troops and ordered officers to discuss tactics for lynxes, bears, and boars.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk reviewed the Nightstalker battalion commander's battle-pet armor designs and ordered revisions, prototype sets, and testing before standardization.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk gave the female elf nine trinkets for establishing Soul Links and told the officers that expensive armor was necessary to protect soldiers and their battle pets.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk ordered the Nightstalker battalion to train and assemble in seven days, then left with two Ranger training books for Sunsail Archorage.
• Sylvanas followed Yu Lin Bloodhawk on a Dragonhawk, and he continued his journey without asking why.

Yu Lin Bloodhawk and Sylvanas sailed to Shalandis Isle, where they argued over Dire Wolves and discussed the coming Dark Portal and Sylvanas’s sister’s future. Sylvanas rejected Yu Lin Bloodhawk’s suggestions for a suitable match, while he began to suspect she had feelings for Prince Kael'thas.

• Sylvanas followed Yu Lin Bloodhawk aboard a ship to Shalandis Isle, claiming she wanted to enjoy the sea.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk was captivated by Sylvanas’s appearance at sunset, but she soon turned her attention to the Dragonhawks catching Dire Wolves.
• Sylvanas demanded the Dire Wolves she believed were hers, and Yu Lin Bloodhawk reminded her that he had promised her six hundred wolves in exchange for Landis Isle.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk warned Sylvanas that the Dark Portal might open soon and that her sister could elope with Turalyon within a few years.
• Sylvanas dismissed Yu Lin Bloodhawk’s suggestions of Lor'themar Theron and Prince Kael'thas as her sister’s match, and threatened him when he suggested she might like Kael'thas herself.

Yu Lin Bloodhawk arranged to trade captured human prisoners and a warship for supplies and animals while sending agents to Booty Bay to acquire more creatures and investigate the Bloodsail Buccaneers. He left Sylvanas watching him closely as his preparations for future travel and military strength expanded.

• Yu Lin Bloodhawk imagined pairing Kael'thas with Sylvanas, but denied his thoughts when she questioned him.
• At the makeshift pier, Yu Lin Bloodhawk found the human prisoners' camp, with Sylvanas following and suspecting he was preparing to escape.
• Rogue Thirteen reported that Countess Agnes was behind the prisoners and that a mysterious Highlord protected her.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk ordered Thirteen to seek grain and animals from Countess Agnes and Marquis Diritis, offering the galleon in exchange for twenty Dwarven gryphons.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk sent Fourteen and Fifteen to Booty Bay to recruit people to capture wyverns, obtain giant owls, and investigate the Bloodsail Buccaneers' ships and anchorages.