Chapter Summaries

Yu Lin Bloodhawk and Sylvanas led their forces into the Wailing Caverns to fight the centaurs, using bombs and ranged attacks to advance through the narrow passages. When the centaurs blocked their path with a wall of rocks, Yu Lin Bloodhawk sent Willyx to demand their surrender.

• Yu Lin Bloodhawk argued against fighting in the Wailing Caverns, but Sylvanas insisted they attack and waited for reinforcements.
• The Gryphon Riders arrived with Willyx, and Yu Lin Bloodhawk prepared the troops while Sylvanas recalled her forces and dismounted the Frostwolf Rangers.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk's guards and Sylvanas's Rangers entered the cave with bombs, while the Gryphon Riders stayed at the entrance and Willyx was forced to join the troops.
• The high elves used flares and bombs to defeat centaur defenders at narrow passages, and the centaurs eventually blocked a junction with rocks.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk told Willyx to persuade the centaurs to surrender or face being buried when the passages were blasted shut.

Yu Lin Bloodhawk sent Willyx to demand the centaurs surrender, but they ignored him until the countdown to blasting the barricade ended. The centaurs then claimed to be holding several dozen elves, leaving Yu Lin Bloodhawk unsure who they meant and Sylvanas suspecting they were lying.

• Yu Lin Bloodhawk offered Willyx ten gold coins to speak to the centaurs, then made Sylvanas agree to pay him.
• Willyx called out in the Centaur Language, but the centaurs gave no answer, so Yu Lin Bloodhawk began a countdown before destroying the passage.
• When the countdown ended, the centaurs shouted that they held several dozen elves and would return them if Yu Lin Bloodhawk retreated.
• Sylvanas said her forces had no missing members and wondered whether the captives were from Yu Lin Bloodhawk's City Lord's Household Guard.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk denied knowing who the elves were, while worrying that Naralex and the Emerald Nightmare might be inside the Wailing Caverns.
• Sylvanas asked whether the centaurs were lying to them.

Yu Lin Bloodhawk agreed to the centaurs’ terms and withdrew after they released thirty-odd Night Elf captives. At Sweetwater Oasis, he identified their leader as Anacondra and learned how the centaurs had captured her patrol, leaving him to decide what to do with the rescued Druids of the Fang.

• Yu Lin Bloodhawk negotiated for the centaurs to release their Night Elf captives, and Sylvanas objected to rescuing them.
• The centaurs handed over thirty-odd bound Night Elves, and Yu Lin Bloodhawk ordered the High Elves to withdraw from the Wailing Caverns as agreed.
• Sylvanas reluctantly followed the retreating force, and Yu Lin Bloodhawk led the group to camp beside Sweetwater Oasis.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk questioned the silent captives and bluffed that he knew their leader, prompting the female Night Elf to identify herself as Anacondra.
• Anacondra explained that a huge centaur mob had surrounded her patrol, and Yu Lin Bloodhawk concluded that the centaurs had not ventured far into the caverns.

Yu Lin Bloodhawk returned to Ratchet with Anacondra and the other captured Druids of the Fang, but their mental instability kept him from learning how the Nightmare corrupted them. While he arranged to replace his guards’ battle pets, he considered what to do with the prisoners and wondered whether the Night Elves or Cenarion Circle could offer anything in exchange.

• Sylvanas questioned Anacondra about the fight between the centaurs and Night Elves in the Wailing Caverns, angering her, while Yu Lin Bloodhawk left them to argue.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk led his troops back to Ratchet, where he questioned Anacondra but failed to learn how the Nightmare corrupted its victims.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk ordered Gryphon Riders to capture lions in the Badlands and sent a squadron to retrieve four hundred Bloodfang Boar battle pets from the Hinterlands.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk told Sylvanas he would decide what to do with Anacondra and the other Druids of the Fang, then considered whether to bargain with the Night Elves or Cenarion Circle.

Yu Lin Bloodhawk and Sylvanas arranged to seek a trade with the Night Elves while their forces captured battle pets for the City Lord's Household Guard and the Quel'Danil Standing Army. The Night Elf prisoners remained in Trial Valley as the armies expanded their animal reserves and prepared the valley for breeding and training.

• Sylvanas urged Yu Lin Bloodhawk to offer the Cenarion Circle battle pets in exchange for Frostsaber Guardians, and Yu Lin sent a letter requesting negotiations in Ratchet.
• Yu Lin decided not to wait for a reply before traveling to Dire Maul and had the Night Elf prisoners moved to Trial Valley under local care.
• The Gryphon Riders and the City Lord's Household Guard captured beasts around Ratchet, while nearly two thousand Quel'Danil Standing Army troops arrived to help.
• Yu Lin assigned a hundred lions to the City Lord's Household Guard, sent the other lions and the Swift Zebra to Trial Valley, and continued sending captured animals there.
• The Quel'Danil Standing Army recruited hundreds of refugees with horse-related experience and stationed three thousand troops in Trial Valley.
• Yu Lin heard that the army was clearing native beasts from Trial Valley, while the Hinterlands' Bloodfang Boar farm had raised second-generation hybrid boar bloodline purity to seventy-five percent.

Yu Lin Bloodhawk prepared a large force to travel by sea to Dire Maul and arranged for Sylvanas to negotiate with the Cenarion Circle for access to Feralas. The chapter left the fleet’s passage and the negotiations unresolved.

• Yu Lin Bloodhawk ordered the Snow Leopard Squad and a regiment of Steel Torrent troops to assemble for the journey to Dire Maul.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk decided to travel openly with a large army by sea after conflict with the centaurs disrupted the overland route.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk moved the City Lord's Household Guard to Trial Valley to link with replacement boar battle pets and began preparing supplies.
• A night elf druid in raven form returned from Tanaris, and Yu Lin Bloodhawk asked Sylvanas to negotiate with the Cenarion Circle for harbor access in Feralas.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk asked Sorens to accompany Sylvanas so she would prioritize securing the fleet’s harbor access during negotiations.

Yu Lin Bloodhawk secured Night Elf permission for the High Elf fleet to land in Darkshore in Feralas and prepared to seize Bloodsail Buccaneer bases along the route. Sylvanas demanded two captured gunships for Shalandis Isle, leaving Yu Lin to promise replacements if the Buccaneers lacked enough ships.

• Sylvanas and Sorens negotiated an agreement allowing the High Elf fleet to stay in Darkshore in Feralas for up to a week under Feathermoon Stronghold's monitoring.
• Sylvanas handed Anacondra and more than thirty Druids of the Fang over to a Cenarion Circle Druid, who agreed to escort them south with the fleet for transfer to Feathermoon Stronghold.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk moved supplies through the Portal and urged the City Lord's Household Guard to complete their soul links with their battle pets.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk planned to attack Bloodsail Buccaneer camps in Desolace and Gadgetzan, especially to capture Gadgetzan's dock and shipyard.
• Sylvanas demanded two captured gunships for Shalandis Isle, and Yu Lin agreed to provide them or build two replacements in The Hinterlands.

Yu Lin Bloodhawk’s fleet set sail for Desolace, and Sylvanas revealed that her forces had accepted a huge number of pirate bounty jobs. After days of fruitless scouting, a Gryphon Rider spotted a Bloodsail Buccaneer gunboat approaching the fleet.

• Yu Lin Bloodhawk’s forces completed their preparations and departed for the coastal pirate camp in Desolace.
• Sylvanas told Yu Lin Bloodhawk that her people had accepted repeated Bloodsail Buccaneer bounty jobs, prompting him to worry the Goblin employers could not afford the payouts.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk’s fleet began searching the sea for pirate ships and camps with Gryphon Riders.
• After two days without useful intelligence, a Gryphon Rider reported that a Bloodsail Buccaneer gunboat was seventy nautical miles ahead and sailing toward the fleet.

Yu Lin Bloodhawk ordered a pirate galleon captured and then demanded that its prisoners reveal the Bloodsail Buccaneers' camp in Desolace. The ship was taken without trouble, but the fleet still had not found the camp and continued toward its mission.

• Yu Lin Bloodhawk sent Gryphon Riders to burn the pirate ship's sails and two galleons to board it, ordering the fleet to sink it if the pirates resisted.
• Sylvanas asked why he would not simply capture the galleon, and Yu Lin Bloodhawk explained that protecting the fleet and reaching Feralas mattered more than the ship.
• The Gryphon Riders bombed the pirates, burned their sails, and demanded surrender; the pirates gave up when the two High Elf galleons arrived.
• The High Elves boarded the ship, captured its crew, and confined the prisoners in the lowest hold, while their battle pets killed a few pirates who tried to hide and resist.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk refused to kill the prisoners or divert a ship to return them, and ordered his officers to learn where the Bloodsail Buccaneers' camp in Desolace was.

Yu Lin Bloodhawk learned that the Bloodsail Buccaneers had abandoned their Desolace camp, possibly after learning that the high elves were coming for them. He worried that someone was spying on the fleet and that the pirates might be preparing a coordinated attack.

• Yu Lin Bloodhawk received information from captured pirates and sent gryphon riders to scout the Bloodsail Buccaneers' reported base in Desolace.
• The gryphon riders found the camp empty, with signs that its human occupants had retreated in haste.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk and Sylvanas considered whether the pirates had learned of the high elf fleet's plans through the mission or an unresolved spy.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk concluded that the pirates' flight was plausible but remained uneasy about unseen spies and a possible coordinated attack.

Yu Lin Bloodhawk and Sylvanas inspected the abandoned Bloodsail Buccaneers camp and found signs that the pirates had fled in a hurry, raising suspicions about who might be watching them. The fleet pressed on toward Gadgetzan under heightened alert, but found no pirates along the way.

• Yu Lin Bloodhawk and Sylvanas examined the Bloodsail Buccaneers' camp and concluded that its occupants had evacuated in haste.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk wondered whether the pirates had learned of the fleet's plans or were coordinating with another faction, then ordered the fleet to remain on heightened alert.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk and Sylvanas changed course from their original schedule and sailed straight toward Gadgetzan without stopping to refit.
• As the fleet passed Dustwallow Marsh, Yu Lin Bloodhawk briefly wondered whether a woman might be behind events, but dismissed the suspicion.
• The fleet reached the waters off Tanaris without encountering any Bloodsail Buccaneers, and Sylvanas complained about the dull voyage.

Yu Lin Bloodhawk and Sylvanas discovered ten pirate warships approaching the fleet and ordered the Gryphon Riders to bomb them. After the pirates’ sails were set ablaze, they searched the battlefield for the person who had gathered the pirates, but found no trace of him.

• A Gryphon Rider reported that ten pirate warships were approaching the fleet in formation.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk ordered the Gryphon Riders to attack with incendiary bombs and the gunships to wait until the pirates were crippled.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk and Sylvanas flew to the battle and saw the pirates’ burning ships drifting helplessly at sea.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk and Sylvanas searched the area for the person behind the pirate fleet but found no one.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk wondered whether he had been wrong about the troublemaker attending the battle.

Yu Lin Bloodhawk and Sylvanas found Onyxia in the sky and learned she blamed them for attacking her earlier. Sylvanas launched an aerial duel, and Yu Lin Bloodhawk hurried after them, unable to find a safe chance to help.

• Yu Lin Bloodhawk and Sylvanas flew upward and discovered Onyxia hiding in the sky.
• Onyxia accused Yu Lin Bloodhawk and Sylvanas of attacking her, and they realized she was the Black Dragon they had encountered before.
• Sylvanas attacked Onyxia with an arrow, and Onyxia retaliated with a Cleave.
• Sylvanas dodged Onyxia's attack and countered with an arrow before using her Gryphon to maneuver behind the dragon.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk chased after the fighters but struggled to keep within bow range and could not find an opening to intervene.

Yu Lin Bloodhawk and Sylvanas stopped Onyxia from unleashing her ultimate attack and invited her to talk aboard their ship. Onyxia abandoned the pirates, transformed into a High Elf, and joined them at the table.

• Yu Lin Bloodhawk threatened to shoot Onyxia with an Explosive Shot if she used her Deep Breath, while Sylvanas escaped the danger on her Gryphon.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk slowly retreated and proposed that they talk instead of fighting, promising Onyxia safe passage if she came to the ship.
• Sylvanas followed Yu Lin Bloodhawk back, and Onyxia let them leave after deciding she could not risk fighting them.
• Onyxia watched the High Elf fleet defeat the pirates, then abandoned the pirates and flew after Yu Lin Bloodhawk and Sylvanas.
• Onyxia landed on the ship in High Elf form and found Yu Lin Bloodhawk and Sylvanas drinking tea; Yu Lin Bloodhawk invited her to sit.

Yu Lin Bloodhawk tried to make peace with Onyxia, but his knowledge of her hidden refuge in Dustwallow Marsh made her distrust him. Onyxia decided to travel with the High Elves, but Sylvanas objected.

• Onyxia sat with Yu Lin Bloodhawk and Sylvanas, refusing the tea and questioning why the High Elves had come to Kalimdor.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk promised that High Elves would stay out of Dustwallow Marsh without Onyxia's permission, revealing that he knew where she hid her true body.
• Onyxia weighed whether to trust the High Elves and concluded she could not defeat them or safely ignore them.
• Onyxia announced that she would come with the fleet so she could keep an eye on them.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk was about to agree, but Sylvanas suddenly said no.

Yu Lin Bloodhawk negotiated for Onyxia to join his fleet, while Sylvanas repeatedly clashed with her. Onyxia agreed to pose as Yu Lin Bloodhawk’s guard and asked how the High Elves had discovered her hiding place, but he kept the source secret.

• Sylvanas and Onyxia argued and nearly came to blows until Yu Lin Bloodhawk intervened.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk required Onyxia to avoid interfering with their operations and to remain in her High Elf form unless necessary.
• Sylvanas insisted that Onyxia help fight and mocked her, but Onyxia accepted the condition and challenged Sylvanas to try stopping her.
• Onyxia asked to pose as Yu Lin Bloodhawk’s friend, but agreed to act as his guard after he explained it would attract less attention.
• Onyxia asked how the High Elves found her hiding place and who knew about it, and Yu Lin Bloodhawk said only a handful knew while refusing to reveal their intelligence source.

Yu Lin Bloodhawk arranged for Onyxia to stay aboard while she and Sylvanas maintained an uneasy truce. After the high elves captured ten pirate gunships, they advanced on the Bloodsail Buccaneers' shipyard near Gadgetzan, where gryphon riders began a sustained bombing raid; the chapter ended with Yu Lin realizing Sylvanas's riders had also accepted goblin bounty contracts.

• Yu Lin Bloodhawk found Onyxia a cabin and asked Sylvanas to avoid provoking her, but the two women remained tense and silent.
• The high elves captured all ten pirate gunships, then spent the night transferring crews and preparing the vessels for service.
• After interrogations revealed the Bloodsail Buccaneers' shipyard had only one warship under construction and one supply gunship, Yu Lin ordered the fleet to attack at full speed.
• Yu Lin sent gryphon riders ahead to bomb the shipyard while trying to minimize damage to its facilities and maximize casualties among moving targets.
• Yu Lin wondered why the gryphon riders were making so many sorties, and Sylvanas revealed that they had taken goblin bounty contracts against the Bloodsail Buccaneers.

The High Elves quickly captured the Bloodsail Buccaneers' shipyard stronghold after Gryphon Riders drove the pirates into hiding. The Quel'Danil Standing Army secured the docks and surrounding approaches, while Yu Lin Bloodhawk's fleet prepared to move on without waiting to refit the captured ships.

• Gryphon Riders bombarded the Bloodsail Buccaneers' shipyard, and the first gunships landed troops without meeting resistance.
• The Quel'Danil Standing Army's Elf Rangers took control of the docks and expanded the defensive perimeter as more ships brought troops and battle pets ashore.
• The Battle-Pet Rangers formed squads to guard key approaches and began securing the docks, relying on their pets to find pirates hiding nearby.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk's fleet unloaded the troops assigned to occupy the base, then returned to escort his aircraft carrier toward Feralas without waiting to prepare the captured pirate ships.
• The rangers split into groups, with one heading for the shipyard and another moving to block the camp's sole tunnel exit.

Yu Lin Bloodhawk’s fleet sailed from the Bloodsail Camp toward Feralas after defeating the pirates, and he waited for permission to pass through the night elf-controlled Feathermoon Strait. The night elf representatives arrived as Sylvanas prepared to handle the transfer of Anacondra and the other recovered druids.

• Yu Lin Bloodhawk received a report that the rangers had defeated the Bloodsail Buccaneers with only minor injuries and ordered the fleet to sail.
• The fleet traveled for two months, while Yu Lin Bloodhawk struggled to avoid the tense encounters between Sylvanas and Onyxia.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk sent gryphon messengers ahead to Feathermoon Stronghold to avoid provoking the night elves by entering their strait without permission.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk halted the fleet near Feathermoon Strait and waited for the night elf representatives.
• Three raven-form druids and six hippogryph riders arrived with the messenger squad, and Yu Lin Bloodhawk left the formal transfer of Anacondra and the other recovered druids to Sylvanas.

Yu Lin Bloodhawk prepared for Sylvanas’s negotiations with the Highborne High Elves and searched Feralas for a suitable encampment. He chose sites in the Highland Wilds to scout as a possible Hippogryph breeding center.

• Onyxia followed Sylvanas, while Yu Lin Bloodhawk worried she might provoke conflict between the High Elves and Night Elves.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk reviewed a map of Feralas and planned for Sylvanas to lead negotiations, prioritizing the method of converting magic power.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk considered the Lowland Wilds but judged the Night Elves unlikely to allow a large foreign camp near Feathermoon Strait.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk selected several sites in the Highland Wilds and ordered Gryphon Riders to scout them, especially for wild Hippogryphs and nearby dangers.
• Yu Lin Bloodhawk planned to establish a camp and protected areas there as a breeding center for Hippogryph mounts.