Recaps

Garithos waited near the Inland Sea battle before deciding to flee with the Royal Fleet’s gold, while Rowan and Katrana fought Faerlina and her Venomous Spiders aboard the Aircraft Carrier. After Rowan helped Katrana recover from the spiders’ toxin, she unleashed her Black Dragon Flame against Faerlina’s forces.

• Garithos prepared an escape route through Freehold and waited to see whether the Kul Tiran Combined Fleet would win before choosing whether to flee or join the battle.
• As the Combined Fleet began to falter, Garithos decided to leave Boralus with Polina.
• Rowan used the Abyssal Scepter to engulf the Aircraft Carrier in sea fog, giving Katrana time to purge the Venomous Spiders’ neurotoxin.
• Faerlina used Mind Sharing to guide the spiders through the fog toward Rowan and Katrana, while Rowan realized he had no system points left to help.
• Katrana gathered the toxin in one place and Rowan sucked it out, then she ate her stored food and recovered her strength.
• Katrana attacked Faerlina with Earth Dragon’s Breath, burning away the Frost Spikes and killing or injuring most of the Venomous Spiders.

Medivh, Meryl Winterstorm, and Xal'atath unleashed an arcane storm to break Vezax’s tentacle forest while Vezax prepared to move the Chamber of Heart. The team teleported toward the palace as it fell into an underground fissure, and Xal'atath lost consciousness.

• Vezax took control of the revived Old God tentacles after the Saronite Crystal exploded, trapping the mission team beneath the Chamber of Heart.
• Medivh and Meryl Winterstorm persuaded Xal'atath to absorb the released shadow energy while they built an arcane storm to destroy the tentacles.
• Vezax tried to persuade Xal'atath to join Yogg-Saron, then began charging the obelisks to send the Chamber of Heart into a fissure.
• Medivh unleashed the Arcane Energy Destruction Storm, and Xal'atath absorbed the ownerless shadows while Saurfang and Bishop Joseph held off the remaining tentacles.
• Meryl Winterstorm cast a teleportation spell as Vezax's obelisks brought down the Chamber of Heart, and Xal'atath blacked out after the team teleported.

Katrana killed Faerlina and agreed to partner with Rowan, while Rhonin and Eileen faced Anub'arak in the Inland Sea. Rhonin survived the Phantasmal Crystal's explosion and glimpsed an inscription-covered gateway to the Death Realm.

• Katrana burned Faerlina to ash, then discussed Rowan's offer and agreed to work with him as Countess Katrana and his partner.
• Rowan spotted trouble on the Inland Sea battlefield and ordered William to deploy the aerial defenses.
• Rhonin amplified the Phantasmal Crystal with Arcane Blasts as Anub'arak attacked him and Eileen with scarabs and ice spikes.
• Ner'zhul overrode Anub'arak's will and forced him to drain his scarabs for power before charging Rhonin and Eileen.
• Rhonin told Eileen to teleport away, then the Phantasmal Crystal exploded and obliterated the ice around them.
• Eileen found Rhonin alive, and Rhonin saw a huge icy hand block Anub'arak's soul from entering the Death Realm and memorized the portal's inscriptions.

Rowan honored the fallen after Kul Tiras won the Inland Sea battle, while Lordaeron faced public pressure to aid its ally against the undead. Arthas met with Uther to plan the expedition, which Uther intended to use to prepare Arthas for greater command.

• Rowan spared the fleeing undead fortresses, visited the wounded and fallen aboard the warships, and explained to Katrana why he mourned despite the victory.
• Kul Tiras celebrated its victory, and Moss returned to the Morris Industries District, reflecting on Rowan's reforms and industrial strength.
• Public pressure and Uther's advocacy pushed Terenas to send Lordaeron's forces to Kul Tiras, with Arthas and Uther assigned to discuss the campaign plan.
• Arthas traveled to the Military Camp and criticized Lordaeron's inadequate fleet and lack of industry as he prepared for the expedition.
• Uther told Arthas that the expedition would require him to master Frostmourne and accomplish more, while privately intending to let Arthas succeed him as commander if they won.

Medivh and the mission team restored the Chamber of Heart’s defenses, recovered the Heart of Azeroth, and helped Xal'atath recover, while the Maiden of Vigilance asked them to investigate the two great forges. After returning to the surface, Jaina and Lucille finished building the offshore oil derrick foundations and traded teasing remarks.

• Medivh and Meryl defeated the corrupted Maiden of Vigilance, and Medivh restarted her defense directives and activated the Chamber of Heart’s console.
• Medivh collected the Heart of Azeroth and channeled Azerite into the Oshu'gun Crystal, then used some to soothe Xal'atath’s violent shadow energy.
• The Maiden of Vigilance granted the team permission to establish a Teleportation Beacon and asked them to investigate the failing Forge of Origination and Forge of Wills.
• Medivh agreed to the Maiden of Vigilance’s request for the time being, set up the beacon, and teleported the team back to the surface.
• Jaina and Lucille finished securing the offshore oil derrick foundations with Anchoring Inscriptions, and Jaina teased Lucille about her interest in Rowan.

Byron learned that Garithos had seized medical-supply ships at Freehold and joined General Santos's fleet to pursue them. Rowan arrived in Freehold, promised justice for the injured, and ordered the convoy intercepted, while Garithos tried to shift blame onto Polina.

• Byron discovered that Tilly and the other former sex workers had opened a dessert shop with Lucille's help, then returned to reviewing military supply lists.
• Yulia reported that Garithos's troops had seized cargo ships carrying medical bandages, and Byron ordered her to contact Clark while he went to Freehold to seek General Santos's help.
• Rowan learned of the seizure, ordered Kainings to prepare for battle, and traveled with Rhonin to Freehold, where he vowed to punish Garithos and reassure the wounded.
• Byron joined Santos's fleet, and three Iron Warships fired warning shots until Garithos's cargo ships raised white flags.
• Garithos panicked as the Iron Fleet approached and told Polina she would have to suffer, prompting her to accuse him.

After Sylvanas lost her post over the Southern Eversong Woods campaign, she sailed toward Kul Tiras with Capernian and Valeera, worried about Rowan amid the Scourge invasion. In Freehold, Rowan publicly executed Garithos, while Polina confessed and surrendered the convoy’s gold as relief supplies.

• The Royal Court removed Sylvanas as leader of the Ranger Corps and appointed Lor'themar, while the Silvermoon Council gave no firm answer about reclaiming the territory north of Tranquillien.
• Capernian and Sylvanas boarded Valeera’s merchant fleet bound for Kul Tiras, and Sylvanas worried whether Rowan could withstand the Scourge for the twenty-day voyage.
• Santos’s fleet captured Garithos’s convoy, and Garithos blamed Countess Polina for ordering the merchant-ship robberies.
• Byron brought Garithos and Polina to Freehold, where Rowan killed Garithos with an Arcane Blast in front of the crowd.
• Polina blamed Garithos, confessed, and handed Rowan the gold aboard the cargo ships as relief supplies; Rowan warned her to change her ways.

After Kul Tiras began preparing a counteroffensive against the Scourge, Rowan and the mages advanced their azerite-powered research while Xal'atath revealed that her strength had grown. Medivh then brought Rowan a strange artifact from the Chamber of Heart, which Rowan recognized as the Heart of Azeroth.

• Jaina welcomed Liam and Tess's relief supplies at Snowforest Harbor, then arranged caravans to carry them toward the Inland Sea.
• Liam and Tess heard how Rowan had led Kul Tiras to victory, and Lucille and Jaina tried to keep Tess from becoming too impressed with him.
• Rowan learned that Xal'atath had absorbed shadow energy in the Chamber of Heart and had become powerful enough to challenge Medivh; she agreed to help lift Lord Arthur's curse.
• Rowan suggested an external cooling device to Rhonin and Medivh as they tested azerite-made turbofan engine components.
• Medivh gave Rowan a glowing artifact from the Chamber of Heart, and Rowan recognized it as the Heart of Azeroth.

Rowan met Azeroth’s world soul through the Heart of Azeroth and agreed to help her while insisting that neither she nor the people of Azeroth should be sacrificed for her ascension. Meanwhile, Alliance supplies reached Kul Tiras, and Illucia’s costly support for Rowan and the war became clear as her relationship with him drew attention.

• Rowan spoke with the World Soul Girl, learned that she was Azeroth, and proposed that she could become a life-form other than a Titan after the Old Gods were destroyed.
• Rowan welcomed Liam and the Alliance aid shipment at Arrowvale Town, learned that Ilucia had gathered supplies despite Arthas seizing half of them, and asked Jaina to bring Ilucia to him after the war.
• Weldon helped Valeera, Capernian, and Sylvanas load military supplies onto ships bound for Kul Tiras.
• Illucia met Capernian and Sylvanas at the harbor and explained that donating supplies was her way of helping Kul Tiras.
• Weldon called Rowan his brother-in-law, and Sylvanas felt displeased at the revelation.

Modor and Vokar opposed Princess Talanji’s reforms and her plan to send troops to Kul Tiras, while Talanji turned to the Loa and commoners as her allies. Meanwhile, Rowan prepared a counteroffensive against the Scourge, developed the Industrial Zone, and continued trying to persuade Xal'atath of his ideals.

• Modor complained to Vokar that Talanji’s land-clearing policy had driven residents from his territory, and Vokar warned that the lords and council members might unite against her reforms.
• Vokar told Modor that Drol'ti and Ral supported Talanji, while Prophet Zul’s position remained unclear, and urged the lords to unite against her.
• Drol'ti reported that the council and lords opposed Talanji’s reforms and Kul Tiras expedition, but Talanji refused to delay her land-clearing plan and sought support from the Loa and Zandalar’s people.
• Rowan sent Marshal Valentin’s vanguard fleet toward Guardwatch Ridge as he prepared a counteroffensive and considered how to improve the Industrial Zone’s weapons and supply of skilled workers.
• Rowan had Xal'atath study his political textbook, and she questioned his ideals and his willingness to give up wealth and authority for others.
• Xal'atath objected to Katrana eating at the research institute without working, and Rowan praised her growing understanding of his ideas.

Arthas and Uther arrived in Kul Tiras and learned that Garithos had been executed, but they chose to investigate before taking action against Rowan. Meanwhile, Rowan and Illucia grew closer, and Jaina accepted Illucia’s place in Rowan’s life while insisting that she have a child first.

• Arthas criticized Rowan’s rule and argued that Lordaeron would have handled the Scourge invasion better, while Uther cautioned him against judging Rowan too harshly.
• Madus reported that Garithos had been killed by the Family Council, and Arthas demanded an explanation before Uther urged him to investigate rather than act impulsively.
• Uther and Arthas continued the Knight Order’s relief mission despite Garithos’s death, while Madus considered more extreme ways to provoke conflict between Lordaeron and Kul Tiras.
• Rowan comforted Illucia, admitted that he liked her, and grew closer to her before she encountered Jaina in the corridor.
• Jaina accepted that Illucia could stay in the Industrial Zone, asserted her position as Rowan’s primary wife, and asked Rowan to help her have a baby before Illucia did.

Rowan piloted the first Liberator Type-A Fighter on its successful test flight, proving the new aircraft could fly and helping establish the Morris Military Industry Air Force. He passed out from oxygen deprivation but recovered, and Jaina confronted him over the risks he had taken before they were left alone together.

• Xal'atath inspected the completed Liberator while Ansirem's research into electricity and arcane control systems supplied its control module.
• Clark and the workshop staff installed the Turbofan Engine, but the hired goblin test pilot, Binspeed, disappeared before the ceremony.
• Rowan volunteered to pilot the Liberator, reassured Jaina that Medivh could teleport him to safety, and climbed into the cockpit.
• Rowan took off, flew the Liberator successfully, and landed, after which the cheering crowd caught and tossed him until Binspeed warned that he had fainted from oxygen deprivation.
• Jaina stayed with Rowan while he recovered at the hospital, then confronted him about his dangerous test flight, and the two were left alone in his room.

Rowan learned that Arthas had acquired Frostmourne and suspected the artifact was part of the Lich King’s corruption scheme, while Kul Tiras launched its counteroffensive against the undead. As Arthas traveled toward the Inland Sea, Frostmourne encouraged his resentment of Rowan, and Arthas vowed to expose him.

• Rowan reviewed the planned fleet counteroffensive against Guardwatch Ridge and worried about pollution from Kul Tiras’s wartime factories.
• Number Zero reported that Lord Uther and Prince Arthas had arrived at Snowforest Harbor, and Rowan recognized Arthas’s artifact as Frostmourne.
• Byron and Leonard’s Vanguard Fleet bombarded the coast, but the Scourge’s necropolises continued sending energy to Naxxramas and the undead made no organized response.
• Arthas traveled across Kul Tiras while Frostmourne disparaged Rowan and deepened Arthas’s determination to prove himself better than him.
• Arthas vowed to tear apart Rowan’s supposed lies.

Ner'zhul and Tichondrius agreed to change the Scourge's strategy and accelerate the Burning Legion's invasion by using Ner'zhul as bait to obtain the Book of Medivh. In Kul Tiras, Arthas encountered Illucia at Morris Harbor, and Jaina arrived as he confronted her.

• Ner'zhul's power continued to fade as sunlight pierced the clouds over Icecrown Glacier and warming temperatures melted the surrounding snow.
• Tichondrius met Ner'zhul, and they agreed that the Scourge could no longer defeat the Alliance's main forces directly.
• Tichondrius proposed accelerating the Legion's invasion and said he would seek the Book of Medivh, using Ner'zhul as bait.
• The Order of the Silver Hand arrived at Morris Harbor with twenty thousand soldiers, and Arthas surveyed the Inland Sea Industrial Zone.
• Arthas encountered Illucia and criticized her for serving Kul Tiras while representing Lordaeron's Barov Merchants' Guild.
• Jaina came upon Arthas confronting Illucia and prepared to defend her.

Jaina defended Illucia against Arthas, then explained that Rowan could marry her only if he gave up his leadership of Kul Tiras, though she offered hope that he might eventually leave power behind. Rowan clashed with Arthas over Garithos’s execution as the Alliance prepared its forces for war, while Jett returned to duty at sea.

• Jaina rejected Arthas’s accusations that Illucia was transferring Lordaeron’s wealth and led Illucia away, then told her that Rowan could marry only one woman while he ruled Kul Tiras.
• Jaina reassured Illucia that Rowan had said he might give up everything and live an ordinary life once the crisis was over, and Illucia agreed they should keep working together.
• Arthas confronted Rowan about executing Garithos, but Rowan defended the execution because Garithos had killed Kul Tiras citizens, insisting that the people came first.
• The Order of the Silver Hand split into two corps, with Arthas leading four columns to help defend King’s Bay, while Kul Tiras’s troops relied on cannons and heavy machine guns.
• Jett rejoined the fleet after recovering and traded healing potions for candy with a young commander from the Second Column of the Third Army Formation.

Arthas and Halliwell organized the defense of Butcher Heights as the Order of the Silver Hand and the Third Army Corps prepared for the Scourge’s advance. The chapter ended with the Iron Fleet and Lord Uther’s Paladins swiftly crushing the undead at Guardwatch Ridge.

• The Combined Fleet carried the Order of the Silver Hand and the Third Army Corps to Butcher Coast, where Commander Thassarian assigned two columns to help haul the army corps’ heavy equipment.
• Arthas and Halliwell planned a semicircular defense at Butcher Heights, placing the Silver Hand on the key heights and the Third Army Corps on smaller positions as support.
• Maxwell and Jett climbed Mountain One together, shared their personal troubles, and agreed to ask Rowan for heavy machine guns after the battle.
• The troops dug in, and the first undead wave attacked at daybreak.
• David ordered the Iron Fleet to bombard the necropolis at Northern Guardwatch Ridge while Lord Uther led the Silver Hand ashore and routed the undead.
• The Iron Fleet destroyed the Necromantic Spires, and the surviving undead fled as the Undead Fortress retreated south of Guardwatch Ridge.

Tichondrius abandoned the Scourge’s failing campaign as the Burning Legion’s demons arrived to capture Butcher Heights and provoke the Alliance into seeking the Book of Medivh. After Guardwatch Ridge’s victory, Rowan brought Sylvanas enchanted armor, but she objected to its revealing design and challenged him to look while she wore it.

• The Lich King recalled the Undead Mages to build Teleportation Anchors, which brought more than thirty Nathrezim demons, including Tichondrius, to Butcher Gorge.
• Tichondrius told the Dreadlords that the Scourge’s failure forced them to capture Butcher Heights and provoke the Alliance into attacking Northrend so they could draw out the Book of Medivh.
• Rowan visited Sylvanas at the archery range and presented her with a set of newly developed enchanted mail armor.
• Sylvanas saw how little the armor covered and challenged Rowan, asking whether he dared look while she wore it.

Rowan recruited Sylvanas for a strike team bound for Northrend, and she secretly tried on the enchanted armor he had commissioned for her. At Butcher Heights, the Silver Hand repelled the undead until the Dreadlords broke their defensive line and Varimathras attacked Maxwell.

• Rowan explained his plan to strike at the will behind the Undead Scourge and asked Sylvanas to join the five-person team; she agreed after he praised her scouting skills.
• Sylvanas returned to her quarters, tried on the armor, and wondered how Rowan had made it fit her so perfectly.
• At Butcher Heights, Jett and the defenders used machine guns and flamethrowers against the undead while Maxwell led the Silver Hand’s Protection and Retribution Paladins in successive attacks.
• The Dreadlords unleashed Carrion Swarm, breached the Silver Hand’s line, and killed twelve Protection Paladins.
• Maxwell charged Varimathras, who struck him with Wraith Soul Embrace and began draining his Holy Light and will.

Talanji set sail with the King's Fleet to fight the Scourge after reshaping Zandalar’s politics and trade, while Rowan’s forces reinforced the collapsing defenses at Butcher Gorge. The chapter ended with Arthas demanding that casualties be limited to twenty percent as the allied line faced powerful demons.

• Talanji rejected the Troll Lords’ representative’s attempt to resist her reforms and ordered the lords to surrender their assets or lose their offices.
• Talanji departed Zandalar with the King's Fleet, and Dak'uru told her he had chosen her over his ideals.
• Rowan sent troops from Guardwatch Ridge to reinforce Butcher Gorge, where the undead could threaten the allied positions.
• Jett interrupted Varimathras’s attack on Maxwell, but demons and undead overwhelmed the first defensive line and forced Jett and Maxwell to retreat.
• Arthas urged the allies to find a way to stop the demons, while Halliwell warned that losing Butcher Gorge would expose the Inland Sea.
• Arthas set a twenty-percent casualty limit rather than immediately ordering a retreat.

Arthas ordered the Silver Hand and allied troops to withdraw from the collapsing defenses, but Foming’s charge inspired the soldiers to stand and fight on the final line. Their attack wounded Varimathras, who was rescued by Anetheron as he warned that something was wrong with the humans.

• After the second defensive line fell and casualties mounted, Arthas ordered the Silver Hand to withdraw, and Halliwell recalled the Kul Tiras troops to the final line.
• Foming insisted that the army defend Kul Tiras, and Halliwell assigned him to establish the last defensive position.
• Maxwell persuaded Arthas to let the Silver Hand help the Kul Tiras troops repel one more Scourge attack.
• As the Carrion Swarms advanced, Foming charged alone and was killed by Tichondrius, prompting Halliwell and the other soldiers to charge after him.
• Jett and the Kul Tiras warriors helped wound Varimathras, but Anetheron rescued him and warned that the humans were behaving strangely.

The allied forces recaptured the first high-ground defensive line at Butcher Heights after Kul Tiras's reinforcements arrived and Xal'atath and Onyxia drove back the Nathrezim demons. Rowan confronted Arthas over his failure to understand what the soldiers were fighting for, then ordered the battle to continue as the Undead Scourge's larger plan remained a threat.

• The allied forces broke through the Undead Scourge's attacks, reclaimed the first high-ground defensive belt, and forced the Dreadlords to retreat.
• Xal'atath wounded Varimathras with Shadow Lash, and Onyxia killed him with a blast of dragonfire.
• Rowan halted the costly counterattack, reinforced the defensive line, and helped his forces restrict the Nathrezim demons.
• Rowan rebuked Arthas for hiding from the front and failing to understand the soldiers' sacrifices, while Arthas accused Rowan of disregarding their lives.
• Rowan called Arthas an arrogant man-child, then ordered Commander William to deploy airborne artillery against the Scourge's continued advance.

Jaina’s party sailed through the Maelstrom and began teleporting to Northrend, capturing the naga Hajatan when he attacked their ship. Meanwhile, the allies drove the Undead Scourge from Kul Tiras, but Rowan feared the Scourge could return, while the Lich King sought another way to recover his position.

• Jaina guided the warship past the Maelstrom and opened a stable teleportation route to Northrend with Medivh and Meryl Winterstorm.
• Hajatan attacked the warship, but Meryl froze him in place and Jaina decided to send him to Rowan’s Industrial Zone.
• Mal'Ganis and Detheroc retreated after Varimathras died, and the allied troops secured the highlands before the Undead Scourge withdrew from Kul Tiras.
• Kainings reported that the Scourge had left the Outer Sea, and Rowan worried that its remaining millions of soldiers could still return.
• The Lich King sought another way to reverse the war’s course because he needed the Book of Medivh to help Tichondrius open a portal for the Burning Legion.

Kul Tiras celebrated its victory over the Undead Scourge, and Rowan promised to share steam power technology with the Alliance nations that had helped. Meanwhile, Tichondrius stole Kel'Thuzad's Ash Urn and helped Ner'zhul resurrect him as a powerful lich, while Arthas returned to sea still tormented by his choice at Butcher Heights and furious with Rowan.

• Kul Tiras ended its five-month war with the Scourge in victory, held celebrations, and declared November 3 through 5 annual Victory Days with paid leave and a gold coin for each household.
• Rowan toasted Uther and Arthas in remembrance of the fallen at Butcher Heights, then promised to share steam power technology with the participating Alliance nations for free.
• Jaina stayed with the drunken Rowan after Ilucia left, discovered he was pretending to be drunk, and confronted him privately.
• Tichondrius attacked Alonsus Faol at Light's Hope Chapel, used the distraction to steal Kel'Thuzad's Ash Urn, and carried it to Ner'zhul in Northrend.
• Ner'zhul resurrected Kel'Thuzad as a powerful skeletal lich, and Kel'Thuzad swore allegiance to him.
• Arthas sailed back toward the Eastern Kingdoms, drank aged Alterac liquor with Faria, and cursed Rowan over their debt and the Scourge's retreat.

Arthas dreamed that Frostmourne led him to shatter an icy coffin and claim a crown, while Rowan collected shadow healing potions and discussed marriage, love, and family with those close to him. Rowan gave Lord Arthur the potions and arranged for Lucille to care for him through treatment, leaving the family hopeful that he would recover.

• Arthas dreamed that Frostmourne guided him to an ice coffin containing the core of the Scourge's will, and he shattered it before waking as an icy crown fell from view.
• Rowan collected the shadow healing potions from Xal'atath, who asked him to bring back skincare products from Dalaran.
• Elena urged Rowan to hold a wedding with Jaina and discussed his feelings for Illucia, while Rowan said he was grateful to her.
• Lucille confessed her feelings to Rowan, who told her he liked her and would not take back his promise, and she agreed to wait.
• Rowan gave Lord Arthur the potions and asked Lucille to stay with him during treatment; Lord Arthur and Lady Meredith expressed gratitude and hope that he would recover.

Rowan traveled to Dalaran with Katrana for an Alliance leadership meeting while Arthas prepared his own campaign against the Scourge. The chapter ended with Rowan finally being recognized at the Violet Citadel after a guard mistook him for an impostor.

• Katrana questioned Rowan about his new wife, then reluctantly transformed so he could ride her to Dalaran.
• Arthas planned to invade Northrend and wrote to Grand Archmage Delandon seeking an unconventional way to get ahead of Rowan.
• Rowan and Katrana toured Dalaran, shopped, and spent most of Rowan’s remaining money on travel portals.
• A Kirin Tor guard denied Rowan entry to the Violet Citadel because he lacked valid identification and did not believe he was Kul Tiras’s leader.
• Arthas arrived, confirmed Rowan’s identity, and prompted the guard to apologize and ask Rowan for an autograph.