Recaps

After pirates ambushed a shipment near Morris Shipyard and killed most of its crew, Rowan vowed to avenge the dead despite his warships being unable to sail. He ordered Byron to stop Ellen from leaving to report the attack, and Byron challenged him with a holy attack.

• Rowan learned that twenty-two sailors and guild staff had died when pirates seized the blast furnace shipment near Morris Town.
• Ellen revealed that he was Lucille's guard and identified the pirates' cannon as a newly produced A3 Rapid-Fire Cannon.
• Ellen proposed reporting the attack to Lord Aldrius and House Vikress, but Rowan argued that official action would take too long.
• Rowan insisted on finding the pirates and avenging the dead of the Norwington Family and the Second Fleet.
• When Ellen tried to leave, Rowan ordered Byron to persuade him to stay, and Byron prepared to use his Crusade-Judgment combo.

Rowan hurried to build a steam-powered machine for a warship after pirates attacked a merchant ship near Morris Town. Jaina arrived to help weld it, and her Mirror Magic talent produced three copies of herself.

• Byron used his glowing warhammer to persuade Ellen to stay, then invited him to team up in arena matches.
• Rowan’s blacksmiths finished forging the steam engine’s components while shipyard workers modified a warship to fit it.
• Rowan asked Jaina to help weld the machine, and she learned that pirates had seized a cargo ship and killed its sailors.
• Jaina offered to bring her father’s fleet against the pirates, but Rowan refused and said he would lead the fight himself.
• Jaina agreed to help Rowan build the machine, using Potions of Clarity and her Mirror Magic talent to create three identical copies of herself.

Rowan and Jaina completed a steam engine and installed it aboard a warship, while Rowan resolved to rebuild the Second Fleet and defeat the pirates of Freehold. As the ship’s departure ceremony began, Rowan invited Jaina to light the engine’s first flame.

• Rowan, Jaina, and the blacksmiths finished building the steam engine after a full day of work.
• Rowan told Jaina he wanted to rebuild the Second Fleet and wipe out the pirates of Freehold, and Jaina urged him to focus on getting the warship to sea.
• The next morning, townspeople gathered at Morris Shipyard for the fleet’s departure ceremony as Byron brought the engine to the harbor.
• Byron and the workers installed the steam engine and its smokestack aboard the warship.
• Jaina arrived by Teleportation Spell, and Rowan invited her into the hold to light the first flame.

Rowan and Jaina launched Morris Town’s first steam-powered warship, proving it could sail without wind runes or raised sails. After the ship ran out of coal far out at sea, Jaina used magic to drive it back toward town.

• Jaina ignited the coal, and Rowan opened the steam valve until the engine’s piston and paddle wheel propelled the warship out of the harbor.
• Lusen celebrated with Esenk, Kande wept, and Byron praised Rowan as the townspeople watched the ship sail without sails or wind runes.
• Rowan rewarded the workers and Byron, while Jaina took the helm and Rowan declared that the age of sailing warships had ended and the steam age had begun.
• Byron reported that the ship had run out of coal, and Ellen estimated that one ton had carried it about seventy nautical miles.
• Jaina refused to stoke the boiler, so Rowan ordered the sails raised and Jaina used a powerful current of air to send the ship back toward Morris Town.

Jaina told Daelin that Rowan had launched a steam-powered warship and planned to rebuild the Second Fleet. She asked for two warships to help him pursue the pirates who stole an iron smelting blast furnace, but Daelin grounded her for three days after realizing she had concealed the truth about Dalaran’s agreement.

• Daelin recognized that Jaina had visited Morris Town and teased her about her feelings for Rowan.
• Jaina placed a model of Rowan’s Second Fleet in the naval sandbox and explained that his steam-powered warship had sailed at thirteen knots.
• Jaina told Daelin that Rowan intended to rebuild the Second Fleet, and Daelin warned her not to get involved before Rowan became its captain.
• Jaina asked Daelin for two warships so she could help Rowan take revenge on the pirates who stole the iron smelting blast furnace.
• Daelin realized Jaina had misrepresented Dalaran’s agreement and ordered her to stay home for three days.

Rowan installed thirty-six cannons on his steam-powered warship and prepared to pursue the pirates with Leonard. The chapter left Rowan and Leonard ready to board, while an unexplained notification awarded Rowan shock points from Admiral Daelin Proudmoore.

• Leonard returned from Norwington Estate with twenty A4 Shipbreaker Cannons and an IOU for 3,000 gold coins.
• Rowan learned that Byron and Ellen were searching for the pirates and planned to sail once they found the fleet.
• Rowan persuaded Leonard to join him aboard by claiming he needed to fulfill a childhood wish involving firing a cannon.
• Rowan explained that the steam engine could handle the warship's thirty-six cannons and that he had added watertight compartments to limit flooding.
• Rowan received 100 shock points from Admiral Daelin Proudmoore.

Lord Ashvane learned that pirates were operating near Morris Town and discovered that Priscilla had arranged the attack as a warning to the Proudmoores and a plot against Rowan. He sent the Third Fleet north to protect Rowan, while Aldrius noticed the fleet’s departure and summoned a hidden agent.

• Admiral Daelin privately ordered Lord Ashvane to deal with pirates near Morris Town, leading Lord Ashvane to suspect the Ashvane family’s businesses were involved.
• Priscilla admitted she had taken the Iron Smelting Blast Furnace and arranged the pirates’ attack to pressure Daelin and eliminate Rowan, the Norwington Family’s young master.
• Lord Ashvane ordered the warship Stormrain and its escorts to sail for Morris Town, hoping to reach Rowan before the pirates did.
• Five Third Fleet warships left Hook Point, and Aldrius and Elena wondered why they were heading north.
• Aldrius sent Elena aboard, then whistled for a hidden figure, who appeared and pledged his service.

Byron and Ellen returned from scouting the pirates’ base after surviving an uncanny cannon bombardment, and Rowan set out with a warship to attack them. The two ships met near the pirates’ hidden camp, where Rowan ordered his crew to fire first.

• Byron and Ellen told Rowan that pirates had spotted them during their scouting mission and bombarded them with cannons that repeatedly struck them despite their attempts to escape.
• Rowan sent Ellen home to rest and brought Byron along as the party’s healer.
• Rowan sailed east toward Screaming Wharf with soldiers and sailors aboard a warship armed with thirty-six Shipbreaker Cannons.
• Rowan’s warship found the pirates’ hidden base just as Lambert and his crew prepared to leave aboard their own ship.
• Lambert threatened Rowan’s ship with his cannons, but Rowan ordered his crew to open fire immediately.

Rowan’s steam-powered warship overwhelmed Lambert’s pirate fleet with repeated cannon volleys and its ability to turn without sails. Lambert called on Stuart to summon sea fog for a desperate attack, but Rowan’s ship outran the fog, leaving Lambert convinced the battle was unwinnable.

• Rowan’s warship fired eighteen cannons, destroying Lambert’s flagship’s mainmast and prompting Lambert to order a counterattack.
• Lambert’s pirates struck Rowan’s mainmast and mizzenmast, but Rowan turned the warship and fired another volley that damaged the pirate ships and knocked Lambert into the sea.
• Lambert took the helm and ordered Stuart to summon sea fog so the pirates could close in for a fight to the death.
• Rowan ordered his gunners to stand by and steered the warship away from the fog, outrunning it with Leonard at the helm.
• Lambert watched Rowan’s sail-less warship pull ahead and concluded that the battle was unwinnable.

Rowan’s steam-powered warship crippled Lambert’s Pirate Flagship and let Leonard and Byron confront the pirate leader, but the remaining pirate ships damaged Rowan’s vessel. The chapter left both sides taking on water as Lambert escaped and boasted that Rowan’s warship would sink.

• Lambert drove the Pirate Flagship out of the sea mist and charged Rowan’s warship, prompting Rowan to order a head-on collision.
• Rowan ordered Byron to run the Steam Engine at full power, and the warship shoved the Pirate Flagship off course and fractured its hull.
• Leonard leapt aboard the pirate ship and attacked Lambert, while Byron joined the fight after climbing up from the water.
• Byron and Leonard wounded Lambert with their combined attacks, but Lambert called on the two remaining pirate ships to fire.
• The pirate ships struck both vessels, and Lambert escaped as seawater flooded compartments on Rowan’s warship and the Pirate Flagship.

Rowan’s forces defeated Lambert’s pirates, while Jaina feared Rowan had died and teleported aboard the Stormrain. The chapter left Jaina crying at sea, unaware that Rowan had survived.

• Rowan’s warship kept sailing and firing after its compartments were damaged, and Lambert realized his pirate flagship was sinking.
• Byron blinded and stunned Lambert, allowing Leonard to break his legs, tie him up, and carry him aboard the warship.
• Jaina decided to leave her room and search for Rowan, and Betty told her the Third Fleet’s ship was the Stormrain.
• Jaina teleported aboard the Stormrain, where Captain Tarenford told her the battle had ended and Rowan’s chances looked grim.
• Jaina watched the sea and wept, pleading for Rowan not to leave her.

Jaina and the Third Fleet reached Morris Town expecting to rescue Rowan from pirates, but found that Rowan had already defeated them. After reuniting with him, Jaina rejected Rowan’s attempt to get another hug.

• Jaina spotted a sea fog and warned Captain Tarenford that a Tidesage was helping the pirates.
• Jaina used her magic to disperse the fog, revealing Rowan’s warship, and saw Rowan standing alive at its bow.
• Jaina told Tarenford that Rowan had defeated the pirates, then teleported onto Rowan’s ship.
• Tarenford saw the three pirate ships sunk and Rowan’s damaged warship still sailing, then watched Jaina embrace Rowan.
• Rowan credited Jaina with helping build his steam engine and asked to share another hug, but Jaina told him, “In your dreams!”

After defeating the pirates, Rowan questioned the surviving captives and learned that the Pirate Council had arranged warships supplied by House Stormsong's Merchants' Guild. He left Jaina wondering who in Kul Tiras had hired the pirates, while recognizing that their victory might draw the attention of a powerful hidden employer.

• Rowan had Byron throw the silent Lambert into the sea after refusing to question him further.
• Stuart pleaded for his life, and Rowan ordered him sunk until he revealed that the Pirate Council had arranged the warships and House Stormsong's Merchants' Guild had supplied them.
• Stuart said the pirates had won a bid in Freehold to raid merchant ships around Morris Town and Cape Town, without knowing the buyer's motives.
• Rowan had Leonard knock Stuart unconscious and throw him into the sea after hearing the information he wanted.
• Jaina questioned how anyone in Kul Tiras could collude with pirates, and Rowan warned that their employer might be powerful and had likely noticed the pirates' defeat.

After realizing the pirates’ mission may have been designed to endanger him, Rowan decided he needed to become a mage to protect himself and Jaina. Jaina told him his zero arcane affinity made that impossible, but Rowan refused to give up and turned his attention back to docking the ships.

• Rowan suspected the pirates’ broad orders around Morris Town and Cape Town had been intended to put him in danger, and he worried that a less advanced fleet would have been destroyed.
• Rowan told Jaina he wanted to become a mage so he could defend himself against stronger enemies and stop relying on her for help.
• Jaina explained that Rowan had zero affinity for arcane energy and was too old to begin mage training, then suggested he train as a paladin, Stealth User, or warrior instead.
• Rowan asked whether potions could improve arcane affinity, but Jaina said no and offered to handle magic while he built the Second Fleet.
• Rowan resolved privately to find a way to become a mage, then asked Leonard and Byron to inspect the hulls before docking.

Jaina admitted that she had asked her father to send a fleet to save Rowan, while Rowan teased her about her feelings. At the pirates’ base, Byron challenged the Third Fleet’s claim to the seized goods, and Tarenford accused him of violently resisting law enforcement.

• Leonard found the warehouse containing all twenty-five crates of the dismantled Iron Smelting Blast Furnace.
• Jaina told Rowan she had asked her father to send a fleet and admitted she had worried about him; after Rowan asked what she liked about him, she blushed and ran away.
• Tarenford arrived with the Stormrain’s soldiers and told Byron that the Third Fleet would take any goods found at the pirate base to Boralus.
• Byron argued that the Norwington Family’s warships and the Second Fleet gave his side a claim to the goods, but Tarenford ordered his soldiers to seize him.
• After seeing Byron’s holy light, Tarenford called him a criminal for obstructing the search and violently resisting law enforcement, leaving Byron unable to answer.

Rowan confronted Captain Tarenford over the Third Fleet’s demand to seize cargo recovered from pirates, arguing that the Norwington Family had sunk the pirate ship and that the pirates’ stronghold lay on family territory. He rejected Tarenford’s threats and declared that the family would refuse the Third Fleet’s demands, leaving their dispute unresolved.

• Byron refused to yield to Tarenford’s demand that the recovered cargo be handed over under the coastal defense regulations.
• Rowan emerged from the cargo hold and challenged Tarenford’s claim that the Third Fleet should transport the cargo to Boralus.
• Rowan argued that the Norwington Family had sunk the Pirate Warship and that the pirates’ stronghold lay on its territory, while the Third Fleet had done nothing in the fight.
• Tarenford threatened that defying the regulations could bring trouble to the Norwington Family’s factories, granaries, and shipping lanes.
• Rowan cursed the regulations, told Tarenford to inform Lord Ashvane that the family would keep the cargo, and said the family could stop doing business with the Third Fleet.

Lord Ashvane learned that Rowan Norwington’s warship had extraordinary capabilities, while Rowan celebrated the launch of Morris Town’s ironworks and planned to recruit workers with food allowances. The chapter ended with the workers sharing a beef feast and Byron bringing Rowan the first bowl.

• Tarenford and Halliwell reported the warship’s unusual capabilities to Lord Ashvane, who learned it had no mages aboard and that the coastal defense violation had been reported to the family council.
• Leonard returned to Morris Town with the Iron Smelting Blast Furnaces, and Kobi and his son assembled the first furnace at the new workshop.
• Rowan replaced the furnace’s magic-powered heating device with a coal-burning base, and Ironhammer praised the resulting cast-iron ingots.
• Rowan celebrated the ironworks’ opening and the naval victory with a beef feast, then told Kande to recruit workers with wages and monthly food allowances.
• Byron took the first bowl of beef and brought it to Rowan, surprising Ellen and Leonard.

Rowan learned that high-ranking Stealth Users had secretly followed him, though Ellen believed they were protecting him rather than plotting against him. Rowan decided to pursue magic and discovered the system could let him wield Azeroth’s energies by raising his Intelligence with Emotion Points.

• At the Ironworks, Ellen showed Rowan Shadow Dust he had collected from Rowan and revealed that multiple high-ranking Stealth Users had been near him since his return to Morris Town.
• Rowan reasoned that the hidden Stealth Users might be protecting him and wondered whether his parents had sent them.
• After returning home, Rowan sent the sleepy Jenny to bed and entered the system interface.
• Rowan asked the system how he could become a powerful spellcaster, and it told him to spend Emotion Points to raise his Intelligence.
• The system claimed that enough Intelligence would let Rowan wield all six forms of energy in Azeroth.

Rowan spent his Emotion Points to raise his intellect and unlock several low-level magic skills. At a council meeting, Aldrius defended Rowan against accusations and declared he would rebuild the Second Fleet for Kul Tiras's future.

• Rowan exchanged 3,448 Emotion Points for 13 intellect, gaining new skills and increasing his intellect to 16.
• Lord Arthur Vikress and Lord Ashvane argued over pirate raids and the Third Fleet's coastal defenses, while Lord Stormsong tried to mediate.
• Lord Stormsong presented a report accusing Rowan Norwington of obstructing the Third Fleet's investigation and misappropriating pirate spoils.
• Aldrius revealed that Rowan had sunk three pirate warships, including ships armed with A3 Rapid-Fire Cannons, and urged Daelin to discuss Rowan's marriage to Jaina.
• After the other lords left, Aldrius told Daelin that he would rebuild the Second Fleet for his family and Kul Tirass future.

Rowan signed a reduced coal contract, brought his Steam Warship to Boralus, and took responsibility for the ironworks deal and pirate incident to protect Jaina. Daelin said both Rowan and Jaina would face punishment, while Jaina was pleased by Rowan's defense of her.

• Rowan signed a contract to supply Gazlowe's Merchants' Guild with 200 tons of coal a month and planned to buy iron ore through Tradewinds Market.
• Rowan sailed to Boralus aboard his Steam Warship, drawing a crowd when it arrived at Hook Point without sails.
• Rowan left his companions at the Norwington Family residence and went to the Proudmoore family's residence to see Jaina.
• Rowan told Catherine and Daelin that he had asked Jaina to buy the Iron Smelting Blast Furnace and had handled the pirate attack himself.
• Daelin said Rowan and Jaina would both face punishment, while acknowledging that defeating the pirates counted as a meritorious deed.
• After Rowan left, Jaina told Daelin that Rowan was responsible, and Daelin dismissed her excitement.

Aldrius ordered a sweeping corruption investigation across the Norwington Family while Rowan returned home and discussed the Morris Town pirate incident with his father. Aldrius saw Rowan as capable of carrying the family’s future, though Rowan did not know that Admiral Daelin had also placed his trust in him.

• Aldrius instructed Terry to investigate suspected corruption among the Norwington Family’s guilds and officials, confiscate assets, and expel those responsible.
• Rowan told Elena he planned to have dinner at Jaina’s home, then agreed to repay his father for family resources and a loan.
• Rowan told Aldrius about the pirate incident and challenged him for pretending not to know about it, pointing out that a High-Rank Stealth User had protected him.
• Aldrius recalled how he had inherited the Norwington lordship young, built the Second Fleet, and endured its destruction and Rowan’s illness.
• Aldrius resolved that Rowan could shoulder the Norwington Family’s future, unaware to Rowan that Admiral Daelin had also bet on him.

Rowan accompanied Lord Aldrius to a family council at Proudmoore Keep while guards Byron and Leonard ran into their former comrade Lashius outside. Lashius revealed that the council would address the Norwington Family’s alleged violation of the Coastal Defense Regulations, and Leonard and Byron defended their family’s honor.

• Rowan traveled with Lord Aldrius to Proudmoore Keep for the family council.
• Byron and Leonard read an illicit book while waiting outside the council hall.
• Lashius recognized Byron and Leonard and mocked their low rank and refusal to join House Stormsong.
• Lashius said the council would discuss the Norwington Family’s alleged violation of the Coastal Defense Regulations and warned that the family would suffer for opposing House Stormsong.
• Leonard defended the Norwington Family’s conscience and Byron echoed his claim that they acted for glory.

Rowan attended the family council at Proudmoore Keep, where the lords discussed his steam-powered warship and pressed to share its technology. He agreed to follow Kul Tiras’s tradition of sharing warship technology, but first secured their acknowledgment that his vessel outperformed wind-rune warships and prepared to state his condition.

• Rowan reviewed the report on his warship and realized the lords had investigated its steam propulsion and planned to discuss sharing it.
• Lord Ashvane pushed Lord Stormsong to explain Kul Tiras’s policy of sharing warship technology, and Stormsong endorsed sharing Rowan’s new propulsion system.
• Admiral Daelin asked Rowan to decide how to handle the technology, and Lord Aldrius said the choice belonged to his son.
• Rowan agreed to follow Lord Stormsong’s suggestion but asked the lords to acknowledge that his warship outperformed wind-rune vessels; Lord Arthur agreed, and Rowan asked what the others thought.

At the Family Council, Rowan negotiated with Lord Stormsong and Lord Ashvane over sharing his steam warship technology, arguing that they should not expect it for free. He proposed charging fleets a monthly fee under a system he called a patent, but Ashvane insisted the matter would be decided by Kul Tiras's laws and traditions.

• Admiral Daelin supported Rowan's reasoning, while Stormsong and Ashvane tried to downplay the steam warship's value and emphasize its flaws.
• Rowan agreed that the warship had problems, then challenged the two lords for seeking its technology despite their criticisms.
• Rowan said he was willing to share the propulsion technology for payment and proposed an initial price of five hundred thousand gold coins.
• Rowan clarified that the fee would be charged monthly for the right to use the technology, which he called a patent.
• Stormsong objected that Rowan's proposal violated Kul Tiras's traditions and trade agreements, and Rowan argued that his steam engine could have uses beyond warships.
• Ashvane ended the argument by declaring that Kul Tiras's laws and traditions would decide the matter.

At the Family Council, Aldrius defied the Stormsong and Ashvane families by deciding to rebuild the Norwington Family’s Second Fleet and test Rowan’s New Propulsion Technology. After the meeting ended bitterly, Aldrius left Rowan in charge of the family’s affairs while he and Rowan’s mother planned a vacation to Lordaeron.

• Rowan argued that Kul Tiras should protect intellectual property, but Lord Stormsong and Lord Ashvane pressured Aldrius to share the New Propulsion Technology.
• Aldrius announced that the Second Fleet would test the technology, and Admiral Daelin supported rebuilding the fleet.
• Lord Stormsong and Lord Ashvane vowed to turn Kul Tiras’s merchants’ guilds against the Norwington Family, while Lord Arthur questioned Aldrius’s decision.
• After the meeting, Rowan worried that the other families would cripple the Norwington Family’s trade routes.
• Aldrius told Rowan that he and Rowan’s mother would go to Lordaeron for a vacation and leave Rowan in charge of the family.