Recaps

After regaining his memories, Rowan took charge of Morris Town and developed a steam engine with Jaina’s help while building the resources needed for a fleet. The arc ended with pirates attacking cargo ships carrying Rowan’s blast furnaces, leaving him to face the ambush and rescue survivors.

• Rowan recovered his memories, reunited with Jaina, and chose to pursue shipbuilding rather than attend the Military Academy.
• Rowan traveled to Morris Town, paid its workers, negotiated a better price for coal, and began designing a steam engine to move ships without wind runes.
• After troggs attacked the smelter, Rowan used poisoned flour to weaken them and made the defeated troggs work in the mines.
• Jaina used her magic to shape and weld the engine’s iron plates, and Rowan built a working steam engine that impressed her.
• Rowan secured Gorlick’s agreement to mine coal and asked Jaina to arrange iron, cannons, blast furnaces, and grain for his shipbuilding plans.
• Rowan negotiated an iron supply contract with Gazlowe in Boralus, then returned to Morris Town with iron ingots and grain as Moss Ashvane and Prashiri took notice of his dealings with Jaina.
• Rowan sent pickaxes to North Mountain Mine and watched the smiths work on a large engine until pirates attacked the cargo ships carrying his blast furnaces.
• Rowan sailed to the wreckage with Byron to rescue survivors, and a rescued sailor revealed that the pirates had concealed themselves behind a nearby island.

Rowan built a steam-powered warship, defeated the pirates who had attacked his family’s shipment, and recovered the stolen blast furnaces. At a family council, he faced pressure to share his technology and was left in charge of the Norwington Family as his parents prepared to travel.

• Rowan built and launched a steam-powered warship, then sailed east with Byron, Leonard, and a crew to find the pirates who had killed the Second Fleet’s sailors.
• Rowan’s warship overcame Lambert’s pirate fleet, and Jaina dispersed the sea fog before teleporting aboard to embrace Rowan.
• Rowan recovered the stolen blast furnaces and learned from Stuart that the Pirate Council had arranged the ships and House Stormsong’s Merchants’ Guild had supplied them.
• Rowan restarted the ironworks, raised his Intelligence through the system, and signed a contract to supply Gazlowe’s Merchants’ Guild with coal.
• At the family council, Rowan argued that Kul Tiras should recognize and pay for the use of his steam propulsion technology, while Stormsong and Ashvane pressed for it to be shared.
• Aldrius announced that the Second Fleet would test Rowan’s technology, and Rowan’s parents left for Lordaeron, placing him in charge of the Norwington Family.

Rowan rebuilt the Norwington Family’s trade network and led its fleet through a magical storm and a battle against pirates. After securing new contracts in Southshore, he began planning a stronger navy and prepared to show Jaina a treasure.

• Rowan stabilized the family’s operations, gathered its workers in Morris Town, and built Steam Power Engines for a fleet of warships.
• Rowan led the fleet and the Merchants' Guild out to sea, where Lord Stormsong’s magically created storm and pirate attack damaged the ships.
• Rowan and Jaina fought off the Iron Tide Raiders, with Jaina using ice magic and Revealing Dust exposing hidden High-Rank Stealth Users.
• Rowan’s fleet destroyed Skullsplitter’s pirate ships, captured the pirate captain, and learned about Freehold’s pirate fleets.
• Rowan reached Southshore and signed a trade agreement with Ilucia, securing new orders for the Norwington Family.
• Rowan redeemed One-Star Battleship blueprints but discovered he lacked the Engineering skill to understand them, then agreed to walk with Jaina and asked about her Dalaran teacher.
• Rowan told Jaina he had a treasure to show her and reached into his bag.