Chapter Summaries

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.

With the Norwington Family isolated by the Ashvane and Stormsong families and its businesses collapsing, Rowan took charge of the crisis after his parents left for Lordaeron. He redirected the inner-sea industries toward building warships, while Jaina offered support and Rowan insisted the family face the dispute without Admiral Daelin’s intervention.

• The Norwington Family’s broken ties with the Ashvane and Stormsong families halted production, froze orders, and plunged its trade system into chaos as corruption purges removed merchants’ guild leaders.
• Rowan learned his parents had gone to Lordaeron and assessed the family’s finances, finding just over two million gold coins available to cover wages, penalties, and upkeep.
• Rowan ordered the inner-sea mines to send iron ore to Morris Town and directed shipyard workers and technical staff to help build warships at Morris Shipyard.
• Jaina asked Rowan what had happened and offered to petition Admiral Daelin to send a fleet to protect the Norwington maritime routes.
• Rowan stopped Jaina, explaining that First Fleet intervention could alienate the other great houses, and Jaina told him he still had her support.

Rowan reflected on Jaina’s innocence and resolved to protect her from the painful choices she would face in the future. Jaina prepared to leave for Morris Town to help Rowan, while her parents accepted her decision and wished her well.

• Rowan thanked Jaina for helping him and flirted with her, making her blush.
• Jaina packed an enormous amount of luggage for her month-long stay in Morris Town, and Catherine supported her departure.
• Catherine privately gave Jaina a wooden box and awkwardly warned her to protect herself before marriage, embarrassing Jaina.
• Daelin hugged Jaina and asked whether Rowan could save the Norwington Family; Jaina admitted she did not know but vowed to stand by Rowan.
• Jaina used magic to leave the Proudmoore residence, and Daelin and Catherine discussed their daughter’s affection for Rowan.

Rowan sailed for Morris Town to rebuild the Norwington Family’s trade network by producing iron and ships, while Jaina joined him to help with the work. The ironworks soon began producing twenty tons of pig iron daily, and Rowan prepared to expand production and build Steam Warships.

• Rowan left Terry in charge of stabilizing the family’s trade network and set sail for Morris Town with Jaina and supplies.
• Lashius threatened Byron and mocked Rowan’s family, so Rowan used Fear to make Lashius’s own soldiers watch as Byron, Ellen, and Leonard beat him.
• Rowan warned Lashius that the Norwington Family would not tolerate further insults, then boarded the ship with his guards.
• Kande started the ironworks in Morris Town, which produced twenty tons of pig iron each day.
• Rowan planned to gather the Norwington businesses’ blacksmiths and establish a Steam Power Engine assembly line to build ten Steam Warships.

Rowan rallied the Norwington Family’s Inland Sea mine and shipyard managers by thanking them for their integrity and urging them to stand together against their enemies. The managers answered with fierce support, while Jaina watched Rowan with delight.

• Rowan entered the Council Hall and thanked the managers for protecting the workers and refusing to embezzle wages during the Norwington Family’s crisis.
• The managers bowed to Rowan and declared their loyalty to the Norwington Family.
• Rowan described the trade network’s dire situation and urged the managers to unite against Stormsong and the Ashvane Family rather than retreat.
• The managers shouted their support and vowed to fight, while Byron and Leonard argued about the honor of standing up for one’s ideals.
• Jaina watched Rowan’s speech and gained 520 delight.

Rowan coordinated the Norwington Family’s shipyards, mines, and blacksmiths while seeking to restore maritime shipping and the family’s military production. Jaina continued helping him develop steam power, and she suggested asking her former mentor in Dalaran to recruit more mages.

• Rowan arranged for ore to be sent to Morris Town, blacksmiths to be gathered, and new blacksmith shops to be built.
• Kande told Rowan that the family could no longer obtain cannons from Ashvane Munitions or transport weapons from its isolated Military Foundry.
• Rowan ordered the family’s cannons consolidated so a fleet could retrieve weapons from the Military Foundry once maritime shipping resumed.
• Rowan brought Jaina warm water while she worked on steam-engine components, and she pretended she could not unscrew the thermos.
• Rowan worried that Jaina’s help with butt-welding was not a long-term solution and asked about hiring mages from Dalaran.
• Jaina suggested visiting Dalaran to ask her former mentor to help.

Jaina and Rowan finished a productive day in the workshop, while Ellen revealed that Lucille had sent him to observe Rowan. Jaina grew jealous and insecure about Lucille, then felt Rowan touch one of her magical mirror images before he realized it might share sensations with her.

• Jaina completed the main welding on two Steam Power Engines, but Rowan stopped her from working overtime and explained that her mirror images could remain in the workshop for fifteen hours.
• Ellen collected siren's bloom pollen and tidespray buds, then told Jaina that Lucille had assigned him to stay with Rowan and pay attention to his habits.
• Jaina became jealous of Lucille and worried that Rowan might prefer her over Jaina.
• Rowan poked Jaina's mirror image and, believing it was only magical research, touched it while Jaina felt the sensation through their link.
• Rowan received emotion points from Jaina, wondered whether the mirror image shared its senses with her, then locked the workshop and returned to the Council Hall.

Rowan welcomed blacksmiths to Morris Town and organized them into the Morris Mechanical Manufacturing Plant while Jaina reflected on how much he had changed. After learning that most of the Norwington Family’s customers would wait for delayed orders, Rowan announced he would lead a fleet to sea in a week to protect the family’s shipping lanes, despite Jaina and Terry urging caution.

• Rowan welcomed the arriving blacksmiths, and Kande led them to the Blacksmith Shop as Rowan placed Kobi and his father in charge of the new Morris Mechanical Manufacturing Plant.
• Terry told Rowan that the Norwington Family had paid five hundred thousand gold coins in penalties and that customers for seventy percent of the month’s orders would accept delays of twenty to thirty days.
• Rowan said he would lead a fleet out in a week to protect the Merchants' Guild and fulfill the delayed orders.
• Terry offered to handle the deliveries with the Norwington Family’s Second Fleet, and Jaina warned Rowan that he lacked naval battle experience.
• Rowan explained that he wanted merchants to see the family could protect its shipping lanes, even after losing the fleet’s protection.

Rowan prepared to lead the Norwington Family's fleet to Southshore, knowing the voyage was a dangerous gamble that could restore the family's trade and reputation. After learning that Lord Stormsong had rescued the corrupt officials meant for Tol Dagor, Rowan vowed to rebuild the Second Fleet and settle the score.

• Rowan rejected Terry's warning against sailing and insisted that he would lead the fleet to save the Norwington Family.
• Terry reported that pirates had killed the sailors and soldiers escorting the corrupt officials, while the officials had disappeared before reaching Tol Dagor.
• Rowan concluded that Lord Stormsong had intervened to rescue the officials and angrily vowed to remember his actions until the Second Fleet regained its strength.
• Terry returned to mobilize troops for the voyage while Rowan discussed war and peace with Jaina.
• Rowan told Jaina that lasting peace required power across Azeroth, and Jaina said she was not afraid of him.

Rowan assembled an eleven-warship fleet and prepared to sail for Boralus, then Southshore. At the Storm Temple, Priscilla pressured Lord Stormsong into joining a plan to unleash a storm at sea and kill Rowan.

• Jaina helped the Morris Machine Factory build ten Steam Power Engines, which Rowan used to assemble an eleven-warship fleet.
• Rowan prepared to depart for Boralus once his family's navy arrived in Morris Town.
• Priscilla visited Lord Stormsong at the Storm Temple and pressed him to join her against Rowan.
• Lord Stormsong warned Priscilla that their houses risked ruin if they acted together and failed.
• Priscilla asked Lord Stormsong to create a tremendous storm at sea to overcome Rowan's protectors and kill him, and he agreed.

Lucille rejected Moss and invited Rowan and Jaina to dinner as Rowan prepared to take a fleet to sea. Moss learned Rowan would sail soon, and Lord Ashvane feared the voyage would bring disaster to his family.

• Moss invited Lucille to dinner, but she rejected him and later invited Rowan and Jaina instead.
• Rowan explained that he was taking the Norwington Family fleet out to sea to deliver Merchants' Guild orders, and Jaina said she would travel with him to Dalaran.
• Moss warned Rowan to keep Jaina safe, then left after threatening him.
• Jaina questioned Lucille about Ellen and teased her about liking Rowan; afterward, Jaina asked Rowan who was prettier and gained 100 happiness points from his reassurance.
• Moss told Lord Ashvane that Rowan's fleet would sail the day after tomorrow, and Lord Ashvane worried that the voyage would endanger his family.