Chapter Summaries

Anachronos opened the Scarab Wall with the Scepter of the Shifting Sands, beginning the assault on the Qiraji. Herad’s Fern Treants overwhelmed the first defenders with rocket launchers and seized a large area beyond the breach.

• Anachronos assembled the Dragons, Night Elves, and Fern Treants, then struck the Scarab Wall with the Scepter of the Shifting Sands.
• The wall’s protection vanished and it shattered, exposing the Qiraji forces behind it.
• Night Elf mortars failed to harm the Qiraji Gladiators, whose reinforced shells resisted the explosions.
• The Fern Treants fired rockets that pierced the Gladiators’ shells, then charged through the breach.
• The Qiraji struggled to bring up reinforcements as the Fern Treants occupied a large stretch of ground inside the Scarab Wall.

The Dragons and Fern Treants fought the Qiraji and their Anubisath allies after the defenders entered through the breach in the Scarab Wall. Herad found a way to bury the Anubisath underground and redirect their Shadow Bolt volleys into the Qiraji, who rushed toward the enemy to escape the attacks.

• The Dragons flew through the breach and found Anubisath charging alongside the Qiraji.
• The Fern Treants fired antitank rockets at the Anubisath, but Herad realized their obsidian bodies absorbed the heat, so he directed the Treants to attack the Qiraji instead.
• The Dragons engaged the Anubisath in melee, but neither side gained the advantage until Herad used sand and soil hands to restrain them.
• Herad and the Dragons dragged the Anubisath underground, sealed them in place, and moved them to another area.
• The buried Anubisath's Shadow Bolt volleys struck the Qiraji, forcing them to rush toward the enemy to escape the attacks.

Herad’s forces turned captured Anubisath against the Qiraji, while General Rajaxx and Sartura struggled to respond to the growing threat. Sartura flew high above the Allied Forces to scout, but Herad’s air-defense system shot her down, prompting the Qiraji to rush toward her crash site.

• The Allied Forces used captured Anubisath to bombard the Qiraji with Shadow Bolt Volley, and Sartura was shocked by the losses.
• Sartura asked General Rajaxx how to counter the enemy, and he ordered her to investigate how many fern treants remained outside the breach.
• Sartura flew above five thousand meters to scout the Allied Forces, but Herad’s air-defense system detected her.
• Herad ordered a surface-to-air missile launch, and it struck Sartura, badly damaging her wings and bringing her down.
• The Qiraji charged toward Sartura’s crash site, and Herad prepared to attack the rescuers.

Sartura was shot down, killed by Xal'atath, and interrogated for information about C'Thun. As the Plant Army overwhelmed the Qiraji forces, General Rajaxx decided to seek help from Ossirian the Unscarred.

• Sartura survived her fall but was surrounded by Fern Treants and fought them with her Chitin Scimitar.
• Xal'atath severed Sartura's head, extracted her soul, and interrogated her about C'Thun while Herad examined her remains.
• Prince Anachronos and Fandral Staghelm arrived, and Fandral asked Herad to leave General Rajaxx alive for him to kill.
• General Rajaxx feared Sartura had fallen and concluded the Aqir troops could not stop the advancing Plant Army.
• General Rajaxx decided to seek help from Ossirian the Unscarred, whose power he believed could determine the war's outcome.

Anachronos and the other Dragons fought Ossirian the Unscarred while the allied army swept through the Qiraji forces. After Xal'atath explained that C'Thun had transformed Ossirian's skin into nearly unbreakable obsidian, the Dragons abandoned their fair duel and attacked together, but they still could not hurt him.

• Anachronos charged Ossirian the Unscarred as Vaelastrasz, Eranikus, and Azuregos guarded the battlefield from Aqir and bugs.
• The Fern Treants and allied forces advanced through Silithus, leaving the Dragons and Night Elves to handle the stronger enemies.
• Anachronos used time magic to evade Ossirian's attacks and bite his neck, but his teeth could not pierce Ossirian's skin.
• Xal'atath told Herad that C'Thun's Transmutation had made Ossirian's obsidian skin impervious to weapons and energy attacks.
• Vaelastrasz, Eranikus, and Azuregos joined Anachronos in biting Ossirian's limbs, but none of them could wound him.

Herad and the four Dragons struggled to defeat Ossirian the Unscarred until Herad summoned a Metal Giant, which crushed Ossirian’s limbs and let Xal'atath find a seam in his body and remove the Ancient Crystal. Herad then helped destroy the trapped Anubisath and planned to salvage their obsidian.

• Eranikus said the Dragons should keep Ossirian trapped because he could not bite through his hide, but Anachronos and Azuregos insisted Ossirian had to die.
• Herad turned the sand beneath Ossirian into hard rock, giving the Dragons firmer footing as they tried to tear him apart.
• A portal opened and a Metal Giant emerged, then stomped on Ossirian and smashed his limbs and head with its hammer.
• Xal'atath found a seam in Ossirian’s body, cut him open, and removed the Ancient Crystal, killing him.
• The Dragons flew to the front line while Herad lifted the buried Anubisath and the Metal Giant smashed their cores.
• Herad arranged for the Anubisath remains to be melted down and recast, deciding not to flood the market with their obsidian.

Herad’s forces struggled against flying Obsidian Destroyers whose Chaos Energy Missiles devastated ground troops. After Xal'atath grounded the attackers, the Night Elves discovered that demolition charges could destroy the constructs’ cores, though the blasts also badly damaged nearby fern treants.

• Obsidian Destroyers attacked the Allied Forces with lethal Chaos Energy Missiles while dragons and druids struggled to contain them.
• Herad sent Xal'atath to sever the Destroyers’ wings, grounding them for fern treants to attack.
• Herad ordered the Plant Army to stop advancing and focus on eliminating the grounded Destroyers.
• A Night Elf sentinel attached a demolition charge to a pinned Destroyer, whose explosion destroyed its core.
• Night Elf sentinels used demolition charges to kill more Destroyers, but the blasts also caused severe losses among nearby fern treants.

Herad’s allied forces pushed through the Ruins of Ahn’Qiraj, but General Rajaxx fled into the temples rather than face them. Herad brought the Twin Emperors out by causing a massive earthquake, then split the brothers apart as the Dragons engaged them.

• Herad established a procedure for handling the cursed loot and watched the allied army advance through the ruins.
• The Plant Army, Dragons, and Night Elf forces overwhelmed the Aqir and neared the temple complexes.
• Herad realized General Rajaxx had abandoned the battlefield and retreated into the temples for the Twin Emperors’ protection.
• Herad triggered a powerful earthquake that collapsed the Aqir tunnels and destroyed much of the temple complex.
• Emperor Vek'nilash and Emperor Vek'lor emerged, and Herad raised an earthen ridge to separate them.
• Anachronos and Vaelastrasz engaged Emperor Vek'nilash, while Eranikus and Azuregos confronted Emperor Vek'lor.

Herad watched the Dragons battle the Twin Emperors while Fandral Staghelm fought General Rajaxx as a giant bear. Fandral killed Rajaxx but succumbed to his beast form, leaving Malfurion unable to bring him back to reason.

• Anachronos and Vaelastrasz kept the Sword Emperor occupied while Eranikus and the Blue Dragon battered the Magic Emperor.
• Fandral Staghelm fought General Rajaxx one-on-one, biting through its chitin and tearing off its limbs.
• Fandral gnawed off General Rajaxx's head and continued eating despite the Qiraji general's death.
• Malfurion tried to reach Fandral, but the giant bear gave no meaningful response and remained consumed by its wild nature.

Herad helped the Dragons finish off the Twin Emperors by having Xal'atath attack the Sword Emperor, while C'Thun's tentacle remained damaged beneath the earth. When C'Thun reached for the surface to save its subordinate, Herad triggered more shifting earth, forcing it to choose its own safety.

• Malfurion prepared to send the transformed Fandral Staghelm to Mount Hyjal to hibernate in the Emerald Dream, while Herad suspected Fandral had chosen to lose himself in his wild nature.
• Herad sensed that an earthquake had damaged C'Thun's tentacle and realized the Twin Emperors were fighting the Dragons to avenge their creator.
• Herad instructed Xal'atath to repeatedly slash the Sword Emperor's legs while the Dragons kept it occupied.
• Xal'atath cut through the Sword Emperor's carapace, and the resulting curses weakened it enough for four Dragons to knock it down and tear into it.
• C'Thun extended its tentacle toward the surface to save the Sword Emperor, but Herad caused the earth along its path to shift violently and damage the tentacle again.

After the Qiraji Empire fell, Herad and the Dragons secured the Scarab Wall while the Night Elves planned to green Silithus and Tanaris. Herad reclaimed the shelved Mechanar project, hoping an obsidian starship could resist the Burning Legion’s energy weapons.

• Herad abandoned his attempt to trick C'Thun, and the Dragons finished off the Twin Emperors.
• The Dragons built a defensive gate in the Scarab Wall breach, and Herad stationed Fern Treants there to guard it.
• The Night Elves planned regular extermination campaigns and desert planting now that the Qiraji Empire was destroyed.
• Herad exchanged gold for obsidian and had both materials melted down and recast in the Island Armory foundry.
• Herad reconsidered the Mechanar after seeing the Burning Legion’s numerous warships and realizing obsidian could absorb energy attacks.
• Herad restarted the Mechanar project, intending to build an obsidian starship that could counter the Burning Legion’s weapons.

Herad built an obsidian warship and tested its defenses against a Fel Death Star Cannon in the outer region of Mardum. After confirming that the ship could absorb powerful attacks but remained vulnerable to concentrated fire, he landed on a Fel Planet to inspect its armory.

• Herad used Earth Magic and Doomhammer to shape his obsidian reserves into a massive, egg-shaped warship.
• Herad opened a huge Portal and sent the Obsidian Warship through to the outer region of shattered Mardum.
• Herad ordered a Fel Death Star Cannon to fire on the ship and found that its obsidian armor absorbed and stored the fel energy.
• Herad estimated that the warship could withstand at least fifty attacks of that strength, but decided it was not yet safe to face the Burning Legion fleet.
• Herad rode the warship to a Fel Planet, tested its takeoff and landing, and inspected the armory there.

Herad equipped the Plant Army with mass-produced microchips, missiles, and drones as it fought across remote planets. The Burning Legion countered with increasingly advanced mechanically modified demons, turning the war into a high-tech clash.

• Herad oversaw the mass production of microchips and pushed the Gnome and Goblin Engineers to use precision weapons rather than rely on cheap saturation bombardment.
• Herad sent the Plant Army crates of advanced weapons, including missiles and reconnaissance drones operated by Black Mushroom Men.
• The Plant Army attacked remote Burning Legion-held planets while leaving their Portals intact so demon commanders would summon reinforcements.
• The Burning Legion sent elite mechanically modified demons through the Portals, and the Mo'arg Engineers developed multi-limbed fighters, demon artillery, and demon tanks.
• The Plant Army's missiles and drones faced mechanical demons armed with electromagnetic weapons, lasers, and fel-fire artillery.

Herad watched the Plant Army’s long-range weapons clash with the Burning Legion’s increasingly armored mechanical demons and concluded that only space power could counter the Legion’s fleets. A Burning Legion fleet then attacked a fiercely contested Fel Planet from orbit, showing that Herad’s preparations for space warfare were essential.

• The Fern Treants bombarded demons from several kilometers away, while mechanical demons and demon tanks endured the attacks and inflicted losses on the Plant Army.
• The Plant Army used precision-guided, top-attack anti-tank missiles to destroy the cores of some demon tanks, forcing the Mo'arg Engineers to balance thicker armor against the strain of controlling heavier machines.
• Herad concluded that the Burning Legion’s fleets could overwhelm ground defenses and that his obsidian warships were needed to counter them.
• Several Burning Legion Warships attacked a contested Fel Planet with concentrated green beams, destroying everything in their target areas.
• The planet’s defensive weapons destroyed only a handful of the warships, whose shields let them absorb damage in turn.

Herad sent the obsidian warship to attack a fleet of Burning Legion Warships, and its powerful Chaos Energy attacks rapidly devastated the enemy. The surviving demons redirected their damaged ships toward the Fel Planet, where their impacts caused widespread destruction.

• Herad ordered the obsidian warship into battle, and it destroyed two Burning Legion Warships with Chaos Energy beams.
• The Burning Legion fleet launched a disorganized attack, but the obsidian warship dodged its fire and destroyed more than half the fleet in under three minutes.
• The fleet commander ordered the remaining warships to ram the obsidian warship, but Herad accelerated away while firing back at the pursuers.
• The surviving Burning Legion Warships turned toward the Fel Planet and plunged into its atmosphere despite their damage.
• The warships broke apart or struck the ground, scattering fiery debris and triggering huge explosions across the planet.

Herad destroyed the remaining Burning Legion forces on the Fel Planet and left the Plant Army to reclaim it. He returned to Azeroth to mine obsidian, then focused on obtaining the Hammer of Khaz'goroth to improve his control over underground resources.

• Herad ordered the obsidian warship to bombard the Fel Planet, destroying demon strongholds and Burning Legion portals while sparing some demons for the Plant Army.
• The Plant Army recovered from the attacks, hunted down surviving demons, and began reclaiming the corrupted planet.
• Herad teleported the obsidian warship to Mardum and returned to Azeroth to prospect for obsidian.
• Herad found obsidian in volcanic regions but could detect only a little over five thousand meters underground with the Doomhammer's power.
• Herad decided the Hammer of Khaz'goroth, held by the Tauren of Highmountain, was the Pillar of Creation he most urgently needed and considered trading for or borrowing it.

Herad visited Highmountain to borrow the Hammer of Khaz'goroth, winning over the Tauren and Drogbar with food and toys. He took up the artifact and discovered it weighed more than twenty tons.

• Herad arrived at Highmountain with an introduction from a Night Elf envoy and found the Tauren holding a Headbutting Contest.
• Herad discussed borrowing the Hammer of Khaz'goroth with Ulan Highmountain and Dargrul, while gifts and treats made them receptive to his request.
• Dargrul became absorbed in a handheld game console, and Ulan Highmountain eagerly ate spicy gluten strips.
• Ulan Highmountain gave Herad permission to take the hammer, while Dargrul and Ulan warned him about its size and weight.
• Herad lifted the Hammer of Khaz'goroth with Mage Hand and realized it weighed over twenty tons.

Herad studied the Hammer of Khaz'goroth and discovered that it could command earth across vast distances and summon enormous numbers of earth and fire elementals. After finding little obsidian in Highmountain or the Broken Isles, he decided to search Kalimdor.

• Herad examined the Hammer of Khaz'goroth and sensed its immense power over earth and fire.
• Herad considered using the hammer to control Highmountain's underground and raise volcanoes, but dismissed the idea of excavating C'Thun's prison.
• Herad searched beneath Highmountain for obsidian but found none and suspected the Drogbar had mined it all.
• Herad transported the hammer through portals to survey the Broken Isles, where he found only a small amount of obsidian.
• Herad decided to search Kalimdor for obsidian, noting that the night elves' control over much of the continent was weak.

Herad used an enormous hammer to survey Silithus for obsidian, then summoned earth elementals to mine and haul the deposits to the surface. After finishing the work, the elementals set off to explore the desert, where they dealt with sandworms along the way.

• Herad used the power of the earth to probe beneath Silithus and found the Titans' prison and a breach containing C'Thun's dark aura.
• Herad sealed the breach with magical rock, unknowingly frightening C'Thun into pretending to be dormant.
• Herad located extensive obsidian deposits and sent earth elemental creatures into underground caverns to mine them.
• Herad opened portals so the elementals could carry the obsidian to the surface, promising them a tour of the Prime Material Plane afterward.
• The elementals explored the desert, reassembling into smaller stone figures when Rock Stone Giants sank into the sand and beating sandworms they encountered.

Herad refined a huge cache of obsidian from raw ore in Silithus, then traveled to Un'Goro Crater to search for more. He found that Fire Plume Ridge held another substantial obsidian deposit, setting up the prospect of an even larger haul.

• Herad used the Hammer of Khaz'goroth to melt the raw obsidian ore and refine away its impurities.
• Night Elf Sentinels investigated a vast magma pool in Silithus but found no sign of Herad or the spellcaster who had created it.
• Herad traveled to Un'Goro Crater and chose Fire Plume Ridge to avoid its dangerous dinosaurs and other inhabitants.
• Herad probed the volcano with the power of earth and discovered that it contained a considerable amount of obsidian.