Chapter Summaries

Prophet Velen decided to lead his refugees to the Temple of Karabor after a vision showed the Burning Legion attacking it. Akama sought Herad's help to transport them, and Herad agreed in exchange for assistance purifying the Avatar of Sargeras and training High Elf priests and paladins.

• Velen hid from the demon army with his refugees and decided against fighting unless they were cornered.
• After receiving Akama's message about the retaking of the Temple of Karabor, Velen considered bringing the refugees there but worried about the Legion's Infernals.
• Velen divined that Mannoroth would lead a Legion assault on the Temple of Karabor, then chose to head there and asked Akama for help crossing Shadowmoon Valley.
• Akama found Herad and Alleria admiring the valley and explained that Velen needed help reaching the temple.
• Herad agreed to open a Portal for Velen's refugees and asked for help purifying the Avatar of Sargeras and training High Elf priests and paladins.

Herad located the hidden Draenei refuge in Talador and opened temporary Portals to evacuate tens of thousands of refugees to the Temple of Karabor. He left one Portal open as a trap, and the demons’ attempts to investigate it ended in slaughter.

• Herad used a spatial positioning spell to find the concealed valley where the Draenei refugees were hiding.
• A Vindicator crossed Herad’s temporary Portal to the Temple of Karabor, then returned and led the refugees through as Herad opened more Portals.
• Demon scouts discovered the valley too late, and Herad’s Small Arcane Golem killed demons that charged through the Portal into the arena.
• A Pit Lord sent a massive felhound leader to investigate, but it was cut down as soon as it emerged.
• The Pit Lord realized the Portal’s far side was a death trap and chose not to send more troops through.

Herad failed to lure the Pit Lord into a temporary Portal, but drove it off with aerial bombs after demonstrating the overwhelming power of an Arcane Bomb. Akama reconsidered the Draenei’s decision to abandon gunpowder weapons and planned to discuss restoring them with the Prophet.

• Herad dismissed the temporary Portal when the Pit Lord refused to enter it, then dropped five-hundred-kilogram aerial bombs on the demon’s forces.
• The explosions tore through the demons and hurled the Pit Lord dozens of meters, but it survived with little apparent injury and retreated with its remaining troops.
• Herad put away his remaining bombs as Akama praised their power and reconsidered phasing out gunpowder weapons.
• Herad showed Akama an illusory image of Malygos destroying Zakaaz with an Arcane Bomb, but Akama explained the Draenei’s crystal weapons were difficult to deploy offensively.
• Akama decided to discuss bringing back gunpowder weapons with the Prophet.

Herad brought Prophet Velen to the Tomb of Sargeras to help purify the Fallen Avatar, where Velen’s powerful Holy Light made rapid progress. Velen summoned Draenei priests and vindicators to assist, while Herad sent High Elf priests to learn from them.

• Velen thanked Herad for helping the Draenei refugees, then eagerly asked him to explain what had happened with Sargeras’s Avatar.
• Herad took Velen to the Tomb of Sargeras, where Alexstrasza welcomed the demigod-level priest and showed him the Fallen Avatar.
• Velen attacked the Fallen Avatar with a powerful continuous beam of Holy Light, rapidly purifying the fel in its chest.
• Alexstrasza estimated that purifying the corpse would take up to three months, and Velen summoned Draenei priests and vindicators to speed the work.
• Herad sent High Elf priests to the cavern so they could train in the Holy Light with the Draenei.

Vandelor recognized Velen’s immense mastery of the Holy Light and humbly sought his instruction, while Herad turned his attention to the Allied Forces’ campaign against the orcs. At the Wetlands, Herad used the Doomhammer to raise and harden a vast stone bridge, allowing Sir Lothar’s army to advance toward the mainland.

• Vandelor watched Velen purify the Fallen Avatar, realized how much stronger the Prophet was, and asked him for guidance.
• Herad reviewed his plans to defeat the orcs and eventually claim Draenor’s resources.
• Herad and Alleria traveled to the Wetlands harbor, where the Allied Forces were assembling to cross toward the mainland.
• Herad used the Doomhammer and earth spirits to raise a broad stone bridge from the remains of the dwarven crossing and harden it.
• The Allied Forces tested the bridge, and Sir Lothar ordered the army to cross before sunset.

Herad led the Allied Forces through the Wetlands and carved a direct route through the mountains toward Ironforge. As the army approached, Magni Bronzebeard prepared to fight the besieging orcs, and Kilrogg Deadeye feared his prophesied fate had changed.

• Herad raised dry ground in the Wetlands, and the murlocs abandoned their planned attack.
• Herad led the Allied Forces south instead of along the usual road and raised a staircase to the mountain ridge.
• Herad carved tunnels and skybridges through the mountains, opening a route toward Ironforge.
• Magni Bronzebeard learned that the Allied Forces would arrive and prepared the dwarf army for a decisive battle against the orcs.
• Kilrogg Deadeye saw the dwarves preparing to fight and then spotted gryphons approaching, fearing he would die at Ironforge.

Herad and the Allied Forces helped the Bronzebeard Dwarves rout the Orcs outside Ironforge with an avalanche and a flanking attack. The surviving Orcs were driven into the forest, where human Heavy Infantry, Musket Hands, and dismounted Knights joined the fight and hastened their defeat.

• Herad opened a passage through Dun Morogh while the Bronzebeard Dwarves and Orcs battled on the slope, with Dwarven cannons and Gryphon Riders inflicting heavy losses.
• After consulting the Allied Forces' leaders, Herad triggered an avalanche that routed the Orcs below the mountain.
• King Magni activated Avatar and smashed Orcs, while other Mountain Kings joined the fight against the retreating army.
• Herad created steps down the mountainside, allowing Heavy Infantry and Musket Hands to descend and engage the Orcs who had fled into the forest.
• Human Heavy Infantry surrounded Orcs in groups, and Musket Hands used armor-piercing bullets to kill them at close range.
• The late-arriving Knights dismounted and fought on foot, accelerating the Orc army's defeat.

Herad watched Alleria and the Allied Forces fight the Orcs in Dun Morogh, then joined the battle as Kilrogg led the Bloodmaul Clan in retreat. The remaining Orcs fled from the Gnomes’ capital, ending the crisis, while Herad considered securing land for the Draenei in Azeroth.

• Alleria shot Orcs from the mountaintop as Herad sent the Small Arcane Golem and the Arcane Scavenger down to the battlefield.
• Herad considered asking Prophet Velen for Draenei crystal technology records and offering the Draenei land in Azeroth in return.
• After sacrificing an eye and seeing the Orcs’ fate in a vision, Kilrogg led the Bloodmaul Clan out of Dun Morogh.
• The Allied Forces pursued the Bloodmaul Clan for dozens of kilometers, but the Orcs escaped into the forests.
• The Orcs blockading the Gnomes’ capital fled overnight, allowing the Gnomes to emerge from their underground city as the crisis ended.

After the Orcs army fled, Herad studied the Draenei’s anti-gravity knowledge and learned the basics of the Anti-Gravity Spell. Testing it on grass and debris gave him a new way to use the spell: lift enemies and drop them to their deaths.

• The Gnomes launched aircraft and mechanized forces under Gelbin Mekkatorque to pursue the Orcs army.
• Herad accessed the Draenei archives through a Magical Communication Device Velen had given him.
• Herad learned that Draenei anti-gravity relied on Anti-Gravity Magic, special crystals, and a powerful energy source.
• Herad adapted the spell’s principles to his studies and successfully made grass, pebbles, and leaf fragments float under his control.
• Herad realized he could use the Anti-Gravity Spell to lift enemies high into the air and drop them.

Herad used his Anti-Gravity Spell to lift Bloodmaul Orcs high into the air and drop them, while Alleria and her forces pursued the fleeing clansmen. The chase reached Loch Modan, where Kilrogg stirred up chaos to delay his pursuers, but the Allied Forces’ air power and Herad’s magic left the Orcs with few ways to resist.

• Herad used increasingly powerful Anti-Gravity Spells to lift Bloodmaul Orcs into the sky and drop them to their deaths, testing how high they needed to fall.
• Alleria continued the pursuit after seeing the Small Arcane Golem unharmed, and her Sparrowhawk harassed Orcs trapped in the weightless areas.
• Herad lowered his drop height through repeated tests and settled on fifty meters as a usually fatal height for Orcs.
• The fleeing Bloodmaul Orcs crossed into Loch Modan, where Kilrogg incited the local Orcs to fight, fortify, or flee so they would distract their pursuers.
• Alleria’s Rangers and the Gnomes’ aircraft attacked Orc forces from the air, while Herad joined the pursuit and prepared to immobilize Orc armies with Anti-Gravity Spells.

Kilrogg retreated toward Blackrock Spire, leaving the Orc forces in Loch Modan and the Badlands to delay the Allied Forces. As the Paladins advanced through Loch Modan, Herad and Alleria traveled to the Badlands to find a route toward the Searing Gorge and Blackrock Spire.

• Kilrogg fled to the Badlands and planned to rally the Blackrock Orcs at Blackrock Spire, unaware that the Paladins' fire resistance aura could counter the region's heat.
• Draenei Vindicators trained the human Paladins, strengthening their combat, support, and battlefield command abilities.
• Maraad rebuked Uther for sparing surrendering Orc peons, and an Orc peon attacked Uther before his Holy Shield stopped the axe.
• Uther killed the Orc peon, while Herad added Orc peons to his blacklist after witnessing the attack.
• Herad and Alleria teleported to the Badlands and considered a route through the Searing Gorge, where the Dark Iron Dwarves harassed Orc convoys.

Herad led the High Elf Ranger force through the Badlands and attacked an Orc camp controlling the pass to the Searing Gorge. After burning the camp and breaking the defenders with traps, gunfire, magic, and arrows, the Rangers left the surviving Orcs fleeing into the wilderness.

• The High Elf Rangers crossed the Badlands past the bombed Orc supply stations and reached the large Orc camp at the western pass.
• Herad summoned Elite Fire Elementals, which set the wooden Orc camp ablaze and forced its defenders to flee outside.
• The Rangers shot down charging Orcs Infantry with sniper rifles, then used magical traps to inflict further heavy losses.
• Herad held the Orcs in an Anti-Gravity Field while the Rangers escaped on Hawkstriders and resumed their attack with magical bows.
• Alleria used her Hurricane Arrow against the Orcs as the Rangers killed many more, until the survivors broke and scattered.

Herad studied anti-gravity runes in a towering cliffside laboratory and successfully made a Magic Crystal lift itself into the sky. After Alleria suggested using several crystals to make flying armor, Herad confirmed it could work, though the rangers’ mana supply remained a concern.

• Kilrogg’s orcs watched fire elementals burn their camp, and the elementals pursued them until Kilrogg lost more than four hundred lives killing the attackers.
• Herad built a tower on the cliffs between the Badlands and Searing Gorge and studied how to adapt anti-gravity runes to Magic Crystals.
• Herad etched a rune into a small Magic Crystal and activated it, sending it rising more than seven thousand meters before it descended safely.
• Alleria’s pet sparrowhawk retrieved the crystal, and Herad found that its lift pulled his arm straight when he held it back.
• Alleria asked whether several crystals could make a suit of armor fly, and Herad confirmed that they could while she considered equipping the rangers with them.

Herad developed mithril Flying Battle Armor for the Rangers and helped them learn to control it. After Herad demonstrated advanced flight maneuvers, Alleria and the Rangers realized that strong mental power was essential to mastering the armor.

• Herad replaced the armor's crystal mounts with mithril and introduced the costly Flying Battle Armor, which let Rangers climb walls, cross treetops, and fly.
• Rangers practiced with the new armor, but many struggled with control and suffered falls; Alleria steadily learned to adjust its sixteen Magic Crystals.
• After training, Alleria praised the armor but complained that it was difficult to control, and Herad explained that mental power was crucial.
• Herad used his mental power to lift Alleria's armor, guide it in smooth circles, and perform aerobatic maneuvers.
• Impressed by Herad's demonstration, Alleria and the Rangers resolved to train their mental power so they could control the armor more skillfully.

Herad sent the upgraded Small Arcane Golem to scout Blackrock Spire, where it discovered Black Dragonkin and Blackrock Orcs working together and swiftly killed a patrol. Herad recorded the golem’s effectiveness and sent the footage to Prophet Velen, leaving the Draenei with a demonstration of how their anti-gravity technology could improve Arcane Golems.

• The Small Arcane Golem flew from the cliffside tower to Blackrock Spire in less than three minutes.
• The Small Arcane Golem entered the fortress and found Black Dragonkin and Blackrock Orcs patrolling its upper level.
• The Small Arcane Golem used its speed and Ulthalesh to kill the patrol before its members could react.
• Herad watched the attack remotely, recorded it, and sent the footage to Prophet Velen.

Velen watched a Small Arcane Golem use anti-gravity technology to devastate Blackrock Spire, while Herad guided it through the fortress. After a Black Dragonflight mage teleported it into a magma pool, the golem escaped and the Blackrock Orcs let it pass rather than face it.

• Velen saw the Small Arcane Golem destroy Black Dragonkin and Blackrock Orc patrols, then urged Draenei magic artisans to combine anti-gravity technology with Arcane Golems.
• Herad watched the golem sweep through Blackrock Spire until a Black Dragonflight mage teleported it into a magma pool.
• The golem emerged unharmed, and Herad identified its location near the entrance to Blackrock Depths before directing it toward an exit.
• Blackrock Orcs attacked the golem as it searched the lower levels, but it defeated the defenders and opened a massive metal door.
• The pursuing Blackrock Orcs backed away in fear, then ignored their fallen comrades and pretended to shout after the golem as it left.
• Alleria watched the footage and criticized the Blackrock Orcs for failing to challenge the golem.

Herad and Alleria watched the Small Arcane Golem enter an Orc stronghold in the Burning Steppes, where it began slaughtering the defenders with Ulthalesh. The Orcs’ attempt to overwhelm the construct only fed the artifact’s power, and the assault continued.

• Herad considered promoting Magical Communication Devices while Alleria teased him for being distracted, then warned him not to swear by the Sunwell.
• Herad redirected Alleria’s attention to the Orc stronghold in the Burning Steppes, and they discussed how the Orcs had hauled timber from the Redridge Mountains.
• The Small Arcane Golem charged into the Orc camp, setting wooden houses ablaze and cutting down Orc infantry with Ulthalesh.
• The Orc warlord refused to risk his treasured adamantite axe against the glowing scythe and instead sent waves of Orcs to exhaust the construct.
• Ulthalesh harvested the Orcs’ souls for psychic energy, replenishing the Small Arcane Golem and growing stronger as the battle continued.

Herad and Alleria watched the Small Arcane Golem challenge Orc Warlord Blair Bloodaxe to a duel, where Blair fought skillfully but was overwhelmed. The golem spared him from its Bladestorm, then burned down the Orcs’ fortress, leaving Blair badly injured and helpless.

• Ulthalesh brooded over Herad’s precautions and continued helping the Small Arcane Golem kill Orcs.
• Herad spotted Blair Bloodaxe’s distinctive armor and ordered the golem to fight him in a fair duel.
• Blair charged the golem with his adamantite battle axe, but the golem blocked the blow and countered with a scythe strike.
• The golem used Bladestorm, and Blair dodged and blocked until his battle axe was nearly broken.
• The golem rammed Blair out of Bladestorm’s range, then set the camp buildings ablaze and nearly destroyed the fortress.

Herad’s Small Arcane Golem surveyed the route through the Searing Gorge and Burning Steppes, and Herad sent Sir Lothar data proposing a shorter march through the mountains. Sir Lothar inspected the route and the remains of a defeated Orc camp, leaving impressed by the High Elf Rangers’ abilities.

• Herad’s Small Arcane Golem flew from the Orc camp to survey the terrain and temperatures along the Allied Forces’ route.
• Herad sent Sir Lothar the collected data and suggested that the Allied Forces cut through the Blackrock Mountain Range instead of marching through Blackrock Spire.
• Khadgar projected the information for Sir Lothar and the other Allied Forces leaders, who were shocked by the harsh conditions.
• Sir Lothar traveled by Steam Tank to inspect the Searing Gorge the next day.
• Sir Lothar examined the defeated Orc camp and inferred how the High Elf Rangers had overcome the Orc army.
• Sir Lothar watched the High Elf Rangers leap and climb along the cliffs, realizing that their mobility exceeded his expectations.

Sir Lothar chose a tunnel through the Blackrock Mountain Range to avoid the deadly Searing Gorge, while Herad completed the route into the Burning Steppes. Alleria led the High Elf Rangers against the Ogres’ largest stronghold, where the Rangers routed the defenders.

• Sir Lothar surveyed the Searing Gorge, rejected crossing it, and thanked Herad for agreeing to open a tunnel through the Blackrock Mountain Range.
• Sir Lothar departed overnight in Steam Tanks, while Alleria proposed training the Rangers in the Burning Steppes.
• Herad dug the tunnel higher through the mountain to avoid underground magma pools, then opened an exit onto a mountainside in the Burning Steppes.
• Herad used the Mage's Eye to observe the Orcs and Ogres near the Redridge Mountains pass as the High Elf Rangers rode south toward the Ogres’ largest gathering place.
• The High Elf Rangers ambushed the Ogres near a Dead Volcano, killing many with enchanted arrows and defeating armored warriors with magic arrows or a Small Arcane Golem.
• The remaining ordinary Ogres dropped their clubs and fled from the Rangers.