Chapter Summaries

Diago and Masley entered the Arena of Order after the Dark Iron Dwarves mistook them for prisoners sent to fight, and they faced a trial against Digger Worms. Diago defeated the juvenile worms with a frost trap and rifle fire as Arbiter Grisstone returned to the arena.

• Masley and Diago passed through the prison passage and found that it circled back to the central hall, where Masley saw prisoners confined in iron cages.
• Diago led Masley into the Arena of Order and left Khanifa hidden in a passageway.
• Arbiter Grisstone mistook Diago and Masley for prisoners and ushered them into the arena as gladiators.
• The arena’s first trial began when several Digger Worms burst from the ground and attacked Diago and Masley.
• Diago used a frost trap to slow the worms and shot them until they stopped moving, then Arbiter Grisstone emerged from the preparation room.

Diago and Masley defeated their arena opponents, but their promotion bout brought them face to face with the undefeated orc Garrosh. Masley charged Garrosh and suffered a grievous wound, leaving Diago to face the champion’s killing intent.

• Diago let Masley handle the second bout, and Masley transformed into a giant bear to swiftly crush the Lava Spiders.
• Adjudicator Grisstone announced Garrosh as the challengers’ next opponent, and Diago recognized the orc as a dangerous hunter’s nemesis with an undefeated record.
• Masley charged Garrosh despite Diago’s warning, but Garrosh’s spinning axes stopped the bear’s attack.
• Garrosh feinted an opening, dodged Masley’s lunge, and slashed a deep wound across the bear’s back that resisted healing.
• Masley rolled toward the arena’s edge as Garrosh turned toward Diago with murderous intent.

Diago and Masley defeated Garrosh in the arena, though Masley was badly wounded and Diago nearly ran out of ammunition. After receiving Gladiator’s Badges that granted them limited freedom in Shadowforge City, they left the arena to find a place for Masley to recover.

• Masley’s healing spells slowed his bleeding, but his wound left Diago to face Garrosh alone.
• Diago ran out of rifle ammunition, then used a spell-charged bullet to stagger Garrosh as the Orc charged him.
• Masley cast Entangling Roots long enough for Diago to escape Garrosh’s axe, and Diago shot the Orc at close range with his M500 until Garrosh fell dead.
• Diago checked on Masley and found that the Druid’s wound had stopped bleeding, though he had lost a great deal of blood and needed rest.
• Diago took the Savage Gladiator’s Greaves from Garrosh’s body and put them on, then Grisstone awarded Diago and Masley Gladiator’s Badges.
• Diago and Masley left the arena to find a place to stay and tend to Masley’s wound.

Diago and Masley rested after their gladiatorial victory, then traveled north through Shadowforge City and crossed the Great Fissure by the Bridge of Flames. They entered the inner district and continued toward their mission, while Masley’s questions about Gray Anvil and Dughal left Diago exasperated.

• Diago and Masley left the arena through hostile spectators and rested in an abandoned house, where Diago fed Khanifa and Masley tended his wound.
• Masley drank some of Diago’s purple wine, then joined him as they set out north through the city.
• Diago showed Masley the Great Fissure and its lava river, and they crossed the Bridge of Flames without being stopped.
• Gray Anvil recognized the gladiators and invited them to drink with him, while Dughal teased him about leaving his post to fool around with men.
• Masley questioned Diago about the guards’ exchange and whether Diago liked that behavior, prompting Diago to angrily threaten him.

Diago and Masley reached the Black Vault, where Diago hoped to find Fineous Darkvire and exploit an opportunity to get inside the vault. Diago met Darkvire, but the artisan hurried away before Diago could ask him to repair his weapon.

• Diago and Masley crossed the residential district, avoiding Twilight Cultists and convincing Dark Iron guards that they were headed to Tinker Town to repair Diago's weapon.
• A guard told them that Fineous Darkvire had gone to the Black Vault to repair its door hinges, so they made their way there.
• Masley admired the carvings outside the bank while Diago led him into the banking hall and waited for a chance to reach the vault.
• Fineous Darkvire emerged from the vault, and Diago flattered him while asking him to repair his weapon.
• Darkvire said he had no time and hurried outside to seek help from his artisans, then wondered where Diago had gone.

Diago gained Fineous Darkweir’s trust by posing as a humble engineer and followed him into the vault to inspect the mechanism guarding the four important safes. There, Franclorn Forgewright’s astonishing machine overwhelmed Diago with its ingenuity, and he was forced to search for the fault after Darkweir pulled him away from studying it.

• Diago claimed he had repaired engineering devices in Stormwind City and suggested a possible fault, convincing Fineous Darkweir to let him help.
• Darkweir brought Diago and Masley into the vault, where Diago spotted a portrait marking one of the Guardians who held the safe keys.
• Darkweir opened a concealed section of the floor to reveal Franclorn Forgewright’s vast mechanical apparatus.
• Diago examined the machine and realized that his own engineering skills could not compare with Franclorn Forgewright’s creative genius.
• Darkweir repeatedly tugged Diago away from the machine and asked whether he had found the problem, prompting Diago to hurriedly search for the fault.

Diago repaired the vault mechanism, allowing him and Masley to open its safes and claim an enormous hoard of rare treasures. After killing Darkweir and hiding his body, they left the vault with the loot and Ironfel.

• Diago repaired the faulty machinery while studying Franclorn Forgewright's design, and Darkweir opened the vault's four central safes.
• Darkweir became distracted by the gems, and Diago and his companion stabbed him to death.
• Diago opened chests filled with elemental crystals and rare metals, while Masley claimed a chest of valuable herbs.
• Diago and Masley opened the remaining safes and stole the rarest treasures they could carry, leaving most valuables behind.
• Diago and Masley restored the vault, hid Darkweir's corpse among the gears, picked up Ironfel, and left.

Diago and Masley stole Shadowforge City’s treasures, then obtained the thorium key from Franclorn Forgewright’s statue while outmaneuvering the Twilight’s Hammer. They used the key to activate the Shadowforge Lock, though the mechanism’s effect had not yet become visible.

• Diago and Masley deceived the Dwarven guards by claiming Darkweir was contemplating the Heart of Iron, then slipped away with Shadowforge City’s finest treasures.
• Diago and Masley reached the Temple of Thaurissan and forced Pyromancer Rograine and the Twilight Cultists away from Franclorn Forgewright’s statue.
• Diago placed Ironfel in the statue’s hand, retrieved the thorium key from a hidden drawer, and bluffed Rograine into letting them leave.
• Diago and Masley headed north to the Shadowforge Lock, where Diago inserted the key and turned the enormous mechanism.
• Masley saw no immediate change after the lock stopped, and Diago explained that its main mechanism was the distant drawbridge to the barracks.

General Angerforge left his office to investigate suspected infiltrators, allowing Masley to steal a stone tablet written in ancient Draconic script. Masley and Diago escaped with the tablet and continued toward their next target, Golem Lord Agamand, in the war-golem workshop.

• A Dark Iron guard reported suspicious incidents at the mine and central hall, and General Angerforge assembled troops to search Shadowforge City.
• After Angerforge left, Masley shifted from panther form, searched the office, and found a hidden compartment containing a stone tablet.
• Masley took the tablet, met Diago in the corridor, and handed it over; Diago confirmed it was the item they sought.
• Masley and Diago continued through the corridors to a workshop where nearly a hundred technicians assembled Heavy War Golems.
• Diago spotted a smaller room across the workshop and identified it as Golem Lord Agamand's location.

Diago, Masley, and Khanifa infiltrated Agamand’s workshop to steal a stone tablet, but Agamand’s Shaman magic exposed them and sent the Dark Iron Dwarves in pursuit. Trapped in a dead-end alley, Diago and Masley were about to fight when a dwarf opened a hidden door and called them inside.

• Diago guided Masley and Khanifa through the crowded workshop, and Masley slipped into Agamand’s room to take the stone tablet.
• Agamand sensed something amiss, activated a Magma Totem, and burned Masley as he fled; Diago’s shot bounced off Agamand’s shield.
• Agamand summoned two Dark Iron Colossi and ordered the dwarves to catch them, so Diago and Masley escaped across the lava river and into the city streets.
• The dwarves spread out to encircle the fugitives, driving Diago and Masley into a narrow alley with pursuers approaching from both ends.
• As Diago and Masley prepared to fight, a Dark Iron Dwarf opened a small hidden door and urged them to come inside.