Without the Necromancers' control, the Ghouls, Abominations, and skeletons could only fight on instinct. The battle had become an almost entirely one-sided slaughter.
With the Paladins who specialized in countering the undead joining the fight, Tirion Fordring displayed his might with the Ashbringer in hand. Apart from a handful of Death Knights who escaped, the rest of the Scourge were utterly destroyed.
As for Salramm the Fleshcrafter, he lasted only a few exchanges against Altruis and Loramus before being dismantled into a pile of ribs.
Once the battle ended, only the three forces of Fel Orcs, High Elves, and humans remained to clean up the battlefield and eliminate the Scourge that had slipped through. The Sunfury Legion led by Kael'thas was not idle either. As troops from a race whose members practiced both magic and martial combat, their task was to set fires and burn the skeletons, Ghouls, and Abominations to ashes, preventing them from rising again and continuing to spread the plague.
Tirion also assigned Abbendis and Erigor to search the ruins of Wintergarde City for survivors once more. However, after seeing the ruins and the fallen Naxxramas, everyone had a good idea of what had happened inside Wintergarde City. They were merely trying their luck one last time.
The battle against Naxxramas was the first direct engagement with the Scourge in the Northern Expedition, as well as the Coalition Forces' first great victory. Its effect on morale was easy to imagine.
After the battle, everyone camped for the night at nearby Wintergarde Keep. Tirion then left some troops behind to monitor the situation, while the others returned to New Hearthglen early the next morning.
"Thank you all for your invaluable assistance." Tirion Fordring was still recalling that battle. The Paladins who had first reached Wintergarde City had been