Recaps

Patrick and the assault team struggled against C'Thun's avatar, whose divine shield blocked their attacks while he kept Patrick occupied with death rays. Patrick seized a moment when C'Thun revealed his body to strengthen the Discs of Norgannon's disintegration rays, which surged toward C'Thun's eye.

• Patrick used the Discs of Norgannon to match C'Thun's instant-death rays while the others attacked C'Thun and found their attacks stopped by his shield.
• Ellen told Patrick that C'Thun was an avatar protected by a divine power shield, and explained that his energy was at the peak of the demigod level.
• Patrick warned the assault team that C'Thun was only an avatar and that the Titans' seal remained in place.
• C'Thun revealed his body and sent giant eye and claw tentacles to attack the team while Patrick remained occupied.
• As C'Thun's attention divided, Ellen released her stored arcane energy and Patrick amplified the Discs of Norgannon's attack, driving the disintegration rays toward C'Thun's eye.

Patrick and the combined forces weakened C'Thun, while Arygos, Korialstrasz, and Merithra escaped their imprisonment and joined the battle. Patrick's second Disintegration Ray left C'Thun exposed, and High Overlord Saurfang struck a major wound into his body.

• Patrick's Disintegration Ray shattered C'Thun's void shield, allowing the dragons and other fighters to wound him with their attacks.
• Arygos, Korialstrasz, and Merithra broke free after C'Thun's binding spell weakened and headed toward the battle.
• Arygos and the other freed dragons joined the raiding party, and Arygos urged them to defeat C'Thun before Patrick ran out of strength.
• Ellen supplied Patrick with arcane energy as he fired another Disintegration Ray, leaving C'Thun's Eye near collapse and his shield gone.
• High Overlord Saurfang charged the weakened C'Thun and tore a huge gash in his body with his greataxe.

Patrick and the allied forces defeated C'Thun's avatar and destroyed the Qiraji Empire, then returned to camp to celebrate their victory. As Patrick recovered from exhaustion, he entered the Discs of Norgannon in a dream and learned that the Titans' knowledge there was open only to him.

• The allied forces overwhelmed C'Thun with their attacks, broke his shield, and brought down his avatar.
• Patrick explained that C'Thun had been only an avatar, and the group burned the corpse before preparing to return to the surface.
• Alleria guarded the weakened Patrick on the journey back, then watched over him as he slept in the Blood Elf camp.
• Quensass and the Blood Elves secured Patrick's tent while the allied forces celebrated their victory over the Qiraji.
• Patrick entered the Discs of Norgannon in his sleep, where Ellen told him he had earned the Titans' recognition and could study their knowledge.

Patrick absorbed Norgannon’s teachings on materialization and creation, then woke aboard a ship bound for Quel’Thalas after several days of rest. Alleria updated him on the aftermath of the Battle of Ahn'Qiraj and revealed Taelan Tirion Fordring’s request for Quel’Thalas to help the Scarlet Crusade retake Stratholme.

• Patrick received ancient Arcane knowledge explaining energy materialization, Spiritual Power projection, and creation.
• Ellen explained how rules such as gravity and conservation related to Arcane, then said she needed to rest after the battle with C'Thun.
• Patrick woke in a Blood Elf cabin at sea and learned from an attendant that they were returning to Quel’Thalas.
• Alleria told Patrick that the allied forces had celebrated victory, that the Blue Dragons had acknowledged Quel’Thalas, and that Azuregos and other Blue Dragons planned to stay in Sunlight City.
• Alleria revealed that Taelan Tirion Fordring wanted Quel’Thalas to help the Scarlet Crusade retake Stratholme, and Patrick left the arrangements to her.

Patrick welcomed Taelan’s request for Quel'Thalas to join the Scarlet Crusade in reclaiming Stratholme, but he wanted the Crusade to ask first so it would owe him a favor. After hearing that the Crusade had secured key positions and opened a route toward Stratholme, Patrick began considering what terms to demand before committing troops.

• Patrick decided that intervention in the Eastern Plaguelands would benefit Quel'Thalas, but he wanted the Scarlet Crusade to make the request and owe a favor.
• Taelan met with Patrick aboard the Blood Elf fleet and said Tirion Fordring had reunited the Scarlet Crusade, with Maxwell Tyrosus returning to its ranks.
• Taelan said the Scarlet Crusade and former Argent Dawn had stabilized Tyr's Hand and Light's Hope Chapel and cleared Corin's Crossing to connect Eastwall Tower and Northpass Tower.
• Taelan asked Quel'Thalas to join the assault on Stratholme, arguing that the campaign would destroy a major Scourge arsenal and prepare for an attack on Naxxramas.
• Patrick considered the Eastern Plaguelands essential to Quel'Thalas's security and withheld agreement until he could negotiate suitable terms.

Patrick agreed that Quel'Thalas would help Taelan's forces retake Stratholme, while planning to establish Blood Elf camps in the Eastern Plaguelands. After Taelan left, Patrick told Alleria that the advance would create a defensive line for Quel'Thalas, but denied that he intended to claim the entire region.

• Patrick reminded Taelan that Arthas had attacked Quel'Thalas, then acknowledged the Scarlet Crusade's situation in the ruined Lordaeron.
• Patrick promised Blood Elf camps in the Eastern Plaguelands, where Taelan's troops could rest and resupply, and proposed a naval assault on Stratholme alongside the Scarlet Crusade's attack.
• Taelan thanked Patrick for Quel'Thalas's aid and left pleased with the promise of military support.
• After a soundproof barrier was raised, Alleria asked Patrick whether his plan would open a route into the Eastern Plaguelands.
• Patrick said the troops would establish a defensive line for Quel'Thalas and rejected the idea of turning the entire Eastern Plaguelands into its territory.

Patrick explained why Quel'Thalas should avoid occupying the Eastern Plaguelands outright, arguing that the kingdom lacked the population to defend such territory and should focus on access and cooperation instead. In Dalaran, Harry Potter Dawnblade and Aethas Sunreavers discussed reports that Kael'thas had sided with demons, though Harry doubted the claims.

• Patrick told Alleria and the others that Quel'Thalas could not afford to occupy and defend the Eastern Plaguelands, and that accepting other races as subjects could threaten Blood Elf rule.
• Patrick said the Blood Elves should establish cooperative ties rather than spill their people's blood in the Plaguelands, while noting that hostile powers still threatened Quel'Thalas.
• Harry Potter Dawnblade asked Aethas Sunreavers for confirmed information about Kael'thas's actions in Outland.
• Aethas reported that Kael'thas had joined Illidan, occupied Tempest Keep, and was rumored to have sided with demons.
• Harry Potter Dawnblade questioned whether the Kirin Tor was telling the truth, while Aethas believed Kael'thas might have fallen to demonic influence.

Aethas and Harry Potter Dawnblade backed Zendarri's plan to establish the Silver Covenant as a ranger-led organization separate from the Sunreavers. Meanwhile, Patrick's Expeditionary Force reached Southshore, where the Scarlet Crusade prepared to continue upriver toward Hearthglen.

• Aethas and Zendarri discussed how to rally High Elves against Patrick Cabrolon and recruit beyond the Sunreavers' spellcasters.
• Aethas offered Zendarri leadership of a new ranger organization, and Zendarri proposed the name Silver Covenant and a recruitment plan focused on enemies of the Horde.
• Zendarri urged the Silver Covenant to keep its ties to the Sunreavers secret while building strength to challenge Silvermoon City.
• Aethas and Harry Potter Dawnblade approved the plan, and the Silver Covenant was established in Dalaran with Xendari Windrunner as its leader.
• Patrick's Expeditionary Force arrived near Southshore, where Blood Elf ships and Dragonflight allies would help the Scarlet Crusade travel upriver toward Hearthglen.

Taelan Fordring thanked Regent Cabrolon for helping the Scarlet Crusade and returned to Hearthglen with Idril and the Expeditionary Force. Patrick promised to begin preparations concerning Stratholme after returning to Quel'Thalas.

• Taelan thanked Regent Cabrolon as the Scarlet Crusade prepared to leave the Silithus Great Desert.
• Idril Kelren boarded the Mothership, greeted Patrick, and welcomed Taelan back on Tirion's behalf.
• Taelan led Idril and the Expeditionary Force aboard the Blood Elf fleet, which sailed to Hearthglen.
• Taelan asked Patrick to send good news from Quel'Thalas about Stratholme.
• Patrick recalled his former ties to Terenas Menethil and promised to begin preparations concerning Stratholme.

After the Battle of Ahn'Qiraj, Patrick warned Liadrin and Hui Li Sandeguer not to let the power granted by the Naaru control them as the Aircraft Carrier returned to Quel'Thalas. The ship neared home, where families and civilians waited to welcome the returning Warriors.

• The Aircraft Carrier Battle Group sailed back to Quel'Thalas, and its legion commanders prepared to report to the Military Department.
• Patrick warned Hui Li Sandeguer that her growing shadow power was exceeding her control and urged both her and Liadrin to rely on strength they could master themselves.
• Liadrin and Hui Li Sandeguer answered Patrick solemnly that they would act for Quel'Thalas.
• Alleria joined Patrick at the bow after reaching the Legendary rank and spotted the coastline ahead.
• The Blood Elves prepared to disembark while families and civilians waited at Sunbay Harbor for the Warriors to return.

After returning to Silvermoon City, Patrick learned that Dalaran had approved the Silver Covenant, which had drawn many High Elf rangers away from Quel'Thalas. The news enraged Luminas Sunstrider, whose past imprisonment in Dalaran had left her deeply hostile to the Kirin Tor.

• Quel'Thalas welcomed its returning soldiers with a grand celebration, while Patrick and the other leaders went back to Sunfury Spire.
• Lor'themar reported that Dalaran had approved the Silver Covenant, led by Xendari Windrunner and supported by Aethas Sunreaver, Porter Dawnblade, and Jaina.
• Lor'themar said that many rangers had joined the Silver Covenant, making their return to Quel'Thalas unlikely.
• Luminas Sunstrider reacted to the news with anger and frost, calling the elves who joined the Covenant traitors.
• The chapter recounted how Garithos had imprisoned Kael'thas and his followers, forcing Kael'thas to flee to Outland while Luminas later became a Death Knight and settled in Silvermoon City.

Patrick dismissed concerns about the Silver Covenant and reviewed Quel'Thalas’s plans for rebuilding and expansion. He agreed to lead a naval assault on Stratholme, with Salorian Dawnseeker commanding the vanguard.

• Patrick assured Lor'themar Theron that he would handle the Silver Covenant and said its founding would mark the beginning of Dalaran’s destruction.
• Patrick approved Lirath Windrunner’s transfer from the Tower of Radiance to the New Andilien Estate to oversee its military and civil affairs and help defend the Elfgate.
• Patrick outlined plans to clear the Eastern Plaguelands with the Scarlet Crusade and establish a camp at Northpass Tower before attacking Stratholme by water.
• Salorian Dawnseeker requested a place in the Stratholme campaign, and Patrick appointed him commander of the vanguard while deciding to oversee the battle himself.

Patrick assigned Hawkspear to establish and defend a new Quel'Thalas presence in the Eastern Plaguelands, while delaying action against Zul'Mashar until after the battle of Stratholme. He then planned to restore contact with Kael'thas in Outland through the Dark Portal, and Mathis asked to join the expedition.

• Salorian volunteered to lead the offensive against the Scourge, and Patrick chose Hawkspear to command troops at Northpass Tower.
• Patrick ordered Hawkspear to rebuild Northpass Tower as a mage tower and establish a defensive military base in the valley west of the Elfgate.
• Patrick told Hawkspear to leave Zul'Mashar alone until after the battle of Stratholme, then clear out its trolls and connect the new bases by road.
• Patrick asked Mathis for Kael'thas's teleportation coordinates and announced plans to send an army through the Blasted Lands to Outland after Stratholme.
• Mathis requested permission to join the Outland expedition, and Patrick granted it on the condition that it wait until after the battle of Stratholme.

Patrick explained to Alleria that he had secretly directed Zendarri to establish the Silver Covenant in Dalaran, creating a way to weaken Dalaran and give its marginalized Elves a chance to return to Quel'Thalas. He left the kingdom preparing quietly for a future conflict while waiting for the right moment to act.

• Alleria questioned Patrick about whether he had ordered Zendarri to found the Silver Covenant, and Patrick confirmed her suspicion.
• Alleria reasoned that Patrick had tolerated Zendarri's apparent betrayal because he was planning something against Dalaran.
• Patrick explained that Zendarri could unite Dalaran's Elves under the Windrunner name and eventually lead those willing to return to Quel'Thalas.
• Patrick said he would forgive the Elves who returned, but would show no mercy to those who chose to fight against the kingdom.
• Patrick told Alleria that he had guarded against the Kirin Tor since the Second War, after realizing it might seek control over Quel'Thalas.
• Alleria warned that Dalaran's ties to the Alliance and Jaina made a direct war risky, and Patrick said he would continue preparing in secret until the right moment.

Patrick planned to draw uncertain high elves away from Dalaran without provoking an all-out war, while he and Alleria discussed policies to increase Quel'Thalas’s population. In Stormwind, Leoric reported back after Silithus, where Quel'Thalas had demonstrated its strength to the other powers.

• Patrick decided to use Zendarri to stir conflict in Dalaran and persuade wavering elves to return to Quel'Thalas, while reserving force for those who remained loyal to Dalaran.
• Patrick and Alleria discussed Quel'Thalas’s low population growth, and Patrick proposed a child-rearing and social security system to support families.
• Leoric returned to Stormwind City and went to Stormwind Keep to report to the leadership after the battle in Silithus.
• Leoric’s report followed Patrick’s display of Quel'Thalas’s strength, which warned the Alliance and other powers against exploiting the kingdom’s past losses.

At the House of Lords, Katrana Prestor learned that Quel'Thalas had strengthened its ties with Kul Tiras, Stromgarde, and the Scarlet Crusade, while the Alliance had failed to contain them. Faced with the blood elf Regent Patrick Cabrolon’s power and influence, Stormwind decided to support the Silver Covenant and Sunreavers as a way to undermine Quel'Thalas.

• Grand Duke Leoric told the House of Lords that Quel'Thalas had led the Ahn'Qiraj campaign and that Kul Tiras and Stromgarde had likely allied with it.
• Mathias Shaw reported that the Alliance’s effort to purge the Scarlet Crusade had failed after Tirion Fordring took command and restored its moderate character.
• Katrana Prestor concluded that Kul Tiras and Stromgarde had left the Alliance’s political sphere and that the Scarlet Crusade remained determined to reclaim Lordaeron.
• Leoric explained that Patrick Cabrolon had helped Tirion unite the Scarlet Crusade and Argent Dawn, while trade with Quel'Thalas had supplied the struggling survivors.
• Leoric described Patrick’s overwhelming magical power, and Katrana abandoned her plans to challenge him directly.
• Katrana pledged support for the Silver Covenant and Sunreavers, and Earl Remington Ridgewell approved the plan to use them against Quel'Thalas.

Katrana learned that Stormwind City had no way to infiltrate Quel'Thalas or reach its leaders, while Patrick set Hawkspear’s force in motion for the Plaguelands and prepared the assault on Stratholme. Back in Sunlight City, Patrick asked Patterson about affairs in Quel'Thalas and heard that the four-member standing committee had kept things orderly.

• Katrana asked Mathias Shaw about infiltrating Quel'Thalas, and he explained that the sealed borders and hostile population made intelligence gathering and contact with its leaders nearly impossible.
• Patrick saw Hawkspear off as he led the first wave of troops toward Northpass Tower to establish a blood elf presence in the Plaguelands.
• Patrick ordered Hearthglen and Tirion Fordring to prepare to march and told Zagonnas to ready the Dragonhawk Rider Corps for an air raid on Stratholme.
• Patrick planned to join the battle for Stratholme with the Aircraft Carrier Battle Group and then lead the army to Outland.
• Patrick returned to Sunlight City and summoned the Cabrolon and Windrunner families, then asked Patterson how Quel'Thalas had fared during his absence.
• Patterson told Patrick that Quel'Thalas had remained orderly under the four-member highest standing committee, contrary to expectations that Patterson would wield supreme authority on Patrick's behalf.

Patrick ordered the Cabrolon and Windrunner families to stay out of Silvermoon City's politics, keeping their influence within his territories and their commercial freedom elsewhere. The families dispersed with mixed reactions, but Patrick's leadership had settled their political course.

• Patrick declared that no member of either family could interfere in Silvermoon City's government or infiltrate its noble factions.
• Phil-Cabrolon questioned why the families should not seize control of Silvermoon City, and Patrick rejected the idea as a path to stagnation and eventual ruin.
• Patrick argued that his rule should prioritize education, population growth, and territorial development rather than political domination and inherited noble privilege.
• Bold Windrunner and Patterson supported Patrick's decision, while some family members remained resentful or confused.
• Patrick allowed the families to pursue business and financial partnerships but reiterated that politics alone was off-limits.

Patrick assembled Quel'Thalas's leaders to set policy before leading troops to Stratholme, naming four officials to govern in his absence and outlining welfare and anti-corruption reforms. He also prioritized the expansion of Northpass Tower and named the kingdom's new Plaguelands territory Quelrins.

• Patrick announced that he would lead troops to Stratholme and that Hawkspear's forces would establish the Plaguelands as Quel'Thalas territory.
• Patrick appointed Lor'themar Theron, Rommath, Patterson-Cabrolon, and Lanaya Sunstrider to oversee the kingdom during his absence.
• Patrick called for expanded support for parents and children to encourage population growth, and prohibited political donations and money from influencing power.
• A Magisters' Legion mage reported that Tirion Fordring's Scarlet Crusade would march toward Northpass Tower, while Hawkspear's troops built camps and the Mage Tower there.
• Patrick ordered communications and supplies to Northpass Tower to be prioritized and named the lands west of Elfgate, Northpass Tower, and future Zul'Mashar territory Quelrins.

Patrick and Alleria departed Sunsail Anchorage with Quel'Thalas’s fleet and troops bound for Stratholme. At Northpass Tower, Tirion learned of the expedition and arranged for the Scarlet Crusade to attack alongside Quel’Thalas in seven days.

• Patrick ordered the fleets to form up as Zagonnas and the Dragonhawk Riders prepared to depart with the force bound for Stratholme.
• Patrick and Alleria boarded the Aircraft Carrier, and the fleet set sail from Sunsail Anchorage.
• At Northpass Tower, Hawkspear told Tirion that Patrick was leading an army to help clear Stratholme and planned to monitor Naxxramas.
• Kor'fax urged an immediate march, while Dawnbringer Erigor recommended coordinating with Quel'Thalas.
• Tirion asked Hawkspear to tell Regent Patrick that the Scarlet Crusade would attack Stratholme in seven days.

Patrick and his commanders planned an assault on Stratholme while preparing for the threat posed by Naxxramas. After learning that the Scarlet Crusade would attack the city’s main gate at the same time, Patrick ordered the battle to proceed as planned.

• Mathis urged an immediate Dragonhawk bombardment, while Zagonnas warned that Stratholme might have strong harbor defenses.
• Patrick explained that Kel'Thuzad guarded Naxxramas and assigned Zagonnas to watch the floating fortress with part of the Dragonhawk Riders.
• Patrick told Salorian Dawnseeker he would lead the head-on engagement against the Scourge.
• Patrick ordered the Magisters' Legion to open the attack with magic, followed by coordinated ground and air forces, and warned the Dragonhawk Riders not to advance alone.
• A message from Silvermoon City reported that the Scarlet Crusade would assault Stratholme's main gate alongside Patrick's forces.
• Patrick approved the joint attack and ordered the battle for Stratholme to begin as scheduled.

Aboard the ship bound for Outland, Patrick learned from Mathis that Voren'thal and his followers had defected from Kael'thas and joined the Scryers. Mathis revealed that Kael'thas had secretly contacted Kil'jaeden, and Patrick said he would visit Tempest Keep to discuss the situation with him.

• Patrick spoke privately with Mathis after enclosing them and Alleria in an arcane barrier.
• Mathis reported that Voren'thal and his followers had fled to Shattrath City and joined the Scryers, while other blood elf scholars and mages had begun wavering.
• Mathis explained that Kael'thas had fallen out with Illidan and had secretly made contact with Kil'jaeden.
• Alleria reacted with shock, while Patrick reasoned that Kael'thas sought a way to address the Sunwell's contamination and the blood elves' need for life-sustaining energy.
• Patrick accepted Kael'thas's actions for the moment and said he would go to Tempest Keep to discuss what came next.

Patrick led Quel'Thalas's fleet in an assault on Stratholme, while Tirion Fordring saw the attack and led the Scarlet Crusade toward the city. Both forces advanced as the Scourge's defenses were caught off guard.

• Patrick ordered the fleet to approach Stratholme and had mages watch for Undead hidden underwater.
• Archmage Quensass planned to freeze the coastline after the harbor was cleared, preventing underwater Undead from reaching shore.
• Patrick ordered the attack, and the Magisters' Legion bombarded the harbor with spells, burning many Undead to ash.
• Taelan alerted Tirion Fordring to the smoke rising from Stratholme, and Tirion ordered the Scarlet Crusade to advance and support Quel'Thalas.
• Tirion led the charge toward Stratholme, followed by Kor'fax, Marlann, Angela, Brigitte Abbendis, Slayer Da'Han, Maxwell, and the other Scarlet leaders.

Salorian Dawnseeker led the Blood Elf troops into Stratholme to destroy the undead while Patrick and Alleria watched from the harbor. The battle left the Scourge facing attacks from both the elves and Tirion Fordring’s forces, as Patrick ordered a close assessment of the Lynx Knights.

• Salorian Dawnseeker ordered the Blood Knights, warriors, and assassins to charge into Stratholme while the Rangers provided support.
• Patrick watched the fighting with Alleria from the harbor and said Kel'Thuzad might intervene, but the Frost Wyrms would not leave Naxxramas.
• Patrick sensed Holy Light to the south and realized Tirion Fordring and his people had fought their way into Stratholme.
• Patrick told Higgins-El-Cabrolon to record the Lynx Knights’ combat performance so their strengths and weaknesses could be assessed.

The Blood Elf vanguard and the Scarlet Crusade fought the Scourge in separate parts of Stratholme, with the Elves pushing inward and Tirion Fordring preparing to meet an approaching force. The chapter left both armies advancing toward a possible rendezvous near City Hall and the harbor.

• The Lynx Knights and Rangers used their enhanced abilities to slaughter undead across Stratholme as the Blood Elf vanguard entered the city.
• Nerub'enkan sent Crypt Fiends and skeletons toward the Main Gate, while Maleki the Pale attacked Salorian Dawnseeker with frost.
• Salorian's enchanted armor stopped Maleki's attack, and Salorian killed him with his rune-covered sword.
• The Blood Elf troops attacked the Scourge, while Dragonhawk Riders struck from above and Rangers and mages watched for Crypt Fiends.
• A scout warned Tirion Fordring that Crypt Fiends and other Scourge forces were approaching Elder's Square from the northeast.
• Tirion ordered the Scarlet Crusade to use Stratholme's terrain to withstand the attack, then advance toward City Hall and the harbor to join the High Elves.