Recaps

Tirion Fordring prepared the Scarlet Crusade and Argent Dawn for vengeance as Patrick's forces joined the human Paladins in Stratholme. Arthas ordered Kel'Thuzad to preserve elite troops and let the city fall, while the Scourge forces defending it faced certain defeat.

• Tirion Fordring ordered the Scarlet Crusade to prepare for battle, rousing the Paladins and Argent Dawn to attack the Scourge.
• Patrick learned that Naxxramas had made no move and ordered his troops to reinforce the humans fighting Nerub'enkan and Baron Anastari's wife.
• Patrick directed his forces to secure the streets and harbor, then advance into Slaughter Square and Market Row to destroy the Scourge.
• Arthas told Kel'Thuzad to abandon Stratholme if necessary and preserve elite forces for a future battle in the Eastern Plaguelands.
• Arthas said he hoped Balnazzar would die fighting the humans and High Elves, despite Kel'Thuzad's secret cooperation with the Dreadlord.
• Human and High Elf forces blocked Scourge reinforcements, leaving Nerub'enkan's troops and the duchess's banshees on the brink of destruction.

Patrick and the Scarlet Crusade joined forces to advance on Slaughter Square and confront Baron Rivendare’s Scourge. Oryx Rivendare defended his parents’ past, then joined the others in turning his grief toward vengeance against the Scourge.

• Quensass met Taelan and Tirion Fordring, then led the Scarlet Crusade toward the harbor to join Patrick’s forces.
• Patrick and Taelan agreed to clear the undead behind their troops before attacking City Hall, with Baron Rivendare defending Slaughter Square.
• Slayer Da'Han explained that Baron Rivendare had supported Kel'Thuzad, and Oryx Rivendare angrily insisted his father and mother had been victims of Kel'Thuzad.
• Patrick reassured Oryx that he was not at fault and urged the gathered forces to avenge the victims of the plague by fighting the Scourge.
• Patrick ordered the troops to advance on Slaughter Square, and the Blood Elves and Scarlet Crusade rallied to fight for Quel'Thalas and Lordaeron.

The allied blood elf and human forces fought Baron Rivendare’s abominations at Slaughter Square, while Patrick stopped the Scourge from teleporting in more elite fighters. Darion and Oryx faced their fathers among the undead and resolved to free them from the Scourge.

• The blood elves and humans joined forces and advanced toward Slaughter Square, where they saw Baron Rivendare and his abominations.
• The allied ranged troops attacked the abominations, and the paladins and frontline soldiers fought them at close range until the Scourge’s assault was repelled.
• Ramstein the Gorger withdrew the abominations’ defensive line as Baron Rivendare prepared to join the battle.
• Scourge leaders began appearing through purple magic circles, but Patrick’s Dimensional Anchor disrupted Kel’Thuzad’s teleportation spell and collapsed the circles.
• Darion recognized his father, Alexandros Mograine, among the undead and reacted with shock, while Oryx urged him to free their fathers from the Scourge.

Arthas accepted Kel'Thuzad's failure to reinforce Stratholme while planning to use the Scarlet Crusade's survivors for his own purposes. Patrick's forces overwhelmed the Scourge until Baron Rivendare unleashed plague barrels, bringing the battle to a stalemate.

• Arthas told Kel'Thuzad to preserve Naxxramas and said he intended to turn the Scarlet Crusade into undead servants.
• Patrick destroyed the teleportation circles, preventing Naxxramas from sending more reinforcements to Stratholme.
• Patrick ordered a barrage that cut down the Scourge, then Tirion led the Scarlet Crusade into close combat against the weakened undead.
• Tirion purified the plague and venom aimed at him as the allied forces drove back the Scourge and Darion watched his father, Alexandros Mograine, wield the corrupted Ashbringer.
• Baron Rivendare detonated plague barrels throughout Slaughter Square, forcing the living allied troops to hesitate and stalling the battle.

Patrick’s enhanced Arcane Explosions dispersed the Scourge plague and helped the allied army defeat its forces in Stratholme’s Eastern District. As the humans and elves advanced toward City Hall, Taelan and the former Scarlet Crusade leaders discovered Dathrohan’s missing soldiers standing guard as undead.

• Patrick used enhanced Arcane Explosions to disperse the plague and devastate the Scourge army.
• The allied army defeated Faerlina and Noth the Plague Envoy, while Darian and the Scarlet Crusade leaders killed Alexandros Mograine.
• Darian tried to cleanse the corrupted Ashbringer, but Baron Rivendare escaped through a teleportation circle into Naxxramas.
• Tirion led the human and elven armies through Stratholme toward City Hall after the fighting in the Eastern District ended.
• Taelan and the other former Scarlet Crusade leaders saw Dathrohan’s missing soldiers standing guard as undead in front of Crusader Square.

Darion, Taelan, and the Crusaders encountered Undead Paladins and questioned how they could wield the Holy Light. Patrick explained the difference between the Naaru’s forceful Holy Light and the personal, will-guided Light of human Paladins, then revealed the Naaru’s energy came from Scourge soul fragments, leaving Tirion and the others silent.

• Darion and Taelan saw Undead Paladins among the Scourge and wondered whether Dathrohan and his Scarlet Crusade soldiers had fallen.
• Patrick told the Crusaders that Undead could use Holy Light and explained that M’uru’s Light differed from the Paladins’ own will-shaped power.
• Patrick described how each Paladin’s beliefs and experiences gave their Holy Light distinct qualities, while Naaru blessings changed the Draenei’s bodies and souls.
• Kor’fax argued that greater affinity for the Holy Light would help more people become Paladins, and Patrick agreed before asking where the Naaru’s energy came from.
• Patrick revealed that M’uru drew energy from Scourge soul fragments, turning their pure parts into Holy Light and their dark parts into shadow, and warned the Lordaeron Paladins against aligning with the Naaru.

Patrick explained to the Scarlet Crusade’s leaders that the Naaru gained energy by consuming souls and that Holy Light was a form of soul energy shaped by each Paladin’s faith and character. As undead Paladins and Priests gathered ahead in Crusader Square, Taelan suspected the place held the reason the Scarlet Crusade had gone wrong.

• Patrick told Kor'fax that the Naaru consumed souls for energy, leaving the Holy Light Warrior shaken by the possibility that Paladins were being prepared as food.
• Tirion Fordring declared that the Paladins would follow Archbishop Alonsus Faol’s virtues, then asked how the Naaru related to the undead Paladins.
• Patrick explained that Holy Light arose from spiritual power and the power of the soul, and that Paladins could no longer wield it if they abandoned their faith in their virtues.
• Patrick reminded the leaders that they were still on a battlefield, and Tirion Fordring and Kor'fax turned their attention to the approaching undead Paladins and Priests.
• Taelan wondered what had happened to the Scarlet Crusade troops in Crusader Square and suspected the place held the reason the Crusade had gone wrong.

Patrick led the assault on Crusader Fortress, where Tirion Fordring confronted the Scarlet Crusade’s leader, Dathrohan. Patrick exposed Dathrohan as the dreadlord Balnazzar, who revealed his demonic form before the shocked Crusaders.

• Tirion Fordring ordered the Scarlet Crusade’s ranged fighters to attack the undead forces in Crusader Square, while Patrick sent Dragonhawk Riders to bombard the enemy.
• The Dragonhawk Riders and mages destroyed the enemy vanguard around Holy Light Square with explosives and fire spells.
• Dathrohan emerged from the fortress and accused Tirion Fordring of betraying Lordaeron, while Tirion defended his choices and condemned the Scarlet Crusade’s corruption.
• Patrick identified Dathrohan as the dreadlord Balnazzar and explained that he had disguised himself by mimicking the Holy Light.
• Balnazzar dropped his disguise and revealed his demonic form, shocking the Scarlet Crusaders.

Patrick and Tirion Fordring led Lordaeron and the Blood Elves against Balnazzar and the mind-controlled Scarlet Crusaders. Tirion killed the Dreadlord, freeing the undead Crusaders from his control, and thanked Patrick after the battle.

• Patrick blocked Balnazzar's cannon barrage with arcane magic and urged Tirion Fordring to attack the Dreadlord.
• Tirion Fordring steeled himself to fight the mind-controlled Scarlet Crusaders, and the Lordaeron and Blood Elf forces charged the stronghold.
• Tirion Fordring resisted Balnazzar's shadow attacks with Divine Shield and struck the Dreadlord through the heart with his Holy Light-charged warhammer.
• Balnazzar died, releasing the undead Crusaders from his control, and Brigitte Abbendis purified the fallen Crusaders.
• Tirion Fordring thanked Patrick for Quel'Thalas's assistance in reclaiming Stratholme.

After the Battle of Stratholme, Patrick warned Tirion Fordring that Naxxramas might be planning a conspiracy, while Tirion declared his intention to restore the Order of the Silver Hand. A document uncovered by Slayer Da'Han revealed that Isillien and the Scourge planned to trap and kill Taelan, Patrick, and Nathanos in the Eastern Plaguelands.

• Patrick told Tirion Fordring that Quel'Thalas would not seek control of Stratholme and advised delaying its reconstruction until the Scourge was cleared out.
• Patrick warned Tirion to watch Naxxramas, and Tirion vowed to reestablish the Order of the Silver Hand.
• Slayer Da'Han brought Tirion a parchment and an unsent letter bearing shadow energy linked to Balnazzar's Shadow Sigils.
• Tirion and Patrick read Isillien's plan to send Scarlet Crusade elites against Taelan, Patrick, and Nathanos after they established a camp in the Eastern Plaguelands.
• The letter revealed that Kel'Thuzad and Varimathras would help ambush the group, leaving Taelan shaken by his teacher Isillien's betrayal.

After Stratholme’s victory, Patrick sent evidence of Varimathras’s treachery to Sylvanas while the Scarlet Crusade and Argent Dawn prepared for what came next. Quel'Thalas readied an assault on Zul'Mashar, and Patrick explained to Alleria that he wanted Lordaeron to become another power in Azeroth rather than leave the Alliance and Horde unchallenged.

• Patrick killed Balnazzar, then gave Tirion Fordring instructions to send the Dreadlord’s head and letters to Sylvanas through Luminas Sunstrider so she could deal with Varimathras.
• Tirion Fordring returned to Light's Hope Chapel to rebuild the Order of the Silver Hand and plan to reclaim Lordaeron.
• After hearing that Stratholme had fallen, Hawkspear organized Quel'Thalas’s troops to attack Zul'Mashar and advance plans for a new city at Quelrins.
• Alleria questioned why Quel'Thalas had paid such a high cost to help Lordaeron, and Patrick argued that Azeroth needed more than the Alliance and Horde as dominant powers.

Patrick told Alleria he planned to unite neutral powers such as Kul Tiras and Stromgarde so they would not be forced to join the Alliance or Horde. In Silvermoon City, Luminass learned that Varimathras had been secretly undermining the Forsaken and Quel'Thalas, then hurried to bring Patrick’s message and evidence to Sylvanas.

• Patrick explained his plan to unite neutral powers, and Alleria accepted that Quel'Thalas might have to endure an immediate loss to secure its future.
• Higgins-El-Cabrolon gave Luminass a sealed box, a parchment, and a letter intended for Sylvanas.
• After reading the intelligence, Luminass learned that Varimathras had been betraying the Forsaken and working against Quel'Thalas, and she erupted in fury.
• Luminass entrusted Memphis-Shadow with local matters, then traveled to Undercity and went straight to the Queen's Hall.

Sylvanas uncovered Varimathras’s conspiracy with Balnazzar and the Scarlet Crusade to destroy the Forsaken, then confronted him in Undercity. Varimathras triggered a rebellion, and Sylvanas and her allies fought back as Rotande Gili trapped him with plague energy.

• Sylvanas examined Balnazzar’s head and secret letters revealing the planned alliance against the Forsaken.
• Sylvanas ordered Varimathras summoned and showed him Balnazzar’s head when he arrived.
• Varimathras called for the conspirators to attack, plunging Undercity into chaos as Defilers and Royal Potions Masters turned on their allies.
• Luminas Sunstrider attacked Varimathras, but he dodged her strike, while Sylvanas ordered Nathanos to rally the troops and assumed her banshee form.
• Rotande Gili used his plague form to ensnare Varimathras and restrict his movement.

Sylvanas’s forces crushed Varimathras’s rebellion in Undercity, executing the traitors and restoring order. Meanwhile, Darion returned to Light’s Hope Chapel after the victory in Stratholme, carrying Ashbringer and wondering how his father became a Death Knight.

• Luminass, Sylvanas, and Rotande Gili restrained and killed Varimathras, and Rotande Gili dissolved his body for study.
• Blightcaller informed Ono Sunstrider that Varimathras had rebelled, and Horde ambassadors led troops to help suppress the uprising.
• Rotande Gili, Luminas Sunstrider, and Nathanos broke Putress’s defenses; Nathanos killed Putress, and Sylvanas ordered the traitors executed.
• Undercity returned to order, and Grand Potions Master Faranell rose to replace Putress.
• Darion returned to Light’s Hope Chapel with Ashbringer after the Scourge’s defeat in Stratholme, and Oryx Rivendare comforted him about their fathers’ fate.

Tirion Fordring failed to free Alexandros Mograine’s soul from the curse within the Corrupted Ashbringer, leaving Darion to seek another way to save his father. Meanwhile, Patrick arranged closer ties with Kul Tiras and Stromgarde, and the chapter ended with Galin accepting his invitation to join forces against future enemies.

• Darion asked Tirion Fordring to save Alexandros Mograine’s soul, but Tirion could not overcome the curse on the Corrupted Ashbringer.
• Tirion told Darion that powerful prayers and blessings were needed, and Darion left with Oryx after his hope failed.
• Patrick met Tandred in Kul Tiras and proposed opening shipping routes and increasing trade between their nations.
• Patrick gave Tandred a letter inviting Kul Tiras to face powerful enemies alongside Quel'Thalas.
• Telestra delivered an identical invitation to Galin in Stromgarde, and Galin accepted on behalf of the kingdom.

Patrick led Quel'Thalas’s fleet to the Blasted Lands, intending to pass through the Dark Portal to Outland. When the Alliance and Horde confronted his forces, Patrick revealed his purpose but left their response unresolved.

• Tandred sent the aircraft carrier fleet from Kul Tiras to the Blasted Lands at Patrick’s request, as Patrick considered the dangers and politics awaiting him in Outland.
• A guard reported that Quel'Thalas ships had appeared near the Shattered Coast while High Warlord Dathun, Commander Rulrg, Watcher Mahalba, and their allies planned a battle against the demons.
• The Alliance and Horde leaders went to investigate the fleet, and Patrick arrived with blood elf troops from his Dawn's Edge Burning Legion and Dark Curse Burning Legion.
• Ambassador Audalan recognized Patrick Cabrolon, and Astalor Bloodsworn rebuked him for addressing the Regent by name.
• Patrick said he had come to pass through the Dark Portal to Outland, and High Warlord Dathun welcomed the prospect of another powerful enemy for the demons.

Patrick joined the Alliance and Horde coalition’s campaign to clear the Blasted Lands, and the armies launched a coordinated attack on the demons. After Loramus killed Orista at Coilfang Gorge, the coalition turned toward Mosh'Ogg Hold.

• Dathun and the coalition leaders explained how Ras'lekh's forces used shadow barriers and reinforcements to repel earlier attacks, and Audalan revealed that Sevini's power came from her Shadow Talisman.
• Patrick offered Quel'Thalas’s troops to the coalition, which planned to attack Orista, then Grolor at Mosh'Ogg Hold, and finally the Altar of Storms.
• The Alliance and Patrick’s blood elves attacked Coilfang Gorge while the Horde blocked ogre reinforcements near the Armory and Three-Way Crossing.
• Patrick sent Astalor to deal with fel-tainted murlocs harassing the ships and camp after the messenger reported casualties and lost supplies.
• Loramus pierced Orista’s shadow barrier and killed him with a magic-breaking weapon as the coalition overwhelmed the demons in Coilfang Gorge.
• The coalition immediately marched through the Three-Way Crossing to attack Mosh'Ogg Hold.

Patrick studied the Shadow Talismans recovered from Orista to develop a Shadow Knight class, while Ras'lekh prepared to defend the Altar of Storms and sought help from Tremus. Onyxia separately ordered Tremus to sabotage the Alliance and Horde army so the demons would survive.

• A Blood Elf assassin emerged after the army left and collected the Shadow Talisman fragments from Orista's body.
• Patrick examined the talismans as research material for creating a shadow-wielding counterpart to the Paladin.
• Ras'lekh ordered Grolor back to the Altar of Storms and directed the demons to summon reinforcements.
• Ras'lekh sent word of the joint army to Tremus, hoping the black dragon would help the demons.
• Onyxia ordered Tremus to disrupt the Alliance and Horde offensive and preserve the Altar of Storms.

After the Alliance and Horde defeated the fel murlocs’ attack and demolished Dreadmaul Hold, they reached the heavily defended Altar of Storms. As the allied army prepared to attack, N’Zoth secretly revived a fel murloc named Vara to serve him.

• The Alliance and Horde found Dreadmaul Hold deserted, and Patrick ordered the mages to destroy it in case ogres were hiding inside.
• Astalor reported that the fel murlocs had been defeated after Tarecgosa froze the coast and the mages killed their leader.
• N’Zoth restored the dying fel murloc, named him Vara, and sent him to gather others to serve his master.
• The allied forces demolished Dreadmaul Hold and marched to the Altar of Storms.
• The Alliance, Horde, and blood elves found the mountain pass crowded with demons, fel orcs, and ogres, then prepared for battle.

Patrick refused to use Arcane Mass Point against Ras'lekh’s forces because it could worsen the damaged Ley Line Defense System around the Dark Portal. When Teremus attacked the coalition from the air, Patrick blocked his dragon breath and sent three blue dragons to fight him.

• Ellen warned Patrick that Arcane Mass Point could further damage the Ley Line Defense System at the Dark Portal and make it easier for demons to enter Azeroth.
• Ras'lekh waited behind his defenses as the coalition attacked, confident that the Altar of Storms would keep supplying troops.
• Teremus flew in from the Rotting Scar and unleashed dragon breath on the coalition’s rear ranks.
• Patrick blocked Teremus’s attack with Discs of Norgannon after spotting the black dragon with Mind Vision.
• Tarecgosa, Mati'gosa, and Kyrissa revealed their blue dragon forms and flew to fight Teremus.
• Mahalba and Dathun exchanged relieved smiles as they recognized the value of Quel'Thalas’s troops joining the coalition.

The Alliance and Horde assaulted the mountain while Blue Dragons engaged Tremus and Patrick battled Ras'lekh with powerful Arcane magic. After a brutal fight at the foot of the mountain, the allied forces reached the path to the Altar of Storms.

• Mati'gosa, Tarecgosa, and Kyrissa engaged Tremus, while the allied forces began attacking the demons and Ogres below.
• Patrick used Diffusing Riftwave to cut through the enemy ranks, and Ras'lekh tried to corrupt his Arcane sphere with fel magic.
• Patrick countered Ras'lekh's corruption as Alliance and Horde soldiers fought and died in the melee.
• Alleria took command and ordered the Rangers to focus their attacks on enemy Spellcasters.
• The allied forces nearly wiped out the enemies at the foot of the mountain and reached the path to the Altar of Storms.

Patrick and the allied forces defeated Ras'lekh's demonic army at the Altar of Storms, forcing Ras'lekh to flee toward the Dark Portal. Afterward, Patrick claimed Teremus's corpse for research, to the blue dragons' dismay.

• Patrick blocked Ras'lekh's sneak attack on Loramus while the allied forces advanced on the Altar of Storms.
• Loramus killed Grolor the Destroyer and Sevini, stopping the demons from being summoned, while the blue dragons killed Teremus.
• Ras'lekh fled toward the Dark Portal after Patrick warned the others not to pursue him.
• The Alliance and Horde leaders thanked Patrick for the blood elves' help, and Patrick claimed Teremus's corpse as his spoils.
• Back at the Blood Elf Base, Mati'gosa questioned Patrick's plan to research the black dragon's corpse.

Patrick planned to use Teremus's corpse and dragon breath to help with Quel'Serrar, then joined the other powers in planning their entry into Outland. The chapter ended as stealth Rogues entered the Dark Portal to disrupt the demons, allowing Paladins to lead the main force through.

• Patrick arranged for Teremus's corpse to be taken to Silvermoon City and asked Nareil Lasas to quench Quel'Serrar with dragon breath.
• Patrick let the wounded rest in the Blasted Lands while the Alliance, Horde, and other powers gathered to prepare for the Outland expedition.
• Ammish Wildhammer objected to sending everyone through the Dark Portal at once, warning that the first group could be killed.
• Patrick proposed sending stealth Rogues through with explosives and smoke bombs to confuse the demons and help the army seize control of the portal.
• Representatives selected and equipped Rogues, who entered the Dark Portal before the Paladins were to lead the main force through.

The Alliance, Horde, and Quel'Thalas forces drove the Burning Legion back from the Dark Portal and established a foothold in Outland. After the battle, Patrick learned that reaching Tempest Keep by teleportation was possible for him alone because Netherstorm's unstable magic made larger transports dangerous.

• A Forsaken Rogue reported that the sabotage at the Stair of Fate had thrown the demons into confusion, and Duro led the Alliance vanguard through the Dark Portal as Mathis and the Blood Knights followed.
• The Alliance and Horde commanders led their troops into battle as the demons rallied and attacked the portal, while Patrick blocked the Abyss Commander's Fel-fire rain with the Discs of Norgannon.
• Patrick turned the Arcane sphere into a Frost Orb and struck the Abyss Commander, while allied reinforcements pushed the Burning Legion back toward Murketh's Gate and Shattrath's Gate.
• The allied forces secured the Dark Portal and began building fortifications, while Loramus searched for Ras'lekh and Duro and Vorrein told him the demon would appear again.
• Patrick asked Mathis whether he could teleport to Tempest Keep, and Mathis explained that only Patrick could safely make the journey through Netherstorm's unstable space.

Patrick teleported to Tempest Keep to meet Prince Kael'thas, after leaving Alleria to coordinate Alliance and Horde forces on Hellfire Peninsula. He reported Quel'Thalas's recovery and territorial expansion, while Kael'thas waited for him to reveal his true purpose.

• Patrick asked Ellen whether he could teleport alone to Tempest Keep, then told Alleria to lead their forces and retreat to Azeroth if danger arose.
• Patrick teleported from Hellfire Peninsula to the Sundial Platform, where Ambassador Solannas and the Blood Elves prepared for a powerful, unidentified arrival.
• Ambassador Solannas recognized Patrick, and Grand Astromancer Solarian welcomed him before escorting him to Prince Kael'thas.
• Patrick met Kael'thas and his four advisers in the Eye of the Storm after the others left.
• Patrick told Kael'thas that Quel'Thalas's defenses had been restored, three new Blood Elf cities had been founded, and the Scourge in Eversong Woods and the Ghostlands had nearly been cleared.