Recaps

Patrick secured Galin, Falstad, Kurdran, and Danath’s support by offering food, recognition of Stromgarde’s kingdom status, and an alliance. As Varian’s army approached Wrenchville, Socrethar and Doom Lord Kazzak arrived with a demonic host and surrounded Tempest Keep, forcing the Alliance to halt and wait.

• Patrick promised aid, legitimacy, and an alliance to Stromgarde and Aerie Peak, and Galin, Falstad, Kurdran, and Danath accepted his terms.
• Varian’s forces prepared to advance from Manaforge Duro toward Wrenchville, believing Kael’thas had abandoned the area and left Tempest Keep isolated.
• A fiery Sulfur Cloud Storm appeared, carrying demons led by Socrethar and Doom Lord Kazzak.
• Varian ordered his army to halt after Velen reported that Kael’thas had joined Kil’jaeden, while Rhonin condemned the blood elf prince’s alliance with demons.
• The demons surrounded Tempest Keep without attacking, and Varian’s commanders camped at Manaforge Duro to observe what happened next.

Kil'jaeden arrived in Outland and destroyed Wrenchville with a single attack, while the Alliance watched helplessly. Tempest Keep then departed into the void with Kael'thas, Socrethar, and Kazzak, leaving Varian and the other leaders shaken by how narrowly they had escaped.

• Rhonin sensed Kil'jaeden's immense power as the horizon turned crimson, and Varian ordered the Alliance troops to hide their presence.
• Kil'jaeden appeared to Kael'thas and gave him a star chart so Tempest Keep could fly back to Azeroth.
• Kael'thas promised to bring Socrethar and Kazzak to the Sunwell, then asked Kil'jaeden to clear the Alliance forces blocking their escape.
• Kil'jaeden manifested his true body and engulfed Wrenchville in fel flames, killing its adventurers and wiping out the Alliance's scouts and spies.
• Kil'jaeden vanished into the Twisting Nether, and Tempest Keep sailed into the void with Socrethar and Kazzak.
• Varian, Rhonin, Jaina, and Velen realized they had narrowly escaped the same fate as Wrenchville.

Patrick ordered Rommath to summon Kael'thas and Tempest Keep back to Azeroth, assuring him that his actions had served Quel'Thalas. The summoning succeeded, but Doom Envoy Kazzak and Socrethar arrived with Kael'thas and took control of the preparations to summon Kil'jaeden, leaving the blood elves as expendable cannon fodder.

• Patrick ordered Rommath to oversee Tempest Keep's return and enlist Vashj's help, while Rommath questioned his motives.
• Patrick told Rommath to welcome Kael'thas and argued that his reforms had benefited Quel'Thalas.
• Rommath and Quensass led the Magisters' Legion in opening a spatial gateway at Morningstar Village.
• Rommath helped widen the rift until Tempest Keep and its three satellite vessels entered Azeroth.
• Doom Envoy Kazzak emerged with Kael'thas, and Socrethar announced that the demons would handle Kil'jaeden's summoning while the blood elves guarded the site.

Kael'thas and Patrick arranged to let the demons prepare Kil'jaeden's summoning while spreading word of Quel'Thalas's plans to the world. At the Central Eco-Dome, the Alliance learned of the threat and began considering how the Sunwell could bring Kil'jaeden to Azeroth.

• Kael'thas returned to Silvermoon City, where Patrick revealed that the demons had entered their plan.
• Patrick ordered Lorne Songweaver and Lanaya to announce that Quel'Thalas was summoning Kil'jaeden and gauge the factions' reactions.
• Nochong reported that Kazzak and Socrethar had seized the Sun Eater Temple, and Kael'thas ordered his forces to protect the summoning and recall troops from the Black Temple.
• At the Central Eco-Dome, Rhonin received Modera's warning that Quel'Thalas was summoning Kil'jaeden, and the Alliance leaders reacted with alarm.
• Velen warned that Kil'jaeden's arrival would bring disaster, while Tyrande identified the Sunwell as the likely source of power for the summoning.

The leaders in Netherstorm planned an urgent return to Azeroth to stop Quel'Thalas from summoning Kil'jaeden, while Rhonin also saw the crisis as a chance to seize the High Elf kingdom. In Shadowmoon Valley, Illidan learned his forces had been driven back to the Black Temple and quietly accepted that Maiev might survive.

• Tyrande urged the leaders to return to Azeroth and prevent Kil'jaeden from arriving, while Rhonin privately considered conquering Quel'Thalas and taking its legacy for Dalaran.
• Velen proposed using an Astral Portal through Shattrath, but Magni pointed out that the enormous army could not all be teleported at once.
• Varian ordered Grand Duke Leorick to lead the Coalition Forces back to Azeroth, and Jaina volunteered to contact Thrall about pressuring Quel'Thalas.
• Duchess Malande reported to Illidan that the Warden's Cage and Gul'dan's Hand had fallen, leaving almost all territory outside the Black Temple lost.
• Malande told Illidan that Maiev had been rescued by the Scryers and might join the Coalition Forces, but Illidan declined to order her killed and hoped she would live.

Illidan learned that Maiev had escaped and, with the Black Temple surrounded, contacted Kil'jaeden to secure a route to safety. Kil'jaeden gave him a teleportation circle to Quel'Thalas and assigned two demons to accompany him and oversee the Sunwell Summoning Ritual.

• The chapter recounted Maiev's complicated feelings for Illidan and how she had kept him imprisoned rather than killing him.
• Illidan learned Maiev had escaped the Warden's Cage and prepared to fight without restraint.
• Illidan opened a portal to contact Kil'jaeden as enemies surrounded the Black Temple.
• Kil'jaeden offered Illidan a spatial teleportation circle linking the Black Temple to Quel'Thalas.
• Conqueror Razelikh and Ras'lekh the Defiler emerged from the portal to accompany Illidan and guard the summoning ritual on the Isle of Quel'Danas.

Kil'jaeden appeared in Shadowmoon Valley and destroyed Shattrath's camps, forcing Thrall to abandon the Horde's attack on the Black Temple. After Jaina revealed that Quel'Thalas was summoning Kil'jaeden, Thrall prepared to return to Azeroth and confront the crisis.

• Kil'jaeden appeared outside the Black Temple and destroyed the Sha'tar Altar and the Altar of the Stars with fel fire.
• Thrall told Lieutenant General Dathun that the Horde could no longer attack the Black Temple while Kil'jaeden was present.
• Hamul Runetotem reported that Quel'Thalas was preparing to summon Kil'jaeden and that the Alliance was preparing to return to Azeroth.
• Jaina confirmed that Kael'thas had sided with Kil'jaeden and urged Thrall to join the Alliance in pressuring Quel'Thalas.
• Thrall ordered Saurfang to oversee the Horde army's return to Azeroth while he and the other leaders went ahead.

Tirion Fordring, Darion Mograine, and Rotande Gili arrived at the Scarlet Monastery, where Alexandros Mograine confronted his son Reno over his betrayal. Princess Calia and the undead Alonsus Faol intervened, leaving the Scarlet Crusade’s past to be explained.

• Tirion Fordring and Darion Mograine traveled through Forsaken territory with Rotande Gili as an envoy to the Scarlet Monastery.
• Alonsus Faol and Calia Menethil learned of the delegation and left their mountain refuge to meet them.
• The Scarlet Crusaders knelt before Tirion when they saw the Ashbringer, and Reno Mograine asked him to lead them against the Scourge.
• Alexandros’s soul emerged from the Ashbringer and accused Reno of betraying him and concealing the truth about his death.
• An unknown bolt of Holy Light stopped Alexandros from striking Reno, and Calia and Alonsus arrived to demand an explanation of the Scarlet Crusade’s madness.
• Alonsus revealed that the Scourge had awakened him as an undead Paladin.

Alonsus Faol revealed that he could wield the Holy Light despite being undead, and Alexandros recounted how Reno’s betrayal and his own death had driven him toward vengeance. Tirion explained that a dreadlord had corrupted the Scarlet Crusade and insisted Reno could not be blamed, but Alexandros remained determined to make him answer for his actions.

• Alonsus Faol released immense Holy Light, astonishing Darion, Tirion, and the others because he was undead.
• Tirion and Taelan discussed how human paladins’ spiritual faith differed from the draenei’s use of Holy Light as energy, and Tirion warned that artificially creating paladins caused serious side effects.
• Alonsus asked Alexandros to explain his condition, and Alexandros described how undead ambushed him and his companions while they were taking Reno and Fairbanks to meet Dathrohan.
• Darion was devastated to learn that his elder brother had killed their father, while Tirion explained that a dreadlord had impersonated Dathrohan and corrupted the Scarlet Crusade.
• Maxwell Tyrosus confirmed that Tirion had reunited the Scarlet Crusade and Argent Dawn and reestablished the Order of the Silver Hand.
• Alexandros acknowledged that Darion had saved him from vengeance but vowed that Reno would still pay for his actions.

Tirion Fordring and Alonsus Faol stopped Alexandros Mograine from killing Reno and revealed that a dreadlord’s shadow magic had controlled him. After Reno confessed to hiding his actions, Alexandros forgave him but ordered him to remain at Light’s Hope Chapel and keep vigil over the fallen soldiers.

• Tirion Fordring stopped Alexandros from striking Reno and explained how Balnazzar had corrupted the Scarlet Crusade.
• Calia Menethil urged Alexandros not to succumb to hatred and reunited with Rotande Gili.
• Alonsus Faol soothed Alexandros with the Holy Light and dispelled the dark magic controlling Reno.
• Reno admitted that shadow magic had controlled him, but confessed that he had kept silent afterward out of fear.
• Alexandros forgave Reno and ordered him to spend the rest of his life at Light’s Hope Chapel, keeping vigil over the fallen soldiers.

Tirion Fordring brought the Silver Hand, Calia, and the Scarlet Crusade together against the Scourge, while Fairbanks revealed the truth behind Reno's patricide and his own imprisonment. The group withdrew from Undercity, and Tirion began planning to rebuild the Kingdom of Lordaeron.

• Tirion Fordring urged the Lordaeron factions to set aside their disputes and assigned Reno to serve in the vanguard against the Scourge.
• Fairbanks appeared at the monastery, and Reno and Alexandros Mograine recognized their long-lost adviser.
• Fairbanks explained that Balnazzar and Isillien had manipulated Reno, imprisoned him as the sole witness, and kept him alive to provoke infighting within the Scarlet Crusade.
• Alexandros mourned Fairbanks, while Fairbanks declared that the Scarlet Crusade could regain its former purpose and fight the Scourge.
• Rotande Gili told the Silver Hand and Scarlet Crusade to leave Undercity, and Tirion led them back toward the Eastern Plaguelands.
• Tirion planned to rebuild the Kingdom of Lordaeron under Calia Menethil and guide the Silver Hand away from its former extremism.

The Silver Hand received reports that Quel'Thalas was summoning Kil'jaeden, while Illidan returned to Azeroth and joined Patrick's preparations to stop the demon. Patrick urged Illidan to take responsibility for protecting his people and suggested that Eldre'Thalas might accept him.

• Calia, Tirion Fordring, and the Silver Hand learned that Quel'Thalas was reportedly trying to summon Kil'jaeden, and Da'Han delivered Varian's request for them to contact Patrick Cabrolon.
• Kael'thas, Patrick, and Vashj welcomed Illidan back to Azeroth, and Illidan praised Patrick for making Kil'jaeden's arrival possible.
• Patrick explained that most preparations were complete but that the demons at Sun Eater Temple controlled the summoning ritual, and Illidan said they had a trump card.
• Patrick asked Illidan whether he would protect his people, and Illidan said he felt rejected by his kin and indebted to his followers.
• Patrick proposed that Illidan seek acceptance at Eldre'Thalas, where the Highborne did not reject demonic power, and Altruis and Loramus agreed.

Patrick offered Illidan an independent Highborne kingdom in Quel'Thalas in exchange for a united foreign policy, then organized a coalition plan to stop Kil'jaeden's summoning. The chapter ended with Illidan, Kael'thas, and Patrick preparing to attack the demons at the Sunwell as Azeroth's leaders arrived to meet Patrick.

• Patrick offered Illidan the western district of Eldre'Dani and promised his Highborne kingdom autonomy, while requiring it to remain aligned with Quel'Thalas in foreign affairs.
• Patrick inferred that Illidan still possessed water from the Well of Eternity, prompting Illidan to briefly threaten him before accepting the deduction.
• Nochong reported that the Alliance and Horde leaders had arrived in Quelrins to meet Patrick and discuss Kil'jaeden.
• Patrick proposed bringing the leaders to the Isle of Quel'Danas without their armies, then having island forces seize the island while the leaders fought through to the Sun Eater Temple.
• Illidan confirmed that his forces, including Zuluhed and Mogor's Void Dragon armies, had returned and that they held the advantage in air and ground forces.

Patrick, Illidan, and their allies finalized their plans for the battle at the Sunwell and assigned forces to their targets. Patrick persuaded Vashj to guard Quel'Thalas’s shores with the naga, leaving the assault to begin when Sunlight City reached the Isle of Quel'Danas.

• Patrick assigned Saragoss to attack Savasol the Corruptor and rescue Kalecgos, while Nochong and the Four Advisors were tasked with the eredar demons.
• Patrick assigned Leotheras the Blind, Loramus, and Altruis to fight Brutallus, and Illidan arranged patrols and attacks on the Sunwell’s eastern approach.
• Kael'thas assigned Duchess Malande and the Eclipse Burning Legion and Fire/Demon Sigil forces to attack from Morningstar Village.
• Patrick tasked Vashj with leading the naga to guard Quel'Thalas’s surrounding waters, and she agreed after Illidan nodded.
• Patrick proposed that the naga settle around Shalandis Isle and said construction would begin after the battle, despite the local murlocs.
• Patrick declared that Sunlight City’s arrival at the Isle of Quel'Danas would signal the start of the plan.

Patrick returned to Sunlight City and prepared to discuss future arrangements with representatives of Kul Tiras, the Wildhammer Dwarves, and Stromgarde. As he prepared for the talks, he confronted the captive Onyxia, who continued to taunt him and the blue dragons.

• Patrick ordered Idonis to send the floating city toward Quelrins at full speed.
• Alleria told Patrick that Tandred and Jaina Goldsword, Kurdran and Eri Thunderstrike, and Danath, Galin, and Duke Falconcrest had arrived for talks.
• Alleria explained that Galin and the Syndicate had secretly supported each other to survive.
• Patrick said Tandred, Galin, and Falstad needed his support against the Alliance's annexation, but he did not intend to annex their territories.
• Patrick dismissed Onyxia's warning that Neltharion might attack Quel'Thalas, saying he welcomed the chance to help the blue dragons destroy him.
• Patrick restricted Onyxia's movement and said he would give her a task after the incident, but she sneered at him and accused the blue dragons of hypocrisy.

Patrick subdued Onyxia’s hopes of conquering Stormwind City and warned her to obey his future orders. He then welcomed Jaina Goldsword and the other visitors aboard Sunlight City to discuss the pressures facing Quel'Thalas.

• Onyxia taunted the Blue Dragons, and Kyrissa tried to attack her before Patrick’s Arcane Barrier stopped her.
• Onyxia claimed she had planned to overthrow Stormwind City, but Patrick explained that even an alliance with Nefarian would not defeat the Alliance.
• Onyxia realized that Krasus had broken her magic splitting Varian, and Patrick warned her that disobeying him would bring an unpleasant punishment.
• Galind Shalong reported that Sunlight City had passed Elfgate, and Patrick went to meet the waiting visitors.
• Patrick welcomed Jaina Goldsword, Tandred, Galin, and the others, then asked them to cooperate as Quel'Thalas faced pressure from the Alliance, the Horde, and neutral forces.

Patrick assured Danath, Tandred, Galin, and the Wildhammer Dwarves that Quel'Thalas would honor its promises after the battle against Kil'jaeden. He proposed forming the Azeroth Arcane Covenant to unite their nations and protect them from the Alliance and Horde.

• Danath asked Patrick whether Quel'Thalas would fulfill the terms it had promised, and apologized after Idonis rebuked his choice of words.
• Patrick promised that the agreements would stand and described how the Alliance and Horde threatened the smaller nations gathered in Quel'Thalas.
• Tandred and Galin explained how Stormwind and Theramore were drawing away Kul Tiras's and Stromgarde's people, while the Stormpike Dwarves had tried to bring the Wildhammer Dwarves under Ironforge's rule.
• Patrick proposed creating the Azeroth Arcane Covenant and outlined how teleportation circles, an underground railway, the repaired Thandol Span, and their navies could unite and defend the northern territories.
• Danath suggested inviting Lordaeron's remaining people to join the new alliance under the Kingdom of Lordaeron's name.

Patrick and Danath settled plans for a Northern Continent alliance and agreed that the Arcane Pact would remain neutral while opposing Dalaran and its affiliated organizations. Patrick promised food aid and urged the Wildhammer Dwarves to open a passage to Aerie Peak, then the floating city docked outside Quelrins as leaders of the Alliance and Horde awaited him.

• Patrick explained how cooperation between Quel'Thalas, human kingdoms, and the Wildhammer Dwarves could rebuild the Northern Continent and strengthen their kingdoms.
• Patrick and the others agreed that the Arcane Pact would stay neutral in Alliance-Horde disputes and treat Dalaran and its affiliated organizations as their common enemies.
• Patrick promised initial food shipments after the Sunwell incident, and Galin and Falstad thanked him.
• Patrick asked the Wildhammer Dwarves to help open the connecting gorge between Caer Darrow Island and Aerie Peak, and they agreed.
• Patrick proposed building a third power from Quel'Thalas, Stromgarde, Kul Tiras, Coldarra, Aerie Peak, and possible allies including Alterac, giving Duke Falconcrest hope of restoring his kingdom.
• The floating city docked outside Quelrins, where Hawkspear and the Alliance and Horde leadership awaited Patrick.

Patrick arrived in Quelrins with powerful allies and Regba, the Lynx Spirit, to confront the Alliance and Horde leaders over Kil'jaeden’s planned summoning. After confirming the threat, he challenged Jaina to explain what authority gave her a place at the meeting, leaving her position politically precarious.

• Patrick entered Quelrins with Tandred, Galin, Danath, Falstad, and Regba, whose presence impressed the assembled leaders.
• Hawkspear told Patrick that Varian, Thrall, and other faction leaders had arrived, with large Alliance and Horde forces camped outside the city.
• Tirion Fordring asked Patrick to verify reports about Kil'jaeden, and Patrick confirmed that demons on the Isle of Quel'Danas were preparing to summon him.
• Jaina, Tyrande, and others condemned the plan, while Patrick asked Jaina whether she attended as an Alliance leader, a Horde leader, Theramore's queen, or a Kirin Tor representative.

Patrick defended Quel'Thalas against threats from the Alliance and Horde while urging them to address Kil'jaeden's arrival. After Thrall broke the deadlock, Patrick revealed that demons had seized the Isle of Quel'Danas and were summoning Kil'jaeden.

• Jaina asked how the leaders could stop Kil'jaeden, and Velen insisted they must prevent his arrival.
• Varian warned Patrick that Quel'Thalas risked facing all of Azeroth, and Patrick challenged the Alliance over its armies still being in Outland.
• Tyrande threatened Quel'Thalas, but Patrick treated her words as a declaration of war and refused to back down.
• Thrall called on the leaders to hear Patrick's proposal, easing the stalemate.
• Patrick told the leaders that demons had seized the Isle of Quel'Danas and were summoning Kil'jaeden while Kael'thas and Illidan monitored them.

Patrick rejected Dalaran and the Alliance’s attempt to turn him against Kael’thas and Quel’Thalas, then prepared to confront Kil’jaeden with Lordaeron’s aid. He invited Tyrande and the other representatives to witness the mission from his Floating City, but limited the invitation to them and their attendants.

• Rhonin and Jaina urged Patrick to lead Quel’Thalas against Kael’thas and the supposed traitors, while Horde and Alliance leaders welcomed the prospect of elven civil war.
• Patrick declared Kael’thas the rightful king, reaffirmed his role as acting Regent, and warned the Alliance and Horde against invading Quel’Thalas.
• Alonsus Faol arrived, apologized for Arthas’s actions, and discussed Quel’Thalas’s plans to confront the Scourge and Kil’jaeden.
• Patrick confirmed that he had planned to go to the Isle of Quel’Danas, and Tirion Fordring agreed to help him with the Order of the Silver Hand.
• Patrick offered Tyrande and the other representatives a chance to accompany his Floating City to the Isle of Quel’Danas, allowing only them and their attendants.

Patrick brought the leaders of the Alliance and Horde to Sunlight City, where Velen and Brandan objected to blood elf warlocks draining shadow power from K'ure. Patrick defended the practice and used K'ure's ability to absorb demon soul shards to challenge the draenei's view of the naaru, leaving suspicion hanging over the gathering.

• Varian, Jaina, Tyrande, Thrall, and their followers decided to go after Patrick and his group to the Isle of Quel'Danas.
• Patrick used a flash of white light to bring everyone to Sunlight City, whose luxury astonished the visitors.
• Velen and Brandan condemned the warlocks gathered around K'ure for siphoning shadow power from the naaru.
• Patrick warned Velen and Brandan not to attack in Sunfury Spire, then argued that naaru were elemental creatures of both light and shadow.
• At Patrick's order, Hui Li offered K'ure demon soul shards, and K'ure absorbed them to replenish his energy.
• Patrick questioned Velen about the naaru's true nature and used the demonstration to encourage distrust of the naaru and the draenei.

Patrick brought Velen and the other leaders toward the Isle of Quel'Danas as his forces launched a surprise attack on the demons guarding it. While the island's perimeter fell, powerful allies fought the demons inside the Sun Eater Temple, clearing the way for the assault to come.

• Patrick warned Velen that attacking him in Sunfury Spire would be dangerous because he could command the Floating City's magical defenses.
• Galind Shalong told Patrick that the Floating City had reached the Isle of Quel'Danas and that the plan was underway.
• Blood Elves, Fel Orcs, Naga, Night Elves, and Void Dragons turned on the demons and began clearing the island's perimeter.
• Patrick told Rhonin and Thrall that his forces had been prepared and said they should leave the Sun Eater Temple untouched until the perimeter was clear.
• Saragoss, Halreen, Mati'gosa, Azuregos, and other Blue Dragons defeated Sathrovarr the Corruptor at the Pinnacle Platform.
• Nochong's Silence Field restricted the Eredar Twins while Varedis, Leotheras, Loramus, and Altruis attacked Brutallus with Metamorphosis.

Patrick and the Coalition Forces reached the Isle of Quel'Danas as their armies fought toward the Sunwell. Illidan explained to Tyrande and the others that he and Regent Patrick planned to make Kil'jaeden's summoning his grave, and revealed that Patrick had devised the plan.

• Patrick arrived at Morningstar Village with the others, where Kael'thas and Illidan were waiting outside the still-unbreached Sun Eater Temple.
• Tyrande confronted Illidan and demanded an explanation for his role in the events on the Isle of Quel'Danas.
• Illidan told Tyrande that he intended to end the Burning Crusade and use the corrupted Sunwell to destroy Kil'jaeden.
• Krasus, Thrall, and Jaina challenged Illidan's plan, but he warned that the Dark Portal could not safely be closed or destroyed and that demons would otherwise overrun Azeroth.
• Illidan revealed that he had accepted Regent Patrick's proposal to summon Kil'jaeden, leaving the others to realize that Patrick had been behind the plan all along.

Patrick defended his plan to summon Kil'jaeden and accused the Kirin Tor and red dragons of contributing to Azeroth's peril, then offered the Alliance and Horde leaders a ship back to King's Harbor. He expected them to remain near the Sunwell while his forces handled the crisis, but arranged their passage to keep them away until the battle was nearly over.

• Patrick told Jaina, Rhonin, and Krasus that their use of arcane magic had weakened Azeroth's defenses and helped demons enter the world.
• Krasus condemned the plan to summon Kil'jaeden, and Patrick accused the red dragons of favoring Dalaran and secretly seeking control of Azeroth.
• Patrick suggested that the red dragons intended to help Kael'thas seize Quel'Thalas and eventually unite Azeroth under their rule.
• Tyrande stopped the argument, and Patrick offered the leaders the Unicorn Fleet's flagship to take them back to King's Harbor.
• Patrick arranged for the naga and elves to escort and monitor the leaders during a six-hour voyage, keeping them away until the Battle of the Sunwell was nearly over.