Recaps

Patrick directed Quel'Thalas's recovery and urged the Council to unite as it faced the undead plague and troll threat. He ended by banning factional conflict and ordering officials to rewrite their military plans.

• Rommath reported that the Magisters' Legion had found the undead plague resembled fel corruption and might be neutralized with orderly energy or removed through energy extraction.
• Patrick ordered troops to restore Tranquillien and told Rommath to accelerate research into cleansing the contaminated land.
• Patrick delivered a speech calling on the elves to learn from their defeat, take responsibility, and work together to revive Quel'Thalas.
• Patrick condemned Council members for factional struggles and demanding supplies for their own units while the kingdom faced the undead and trolls.
• Patrick banned factional strife, threatened to remove anyone involved from their posts, and declared the existing resolutions void.

Patrick suppressed political infighting in Quel'Thalas and reorganized its forces while Kael'thas went south to seek mana. After Silvermoon City recovered, reports revealed that Dar'Khan was leading undead near the Elfgate, threatening Anveena and the Sunwell's remaining power.

• Patrick burned a report and warned the Council against factional strife, insisting that its members work toward Quel'Thalas's development.
• Kael'thas appointed Patrick Regent, then led a powerful army south to seek a mana source among Dalaran's surviving mage organizations.
• Patrick told Alleria he planned to combine different classes into standard combat squads instead of relying on separate support units and costly arcane golems.
• Patrick allowed elves to move into his floating city but required them to give up their Silvermoon property and accept that the city might travel elsewhere.
• Liadrin reported that Farstrider scouts had found undead gathering near the Thalassian Path and the Elfgate, led by former councilor Dar'Khan.
• Patrick connected Dar'Khan's movements to Anveena and the likely construction of Deatholme, then vowed to confront him.

Patrick prepared to lead a campaign into the Ghostlands after Farstriders discovered Dar'Khan near Elfgate. He gathered a force in Sunlight City, laid out cautious scouting and combat plans, and left Halduron Brightwing in charge of defending Eversong Woods.

• Patrick summoned the Silvermoon Council and announced that he would lead an army to the Ghostlands to eliminate Dar'Khan.
• Patrick selected Lanaya, Nochong, Lor'themar Theron, Quensass, and Liadrin to accompany him, while assigning Halduron Brightwing to defend Eversong Woods.
• Patrick's troops assembled in Sunlight City and prepared to travel by floating city to Tranquillien before marching toward Elfgate.
• Lanaya presented a scouting plan, and Patrick ordered Farstrider scouts and stealth rogues to work together and report anything unusual.
• Patrick assigned Liadrin to lead the priests and oversee holy energy materials, then ordered the main forces to crush Dar'Khan's troops and take his head.

Patrick arrived in Tranquillien to begin the campaign to reclaim the Ghostlands and kill Dar'Khan, ordering scouts to investigate two Scourge Necropolises. In Undercity, Sylvanas decided not to return to Quel'Thalas, fearing her family would see what she had become.

• Patrick arrived in Tranquillien, where Lady Olifiloss briefed him on the defenses and evidence linking Dar'Khan to the Undead forces.
• Lady Olifiloss reported that Dar'Khan had established Deatholme west of Elfgate as a base for raising the dead and spreading the plague.
• Patrick ordered Lor'themar and Lanaya to scout the Necropolises guarded by Nacreloet and Luzlan and prepare the army to destroy them.
• Sylvanas refused Marlen's invitation to return to Quel'Thalas, sending him and Sentinel Maltedis in her place.
• Rotande Gili suggested that Sylvanas feared her family would see her in her current state.

Sylvanas avoided returning to a restored Quel'Thalas and sent Forsaken troops to investigate, while Patrick led the Blood Elf army against the twin necropolises in the Ghostlands. After the Elves destroyed the Undead defenders, Yurien the Deceiver revealed himself and taunted them about the fall of Silvermoon City.

• Sylvanas, fearing her family would reject her undead form, resolved not to return to Silvermoon City but sent Forsaken troops to investigate the Ghostlands and aid the Elves if needed.
• Patrick rallied the Blood Elf forces and ordered them to advance on the Blood Necropolis and Ghost Howl Necropolis.
• Patrick blocked the Abominations Nacreloet and Luzlan with Arcane power as Lor'themar Theron directed the Rangers to strike the Undead's front rank.
• The Blood Elf Rangers, mages, and Spellbreakers destroyed the Undead guarding the twin necropolises, leaving Patrick's two captured Abominations as the only visible survivors.
• Patrick called out the hidden enemy, and Yurien the Deceiver emerged and taunted the Elves about the Scourge's invasion of Silvermoon City.

Patrick’s elite Blood Elf force defeated the Undead ambush in the Ghostlands and killed Dar'Khan’s adjutants. The remaining Undead were surrounded and close to annihilation, while Dar'Khan had yet to appear.

• Patrick revealed that he had anticipated Dar'Khan’s trap, then killed Nacreloet and Luzlan with his Super Arcane Magic-Diffusing Riftwave.
• Masophit the Black, Baulgus the Bloodletter, Mirduran the Fallen, and Yurien the Deceiver emerged as Undead reinforcements arrived from the Dead Scar.
• Patrick ordered Nochong and the others to kill the enemy leaders, while Nochong attacked Masophit, Lor'themar fought Mirduran, Quensass faced Yurien, and Lanaya engaged Baulgus.
• The Spellbreakers seized control of summoned Undead, turning skeletons and Zombies against their own forces as the Elf army overwhelmed the Scourge.
• Nochong killed Masophit, the other Undead leaders fell, and the leaderless Undead were surrounded and nearing defeat.

Patrick’s army destroyed Dar'Khan’s forces at the Twin Necropolises and continued south toward Deatholme, where Kalec and his companions joined them to rescue Anveena. As they passed Andilien Estate, Kalec and Tarecgosa sensed an undead presence.

• Lanaya gave Patrick the Stone of Radiance and the Stone of Flame, and Patrick ordered the Twin Necropolises destroyed.
• Patrick’s army traveled south and encountered Kalec, Tarecgosa, and Jorad Mace near Andilien Estate.
• Kalec told Patrick that Dar'Khan had captured Anveena, and Patrick agreed to let the trio guide his army to Deatholme while questioning their account.
• Kalec and his companions guided the army past Andilien Estate, where Kalec and Tarecgosa detected undead nearby.

Patrick accepted Marlen and the Forsaken as cautious allies after confirming Sylvanas’s seal, then led the Elves to Deatholme, where they confronted Dar'Khan and his forces. Dar'Khan prepared to fight, believing Patrick had reached the Ninth Circle.

• Marlen revealed that Sylvanas had sent the Forsaken to reinforce Quel'Thalas and scout the Scourge, and Patrick acknowledged Sylvanas’s service to the kingdom.
• Marlen presented Sylvanas’s sealed document, which Patrick and Lor'themar verified, and Patrick allowed the Forsaken to march beside the Elf army.
• Patrick’s forces destroyed Dar'Khan’s Necropolis and defeated his lackeys, then continued toward Deatholme.
• Patrick’s army met Dar'Khan’s forces outside Deatholme, where Dar'Khan rejected the kingdom and declared that he would purify the Elves.
• Dar'Khan said he believed Patrick’s strength had reached the Ninth Circle and prepared to face him.

Patrick confronted Dar'Khan, whose undead ambush surrounded the expedition, but Patrick had prepared a hidden counterattack. As Lanaya Sunstrider and her assassins struck, Patrick restrained Dar'Khan and left him helpless.

• Patrick realized the Lich King had given Dar'Khan no intelligence about Patrick's abilities and taunted Dar'Khan about betraying Quel'Thalas and Arthas.
• Dar'Khan lost control and summoned hidden undead to surround Patrick's expedition, while Patrick sent Kalec and his companions to find their friends.
• Patrick ordered his forces to attack, and the Forsaken and Maltedis fought the Scourge troops and identified their undead mages.
• Dar'Khan revealed more undead hidden beneath the lake, but Patrick dismissed the ambush and revealed that Lanaya Sunstrider and the Observer Sanctum's assassins had been waiting in hiding.
• Lanaya and her assassins attacked the undead, while Patrick bound Dar'Khan with invisible shackles and stopped his spells.

Patrick killed Dar'Khan and destroyed Deatholme with a vast arcane fire attack to stop the plague from reaching the Blood Elves. After the battle, Deatholme was left buried in lava, and the group had to withdraw from the spreading plague.

• Dar'Khan detonated Deatholme's Plague Spires and Towers, releasing the plague, while Kalecgos arrived wounded with Taelia, Jorad, and Anveena.
• Patrick killed Dar'Khan with a Spatial Riftwave, took his head, and burned the rest of his body.
• Patrick ordered Liadrin to pull back the Blood Elf troops as the plague drifted toward them.
• Patrick used Arcane Mass Point and fire-element Arcane Mimicry to draw the undead and plague into a growing sphere of heat.
• Patrick dropped the lava sphere onto Deatholme, destroying much of the Scourge city and purifying the plague.

After defeating Dar'Khan and ending the Ghostlands War, Patrick refused Sylvanas's proposal for Quel'Thalas to join the Horde but offered to cooperate with the Forsaken. He remained in Tranquillien to discuss an alliance as his plans for rebuilding Andilien took shape.

• Patrick defeated the traitors at Deatholme, kept Dar'Khan's head, and declared the Ghostlands War over.
• Kalecgos explained that Anveena embodied the Sunwell's energy, and Patrick agreed to protect her secret on the condition that she return to Silvermoon City.
• Marlen delivered Sylvanas's invitation for Quel'Thalas to join the Horde, but Patrick rejected membership while remaining open to cooperation.
• On the march to Tranquillien, Patrick told Lanaya that Andilien Estate would be rebuilt as Andilien Town, with a memorial honoring everyone who died fighting the undead.
• The elves of Tranquillien celebrated the army's victorious return, and Patrick sent Nochong to Silvermoon City with Dar'Khan's head, Anveena, and Kalecgos.
• Patrick offered the Forsaken supplies and other cooperation without joining the Horde, but Marlen worried that a private alliance would conflict with Sylvanas's intentions and the Forsaken's place in the Horde.

Patrick secured the Forsaken’s cooperation against the Scourge while arranging to seek Sylvanas’s approval, then returned to Silvermoon City to a jubilant welcome. He convened Quel'Thalas’s leaders to debate joining the Horde, but the council remained divided, especially between rangers and mages.

• Patrick told Marlen that the Forsaken could describe their cooperation as compensation from the Blood Elves and said he would explain the arrangement to Sylvanas; he also proposed resuming trade and reactivating the teleportation circle between Silvermoon City and Lordaeron City.
• After settling matters with the Forsaken, Patrick led his guards back to Silvermoon City, where Alleria and cheering elves welcomed him home.
• Patrick summoned Quel'Thalas’s councilors and standing committee members to debate whether the kingdom should join the Horde.
• High Mage Iniven supported joining the Horde as a way to gain allies, while Halduron Brightwing opposed it because of the kingdom’s history with orcs and trolls.
• The councilors argued without reaching agreement, and Patrick remained frustrated by the ongoing divide between rangers and mages.

Patrick decided Quel'Thalas would remain neutral while secretly supporting the Forsaken and their orc allies with weapons, equipment, and enchantments. The Council then received a message from Kael'thas, who reported his forces’ progress in Outland and announced a gift for Quel'Thalas.

• Patrick rejected joining the Horde and told the Council to pursue the Forsaken as reliable allies while maintaining neutrality.
• Quensass asked how Quel'Thalas would cooperate, and Patrick proposed supplying weapons and equipment to the Forsaken and orcs.
• Marlen reported that Sylvanas had agreed to repair the Orb of Translocation between Silvermoon City and Undercity.
• Archmage Rommath summoned Patrick and the Council to hear news from Kael'thas in Outland.
• Kael'thas reported that his forces had captured the Black Temple and attacked Tempest Keep, and he offered Quel'Thalas the creature M'uru as a gift.

Kael'thas recounted the destruction of Quel'Thalas and his mistreatment by Garithos, deepening the Elves' distrust of humans. Patrick ordered research into the Naaru and prepared to travel to Undercity to meet the Queen of the Forsaken, but his brother questioned whether he could leave amid the kingdom's many affairs.

• Kael'thas described how the Sunwell was contaminated and how Garithos's persecution drove him and his followers to Outland.
• Kael'thas vanished when spatial turbulence disrupted the connection spell, and Astalor explained that the Twisting Nether made such disruptions unpredictable.
• Patrick assigned Liadrin and Astalor Bloodsworn to research the Naaru's violent Holy Light.
• Patrick announced plans to visit Undercity to discuss cooperation with the Queen of the Forsaken and outlined Quel'Thalas's three main tasks.
• Patrick returned to the Floating City and asked Patterson to manage its affairs while he was away.
• Patterson asked Patrick why he had to leave in person and warned that the Floating City could not do without him.

Patrick arranged alliances and preparations for Quel'Thalas while addressing the growing frenzy among wild lynxes. When Tarecgosa and Jorad Mace came to say farewell, Patrick confronted her about investigating the Sunwell, leaving her startled and asking him to explain his theory.

• Patrick told Patterson he planned to seek allies, including the Forsaken led by Sylvanas, and urged him to resume trade with Lordaeron's human resistance.
• Patrick asked Regba whether he could command the frenzied wild lynxes, then arranged for Quel'Thalas's Rangers to tame them and train Farstriders in beast control.
• Patrick noticed Tarecgosa and Jorad Mace living in the Floating City while Tarecgosa secretly recorded changes in Quel'Thalas and studied Sunlight City's energy.
• Tarecgosa and Jorad came to bid Patrick farewell, and Patrick asked whether she had finished investigating the Sunwell.
• Tarecgosa was startled that Patrick suspected her task from Malygos, then asked him to explain his theory.

Patrick proposed an alliance between the blood elves and the Blue Dragonflight, and Tarecgosa agreed to take his plan to Malygos. After the Forsaken approved the restoration of the teleportation circle, Patrick arrived in Lordaeron City to meet Sylvanas.

• Tarecgosa confirmed that she and Kalecgos had investigated the Sunwell and recounted how they had tried to rescue Anveena from Dar'Khan.
• Patrick urged Tarecgosa to have the Blue Dragonflight support the blood elves in exchange for their help rebuilding the dragons' influence and numbers.
• Tarecgosa accepted Patrick's letter and promised to convey his proposal to her father, Malygos.
• The Forsaken approved the teleportation circle's restoration, and Patrick's retinue traveled from Silvermoon City to Lordaeron City.
• Rotande Gili welcomed Patrick as a Plague Mage and led him past abominations to Sylvanas's hall, where Patrick dismissed his subordinates.

Patrick and Sylvanas agreed that Silvermoon City and the Forsaken would secretly ally to fight their common enemies, while Patrick refused to have Quel'Thalas openly join the Horde. As Patrick left Undercity, he subdued Varimathras and spared him at Sylvanas's request.

• Patrick urged Sylvanas to visit her family and proposed an alliance between the elves and Forsaken to clear out the Scourge and expand their territories.
• Patrick offered supplies for the Horde and access to Silvermoon City's weapons production, and Sylvanas agreed to handle the matter with Thrall.
• Patrick explained that Quel'Thalas would cooperate secretly but would not openly join the Horde because of the destruction orcs and red dragons had caused during the Second War.
• Varimathras challenged Patrick as he left, and Patrick restrained him with his Spiritual Power.
• Sylvanas told Patrick not to kill Varimathras because he was useful, so Patrick released him and continued on his way.

Patrick strengthened cooperation with Sylvanas and welcomed Luminass as the Forsaken’s ambassador to Silvermoon City. After returning to Silvermoon City, he learned that Astalor Bloodsworn’s experiments had produced a new, forceful form of Holy Light energy, raising questions about how quickly the research had succeeded.

• Patrick discussed military supplies and stable teleportation circles with Sylvanas in Undercity while Varimathras watched resentfully.
• Luminass told Patrick that she had died protecting Kael'thas from a Destroyer and that Sylvanas had raised her as a Forsaken envoy.
• Patrick welcomed Luminass back to Silvermoon City and affirmed that Quel'Thalas still recognized her sacrifice.
• Patrick and his entourage returned to Silvermoon City through the teleportation circle after hearing that the Holy Light experiments had made progress.
• Astalor Bloodsworn reported that arcane corruption of the Holy Light had yielded an ordered energy that repelled disorder, and Patrick wondered how the experiment had produced results so quickly.

Patrick learned that Liadrin had mastered an arcane-corrupted Holy Light that raised her to the peak of the ninth tier but harmed her body. He revealed Quel'Thalas’s arcane rune sets to the Council and urged Astalor and Liadrin to use them to eliminate the Holy Light’s harmful effects, leaving the elves united in their resolve to rebuild their kingdom.

• Astalor reported that Liadrin had mastered the Holy Light, and she demonstrated its powerful, arcane-like energy to Patrick.
• Liadrin told Patrick that using the Holy Light caused unbearable pain and damaged her body, though it had raised her strength to the peak of the ninth tier.
• Astalor explained that the naaru’s Holy Light resembled elemental energy rather than the faith-based power used by human paladins, prompting Patrick to recall that Holy Light and arcane energy belonged to the same broader category.
• Patrick revealed the ancient Arcane Ascension and Arcane Reduction rune sets to the Council, reassuring Rommath that the gathered elves had earned his trust.
• Patrick directed Astalor and Liadrin to investigate whether the rune sets could help them wield the corrupted Holy Light without damaging their lives, and Astalor accepted the task.
• Patrick rallied the Council by recalling Quel'Thalas’s founding and calling on the elves to create a future for their people, and they answered, “For Quel'Thalas!”

Patrick organized further military training for Quel'Thalas and met with the blue dragon envoys Saragosa and Kyrissa to discuss an alliance. The dragons agreed that the two races had much in common, though the details of cooperation still needed negotiation.

• Astalor and Liadrin returned to their laboratories, inspired by Patrick's speech and his creation of a floating city.
• Patrick learned that Salorian Dawnseeker had been guarding Anveena and appointed him to lead seven thousand warrior apprentices alongside Selin Fireheart in clearing undead from the kingdom.
• Patrick met with Saragosa and Kyrissa and proposed that the blood elves and Blue Dragonflight support each other while the dragons recovered their strength.
• Patrick offered Quel'Thalas as the Blue Dragonflight's representative and sought their help with arcane knowledge and ways to gather energy.
• Saragosa and Kyrissa agreed that the two races needed a reliable alliance, while leaving its specific terms for further discussion.

Patrick and Alleria discussed developing the Ranger Forces by training lynxes and teaching Rangers close-combat skills. They considered appointing Higgins as an instructor, and Patrick joked that Regba could make him agree.

• Patrick returned to the Floating City as construction and defenses advanced and the Blue Dragonflight prepared to ally with Quel'Thalas.
• Alleria reported that Regba had made the Rangers' lynxes docile, but improving the Rangers' beast-control skills would take time.
• Patrick learned that Higgins spent his free time walking the lynxes and suggested transferring him to train the Rangers.
• Alleria objected that Higgins was a warrior, so Patrick explained that he wanted him to teach lynx handling, mounted coordination, and close-combat defense.
• Alleria worried Higgins would refuse to leave his guard captain position, and Patrick joked that Regba could order the lynxes to stay away from him.

Patrick prepared to travel to Orgrimmar with Sylvanas and meet Thrall, while Liadrin’s newly established Dawn's Edge Burning Legion prepared to accompany him. Astalor perfected a less harmful method of Holy Light Infusion, and the chapter ended with the expedition’s supplies and forces ready to depart.

• The Lynx Spirit grew into a huge orange cat as more lynxes were tamed and more elves worshipped Regba, while Higgins became the Ranger Forces’ Beast Mastery instructor.
• Astalor and the Bloodsworn mages successfully developed a new Holy Light Infusion method based on Patrick’s advice, reducing the damage the energy caused to the body.
• Liadrin tested the revised Holy Light, found it caused less discomfort, and decided to undergo the new infusion before the expedition.
• Marlen’s Forsaken troops cooperated with the Blood Elf forces at Andilien Estate and Town, while the Forsaken prepared to expand their influence and monitor human paladins.
• Patrick prepared to travel with Sylvanas to Orgrimmar to meet Thrall, accompanied by Liadrin’s Dawn's Edge Burning Legion, warlocks, and supplies intended partly to support the orcs.

Patrick led Liadrin and the Dawn's Edge Burning Legion from Quel'Thalas to Orgrimmar by zeppelin, where Thrall welcomed the delegation. The group entered the city as Patrick and Thrall exchanged courteous but guarded greetings.

• Patrick brought the Dawn's Edge Burning Legion and Warlocks to test their combat ability, while the remaining Bloodsworn Guards stayed in Silvermoon City to work on cleansing the Dead Scar.
• Patrick and Liadrin departed through a portal with Alleria and the delegation, and Nathanos Blightcaller welcomed them.
• Sylvanas urged everyone to save their reminiscing for the zeppelin, and Patrick silenced Kraulik's sales pitch with a gold coin before ordering him to hurry.
• Patrick accumulated Arcane energy during the flight, and Kraulik brought the party to Durotar outside Orgrimmar.
• Thrall welcomed Patrick and the Quel'Thalas delegation alongside Snowhoof and Vol'jin, then invited them into the city.

Thrall and the Horde chieftains discussed Silvermoon City's strength and how to turn its gift of weapons into a political connection with the Horde. At the founding banquet, Patrick began arranging a trade deal with Gazlowe to ship Silvermoon City's goods through Ratchet and the Undercity.

• Saurfang and Cairne praised Silvermoon City's weapons, and Thrall explained why the Horde should cultivate ties with the elves.
• Vol'jin proposed equipping the Kor'kron and the orc garrison in Stonard with the weapons so the Alliance would notice Silvermoon City's support.
• Thrall announced the founding of the New Horde at the banquet while Patrick watched from the sidelines.
• Gazlowe approached Patrick and described Ratchet's trade routes and its business with the Horde.
• Patrick suggested trading Silvermoon City's goods through the Undercity, and Gazlowe eagerly agreed.

Patrick negotiated a trade agreement with Gazlowe, offering Ratchet profits from handling Silvermoon City’s goods while keeping the terms favorable to Quel'Thalas. He explained why the goblins were useful trading partners and reassured Liadrin that Silvermoon City could profit from selling lower-tier weapons without exposing its best equipment.

• Gazlowe urged Patrick to sign a trade agreement, but Patrick insisted on discussing terms before agreeing.
• Patrick demanded market-rate purchases and offered Gazlowe a share of profits from selling weapons and potions made in Quel'Thalas; Gazlowe accepted after Patrick threatened to trade with Gadgetzan or Booty Bay instead.
• Patrick left implementation to Silvermoon Council trade officials and explained to Huili Sandeguer that goblin trade would replenish Silvermoon City’s supplies.
• Liadrin warned that goblins might sell weapons to Silvermoon City’s enemies, and Patrick said Quel'Thalas would sell only third- and fourth-rate equipment while retaining its best arms.