Recaps

Patrick helped defeat the Lich King, then led the Arcane Pact’s campaign to stop Yogg-Saron and prevent Ulduar from re-originating Azeroth. He expanded the Pact’s influence, laid plans for a renewed Council of Tirisfal, and returned to Ulduar as Stormwind and the Horde weighed the changing balance of power.

• Patrick and his allies defeated the Lich King, with Tirion Fordring shattering Frostmourne and Arthas dying after briefly regaining himself.
• After Ner'zhul's soul dissipated, Lana'thel and the San'layn learned they could return to Quel'Thalas, while Patrick named Sylvanas Windrunner queen of the Avengers and the Scourge.
• Patrick led a small group to Ulduar, where Illidan killed Loken and the party fought Yogg-Saron and the monstrous fusion of Loken and General Vezax.
• Patrick persuaded Algalon to abandon re-origination, and Elune authorized him to command Ulduar’s Titan-forged and sever the connection to Yogg-Saron’s prison.
• Patrick invited Maiev and the Watchers into the Arcane Pact, made plans to turn Ulduar into a floating city, and proposed that Medivh help rebuild the Council of Tirisfal.
• Patrick addressed tensions between Quel'Thalas's Royalists and Council, ordered new research and school curricula, and planned a second floating city to seize Dalaran.
• Medivh returned to Stormwind, where its leaders welcomed him, while Thrall and Vol'jin discussed the Horde’s concerns about his return and the Alliance’s growing strength.
• Patrick returned to Ulduar, where the Iron Dwarves had recovered and the Guardians awaited his instructions.

Patrick helped defeat Xavius, founded a new Council of Tirisfal, and strengthened Quel'Thalas through political and public-service reforms. As signs of an Old God threat spread, he prepared for war and announced that Ulduar would become a floating city for the High Elves.

• Patrick studied the Old Gods and the nature of godhood with Elune, then began developing resurrection magic and Energy Ascension.
• Patrick joined Malfurion in the Emerald Dream and helped defeat Xavius, while Malfurion healed victims and sealed the Ohn Rift.
• Patrick invited Malfurion to the new Council of Tirisfal, then hosted a gathering where Azeroth’s leaders agreed to establish the council at Karazhan.
• Patrick asked Magni to have Brann search for Uldum and the World Reorigination Device, while he and Kael'thas planned to expand Quel'Thalas's influence and prepare for war.
• The Twilight's Hammer captured Med'an and began building the Bastion of Twilight as disasters and alarming visions struck the Northeron Highlands and surrounding regions.
• Patrick warned the assembled leaders that the Old Gods could bring a continent-wide war, tasked them with preparing and gathering intelligence, and urged Sylvanas to avoid open aggression against Gilneas.
• Patrick and Kael'thas opened public service to ordinary Elves through probationary appointments, while Patrick continued education reforms and assigned Lirath more work at Windrunner Harbor.
• Patrick brought Kael'thas and other High Elf leaders to Ulduar, activated its facilities, and declared that it would become a floating city for the High Elves.

Patrick’s forces ended the Wolf Cult’s hold over Gilneas, but Genn kept the kingdom outside the Arcane Pact as Patrick turned to plans for rebuilding Stratholme. Meanwhile, Thrall sought answers from Draenor’s Elemental Furies about Azeroth’s suffering and reached Gordawg still unsure of its cause.

• Pasareen and the Sun Seeker Legion’s researchers explored Ulduar as Patrick raised it above the Storm Peaks, installed the Constructs Creator Engine, and began preparing it to fly to Quel'Thalas.
• Norgannon warned Patrick that energy could change those who wielded it, while Thrall faced increasingly hostile elements and reluctantly decided Garrosh was the best candidate to succeed him as Warchief.
• Patrick and Tirion entered Gilneas to confront the worgen, and Patrick killed Lylael, suppressed the curse’s frenzy, and brewed a potion that restored the afflicted worgen’s reason.
• Ivar Bloodfang explained how Arugal’s summoning contract had bound Alpha, while Darius Crowley urged Patrick to support Gilneas joining the Arcane Pact, and Patrick refused to decide the kingdom’s future without Genn.
• After Genn challenged Patrick’s intervention, Patrick rejected further involvement in Gilneas, and the kingdom chose to observe the Arcane Pact rather than join it.
• Thrall traveled with Agna to the Throne of the Elements, where Karadios and Ithranatus spoke of Draenor’s corrupted elements and Ithranatus blessed Thrall with the passion to keep trying.
• Patrick and Tirion agreed that Quel'Thalas would finance Stratholme’s reconstruction in return for commercial and trade benefits, while Lordaeron retained sovereignty and protected the project’s scholars.
• Eblius urged Thrall not to let fear stop him from healing Azeroth, and Gordawg asked him why Azeroth’s elementals were suffering.

As Deathwing’s Cataclysm shook Azeroth, Patrick helped coordinate the response while the Arcane Pact joined the defense of Wyrmrest Temple and seized the Violet Citadel. After destroying Dalaran and punishing its conspirators, Patrick turned to Ulduar, Uldum, and the effort to shelter the surviving dragon eggs.

• Gordawg warned Thrall that a powerful being had fallen into madness, and Thrall returned to Azeroth as earthquakes and tsunamis revealed the Cataclysm’s spread.
• Patrick identified Neltharion as the cause of the disasters, alerted Malygos, and joined Medivh, Thrall, and the Alliance in planning a response to Deathwing.
• Twilight dragons attacked Wyrmrest Temple, and Patrick sent Arcane Pact forces to help Malygos, Alexstrasza, and Ysera repel them and uncover the corruption infecting the dragon eggs.
• Patrick and the dragonflights agreed to move the contaminated eggs to the Caverns of Time, while the Tuskarr and Kul Tiras committed forces to the campaign.
• Patrick and Kael’thas attacked the Violet Citadel after most of its High Elf residents chose to leave Dalaran, and Illidan stripped Jaina of her spellcasting before Tandred took her into custody.
• Patrick destroyed the Violet Citadel, then helped Kael’thas set punishments for the captured conspirators and investigate how the Kirin Tor had obtained knowledge of Arcane Mass Point.
• As the Cenarion Circle reported Thrall’s assault and other threats mounted, Patrick brought forces to Ulduar and ordered the Four Guardians to protect Uldum and attack the Old Gods.
• Illidan and Maiev joined Patrick at Ulduar, which flew to Tanaris, where Patrick told the Bronze Dragons that the surviving dragon eggs would be sheltered in the Caverns of Time.