Chapter Summaries

Patrick and the other leaders divided responsibility for clearing the Scourge from Northrend, while agreeing to defend the Wrathgate and keep the Scourge contained in Icecrown Glacier. Patrick then prepared to lead a small force to Zul'Drak and gave Rommath access to his book on runeology to aid research into combat arcane golems.

• Patrick confirmed that he planned to clear the Scourge from Zul'Drak while pursuing other business there.
• Darion, Rotande Gili, King Agmar, Bolvar, and Rhonin agreed to take responsibility for Scourge threats in Dragonblight, Borean Tundra, Howling Fjord, and Crystalsong Forest, respectively.
• Tirion Fordring's forces took responsibility for guarding the Wrathgate, while Patrick, King Agmar, and Bolvar pledged support to keep the Scourge from regaining control of it.
• Patrick offered Tirion's army a place near the Obsidian Sanctum, and Tirion accepted the arrangement.
• Patrick told Kael'thas that he would lead a small contingent to Zul'Drak, and Kael'thas promised to clear Dragonblight and the Wrathgate of the Scourge.
• Patrick agreed to let Yanida give Rommath his book Combination Runeology for his research into combat arcane golems.

Patrick considered the Tuskarr's request to join the Arcane Pact and saw their local knowledge as useful for mapping Northrend's southern coast. After agreeing to negotiate with their chieftain, he learned that the Tuskarr had recently summoned Oacha'noa, a sea creature they called a water goddess.

• Patrick traveled to Dal Island after Kael'thas confirmed his support for uniting Quel'Thalas's leadership.
• The island administrator told Patrick that the Tuskarr wanted to cooperate with or join the Arcane Pact.
• Kyrissa questioned the value of the Tuskarr, while Onyxia argued that their knowledge, turtle cavalry, and ships could help the Pact.
• Patrick ordered the soldiers to summon Kunani so they could discuss the terms, noting that the island had originally belonged to the Tuskarr.
• Karathress told Patrick's group that the Tuskarr had recently summoned Oacha'noa, who may have encouraged them to seek the Pact's protection.

Patrick arranged candidate membership and limited trade rights for the Tuskarr, then returned to Maranor Harbor after a successful first battle against the Scourge. He left with Alleria and the Lynx Spirit for Zul'Drak to help Animal Gods whose power the Trolls were stealing.

• Patrick and the Arcane Pact leaders decided to offer the Tuskarr candidate membership, trading rights, and subsidies in exchange for work.
• Onyxia negotiated with Elder Kunani, who applied for the Tuskarr to join the Arcane Pact; she explained they could become full members if they met the standards.
• Patrick returned to Maranor Harbor and told Alleria that the first battle against the Scourge had succeeded, but that mass casualties could strengthen the enemy.
• The Lynx Spirit told Patrick and Alleria that Trolls were stealing power from several Animal Gods in Zul'Drak and asked for their help.
• Alleria agreed to send part of her forces to Zul'Drak and ordered the troops to prepare.

Patrick led his forces into Grizzly Hills, where Alleria and Varedis sensed a strange, chaotic presence. Meanwhile, Uruk-Rum prepared to flee with the last clearheaded Grizzlemaw furbolgs and seek help against the corruption consuming their kin.

• Patrick marched his army from Howling Fjord into Grizzly Hills, burning vrykul who tried to interfere and releasing his arcane restraints to deter local beasts and elementals.
• Alleria and Varedis sensed a chaotic aura in Grizzly Hills, and Patrick suspected that a life-form more chaotic than demons was responsible.
• A Grizzlemaw furbolg reported Patrick's approaching party to Uruk-Rum, who was leading the remaining uncorrupted members of his clan away from the hills to find reinforcements.
• Uruk-Rum worried that the revived Ursoc had gone mad after Vordrassil was planted, while Lord Kodian and Lord Osthorn remained trapped and the Frostpaw and Redfang Clans had been corrupted.

Uruk-Rum led Furbolg refugees fleeing the Old Gods’ corruption toward the Forgotten Cliffs, where they encountered Patrick’s High Elf force. After learning that Yogg-Saron had corrupted Ursoc and that Tur Ragingpaw had been captured, Uruk-Rum considered asking Patrick’s powerful group for help.

• Uruk-Rum decided to lead his Furbolgs toward the Forgotten Cliffs to escape the corrupted clans pursuing them.
• Patrick continued his army’s planned route after scouts reported that the approaching Furbolgs looked like refugees rather than attackers.
• At the Forgotten Cliffs, Uruk-Rum asked Patrick’s force to let his people pass, and Patrick questioned him about what had happened.
• Uruk-Rum revealed that Ursoc had been affected by the Old Gods and that Tur Ragingpaw had been captured by the maddened Furbolgs.
• Patrick identified Yogg-Saron as the source of the corruption and allowed Uruk-Rum’s group to continue toward safety.
• Uruk-Rum looked over Patrick’s powerful companions and considered seeking their help.

Patrick and Uruk-Rum joined forces to rescue corrupted Furbolgs and traveled to Ursoc, whose Old God corruption had driven him mad. Ursoc attacked Patrick, who blocked the Bear God's blow with a radiant shield.

• Uruk-Rum offered to guide Patrick's party through Grizzly Hills and explained that Vordrassil's Purify Dust could cleanse corrupted Furbolgs.
• Patrick bound the charging corrupted Furbolgs with blue vines and asked Uruk-Rum to demonstrate the dust's power.
• Uruk-Rum purified the Furbolgs, then distributed the dust to the shamans so they could save more of their people.
• At the Heartblood Shrine, Uruk-Rum worried that Lady Kodian had left and might have been taken by Ursoc.
• Patrick and his companions found the corrupted Ursoc southeast of Grizzlemaw, and the Bear God attacked Patrick.
• Patrick raised a huge transparent disc that blocked Ursoc's full-force blow.

Patrick fought the corrupted Ursoc and used Vordrassil’s Purify Dust to restore the Bear God to his gentle, uncorrupted form. Uruk-Rum promised to fulfill his agreement with Patrick, who then asked why the Night Elves had not used Nordrassil to resurrect the demigods after the War of the Ancients.

• Patrick used his energy disc and arcane spells to hold off Ursoc, then trapped him with Bigby's Crushing Hand.
• Uruk-Rum scattered Purify Dust from Vordrassil over Ursoc, driving the corruption from his body and healing his wounds.
• Ursoc returned to his normal form and thanked Patrick for freeing him.
• Patrick praised the Bear God brothers for sacrificing themselves to protect Azeroth, and Uruk-Rum promised to honor his agreement.
• Patrick asked Uruk-Rum why Tyrande, Malfurion, and Cenarius had not used the World Tree and its blessings to resurrect the fallen demigods.

Patrick helped the Furbolgs at Grizzlemaw recover from Old God corruption, then led his army into Zul'Drak to free Har'koa. Har'koa explained that the Drakkari priests had betrayed the Animal Gods and were stealing their power, while the Lynx Spirit sensed that the others were in danger.

• The Furbolgs regained their clarity, and Patrick warned Ulukrum that they would need a new World Tree to resurrect Ursol.
• Ulukrum entrusted Grizzlemaw to Ursoc's offspring and High Priest Tual'Ragepaw, then guided Patrick's army toward The Avalanche.
• Patrick's army entered Zul'Drak through the east gate and reached Har'koa's temple, where they wiped out the Trolls guarding the perimeter.
• The Lynx Spirit confronted Har'koa's captors, and Patrick used a Spatial Riftwave to sever the chains binding her.
• Har'koa told Patrick and the Lynx Spirit that the priests had betrayed the six Animal Gods and were stealing their power.
• The Lynx Spirit sensed that the other Animal Gods' presences were becoming unstable and looked north for them.

Patrick and his allies rescued five animal gods from the Drakkari Trolls and set out for Gundrak to save Akali. The gods feared High Warlord Zol'Maz, but the Lynx Spirit urged them onward as Patrick led the way.

• Har'koa explained that the Drakkari Trolls had captured Akali and that she had been unable to resist their betrayal.
• Patrick and his companions used Har'koa's information to rescue Sseratus, Quetz'lun, Rhunok, Mamtoth, and Har'koa from their temples.
• Patrick told the animal gods he was rescuing them to honor his promise to the Lynx Spirit, leaving it to them whether they joined him afterward.
• The Lynx Spirit calmed the animal gods and led the group toward Gundrak to rescue Akali.
• Har'koa warned that Zol'Maz could gain Immortal-level combat strength by absorbing their power, but Rhunok and Mamtoth agreed to see how strong Patrick was.

Patrick defeated Zol'Maz and led his army into Gundrak, where Alleria killed the priest draining Akali, the Rhino God. After Patrick freed Akali, the Animal Gods rested with the army while he recovered, and Regba asked what they planned to do next.

• Zol'Maz charged Patrick but was stopped by a spatial barrier, then Patrick killed him with a Spatial Riftwave.
• Trolls who attacked Patrick were bound by pale blue vines and turned to ash, causing the others to flee as Patrick's army entered Gundrak.
• Alleria shot the leading Troll priest, who was absorbing the Animal Gods' power, and the Rangers and Animal Gods drove off the remaining Trolls.
• Patrick freed Akali from his chains, and the Lynx Spirit explained how the Trolls had betrayed him to the Animal Gods.
• Patrick's army rested near Gundrak while Akali recovered, and Regba asked the six Animal Gods about their plans for the future.

Patrick considered the Drakkari Trolls’ strength and history while the Animal Gods deliberated whether to join Quel’Thalas. The gods leaned toward starting a new life there, and Patrick explained the conditions they would have to meet.

• Patrick surveyed Gundrak and reflected on how the Drakkari Trolls’ divisions had left Zul’Drak ruined and weakened their people.
• Patrick told Regba that he had rescued the Animal Gods because of their friendship and would not prevent Regba from leaving when their agreement ended.
• Har’koa said the six Animal Gods were willing to try starting a new life, while Mamtoth asked what treatment they would receive in Quel’Thalas.
• Patrick pointed to Regba’s experience as an example and explained that the gods would be partners, though they would need to earn the Elves’ trust.
• Patrick said the Animal Gods had to cleanse themselves of voodoo and hex magic, though other forms of energy were permitted.

Patrick offered the animal gods a chance to join the Azeroth Arcane Covenant, and Akali agreed to fight for Quel'Thalas if Patrick helped him destroy Galdarah and the blasphemers. Patrick began destroying Gundrak with Arcane Mass Point, turning the frost troll capital into a floating tomb.

• Sseratus explained that the animal gods needed worship to preserve their power, and Patrick offered them potential followers among his allies and vassals.
• Akali asked what would happen if he refused to join, then said he would serve Quel'Thalas if Patrick helped him punish Galdarah and destroy the profaning spells.
• The animal gods warned Patrick that attacking Gundrak would bring heavy losses, but Patrick said he would destroy it without promising Galdarah's fate.
• Patrick formed Arcane Mass Point and used it to tear Gundrak from the ground, pulling its structures, trolls, earth, and water into a great sphere in the sky.

Patrick destroyed Gundrak, freed the Animal Gods from their hexes and voodoo, and gained their allegiance. As the gods recovered, an unknown voice reached Patrick despite Elune’s protection, prompting him to question what could bypass it.

• Patrick dropped a massive ball of earth into the pit, and Sseratus and Mamtoth realized their priests Slad'ran and Moorabi were dead.
• Patrick used Diffusing Riftwaves to destroy Gundrak’s altars and declared their task complete.
• Akali agreed to join Patrick, who gave him an arcane mark that purged his voodoo and hexes.
• Sseratus, Quetz'lun, Rhunok, Mamtoth, and Har'koa accepted Patrick’s arcane marks and began cleansing themselves.
• An unknown voice spoke to Patrick, and Elune explained that only a being surpassing a true god could bypass her protection; Patrick questioned whether Aman'Thul’s facilities could truly suppress the Old Gods.

Patrick regained confidence in Aman'Thul's prison and entered an ice-crystal gate to meet the mysterious being who had contacted him. After Patrick and his allies departed, Frost King Malakk focused on finding surviving Drakkari and swore vengeance on the traitor Drakuru.

• Elune compared Aman'Thul's prison to human-made weapons and cages, restoring Patrick's confidence in the Titan-forged system.
• A mysterious voice summoned Patrick through an ice-crystal gate, and Patrick sent Alleria and the six Animal Gods to wait at Maranor Harbor before entering alone.
• Frost King Malakk and his trolls emerged from a secret escape passage and admitted they were powerless after losing the Animal Gods' protection.
• Malakk ordered his followers to search for surviving Drakkari and vowed that Drakuru would pay for betraying their people.
• The account recalled how Drakuru joined the Scourge, Galdarah seized Akali's power and control of Gundrak, and Patrick killed Galdarah with two Super Arcane Magic spells.

Patrick arrived at Thunderfall and encountered Karde, an immensely powerful being who claimed to have witnessed the universe’s birth and end. Patrick asked Karde to explain the universe, and Karde denied that parallel universes existed.

• Patrick stepped through the Ice Crystal Gate and found himself in the snowy region of Thunderfall.
• Karde appeared before Patrick, and Elune warned that she could not detect or assess him.
• Karde identified himself as the Ancient Ice Spirit, a projection of his true form, and described himself as a being from beyond the universe.
• Patrick asked Karde to explain the universe or its parallel universes.
• Karde said parallel universes did not exist and described how time-controlling Dragonflights could show someone a world resembling their own.

Karde explained that parallel universes were branches of a single river of time and revealed that his power was space, not frost. He discovered Patrick’s soul was only about twenty-three percent complete, and Elune explained that spatial turbulence had torn it apart while she carried him between Earth and Azeroth, leaving his memories intact for reasons she could not explain.

• Karde told Patrick that alternate histories eventually returned to the universe’s main timeline and that different universes had different rules and powers.
• Karde revealed that he was born in the gaps between universes, and Elune explained that his frost-like ability was actually an expression of spatial power.
• Karde noticed Patrick’s soul was incomplete and estimated it was less than a quarter of its original whole.
• Elune admitted that spatial turbulence had torn Patrick’s soul into fragments while she traveled between Earth and Azeroth, and that she had restored its functions without replacing the missing pieces.
• Patrick confronted Elune for keeping the truth from him, and Karde questioned how she had preserved Patrick’s memories despite the soul’s fragmentation.
• Elune said she did not know why Patrick’s memories had remained intact after she restored his soul’s functions.

After learning that his soul had shattered into fragments, Patrick was left to recover them himself, while Anub'serhan returned to find Azjol-Nerub destroyed by the Scourge. In Quel'Thalas, Patterson-Cabrolon and his allies investigated a growing number of elves and other beings falling into unexplained deep sleeps.

• Patrick angrily confronted Elune over his lost memories and learned that his soul had broken into fragments he would need to recover.
• Karde gave Patrick his Frost Shard, then departed after discussing time, space, and the Bronze Dragons' role in guarding timelines.
• Anub'serhan returned to Azjol-Nerub and discovered that the Scourge had overrun the kingdom, killed many nerubians, and turned Anub'arak and most of the soldiers into the Lich King's minions.
• Patterson-Cabrolon learned that sixteen elves had fallen into deep sleeps and ordered the Magisters' Legion, the Dawn's Edge Burning Legion, and the Dark Curse Burning Legion to investigate.
• Malande and Sailervor reported similar cases across other lands and among naga, so the council agreed to alert the Alliance and Horde and check whether they had been affected.

Varian investigated the growing number of people across Azeroth who had fallen asleep and could not be awakened, while the Cenarion Circle suspected the missing Druids had vanished from the Emerald Dream. Broll Bearmantle and Hamuul Runetotem hurried to a meeting called by Fandral Staghelm, and Broll hoped Fandral had found a way to save Malfurion.

• Varian learned that Stormwind's sleeping residents showed no signs of plague, poison, or magic, and placed Earl Remington Ridgewell in charge of the investigation.
• The Alliance and the Horde received word that the same unexplained sleep was affecting the Arcane Pact and residents throughout Azeroth.
• The Cenarion Circle recognized that Druids unable to wake seemed to have disappeared from the Emerald Dream and began searching for the cause.
• Hamuul Runetotem met Broll Bearmantle and told him that Fandral Staghelm had called a meeting near the Great Gate.
• Broll hurried with Hamuul to the meeting, believing Fandral might have found a way to save Malfurion.

Patrick returned to Sunlight City with Alleria and the animal gods, then discussed the Scourge war and the threat posed by Yogg-Saron with his allies. He left the group planning to wait for the right moment to confront the Kirin Tor and to let others make the first attacks against Yogg-Saron.

• Patrick returned to Sunlight City with Alleria and the animal gods, carrying Karde's Frost Shard and considering how to recover his other Soul Shards.
• Kael'thas told Patrick that the Iron Dwarves had attacked near Dragonblight, Tirion Fordring had established a base in Echoing Valley, and the Alliance and Horde were pressing for Patrick's return.
• Patrick said they should wait for trouble within the Kirin Tor before acting against Dalaran, and Kael'thas agreed to watch for the effects of Patrick's preparations.
• Patrick warned Alleria, Kael'thas, and Illidan that Yogg-Saron had corrupted Ursoc and the Titan Keepers, and might have seized control of the Titan facilities in the Storm Peaks.
• Patrick rejected an immediate assault on Yogg-Saron and proposed letting the first attacks be repelled before his forces advanced into Ulduar.

Patrick explained that the Arcane Pact needed to preserve its human and dwarf members as bridges to future vassal races, then criticized Quel'Thalas’s elite-controlled mage schools and proposed education reform. He sent his plan to the Silvermoon Council for review and called for Onyxia to meet him.

• Patrick urged the Alliance, the Horde, and Lordaeron to accelerate the Northern Expedition and said the Ulduar crisis required a united response.
• Patrick argued that Stromgarde, Aerie Peak, and other member states were vital buffers and bridges for bringing vassal races into the Arcane Pact.
• Patrick described how wealth, noble status, donations, and private training gave privileged families access to Quel'Thalas’s two leading mage schools.
• Patrick questioned the existing higher-education system and declared that education should raise social standing rather than divide classes.
• Patrick summoned Yanida, gave him his Education Reform Plan for the Silvermoon Council to review, and asked that Onyxia come see him.