Chapter Summaries

Tirion Fordring and Azeroth’s allied forces launched their assault on the Scourge at the Gates of Terror. As the battle raged, Illidan, Vashj, and Kael’thas demonstrated their power, with Kael’thas’s seven rune-enhanced weapons carving through the undead.

• Tirion Fordring and Blyden Blade led the charge against the Scourge forces guarding the Gates of Terror.
• Scourge commanders including Thassarian Deathchill, Highlord Yoffes, Ancient Putricide, Hadana Soulstealer, and Lord Ufrang appeared to defend their stronghold.
• Vashj struck undead Vrykul giants with Forked Lightning, while Naj'entus fought a Pustulent Colossus.
• Illidan swiftly destroyed Thassarian Deathchill with Mana Burn, immolation flames, and rapid attacks.
• Kargath Bladefist attacked the Scourge, while Patrick and other leaders fought from the air.
• Kael'thas summoned seven rune-enhanced weapons and directed them to block and destroy Scourge troops.

Patrick and the Coalition Forces battled the Scourge at the Gates of Terror while the Lich King taunted them through Highlord Joseph. As the forces advanced, a mysterious spider creature proposed joining forces to destroy the Lich King.

• Patrick provoked the Lich King through Highlord Joseph, then killed Joseph with Flames Enveloping the Body after the Lich King left his body.
• Alleria and Salorian Dawnseeker fought through the Scourge, while Rotande Gili used his plague to corrupt enemies and heal allied soldiers.
• Illidan and the Demon Hunters attacked the Gates of Terror as the coalition's aerial forces fought Frost Wyrms and gargoyles, and Zagonnas's Dragonhawk Riders bombed a passage.
• A huge spider creature appeared beside Patrick, evaded Mind Vision, and offered to join forces against the Scourge.

Anub'serhan revealed that the Scourge had turned nerubian structures into power cores for floating warships, and warned the Coalition that the Lich King's reinforcements were near. As four warships approached with aerial escorts, Patrick and the other leaders prepared to engage, while Anub'serhan warned of another threat beneath the ground.

• Anub'serhan explained that he had once ruled Azjol-Nerub, returned after the Lich King destroyed it, and wanted revenge on the Scourge.
• Anub'serhan warned Tirion Fordring and the Coalition that Scourge reinforcements would soon arrive aboard floating warships powered by stolen nerubian designs.
• Alleria spotted four Scourge floating warships approaching with frost wyrms and gargoyles, while Kilwraith, Lord Drakuru, Marrass the Corrupter, and Orbaz Bloodbane appeared among the enemy leaders.
• Patrick, Illidan, and Maiev each chose a warship to confront, and Anub'serhan praised their strength but warned that the Lich King's forces were also preparing an attack from underground.

The Coalition Forces fought the Scourge as reinforcements swelled its ranks, while Anub'serhan confronted his undead brother Anub'arak. Patrick challenged Orbaz Bloodbane and destroyed him, his attendants, and the Marnabas, leaving the battle still raging below.

• Anub'arak and underground Crypt Fiends ambushed the Coalition Forces, but Taelan and the other Paladins used Consecration's Holy Flame to destroy the spiders beneath them.
• Anub'serhan rejected Anub'arak's invitation to join the Scourge and wounded him by warping space with World's Weaving.
• Taelan, Salorian Dawnseeker, and the Red and Blue Dragons fought the Scourge as its reinforcements restored its numbers.
• Patrick flew to confront Orbaz Bloodbane, whose Shadow Strike failed against Patrick's Mana Shield.
• Patrick's Diffusing Riftwave cut Orbaz Bloodbane and his attendants into pieces and destroyed the Marnabas's necromantic core.

After the Marnabas fell, the Scourge sent Vrykul reinforcements from several directions to rescue the Lich King. The Northern Expeditionary Force was surrounded on every front, and a bitter battle was about to begin.

• Salorian Dawnseeker rallied the Coalition Forces after the Marnabas broke apart, while Garrosh-Grommash Hellscream charged the Scourge Vrykul.
• Igovar and Heggal led Kvaldir through thick mist, and Overlord Mason arrived with Dragoncaller Vile and the Dragonflayer dragon riders.
• King Ymyron, Queen Angerboda, and Ojar the Chosen led undead Vrykul forces toward Icecrown Citadel to rescue the Lich King.
• Highlord Balargarde appeared behind the Northern Expeditionary Force with Jotunheim’s Vargul the Forsaken army, completing the Scourge encirclement.
• The Scourge surrounded the Northern Expeditionary Force with flying warships, Anub'arak’s crypt fiends, and Vrykul armies on both sides.

Patrick realized the Lich King had lured the Northern Expeditionary Force into an ambush by unleashing a vast army of undead Vrykul. With the expeditionary force facing defeat, Patrick began casting Starfall to turn the battle around.

• Patrick saw the undead Vrykul army and understood that the Scourge had sprung a devastating trap on the Northern Expeditionary Force.
• Patrick recognized that the expeditionary force’s premature advance had abandoned its plan to weaken the Scourge before attacking Icecrown Citadel.
• Patrick ordered the others to keep the enemies away from him and unleashed the mana he had stored in the Discs of Norgannon and his Sea of Consciousness.
• Alleria, Illidan, Kael'thas, Tirion Fordring, and the others gathered around Patrick to protect him as he prepared a large-scale spell.
• Patrick cast Starfall, directing powerful, precise attacks at individual targets across the battlefield.

Patrick unleashed Starfall across the battlefield after drawing on the Ley Line System, forcing the Scourge to target him while the Northern Expeditionary Force's leaders fought to protect him. As Starfall devastated the undead, Alleria killed Ygvar the Mistcaller, and Lady Vashj declared the beginning of the Naga's revenge.

• Patrick lifted his restrictions and used the Ley Line System to summon Starfall, while Malygos sensed the surge and chose to keep feigning sleep.
• The Lich King ordered the Scourge to kill Patrick, and falling stars began wiping out undead across the battlefield.
• Illidan blocked Mason the Dominator, Vyr the Dragon-Caller, and Ojul the Chosen from reaching Patrick, then killed Ojul with Fel Fire and a strike.
• Ygvar the Mistcaller attacked Alleria with Plague Poison Mist, but she killed him with five Arcane arrows transformed into fire.
• Lady Vashj called out to Tanasager and announced that the Naga's revenge had begun.

Vashj, Patrick, and Tirion Fordring unleashed powerful magic that devastated the Scourge and turned the battle in the Northern Expeditionary Force’s favor. The Lich King disappeared from Patrick’s perception as the Scourge’s forces collapsed.

• Vashj summoned a massive tornado charged with lightning, which sucked in and annihilated Scourge troops.
• Patrick continued using Starfall alongside Vashj’s tornado, clearing the battlefield and lifting the Coalition Forces’ morale.
• Tirion Fordring unleashed Grand Judgement through the Ashbringer, causing fallen souls to release Holy Light that purified undead and healed the expeditionary soldiers.
• The souls of fallen soldiers awakened comrades who could not be resurrected, and those warriors returned to battle carrying their comrades’ final wishes.
• Patrick lost track of the Lich King as the Scourge’s cannon fodder was destroyed, its mid-level forces collapsed, and its elite fighters struggled to hold on.

The Northern Expeditionary Force destroyed the Vrykul army at the Gates of Terror and prepared to advance on Icecrown Citadel. Patrick halted the immediate attack so the exhausted troops could regroup and an aerial supply route could be established.

• Patrick, Vashj, and Tirion Fordring helped wipe out the Vrykul army, while Ymiron and the other Scourge commanders fell.
• Tirion Fordring led the armies into the Court of Bones as Patrick and Alleria followed with their bodyguards.
• Patrick explained that the Scourge had lost most of its experienced officers, leaving the Lich King with few forces capable of resisting the expedition.
• Patrick told Illidan and Tirion to pause the assault, rest the troops, and arrange aerial supply deliveries from the Wrathgate.
• Patrick proposed that the Alliance and Horde handle their own logistics, and the leaders agreed to camp and rest before attacking Icecrown Citadel.

After the Coalition Forces crushed the Scourge’s outer strongholds, Patrick prepared for an assault on Icecrown Citadel and accepted Anub'serhan’s help guarding its gates. A report of mass, unexplained sleep in Silvermoon City led Patrick to warn that the Emerald Dream was under attack, prompting Illidan to urge the Night Elves to contact Malfurion and Tyrande.

• Tirion Fordring used Grand Judgement and the Ashbringer to resurrect fallen warriors through the sacrifice of countless souls.
• Patrick outlined the Coalition Forces’ plans, and Anub'serhan agreed to guard Icecrown Citadel’s gates while the troops rested and resupplied.
• Selin Fireheart delivered a message from Lord Pasareen reporting that nearly a thousand people in Silvermoon City had fallen into an unending sleep.
• Patrick identified the Emerald Dream as the likely source of the crisis and warned that the Lord of the Nightmare had invaded it.
• Illidan urged Saiya Cangsteel to notify Malfurion and Tyrande so they could investigate the Emerald Dream.

Patrick warned the leaders of the Northern Expedition that Yogg-Saron’s power was leaking into the world, adding a third looming threat alongside the Scourge and the Nightmare. The Scourge remained their immediate target, and the assault on Icecrown Citadel was tentatively set for the day after tomorrow.

• Saya went to the Night Elf camp to contact Darnassus after Illidan and Maiev urged her to act.
• Patrick revealed that Yogg-Saron’s influence was spreading through the roots of Vordrassil and had once corrupted Ursoc.
• The leaders discussed the threats posed by the Nightmare and Yogg-Saron, while Darion insisted that the Knights of the Ebon Blade would focus only on destroying the Lich King.
• Illidan said Anub'serhan and Azjol-Nerub could be treated as allies until the Lich King was defeated.
• Patrick left to make arrangements in Sunlight City, and Tirion Fordring agreed to a tentative assault on Icecrown Citadel the day after tomorrow.

Patrick returned to Sunlight City and learned that people across the world were falling into an unnatural sleep because a Nightmare Lord had trapped their souls in the Emerald Dream. He informed Pasareen to alert the Horde but chose to keep the Northern Expedition focused on defeating the Scourge before offering help elsewhere.

• Patrick arrived in Sunlight City and asked Pasareen when the reports of people sleeping without waking had begun.
• Patrick explained that Xavius had attacked the Emerald Dream and that the same crisis was affecting other nations, including New Faolun City.
• Patrick told Pasareen to notify Undercity and the Horde, while Quel'Thalas delayed sending aid until the Northern Expedition ended.
• Patrick visited the Wrathgate and learned from Har'koa that the Animal Gods had recruited local races and high elves as priests and repelled Scourge probes.
• Patrick asked Har'koa to summon the other Animal Gods so he could speak with them.

Patrick checked on the six Animal Gods, told them to recover and build their priesthoods, and warned them about the Lord of the Nightmare without asking them to fight. After they left, he learned that Lin Bluestone had come from Grizzlemaw to seek the Furbolgs’ admission to the Arcane Pact.

• Patrick discussed the Animal Gods’ living conditions and promised Rhunok and the cold-adapted creatures a choice of homes after the fighting ended.
• Patrick asked whether the Animal Gods could enter the Emerald Dream, then informed them that the Lord of the Nightmare had invaded it and intended to conquer the world.
• Patrick told the Animal Gods to recover, build their priesthoods, and honor their obligations, and praised their defense of the Wrathgate.
• Yanida told Patrick that Lin Bluestone had arrived as an envoy from Grizzlemaw and wanted to discuss joining the Arcane Pact.
• Patrick approved an introduction to Lin Bluestone and wondered how the Night Elves would react to the Furbolgs joining the Covenant.

Lin Bluestone asked Patrick to let Grizzlemaw join the Azeroth Arcane Covenant, and he agreed to submit the proposal for review. In Darnassus, Tyrande learned that the worldwide sleep and the Emerald Dream crisis were worsening, and decided to seek answers herself while assigning Malfurion’s recovery to the Moon Goddess’s priests.

• Lin Bluestone presented Ursoc’s statue and explained that Grizzlemaw wanted to join the Azeroth Arcane Covenant.
• Lin Bluestone told Patrick that a druid had adopted her and raised her among the Furbolgs, teaching her to become a nature mage.
• Patrick agreed to contact Ursoc and have Yanida submit Grizzlemaw’s membership proposal to the representatives in Sunlight City.
• Miranda reported to Tyrande that inhabitants across Azeroth were falling asleep and that the World Tree’s illness was worsening despite the Cenarion Circle’s efforts.
• Tyrande ordered Fandral Staghelm to stop using Dawnlight Wheat, sent the Moon Goddess’s priests to focus on awakening Malfurion, and decided to investigate the nightmare herself.

Patrick received Lordaeron’s diplomatic letter from Alonsus Faol and agreed to announce the kingdom’s accession to the Arcane Pact after the Northern Expedition ended. The chapter left the Scourge campaign nearing its final assault while Alleria assessed the Lynx Knights and considered how to improve the Farstriders.

• Patrick welcomed Alonsus Faol, who delivered Lordaeron’s letter and spoke of his concern for Arthas and the Lich King.
• Patrick told Alonsus that Tirion Fordring’s forces had defeated the Lich King’s trap and could advance through Icecrown Glacier.
• Patrick agreed that Lordaeron would join the Arcane Pact, but said he would announce it after the Northern Expedition’s war was over.
• Patrick reflected on the planned accessions of Lordaeron and Grizzlemaw and worried about how the Cenarion Circle and Darnassus were handling the nightmare invasion.
• Alleria reported that lynx mounts had improved the Ranger Forces’ mobility and reduced their casualties, but wished she could equip the Farstriders with warglaives.

Patrick reviewed the Lynx Knights’ successful pairing of Rangers and lynxes, then returned to Silvermoon City to handle Covenant affairs. After delivering Lordaeron’s request to join the Arcane Pact, he prepared to return to Northrend as the battle for Icecrown Citadel approached.

• Patrick and Alleria discussed how the Lynx Knights’ ranged attacks and agility strengthened the Farstriders.
• Patrick teleported back to Sunfury Spire and learned that the Councilors’ busy schedule had disrupted their mealtimes.
• Patrick observed that trade through the Arcane Pact was binding member states’ economies to Quel'Thalas.
• Patterson welcomed Patrick back, and Patrick handed him Lordaeron’s official letter requesting to join the Arcane Pact.
• Patrick told Patterson he would leave for Northrend immediately because the battle for Icecrown Citadel was near.

Patrick returned from Silvermoon to the Court of Bones as the coalition prepared to attack the Lich King at Icecrown Citadel the next morning. After hearing what Jaina and Sylvanas learned from Uther’s soul, Patrick insisted Arthas and Ner’zhul had to die and proposed making Sylvanas the next Lich King.

• Patrick told Patterson that Silvermoon’s council should plan for the Arcane Pact’s factions and protect High Elves who had fallen into an unending sleep while the Cenarion Circle and Emerald Dream investigated.
• Patterson agreed to gather the councilors and publicly explain the situation, as similar cases had appeared across the world.
• Patrick, Alleria, and the others teleported to the Court of Bones, where Kael’thas said the coalition would attack Icecrown Citadel with the Air Force the next morning.
• Kael’thas told Patrick that Jaina and Sylvanas had launched a surprise attack on Icecrown Citadel’s flank after securing air superiority, and had returned safely.
• Kael’thas relayed Uther’s warning that the Lich King had to be defeated at the Frozen Throne, someone would need to control the Scourge afterward, and Arthas might still remain within the Lich King.
• Patrick declared that Arthas and Ner’zhul had to die and proposed that Sylvanas take the Lich King’s place.

Patrick and Kael'thas rejected the idea that Arthas could still influence the Lich King and agreed that the Lich King had to die. As the Coalition Forces prepared to attack Icecrown Citadel at dawn, Patrick urged Kael'thas to secure the Lich King's subordinates for Quel'Thalas and its allies.

• Patrick argued that Arthas was only a soul trapped in the sword and could not influence the far stronger Lich King.
• Patrick told Kael'thas that the Lich King might restrain the Scourge because a world-consuming war could free the Old Gods beneath Azeroth.
• Patrick and Kael'thas agreed that the Lich King had to die, regardless of Jaina's hope of saving Arthas.
• Patrick asked Kael'thas to persuade the Coalition Forces to spare as many of the Lich King's subordinates as possible, since their freed allies could strengthen Quel'Thalas, the Forsaken, the Knights of the Ebon Blade, and the Arcane Pact.
• Kael'thas went to the Coalition Forces' tent to present the High Elves' suggestions as the armies prepared for the battle at Icecrown Citadel.

The Alliance, Horde, and Covenant gathered with the Arcane Pact to launch a massive assault on Icecrown Citadel. After Tirion Fordring rallied the armies, Patrick and the other leaders flew toward the Lich King and killed Kel'Thuzad at the citadel's entrance.

• The armies of the Alliance, Horde, and Covenant surrounded Icecrown Citadel alongside the Arcane Pact's forces.
• Tirion Fordring delivered a speech promising to defeat the Lich King, and the assembled armies answered with battle cries.
• Patrick and his companions flew toward the upper levels while Luminas Sunstrider and Memphis-Shadow led efforts to rescue elves enslaved by the Lich King.
• Patrick, Tirion Fordring, and the others encountered the resurrected Kel'Thuzad at Death Envoy's Rise.
• Tirion Fordring killed Kel'Thuzad with one blow, and Patrick's magic destroyed the surrounding undead servants.

Patrick and his allies entered Icecrown Citadel and confronted the Lich King at the Frozen Throne. As Ner'zhul summoned frost wyrms and gargoyles, Patrick raised an arcane barrier to protect the group.

• Patrick led the group through Icecrown Citadel, where Saronite lined the Scourge stronghold and lesser undead stood restrained along their path.
• Patrick, Illidan, Kael'thas, and Tirion Fordring used the central magic circle to reach the Frozen Throne, where the Lich King greeted Patrick.
• Tirion vowed to destroy Arthas, but Patrick stopped him and explained that Arthas's soul was trapped within Frostmourne and could only be freed by destroying the Lich King.
• The Lich King mocked Patrick and offered to turn him into a lich, while Illidan, Kael'thas, and Tirion prepared to fight.
• Ner'zhul summoned frost wyrms and gargoyles, and Patrick unleashed arcane power to form a barrier around the Frozen Throne and hold them back.