Chapter Summaries

Patrick asked King Magni to have the Explorer’s League locate Uldum and its Reorigination Device, and Magni agreed. Patrick then met with Tandred, who thanked the High Elves for helping Kul Tiras rebuild its trade and economy.

• Patrick told King Magni that a Titan messenger had revealed Azeroth’s Reorigination Device was in another facility, not Ulduar.
• Patrick asked King Magni to have Brann Bronzebeard and the Explorer’s League search for Uldum, and Magni agreed to help protect Azeroth.
• Patrick told King Magni that Uldum might lie south of the Great Desert of Tanaris, though its exact location was unknown.
• A High Elf attendant informed Patrick that an ambassador was waiting, so Patrick took his leave of King Magni and went upstairs.
• Tandred thanked Patrick for the High Elves’ support as trade between Kul Tiras, Windrunner Harbor, and Eldre'Dani helped Kul Tiras earn money and buy supplies.

Tandred welcomed Quel'Thalas's support as Kul Tiras's trade and economy recovered, while Vol'jin and the Horde debated Patrick's plans for the southern Eastern Kingdoms. After the conference banquet, Patrick told Kael'thas that Quel'Thalas needed to prepare for war because the continent might not stay peaceful.

• Patrick reassured Tandred that Quel'Thalas would keep trading with Kul Tiras and urged him to build a navy, with Vashj's Naga continuing to escort the fleets.
• Vol'jin argued that Patrick planned to use Medivh and Karazhan to expand Quel'Thalas's influence in the southern Eastern Kingdoms and isolate Dalaran.
• Thrall disputed Vol'jin's reading of Medivh's role, but the Horde leaders accepted that Dalaran's troubles would benefit them and valued trade with Quel'Thalas.
• Patrick and Kael'thas briefly attended the conference banquet before returning to the tower to discuss their next steps.
• Patrick told Kael'thas to prepare Quel'Thalas for war because the continent might not remain peaceful.

Patrick explained to Kael'thas why he wanted the New Council of Tirisfal based in Karazhan: it would create a channel for information and influence while gradually weakening the Alliance's power. The plan aimed to draw people back to their homelands and reduce Stormwind's population advantage without a direct war.

• Kael'thas questioned Patrick's proposal to establish the New Council of Tirisfal in Karazhan after the Northern Expedition War.
• Patrick said Karazhan's location would enhance Stormwind and Alliance prestige while giving the Arcane Pact a way to exchange information with them despite the Kirin Tor.
• Patrick argued that news of improving conditions in Lordaeron, Stromgarde, and Kul Tiras could persuade people who had settled abroad to return home.
• Patrick explained that this gradual return would reduce Stormwind's population and military advantages while the spread of arcane currency strengthened the Arcane Pact's financial influence.
• Patrick concluded that the plan would weaken the Alliance over time and help Quel'Thalas prepare for the possibility of another attack.

Patrick explained to Kael'thas how Quel'Thalas could use trade and political influence to strengthen its position without war. Meanwhile, the Twilight's Hammer prepared a ritual in the Northeron Highlands to summon Esuolasi and brought the sleeping Med'an to a fortress.

• Patrick told Kael'thas that gradual political change and economic influence were more practical than forcing population growth or fighting wars.
• Patrick's magical currency and enchanted exports continued spreading Quel'Thalas's influence through trade.
• The Twilight's Hammer brought a sleeping Med'an, son of Medivh and Garona, into the Northeron Highlands.
• Ogre mages prepared a magic circle with tentacles to summon Esuolasi, a powerful servant of N'Zoth.
• The Ogres took Med'an into a fortress as the ritual preparations continued and destruction spread through the cursed highlands.

The Twilight's Hammer established the Bastion of Twilight in the Northeron Highlands, intending to use Med'an's power to weaken the Titans' seals. In Kalimdor, Drek'Thar suffered prophetic dreams of a terrible catastrophe stirring beneath the sea.

• The Twilight's Hammer made the Northeron Highlands its fortified command center and began dark rites under N'Zoth's influence.
• The cultists built the Bastion of Twilight and planned to use Med'an to weaken the Titans' seals.
• Palkar tended the aging Drek'Thar as strange weather and the lingering effects of the War of the Nightmare troubled him.
• Drek'Thar dreamed of monsters slaughtering life along the shore and heard a rumble that signaled something was terribly wrong.
• Drek'Thar watched the sea churn into towering waves and realized that nowhere would be safe.

Drek'Thar awoke from a vision of catastrophic earthquakes, a boiling red sea, and a vast land rising from beneath it, and insisted Thrall and the Earthen Ring needed to be warned. Palkar cared for him but doubted the vision, recalling that Drek'Thar’s recent prophecies had repeatedly proved unfounded.

• Drek'Thar dreamed that an immense, sulfurous force caused earthquakes and enslaved elementals as a continent-sized mass rose from a blood-red sea.
• Drek'Thar awoke in terror, and Palkar held his hands until he calmed.
• Drek'Thar demanded to see Thrall and the Earthen Ring, but Palkar urged him to rest and promised to tell the Warchief when he returned from the summit at Quelrins.
• Drek'Thar drank medicinal tea and fell asleep, still wondering whether there was time to warn Thrall.
• Palkar doubted the vision, remembering that Drek'Thar’s warning about an attack in Ashenvale had been false and had only made the Night Elves suspicious.

As disasters began striking across Azeroth, Patrick warned the leaders that the Old Gods were preparing a continent-wide war and urged them to secure the Titans’ World Reorigination Device. Thrall took Drek'Thar’s worsening condition and dire prophecy more seriously, while King Magni prepared to send Brann to Kalimdor.

• Palkar decided to send Thrall a message about Drek'Thar’s condition and recent words.
• News reached Thrall, Magni, Falstad, Vol'jin, and Sylvanas of earthquakes, a tsunami, and upheaval in Gilneas.
• The leaders gathered for an emergency meeting, where Patrick warned that the Old Gods’ actions might lead to a war across the continent.
• Patrick told King Magni to begin securing the World Reorigination Device, and Magni agreed to send Brann to Kalimdor.
• Patrick explained the Titans’ device and acknowledged that he had overstepped his authority by asking the Bronzebeard Dwarves to locate Uldum.

The leaders discussed reports of widespread disasters and suspected the Old Gods or Black Dragons were behind them, while Medivh learned that Med'an had been kidnapped. After the leaders agreed to coordinate their response and prepare for further disasters, Patrick advised Sylvanas to withdraw her forces from Silverpine Forest, hinting that he had plans for the Gelkis Kingdom.

• King Magni, Illidan, and Malfurion debated whether the reported disasters pointed to Ragnaros or Deathwing, and Malfurion decided to warn the dragons.
• Medivh received Meryl Winterstorm's letter saying that Med'an had been kidnapped by forces serving the Old Gods, and Patrick saw the Guardian struggle to contain his fury.
• Patrick proposed that the Alliance gather intelligence in the Northeron Highlands and coordinate with Medivh if they found Twilight Cultists or Black Dragon remnants; Varian and Thrall agreed.
• The faction leaders prepared to return home and make plans for possible future disasters.
• Patrick advised Sylvanas to withdraw her defenses from Silverpine Forest and leave the Gelkis problem alone, saying he had plans for the Gelkis Kingdom.

Patrick advised Sylvanas to keep the Avengers concealed while he worked to prevent Gilneas from joining the Alliance and bring it into the Arcane Pact. He then joined Kael'thas in reforming Quel'Thalas's public service by approving the first cohort of officials selected through examinations, vetting, and probation.

• Patrick explained that he wanted Gilneas aligned with the Arcane Pact, or at least kept out of the Alliance, and Sylvanas argued that her forces could conquer it.
• Patrick warned Sylvanas that open aggression would unite Azeroth against her, and urged her to stay hidden and help the Horde only during major crises.
• Sylvanas returned to Undercity with the ambassadors while Patrick continued working on arrangements for the Avengers.
• Patrick arrived at Sunfury Spire as Kael'thas prepared to announce 116 ordinary Elves selected for three-year probationary terms in public service.
• Patrick reviewed some examination papers and vetting forms, then added his Magic Signature to the appointments alongside Kael'thas's, ending the monopoly of the great families over public office.

Patrick continued shaping Quel'Thalas's institutions and guided Lirath toward future leadership before taking Alleria and four companions to Ulduar. The Titan complex began powering up, and Patrick planned to turn it into a new floating city for the High Elves.

• Patrick maintained his compulsory education and official appointment reforms despite opposition from nobles who feared losing influence.
• Patrick praised Lirath's work in Life Forest, Tranquillien, and Windrunner Harbor, then assigned him to serve two more terms at the harbor before a Council assessment.
• Patrick told Alleria that Lirath should be guided without limiting his future, and Alleria agreed to watch his progress over the next hundred years.
• Patrick and Alleria brought Kael'thas, Quelrintis, Idonis, and Talonikus to Ulduar after handling most of the kingdom's official business.
• Patrick activated Ulduar's facilities and announced that the Titan complex would become a new floating city for the High Elves.

Patrick brought Quel'Thalas's researchers and engineers to Ulduar to study its technology and prepare the Titan complex for the kingdom's use. After sealing the areas tainted by Yogg-Saron, he went to the Observatory to activate Ulduar's levitation magic circles.

• Pasareen and the Sun Seeker Legion's researchers marveled at Ulduar as Patrick explained its facilities and directed them to study its technology.
• Patrick told the researchers to build teleportation links to Sunlight City and Silvermoon City, while requiring a token for entry to Ulduar.
• The four Guardians greeted Patrick as their master and agreed to guide the researchers through Ulduar.
• Mimiron gave Patrick a projector containing Ulduar's regional information, and Patrick passed it to Pasareen.
• Patrick and the four Guardians used their energy marks to seal the areas beneath the Descent into Madness against entry.
• Patrick went to the Observatory and began forming a Spatial Arcane Sequence to activate Ulduar's levitation magic circles.

Patrick raised Ulduar into a floating city, extracted the Constructs Creator Engine from the Storm Peaks, and joined it to the city. While the Iron Giants and Iron Dwarves began construction, he developed a new spatial attack and left its further improvements for future research.

• Patrick lifted Ulduar into the air and brought it over the center of the Storm Peaks.
• Patrick pulled the Constructs Creator Engine from beneath the earth and fitted it into Ulduar, causing earthquakes and avalanches.
• The Iron Giants and Iron Dwarves began building connections between the Creator Engine and Ulduar.
• Patrick tested a spatial-energy cube that sealed stones inside and shattered them into fragments.
• Elune pointed out that Patrick's Coffin of Space could not yet prevent escape or damage souls and energy.
• Patrick planned to improve the Coffin of Space gradually and wait for Ulduar's energy circulation to stabilize before sending it toward Quel'Thalas.

Norgannon appeared before Patrick in the Observatory and explained that all energy had dual aspects, including opposing properties and physical and magical forms. He left Patrick reflecting on how energy shaped its users and whether light could exist within shadow.

• Norgannon projected an intelligent phantom into the Observatory and told Patrick he could learn more about the nature of energy.
• Norgannon explained that energy had positive and negative aspects and that its properties gradually changed its users.
• Norgannon described the physical and magical forms of energy as interdependent opposites that could also merge.
• Norgannon warned Patrick to understand energy without losing himself to power, then returned to the Discs of Norgannon.
• Patrick considered Alexandros's questions about justice and evil and wondered whether Holy Light could exist within shadow.

Patrick sealed the Observatory around the Floating Core and brought Ulduar’s Titan-forged inhabitants with him as the city flew south toward Quel'Thalas. In Orgrimmar, Thrall sensed that the disasters troubling Azeroth and the agitation of the elements foretold a new threat.

• Patrick wondered about the nature of spiritual power, then left the sealed Observatory and its Floating Core under guard.
• Patrick learned from Talonikus that High Elf researchers had established temporary laboratories and quarters inside Ulduar, while Kael'thas had returned to the kingdom.
• Ulduar flew south toward Quel'Thalas, carrying the Titan-forged beings and leaving its outer walls behind.
• Thrall worried that earthquakes, tsunamis, and the elements’ anger were signs of an unseen enemy and a coming evil.

Thrall led the effort to put out a fire in Orgrimmar and discovered that the fire elementals had become hostile and difficult to control. After destroying a defiant spark, he left the fire quelled but worried about the elements’ growing unrest.

• Thrall ordered the Kor'kron to summon the Shamans and organize the people to contain the fire in Orgrimmar.
• Thrall and the other Shamans tried to persuade the flames to stop burning, and the fire reluctantly died down after consuming seven buildings.
• Thrall begged a roaming spark not to ignite another building, but it refused and flared up again.
• Thrall warned the spark and destroyed it, turning it into a harmless elemental crystal.
• The other Shamans summoned rain to wet the city as Thrall recognized that the elements were becoming increasingly hostile.

Thrall discussed the growing elemental disturbances with Muln Earthfury and asked him to investigate possible problems within the Earthen Ring. He then spoke with Eitrigg about choosing a successor and the Horde’s losses from generations of war, leaving Eitrigg worried about Thrall’s state of mind.

• Thrall summoned Eitrigg and Muln Earthfury and told Muln that the elements were behaving with unusual fury.
• Muln agreed to investigate the disturbances and privately suspected that some Shamans within the Earthen Ring were hiding their intentions.
• Thrall told Eitrigg he wanted to seek out his grandmother and study shamanism, then asked whether Garrosh, Dranosh, or Jorin would make a better successor.
• Eitrigg urged Thrall to consider finding a mate and having children, but Thrall said the Horde’s crises and his duties mattered more.
• Thrall described his hope of protecting the Horde and ending its cycle of war, and Eitrigg worried that his friend seemed troubled and despairing.

Thrall and Eitrigg discussed the Horde’s future, the Mag’har candidates for leadership, and the danger of renewed war. Thrall concluded that Garrosh was the only choice who could secure the Warsong Clan’s loyalty.

• Thrall worried that the Horde’s leaders would drive its warriors into further violence, while the failing land and silent elements left his people dependent on the Arcane Pact.
• Eitrigg advised Thrall to address the land’s problems first, and Thrall decided to seek Grandmother’s help in understanding what was wrong.
• Eitrigg judged Dranosh reckless but teachable, Jorin capable but lacking supporters, Garrosh broadly acceptable and backed by the Warsong and Kor’kron, and Vol’jin wise but constrained by the Darkspear’s weakness.
• Thrall considered the risk that another war with the Alliance could leave the Horde defeated and imprisoned, and reluctantly accepted that Garrosh was the best candidate for Warchief.

Patrick and Tirion led High Elf and Lordaeron forces into Silverpine Forest to investigate the crisis in Gilneas. Near the Greymane Wall, they found an injured young man who had escaped from the kingdom, but he stayed silent when Patrick questioned him.

• Kael'thas told Patrick that Lordaeron would send troops to investigate Gilneas and encourage Genn Greymane to join the Arcane Pact.
• Patrick's High Elf army and Lordaeron's forces met at Andorhal and advanced through Silverpine Forest toward the Greymane Wall.
• Patrick planned to use the worgen crisis to introduce the Animal Gods and their priests to Gilneas.
• Scouts found an injured young man near the Greymane Wall, and Patrick's forces treated his wounds.
• The Lynx Spirit Regba said the young man smelled of wolves, and Patrick suspected he had encountered worgen or contracted the curse.
• The young man awoke, searched for a weapon, and refused to answer Patrick's question about who he was.

Patrick questioned Percival Glop about the worgen emerging from the Greymane Wall, and Percival revealed the curse spreading through Gilneas before transforming into a worgen himself. Patrick suppressed Goldrinn’s power enough to restore Percival’s reason, and Percival recounted his escape from Gilneas, leaving Tirion Fordring worried that the curse threatened his troops.

• Tirion Fordring fed Percival and asked why he had collapsed, while Patrick pressed him about the worgen and the power changing him.
• Percival explained that worgen attacked Gilneas, spread a curse through bites, and descended on the city after Prince Liam withdrew to fight in a civil war.
• Percival transformed into a worgen and attacked Patrick, but Patrick bound him with arcane vines.
• Patrick asked Elune for help, then used her power to suppress Goldrinn’s influence and restore Percival’s reason.
• Percival described his escape from Duskhaven and his fear of infecting his family, and Tirion Fordring warned that his troops could be in danger.

Patrick and Tirion led the Coalition Forces into Gilneas to confront the worgen curse and the Wolf Leader, while Darius Crowley’s defenders fought to hold the capital. The chapter ended with the forces trapping the worgen in the cathedral district as Darius prepared for unavoidable close combat.

• Patrick said he could suppress Percival’s worgen curse and restore his sanity, but could not yet cure it completely.
• Tirion ordered precautions against the worgen, and Percival agreed to guide Patrick and the Coalition Forces into Gilneas City.
• At Northgate Woods, Alleria identified beast attacks among the dead, and Percival confirmed that worgen had caused the slaughter.
• Patrick sensed an Immortal-level worgen among the approaching pack and warned Tirion to favor ranged attacks to limit the curse’s spread.
• Darius learned that the Wolf Leader’s forces were storming the city as the Coalition Forces arrived and trapped the worgen in the cathedral district.
• As Coalition troops fired on the worgen, Darius put down his rifle and drew his sword for close combat at the Holy Light Dawn Cathedral.