Recaps

Dick met M'uru in Quel'Thalas, where the Naaru eased the dangerous Holy Power in his body before escaping to join the Draenei on Azeroth. After warning Kael'thas about the Shen'dralar, Dick planned to visit Sylvanas and Feralas, while Chen Stormstout set out with Anduin, Med'an, and Li Li to pursue the fel orc who stole the Pearl of Pandaria.

• M'uru helped Dick loosen the solidified Holy Power in his body and explained that he had come to Azeroth to find a new home for the Draenei.
• M'uru escaped the Sin'dorei restraints, told Dick to visit Shattrath City, and vanished into the Holy Light.
• Dick told Kael'thas he would visit Sylvanas and Feralas, and warned him that the Shen'dralar might be severely changed by mana addiction.
• Chen Stormstout departed with Li Li, Anduin, and Med'an after Princess Caliea entrusted Anduin's journey to him.
• Chen Stormstout led the group southwest toward Feralas to find the fel orc who had stolen the Pearl of Pandaria.

Dick traveled with his companions toward Dire Maul for the gladiator tournament, while Anduin arrived nearby with Chen Stormstout and Med'an. Anduin briefly sensed his father Varian, who was secretly at the tournament to register with Valeera.

• Dick and his party discussed the Dire Maul Gladiator Tournament, and Das warned that invitation holders could be forced into a fight; Dick asked Kael'thas to team up with him.
• Anduin and Med'an explored the crowded camps near Dire Maul with Chen Stormstout, who drove off pickpockets.
• Anduin mistook a glimpse of a black-haired gladiator for his father and called out, but Med'an convinced him he was mistaken.
• Varian emerged from hiding after Anduin left and told Valeera that he had sensed someone connected to him by blood.
• Varian and Valeera went to find Rehgar and register for the tournament.

Dick and Kael'thas arrived at Dire Maul for the gladiator tournament, where they drew the attention of the Dark World's powerful figures. While watching the preliminaries, Dick recognized a Vrykul called Edge of the Valarjar dominating the arena and preparing to face the Darkblood Brothers.

• Dick and Kael'thas entered the crowded Dire Maul ruins, and Das led their party through the hostile crowd.
• A would-be thief attacked Dick's party, but wolves drove him off and Jaina's Sea Elemental cleaned the blood, discouraging further trouble.
• The Blood Earl and the Sun King received a stream of envoys, then the tournament preliminaries began the next morning.
• Dick found himself alone in camp, and Namara escorted him to eat and watch the fights.
• Dick watched the Vrykul Edge of the Valarjar defeat three opponents in under a minute and announce the power of the Valarjar.
• The Goblin referee announced that Edge of the Valarjar would face the Darkblood Brothers in his next bout.

L Varian’s team defeated two undead Night Elf brothers and their necromancer controller in a brutal arena match, with Valeera’s extraordinary dice-powered attack deciding the fight. Broll gave L Varian the twin divine swords Shalamayne, which accepted him as their new master, while Kael’thas and Shandris watched from the stands.

• The Vrykul won fifteen matches in a row in the Fifth Gladiatorial Arena, forcing the remaining gladiators to surrender and advancing to the next round.
• L Varian and Broll Bearmantle fought two undead Night Elf brothers wielding twin magical swords while Valeera pursued their necromancer controller.
• Valeera rolled six sixes with her family’s enchanted dice, gained six powerful buffs, and killed the necromancer before he could teleport away.
• With their controller dead, the undead Night Elves stopped resisting and faded into ashes after L Varian and Broll struck them down.
• Broll gave L Varian the twin swords Shalamayne, and L Varian’s red rage restored their red and blue glow as the crowd cheered.
• Kael’thas rose to cheer for L Varian and waved to Shandris Feathermoon across the stands.

Chen Stormstout confronted the fel orc Lahgak in Gladiatorial Arena Three, where naga captain Hazhas Darkstorm tried to turn the encounter into a trap. The children were endangered, but Jaina, Liadrin, Velinde, and their allies intervened as Anveena called for help for Chen’s apprentice.

• Kael'thas left the arena after watching Varian's squad win, then joined Dick and Miss Namara while Jaina, Liadrin, Velinde, and Anveena watched another match.
• After Hazhas Darkstorm and Lahgak defeated the arena's remaining fighters, Chen Stormstout arrived and demanded the Pearl of Pandaria from Lahgak.
• Chen and Lahgak agreed to fight, but Hazhas demanded a team battle and provoked Li Li by mocking Zhuangbo's death.
• Li Li, Anduin, and Med'an rushed into the arena, and Hazhas ordered the surrendered gladiators to attack them while Lahgak trapped Chen in a Bladestorm.
• Black ironfur wolves surrounded the arena, Liadrin threatened Hazhas, and Anveena contacted someone to warn that Chen's apprentice was about to duel.

Med'an defended Anduin and Li Li from Hazzas and her forces in the arena, while Li Li and Anduin fought the Ogre Brock and Goblin Lumberfizz. The children gained the upper hand, though Anduin’s Holy Light attack proved weaker than it looked.

• Hazzas failed to persuade the Goblin referee to intervene and ordered her surrendered fighters to attack the Ironfur Wolves.
• Med’an attacked Hazzas with Arcane bolts, summoned Karazhan’s elementals and Ghosts, and drove her onto the defensive.
• Dick arrived with Kael’thas and reassured Jaina and Liadrin that Med’an drew power from Karazhan.
• Hazzas sent Brock and Lumberfizz after Anduin and Li Li, who charged to meet them.
• Li Li defeated Brock with her chained Monk’s staff, while Anduin used blessings and Holy Light against Lumberfizz’s machine.
• Anduin’s Holy Light Longsword struck Lumberfizz’s mechanical arm but only pushed him back two steps.

Anduin, Chen Stormstout, and Med'an won their arena fights, with Chen capturing Hazzas after she tried to flee. Outside the arena, Leza Bladefury demanded the Pearl of Pandaria, and Dick proposed a duel to settle who would claim it.

• Anduin battered Lumberfizz's machine with his hammer and destroyed it with a thrown strike, leaving the Goblin badly injured.
• Chen Stormstout defeated Lahgak with Hundredfold Claw, breaking every bone in the Fel Orc's body.
• Hazzas tried to escape into the river, but Chen stopped her with Muscle and Bone Separation and Jade Gale, then carried her from the arena.
• Leza Bladefury and her Bloodsail Buccaneers blocked Chen and demanded Hazzas and the Pearl of Pandaria; Chen refused to surrender the Pearl.
• Dick stepped forward and proposed another duel, while recognizing Leza's twin blades as the Dreadblades, then called the Promise of the Sea Demon King's.

Dick replaced Chen Stormstout in a duel against Leza Bladefury, whose cursed cutlasses had turned her into an undead servant of the Twilight Cultists. After Dick exposed her condition and defended himself from her opening attack, Lady Anveena appeared to face Leza in a trial of the Sun Spirit.

• Dick recognized Leza Bladefury as the captain who wielded the cursed cutlasses and agreed to take Chen Stormstout's place in her duel.
• The Goblin Referee announced Dick's arrival to the crowd, and spectators cheered as he entered the arena with Lady Anveena on his shoulder.
• Leza vanished behind Dick and attacked his neck, but Naaru's Shield stopped her blades and burned her when she struck.
• Dick revealed that Leza was an undead body possessed by the cutlasses and asked when she had joined the Twilight Cultists.
• Leza drank a black Holy Protection Potion, and Dick called on her to pass the Sun Spirit's trial.
• Lady Anveena appeared in Judgment Armor, summoned the Fire of Justice, and challenged Leza.

Dick defeated Leza Bladefury in the Gladiatorial Arena after Anveena’s Holy Light attacks drove her to target him. He claimed Leza’s Dreadblades as another Artifact and left the arena amid the crowd’s cheers.

• The Goblin announcer revealed that Dick’s weapon had become a Holy Spirit, and Anveena attacked Leza with Holy Light.
• Anveena forced Leza out of hiding, but Leza’s agile strikes wounded the Sunwell Spirit without stopping her.
• Dick recalled how the Dreadblades had corrupted Pirates and how Leza had found them after Demon King Senxia destroyed her haven.
• Leza decided Dick was the easier target and rushed past Anveena to attack him with the empowered Dreadblades.
• Dick caught Leza’s wrist, bound her with golden chains, and killed her with Holy Power.
• Dick picked up the dimmed Dreadblades and left the arena as the spectators cheered.

After watching Dick’s fight, Cho'gall dismissed him as a weak threat and planned to twist the order power in his body into chaos. Meanwhile, Kael'thas recognized a broken sword as Quel'Serrar, learned it could lead him to the Shen'dralar, and decided to enter the gladiatorial contests to claim it.

• A Twilight's Hammer follower reported Leza's death to Cho'gall and showed him a recording of Dick's battle, which Cho'gall watched before declaring Dick no threat and vowing to make chaos emerge again.
• Dick's team disbanded after the first day of the contests, with Jaina and the other women having fought enough matches to bring the team within one bout of advancing.
• Kael'thas spotted a broken elven blade in Gladiatorial Arena No. 5 and contacted General Salorian to identify it.
• Salorian identified the blade as Quel'Serrar, sister sword to Quel'Delar, and said it could guide Kael'thas to the Shen'dralar descendants.
• Kael'thas asked the Succubus Maid to register him for the contests and contacted Dick to request an invitation, saying he had found a lead on the Shen'dralar.

Delaris, a Shen'dralar warrior seeking to overthrow Tortheldrin and rescue his people, fought his way to the final round of the gladiator tournament. His opponent, Kael'thas Sunstrider, revealed their ancient connection and urged him to talk, but Delaris charged anyway.

• Delaris defeated his human opponent and reflected on his people's dependence on arcane power, his departure from Eldre'Thalas, and his resolve to save the Shen'dralar.
• After earning fourteen victories, Delaris prepared for his final bout while resisting his hunger for arcane power and distrusting Shandris Feathermoon.
• Kael'thas recognized Delaris as a Shen'dralar descendant and identified the broken sword as Quel'Serrar, then introduced himself as the successor to King Dath'Remar.
• Kael'thas summoned the Elemental Phoenix Oh, whose power disrupted the arena's magical barriers and protected him from Delaris's charge.
• Kael'thas called for a peaceful conversation, but Delaris insisted he had a mission and charged at him.

After Kael'thas defeated Delaris, Liadrin discovered that the Shen'dralar warrior suffered from mana addiction and fel-tainted arcane power. Dick explained the Shen'dralar's desperate history and revealed that their former leader Velinde had died near Eldre'Thalas, challenging Delaris to investigate the truth.

• Kael'thas defeated Delaris with a Fire Blast and carried him from the arena.
• Liadrin treated Delaris and found signs of mana addiction and fel-tainted arcane power in his body.
• Dick explained that Prince Tortheldrin had summoned and imprisoned the Void Demon Immol'thar to drain its arcane power for the Shen'dralar.
• Delaris awoke but distrusted Dick and Kael'thas until Dick revealed knowledge of the Crescent Moon Gate and Kael'thas offered to help end mana addiction.
• Delaris said the Shen'dralar lorekeepers blamed the Kaldorei, Quel'dorei, or Dath'Remar for Velinde's disappearance.
• Dick told Delaris that Velinde had died in the Blackmist Ruins and urged him to investigate.

Delaris led Dick, Kael'thas, and their companions into Eldre'Thalas, where they saw how demonic corruption and addiction to arcane power had devastated the Shen'dralar. He brought them to the Hall of Secrets to seek the Lorekeepers’ help before confronting Tortheldrin and Immol'thar.

• Delaris revealed that a demon named Cynthia had deceived the Shen'dralar and escaped after the ancient soul was freed, while he had come to trust Kael'thas and Dick’s promise of Arcan'dor.
• Delaris used the Crescent Moon Key and his blood to open a hidden entrance into Eldre'Thalas, explaining that only Shen'dralar descendants could unlock it.
• Dick and the others entered the ruined city and saw Shen'dralar reduced to lifeless shells or driven to ravenously absorb fel-tainted arcane power.
• Delaris identified Twistedwood Town as the last gathering place of the Shen'dralar still able to endure, then led the group toward the Hall of Secrets.
• Delaris explained that the Lorekeepers could be persuaded to help against Tortheldrin, but that the group would need to face Immol'thar because the Shen'dralar could not fight the demon themselves.

Kel'Thuzad searched Dalaran for the gold coin that held his parents’ memory and private thoughts, then met a mage apprentice who had found it. After she teased him, confronted him for stepping on a kitten, and embraced him, she returned the coin and left him flustered.

• Kel'Thuzad searched Dalaran for the gold coin he had lost after drinking at a celebration for Jaina’s senior mage examination.
• At the fountain, Kel'Thuzad hoped he had thrown the coin into the water, where it might be found by someone whose fate was connected to his.
• Kel'Thuzad accidentally stepped on a black-and-white kitten, and a mage apprentice confronted him until he apologized.
• The mage apprentice asked what Kel'Thuzad was searching for, then told him she had found a gold coin beside the fountain and began examining it.
• Kel'Thuzad lunged for the coin, but the mage apprentice pinned him to the wall and then embraced him before tossing the coin back to him.
• The mage apprentice picked up the kitten and asked Kel'Thuzad whether the hug had been warm.

Kel'Thuzad met the young mage Miss Bigglesworth at the Magic House, and their growing affection was cut short when the orcs attacked Dalaran. He rushed toward the northern district to find her, while she fought for her life amid the invasion.

• Miss Bigglesworth told Kel'Thuzad she planned to return to Arathi after passing her junior mage examination, and Kel'Thuzad asked her to become his prospective assistant mage.
• The orcs breached Dalaran's shield, and Kel'Thuzad prepared for battle before teleporting to Rhonin's tower to ask where Miss Bigglesworth was.
• Rhonin told Kel'Thuzad that Miss Bigglesworth was staying at the Visitor Reception Center in the northern district, so Kel'Thuzad teleported toward the fighting.
• Miss Bigglesworth killed an orc rogue but, wounded and nearly out of mana, lost her potion and was knocked down by another rogue.
• As the orc rogue raised his dagger over Miss Bigglesworth, Kel'Thuzad roared for him to get away from her.

Kel'Thuzad rescued Miss Bigglesworth during the orc attack on Dalaran, but she died after saving him from a Death Knight’s Runeblade. A month later, grieving and changed, he adopted the stray kitten Mr. Bigglesworth and vowed to bring Miss Bigglesworth back.

• Kel'Thuzad blasted the rogue threatening Miss Bigglesworth and tried to teleport her to safety, but a Death Knight disrupted the spell.
• Kel'Thuzad fought six Death Knights with summoned constructs and unleashed a devastating Dragon’s Breath after Miss Bigglesworth stepped in front of a Runeblade to protect him.
• Kel'Thuzad exhausted his potions trying to save Miss Bigglesworth, but she died in his arms after asking him for a warm hug.
• A month later, Kel'Thuzad threatened a mage who hurt a stray kitten, then named the cat Mr. Bigglesworth and took him home.
• Kel'Thuzad tossed their inscribed gold coin into the fountain and vowed to find Miss Bigglesworth and bring her back.

Dick, Kael'thas, and Delaris reached the Shen'dralar library and told its Lorekeepers that Arcan'dor could cure mana addiction. Estulan warned that the tree needed druidic care, while Lydros sent Delaris and his allies to confront Prince Tortheldrin; the chapter ended with Delaris revealing that demons had caused Velinde's disappearance.

• Delaris led Dick and Kael'thas through the Hall of Secrets and showed them the vast Shen'dralar library.
• Lydros appeared after Das tried to take Ysera's scroll, then recognized Delaris and heard that Kael'thas's people had found a cure for mana addiction.
• Delaris told Lydros that Arcan'dor was real, and Estulan arrived but initially dismissed the claim as impossible.
• Dick explained that Suramar still existed and Kael'thas had grown Arcan'dor from its last seed using Quel'Thalas's arcane nodes.
• Estulan warned Kael'thas that Arcan'dor required druidic spells and ordered him to stop feeding it arcane power; Kael'thas contacted his allies to halt the supply.
• Lydros called for a council of Lorekeepers and told Delaris to take his allies to subdue Prince Tortheldrin, while Delaris revealed that demons had caused Velinde's disappearance.

Delaris, Dick, and Kael'thas confronted Prince Tortheldrin, whose immense power came from binding Eldre'Thalas's ley node to himself. As Immol'thar's seal began to fail, Dick set out to kill the creature before it could break free.

• Delaris explained that Prince Tortheldrin changed after spending seven days in the Twisting Nether to summon Immol'thar, and the party entered the Throne Room to confront him.
• Prince Tortheldrin attacked with fel fire, but Jaina rescued Delaris while Dick shielded the group and Kael'thas and Jaina counterattacked.
• Tortheldrin fought Kael'thas with overwhelming power as Throne Guards joined the battle, and Kael'thas recognized that the prince had bound a ley node to himself.
• Dick and Jaina followed Lydros to the Library, where they learned Tortheldrin had tampered with Immol'thar's binding and the creature was close to escaping.
• Dick prepared to enter the fel-filled chamber and kill Immol'thar while the Lorekeepers tried to suppress the failing seal.

Dick fought the weakened Immol'thar inside its barrier while Kael'thas restrained Prince Tortheldrin, who revealed his fear of the Burning Legion. Tyrande and Shandris arrived as the barrier collapsed, and Dick and Tyrande brought Immol'thar down, leaving Dick to deliver the final blow and greet Tyrande.

• Dick entered the weakening barrier and attacked Immol'thar, whose eye rays and charges could not overcome the barrier's protection.
• Kael'thas trapped Prince Tortheldrin and his servants in a Zero-Gravity Field as Tortheldrin raved about the Burning Legion and tried to absorb Eldre'Thalas's magic.
• Tyrande and Shandris prepared an armed force to enter Eldre'Thalas and investigate the tainted World Tree Seed through the Shen'dralar's knowledge.
• Dick kept wounding Immol'thar from range until an outside force shattered the barrier and restored the demon's strength.
• Dick nearly severed one of Immol'thar's heads, while Shandris and Tyrande struck its heads with arrows and brought it down.
• Dick drove Windfury into the struggling Immol'thar and greeted Tyrande as the demon gave its dying wail.

At the Dire Maul tournament, Gavincente Skovald slaughtered five ogres in under five seconds, then Anduin discovered that the Twilight Team had brought his captured friend Lakes Claw to force him to forfeit. Anduin accepted the bout and swore vengeance, while assassins blocked Chen Stormstout from reaching him.

• Rehgar worried that the Twin Kings Team might challenge his gladiators, but Dick and Kael'thas failed to appear for the opening ceremony.
• Gavensent Skovald defeated five ogres in less than five seconds and provoked the other contestants with his taunts.
• Anduin entered the arena alone against the Twilight Team, whose members brought a flame-covered creature inside an iron cage.
• A hidden speaker threatened to kill Lakes Claw unless Anduin forfeited, and Anduin recognized his wounded friend beneath the flames.
• Chen Stormstout tried to intervene, but four assassins blocked him as Anduin accepted the bout and vowed to kill the Twilight Team.

Anduin faced the wounded Druid of the Flame Lakes in the Dire Maul arena and used Dick’s lessons to turn the fight in his favor. As Lakes rose again, Anduin realized the wounded druid was at his most dangerous.

• The spectators learned Anduin was Prince of Stormwind, while Duke Jorach assured Chen Stormstout that the prince would be spared but had to finish the fight.
• L Varian recognized Anduin’s name and asked Valeera and Bearhide to help him rescue the child; Bearhide realized the Flame Leopard was a druid.
• Lakes battered Anduin, but Anduin remembered Dick’s training, steadied himself with the Holy Light, and began fighting back with his warhammer.
• Anduin struck Lakes’s hind leg, used a weak Holy Shock to slow him, and landed a powerful blow that wounded the druid.
• Anduin paused to catch his breath, and Lakes rose again, prompting Anduin to recall Dick’s warning about wounded beasts.

Anduin defeated the transformed Lakes by enduring his flames and using the Holy Light to awaken his friend, earning the arena’s cheers. Cho'gall then challenged Anduin and demanded that he fight to reclaim Lakes, but Dick arrived and accepted the challenge.

• After Cho'gall crushed the Purple Crystal, Lakes lost the last of his reason and charged at Anduin, knocking him down and disarming him.
• Anduin threw away his dagger, held Lakes’s burning head, and poured Holy Light into him while calling for his friend to wake up.
• Lakes gradually regained control, then flung Anduin aside and knocked himself unconscious against the arena wall; Anduin stood beside him as the crowd cheered.
• Cho'gall entered the arena and claimed Lakes as Twilight Team property, challenging Anduin to defeat him before taking Lakes away.
• Dick arrived, healed Anduin enough to ease his pain, told him to take Lakes away, and accepted Cho'gall’s challenge.

Cho'gall challenged Dick in the Dire Maul Grand Arena, expecting the weakened Paladin to be easy prey, but Dick's Order Power let him wound Cho'gall and resist his magic. Cho'gall then revealed the unfinished Chaos Artifact Twilight's Hammer and struck Dick down, while a mysterious servant of Xal'atath prepared to seize Cho'gall's remaining forces.

• Cho'gall sought to kill Dick and recover the piece of C'Thun's body Dick carried, hoping to restore his standing and complete his Chaos Artifact.
• Anveena charged Cho'gall, but he split his soul and trapped her inside a Shadow Orb, leaving Dick to face Garr alone.
• In Eldre'Thalas, a young man with a cat learned the fight had begun and ordered Krelis to gather Cho'gall's forces and recruit the Ogres for Xal'atath.
• Dick fought through Cho'gall's magic and wounded him with Order-empowered attacks, while Cho'gall realized his subordinates had misled him about Dick's weakness.
• Cho'gall summoned Twilight's Hammer and smashed through Dick's Light Shield, sending him crashing to the arena floor.

Cho'gall battered Dick while the Holy Power, Order Power, shadow, and chaos within him tore his body apart. As the trapped Holy Power began leaving his blood and returning to his control, the crowd rallied behind him, and Dick raised a Holy Shield.

• Cho'gall struck Dick with a Shadow Bolt and Twilight's Hammer, leaving him unable to fight back as four powers clashed inside him.
• Cho'gall displayed Dick to the arena and declared that C'Thun's rebirth would begin with his death.
• Gavincente realized Cho'gall's attacks were breaking apart the Holy Power lodged in Dick's body, and shouted for him to endure.
• The spectators, including the Little Prince, Chen Stormstout, Li Li, and Med'an, cheered Dick on as Gurgo urged him to rise.
• Dick regained control of some of the released Holy Power and formed a radiant Holy Shield.
• Jorach noticed Plugger had used Mind Tricks to stir up the crowd, and Plugger admitted he had helped because he hated the cultists.

Dick mastered his holy power and defeated Cho'gall after the Twilight's Hammer shattered and his summoned guardians were pulled away. Gravely injured, Dick was carried from the arena for treatment, while the tournament continued and spectators wondered whether he had reached the heroic rank.

• Dick's holy power surged as he endured Cho'gall's attacks, and his Giant Light Sword destroyed Cho'gall's magical shield.
• Anveena attacked Cho'gall, but he summoned four Old Gods Guardians and prepared a deadly black sphere.
• The black sphere exploded, shattering the Twilight's Hammer and closing the portals that held the guardians.
• Dick charged Cho'gall and cut him down with a powerful Sword of Light, destroying part of the arena in the process.
• Anveena supported the exhausted Dick as Chen Stormstout carried him out for treatment, while Jaina, Liadrin, Kael'thas, and Tyrande hurried back.
• The remaining tournament bouts continued, and Jorach and Plugger wondered whether Dick had broken through to the heroic rank.