Recaps

Wounded in the starship’s explosion, Rakeesh remembered being abandoned and tortured for twenty-five thousand years before confronting Velen. Velen refused to fight back and let Rakeesh stab him, leaving Rakeesh shattered by his father’s death.

• Rakeesh remembered Midsummer’s Day on Argus, when Velen fled with the exiles and left him behind.
• Tagas revealed that Kil’jaeden had kept Rakeesh as leverage over Velen, then tortured him for thousands of years.
• Rakeesh seized his chance for revenge when he found Velen and repeatedly stabbed him as Velen apologized.
• Velen confessed that he had chosen to save his people, admitted his failure, and asked Rakeesh to live for his mother.
• Velen died after telling Rakeesh that his death was atonement, and Rakeesh dropped his dagger and screamed.

After Velen died at Rakeesh’s hands, Dick honored Velen’s wish to spare his son and used the Order Angel’s power to resurrect him. Velen awoke, believing the Holy Light had told him his work was not yet finished.

• Dick restrained Anveena from interrupting Velen’s final confrontation with Rakeesh, then walked away as Velen died.
• Rakeesh mourned his father and begged Dick to trade his life and soul for Velen’s resurrection.
• Anveena ordered Dick to save Velen, and Dick agreed on the condition that Rakeesh’s life belonged to him.
• Dick became the Order Angel and invoked Redemption, flooding the Starship with Holy Light.
• Velen opened his eyes and told Dick that the Holy Light had said his work was unfinished.

Dick returned to the starport with the rescued Velen and Rakeesh, then stripped the Eredar Twins of their power and forced them to kneel. Kil'jaeden tried to destroy the twins and confront Dick, but an unknown attacker shattered his apparition, and Dick found a memory of Turalyon among the twins’ remaining memories.

• Dick returned to the starport with the wounded Rakeesh and Velen, and Maraad learned that Rakeesh was Velen’s son.
• Dick released the Eredar Twins from their restraints, stopped their ambush, and used the Eye of the Storm to drain their powers.
• Dick forced the powerless twins to kneel and began imposing his will on them to learn what they knew.
• Kil'jaeden appeared, tried to destroy the twins’ memories and souls, and threatened Dick and Azeroth.
• Dick halted Kil'jaeden, but a mysterious figure punched through and shattered his apparition.
• Dick checked the twins’ remaining memories and found a memory of Turalyon.

Senxia led 132 Azerothian rogues and rangers in a covert mission to infiltrate Argus and gather intelligence for the coming invasion. The teams launched toward Krokuun in disguised meteorites, while Maiev resolved to survive and return to her niece.

• A reconnaissance ship searched the Argus Sector but found nothing unusual, allowing the infiltrators’ rock-disguised vessel to hide in the rubble belt.
• Senxia briefed the 132 infiltrators, ordering them to prioritize survival and locate safe routes and demon outposts for the assault army.
• The infiltrators entered landing pods disguised as meteorites and began their descent toward Krokuun.
• Maiev remembered her niece Little Tiffany and promised herself she would return alive with a present.
• Maiev’s meteorite struck Argus and gouged out an impact crater.

Maiev’s expedition landed in the Krokuun Region of Argus and began scouting the Burning Legion’s forces while searching for the planet’s native resistance. Hatuun’s attempt to rescue prisoners ended in a trap, leaving him surrounded by a Dreadlord and elite Felguards as he refused to reveal the Army of the Light’s whereabouts.

• Maiev emerged from the wrecked Landing Pod in Krokuun, while Duke Jorach and the other scouts began moving toward Legion camps to gather intelligence.
• Naisha spotted a shadow entering the demons’ prisoner area and alerted Maiev that it might be connected to the natives they sought.
• Hatuun led a rescue mission into a Legion camp, intending to free prisoners and recruit them into the Krokuun Tribe.
• After Hatuun freed a young Broken, the prisoners revealed themselves as bait, and a Dreadlord surrounded him with more than fifteen elite Felguards.
• The Dreadlord demanded information about the Army of the Light, but Hatuun refused and declared that he was ready to die for Argus.

Maiev and Naisha rescued Hatuun from a Burning Legion prison and revealed that Velen and the Draenei lived on Azeroth. Hatuun agreed to cooperate with the Azerothian forces and wait for Sylvanas, who would arrive with news of Alleria.

• Hatuun fought the Dreadlord and Felguards until Maiev, Naisha, and eleven Wardens ambushed the demons and rescued him.
• Maiev told Hatuun that Velen and the Draenei had lived on Azeroth for four years and founded the Exodar, provoking Hatuun's anger at Velen.
• Maiev explained that Azeroth planned to bring the war to Argus and asked Hatuun to share information about the demons in Krokuun.
• Hatuun asked whether Maiev knew Turalyon and Alleria, and Maiev said Sylvanas would arrive in two to three hours to prove their sincerity.
• Hatuun thanked the Azerothians, asked them not to mention Velen again, and declared them friends of the Krokuun Tribe.

Sylvanas reached the Krokuun Tribe with Maiev and Hatuun, hoping to contact Alleria. The Army of the Light’s communicator brought Turalyon to them, and Sylvanas demanded to know where her sister was.

• Sylvanas arrived at the Wardens’ camp and asked Hatuun whether he had met Alleria.
• Hatuun led Sylvanas and Maiev to the hidden Krokuun Tribe settlement, where he ordered the exits sealed and a traitor investigation started.
• Maiev reassured Sylvanas about her troubled feelings toward Alleria as they traveled to the settlement.
• Hatuun activated the Army of the Light’s communicator, and Turalyon stepped through its portal.
• Turalyon recognized Sylvanas, who demanded to know where Alleria was.

Sylvanas and Maiev reached Argus, where they reunited with Turalyon and learned that the Army of the Light was stationed at Mac'Aree. Sylvanas reunited with Alleria, while Turalyon received an image of his grown son Arator; meanwhile, Dick sent Algalon to Argus to bring three people back.

• Turalyon learned from Maiev that Azeroth had defeated Archimonde at Mount Hyjal and repelled a Legion invasion of Draenor, while Hatuun considered whether Azeroth could help the Krokuun Tribe.
• Sylvanas demanded that Turalyon take her to Alleria, and he told her that Arator was safe in Quel'Thalas and had become a paladin.
• Turalyon led Sylvanas, the Wardens, and Hatuun through a portal to the Army of the Light's station in the Mac'Aree Ruins.
• Sylvanas and Alleria recognized each other and embraced, overwhelmed by their reunion.
• Naisha gave Turalyon a pocket watch from Dick containing a magical image of Arator, and Turalyon wept at seeing his grown son.
• Dick asked Algalon to go to the Argus Sector and bring three people back.

Dick confronted Xe'ra about her prophecies and demanded information about the Army of the Light and its position on Argus. He argued that fate could be rewritten and challenged her to account for the Void, leaving a crack in her Heart of the Holy Light.

• Dick returned to the Celestial Planetarium and asked Xe'ra for information about the Army of the Light and her deployments on Argus.
• Xe'ra spoke of Azeroth's exceptional potential and insisted that Dick's war would fail, while Dick described a future in which the Legion was defeated and the Pantheon rebuilt.
• Dick showed Xe'ra memories of the battles and changes he had brought about, then demanded that she cooperate or face destruction.
• Xe'ra resisted Dick's threats and insisted that her prophecies were true, while Dick argued that Illidan did not need her to save him.
• Dick challenged Xe'ra to consider the Void and questioned whether defeating the Burning Legion would bring peace to the universe.
• Xe'ra called Dick mad, but when he asked where the Void stood in her prophecies, a crack appeared on her Heart of the Holy Light.

Dick exposed the Void’s omission from Xe’ra’s prophecy, helping her survive the collapse of her faith and regain her strength. Xe’ra revealed information about the Army of the Light and warned Dick about the Void’s influence before disclosing that Sargeras had recruited Aggramar into his Dark Titan Council.

• Dick explained that Xe’ra’s prophecy had been tampered with by a mysterious force that concealed the Void, and the revelation caused the Heart of the Holy Light to crack.
• Dick and Anveena poured Holy Power into the Heart while Dick urged Xe’ra to accept her mistakes and lead others without relying on fate.
• Xe’ra recovered enough to tell Dick that the Army of the Light included forces beyond Argus, including A’dal’s allies on Draenor, and that its strongest host guarded the distant Origin System.
• Dick asked Xe’ra to bring Turalyon and Alleria to Azeroth, and Xe’ra agreed while warning him to avoid dead Naaru who might have encountered the Void.
• Xe’ra revealed that Sargeras was on Argus building his Dark Titan Council and that Aggramar had joined it, shocking Dick.

After learning that his foreknowledge had run out, Dick prepared to face the future with the power he had gained. On Argus, Algalon arrived to bring Turalyon, Alleria, Hatuun, and Sylvanas back to Azeroth, revealing that Sylvanas and two other women were carrying Dick’s children.

• Dick left the Celestial Planetarium after learning that Aggramar’s soul had fallen into Sargeras’s hands, and accepted that his foreknowledge had ended.
• In the Mac'Aree camp, Sylvanas reunited with Alleria and told her she did not expect to marry Dick or let him influence her life.
• Turalyon summoned Alleria to the Central Hall, where Algalon announced that he would take Turalyon, Alleria, and Hatuun back to Azeroth on Dick’s behalf.
• Algalon told Sylvanas that Dick had ordered her return and revealed that she and two other women were carrying his children.
• Sylvanas questioned how she could be pregnant without noticing, while Algalon insisted that she leave Argus because void energy threatened her and the life within her.

Algalon brought Turalyon, Alleria, Hatuun, and Sylvanas to Ulduar, where Turalyon and Alleria reunited with family and old comrades. Hatuun confronted Velen over abandoning Argus, leaving the prophet unable to defend the choice he had made.

• Algalon brought the four travelers to Ulduar after a three-day journey, then went to rest in the Celestial Planetarium.
• Turalyon reunited with Tirion Fordring, Gavinrad, and Alexandros, then embraced Uther and Dathrohan after learning they had become Death Knights.
• Alleria reunited with Vereesa, who apologized for not joining Sylvanas on the search for her, and embraced her son Arator.
• Hatuun slapped Velen and accused him of abandoning Argus and leaving its people to endure twenty-five thousand years of torment.
• Velen reflected on Hatuun's suffering and admitted to himself that, though his choice had been right, it had not been fair.

Sylvanas confronted Dick about the mark of life, and he reassured her while warning her that Alleria faced a hidden danger. Meanwhile, Hatuun challenged Velen over Argus’s fall, then agreed to hear about the Broken’s new faith while refusing to abandon his homeland.

• Sylvanas stormed into Dick’s office, where Anveena and Alduin briefly confronted her before Dick sent them away.
• Dick explained that the mark of life would not make Sylvanas pregnant unless they chose to begin a new life, and he warned her not to go to Argus.
• Dick told Sylvanas that dark things were inside Alleria and asked her to look after her sister.
• Hatuun told Velen that Argus’s people blamed him for fleeing and felt abandoned by the Holy Light, while Velen and Maraad explained why they had left.
• Velen summoned Nobundo and Akama to show Hatuun a faith compatible with the Holy Light and offered to seek a new home for Argus’s people.
• Hatuun agreed to consider the new faith but vowed to remain on Argus, and Velen welcomed the chance to preserve their homeland’s heritage.

Velen tried to guide Hatuun and the Krokuun Tribe toward shamanism, while Turalyon and Alleria met Dick in Ulduar and recounted Turalyon’s thousand-year war against the Burning Legion. Dick agreed that Azeroth could join the fight, but revealed that Xe’ra’s promised fate was wrong and confronted Alleria about her secret contact with the Void.

• Velen worked to introduce Hatuun and the Krokuun Tribe to shamanism as a new source of spiritual support.
• Auriaya escorted Turalyon and Alleria through Ulduar to meet Dick, who invited them to speak about their experiences.
• Turalyon told Dick that he had reached Argus through a rift, joined the Army of the Light, and spent what felt like a thousand years fighting demons.
• Turalyon proposed that Azeroth and the Army of the Light unite to attack Argus and drive the Burning Legion from the star domain.
• Dick praised Turalyon’s insight, then told him Xe’ra’s vision of his fate was wrong.
• Dick revealed that Alleria had secretly contacted the Void and said her actions had violated the fundamental balance.

Alleria’s secret use of the void was exposed, and Dick fought to stop it from consuming her. He purged the void from her and destroyed Veilwalker, leaving Alleria alive but the confrontation’s aftermath unresolved.

• Alleria told Turalyon and Dick that Veilwalker had introduced her to the Shadowlands and taught her to wield the void.
• Alleria transformed as the void overwhelmed her, and Dick bound her before her power broke the chains and threatened the Celestial Planetarium.
• Dick attacked Alleria with order magic while Turalyon and Sylvanas urged her to remember her family and resist the void.
• Alleria begged Dick for help, and he drove a Solar Lance through her to strike the void within her without killing her.
• Dick expelled the void, and Veilwalker was destroyed in the Argus Sector.

Dick treated Alleria after removing the void brand and warned Sylvanas to keep her sister away from dangerous places and influences. He recruited Turalyon to command two fleets for an expedition to Argus, where he learned of a strange phenomenon at the Burning Throne, and Elune revealed a possible way to face the fallen Titans.

• Dick removed the void brand from Alleria, warned that the void could seek her out again, and told Sylvanas to take her to Freya and keep her away from four dangerous regions.
• Dick learned from Turalyon that the Army of the Light used a modified Legion planar communicator, then asked him to command the Third and Fourth Fleets in an expedition to Argus.
• Dick questioned Turalyon about unusual places on Argus, and Turalyon described the Burning Throne, where the earth seemed to tremble like it was breathing in pain.
• After Turalyon left, Dick spoke with Elune about the possibility of facing Argus and Aggramar together, and she explained that Aggramar was weakened and proposed a way to improve their chances.
• Elune declared that she would avenge the Pantheon and Sargeras herself, while Dick resolved to proceed with the expedition as Azeroth's decisive gamble.

Varian considered Ulduar’s request for Stormwind to join another expedition beyond Azeroth and learned how profitable its trade with Xakan had been. He agreed to convene his marshals, seeing the expedition as the first step toward a star-spanning Stormwind Empire, while rulers across Azeroth began weighing similar ventures.

• Varian asked Robert to report on Stormwind’s trade with Xakan and heard that the kingdom had gained valuable gold, minerals, goods, and labor in exchange for books and other supplies.
• Robert argued that unequal trade with Xakan could last at least a hundred years and repeated Auriaya’s view that the exchange would help Xakan advance its civilization.
• Varian showed Robert Ulduar’s request, and Robert urged him to accept, saying the expedition would prepare Stormwind for expansion beyond Azeroth.
• Varian ordered Robert to invite the old marshals to a council meeting and resolved to pursue the star domains for the sake of his son, Anduin.
• Rulers and factions across Azeroth began discussing new expeditions after seeing the profits from the first venture to Xakan.

Kel'Thuzad organized Twilight's Hammer in Draenor and prepared its followers for a war on Argus that would earn them passage between star domains. He and Klaxxi'va Ik agreed to join the conflict, hoping to claim new worlds for their factions.

• Draenor's factions and trading settlements expanded as Eco-Domes spread across the recovering world.
• Kel'Thuzad and the Twilight's Hammer leaders discussed building an Eco-Dome in Auchindoun, where the Klaxxi were growing Kypari Trees.
• Kel'Thuzad urged the faction leaders to stop infighting, purge cultists devoted to destroying the world, and ready their forces to fight on Argus for access to space travel.
• Kel'Thuzad ordered the leaders to kill Bloodmaul Ogres who had occupied land near the Bone Wastes and trade their souls for supplies.
• Kel'Thuzad and Klaxxi'va Ik concluded that Dick's invitation to war aimed to bring Azeroth into a new era of expansion among the stars, and they agreed to join for the chance to claim worlds of their own.

Dick and Mimiron discussed how to spread starship technology beyond Ulduar while preserving Azeroth’s security and encouraging its factions to become a true spacefaring civilization. Dick decided that factions proving their loyalty in the expedition to Argus would earn access to the blueprints and be recognized as Ulduar’s kindred.

• Dick inspected Mimiron’s assembly factory and learned that building the Third and Fourth Fleets had consumed 80% of Azeroth’s smelted steel reserves, leaving a shortage expected to last five years.
• Dick proposed sharing low-grade engine and starship blueprints with the factions so they could develop their own interstellar capabilities rather than relying entirely on Ulduar.
• Dick explained to Mimiron that spreading the technology would help Azeroth’s civilization grow beyond Ulduar and proposed maintaining Ulduar’s advantage through a generational gap in technology.
• Dick and Mimiron discussed oversight and the gradual release of more advanced engine designs, while Dick argued that any faction surpassing Ulduar would deserve to rule Azeroth.
• Dick decided to award blueprints to races that committed themselves to the expedition to Argus and to name them Ulduar’s kindred.

Nexus-Prince Haramad supplied lethal contraband for Azeroth’s expedition to Argus, where Duke Jorach’s reconnaissance team faced heavy losses. After Jorach bombed a Legion camp, the bounty hunter Imonar ambushed him and forced him to flee, beginning a deadly pursuit.

• Nexus-Prince Haramad arranged for powerful contraband to be sent to Argus, hoping Azeroth’s expedition would succeed.
• Duke Jorach infiltrated a demon camp and planted a Consortium demolition device that destroyed much of it.
• Imonar emerged from concealment, revealed that he had hunted the expedition members, and attacked Jorach.
• Jorach used Killing Spree, wounded Imonar with poisoned strikes, then escaped into the shadows.
• Imonar healed himself and resumed the hunt, marking Jorach as his next target.

Azeroth’s rogues and Demon Hunters lured Imonar into an ambush and killed him, then used his identity to destroy a Legion facility. Shaw heard a plea from Eonar, who revealed that Aggramar had been corrupted and asked for help.

• Jorach fled while Imonar pursued him, but Maiev, Shaw, Oritus, Cairne, and other allies sprang an ambush.
• Imonar fought back with void bombs and Primeval Fire, injuring Cairne and Oritus before Jorach doubled back and killed him.
• The group captured Imonar’s demon soul and used the Orb of Deception to impersonate him and order a bombardment of the Demonforge Camp.
• Shaw heard Eonar call for aid, warning that Aggramar had been corrupted and her resistance was nearly over.

After learning that Eonar was in danger and Aggramar had fallen into Sargeras’s hands, Dick decided to lead a small force to Argus while Azeroth’s fleets prepared for war. He and the Guardians declared their final battle for Azeroth, leaving the story with their march toward a desperate fight against the Burning Legion.

• Senxia relayed Shaw’s report to Dick, and the Guardians returned to the Celestial Planetarium to debate rescuing Eonar.
• Thorim argued with Mimiron over whether to rush to Argus, and Odyn stopped the Guardians’ fight.
• Dick arrived with Elune and explained that Freya was needed to help locate Eonar, whose plea suggested she was near Argus.
• Elune offered to accelerate Velen’s recovery, while Mimiron warned that building the fleets would take at least forty days.
• Dick chose to go to Argus with Odyn, Freya, Thorim, Hodir, the Forge Master, and their allies to buy Azeroth time to prepare.
• Dick and the Guardians declared war on the demons and vowed to fight for Azeroth, even if the battle cost them their lives.

Edwin VanCleef and the Infiltrators prepared Beacon Stones in Argus so Azeroth’s Vanguard could arrive. Valarjar appeared over the planet, and as the Burning Legion mobilized, Second Lieutenant Nester realized his world was entering an uncertain new age.

• Edwin VanCleef and two Assassin's Alliance rogues buried seven Beacon Stones near the Krokuun Tribe’s mountain ridges.
• Second Lieutenant Nester led a patrol and recalled how a human Infiltrator had killed his superior, while he hoped to avoid the battlefield.
• The Sargerite Keystone opened a vast portal in Argus’s sky, and the golden city of Valarjar emerged.
• Dick and Odyn led Velen, Illidan, Uther, Mithysilsa Anarell, the Guardians, and the Spirit Legion toward Argus.
• Odyn teleported Valarjar to the Krokuun Region, prompting Kil'jaeden’s forces to mobilize as the Infiltrators and Krokuun Tribe welcomed the arrival as hope.

Dick’s forces invaded Krokuun, captured Second Lieutenant Nester, and began clearing the region while preparing for Kil'jaeden’s attack. The Eredar Twins urged Nester to embrace the Holy Light, leaving him bewildered about his future.

• Second Lieutenant Nester fled when the Valarjar arrived, but Gavincente knocked him from his Fel Hound and captured him.
• Dick learned from Chieftain Hatuun that Nester had repeatedly ignored the Broken’s rescue efforts and asked Velen to guide him and the Eredar Twins toward redemption.
• Dick ordered the forces to clear Krokuun and prepare for Kil'jaeden as the Valarjar launched an assault on Ancient Coto Camp.
• The spirits destroyed Ancient Coto Camp, and Hatuun and Velen rallied the Krokuun Tribe to build defenses and prepare for evacuation to Nagrand.
• After Nester awoke in the Valarjar camp, the Eredar Twins told him to have faith in the Holy Light and follow their new power.

Kil'jaeden sent his demon army against the Vanguard’s walls while reflecting on his betrayal by Velen and confronting the voice within the Fel Fire. As the demons began their assault, Freya called Dick to the Creator's Chamber, where Eonar was under attack.

• The Earthen raised two defensive walls as Kil'jaeden’s immense demon army assembled before the Krokuun Plains.
• Kil'jaeden recalled how envy and Velen’s departure had driven him to join the Burning Legion, and how his fixation on Velen had come to dominate his purpose.
• Kil'jaeden confronted the voice in the Fel Fire, accusing it of misleading him and blaming its promised fate for the failures and sacrifices he had endured.
• Kil'jaeden ordered his army to attack, and the demons charged the Vanguard’s walls.
• Freya told Dick that the Creator's Chamber was imprisoned in the starry sky beyond Argus and that demons were attacking it as Eonar called for help.