Recaps

Dick found the Worldstone and used his power to revive the weakened Titans trapped within it, while Tyrael and the heroes of Sanctuary tried to stop him. Dick declared the Pantheon rebuilt and the Burning Hell and High Heavens part of Azeroth, then departed with the Worldstone as the story left open the threat of Sargeras and the Shadowlands.

• Tyrael entered the Worldstone vault and found Dick, Algalon, and Hablon gathered around the crystal.
• Dick infused the Worldstone with titanic energy, discovering the injured Titans within and reviving the crystal’s power.
• Tyrael attacked Dick, but Anveena struck him down and Alduin appeared over Mount Arreat.
• Dick recognized Tyrael’s heritage, spared him, and ordered the High Heavens and Burning Hell to join the front lines under the rebuilt Pantheon.
• Dick declared that the star domain’s gates would open and that its peoples would become part of Azeroth, then vanished with the Worldstone.

A Night Elf rogue traveling through the Eastern Plaguelands reflected on the land’s ruin and her dangerous years as a mercenary. She spotted an old man beside the poisoned Thondroril River and went to see if he needed help.

• The rogue recalled that the Eastern Plaguelands had been plunged into darkness and filled with Undead after Kel'Thuzad’s curse.
• She thought about her homeland, Darkshore and Darnassus, and the risks she had faced as a rogue over the past five years.
• She considered returning home after earning enough money, though she was currently traveling through the Plaguelands to deliver a letter.
• She noticed an old man beside the nearly dried-up Thondroril River and decided to approach him.

A Night Elf traveler met the retired paladin Tirion Fordring in the Eastern Plaguelands and agreed to recover his lost War Banner at Zul'Mashar. Tirion began explaining his past, leaving his story on the eve of his encounter with Cuiyige.

• The traveler visited Tirion Fordring's home and noticed his old military warhammer.
• Tirion asked the traveler to retrieve a War Banner lost during his final battle against the Mossflayer Trolls at Zul'Mashar.
• After the traveler asked for the real reason, Tirion introduced himself as a former Paladin and began recounting his life.
• Tirion described growing up in Hearthglen, studying under Alonsus Faol, becoming a Paladin alongside Uther, Gavinrad, Dathrohan, and Turalyon, and fighting the Orcs.
• Tirion recalled telling his son that race alone could not define honor, then said his life changed when Cuiyige appeared before him.

Old Tirion Fordring recounted how Cuiyige, an Orc he had once fought and befriended, was captured and condemned despite Tirion’s defense. After choosing truth at his trial and losing his Holy Light powers, Tirion tried to rescue Cuiyige from execution but failed as the flames consumed him.

• Tirion found Cuiyige stealing grain near Hearthglen, fought him, and later learned the Orc had saved his life.
• After Tirion thanked Cuiyige and heard about the Orc’s past and planned return to Thrall, Barthilas captured and tortured him.
• Tirion struck Barthilas and had Cuiyige confined with food and shelter, but Barthilas accused Tirion of treason.
• At trial, Tirion told the truth about Cuiyige despite his family and friends urging him to deny knowing the Orc, and he was exiled and stripped of his Holy Light powers.
• Tirion promised Taelan he would do what was right, then went to Stratholme to save Cuiyige from execution.
• Silver Hand guards restrained Tirion, and he watched Cuiyige smile before the execution fire consumed him.

Tirion Fordring explained how Thrall rescued Cuiyige, how the Holy Light returned to him, and why he wanted to save his son Taelan from the Scarlet Crusade. The narrator recovered Tirion’s Warhammer, War Banner, and family painting from Stratholme, then discovered a box of valuable Crusader Orbs.

• Tirion Fordring told the narrator that Thrall rescued Cuiyige from Stratholme and that the Holy Light restored Tirion’s powers as Cuiyige was dying.
• Tirion Fordring explained that Taelan had joined the Scarlet Crusade and asked the narrator to retrieve a War Banner, a toy Warhammer, and a family painting to prove his identity.
• The narrator recovered the Warhammer from Tirion’s tomb and found the War Banner in a lake near Zul’Mashar.
• The narrator sneaked into the Scarlet Crusade’s stronghold in Stratholme, knocked out an official, and found Tirion’s family painting in a hidden storehouse.
• The narrator discovered a box of Crusader Orbs and planned to take them along with the painting.

The narrator delivered Tirion Fordring’s keepsakes and letter to Taelan, who learned his father was alive and chose to leave Hearthglen to meet him. As Taelan and the narrator escaped the Scarlet Crusade’s base, Examiner Isillien confronted them.

• Tirion Fordring gave the narrator a badge, a letter, and keepsakes for Taelan, and directed him to Witch Mirlanda for help entering Hearthglen.
• The narrator slipped into Hearthglen and found Taelan reprimanding a soldier for mistreating recruits from the south.
• The narrator knocked out the soldier and showed Taelan his father’s painting, Warhammer, War Banner, and letter; Taelan wept and decided to see Tirion immediately.
• The narrator used Madaran’s potion and a forged order to disguise himself and guide Taelan past the Scarlet Crusade checkpoints.
• Examiner Isillien and four officers confronted Taelan as he and the narrator neared the forest where Tirion was waiting.

The narrator fought Isillien’s Scarlet officers to protect Taelan, who challenged Isillien over his father’s fate. Just as Isillien prepared to kill Taelan, Tirion arrived and rescued his son, while the gravely wounded narrator drifted toward unconsciousness.

• Isillien ordered his Scarlet officers to seize the narrator and demanded that Taelan return with him, so the narrator killed the first officer who attacked.
• Taelan fought Isillien while the narrator battled the remaining officers, then rushed to protect Taelan as Isillien gained the advantage.
• The narrator took a Warhammer blow meant for Taelan and fell badly wounded as Isillien raised his staff to kill Taelan.
• Tirion burst from the forest and struck Isillien with his Warhammer, reuniting with Taelan and knocking Isillien down.
• The narrator watched the reunion before losing strength and drifting toward sleep.

Rikaode returned to Auberdine after his adventures and, now too weak to fight, built a comfortable life with his sister Daisi and opened a tavern called Love and Family. He ended the evening telling children stories of his travels, content to live as a brother, tavern owner, and storyteller.

• Daisi woke Rikaode and reminded him that the children were waiting for a story.
• Rikaode recalled how his injuries had left him unable to fight and how Tirion Fordring’s lessons made him cherish his family.
• Rikaode brought Daisi from the Temple of the Moon in Darnassus, settled with her in his new house, and used his wealth to open a tavern in Auberdine.
• Rikaode named the tavern Love and Family, kept the Fordring family painting as a treasured memory, and displayed Isillien’s staff as Wicked's Deathbed Repentance.
• Rikaode played his lyre and told the children, including Daisi, the story of how he found jewels in Stratholme.