Recaps

Dick and Med'an arrived at Karazhan, where Medivh’s undead servants welcomed Med'an as the tower’s heir and urged him to take up his inheritance. After encouraging Med'an to consider the responsibility of protecting them, Dick left to meet Meryl and claim the inheritance Medivh had left for him.

• Moroes led Dick and Med'an from the banquet hall to a luxurious guest room, explaining that Meryl was in the library and warning them to avoid the Maiden of Virtue and the basement.
• Moroes planned to teach Med'an etiquette and magic and have Lord Aland and Attumen train him, while Dick considered how Karazhan could protect the boy.
• Med'an asked whether Karazhan would be his home, and Dick explained that Medivh had left the tower and its servants to him along with the duty to protect them.
• Med'an admitted that he no longer feared the undead but wondered why they should sacrifice for him, and Dick urged him to think carefully about accepting the responsibility of lordship.
• After Med'an fell asleep, Dick took the Blue Flame Rose and set out to find Meryl and claim Medivh’s inheritance.

Dick entered the Banquet Hall, where Moroes recalled Medivh’s death and explained how the master had given Karazhan’s servants purpose. Dick gave Moroes the Blue Flame Rose, then followed him to the Observatory to receive Medivh’s gifts, discovering a Judgment Armor set and an Astral Warhorse.

• Moroes told Dick how Medivh had saved Karazhan’s people and how the tower’s servants had lost their purpose after his death.
• Dick gave Moroes the Blue Flame Rose, which restored the appearance he had before dying.
• Moroes led Dick past hidden passages to the Observatory, where he introduced Void, the dragon guarding it.
• Dick opened the first box and found a complete Judgment Armor set that Medivh had commissioned and enchanted for him.
• Dick opened the second box and met the winged Astral Warhorse Medivh had prepared as another gift.

Dick opened Medivh’s last box in Karazhan and found the Naaru’s green Ata’mal Crystal, the Shadow of Flourishing Leaves. It gave him limited control over the Bloodlust Oak inside him and let him vanish from sight, before he set out for the Swamp of Sorrows and was attacked while freeing Lady Velinde.

• Moroes warned Dick that the last box held a mysterious gift from fate and revealed Medivh had found it on Draenor.
• Dick opened the box and discovered the Shadow of Flourishing Leaves, a green Ata’mal Crystal once kept by the Draenei.
• The crystal pleased the Bloodlust Oak inside Dick and gave him limited control over it.
• Dick used the crystal to disappear and reappear behind Moroes, who warned him not to pull such stunts in Karazhan.
• The next morning, Dick left Karazhan to pursue Eranikus’s Redemption in the Swamp of Sorrows and opened the cellar door to free Lady Velinde.
• A dark figure lunged at Dick as he opened the cellar door.

Dick found Velinde Starsong feral after she killed the Black Knight, healed and outfitted her, then brought her to the Swamp of Sorrows. There, Demitier explained that the Green Dragons needed Dick to break the Atal'ai Trolls’ barrier and stop their offerings to Soulflayer.

• Dick defended himself from Velinde Starsong’s sudden attack, recognized her, and healed her wounds with Holy Light.
• Dick had the Succubus maids bathe and dress Velinde, then flew with her on Astral Steed to the Swamp of Sorrows.
• Dick explained that the Sunken Temple housed the Atal'ai Tribe and that Soulflayer’s corruption was spreading through the land.
• Dick used a broken emerald dragon scale to summon a Green Dragon scout, who introduced himself as Demitier.
• Demitier told Dick that the Nightmare and Soulflayer had weakened the Green Dragons, put Eranikus into a deep slumber, and empowered Trolls who had escaped the temple.
• Dick learned that he was expected to break the Trolls’ barrier and destroy their offerings so Soulflayer’s influence would weaken and Eranikus could awaken.

Dick, Demitier, and Velinde entered the Atal'ai temple and rescued the drakonid Hrunis from a Hakkari sacrifice. After escaping the troll zombies, they gained Hrunis as an ally and prepared to fight the trolls.

• Dick led Demitier and Velinde through the temple toward the Atal'ai trolls, while Velinde struggled with her new worgen nature.
• The three discovered the trolls preparing to sacrifice the bound drakonid Hrunis, whom Demitier recognized as an exiled member of their kind.
• Dick used concealment to kill the Hakkari priest and free Hrunis, then fought alongside Demitier against the troll zombies.
• Dick, Demitier, and Hrunis retreated into a narrow passage and sealed its exit, while Velinde cowered nearby after cutting down a zombie with the Scythe of Elune.
• Hrunis accused Jin'do of betraying him and offered to join Dick's fight against the trolls; Dick welcomed him into the group, and Hrunis gave his name as Das.

Dick and his companions found the Atal'ai ritual chamber and extinguished its four Soul Lamps with Wind Serpent blood, summoning Hakkar's Avatar. As the Avatar arrived, Dick prepared to fight it with the power of his new armor.

• Velinde tracked Wind Serpents through the temple, and Hrunis led the group into a chamber with a black altar and four Soul Lamps.
• Dick explained that Wind Serpent remains could extinguish the lamps and draw Hakkar's Avatar into the mortal world, while Demitier described the Green Dragonflight's struggle to contain the Trolls.
• Hrunis killed the Wind Serpents in a nearby hall, and Dick and the others poured their blood over the Soul Lamps until the first three went out.
• Demitier took Dragon form to hold back Trolls outside as Dick extinguished the final lamp, and Anveena broke Hakkar's attempt to oppress Dick's mind.
• Hakkar's Avatar emerged from the altar, and Dick summoned his armor and Holy Light before declaring that five minutes would be enough to defeat it.

Dick and Das fought Hakkar’s avatar in the underwater temple until Dick resisted its soul storm with Anveena’s help and destroyed its vessel with the Hammer of Justice and holy water. With the Atal’ai forces faltering, Prophet Jammal'an struck Dick from behind, and a swift shadow leapt into the panicking Trolls to begin a bloodbath.

• Dick and Das attacked Hakkar’s Graybone Wind Serpent avatar and broke much of its skeletal body.
• Hakkar unleashed a Soul Storm that attacked Dick and Das, but Anveena urged Dick to charge into it and protected him.
• Dick seized the avatar and struck it with the Hammer of Justice, then poured undiluted holy water into its skull, driving Hakkar’s will away and freeing the Troll souls.
• Prophet Jammal'an howled as the Atal’ai priests’ faith collapsed, while the Green Dragons’ defensive line outside neared defeat.
• Prophet Jammal'an hit Dick from behind with a Shadow Orb, and a swift shadow leapt into the Troll crowd and began slaughtering them.

After Velinde helped defeat the Atal'ai trolls, Dick carried her into the Sunken Temple and reunited Das with Eranikus. Eranikus welcomed Das back without restoring him to the Green Dragonflight, assigned Das and Demitier to serve under Dick, and asked Dick to help him confront Xavius.

• Velinde slaughtered Jammal'an and the trolls, then collapsed after Dick took the Scythe of Elune from her.
• Dick urged Das to meet Eranikus, and Demitier told Das that Eranikus regretted exiling him and wanted him to return home.
• Demitier led Dick, Das, and the sleeping Velinde through the temple toward Eranikus, while explaining that nightmare-possessed drakonids were confined below.
• Eranikus greeted Das and welcomed him back, but said he could not rejoin the Green Dragonflight because a better role awaited him.
• Eranikus appointed Das and Demitier as Green Dragonflight representatives under Dick's command, then asked Dick to help him deal with Xavius.

Eranikus explained the Fist of Tyr and its order power to Dick, then used Dick’s power to confront Xavius in the Emerald Dream. Xavius retreated after failing to affect Dick, but the corrupted land had lost its life force, and Eranikus promised Dick gifts and bad news.

• Eranikus told Dick that the Fist of Tyr had belonged to the Order Guardian Tyr and that its order power could protect Dick’s mind from Xavius.
• Eranikus asked Dick to press the Fist of Tyr against the Dream Gemstone so he could use Dick’s order power in the Emerald Dream.
• Dick entered the Emerald Dream and watched Eranikus and Ysera confront Xavius, whose nightmare attack failed to affect him.
• Xavius withdrew after declaring that the conflict would spread across Azeroth, and the corrupted land turned green again after losing its life force.
• Eranikus urged Ysera and Dick to accept their victory, then told Dick he had prepared gifts and some bad news.

Dick helped Eranikus cleanse the temple of Xavius’s Nightmare and Hakkar, then received the Green Dragon’s power and the sword Dragon’s Call. The newly activated Dragon Calamity quest revealed that black dragons threatened Stormwind, leaving Dick to prepare for danger beyond the Green Dragonflight’s reach.

• Eranikus explained that Xavius’s Nightmare had dispersed and Hakkar would never return, then asked Dick to bring him the gemstone.
• Eranikus transferred some of his power to Dick through the gemstone, raising Dick’s attributes by 60 points.
• Eranikus gave Dick Dragon’s Call, his sword from the War of the Ancients, as a token of the Green Dragonflight’s friendship.
• Dick received notifications that Eranikus’s quest was complete, Divergence had reached 29%, and the Dragon Calamity historical node had begun.
• Eranikus warned Dick that black dragons, including Nefarian, were active around Stormwind and that the Green Dragonflight could not help him confront them.
• Eranikus blessed Dick and told him to take Demi and Das away before the temple was sealed.

Dick and his companions left the Temple of Atal'Hakkar, and he flew with Velinde toward Karazhan while discussing her Worgen form and their plans to seek herbs in the Northern Frontier. Elsewhere, Illidan confronted Maiev at the Tomb of Sargeras, then collapsed the prison and left Maiev rushing to find Naisha.

• Dick warned Eranikus that Hakkar's worship might have returned among the Gurubashi Trolls, and Eranikus said Hakkar was no threat while away from the temple.
• Dick, Velinde, Demitier, and Das exchanged farewells, and Dick flew with Velinde toward Karazhan while the Green Dragons stayed behind for a feast.
• Dick told Velinde they would seek Moonleaf and other herbs in the Northern Frontier to change her out of her Worgen form, and Velinde grew cheerful after learning that her tail and upright ears made her unique.
• Illidan fought Maiev at the Tomb of Sargeras and refused to give her what he had found there.
• Maiev summoned a Spirit of Vengeance to attack Illidan, but he crushed a black orb and caused the prison to collapse.
• Maiev abandoned her pursuit of Illidan and ran toward the ruins, where Naisha was buried.

Dick returned to Karazhan, where Meryl revealed that an Inverted Tower beneath it was spreading Dark Energy and sent Dick and Med'an away while he reinforced a barrier. Half a month later, Dick met Liadrin at Stormpike Camp, learned that the Northern Frontier had deteriorated and the Scarlet Crusade had formed, and decided to recall his loyal paladins to Southshore before traveling to Ironforge.

• Dick gave Med'an the enchanted Embrace of the Wind Serpent robe, and Meryl explained that the Inverted Tower beneath Karazhan was the source of the spreading Dark Energy.
• Meryl began reinforcing an Anti-Magic barrier and sent Dick, Med'an, and Velinde away from Karazhan to keep Med'an safe with his grandmother.
• Half a month later, Dick and his party arrived at Stormpike Camp, where the dwarves welcomed them with a feast and drinking contest.
• Liadrin told Dick that Lord Korth'azz had fallen to Arthas, the Silver Hand had lost more territory, and the Scarlet Crusade had been established despite her opposition.
• Dick told Liadrin to recall the paladins loyal to the Argent Dawn to Southshore and said he would join them after going to Ironforge.

Dick met Maiev at the Dalaran Plains and tried to purge the strange energy in Naisha’s wounds, partially succeeding but suffering severe injuries. After Maiev left to pursue Illidan, Dick sent Das to summon Ashbringer Mograine and contacted an ally about trapping Arthas at the Dalaran Ruins.

• Dick sent Velinde and Liadrin toward the Hillsbrad Foothills defensive line to gather herbs while he rode on with Das and Demitier to meet an old friend.
• Maiev brought the gravely injured Naisha to Dick, explaining that only his powers might purge the strange energy in her wounds.
• Dick’s contact with Naisha unleashed a burst of power that injured him, but it removed some of the black energy from her wounds.
• Maiev left to capture Illidan, while Dick arranged for Demitier to take Naisha to Southshore.
• Dick sent Das to summon Ashbringer Mograine to the Dalaran Ruins and contacted an ally to help surround and kill Arthas.

Dick planned to let Illidan complete the ritual that would destroy the Lich King, while rival forces converged on the Dalaran Ruins. The chapter ended with Arthas being urgently summoned there as the Northern Frontier’s fate hung in the balance.

• Dick resolved to ensure Illidan’s bombardment ritual went uninterrupted so the Lich King would die and Arthas could be eliminated.
• The Ashbringer led his strongest forces out of Chillwind Camp, while Kael'thas prepared the Firewing Guard and other allies to collect a blood debt.
• Illidan agreed to give Lady Vashj water from the Well of Eternity after two years of service, and her Naga soldiers located the Dalaran Ruins.
• Maiev, Malfurion, and Tyrande set out to stop the Naga and Illidan after Maiev recognized Vashj as Azshara’s handmaiden.
• Thassarian reported Naga, Paladin, and elven activity to his lord, who ignored the possible trap and focused on Arthas and Apocalypse.
• A message reached Arthas, ordering him to hurry to the Dalaran Ruins because they would both die otherwise.

Illidan began channeling the Eye of Sargeras to bombard the Frozen Throne, but Arthas and his undead forces arrived and battles erupted across the Dalaran Ruins. As Maiev tried to kill Illidan, Dick intervened and stopped her from disrupting the ritual.

• Illidan activated the Energy-Gathering Magic Circle and began drawing on the Eye of Sargeras, while its power tempted him and the Naga.
• Arthas arrived with Frost Wyrms but was dragged from Invincible and challenged by Uther, while the Bone Lich and Anub'arak led undead forces toward the ruins.
• Vashj ordered the Naga to defend Illidan, then attacked Tyrande after the Moon Priestess killed four Naga Royal Guards.
• Malfurion transformed into an Ironhide Grizzly and blocked Anub'arak and the Nerubians from reaching the Dalaran platform.
• Maiev emerged from Illidan's shadow and tried to strike him, but Dick shielded Illidan and confronted her.

Dick and Old Mograine concealed themselves beside Illidan as the battle across the Dalaran Plains intensified, while Kael'thas arrived with reinforcements to confront Kel'Thuzad. With Uther overwhelming Arthas and the Frost Wyrms approaching, Dick used his silver card, leaving his final gamble about to unfold.

• Dick and Old Mograine used the Shadow of Flourishing Leaves to stay hidden near Illidan, with Mograine wrapping the Ashbringer to conceal its Holy Light.
• The Paladins charged the Nerubians as battles spread across the Dalaran Plains, and Kael'thas appeared with a force of Blood Knights, Rangers, and Mages to trap Kel'Thuzad.
• Uther relentlessly attacked Arthas, forcing the Death Knight King to retreat while their battle drew toward the Dalaran Platform.
• Kael'thas and his allies fought Kel'Thuzad, who raised his defenses against the assault.
• Dick saw Frost Wyrms approaching and, with no one left to help him, tapped the silver card he had saved as his trump card.

Dick summoned the Giant of Light and destroyed the Scourge’s Bone Dragons and Nerubians, while Illidan’s beam pierced the barrier protecting the Frozen Throne. As the Lich King cried out in pain and Arthas turned to stop Illidan, Uther stabbed him from behind.

• Arthas used Frostmourne’s blizzard to slow Uther and gain the upper hand in their duel.
• Dick summoned the Giant of Light, which placed the Bone Dragons and Nerubians on its scales and marked them for destruction.
• Dick killed the Bone Dragons and Nerubians with two sweeping strikes of Holy Light.
• Illidan unleashed a black beam from the Amber Stone that shattered the barrier above the Frozen Throne and pierced the tower.
• The Lich King’s cry of pain reached the undead, and Arthas rushed toward the Dalaran Platform.
• Uther, encased in ice, stabbed Arthas from behind and said the strike was for Uther.

Illidan’s use of the Eye of Sargeras triggered a cataclysmic clash with the Titans’ defenses, destroying most of Dalaran’s platform and interrupting the attempt to kill the Lich King. Dick survived the blast but saw Anub'arak escape with Arthas and Kel'Thuzad, leaving Ner'zhul alive.

• Illidan unleashed the Eye of Sargeras while Uther struck Arthas, and Anub'arak and Kel'Thuzad attacked the defenders as the battle grew desperate.
• Old Mograine fought Anub'arak, while Maiev shattered Dick’s Divine Shield and knocked him off the Dalaran Platform.
• The Red Dragon Queen prepared to stop the beam, but three pillars of light from Uldaman, Uldum, and Ulduar formed a barrier and struck the Eye of Sargeras.
• The collision blasted away the platform and opened a vast rift that swallowed two-thirds of it, while Dick escaped the shock wave on Astral Steed.
• Dick saw Anub'arak flee underground carrying Arthas and the badly wounded Kel'Thuzad, and realized the Lich King had survived.

After the battle on the Dalaran Plains, Illidan recovered enough to leave for Northrend and confront the Lich King, while Dick recognized the Scarlet Crusade’s emergence as a dangerous new threat. With the undead scattered and Stratholme assigned to the Argent Dawn and Sin’dorei Knights, Dick prepared to leave the Northern Frontier and persuaded Darion to stay and protect his father, Mograine, from plots.

• Dick found Illidan recovering in Southshore and learned that he still planned to go to Northrend to kill the Lich King.
• Illidan warned Dick that Kil'jaeden had marked him as a target, and Dick gave Illidan an item to help him survive before Illidan slipped away.
• A Silver Hand messenger announced victory on the Dalaran Plains, and Dick recognized the blood-red insignia on the knight’s armor as a sign of the Scarlet Crusade.
• Dick concluded that Arthas’s scattered undead could no longer threaten the Northern Frontier and accepted the division of territory between the Argent Dawn and the Silver Hand.
• Dick told Darion that a Dreadlord might target Mograine with schemes, and Darion agreed to remain in Stratholme to protect his father.

Dick rested in Ironforge, accepted Brann Bronzebeard’s mission to rescue Princess Rhaella from Shadowforge City, and received information about the Twilight Cultists. As he prepared to leave, new threats emerged across the region, while Maiev’s departure and the Young Lady’s image left him reflecting on the dangers ahead.

• Brann Bronzebeard told Dick that his niece Rhaella had disappeared and was now believed to be held in Shadowforge City, then offered information on the Twilight Cultists in exchange for her rescue.
• Dick accepted Brann’s mission and warned him that the Twilight Cultists served an ancient evil and were planning something in Silithus.
• An assassin attacked Dick in the Stonefire Tavern, and Dick knocked him unconscious and identified him as a member of the Assassin’s Alliance.
• Dick sold his collected spoils at Ironforge’s Auction Hall and received five gold coins for the Argent Dawn.
• Liadrin told Dick that Black Dragons and Dark Iron Dwarves were active in the Searing Gorge, Blackrock Orcs had returned to the Burning Steppes, and Maiev had left an Owl Pendant before departing.
• Dick prepared to leave Ironforge the next day and lay awake thinking about the threats ahead while holding the Young Lady’s pendant.

Dick and his companions crossed Searing Gorge to investigate the Twilight Cultists and entered Blackrock territory under the pretext of attending a music festival. The chapter left them at the Dark Iron Dwarves’ gate, warned that Blackrock Spire was dangerous and that the Orcs would charge them again if they went south.

• Dick learned the basics of smithing in Ironforge, then led his Paladins west through Dun Morogh and Loch Modan into the heat of Searing Gorge.
• Demitier and Das returned from scouting and told Dick that Twilight Cultists were active in Searing Gorge and the Burning Steppes, while Dark Iron Dwarves and Blackrock Orcs sheltered them.
• Das and Demitier revealed that they had entered Blackrock Spire by claiming they were visiting the Grim Guzzler, and Das gave Dick five tickets to a Tauren Chieftains performance.
• Dick, Liadrin, Velinde, Das, Demitier, and forty soldiers approached the Dark Iron gate dressed as a noble party and guards.
• Dick introduced himself as Sir Onyx, Earl of Theramore, and the Dark Iron officer demanded passage fees while warning the group to avoid Orc territory.

Dick and the Paladins entered the Dark Iron Dwarves’ underground realm and reached The Grim Guzzler, where Baron Ebonlocke recognized Dick as an old friend. Before that, he had tried to recruit Gakoin into the Council of the Black Harvest.

• Dick explained the Dark Iron Dwarves’ history and their enslavement to Ragnaros as he and the Paladins traveled through Shadowforge City.
• Dick spotted Blackrock Orcs in the mountain’s passages and told Velinde to send her black cat to scout Blackrock Spire.
• Dick carried Liadrin across the Chain Bridge, and the group took a Dark Iron Mole Machine to The Grim Guzzler.
• Baron Ebonlocke urged Gakoin to join the Council of the Black Harvest, offering him access to its gains from Mount Hyjal.
• Baron Ebonlocke saw Dick arrive, dropped his wineglass, and left Gakoin to greet his old friend.

Dick visited The Grim Guzzler with Liadrin and Velinde, where he learned it was a protected outpost of the Dark World and reunited with Kanrethad. He offered Kanrethad a deal involving Twilight's Hammer, the Black Dragons, and Princess Bronzebeard, but Kanrethad balked until Dick urged him to inspect the payment.

• Dick entered The Grim Guzzler with Liadrin and Velinde and kicked Captain Rok'nah into a wall after he tried to touch Liadrin.
• Dick paid Plugger generously for the damage and drinks, then met Baron Ebonlocke, who was Kanrethad in disguise.
• Kanrethad warned Dick that The Grim Guzzler was one of the Dark World's Five Outposts and that many patrons might try to kill him for a bounty.
• Dick persuaded Kanrethad to meet privately and offered Plugger two high-grade items in exchange for the room and information about Twilight's interest in him.
• Dick presented Kanrethad with a large wooden box and named Twilight's Hammer, the Black Dragons, and Princess Bronzebeard as the targets of his proposed deal.
• Kanrethad called Dick's plan madness and rose to leave, but Dick urged him to examine the payment first.

Dick persuaded Kanrethad to join a plan to rescue Princess Bronzebeard and eliminate the Twilight's Hammer in Blackrock Mountain, but Kanrethad refused to confront the Black Dragons. After learning that Reginald Windsor was imprisoned by the Dark Iron Dwarves, Dick headed to rescue him and changed his third request into a message for Duke Ravenholdt.

• Kanrethad accepted Dick's deal after recognizing the valuable item in the box, then killed his two Warlock escorts and captured their souls in crystals.
• Dick and Kanrethad agreed that the Council of the Black Harvest would help rescue Princess Bronzebeard and wipe out the Twilight's Hammer forces in Blackrock Mountain, the Burning Steppes, and Searing Gorge.
• Kanrethad refused Dick's request to drive out the Black Dragons, warning that Nefarian's powerful backer could defeat the Council and Plugger's forces.
• Kanrethad told Dick that Reginald Windsor had been exiled to the Burning Steppes and imprisoned by the Dark Iron Dwarves, who planned to send him into the Ring of Law.
• Dick set out to rescue Windsor and asked Kanrethad to tell Duke Ravenholdt that the Syndicate would move to Kalimdor and serve the Theramore Royal Family.

Reginald Windsor was imprisoned by the Dark Iron Dwarves, but a Black Cat delivered him food, a dagger, and instructions for escape. He survived a staged death during a prison riot and reached The Grim Guzzler disguised as a wounded Dark Iron soldier.

• Windsor recalled his military career and his fear of Black Dragons before killing three hungry Dark Iron prisoners who attacked him.
• A Black Cat brought Windsor an enchanted disc that produced food, a flask, a dagger, and a note directing him to escape during the chaos and find supplies beneath seat 24 in the Grand Colosseum.
• Windsor wounded himself with a bone dagger and was carried from his cell, where guards expected him to fight in the Grand Colosseum.
• Twilight Cultists went berserk and set fire to the guards’ quarters, and the riot led the Dark Iron soldiers to believe Windsor had burned to death.
• Windsor arrived at The Grim Guzzler disguised as a wounded Dark Iron soldier and told Plugger that he liked the password, “Black Dragons must die!”