Chapter Summaries

The Scarlet Crusade and Silver Hand drove the undead from much of West Darrowmere and prepared to besiege Andorhal, while their commanders discussed the threat of Worgen in Tirisfal. When Old Mograine led troops toward a threatened frontier, Darion recalled Dick’s warning and decided to go after him, with Taelan joining him.

• The Scarlet Crusade and Silver Hand cleared most of West Darrowmere and camped outside Andorhal to confront Araj the Summoner.
• Old Mograine and the commanders discussed the Worgen spreading through Tirisfal and considered hiring adventurers to help retake the region.
• A discussion of Brigitte and Renault turned sour when Duane mentioned Darion, whose estrangement from Old Mograine remained a sore subject.
• A messenger warned that elite undead were threatening the Scarlet Crusade’s Tirisfal defenses, so Old Mograine led Renault and Fairbanks toward the frontier.
• Darion hesitated over Dick’s warning that Old Mograine might be in danger, then decided to check on him, and Taelan offered to go along.

Mograine led the Paladins into a trap set by the death knights Dathrohan and Korth'azz, who surrounded them beneath a floating fortress. As Fairbanks escaped to seek reinforcements, Renault stayed beside his father, then stabbed him from behind.

• Mograine charged into the undead ranks with the Ashbringer and discovered Dathrohan and Korth'azz waiting to ambush him.
• Dathrohan and Korth'azz surrounded the Paladins while an emerald-green floating fortress appeared overhead.
• Mograine fought the two death knights and carved a path through the undead so Fairbanks could lead the Paladins to safety.
• Renault refused Fairbanks's order to retreat and returned to fight beside Mograine.
• After Mograine was wounded and Renault helped him up, Renault stabbed his father, and Fairbanks shouted that Renault was a traitor.

Fairbanks witnessed Renault stab Old Mograine and fled to carry word of the betrayal, while Renault revealed his hatred for his family and prepared to kill his father. Darion rescued the dying Mograine, but Balnazzar intercepted him as Taelan carried Mograine away, leaving Darion fighting the Dreadlord amid an approaching undead force.

• Fairbanks saw Renault stab Old Mograine and raced toward Andorhal to report the patricide.
• Renault confessed that jealousy of Darion and resentment over Whitemane had driven his hatred, while Balnazzar claimed he had only stirred Renault's existing darkness.
• Dathrohan and Korth'azz left, and Balnazzar urged Renault to kill Mograine; Darion arrived, struck Renault down, and caught Ashbringer.
• Darion carried the dying Mograine as Taelan lowered a rope from a Gryphon, but Balnazzar attacked and Darion ordered Taelan to escape with Mograine.
• Taelan flew toward Tirisfal as Gargoyles and Frost Wyrms filled the sky, while Darion trapped Balnazzar's bats in a Bladestorm and vowed vengeance.

Darion escaped Balnazzar’s pursuit but was rescued by Thassarian and his free Death Knights, who asked for his help because Lord Uther was in trouble. Taelan struggled to carry the mortally wounded Old Mograine through Silverpine Forest, where a black-clad figure blocked their path.

• Darion fled toward Tirisfal while Balnazzar harried and wounded him, then the Dreadlord knocked him down and prepared to kill him.
• Thassarian and more than twenty free Death Knights appeared, forcing Balnazzar to retreat, and Thassarian asked Darion to help Lord Uther.
• Taelan carried Old Mograine through Silverpine Forest while using the last of his Holy Light to keep him alive and evading the undead pursuing them.
• Taelan tripped and dropped Mograine, then lifted him again and found a black-clad man with a huge longsword blocking their way.

Taelan stood against Dathrohan to protect the dying Mograine, but Velinde arrived with intelligent Worgen and thousands of Forest Wolves, forcing the Death Knight to flee. Dathrohan’s escape brought him face-to-face with Thassarian, Darion, and their Death Knights, who demanded that he release Mograine.

• Taelan drew his sword and charged Dathrohan, who broke the blade and knocked him aside without killing him.
• Forest Wolves and intelligent, armored Worgen attacked the undead, and Velinde confronted Dathrohan and demanded Mograine.
• Velinde and the Worgen fought Dathrohan, damaging his sword and driving him to break through the wolf pack toward Tirisfal.
• After ten minutes of pursuit, Dathrohan encountered Thassarian, Darion, and their Death Knights arriving on Bone Gryphons.
• Thassarian ordered Dathrohan to put Mograine down or kill him, warning that only Frostmourne could convert the Paladin.

Maiev rescued Old Mograine from Dathrohan, while Darion and the others returned to Stratholme as the Scourge renewed its assault on the Northern Frontier. Brigitte learned that her father’s position had fallen to Renault’s betrayal and heard General Abbendis’s final words before he died.

• Maiev severed Dathrohan’s arm, rescued Old Mograine, and joined Thassarian, Velinde, and the others in defeating him.
• Korth'azz arrived after the battle and led his death knights away with Dathrohan’s ruined body.
• Maiev urged Velinde to return and help Dick search for a way to resurrect Anveena, but Velinde stayed in Silverpine Forest to protect its civilians.
• Darion and the others returned to Stratholme, where Brigitte sent him to warn the front that Renault had betrayed them.
• General Abbendis told Brigitte that Renault had opened the defenses to the undead, urged her to flee, and died during the attack.

Dick ordered preparations to return to the Northern Frontier after learning that Ashbringer Mograine had been gravely wounded and Uther was probably imprisoned in Naxxramas. Meanwhile, Senxia’s party reached the Tol’vir city of Orsis to search for something Dick urgently needed.

• Liadrin reported that the Scourge had seized the land from Darrowshire to Corin's Crossing, and Dick told her he would lead the Argent Dawn north within twenty days.
• Dick sent Jaina to gather his new subordinates from the Badlands and ordered a request to Princess Caliea for the Anubisath to join the campaign.
• Senxia’s archaeologists, including Brann Bronzebeard and Dr. Harrison, excavated a buried temple in Uldum while pirates guarded the site and hired Tol'vir workers.
• Brann found ancient runes naming Uldum, unaware that the Titans had built it as a climate research center capable of reshaping Azeroth.
• Senxia, Tony Twofangs, Das, Demitier, and Naisha entered Orsis in disguise to obtain something important to Dick before he arrived.

Senxia’s party created chaos in Orsis so Naisha could search the Pharaoh’s Palace for the scepter, but she found many possible scepters and kidnapped the Pharaoh as well. The group regrouped at an oasis with their loot and decided to flee before the Tol’vir could retaliate.

• Senxia’s party split up in Orsis to gather information, and Naisha reported that the scepter was inside the Pharaoh’s Palace.
• Senxia’s crew staged a three-part distraction: Demitier posed as a Black Dragon, the pirates looted and set fires in the city, and Das drew the Pharaoh’s elite guards away from the Palace.
• Naisha found a secret chamber containing more than a dozen scepters, collected them all, and captured the Orsis Pharaoh.
• Naisha escaped the Palace as Orsis burned, while Demitier and the pirates fled the city with their companions and plunder.
• Senxia’s party regrouped at a Uldum oasis, where Senxia saw the captured Pharaoh and the chest of scepters and decided they should move before the Tol’vir pursued them.

Dick arrived in Uldum and obtained the Scepter of Orsis after swearing not to misuse the Forge of Origination or rule the Tol'vir. His oath ended the Orsis Tribe’s ancient mission, and Senxia and the others later returned safely to camp.

• Dick traveled to the ruins of the Halls of Origination and learned that Brann and Dr. Harrison had been unable to enter the temple.
• Senxia’s group fled Orsis soldiers searching for their missing pharaoh, while Senxia stayed behind to hold off pursuers and Naisha carried the pharaoh toward the ruins.
• Naisha reached Dick with the Orsis Pharaoh and a box of scepters, but Dick found that the Scepter of Orsis was not among them.
• Dick revealed himself as a Titan Keeper and offered to end the Tol'vir’s mission in exchange for the Scepter of Orsis.
• The Orsis Pharaoh demanded a promise that Dick would not use the Forge of Origination for evil, and Dick swore an oath before receiving the scepter.
• Dick declared the Tol'vir free, and Senxia and the others returned safely to camp an hour later.

Dick opened the Ark of Promise at the Cradle of the Ancients, and its power restored the valley to the lush landscape it had been tens of thousands of years earlier. He found a Platinum Disc that could open the Forge of Origination and set out for the Halls of Origination to awaken Anveena.

• Dick reached the Cradle of the Ancients with the Ark of Promise after finding it in the Sun Obelisk’s secret chamber.
• Dick placed the ark in the valley, triggering a wave of light that reshaped the barren land into a thriving ecosystem.
• Dick realized the ark contained a miniature Forge of Origination and that the Titans’ power could remake the world and create life.
• Dick opened the ark and found a Platinum Disc marked with the Titans-script word “Hope.”
• Dick recognized the Platinum Disc as the key to opening the Forge of Origination and headed toward the Halls of Origination to awaken Anveena.

Dick entered the Halls of Origination with Brann Bronzebeard, Dr. Harrison, Naisha, and others to seek Titanic Energy that could resurrect Anveena. Anhuur the Guardian trusted Dick and allowed him and Brann to enter the Land of Creation, where Rajh and the other Creators awaited.

• Dick took Brann Bronzebeard, Dr. Harrison, Naisha, Das, and Demitier into the Halls of Origination after the other archaeologists and Senxia's pirates left Uldum.
• Dick opened the sealed stone door with the Uldum Disc, and first-generation Tol'vir warriors confronted the group.
• Dick showed the Feathers of Light and explained that he sought Titanic Energy to resurrect Anveena, persuading the Tol'vir General to take him to Anhuur the Guardian.
• Anhuur tested Dick's intentions, then invited Dick to meet Rajh and the other Creators while ordering his companions to wait.
• Anhuur sensed Brann's fate and allowed him to accompany Dick into the Land of Creation, while Dr. Harrison stayed behind with Das and Demitier.

Dick and Brann met the Four Creators in the Halls of Origination and learned that the guardians, dragons, and Creators were separate lines, with the Creators prepared to reshape Azeroth if the Old Gods won. Dick accepted the burden of trying to kill Yogg-Saron, received Azeroth’s World Blueprint as the Crown, and unlocked the next stage of the Titans Path.

• Anhuur introduced Dick and Brann to Isiset, Ammunae, Sethes, and Rajh, the Four Creators who guarded the Halls of Origination.
• Anhuur explained that the Titans had established the Creators as a secret final reserve to maintain the world after it was reshaped, while guardians and dragons served separate roles.
• Rajh, Sethes, and Isiset revealed that they would activate the Forge of Origination if Yogg-Saron escaped, and said Dick had earned their trust by killing C'Thun.
• Dick angrily confronted the Creators over the burdens and lack of choices forced upon him, then agreed to try to kill Yogg-Saron.
• Rajh gave Dick the Crown containing Azeroth's World Blueprint and directed him to claim Norgannon's promise and continue the Titans Path.
• The Titans Path announced that stage three was complete and unlocked stage four, sending Dick to Ulduar to awaken guardians and obtain Val'anyr and the Hammer of the Ancient Guardians.

Dick brought the Feathers of Light to the Forge of Origination and used its energy to try to revive Anveena, despite being offered the power for himself. Anveena returned and reunited with him.

• Brann left Dick and Anhuur after learning Dick was one of the Guardians, pleased with his gemstone souvenir.
• Anhuur showed Dick the conduits sustaining the Elemental Plane and warned that reshaping the world could erase Elune’s memories and destroy the Star Spirit.
• Anhuur explained that the Titans had left energy for Dick and that the Four Creators faced the Old Gods and the void’s vanguard.
• Dick gave Anhuur the Feathers of Light and refused the energy for himself, asking him to use it to revive Anveena.
• Dick prayed for Anveena to return, and Anhuur placed the pendant inside the conduit.
• Anveena awakened, struck Dick on the forehead, and embraced him.

Thassarian fought for the living alongside the Knights of the Ebon Blade, but soldiers and Scarlet Crusaders treated him with hatred despite his rescues. Herod stopped the Scarlet Knights from attacking him and led him to meet someone.

• Thassarian helped defeat Scourge forces at Blackwood Lake, but the soldiers he saved shunned him and one threw a rotten apple at him.
• Four Scarlet Knights blocked Thassarian and provoked him, accusing him of being evil and demanding that he fight them.
• Herod charged in, drove the Scarlet Knights away from Thassarian, and rebuked the watching soldiers for their ingratitude.
• Thassarian told Herod that his actions were merely a transaction and began to leave.
• Herod called Thassarian back and said someone wanted to see him, then led him away.

Theramore and its allies gathered at Blackwood Lake as the forces preparing to retake the Northern Frontier received powerful reinforcements. The arrival of the Earthen Legion and the Anubisath War Guard left the commanders readying for war, while Dick was expected to arrive in three days.

• Darion recognized approaching forces as seventeen Anubisaths marched to Blackwood Lake with Jaina and Marshal Gath'riss.
• Thassarian acknowledged that he would work with Darion against the undead, and Gath'riss revealed that nearly ten thousand soldiers, a legion from King Daelin, and Dick's reserves were joining the campaign.
• Jaina said Dick and Rhonin would arrive in three days, Dalaran was sending a mage corps, and Princess Caliea had considered coming herself.
• Liadrin arrived through a portal, followed by the stone guardians Archaedas and a female statue, who began positioning the Earthen Legion for war.

Marduk led a Scourge patrol through Darrowshire before a surprise assault by Jaina, the Anubisath, and the Silver Hand and Scarlet Crusade shattered the undead forces. Meanwhile, Moam, Wilfred, Liadrin, and the Titan-forged giants routed the Scourge at several locations, and Liadrin urged Ironaya and Archaedas to finish the battle so they could go meet Dick.

• Marduk led his death knights through foggy Darrowshire, unaware that a human force was approaching.
• An obsidian giant smashed Marduk and his squad, and the Anubisath War Guard and allied cavalry slaughtered the undead in Darrowshire.
• Jaina praised Moam after he destroyed the remaining undead command structure with a powerful energy blast, while Wilfred's attacks further disrupted the Scourge.
• Liadrin and Ironaya led an assault on Marris Stead as Archaedas and the Earthen broke the undead defenses with weapons and earth-shaking attacks.
• Ironaya crushed a lich in her hand, and Liadrin told her and Archaedas to end the fighting so they could go pick up Dick.

The Paladin Alliance Forces and Earthen Legion routed the Undead Scourge in Eastweald until Naxxramas unleashed its elite forces and turned the battle into a stalemate. Sylvanas and the Quel'Thalas forces arrived, helping the defenders reclaim Eastweald in less than a day.

• The Earthen Legion and Anubisath broke the Undead Scourge's front line and drove its forces toward the Thondroril River with the paladins and soldiers in pursuit.
• Naxxramas appeared over the battlefield and released bone dragons, whose frost attacks slowed the Alliance Forces' advance.
• Ironaya and Archaedas fought the bone dragons alongside Earthen mages and summoned stone war statues, while Patchwerk injured Archaedas and forced the paladins to retreat.
• Dathrohan, Sapphiron, Heigan, Noth, and Faerlina joined the battle, but Jaina, Moam, Rhonin, and the other heroes kept the undead under pressure.
• Kel'Thuzad opened a path of ice for the death knights to withdraw, but a golden phoenix plunged into it and drowned many of them.
• Sylvanas and the Quel'Thalas forces arrived, struck Patchwerk, and helped drive the Undead Scourge from Eastweald in less than a day.

After the Alliance reclaimed the Eastern Plaguelands, Dick returned to Stratholme and confronted the dangers facing Brigitte and Alexandros Mograine. He invited Alexandros to join the next day’s mission to rescue Uther, while the old knight remained unable to wield Ashbringer and sank back into drink.

• The Alliance drove the undead back, destroyed Andorhal, and restored control of Crusader's Hold and Hearthglen.
• Dick, Jaina, Liadrin, and the others arrived at Stratholme, where Dick stopped Brigitte from returning to Tyr's Hand and had Darion detain her because he suspected General Bali Westwind was dangerous.
• Dick told Darion to keep Brigitte safe and try to win her over, then warned that he would take control of the Scarlet Crusade if it refused to follow his demands.
• Dick found Alexandros Mograine drinking in City Hall and urged him to recover his will to fight, reminding him that Ashbringer's power came from its wielder.
• Dick invited Alexandros to join the mission to rescue Uther from Naxxramas the next morning, but Alexandros continued drinking and fell asleep beside the unresponsive Ashbringer.

Dick proposed using an undead-disguise potion and a hidden ventilation shaft to infiltrate Naxxramas and rescue Uther. As Tirion Fordring launched a major counterattack in West Darrowmere, a decoy gryphon squad flew toward the necropolis to draw its defenses away.

• Thassarian confirmed that Uther was inside Naxxramas and that Apocalypse showed he retained his will.
• Dick demonstrated a potion that disguised people as undead and revealed that Kel'Thuzad had secretly made a ventilation shaft for his cat, Mr. Bigglesworth.
• Tirion Fordring prepared to attack the risen in West Darrowmere as crimson spires spread plague-bearing toxins across Tirisfal.
• Tirion Fordring ordered the allied forces to charge while the Earthen Legion joined the battle from another direction.
• Naxxramas sent out a swarm of gargoyles, and Tirion Fordring saw a small gryphon squad fly toward the necropolis as a decoy.

Dick and his companions infiltrated Naxxramas through a hidden vent, shrinking themselves to move among its undead while searching for Uther. They reached the Construct Quarter, where a floor of green slime blocked their way.

• Dick and the others slipped through Naxxramas's green barrier and climbed onto the necropolis, where Thassarian warned that Lor'themar Theron was serving Kel'Thuzad as one of the Four Horsemen.
• Naisha found a hidden vent in a skull carving, and Thassarian used a Noggenfogger Elixir to shrink the group before leading them inside.
• The group passed through a vent into Mr. Bigglesworth's decorated den, where Dick distracted Kel'Thuzad's cat with treats and stopped Thassarian from attacking him.
• Dick and his companions blended in with the undead and followed Thassarian toward Uther, but they arrived in the Construct Quarter, where green slime covered the floor.