Chapter Summaries

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.

Goldrinn raced through Feralas, sensing that fate had brought him a new Chosen in Velinde and a true ghost wolf. At the gladiatorial tournament, Gavincente revealed his Vrykul form before facing the Blackrock Beastmaster’s Gronn, Doom, in the final.

• Goldrinn summoned the wolves of Feralas and sensed that he would gain another Chosen, while he acknowledged Velinde through the Scythe of Elune and awaited her arrival.
• Rehgar’s team defeated the Assassin’s Alliance in a lengthy semifinal, securing a place in the tournament final.
• Gavincente entered the arena to face the Blackrock Beastmaster and his seven-meter Gronn, Doom, as the crowd watched.
• The Blackrock Beastmaster warned Gavincente that Doom could eat him, but Gavincente refused to surrender.
• Gavincente removed his crystal badge and revealed his nearly four-meter Vrykul form, then challenged Doom as a Champion of Odyn.

Gavincente fought Doom the Hungry in the arena, survived the Gronn’s unleashed fury, and defeated it with a spectacular throw. As the crowd shouted “Valarjar,” the name resounded through the world for the first time.

• Gavincente charged Doom the Hungry and used a Battle Shout to stagger the Gronn before striking it with his axes.
• The Blackrock Beastmaster shattered the Mind-Binding Necklace, unleashing Doom’s full savagery and allowing it to pound Gavincente into a crater.
• Gavincente escaped Doom’s next attack, severed its leg tendon, and continued fighting as his Rage grew stronger.
• Gavincente battled Doom hand to hand, then lifted the Gronn onto his shoulders while the spectators shouted “Valarjar.”
• Gavincente leaped and slammed Doom into the ground, then rose through the smoke as the crowd’s cheers filled the arena.

Gavincente defeated Doom, then struck a deal with Plugger while L Varian prepared to face the Vrykul in the tournament final. Just as the match was about to begin, a massive wave of frenzied wolves charged into the arena, and Velinde recognized that Goldrinn had arrived to find his chosen.

• Gavincente broke Doom’s neck, chopped off its hand as a trophy, and agreed to Plugger’s offer to spread the Valarjar’s renown.
• L Varian, Valeera, Bearhide, and Rehgar devised a plan to counter Gavincente’s rage and exploit his injuries in the final.
• Plugger fitted Doom with a magical iron hook and used Gavincente’s rare stimulant to restore the Gronn for the third-place match.
• Anduin watched L Varian and wondered whether the gladiator was his father.
• Feralas’s wolves charged toward the arena, and Velinde said Goldrinn had come to find his chosen.

Goldrinn arrived at the Gladiatorial Arena with a vast pack of wolves, blessed Velinde, and stayed to watch the tournament. Velinde told Dick she was leaving for Gilneas, while Goldrinn prepared to judge whether one of the finalists deserved to become his Chosen.

• Jorach recognized Goldrinn as the wolves’ leader and led the others down from the viewing stand as the demigod approached.
• Tyrande welcomed Goldrinn, and he stopped Velinde, who transformed into a Worgen and knelt as he blessed her with the Scythe of Elune in hand.
• Goldrinn dismissed the wolves and settled into the arena to watch the matches, and Velinde explained that he wanted to choose a Gladiator as his Chosen.
• Velinde told Dick that Goldrinn wanted her to continue her mission in Gilneas and would personally kill any candidate who became like Lairal.
• Dick asked whether Velinde had earned Goldrinn’s approval, and she answered with a faint smile and invited him to guess.

L Varian, Valeera, and Bearhide faced the Vrykul champion Gavincente in the final arena battle, with Bearhide suppressing Gavincente’s Rage for two minutes. After Gavincente badly injured Valeera and shattered L Varian’s shield, L Varian drank an Indestructible Potion and unleashed a desperate counterattack, leaving Dick to warn that he was risking his life.

• The planned third-place bout was canceled, and L Varian entered the arena with Valeera and Bearhide to fight Gavincente.
• Bearhide suppressed Gavincente’s Rage, giving L Varian and Valeera an opening to attack, though Gavincente countered with a Battle Shout that sent Valeera flying.
• Gavincente battered L Varian and Valeera, shattered L Varian’s shield, and hurled an axe at Bearhide, which Valeera intercepted.
• L Varian drank an Indestructible Potion, drew his twin swords, and struck Gavincente with a series of attacks that forced him backward.
• Dick explained that the potion converted pain into strength and warned Anduin that L Varian was putting his life on the line.

L Varian, Valeera, and Bearhide defeated Gavincente in the Gladiatorial Arena through a coordinated attack and L Varian’s final sword strike. Gavincente accepted the loss, explained his connection to Odyn and the Halls of Valor, and promised to fight L Varian again there.

• L Varian used an Indestructible Potion to keep Gavincente at bay while Valeera struck at the Vrykul’s heart with six powerful buffs.
• Gavincente used Thunderous Stomp to break free, then threw Valeera into the weakened Bearhide and began gathering Rage.
• After Anduin shouted Dick’s advice, L Varian joined his swords into Shalamayne and cut through Gavincente’s Rage before it peaked.
• L Varian collapsed from the potion’s effects, while Gavincente remained standing with a wound through his chest and admitted that L Varian had won.
• Gavincente revealed that Odyn’s power was healing his heart, returned Shalamayne to L Varian, and invited him, Valeera, and Bearhide to the Halls of Valor.

Gavincente conceded the final to L Varian and left after the arena honored him with cries of “Valarjar.” Goldrinn revealed L Varian as his Chosen and gave him courage, while Velinde received the legacy of freedom, before the Wolf God vanished and the championship ceremony remained in question.

• Gavincente declared L Varian the winner, promised to find him after his coronation, and left the arena as spectators shouted “Valarjar.”
• L Varian raised Shalamayne as the crowd celebrated him and his Team’s third tournament championship.
• Goldrinn rose, approached L Varian, and transformed the arena into a starry night before touching claws with him.
• The spectators realized Goldrinn had chosen L Varian and given him a legacy of courage, while Velinde said her own legacy was freedom.
• Goldrinn vanished after the starry sky shattered, and Gurgo uncertainly asked whether they should continue the championship ceremony.

Velen guided the Exodar toward Azeroth after discovering it in a vision, then ordered the ship into a timeline world where he believed true hope awaited. As L Varian reunited with Anduin, the Exodar crashed into the northern sky, and Dick connected the disaster to Ulduar and Yogg-Saron.

• Velen saw Azeroth’s history through the Ata'mal Crystal and ordered Romuul to jump the Exodar into the planet’s timeline world.
• Velen told Maraad that his niece’s bloodline was on Azeroth and asked for the Mage to be brought to him after they landed.
• After the championship ceremony, Dick reunited with L Varian and introduced him to Anduin, leaving the father and son to share their stories.
• Valeera declared that she would not give up L Varian, while Dick told her that Kael'thas and her uncle were waiting for her.
• A purple halo broke through the sky, and the Exodar plunged northward in flames after a beam of white light struck it; Dick thought of Ulduar and Yogg-Saron.

After Plugger revealed that the Draenei had come to find Dick, Anduin confided his anguish about L Varian’s divided identity and new life. A two-headed shadow then abducted Anduin and Med’an as flames and chaos erupted around the arena.

• Jorach and the mysterious mage questioned Plugger about the purple crystal that had crashed into the Mist Sea, and Plugger explained that it was the Draenei’s spaceship, the Exodar.
• Plugger revealed that the Draenei had come to find Dick, who had already left with Lady Jaina, and hinted that Dick was not truly alone.
• Med’an found Anduin sitting alone after the tournament, and Anduin explained that L Varian was one half of his father, Varian Wrynn.
• Anduin lamented that L Varian had forgotten his kingdom and Queen Tiffin and had fallen in love with Valeera, while Med’an tried to comfort him.
• A two-headed shadow restrained Med’an and carried off both boys, while flames broke out and the Ogre Kingdom’s gates opened amid the revelry.

Anduin and Med'an were captured by the resurrected Cho'gall, who tried to escape across Thousand Needles with them. L Varian's group intercepted him, but Cho'gall teleported away with the children and landed near another teleportation arrival.

• Anduin woke bound to a Kodo beside the unconscious Med'an and recognized Cho'gall leading their captors through Thousand Needles.
• Cho'gall recalled resurrecting himself after Dick killed him and explained that he had abducted Anduin to draw out L Varian and Med'an to gain access to Karazhan.
• L Varian, Bearhide, Liadrin, Velinde, Das, and Delaris's Shen'dralar Swordsmen ambushed Cho'gall's party, but corrupted cultists transformed into monsters and held them back.
• Cho'gall drove Valeera from hiding with chaos fire, seized Anduin and Med'an, and teleported away as L Varian's sword struck the ground where he had stood.
• Cho'gall emerged injured near the Shimmering Flats with the children, then another teleportation spell appeared nearby with a voice protesting about its landing.

Millhouse Manastorm and Maraad arrived in the Shimmering Flats, where Maraad killed Cho'gall while protecting Anduin and Med'an. Maraad freed Med'an and revealed that he was the boy's grandfather.

• Millhouse Manastorm emerged from a portal in the Shimmering Flats and angered Cho'gall by refusing to accept being called a lowly gnome.
• Maraad stepped through the portal and recognized Med'an as Garona's child when he saw him struggling with Anduin.
• Cho'gall tried to escape with the children, but Maraad struck him with the Hammer of the Naaru and destroyed him with Holy Light.
• Millhouse Manastorm shielded Anduin and Med'an from the blast as Maraad's Holy Light melted the sand into glass.
• Maraad broke Med'an's anti-magic shackles and told him that Garona was his niece, making Maraad Med'an's grandfather.

After the Exodar crashed on Azuremyst Isle, Senxia and his crew rescued Draenei survivors and helped Velen search for the missing. Dick met Velen, discovered they were both chosen by the Holy Light, and secured the Draenei as allies.

• The Exodar crashed into the Veiled Sea, flooding part of Auberdine and scattering its passengers across Azuremyst Isle.
• Senxia and his crew rescued Draenei survivors, then accepted Velen’s request to search for others and deal with dangerous escaped creatures.
• Dick and Jaina arrived at the Exodar as Night Elf scouts reached the island, and Velen welcomed Dick after learning he served the Dawn Knight.
• Dick and Velen recognized each other as chosen by the Holy Light and compared their Ata'mal Crystals.
• Velen questioned Dick about his plans to fight the Burning Legion and whether he could be trusted, and Dick promised his support for the Draenei.
• Velen accepted Dick as a friend of the Draenei, and the two clasped hands.

Dick and Jaina met Shaman Nobundo, who explained the Broken and the Draenei’s history before guiding Dick to O'ros in the Exodar. O'ros revealed that the Draenei had come to protect Elune and gave Dick a fragment of Naaru T'uure, leaving him to find someone worthy to wield it.

• Velen formed an alliance with Dick and asked Nobundo to escort him and Jaina to a place to rest.
• Nobundo explained that the Broken were Draenei twisted by fel energy and that some may have been swept through spatial rifts into Azeroth.
• Nobundo brought Dick to Holy Light's Seat, where an invisible barrier prevented Jaina from entering, so she asked Nobundo to tell her the Draenei’s story.
• O'ros told Dick that the Draenei had come to Azeroth to help protect Elune until she could grow strong enough to oppose Sargeras.
• O'ros gave Dick a fragment of Naaru T'uure, the Priest artifact T'uure, and urged him to press on because the darkest hour had not yet come.

Valeera sought comfort from Aegwynn as L Varian prepared to reunite with his other soul, while Gavincente brought the lucid black dragon Blackhorn to Theramore to help. In Stormwind, Varian set out for Theramore, but the chapter ended with a Twilight Cultist attack on Westbrook Garrison.

• L Varian decided to face the risks of merging his soul with Varian after finding Anduin again, and Valeera struggled with the choice.
• Aegwynn encouraged Valeera to spend her remaining time with L Varian and suggested the soul merger might turn out well.
• Gavincente and Blackhorn crossed the sea toward Theramore so Blackhorn could help investigate the magic affecting L Varian.
• Varian left Stormwind for Theramore after Marshal Windsor argued that the trip concerned Lordaeron as well as Anduin.
• Three days later, Twilight Cultists attacked Westbrook Garrison, causing heavy casualties and shocking the kingdom.

Varian and L Varian met and learned from Blackhorn that their shared soul was split by a Black Dragon spell, leaving them both near death unless they were restored to one body. After Windsor revealed the secret of Varian’s rescue, the others left the two kings alone to decide whether to trust Blackhorn, and L Varian admitted that he used to hate Varian.

• Varian arrived with Windsor and three marshals, and the group came face to face with L Varian in Princess Caliea’s reception room.
• Gavincente introduced Blackhorn as a sane Black Dragon who could treat L Varian’s lingering soul affliction, and Demitier and Das confirmed Blackhorn was uncorrupted.
• Blackhorn explained that Varian and L Varian shared one soul, that their strength and lives were linked, and that they had to be restored to their original state to survive.
• Duke Leoric accused Blackhorn of plotting against Varian, but Windsor revealed how Varian had been rescued from Onyxia’s lair and said the two kings must choose their own fate.
• Caliea and the others left the room, and L Varian told Varian that he used to hate him.