Chapter Summaries

Yogg-Saron’s assault on the Crimson Halls of Insanity broke the seal and overwhelmed Ysera with a vision of the abyss, while the Dragon Aspects discovered that N'Zoth had left corruption in the Emerald Dream. Heimdall ordered them to help seal the breached halls as he rebooted Hodir’s mind.

• Ysera reunited with Alexstrasza, Malygos, and Nozdormu after they captured Hodir, while Dick went ahead to clear Mimiron’s obstacles.
• A destructive surge erupted from the teleporter, and Freya warned that the seal on the Crimson Halls of Insanity had been broken.
• Yogg-Saron’s mental attack showed Ysera a yellow eye in the abyss and drove her into terror until Freya’s life magic calmed her.
• Nozdormu and Malygos concluded that N'Zoth had corrupted the Emerald Dream and attacked Ysera through a hidden trap, while Heimdall said the Old Gods had not united.
• Heimdall gave Ysera a rune stone, stabbed Hodir to reboot his mind, and ordered the Dragon Aspects to rush to the Crimson Halls of Insanity.

Dick and the Guardians battled Yogg-Saron’s overwhelming forces in the Crimson Halls of Insanity before boarding Mimiron’s skyrail train to strike directly at the deepest level. Eir led the Val’kyr in retreating to the Training Grounds, where they were ordered to hold off the chaos until the champions returned.

• Malygos, Freya, Thorim, and the other Guardians fought back the endless Faceless Ones, but the chaos forces continued to overwhelm the Crimson Halls.
• Heimdall urged the group to break through to Yogg-Saron, and Mimiron’s skyrail train arrived with Dick and Mimiron aboard.
• Dick and Mimiron called the Guardians onto the train and set off toward the deepest part of the Crimson Halls.
• Dick told the Val’kyr to lure the chaos into the Training Grounds, where Ignis and Auriaya had prepared defenses.
• Eir sounded the Spirit Legion’s horn, then led the Val’kyr in retreating to the Training Grounds to fight alongside their comrades.

Dick and the assembled Judgementals fought their way through Ulduar’s Shattered Domain and defeated General Vezax, the last C’Thraxxi guarding the approach to Yogg-Saron’s prison. They stood ready to face the Old God next.

• Mimiron’s train stopped at a rubble-blocked track, and he led the group onward toward the powerful enemy detected near Yogg-Saron’s prison.
• The group entered a bright hall filled with Faceless Ones, where Freya dispelled the despair aura emitted by General Vezax.
• Dick attacked Vezax while the others battled the Faceless One legion, and Heimdall wounded the general with a powerful strike.
• Vezax drew on Yogg-Saron’s black blood to summon a Dark Tide, but Mimiron, Thorim, Hodir, and Freya disrupted his transformation and weakened him.
• Dick struck Vezax with a searing lance of Holy Light, killing the general as he warned them of the terror ahead.

Dick and the Champions opened the Titans’ prison and confronted the warped domain of Yogg-Saron, whose first attack trapped Dick in an illusion. After his silver flames broke the deception, Dick entered the prison again, determined not to be fooled twice.

• Dick reviewed the Titans’ records describing the Old Gods as parasites sent by the Void Lords to corrupt worlds and infant Titans.
• Ysera refused to withdraw from the battle, and Dick gave her Celestial power to protect her.
• Dick opened the ancient gate, and the Champions saw the distorted prison world containing Yogg-Saron.
• Dick called out Yogg-Saron and Sara, then saw a female Vrykul figure and yellow eyes watching from the emptiness above.
• Silver flames erupted from Dick’s left arm and shattered Yogg-Saron’s illusion, returning Dick to the gate.
• Dick took a concealed treasure from his Bag of Holding, put it away, and entered the prison again as the first exchange ended with Yogg-Saron holding the advantage.

Dick and the Heroes entered Yogg-Saron’s prison, where the Old God unleashed his full power and trapped them in a battle against the entire space. As Yogg-Saron’s shield blocked their attacks, Dick gathered the Guardians’ and Dragon Aspects’ blessings and called on Rajh’s power to prepare a counterattack.

• Anveena was overwhelmed by Yogg-Saron’s psychic influence, so Dick sheltered her within his body and restored his own focus with the Order Sigil and Feathers of Light.
• Dick saw through Yogg-Saron’s illusion of a Vrykul woman asking for help and destroyed it with a Solar Spear.
• Yogg-Saron expanded the prison to its original size, emerged from the lake, and attacked Dick and the assembled Heroes with countless tentacles and psychic force.
• Yogg-Saron raised a seven-colored shield powered by the prison’s magic, preventing Dick and the others from striking his body.
• Dick called for every ally’s power, receiving blessings from the Guardians, the Dragon Aspects, and Odyn, then threw a glowing object and summoned Rajh’s power.

Dick and his allies attacked Yogg-Saron, with Dick breaking the Old God’s shield and wounding his true body before a Mind Crush threw the battlefield into chaos. After Nozdormu restored the injured fighters and Dick joined with Anveena, a new silver-winged figure appeared as the battle reached its climax.

• The Creators of the Forge of Origination empowered Dick, and Rajh’s Sun Projection helped him break Yogg-Saron’s magical shield and stab the Old God.
• Yogg-Saron unleashed Mind Crush, causing Heimdall and Malygos to collide, Thorim and Hodir to be ensnared, and Alexstrasza and Ysera to be wounded amid the confusion.
• Nozdormu used Time Magic to restore the injured allies and return the battlefield to its earlier state.
• Dick used the lingering power of the 13 blessings to slash open Yogg-Saron’s body, then asked his companions to buy him time while he recovered.
• Dick and Anveena merged into a silver figure, which appeared in the prison chamber and severed the tentacles attacking the battlefield.

The Order Angel and the defenders wounded Yogg-Saron, but the Old God used Mind Crush to separate Dick and Anveena from their combined form. Dick consumed Helya’s crystal to learn how to harm Yogg-Saron, then tried to use its secret and failed to reproduce the required frequency.

• The Order Angel drew Yogg-Saron’s attention while Malygos, Heimdall, the Dragon Aspects, and the others attacked its body.
• Yogg-Saron struck the Order Angel with successive Mind Crush attacks, splitting him back into Dick and Anveena.
• Mimiron protected Dick and Anveena long enough for Dick to escape, and Dick swallowed the crystal made from Helya’s relic and Arthas’s Insignia.
• In soul form, Dick saw Yogg-Saron’s chaotic force field and watched Helya’s memory of discovering the frequency that fused a soul with energy to create a Helarjar.
• Dick used the lantern and Holy Light to try the frequency on a collected soul, but the soul dissipated before he could make it work.

Dick summoned the lost souls within his lantern and fused them with Holy Light, lightning, and order to create a Spirit Legion. As Dick and Anveena formed the Order Angel, the legion counterattacked Yogg-Saron and the Dark Kingdom collapsed.

• Dick and Anveena failed to fuse Holy Light with souls at the needed frequency, so Dick called on the lost souls in his lantern to join his fight.
• The lost souls answered Dick, and he combined them with Holy Light, lightning, and order to form a vast Soul Storm.
• Heimdall, the Dragon Aspects, Thorim, and Mimiron fought to keep Yogg-Saron's tentacles away from the souls.
• Mimiron destroyed the Flame Colossus in an explosion that swept away nearby tentacles, but Yogg-Saron launched a deadly attack at him.
• Dick and Anveena completed their fusion as the Order Angel and formed a legion of silver Spirits from the storm.
• The Order Angel directed the Spirit Legion's charge, and its attack broke Yogg-Saron's Dark Kingdom and brought victory.

Dick and the Guardians nearly defeated Yogg-Saron with the Order Angel’s Spirit Legion, but the Legion vanished after Heimdall fell into the Old God’s mouth. As Yogg-Saron claimed victory, Dick activated Ulduar’s energy systems and prepared a final attack.

• Dick sustained the Order Angel’s barrier as the Spirit Legion overwhelmed Yogg-Saron’s tentacles, and Heimdall joined the charge.
• Nozdormu used his remaining time magic to restore Thorim, Hodir, Ysera, and Alexstrasza to the fight.
• Mimiron gave Thorim Dick’s runed pouch and ordered him to throw its contents into Yogg-Saron’s belly.
• Yogg-Saron’s Mind Crush tore open the pouch, and Heimdall caught the bronze warhammer before a tentacle hurled him into the Old God’s mouth.
• Heimdall’s fall caused the Spirit Legion to vanish, leaving Dick exhausted as Yogg-Saron regained the advantage.
• Dick unlocked the High Guardians’ Authority and restarted Ulduar’s energy cycle, then warned Yogg-Saron not to eat whatever he found.

Dick detonated the damaged Val'anyr inside Yogg-Saron, destroying the Old God and leaving the Prison Plane to collapse. After Dick woke in a peaceful place, Elune thanked him for saving Azeroth and asked what reward he wanted.

• Dick used Val'anyr to channel Ulduar's energy into Yogg-Saron, and the shattered hammer detonated the Old God into blue motes of light.
• The blast swept the Prison Plane clean of darkness and shattered its shields, while the plane began collapsing into the Twisting Nether.
• Dick passed out from exhaustion, and Freya confirmed he only needed rest as the Guardians and Dragon Aspects cleared the battlefield.
• Dick woke in a peaceful meadow, where he found Elune holding Anveena.
• Elune thanked Dick for removing Yogg-Saron and healing Azeroth's last festering sore, then asked what reward he wanted.

Dick met Elune after helping save Azeroth and declined to ask for a personal reward, prompting her to reveal why he had been chosen and to offer him a deeper understanding of Order and the Holy Light. As Elune showed him the first light in the universe, Dick realized the Holy Light had no intelligence of its own and that its power reflected his own hope and devotion to protecting what was good.

• Dick jokingly asked Elune for world peace, then explained that he would rather earn what he wanted himself and had helped her willingly.
• Elune told Dick that he had saved her from dying in her slumber and warned that their work was not finished, while Dick lamented that the Titans Path felt like a shackle.
• Elune showed Dick alternate timelines and explained that his Azeroth would become the main world because he had healed it and tried to save everyone, regardless of personal gain.
• Elune urged Dick to understand Order and the power behind the angel he could not control, then transformed the grassland into darkness so he could witness light emerging from it.
• Dick recognized the vision as the Holy Light, and Elune explained that it was a phenomenon without intelligence while its users' understanding of it reflected their own hope and desire to protect beautiful things.
• Dick realized that the Holy Light had never been a separate being he prayed to; its power had come from his own beliefs and actions.

Dick witnessed Azeroth’s memories and realized that order existed within all opposing things, with balance as its absolute embodiment. He accepted Elune’s charge to become Azeroth’s balancer and took up the Order Angel’s power, pledging to govern the world through balance.

• Dick watched Azeroth’s memories reveal the world’s beginnings, the war between Iron Vrykul and Earthen, and scenes from his own life.
• Dick saw the Titans arrive, then watched the Old Gods fall into Azeroth and spread chaos across the world.
• Dick connected the memories of life, conflict, and Moam tending a tree, and told the Order Angel that order resided in all opposing things and balance embodied it.
• Elune urged Dick to accept her scepter and become Azeroth’s absolute neutral balancer while she slept.
• Dick accepted the Order Angel’s Holy Fire and vowed to serve as the world’s balance, gardener, and arbiter.

After Yogg-Saron’s death ended the battle in Ulduar, the exhausted survivors gathered around the unconscious Dick. Elune appeared, crowned Dick with authority over the world, and entrusted him with protecting Azeroth and governing its order.

• Yogg-Saron was destroyed by overwhelming titanic energy, causing the Faceless Ones to collapse and ending the battle.
• Dick’s forces suffered devastating losses, while Tirion Fordring confirmed that Dick was merely exhausted and recovering.
• Silver flames erupted around Dick, and the Scepter of the World’s fragments reunited into Val'anyr.
• Elune appeared and crowned Dick, naming him the bearer of Azeroth’s authority and charging him with protecting the world.
• Dick accepted the transformed Val'anyr and vowed to defend Azeroth in the name of order until death.

After defeating Yogg-Saron, Dick became the World Manager and revealed that Elune was a Star Spirit Titan and Azeroth’s unborn Titan. He made the mortal heroes Guardians of the Star Spirit, then told the Guardians that the Pantheon had already been destroyed.

• Dick returned to the heroes after his Second Ascension, adapted to his immense new power, and said that he and the Guardians and Dragon Aspects had killed Yogg-Saron.
• Dick explained that the apparition was Elune and revealed that Azeroth nurtured an unborn Titan; he charged the mortal heroes with protecting her and keeping the secret.
• When Shandris demanded proof, Dick used the World’s power to let the heroes hear Elune for themselves and bind them to their new responsibility.
• Dick gathered the Guardians and Dragon Aspects and told them that the Pantheon had already been destroyed.

Dick revealed that the Pantheon had fallen and showed the Guardians Norgannon’s final message, proving that the Titans had left hope in Azeroth and survived in another form. After Jianxi and the Guardians of Ulduar pledged to follow him, Dick declared a new order and vowed to seek justice.

• Dick told the Guardians that the Pantheon had been destroyed, and their powers began to spiral out of control until he restrained them with his authority.
• Dick displayed the Discs of Norgannon, the World Blueprint, and Val'anyr, triggering a recording in which Norgannon described the Pantheon's fall and urged the Guardians to protect Azeroth.
• The recording showed Sargeras destroying Neharan and revealed a star chart marking the Titans’ last trace.
• Dick invited the Guardians to join him in seeking justice, and Jianxi swore to follow him unto death.
• Mimiron and the Guardians of Ulduar bowed to Dick and pledged obedience, and Dick announced the new order.

The chapter described the Burning Legion’s origins and Mardum’s role as its demon-filled staging ground, then followed Gamon as he snapped after a Twilight’s Hammer warlock humiliated and threatened him. After Gamon killed three cultists, Alaeli ordered his regiment to lead a raid that night and collect ten demon heads as punishment.

• Sargeras fell to darkness after the Nathrezim exploited the purification fanaticism already stirring within him, and he formed the Burning Legion to begin its crusade against Azeroth.
• Mardum became a demon-packed forward base, while the Cannon Fodder Legion’s factions fought among themselves under the Illidari’s indifferent watch.
• A Twilight’s Hammer Orc Warlock bullied Gamon, knocked away his food, and slapped him as the camp gathered to watch.
• Gamon erupted in rage, killed the warlock’s two cultist companions, and lifted the warlock while daring him to fight.
• Alaeli had the Ashtongue take Gamon away, then ordered his 107th Assault Regiment to lead that night’s raid and bring back at least ten demon heads.

Gamon was offered a chance to survive Mardum by guiding Sylvanas, Vereesa, and Rhonin to Niskara. After learning that his regiment had been wiped out, he accepted, hoping Senxia would let him return to Draenor alive.

• Gamon regretted coming to Mardum as he waited in a fel cage for his sentence.
• A Broken Shaman released Gamon and brought him to meet Senxia, who was arguing with Sylvanas about delaying her search for her missing sister.
• Vereesa offered Senxia access to Dalaran's treasury and its friendship if he took them to Niskara to find their eldest sister.
• Senxia presented Gamon as their guide, and Gamon tried to attack him before Senxia revealed that the 107th Regiment had been wiped out and he had delayed Gamon's execution.
• Gamon demanded a way back to Azeroth and disclosed that he knew where the Insignia had been found, but Senxia promised only that he could return to Draenor alive.
• Gamon agreed to guide the group to Niskara, and Senxia told him to protect Sylvanas and prove his loyalty.

Sylvanas prepared to travel to Niskara in search of her missing sister, Alleria, while struggling with her feelings for Dick and the gift he sent her. After seeing the starlight war bear inside the crystal, she admitted to herself that she liked him.

• Sylvanas resolved to find Alleria after discovering that her sister's Greenleaf Insignia had appeared on Mardum.
• Vereesa worried about Sylvanas's injured arm, which was still recovering from Lor'themar Theron's Black Arrow and the Thunder Empowerment treatment.
• Senxia arranged for Gamon to guide Sylvanas, Vereesa, and Rhonin to demon-held Niskara, then gave Sylvanas a Starlight Crystal from Dick.
• After the others left, Sylvanas wrestled with her affection for Dick and her fear of betraying Liadrin, his wife-to-be.
• Sylvanas accepted Dick's gift and saw a starlight war bear inside the crystal, realizing that she liked him.

Gamon returned to the ruins of Niskara with Sylvanas, Rhonin, and Vereesa, recounting the deadly battles and the fate of the mana-addicted elves as they searched for the source of the Greenleaf Insignia. At the ruined site where Gamon found it, Sylvanas attacked the demon guards, hopeful that her missing eldest sister had survived and left the Insignia as a marker.

• Gamon returned to Niskara and mourned the fallen comrades of the 107th Regiment while explaining that the regiment had paid for survival with thousands of lives.
• Gamon told Rhonin, Vereesa, and Sylvanas that mana-addicted elves had been sent to the front under Alaeli, who offered them only the choice to become Illidari or die.
• Sylvanas explained that spatial seals and Tempest Keep had hidden Illidan's war on Mardum from the Burning Legion.
• Gamon led the group to the shattered ruins where he had found the Insignia and said a buried chest there seemed deliberately placed as a marker.
• Vereesa and Sylvanas concluded that their eldest sister might have escaped and left the items behind.
• Sylvanas fired the Void Spike into the demon patrol, unleashing a blast of lightning that swept away the Felguards.

Sylvanas and Vereesa found Alleria’s sixteen-year-old message in the ruins and followed its clues to a demon camp on Niskara’s final mountain. Sylvanas recovered Alleria’s war bow but was confronted by Judgment Official Quimaradun, who threatened to claim her soul and the memories of her companions.

• Gamon found Alleria’s hidden message, and Sylvanas read that she had escaped with the Army of the Light while searching for Turalyon and warned her sisters not to follow.
• Sylvanas and Vereesa decided to search the mountain, while Rhonin and Gamon joined them on the dangerous journey to Niskara’s demon camp.
• Sylvanas sneaked into a church at the heart of the camp and found Alleria’s Windrunner War Bow beside an inactive Burning Legion portal.
• Sylvanas and her Starlight Giant Bear killed the demons guarding the bow, but Judgment Official Quimaradun appeared and surrounded her with an army.
• Sylvanas demanded to know where Alleria had gone and warned Quimaradun not to harm her companions as the demons charged.