Chapter Summaries

Trapped on Niskara and hunted by thousands of demons, Sylvanas, Vereesa, Rhonin, and Gamon struggled to survive and escape. Vereesa and Rhonin left with the wounded Sylvanas, while Gamon stayed behind with mana bombs to avenge his fallen comrades.

• Cairne Sunfury reported Niskara’s uprising to Illidan and requested the Red Flamebrand Burning Legion to sweep the island.
• Vereesa and Rhonin killed a group of Shivarra, then returned to the cave where Sylvanas and Gamon were hiding.
• Sylvanas gave Vereesa the Windrunner War Bow and urged her to escape, but Vereesa had Rhonin put Sylvanas to sleep and carried her away.
• Rhonin gave Gamon mana bombs and promised to ask Dick to give him another life, and Gamon asked for more bombs to defend the 107th Regiment.
• Houndmistress Tors found Gamon in the cave, and he declared that the 2,434 members of the 107th Regiment sent their regards before detonating a mana bomb.

Dick rescued Sylvanas and Rhonin’s group from Quimaradun’s demons with his Spirit Legion, then returned to Tempest Keep with the wounded Sylvanas. After she challenged his silence and confessed she could not turn back from loving him, Dick embraced her and they reconciled.

• Quimaradun ordered his demons to kill Rhonin while keeping Vereesa and Sylvanas alive, but Dick arrived through a portal and summoned a Spirit Legion that overwhelmed the demon army.
• Dick gave Rhonin a Soulstone so he could offer the dead Tauren another chance, then carried Sylvanas back through the portal to Tempest Keep.
• After Tempest Keep’s energy cannon destroyed Niskara, Dick sat beside Sylvanas’s bed and decided to respect her freedom, believing their feelings should end.
• Sylvanas revealed she had been awake and confronted Dick for avoiding her, then kissed him and confessed she had fallen for him.
• Dick apologized and embraced Sylvanas as she insisted she would not share him, and they kissed in her room.

Dick met Illidan in the Meditation Chamber on Tempest Keep to discuss the Keystone and Illidan’s plan to strike the Burning Legion before it invaded. They agreed to begin the operation in three days, while Dick took the Heart of Fury and arranged to bring Maiev with him.

• Illidan told Dick that he had located the Keystone and intended to use it to open a portal to the Burning Legion’s worlds and carry the war to them.
• Dick objected to destroying Mardum before he found what he needed, then said his subordinates had already located the target and would not disrupt Illidan’s plan.
• Dick asked Illidan for Vashj and Maiev; Illidan revealed that he had met a Highborne who could replace Vashj and agreed to hand Maiev over, while warning that he would kill her if she returned.
• Illidan set the Keystone operation for three days later, gave Dick the Heart of Fury, and asked him to care for Malfurion and Tyrande.
• Dick teased Illidan about his feelings for Tyrande and escaped Illidan’s summoned blades, while Illidan later sat with a dried flower and quietly remembered the past.

Dick left Sylvanas to travel to Mardum, where Bard and Tony were watching Mephisto prepare an altar for the Skull of the Man'ari. Bard and Tony destroyed the altar with a daring rifle shot, and Senxia joined the fight after Mephisto attacked them.

• Dick left Sylvanas asleep and headed for Mardum to pursue the remaining artifact, the Skull of the Man'ari.
• Bard and Tony watched Mephisto oversee the altar while Bard, poisoned by Akali, refused to abandon his last mission and the future he hoped to secure for his child.
• Bard noticed the altar activating ahead of schedule and convinced Tony to help him shoot it, despite the danger.
• Bard and Tony struck Mephisto and shattered the altar, interrupting its spell and killing hundreds of demons in the resulting magical blast.
• Mephisto attacked Bard and Tony, but Senxia shielded them with lightning-wreathed vines and angrily joined the fight.

Dick rescued Senxia, Bard, and Tony from Mephisto, then returned to Sylvanas with breakfast. Illidan learned that the Sargerite Keystone was on Mardum and prepared a surprise attack to seize it, while planning the Illidari's next steps.

• Mephisto knocked Senxia into Bard and Tony, then threatened to torture their souls until Dick arrived and captured the Dreadlord with a net of lightning.
• Dick sent the injured trio back to Draenor for treatment and brought breakfast to Sylvanas, who asked him to call her queen.
• Illidan learned from Mephisto's soul that the Burning Legion's headquarters was on Argus and ordered his forces to attack the Keystone's location the next day.
• Illidan ordered the cannon fodder sent to Netherstorm to build a Starport and instructed Alaeli to bring Mephisto's soul to Leotheras as a possible cure.
• Illidan told Cairne to be wary of Shalas and asked Alaeli to recruit mana-addicted elves from Kael'thas and Suramar for the coming war.

The Illidari launched a prepared assault across western Mardum, overwhelming the demon forces as their champions confronted the Burning Legion’s strongest defenders. Cairne battled a Felflame Giant, Shalas and Altruis killed Bel’Ash, and Dick destroyed Kaza as Illidan’s raid on the Legion ship succeeded.

• Cairne warned nearby demon hunters as a Felflame Giant erupted from beneath the battlefield, then attacked the giant with his squad.
• Cairne unleashed his full demonic power, tore off the Felflame Giant’s arm, and charged toward its head.
• Shalas and Altruis ambushed and killed Bel’Ash after the Gray Deathsworn and Shivan routed his Doomguard forces.
• Shalas and Altruis spotted a hidden Burning Legion ship hovering above the mountains.
• Illidan’s raid on the Fel Hammer succeeded, and Dick killed Kaza with the Solar Lance.

Illidan confronted Katherine, the Nightblade Spider Queen guarding the Keystone on Mardum, and fought her after she refused to surrender it. Dick then used the Scepter of the World's power to suppress her control of dimensional space, leaving Katherine unable to keep the Keystone inaccessible.

• Illidan entered the Fel Hammer's hall and discovered Katherine guarding the Keystone, which he could not grasp while her spatial protection remained active.
• Katherine revealed that she knew Illidan was plotting against the Legion and refused to hand over the Keystone, so the two began fighting.
• Katherine wounded Illidan with her crimson daggers, but he drew his Moonblade and pressed the attack.
• Katherine retreated to the altar and boasted that she could keep the Keystone beyond reach by manipulating dimensional space.
• Dick placed the Scepter of the World's tip against the altar and suppressed Katherine's spatial control, surprising her.

Dick and Illidan defeated Katherine after the Scepter of the World suppressed her dimensional spell, allowing Dick to secure the Keystone. Katherine offered to aid Illidan against the Burning Legion, but Anveena killed her after Illidan swore not to do so, and Illidan promised to use her soul’s knowledge against Kil’jaeden and Sargeras.

• Dick used the Scepter of the World to suppress Katherine’s dimensional spell, while Illidan attacked her and drove her into a desperate defense.
• Illidan broke through Katherine’s spider-silk barrier with Eye Beam, then wounded and pinned her with his warglaives.
• Katherine offered Illidan the allegiance of Mardum’s demons in exchange for her life, and Illidan swore not to kill her if she proved her worth.
• Katherine used her blood to release the Keystone from its dimensional state, and Dick grasped it while Elune’s blessing steadied his mind.
• Anveena stabbed Katherine with the Greatsword of Order, and Illidan said he would use Katherine’s knowledge against the Burning Legion and destroy Mardum in her honor.

Dick and Illidan returned to Tempest Keep with the Keystone while the Illidari hunted demons across chaotic Mardum. After Dick and Sylvanas shared a farewell, Tempest Keep destroyed the continent, and Illidan prepared to begin the next war on Draenor.

• With Mardum's demons in disarray after their commander fell, the Illidari hunted them for souls to strengthen their ranks.
• Dick used the Scepter of the World to find Mardum's Great Rift, then shared a final beautiful moment with Sylvanas, who chose to join the Illidari and search for Alleria on Argus.
• Eighteen hours later, Dick showed the Illidari commanders the Great Rift's location, and Tempest Keep prepared to fire its Energy Cannon.
• At Illidan's command, Cairne Sunfury fired the cannon into the Great Rift, and Mardum broke apart and exploded.
• Illidan declared that the next war would begin with Draenor as the survivors prepared to return.

Duncan learned that the Queen of the Northlands was sailing to the Island of Penance and discovered that Captain Gibbs was the Black Demon King's second-in-command, Old Sea Wolf Gibbs. On the island, Gibbs's party met Grimson and his worgen, who threatened them, and Gibbs offered Grimson one last chance to stand down.

• Phil Larren told Duncan that the ship's next stop was the Island of Penance and challenged him to prove he could become someone of value.
• Duncan joined the ship's leaders on deck and learned that Gibbs was Old Sea Wolf Gibbs, commander of the Banshee Fleet and second-in-command of the Black Demon King's fleet.
• Gibbs and his party sailed ashore, where Grimson accused them of breaking their agreement and threatened them on behalf of Lady Velinde.
• Grimson and his followers transformed into worgen and surrounded Gibbs's party, while Duncan drew his saber to defend Gibbs.
• Gibbs confronted Grimson and offered him one last chance to change back so they could continue their transaction.

Duncan accepted Gibbs’s worgen serum, while Gibbs punished Lauren by assigning him to take Duncan to Gilneas and recruit Bloodfang Worgen. In Gilneas, Velinde refused Liadrin’s offer to bring Dick’s help, but agreed to return to Ulduar in a month and a half after the coming war.

• Nandus stopped Grimson from attacking Gibbs and traded serum for supplies, promising that the Moonrage Worgen would fight the Bloodfang Worgen and reject Gilneas’s royal family.
• Duncan drank rum and injected himself with the serum, calling on Katherine as he feared the transformation.
• Gibbs transformed into a worgen and threatened Lauren for speculating about Velinde and Senxia, then ordered him to take Duncan to Gilneas and return with two thousand Bloodfang recruits.
• Liadrin urged Velinde to return to Ulduar and let Dick help save Gilneas, but Velinde insisted the worgen had to resolve their own affairs and face Ralaar Fangfire.
• Velinde agreed to return to Ulduar with Liadrin in a month and a half, after the war between the Moonrage and Bloodfang Worgen.

Rona Crowley exposed an attempt by Godfrey's men to recruit her into a rebellion and revealed that she had powerful worgen allies. She agreed to leave Gilneas City with her father's forces before Moonrage and Bloodfang went to war, intending to visit an old friend first.

• Black-clad men broke into Crowley Manor and ordered Rona to come with them.
• Rona questioned the men's loyalties and deduced that Godfrey was behind their attempt to enlist her in revenge against King Genn.
• Rona's worgen allies ambushed the intruders, and she wounded their leader with a rapier.
• A worgen wearing a black eyepatch told Rona that her father had ordered her to leave Gilneas City before Moonrage and Bloodfang went to war.
• Rona agreed to go with her father's forces after visiting an old friend and warned Godfrey that his plans would fail.

Rona broke into the royal court and told Liam that Gilneas City was about to become a battlefield, urging him to flee with her. Liam chose to leave with her after learning she was carrying his child, and Rona revealed that she and Genn had been working with her father to protect Gilneas.

• Rona rode to the royal court with a dozen worgen veterans and entered Liam’s room, where he mistook her eyepatch-wearing companion for an attacker.
• Rona told Liam that the Bloodfang and Moonrage Worgen were about to fight and that Godfrey’s followers planned a rebellion, then urged him to leave the city.
• Liam accused Rona of betraying him, but she said she was carrying his child, and he agreed to escape with her.
• As they rode toward the city gates, Rona told Liam that Genn knew of Godfrey’s rebellion and that the Moonrage Worgen had not attempted to assassinate him.
• Rona assured Liam that she and Genn had been on the same side all along and that neither she nor her father would let personal feelings threaten Gilneas’s survival.

The chapter described the rival factions dividing Gilneas and brought Liam to meet Velinde and the Moonrage Worgen. After Darius Crowley reunited with Rona, Velinde challenged Liam to explain what the worgen meant to him, leaving his answer unresolved.

• The Bloodfang Worgen, Greymane forces, and Moonrage Worgen controlled different parts of Gilneas, while Queen Caliea reinforced Lordaeron’s border against a possible invasion.
• Liam arrived at the Moonrage camp with Rona and reunited with her father, Darius Crowley, after two years apart.
• Liam challenged Velinde’s identity and was attacked by the Moonrage guards before Velinde ordered them to release him.
• Darius told Rona that Liam needed to pass Velinde’s test and fight Lairal if the Greymane family hoped to rule Gilneas.
• Velinde asked Liam, “In your heart, what are we?”

Gilneas was thrown into panic over Prince Liam's disappearance as Lord Godfrey and Lord Walden staged a coup against King Genn, demanding that he abdicate in exchange for foreign powers ending the Worgen crisis. Genn transformed into a Worgen and rejected their plans to divide Gilneas, just as a battle began across the city.

• Rumors that King Genn had sent Prince Liam abroad sparked panic in Gilneas City, and Genn publicly vowed not to abandon the city.
• Lord Godfrey reported that the Bloodfang Worgen were preparing to fight the Moonrage Worgen, then held a dagger to Genn's neck and demanded his abdication.
• Godfrey revealed that Kul Tiras, Stormwind, and Lordaeron had agreed to intervene in Gilneas in exchange for territory, tax exemptions, and Gilneas rejoining the Alliance.
• Genn condemned Godfrey's concessions, and Godfrey stabbed him while insisting the deal would save Gilneas and preserve Liam's right to inherit.
• Genn transformed into a Worgen, overpowered Godfrey and Walden, and declared that Gilneas would settle its own affairs as howls signaled the war's beginning.

Darius Crowley and the Moonrage worgen battled the Bloodfang in Northgate Forest while Iva Bloodfang sent a third of his forces to attack Gilneas City. After the Northgate fell, King Genn led a counterattack, while Velinde faced Lairal Firefang in a duel that would decide the packs’ struggle.

• Darius Crowley and the Moonrage worgen used their formations and the forest terrain to hold off the larger Bloodfang force.
• Iva Bloodfang diverted a third of the Bloodfang worgen toward Gilneas City, forcing Darius to choose between fighting and protecting the people there.
• The Bloodfang overwhelmed Gilneas’s defenders and captured the Northgate after a brief assault.
• King Genn rebuked Godfrey and Valden, then led the Honor Guard in a charge against the worgen inside the city.
• Velinde confronted Lairal Firefang while Liadrin was pinned down by elite Bloodfang, and Velinde leaped at Lairal with the Scythe of Elune.

Velinde fought Lairal in a brutal battle neither could quickly win, while Genn’s defenders struggled to hold Gilneas City as civilians evacuated. Prince Liam arrived at the Eastern Gate with Lorna Crowley and more than four thousand Moonrage worgen veterans, ready to join the battle against the Bloodfang.

• Velinde attacked Lairal with her claws, but both worgen rapidly healed from their wounds and continued their savage fight.
• Genn ordered Lord Walden and the Grey Wolves Jaegers to reinforce the failing defenses, while civilians fled toward the Cathedral District.
• Genn refused to let the artillery fire until the civilians had evacuated, despite the growing casualties and his own injury.
• A banner and horn call announced the arrival of reinforcements at Gilneas’s Eastern Gate.
• Liam and Lorna revealed an army of more than four thousand Moonrage worgen veterans, and Liam asked General Nick Young to let them enter the city and fight the Bloodfang.

Gilneas City’s last human defenders fought the Bloodfang Worgen as civilians evacuated, until Prince Liam returned with Northern Army reinforcements. Offshore, Admiral Matthew prepared a Kul Tiras landing operation and ordered the Gnomes’ Flying Machine Squadron to bomb Biting Reef and the coast.

• Lord Godfrey left the defensive line to rescue a stranded boy and was trapped by three Bloodfang Elite worgen.
• Liam arrived in time to kill the worgen attacking Godfrey from behind, then told him he had brought reinforcements.
• Northern Army worgen charged into the battlefield in uniform, and the Bloodfang began to retreat.
• Admiral Matthew learned that no signal had come from Lord Godfrey and decided to begin the first Kul Tiras landing operation.
• Matthew ordered the Gnomes’ Flying Machine Squadron to bomb Biting Reef and the land, declaring that Kul Tiras would open the sea route to Gilneas.

Fizzlank’s gnomish flying machines bombed Biting Reef to clear a route for the Kul Tiras landing force, but the explosions unleashed sea monsters and a massive naga assault. The naga destroyed much of the allied fleet, captured Matthew, and began taking Gilneas as they sent sea beasts toward Menethil Harbor.

• Fizzlank led forty-five flying machines in a bombing run against Biting Reef, and the explosions stirred sea monsters beneath the water.
• Matthew ordered the Land Team to prepare for a landing after watching the bombing run’s apparent success.
• Sea monsters capsized twelve ships and dragged the Prestige beneath the sea, while Matthew and Fizzlank saw the naga rising in force.
• Matthew urged Fizzlank to escape and warn others, but Fizzlank reported that the naga had already landed in Gilneas.
• Naga froze and captured Matthew for Lady Naz'jar, then ordered the murlocs to drive sea beasts toward Menethil Harbor and declared the Gilneas Peninsula theirs.

As Gilneas struggled to recover from the Bloodfang Worgen attack, Genn learned that naga had wiped out the Combined Fleet and invaded the southern coast. He sent Godfrey to seek outside help and defend Gilneas’s future while he led the city’s people to the South Defensive Line.

• Genn accepted that the Moonrage Worgen were vital to Gilneas and set out to help Liam at the North Gate.
• Godfrey learned from Fizzlank that naga had invaded the southern coast and destroyed the Combined Fleet of Kul Tiras and the Storm Kingdom.
• Genn blamed Godfrey for weakening the southern defenses, then ordered him to seek Lordaeron’s army, find Liam, and request help from Quel'Thalas and the dwarves.
• Genn rallied soldiers and civilians to defend the South Defensive Line, and Walden and the other nobles joined him.
• Godfrey discarded his poison, rode away from Genn’s forces, and set out to ask Gilneas’s hated opponents for aid.