Chapter Summaries

Dick and the paladins defended Felstone Field against an undead army, buying time for civilians to escape before retreating toward Hearthglen. He separated from the retreating force with Herod to face death knight Alex Barov, and their battle began at Gahrron's Withering.

• Dick ordered Herod and Redpath to organize the defense and evacuation while he led thirty paladins against the undead.
• Dick used Retribution Aura to bolster the knights, then knocked Alex from his mount and dragged him through the undead with the Dragon Hook.
• Herod and Redpath brought down the two abominations as Dick’s force held the line until the paladins began to fall back.
• Dick ordered Redpath to lead the retreat, then killed one abomination while Herod killed the other.
• Dick and Herod carried the restrained Alex to Gahrron's Withering, where they released him and began fighting him together.

Dick and Herod defeated Alex at great cost, but Arthas arrived and turned the mindless Undead into a coordinated army. The defenders’ line collapsed, leaving Lordaeron’s forces overwhelmed.

• Herod struck Alex from behind, and Dick exploited Alex’s Anti-Magic Shell to batter him with Holy attacks and blast a hole through his chest with Holy Shock.
• Herod wounded Alex with his Holy Light–imbued axe, but Alex dragged him back and stabbed him; Dick then beat Alex down and used holy water to destroy him.
• Dick gave Herod holy water, secured him on a warhorse, and recovered a damaged fragment of Alex’s Pallid Greatsword and the Barov Family Crest.
• Arthas watched the battlefield with Kel'Thuzad and used Frostmourne to organize the Undead into a disciplined army, deploying Crypt Fiends and swarms of insects against the defenders.
• Arthas’s army breached the line in less than half an hour, overrunning the forces that had held for seven days.

Arthas turned the surviving knights into Death Knights and marched on Crusader's Hold, where Uther confronted his former student in a deadly duel. Dick learned that Uther was in danger and hurried to intervene after receiving a quest to change his fate.

• Arthas defeated the surviving knights, raised them as Death Knights, and ordered Falric to equip them and lead raids across West Darrowmere.
• Uther reviewed reports of the fallen outposts, then learned that Arthas had surrounded Crusader's Hold.
• Uther, Alexandros, Dathrohan, and Gavinrad led hundreds of paladins out to face Arthas and his undead army.
• Uther fought Arthas one-on-one, invoking several Holy Light blessings after the first clash showed how powerful Arthas had become.
• Dick received the quest “The Holy Light Fades” and rushed toward the stables to reach Uther before he was killed.

Dick tried to save the dying Uther by freezing his body and urging him to become a death knight, but Uther refused to abandon the Holy Light. Dick then told Alexandros that a dark gem and a hidden Runeblade in Karazhan could help defeat Arthas and preserve Uther’s soul, leaving Alexandros to choose between Uther’s faith and survival.

• Arthas overwhelmed the knights, pierced Uther’s Divine Shield with Frostmourne, and left him near death.
• Dick stopped Gavinrad from treating Uther, explained that a dark artifact could preserve his soul by turning him into a death knight, and asked Uther to agree.
• Uther refused Dick’s proposal, so Dick had a mage freeze Uther’s body before his soul faded.
• Dick sent Dathrohan and Gavinrad back to aid Alexandros and claimed that the prophet who had appeared at King Terenas’s court was Medivh’s soul.
• Dick revealed that Alexandros possessed a dark gem from an orc warlock and said it should be forged into a sword in Ironforge.
• Dick told Alexandros to take Uther to Karazhan and retrieve Medivh’s hidden Runeblade, but Alexandros accused him of forcing Uther to abandon his faith.

Dick lured Arthas away from Crusader's Hold by using Kel'Thuzad's ashes, then apparently sacrificed himself to keep the urn from Arthas. Arthas captured the ashes but let the fortress survive for now, accepting Dick's challenge at Quel'Thalas as their conflict widened.

• Dick warned Alexandros that Arthas would return within three months and rode out with Kel'Thuzad's urn to draw Arthas away from Crusader's Hold.
• Arthas pursued Dick while Falric ordered the undead to attack the fortress, and Dathrohan rallied the defenders to close the gates and raise a Holy Light barrier.
• Dick wounded Arthas's Crypt Fiend with Holy Shock and confronted Arthas at the bank of the Thondroril River, threatening to drop the urn into the water.
• Dick challenged Arthas to meet him at the Sunwell in Quel'Thalas, then fell into the river as Arthas used Death Grip to seize the urn.
• Arthas decided to let Crusader's Hold survive temporarily and rode upstream, avoiding Eastweald and the danger beneath Light's Hope Chapel.

After the battle at Crusader's Hold, Alexandros and the assembled paladins learned that a dark runeblade might preserve Uther's soul, though it would turn him into a conscious death knight. They transformed Alexandros's black gem with their combined Holy Light, creating the Ashbringer and revealing a new hope against the undead.

• The knights drove Arthas's undead from Crusader's Hold after the Holy Light Barrier fell, then gathered around the wounded Uther.
• Tirion Fordring arrived, reuniting with his son Taelan and his former comrades.
• Dathrohan explained that a runeblade in Medivh's tower could save Uther's soul but would transform him into a death knight, and Alexandros decided to take Uther south and let him choose.
• Alexandros revealed the black gem he had found on an Orc Warlock and asked the others to channel their Holy Light into it.
• The combined Holy Light transformed the gem into a silver-bright jewel and healed Alexandros's old wound.
• Alexandros named the jewel the Ashbringer and presented it as their hope against the undead and darkness.

Dick entered the Ghostlands to delay Arthas’s return to Lordaeron and came upon Liadrin’s patrol being attacked by Zul'jin’s beast avatar. He defeated the lynx avatar, then recognized Liadrin and asked what she was doing there.

• Dick rode into the Ghostlands while studying Uther’s Holy Book and heard fighting ahead.
• Zul'jin’s lynx avatar killed Liadrin’s ten Ranger Corps guards and cornered her.
• Dick caught Liadrin as she fell, then fought the lynx avatar and slowed it with the Fire of Justice.
• Dick and Liadrin battled the weakened avatar until Dick struck it with Holy Shock and defeated it.
• Dick recognized Liadrin and asked what she was doing there.

Dick warned Liadrin that undead forces were marching toward Quel'Thalas, then traveled on to Silvermoon City after visiting Deatholme. The chapter ended with Sylvanas's Rangers retreating from an overwhelming undead attack toward the Defensive Runes.

• Dick buried the fallen elven soldiers, blessed their bodies with holy water, and warned Liadrin that undead forces were advancing toward Quel'Thalas, but she trusted the Defensive Runes to protect the kingdom.
• Dick found Sylvanas's lost pendant and a beast-lynx spirit in Zul'jin's lynx form, then rode with Liadrin to Deatholme.
• Liadrin showed Dick around Deatholme and sent a report through her contacts to help him, while Dick left for Silvermoon City.
• On an island off Quel'Thalas, Sylvanas led the Rangers against an undead force that grew as fallen soldiers rose again, and she ordered a retreat behind the Defensive Runes.

Arthas abandoned his assault on Quel'Thalas’s defenses and turned his undead toward the Ghostlands, while Sylvanas prepared to lead her rangers there and summoned Dick. Dick fought Arthas’s newly raised undead, survived the Death Knight’s retaliation, and was conscripted by Sylvanas’s Ranger Corps.

• Arthas found Quel'Thalas protected by Defensive Runes, summoned Marwyn, Thassarian, and Marduk, and ordered his undead to invade the Ghostlands.
• Sylvanas Windrunner received Liadrin’s letter, deduced that Arthas would target the Ghostlands, and ordered her rangers to prepare for battle and bring Dick Tang to Fairbreeze Village.
• Dick fought through the Risen and Cursed Mages, killing several before one mage exploded under Arthas’s power and hurled him away.
• Four Elven Rangers arrived, cleared the remaining Risen, and told Dick that Sylvanas had summoned him to Fairbreeze Village.

Dick Tang warned Sylvanas Windrunner that Arthas’s invasion would overwhelm Quel'Thalas, but she rejected his advice and ordered him to leave. After a quest compelled him to try to save Sylvanas, Dick gathered the elven paladins of the Silver Hand and prepared to join the war.

• Dick Tang met Sylvanas Windrunner, warned her about Arthas’s threat and Quel'Thalas’s lack of holy water and priests, and refused her offer to serve as her deputy.
• Sylvanas called Dick a coward and ordered him out after he criticized her plans and warned her to watch for flying undead.
• Dick returned to a nearby camp and met Myra, the leader of thirty-seven elven paladins sent by the Order of the Silver Hand.
• A quest ordered Dick to attempt to save Sylvanas, so he told the paladins to recruit priests and soldiers, prepare holy water, and join the war.
• All thirty-seven paladins chose to accompany Dick, and Myra drew his sword as they prepared to fight for Quel'Thalas.

Sylvanas led four thousand rangers and mages toward Tranquillien Outpost, unaware that Arthas had prepared an ambush. Dick and his small force raced to reach the battle, but Sylvanas’s troops were already surrounded when the chapter ended.

• After losing most of the Ghostlands strongholds and receiving a third plea for aid, Sylvanas decided to march from Fairbreeze Village to rescue Tranquillien Outpost.
• Sylvanas ordered Lor'themar and Halduron to lead support forces, then advanced beyond Quel'Thalas’s defensive runes with four thousand rangers and mages.
• Arthas spotted the elves through his gargoyle link and sent his undead forces converging on Tranquillien from three directions.
• Dick led paladins, priests, and elven warriors through repeated undead attacks, then urged them to ride double and hurry toward Tranquillien.
• Sylvanas realized her army had been ambushed when nerubians erupted beneath the ranks and gargoyles dropped Plague Jars onto the mages.

Sylvanas fought through Arthas’s ambush at Tranquillien Outpost and was nearly killed after reaching him, but Dick and the paladins rescued her. The survivors fled toward Liadrin’s Holy Light Barrier as elven fighters stayed behind to cover their retreat.

• Sylvanas realized Tranquillien Outpost had been destroyed and led the Rangers against the undead, believing that killing Arthas was their only chance.
• Sylvanas defeated two abominations and confronted Arthas, but he slowed her with Howling Blast and trapped her with the final abomination after she shot him with Chimaera Shot.
• Arthas shattered Sylvanas’s sabers and prepared to kill her, but Dick’s Holy Shock diverted Frostmourne and his Dragon Hook pulled her away.
• Sylvanas escaped Arthas’s grasp by slipping out of her glove, while a fallen abomination blocked his Death Grip from reaching her.
• Dick carried Sylvanas as the group threw holy water at their pursuers and rushed toward Liadrin’s Holy Light Barrier, while elven fighters stayed behind to cover the retreat.

Dick led Sylvanas and the surviving Paladins toward Quel'Thalas while Arthas's forces pursued them. When they encountered Marduk the Black, Dick discovered that Flash of Light could disrupt the Death Knight's defense, giving him a way to break their stalemate.

• Dick rescued Sylvanas, gave her a War Bow, and ordered the wounded survivors to retreat toward Quel'Thalas.
• Sylvanas led the party through the woods toward Windrunner Village, hoping to reach Halduron's reinforcements near Goldenmist Village.
• Sylvanas detected an approaching Undead force and warned the party, so Dick led the Knights in a charge against the Death Knights.
• Dick recognized Marduk the Black and used the Dragon Hook to topple his Death Charger, then stunned and struck him repeatedly.
• Dick used Flash of Light on Marduk, disrupting his attack and creating an opening that revealed a way to break the stalemate.

Dick used the Fire of Justice’s stored Holy Light to defeat Marduk, who was then killed with help from Sylvanas and Liadrin. After six Paladins died in the battle, Dick and Sylvanas struggled with their guilt, while Dick feared Arthas was nearing Dar’Khan and the collapse of Quel’Thalas’s Defensive Runes.

• Dick pierced Marduk with repeated Flash of Light attacks and brought him down with Judgment of Order, but Marduk regenerated by sacrificing a Ghoul and seized Dick with death energy.
• Sylvanas shot Marduk with a Chimaera Shot while Liadrin healed Dick, giving Dick the opening to kill Marduk with a blast of Holy Light.
• Sylvanas defeated the remaining Death Knights and Ghouls, but Dick and Myra lost six comrades and buried their armor and weapons as crude gravestones.
• Dick rebuked Sylvanas for speaking of remembrance and blamed himself for bringing the fallen knights into danger; Sylvanas later confided her doubts to Liadrin.
• Dick concluded that Arthas had likely contacted Dar’Khan and that the Defensive Runes were close to collapsing.

Arthas used Lor'themar Theron's memories to help Dar'Khan Drathir decipher the Defensive Runes, giving him seven days to open them. Meanwhile, Dick's exhausted party planned to reach a secret dock at Goldenmist Village and cross into Quel'Thalas, where Dick hoped Sylvanas would warn the King of the danger.

• Arthas showed Dar'Khan Drathir Lor'themar Theron's memories and threatened to expose their dealings if Dar'Khan failed to undo the Defensive Runes within seven days.
• Arthas declared that he would handle the invasion himself once the runes were opened, while Lor'themar served as his foremost general.
• Dick and his companions halted near Windrunner Village, and Sylvanas explained that Goldenmist Village had a secret Ranger Corps dock with five magically powered boats.
• Dick warned that Arthas might have ambushed the river crossings, but Sylvanas revealed the dock was their best route into Quel'Thalas despite the risk.
• Dick ordered the group to rest before setting out for Goldenmist Village and asked Sylvanas to warn her King that Quel'Thalas's defenses were in danger.

Dick awoke from a nightmare in which he relived the deaths of comrades and was comforted by Liadrin before leading the group toward Goldenmist Village. The squad fought through an undead ambush, but the arrival of a familiar figure left Liadran stunned: Lor'themar.

• Dick woke from a nightmare and nearly struck Liadrin with the Fire of Justice before realizing where he was and apologizing.
• Liadrin soothed Dick, and after he rested, she cleaned his hammer and asked about it; he invited her to call him Liadrin.
• Dick rallied the group, and the knights rode toward Goldenmist Village with Sylvanas leading the way and shooting down undead along the route.
• Dick led the squad into the ruined village and used Consecration to expose an undead ambush as gargoyles attacked from above.
• Sylvanas destroyed most of the diving gargoyles, then a black-energy sword flew toward her as a tall figure appeared among the ruins.
• Liadrin recognized the figure as Lor'themar and reacted in disbelief.

Dick and the paladins fought Lor'themar, now a powerful death knight, while Sylvanas prepared the Magic Ships for their escape. As the ships fled, Liadrin tried to reach Lor'themar, but he shot her; Sylvanas rescued her and escaped, while Lor'themar disappeared into the darkness.

• Sylvanas dodged Lor'themar's Black Arrow, and Dick sent her to prepare the Magic Ships before fighting the death knight.
• Dick charged Lor'themar, wounded him with a compressed Holy Shock, and was carried away by the surviving paladins as Sylvanas covered their escape.
• Sylvanas summoned the Magic Ships and shot at Lor'themar, who appeared with her broken arrow and challenged her to a duel.
• Liadrin stepped between Sylvanas and Lor'themar and pleaded with him to stop, but Lor'themar shot her as Sylvanas struck him with a Chimaera Shot.
• Sylvanas caught Liadrin and carried her aboard the last Magic Ship, while a wounded Lor'themar watched the ships depart and vanished into the darkness.

Dick woke in Silvermoon City after Sylvanas rescued him, discovered that completing her mission had raised his attributes and advanced his rank, and surveyed the city and the Sunwell from his room. He ended the chapter resolved to find a way to stop Arthas, whose forces had killed eleven knights during the escape.

• Dick awoke in the Hall of Light as his new rank activated and his body recovered from severe injuries.
• Dick checked his attributes and learned he had become a Rare Elite with a new Elite Power bonus.
• Dick looked out over Silvermoon City and reflected on its splendor and its coming destruction by Arthas.
• Dick used an engineering telescope to locate the Isle of Quel'Danas and considered the Sunwell and Sylvanas's effort to change Quel'Thalas's leaders.
• Dick remembered the eleven knights killed by Arthas's forces and resolved to oppose him.

Dick warned Anasterian that Arthas sought the Sunwell to provide a vessel for Kel'Thuzad, and Quel'Thalas had begun preparing for war. A new quest revealed that Dick still had to preserve the high elf empire's political structure and population, while warning that danger came from more than the obvious enemies.

• Dick left Liadrin's bedside after promising to change the situation and followed Sylvanas to meet Anasterian.
• Sylvanas told Dick that Quel'Thalas had begun preparing its defenses and that she had requested Dar'Khan's arrest while Halduron watched his tower.
• Dick told Anasterian that Arthas wanted the Sunwell's power to turn Kel'Thuzad into a lich.
• Dick swore that Dar'Khan had colluded with the enemy and warned Anasterian that Lor'themar's death had exposed the defensive runes.
• Sylvanas told Dick that Anasterian had already mobilized the remaining forces and begun evacuating the populace.
• Dick received the quest "Sunset of the Phoenix Dynasty," which required him to preserve Quel'Thalas's political structure and keep more than a million high elves alive.

Sun King Anasterian sent Sylvanas and Dick to confront Archmage Dar'Khan, while he prepared Quel'Thalas for the possibility of war. The group found Dar'Khan in his tower, but he revealed an illusion and escaped with the Key to Transcendence.

• Anasterian ordered Sylvanas to bring Dar'Khan to Phoenix Hall and secretly mobilized the Firewing Guard and Kael'thas's Sunreaver mages.
• Sylvanas changed into combat armor, then led Dick and two squads of spellbreakers to Dar'Khan's tower, where they met Ranger-Lord Halduron Brightwing.
• Dick blessed Sylvanas and Halduron with Blessing of Might, and the three joined the spellbreakers in breaking into Dar'Khan's laboratory.
• Dar'Khan revealed the Key to Transcendence and declared his intention to reach the Sunwell and achieve transcendence.
• Sylvanas shot Dar'Khan with a Demon-Breaking Arrow, but Dick discovered that the apparent target was an illusion and Dar'Khan had escaped.