Chapter Summaries

The First Fleet and 3,500 ODST suits overwhelmed the Burning Legion forces on Xakan, while Anduin and Garrosh led the armored assault. Kazzak fled into the void, where a silver-winged warrior waited to confront him.

• Kazzak ordered Krantor and the Abyss Fire Fiends to attack the human prisoners, then fled as black landing pods descended on the Portal staging area.
• Anduin survived his landing in Assault Armor, killed a Doomguard, and led the Second Assault Squad into battle.
• Anduin and his squad used Assault Rifles and heavy weapons to slaughter demons, while Garrosh tore through their lines with war axes.
• The ODST assault, Iron Burning Legion advance, and First Fleet bombardment routed the leaderless demons on Xakan.
• Kazzak emerged into the void, condemned the failed invasion, and found a silver-armored, six-winged warrior waiting for him.

Uther sent Anarell to unleash the Night's Watch against the demons in Shadowmoon Valley, while Thaurissan and Odyn revealed the allied forces’ trap and cut off the Legion’s escape. Illidan and the united forces of Azeroth and Valarjar overwhelmed the demon commanders, leaving the Burning Legion’s Third Invasion on the verge of total defeat.

• Uther warned Anarell to protect the gentleness in his heart, and Anarell charged into battle on Invincible, commanding the undead to tear apart the demons.
• Brutallus smashed through the Night's Watch formation and rallied the demons, believing reinforcements were arriving through the Legion portals.
• Thaurissan emerged from a portal with the Hand of Ragnaros, and Iron Vrykul poured through the relit portals to block the demons’ retreat.
• Heimdall intercepted Brutallus, while Odyn and the Valarjar emerged from the Gate of the Firmament and attacked the Legion’s starships and forces around the Black Temple.
• Illidan fought Mannoroth and drove his Warglaives into the Destroyer’s back as Odyn’s spear wounded Tichondrius, turning the battle against the demons.

After the Third Invasion collapsed, Dick and Illidan discussed how to use the captured demon souls and recruit Xakan’s elves as Demon Hunters. On Viertes, Maltai accepted Azeroth’s protection and urged the survivors to help rebuild Xakan under its influence.

• Brutallus died in the Northern Battlefield, and Uther took his corpse while Oritus claimed his soul for the Sufferer.
• Malchezaar and Varimathras fled the Southern Battlefield, while Dick returned to the Black Temple with Kazzak’s head and soulstone.
• Dick proposed that Illidan send his subordinates to hunt the escaped demons, using Kazzak’s soul as a prize, and suggested that Illidan recruit Xakan’s elves.
• Maltai considered Dick’s offer of Azeroth’s protection and concluded that Xakan’s dependence on a stronger civilization was fair.
• Maltai addressed the survivors of Viertes, declaring Xakan saved and urging them to celebrate their freedom and support Azeroth.

King Varian and Queen Valeera discussed the need for peace while the Horde and Alliance recovered, then learned that Anduin had helped win a victory on another world. At Ulduar, Dick prepared a plan for an invasion of the Argus Sector, signaling the start of a new era.

• Varian and Valeera discussed their son Anduin, the kingdom’s recovery, and the risk of war with the Horde.
• Valeera showed Varian intelligence indicating that the Horde also needed time and that Thrall was seeking a truce.
• Varian received a letter announcing the discovery of Xakan and Dick’s invitation for Azeroth’s leaders to meet at Ulduar.
• Varian and Valeera admired an image of Anduin after his victory on the new world.
• Dick finished a proposal marked “Codename: Invasion” with the Argus Sector as its target.

After a fragile peace settled over Azeroth, Dick oversaw training for Xakan’s army and prepared a major trade between the civilizations. An unexpected message from Das prompted Dick to return to Azeroth, leaving Maltai wondering what had happened.

• The Alliance and Horde reached a settlement after the 8-Day War, while the Night Elves dropped their plans to pursue the Blackrock Orcs further.
• Gavincente trained Xakan soldiers in Shadowmoon Valley, and Maltai said he would send all his loyal armies there for retraining.
• Dick and Maltai discussed a major exchange of resources and knowledge, with Xakan’s first shipment due to arrive in Netherstorm in three days.
• Dick assured Maltai that Azeroth would trade officially with Xakan only through his government, then reassured him that Xakan was an independent civilization and the two were friends.
• Das delivered an urgent message to Dick, who returned to Azeroth and left Demitier to protect Maltai.

Dick returned to Azeroth as trade flourished around the Dark Portal, while Azshara met Thalyssra and Elisande on the Broken Isles. After Azshara gave Elisande a final chance and offered help to Thalyssra, Dick identified a strange crystal as a warning of a terrible future and asked Azshara whether she believed in fate.

• Dick passed through the Dark Portal into the thriving settlement in the Blasted Lands and flew toward Azeroth’s central region.
• Azshara met Thalyssra and Elisande near Suramar and offered Thalyssra help if Suramar encountered trouble.
• Azshara ordered Elisande to garrison Coilfang Reservoir for ten years or find another home for the Naga, warning that she would get no further chances.
• Azshara and Thalyssra examined a golden crystal shaped like a longsword, and Dick warned that strange objects falling from the sky could carry vicious curses.
• Dick called the crystal a prophecy of a terrible future and asked Azshara whether she believed in fate.

Dick identified the mysterious crystal as a fragment of a Naaru containing important information and persuaded Azshara to accompany him to the Exodar. There, they witnessed Velen lead the Draenei in their Summer Festival prayers, celebrating the beginning of their new life on Azeroth.

• Azshara explained how her astrologers had traced a strange falling light to a crystal in the ocean, and Dick awakened its hidden Holy Light script.
• Dick recognized the crystal as a fragment of a Naaru and told Azshara that its contents concerned her, then instructed Thalyssra to suppress news of it.
• Dick and Azshara traveled to Azuremyst Isle, where the Draenei were celebrating their ancient Summer Festival.
• Velen led the Draenei in a blessing and declared that their new life had begun.
• Dick praised Velen as a wise and brave fellow traveler, while Azshara dismissed him as a charlatan.

Dick brought a sealed Heart of the Holy Light to Velen, who discovered that Xe'ra had hidden a prophecy inside it. O'ros broke the seal and showed them a vision in which Sargeras tried to change fate, leaving Azshara startled by the appearance of two children.

• Dick showed Velen the Heart of the Holy Light and explained that it had come willingly from a living Naaru and contained a hidden secret.
• Velen sensed that the crystal held a grand prophecy sealed by Xe'ra, the Mother of the Holy Light, and said O'ros could break it.
• Dick, Azshara, Velen, and Maraad went to O'ros, which activated the Heart and transported them into a vision of Azeroth from space.
• Xe'ra's prophecy described Sargeras falling into darkness and learning that a Child of Light and Shadow would defeat him.
• The vision showed Sargeras trying to change fate, then revealed two children among celebrating Night Elves, prompting Azshara to cry out.

Xe’ra’s prophecy showed Illidan’s supposed destined path, but Azshara shattered the vision when it depicted her as his lover. Dick challenged Velen to reject certainty about fate and then summoned him and Maraad to confront an approaching infiltrator near Azuremyst Isle.

• Xe’ra showed Illidan’s painful history and explained that Sargeras had twisted his fate, then displayed an alternate future in which Illidan and Azshara united to defeat the Burning Legion and became lovers.
• Azshara destroyed the prophecy in fury, and Dick used his authority to cut her off from her power before arguing that the future depended on their choices, not a Chosen One.
• Dick questioned Xe’ra about the Void’s absence from her prophecy, and Velen reconsidered whether he should trust it.
• Mimiron reported that an infiltration was nearing completion near Azuremyst Isle, so Dick invited Velen and Maraad to meet an old acquaintance beyond the stars.
• Dick ordered the Second Fleet to keep the infiltrators outside the star domain.

Dick brought Velen, Azshara, and Maraad to Azeroth’s secret starport, where the fleet intercepted four Eredar ships heading for the Exodar. He led Velen aboard a captured ship, where Velen discovered its wounded captain was his son, Rakeesh.

• Dick showed Velen, Azshara, and Maraad the secret starport and the Second Fleet battling four demon ships.
• Maraad and Velen recognized the attackers as Eredar ships, and Dick explained that they had found the Exodar using coordinates revealed when Velen gave the Heart of the Holy Light to O'ros.
• Dick stopped the demon ships from escaping through the void and sent Maraad and Azshara to deal with the Eredar Twins without killing them.
• Dick took Velen aboard a damaged demon ship, where they fought their way to its captain.
• Velen recognized the wounded Eredar captain as his son, Rakeesh.

Wounded in the starship’s explosion, Rakeesh remembered being abandoned and tortured for twenty-five thousand years before confronting Velen. Velen refused to fight back and let Rakeesh stab him, leaving Rakeesh shattered by his father’s death.

• Rakeesh remembered Midsummer’s Day on Argus, when Velen fled with the exiles and left him behind.
• Tagas revealed that Kil’jaeden had kept Rakeesh as leverage over Velen, then tortured him for thousands of years.
• Rakeesh seized his chance for revenge when he found Velen and repeatedly stabbed him as Velen apologized.
• Velen confessed that he had chosen to save his people, admitted his failure, and asked Rakeesh to live for his mother.
• Velen died after telling Rakeesh that his death was atonement, and Rakeesh dropped his dagger and screamed.

After Velen died at Rakeesh’s hands, Dick honored Velen’s wish to spare his son and used the Order Angel’s power to resurrect him. Velen awoke, believing the Holy Light had told him his work was not yet finished.

• Dick restrained Anveena from interrupting Velen’s final confrontation with Rakeesh, then walked away as Velen died.
• Rakeesh mourned his father and begged Dick to trade his life and soul for Velen’s resurrection.
• Anveena ordered Dick to save Velen, and Dick agreed on the condition that Rakeesh’s life belonged to him.
• Dick became the Order Angel and invoked Redemption, flooding the Starship with Holy Light.
• Velen opened his eyes and told Dick that the Holy Light had said his work was unfinished.

Dick returned to the starport with the rescued Velen and Rakeesh, then stripped the Eredar Twins of their power and forced them to kneel. Kil'jaeden tried to destroy the twins and confront Dick, but an unknown attacker shattered his apparition, and Dick found a memory of Turalyon among the twins’ remaining memories.

• Dick returned to the starport with the wounded Rakeesh and Velen, and Maraad learned that Rakeesh was Velen’s son.
• Dick released the Eredar Twins from their restraints, stopped their ambush, and used the Eye of the Storm to drain their powers.
• Dick forced the powerless twins to kneel and began imposing his will on them to learn what they knew.
• Kil'jaeden appeared, tried to destroy the twins’ memories and souls, and threatened Dick and Azeroth.
• Dick halted Kil'jaeden, but a mysterious figure punched through and shattered his apparition.
• Dick checked the twins’ remaining memories and found a memory of Turalyon.

Senxia led 132 Azerothian rogues and rangers in a covert mission to infiltrate Argus and gather intelligence for the coming invasion. The teams launched toward Krokuun in disguised meteorites, while Maiev resolved to survive and return to her niece.

• A reconnaissance ship searched the Argus Sector but found nothing unusual, allowing the infiltrators’ rock-disguised vessel to hide in the rubble belt.
• Senxia briefed the 132 infiltrators, ordering them to prioritize survival and locate safe routes and demon outposts for the assault army.
• The infiltrators entered landing pods disguised as meteorites and began their descent toward Krokuun.
• Maiev remembered her niece Little Tiffany and promised herself she would return alive with a present.
• Maiev’s meteorite struck Argus and gouged out an impact crater.

Maiev’s expedition landed in the Krokuun Region of Argus and began scouting the Burning Legion’s forces while searching for the planet’s native resistance. Hatuun’s attempt to rescue prisoners ended in a trap, leaving him surrounded by a Dreadlord and elite Felguards as he refused to reveal the Army of the Light’s whereabouts.

• Maiev emerged from the wrecked Landing Pod in Krokuun, while Duke Jorach and the other scouts began moving toward Legion camps to gather intelligence.
• Naisha spotted a shadow entering the demons’ prisoner area and alerted Maiev that it might be connected to the natives they sought.
• Hatuun led a rescue mission into a Legion camp, intending to free prisoners and recruit them into the Krokuun Tribe.
• After Hatuun freed a young Broken, the prisoners revealed themselves as bait, and a Dreadlord surrounded him with more than fifteen elite Felguards.
• The Dreadlord demanded information about the Army of the Light, but Hatuun refused and declared that he was ready to die for Argus.

Maiev and Naisha rescued Hatuun from a Burning Legion prison and revealed that Velen and the Draenei lived on Azeroth. Hatuun agreed to cooperate with the Azerothian forces and wait for Sylvanas, who would arrive with news of Alleria.

• Hatuun fought the Dreadlord and Felguards until Maiev, Naisha, and eleven Wardens ambushed the demons and rescued him.
• Maiev told Hatuun that Velen and the Draenei had lived on Azeroth for four years and founded the Exodar, provoking Hatuun's anger at Velen.
• Maiev explained that Azeroth planned to bring the war to Argus and asked Hatuun to share information about the demons in Krokuun.
• Hatuun asked whether Maiev knew Turalyon and Alleria, and Maiev said Sylvanas would arrive in two to three hours to prove their sincerity.
• Hatuun thanked the Azerothians, asked them not to mention Velen again, and declared them friends of the Krokuun Tribe.

Sylvanas reached the Krokuun Tribe with Maiev and Hatuun, hoping to contact Alleria. The Army of the Light’s communicator brought Turalyon to them, and Sylvanas demanded to know where her sister was.

• Sylvanas arrived at the Wardens’ camp and asked Hatuun whether he had met Alleria.
• Hatuun led Sylvanas and Maiev to the hidden Krokuun Tribe settlement, where he ordered the exits sealed and a traitor investigation started.
• Maiev reassured Sylvanas about her troubled feelings toward Alleria as they traveled to the settlement.
• Hatuun activated the Army of the Light’s communicator, and Turalyon stepped through its portal.
• Turalyon recognized Sylvanas, who demanded to know where Alleria was.

Sylvanas and Maiev reached Argus, where they reunited with Turalyon and learned that the Army of the Light was stationed at Mac'Aree. Sylvanas reunited with Alleria, while Turalyon received an image of his grown son Arator; meanwhile, Dick sent Algalon to Argus to bring three people back.

• Turalyon learned from Maiev that Azeroth had defeated Archimonde at Mount Hyjal and repelled a Legion invasion of Draenor, while Hatuun considered whether Azeroth could help the Krokuun Tribe.
• Sylvanas demanded that Turalyon take her to Alleria, and he told her that Arator was safe in Quel'Thalas and had become a paladin.
• Turalyon led Sylvanas, the Wardens, and Hatuun through a portal to the Army of the Light's station in the Mac'Aree Ruins.
• Sylvanas and Alleria recognized each other and embraced, overwhelmed by their reunion.
• Naisha gave Turalyon a pocket watch from Dick containing a magical image of Arator, and Turalyon wept at seeing his grown son.
• Dick asked Algalon to go to the Argus Sector and bring three people back.

Dick confronted Xe'ra about her prophecies and demanded information about the Army of the Light and its position on Argus. He argued that fate could be rewritten and challenged her to account for the Void, leaving a crack in her Heart of the Holy Light.

• Dick returned to the Celestial Planetarium and asked Xe'ra for information about the Army of the Light and her deployments on Argus.
• Xe'ra spoke of Azeroth's exceptional potential and insisted that Dick's war would fail, while Dick described a future in which the Legion was defeated and the Pantheon rebuilt.
• Dick showed Xe'ra memories of the battles and changes he had brought about, then demanded that she cooperate or face destruction.
• Xe'ra resisted Dick's threats and insisted that her prophecies were true, while Dick argued that Illidan did not need her to save him.
• Dick challenged Xe'ra to consider the Void and questioned whether defeating the Burning Legion would bring peace to the universe.
• Xe'ra called Dick mad, but when he asked where the Void stood in her prophecies, a crack appeared on her Heart of the Holy Light.

Dick exposed the Void’s omission from Xe’ra’s prophecy, helping her survive the collapse of her faith and regain her strength. Xe’ra revealed information about the Army of the Light and warned Dick about the Void’s influence before disclosing that Sargeras had recruited Aggramar into his Dark Titan Council.

• Dick explained that Xe’ra’s prophecy had been tampered with by a mysterious force that concealed the Void, and the revelation caused the Heart of the Holy Light to crack.
• Dick and Anveena poured Holy Power into the Heart while Dick urged Xe’ra to accept her mistakes and lead others without relying on fate.
• Xe’ra recovered enough to tell Dick that the Army of the Light included forces beyond Argus, including A’dal’s allies on Draenor, and that its strongest host guarded the distant Origin System.
• Dick asked Xe’ra to bring Turalyon and Alleria to Azeroth, and Xe’ra agreed while warning him to avoid dead Naaru who might have encountered the Void.
• Xe’ra revealed that Sargeras was on Argus building his Dark Titan Council and that Aggramar had joined it, shocking Dick.