Recaps

Aaron welcomed Ironaya and her procession of Earthen to Covenant City, where she learned about the Orcs and the wars affecting Azeroth. As he waited for the delayed Kul Tiras fleet, Vereesa returned with Sylvanas, leaving Aaron surprised by the Ranger-General’s arrival.

• Aaron asked Ironaya to shrink to his height, and she reflected on how the Curse of Flesh had weakened the Titan-forged.
• Aaron brought Ironaya and the Earthen procession to Covenant City and explained its war against Zul'Aman and the Orc invasion.
• Aaron showed Ironaya the Orcs housed in the city, and she noticed their Titan-forged origins and dangerous aura.
• Aaron waited at the harbor for the overdue Kul Tiras fleet to take his people and weapons to Northrend.
• Vereesa returned to Aaron with Sylvanas, and Aaron greeted the Ranger-General and asked why she had come.

Aaron agreed to take a group of rangers to Northrend at Sylvanas’s request and persuaded Tandred to let the Kul Tiras fleet transport orcs there. With the last obstacle to departure resolved, the fleet sailed north carrying weapons and its passengers.

• Sylvanas asked Aaron to take rangers from Farstriders' Camp to Northrend, explaining that Lor'themar wanted to visit.
• Tandred arrived in Covenant City aboard the Kul Tiras fleet and reunited with Jaina.
• Aaron asked Tandred to transport Earthen, golems, and orcs to Northrend, but Tandred initially refused to carry orcs.
• Aaron used Tandred’s anger at the waste of keeping orcs in internment camps to persuade him that they should be put to work in Northrend.
• Tandred agreed to transport the orcs, and Aaron’s fleet loaded weapons before sailing north.

The Kul Tiras fleet encountered a storm conjured by Naga, but a Zandalari fleet emerged from it instead. Goraya ordered the Zandalari ships to attack while Kairozdormu confirmed that his agents had infiltrated the Kul Tiras fleet to target someone aboard it.

• Tandred led the Kul Tiras fleet toward Grizzly Hills to deliver Ironaya and the Earthen, then planned to continue on to Utgarde Keep.
• The lookout spotted a storm ahead, and Tandred ordered the fleet to sail through it with the Tidesages’ help.
• The Tidesages recognized that spellcasters had created the storm, and the sailors prepared for a Naga attack.
• A fleet with red sails and white spade-shaped emblems emerged from the storm, and Aaron identified it as Zandalari.
• Kairozdormu told Goraya that his agents had infiltrated the Kul Tiras fleet but could not get close to their target.
• Goraya ordered the Zandalari fleet to attack, and its ships fired flaming bolts at the Kul Tiras fleet.

Aaron and the Kul Tiras fleet repelled the Zandalari fire arrows, then fought Naga attackers who boarded their ships. As the battle settled into an even struggle, Kairozdormu handed the next stage of the plan to Naz'jar.

• Aaron fled with Vereesa into the Dreadwake's cabin as Zandalari fire arrows rained down, but the Tidesages raised a wall of water that stopped the volleys.
• The Tidesages lowered the water wall after Zandalari warships emerged from the mist and closed with the Kul Tiras fleet.
• Naga squads charged across gangplanks onto the Kul Tiran ships, and Earthen, Aaron, and Vereesa fought them aboard the Dreadwake.
• The Kul Tirans regained their footing and fought the Naga on even terms as Kairozdormu and Goraya watched from the Zandalari flagship.
• Kairozdormu told Naz'jar that Zandalar had completed its part, and Naz'jar promised to kill or enslave the survivors.

Lady Naz'jar led a group spell that strengthened the sea creatures attacking Aaron's forces, while Aaron fought to stop the Naga witches sustaining it. A mysterious dragon disrupted the ritual with its roars, and Naz'jar spotted it.

• Naz'jar summoned Naga witches from beneath the sea and used Azshara's scepter to raise a wave platform toward the battlefield.
• Kairozdormu warned Goraya that the Naga had once been Night Elves and that Naz'jar carried Azshara's scepter, prompting Goraya to abandon thoughts of taking it.
• Naz'jar and the other Naga witches linked their magic to strengthen the sea creatures attacking Aaron's side.
• Aaron flew through a Naga witch's Lightning Bolt using his Radiant Armor and killed her with his longsword.
• A dragon's roars disrupted the Naga witches' synchronized casting, causing many to suffer backlash and fall into the sea.
• Naz'jar turned toward the source of the roars, saw a dragon, and cried out in surprise.

Naz'jar fought a blue dragon over the sea while Aaron pushed through the Naga forces to reach the battle. Aaron recognized the dragon as possibly Stellagosa, but Kairozdormu intervened, leaving Naz'jar exposed to Aaron's attack.

• Naz'jar used the Scepter of Tides to raise a vast net of water, but the blue dragon froze and shattered it before the two began exchanging spells.
• Aaron suspected the dragon was Stellagosa and fought through the Naga to reach her as she began losing ground.
• Vereesa shot down a Naga warlord blocking Aaron and told him to go help Little Star.
• Aaron reached Naz'jar and threw a Holy Light Warhammer at her, but Kairozdormu intercepted it.
• Aaron feinted at Kairozdormu and struck Naz'jar's arm while she dodged, prompting her to curse Kairozdormu.

Aaron and Stellagosa fought Naz'jar and Kairozdormu as the battle turned against the Naga. Stellagosa seized the Scepter of Tides, which Aaron recognized, and she sensed that it was connected to the ley lines.

• Naz'jar rebuked Kairozdormu for failing to stop Aaron, and Kairozdormu transformed and attacked Aaron himself.
• Aaron and Kairozdormu clashed in midair while Stellagosa resumed her fight with Naz'jar.
• Stellagosa distracted Naz'jar by pointing out approaching sea giants, then blasted her and wrenched the Scepter of Tides from her grasp.
• Naga witches pulled Naz'jar away as the giants broke through, and Kairozdormu fled toward Zandalar's fleet.
• Aaron examined the scepter and recognized it, while Stellagosa sensed a connection between it and the ley lines.

Stellagosa examined Naz'jar's scepter and discovered that its Well of Eternity water strengthened her connection to the ley lines. After the battle against the Naga, Aaron learned that Archaedas had gathered the sea giants to prepare for a future attack on Ulduar, and the group returned to the Dreadwake.

• Stellagosa used Naz'jar's scepter to summon a huge water elemental and found that it enhanced her spellcasting.
• Aaron explained that the scepter's sapphire held a drop of water from the Well of Eternity, and Vereesa asked to inspect it.
• The sea giants encircled the fleeing Naga, while Aaron learned from Stellagosa that they had come with Archaedas.
• Archaedas told Aaron he had summoned the sea giants to prepare for an attack on Ulduar.
• Aboard the Dreadwake, Archaedas reflected on once leading the Earthen away from danger and now returning with them to fight the traitors, and Ironaya called it their duty.

After helping restore a Titan facility in Grizzly Hills, Aaron traveled to Wyrmrest Temple at Alexstrasza’s request to investigate repeated disturbances in the Ruby Sanctum. He suspected he knew who was behind them, but went to inspect the site before revealing his guess.

• Archaedas led Aaron to a Titan facility in Grizzly Hills, where sea giants mined ore and the arriving Earthen restarted the forge.
• Stellagosa told Aaron that Alexstrasza wanted to meet him, and Aaron set course for Wyrmrest Temple to discuss the dragons’ deployment.
• Aaron saw green and bronze dragons gathering to help reclaim Ulduar, while Sapphiron greeted the Dreadwake near the temple.
• Alexstrasza told Aaron that someone had repeatedly tampered with dragon bones in the Ruby Sanctum and that red dragons had sensed death energy.
• Aaron asked to inspect the Ruby Sanctum, and Alexstrasza sent Korialstrasz to lead him there.

Aaron and Krasus investigated signs of withering near the Ruby Dragonshrine and traced them to an Undead tunnel. Krasus drove the hidden creatures out with dragonfire, revealing a group of Undead Nerubians as Aaron and Vereesa attacked.

• Red whelps pestered the Dreadwake in flight until Krasus scattered them.
• Aaron found an unnaturally withered blade of grass at the Ruby Dragonshrine and explained that the land’s decay could reveal the Undead’s trail.
• Aaron and Krasus followed patches of withered vegetation to an opening beneath a large tree, where the soil had turned grayish-black.
• Aaron sensed Undead nearby through Truthguard, and Krasus breathed dragonfire into the tunnel to flush them out.
• Giant Undead Nerubians fled the tunnel as Vereesa shot at them and Aaron charged one with his warhammer.

Aaron pursued a Nerubian into a trap, survived being dragged underground and bound in webbing, and killed the Nerubians with his summoned Brilliant Greatsword and Holy Light. He then realized the narrow opening above might make escaping the pit difficult.

• Aaron chased a Nerubian through the Ruby Dragonshrine until he stepped into a hidden pit.
• Aaron threw his warhammer and killed the Nerubian, but a force dragged him underground into another Nerubian's tunnel.
• A Nerubian covered Aaron in webbing and dragged him, but Aaron summoned the Brilliant Greatsword, freed himself, and killed the creature with Holy Light.
• Aaron complained to Xal'atath about not helping, and she explained that Ner'zhul controlled the Nerubians.
• Aaron found the opening too narrow to fly through easily and asked whether Xal'atath's wings could carry him out.

Aaron helped Krasus and the other dragons wipe out Nerubians near the dragonshrines, then returned to Wyrmrest Temple. Alexstrasza asked him to help stop the Nerubians from targeting dragon remains, assigning dragons to assist him.

• Vereesa helped Aaron climb out of the cavern and used a spell to remove the spiderwebs and dirt clinging to him.
• Aaron, Krasus, Stellagosa, and the other dragons killed the Nerubians in the tunnels and collapsed the passages after Aaron confirmed none remained.
• Krasus took Aaron around the dragonshrines, where they found and defeated more Nerubian groups.
• Aaron and the others reported the attacks to Alexstrasza at Wyrmrest Temple.
• Alexstrasza asked Aaron to help deal with the Nerubians and protect the dragon remains, and assigned several dragons to assist him.

Aaron led the group into Azjol-Nerub, where Vereesa tracked the Nerubians toward their underground kingdom. After Stellagosa uncovered a nest of eggs and froze the hatchlings that attacked her, undead Nerubians emerged and battled the group.

• Aaron brought the dragons and their companions to the western Dragonblight entrance to Azjol-Nerub.
• Vereesa followed fresh claw marks to guide the group toward the Nerubians' nest.
• The group found black stone walls carved with patterns and discovered a cluster of Nerubian eggs beneath webs.
• The eggs hatched, and Stellagosa froze the aggressive spiderlings with her breath.
• A Nerubian accused the group of killing its offspring, then several undead Nerubians attacked them with spells, webs, and venom.
• Aaron and the others fought back as his shield shone with white light near the undead Nerubians.

Aaron and the others fought their way through the underground kingdom, purifying the Old Gods’ minions and killing a powerful Faceless One. As Aaron finished cleansing the creature, Vereesa discovered a Nerubian hiding nearby, who asked if they had come to help.

• Aaron identified the moving tentacles as minions of the Old Gods and purified them with Holy Light.
• The group continued through the passages and easily defeated several Nerubians.
• Krasus attacked an enormous Faceless One while Aaron wounded it with Strom'kar, drawing its attention.
• Krasus and the others injured the Faceless One, and Aaron climbed onto its head and drove his sword through its skull.
• Aaron began purifying the Faceless One, while Vereesa fired an arrow toward nearby footsteps and called for whoever was hiding to come out.
• A Nerubian cautiously emerged from around the corner and asked whether the group had come to help them.

Aaron and his companions encountered a frightened living Nerubian who led them to the survivors’ refuge after learning they wanted to stop the undead from threatening dragon remains. The group waited outside the camp while Prophet Ixith came out to meet them.

• Aaron stopped his companions from attacking the Nerubian, healed him to confirm he was alive, and persuaded him to approach.
• The Nerubian asked whether they had come to kill Anub'arak, and Aaron explained their mission to stop the undead from targeting dragon remains.
• Aaron convinced the Nerubian to seek help from the elders, and the Nerubian led the group through underground passages toward the survivors.
• The Nerubian left Aaron's group outside the crude refuge while he reported their arrival to the elders, and Vereesa noticed sentries watching them.
• Prophet Ixith emerged from the camp and introduced himself to the group.

Aaron and the dragons joined the surviving Nerubians in Azjol-Nerub, agreeing to kill Anub'arak and draw the Lich King's attention. They reached the entrance to Anub'arak's lair, where Ixtet began to explain why he hated the traitor king.

• Ixtet welcomed Aaron's group, and Aaron persuaded Krasus and the others to target Anub'arak as a way to weaken the Lich King and advance their plan.
• The Nerubian elders guided the group through Azjol-Nerub, where they killed Krik'thir and Krasus burned his body to prevent him from being raised again.
• The survivors found Hadronox alive, and the giant spider helped them clear undead Nerubians from their path.
• Aaron had the Nerubians weave a giant net, and the dragons carried the group down to the lowest level outside Anub'arak's lair.
• Kilix pointed out the lair, and Ixtet began telling Aaron what Anub'arak had done to the Nerubians.

Ixtet recounted Anub'arak's betrayal of the Nerubians, and the group confronted the undead king in his palace. After Anub'arak ambushed Aaron underground, Aaron mortally wounded him, and the king fell, wondering if it was finally over.

• Ixtet explained how Anub'arak had returned from Icecrown claiming to have defeated Ner'zhul, then secretly opened Azjol-Nerub's defenses to the undead.
• Vereesa sensed movement underground, and Anub'arak emerged, demanding that the Nerubian elders surrender.
• The Nerubian elders and their allies attacked Anub'arak, while the dragons took their true forms and forced him to retreat underground.
• Aaron pursued Anub'arak, who ambushed him with a swarm of beetles, but Aaron broke one of his horns with a warhammer.
• Aaron followed Anub'arak to the surface and pierced his abdomen with Strom'kar, leaving the king mortally wounded.
• Anub'arak's enormous body crashed to the ground as he murmured, "Is it... finally over?"

After Anub'arak's death, Aaron warned the Nerubians about their undead and discussed teaching them the Holy Light, while waiting for Krasus and the dragons. Mal'Ganis reported the planned assault on the Frozen Throne to Tichondrius, who allied with the Faceless Ones to protect Ner'zhul's role in Kil'jaeden's plan.

• Prophet Ixtet thanked Aaron and his companions for killing Anub'arak, but Aaron warned that the undead Nerubians still posed a danger.
• The Nerubian elders asked Aaron to teach them the Holy Light, and Aaron explained he could not yet help people without a foundation wield it.
• Aaron stayed near the Nerubian camp while Krasus went to gather dragons, and his Truthguard reacted to nearby undead as he searched with Vereesa.
• Mal'Ganis revealed himself after Aaron left and returned to Icecrown Citadel to tell Tichondrius that the dragons planned to attack the Frozen Throne.
• Tichondrius arranged an alliance with the Faceless Ones, who would help the Dreadlords evade the dragons in exchange for assistance with their plan.
• Tichondrius informed Ner'zhul of the arrangement, and Ner'zhul bitterly accepted it because he had no power to resist.

Aaron and the dragons fought Ner'zhul’s seemingly endless undead aerial army, then discovered the floating citadels were sending reinforcements. Aaron flew toward one citadel to find a way inside and stop the flow.

• Aaron joined Krasus’s force of over a hundred dragons and flew toward Icecrown Citadel with Vereesa and Stellagosa.
• The dragons encountered a vast Scourge force of gargoyles, undead, and proto-dragons, and the two sides clashed in the sky.
• The dragons killed undead faster than they could be attacked, but the enemy’s numbers never diminished, and the floating citadels kept the dragons’ advance at a standstill.
• Vereesa realized the floating citadels were the source of the endless undead, and Aaron spotted the creatures emerging from one of them.
• Aaron summoned a black gryphon, flew past the undead blockade, located a citadel’s entrance, and urged the gryphon inside.

Aaron destroyed the runes that revived the undead and fought his way through Naxxramas to kill its Lich controller. As he escaped the collapsing floating city, he saw another nearby city begin to fall as well.

• Aaron used Holy Light to extinguish the magical runes, stopping the undead from reviving, then searched the lower level for a teleportation array.
• Aaron teleported to the upper level under Divine Shield and encountered a Lich, who sent Abominations to attack him.
• Aaron fought through the Abominations with Strom'kar and claimed that his companions had already destroyed another floating city, unsettling the Lich.
• Aaron took advantage of the Lich's hesitation, severed his chains, and shattered him, causing the floating city to tremble.
• Aaron escaped as the floating city collapsed and saw another nearby floating city beginning to fall.

Aaron and Krasus defeated the Lich controlling the last floating city and considered taking the airborne fortress for themselves. Aaron asked Xal'atath to free the Lich from Ner'zhul's control so he could pilot it, despite the risk that he might go mad.

• Krasus destroyed a floating city with dragonfire, while Aaron noticed that fire could be effective against undead.
• Aaron and Krasus chased the last floating city, entered it, and fought through its undead defenders.
• Krasus captured the Lich controlling the city, and Aaron stopped him from killing their prisoner.
• Aaron proposed flying the floating city back, and Krasus admitted he could not operate its controls without help.
• Aaron summoned Xal'atath to awaken the Lich's free will, and she began despite warning that the Lich might go mad.

Xal'atath tried to free the lich from the Lich King's control by stirring his emotions, but the lich blew himself up before Aaron could question him. Aaron and Krasus abandoned the floating city, and the Dragonflights cleared the way toward Icecrown Citadel.

• Xal'atath examined the lich's memories and told Aaron that her work was done.
• Aaron approached the partially restrained lich and tried to make him cooperate.
• Krasus pulled Aaron away as the lich detonated himself, leaving a crater in the floating city.
• Aaron recognized the lich as a likely loyalist of Ner'zhul and regretted losing the chance to take the city.
• Krasus cleared the remaining undead from the floating city's lower levels and let it fall.
• The Dragonflights finished defeating the flying undead, leaving the route to Icecrown Citadel clear.

Aaron realized he had transmigrated into Azeroth after recognizing a visiting High Elf and confirming that Lordaeron and Dalaran still existed. As he tried to estimate the era and his chances of surviving, the elf approached him after noticing him staring.

• Aaron recognized the elf’s features and asked the innkeeper whether the nearby kingdoms were Alterac and Dalaran, confirming that he was in Lordaeron.
• Aaron told Chef Nosh that he wanted to know the year, then left the kitchen to look at the elf waiting outside the inn.
• Aaron recognized the elf’s mount as a Thalassian Horse and reasoned that the Scourge had not yet devastated the Eastern Kingdoms.
• Aaron recalled how he had fallen asleep after playing World of Warcraft and awakened in the wilderness, eventually finding work at the inn.
• The elf noticed Aaron staring at her and walked toward him.

Aaron, Vereesa, and Krasus reached Icecrown Citadel and found its grounds deserted, though they sensed Ner'zhul’s presence at the Frozen Throne. A Dreadlord confronted them on the summit, and the three attacked him.

• Aaron and Vereesa noticed that no undead were visible around Icecrown Citadel, and Aaron warned Krasus that the withdrawal might be suspicious.
• Krasus detected a powerful deathly presence atop the citadel and flew there to investigate, while Aaron and Vereesa followed.
• Aaron, Vereesa, and Krasus reached the Frozen Throne and saw Ner'zhul bound within the ice, with a lone Dreadlord guarding the platform.
• The Dreadlord mocked the group, and Aaron, Vereesa, and Krasus attacked him with Holy Light, a thunder-charged arrow, and dragon breath.

Aaron and the dragons defeated Mal'Ganis, while Xal'atath bound his soul and Aaron purified his body with Holy Light instead of killing him outright. With the Dreadlord sent away for the Halls of Valor, Aaron turned to the Frozen Throne and faced the question of what to do with Ner'zhul.

• Mal'Ganis introduced himself and attacked Aaron, while Aaron questioned why the Dreadlord was alone at Icecrown Citadel.
• Aaron, Vereesa, Krasus, and an increasing number of dragons fought Mal'Ganis until Aaron knocked him down and the dragons trapped him.
• Aaron stopped the dragons from killing Mal'Ganis and summoned Xal'atath, who used golden runes to imprison the Dreadlord's soul.
• Aaron poured Holy Light into Mal'Ganis, burning away his body while Xal'atath sent his captured soul to the Halls of Valor.
• Aaron looked toward the Frozen Throne and wondered what to do with Ner'zhul.