Recaps

Kur'talos appointed Illidan to lead the Moon Guard and gave Aaron an advisory role before the defenders discussed the demon threat facing Black Rook Hold. After the fighting eased, Aaron and Malfurion went to investigate a commotion at the gates and found a group of exhausted Night Elf refugees.

• Kur'talos appointed Illidan leader of the Moon Guard, made Jarod Shadowsong his adjutant, and assigned Aaron as an adviser on demons.
• A young Night Elf reported that Queen Azshara had summoned the demons from Zin-Azshari and that their army was advancing toward Suramar, leaving Black Rook Hold as its first line of defense.
• Kur'talos and the others discussed the coming war, while Aaron shared his knowledge of demons.
• After the defenders counterattacked and drove back most of the demons, Aaron left the command room with Malfurion for fresh air.
• Aaron and Malfurion followed a soldier's report to the gates, where they found frightened, exhausted Night Elf refugees.

Kur'talos accepted refugees from Zin-Azshari after confirming they were genuine, and recruited willing fighters as Black Rook Hold prepared for a stronger demonic attack. As Aaron considered how to gather more allies, a young Night Elf argued with the guards for permission to join the fight.

• Aaron and Kur'talos suspected the refugees gathered outside Black Rook Hold might include demons in disguise, so Kur'talos brought them inside under guard.
• The refugees explained that soldiers opposed to Azshara had helped them escape Zin-Azshari through portals, while Suramar's elites had sent them toward Black Rook Hold.
• After Ravencrest Family informants confirmed the refugees' story, Kur'talos arranged shelter and recruited willing refugees to strengthen the garrison.
• Informants reported that a second demon army, including Archimonde and Mannoroth, was approaching, so Black Rook Hold sought aid from nearby allies.
• Cenarius returned to Mount Hyjal to rally the Wild Gods, while Malfurion prepared to seek help from the Green Dragonflight and other Dragonflights.
• Aaron thought about recruiting additional allies, but a young woman nearby interrupted him by insisting she was strong enough to join the fight.

Aaron and Vereesa encountered Shandris Feathermoon, who wanted to join the city’s defenders, but Aaron could not help her enlist. A signal then coincided with a Night Elf assassin attack, and Aaron organized the crowd to restore order and hunt for the attackers.

• Vereesa and Aaron watched a soldier reject Shandris Feathermoon’s request to join the garrison because she lacked the strength for the city walls.
• Vereesa introduced Shandris to Aaron, who recognized her and considered helping her meet Tyrande instead of sending her into battle.
• A burst of purple light appeared overhead, and Night Elf assassins began killing soldiers and disappearing into the crowd.
• Aaron warned everyone to stay put, ordered soldiers to maintain order, and told the mages to watch for assassins in Stealth.
• Aaron organized the crowd to search for the assassins.

Aaron used a spell to identify and restrain suspected assassins as Black Rook Hold gradually regained control, while Illidan helped the Moon Guard hunt down the remaining attackers. A Highborne force then attacked the hold under Xavius, who demanded that Kur'talos surrender in exchange for more power from the Burning Legion.

• Aaron ordered Vereesa to reveal assassins in Stealth with an illumination arrow, and soldiers captured those exposed.
• Aaron had soldiers disperse the refugees and cast a roar spell, allowing them to restrain people who recovered unusually quickly.
• Aaron's actions limited the assassins' disruption in Black Rook Hold, while Illidan led the Moon Guard in capturing or killing the remaining attackers.
• A force of fel-corrupted Highborne advanced on Black Rook Hold, and Kur'talos recognized their leader as Xavius.
• Xavius told Kur'talos to surrender so Xavius could trade him for more power.

Xavius led fel-corrupted Night Elves in an assault on Black Rook Hold, where Illidan, Tyrande, Aaron, and Vereesa ambushed and gravely wounded him. Xavius escaped with a concealed teleportation scroll, but Black Rook Hold won the battle and most of his forces were killed or captured.

• Xavius ordered his Night Elf followers to break through Black Rook Hold’s walls with a fel-charged meteor and enter the fortress.
• Illidan used a powerful Flamestrike to burn Xavius and his followers, then fled as Xavius pursued him.
• A priestess of Elune trapped Xavius in moonlight, and Tyrande and the others attacked him while Aaron explained that Elune’s power harmed fel.
• Xavius tried to teleport away, but Vereesa struck the scroll in his hand with an arrow; he escaped using a second hidden scroll.
• Most of Xavius’s fel-corrupted forces died or were captured, and Black Rook Hold won the battle.

Aaron and Vereesa left Black Rook Hold to seek reinforcements among the Titan-forged in Northrend. Guided by Chromie, they reached Freya’s abandoned Temple of Life, where Aaron suspected she had led him into a trap.

• Kur'talos agreed to let Aaron seek reinforcements, and Aaron reassured Rhonin that he would return to Black Rook Hold.
• Aaron told Rhonin he planned to travel to Northrend using Mimiron’s teleportation network.
• Broxigar went to ask the Night Elves for an axe because their swords felt too light.
• Aaron and Vereesa arrived in Northrend and followed Chromie’s directions to the Temple of Life.
• Chromie led Aaron through several teleports into a pitch-black room, and Aaron accused her of tricking him.

Chromie brought Aaron and Vereesa to an abandoned Titan facility, where a familiar voice gave Aaron a stone disk and tasked them with finding help against the Burning Legion. After gathering a vast army of Titan-forged across northern ancient Kalimdor, Aaron returned just as the demons attacked Suramar City.

• Chromie revealed her bronze dragon form and took Aaron and Vereesa to an abandoned Titan facility, where she paused time with a huge hourglass.
• A familiar voice gave Aaron a rune-inscribed stone disk and told him to find allies to help defeat the Burning Legion.
• Aaron touched the disk and learned it held a difficult-to-understand recording of Azeroth's World-Soul, which could prove his identity to potential allies.
• Chromie explained that the Infinite Dragonflight's interference had made their use of time magic too dangerous to continue until the Burning Legion was driven back.
• Aaron and Chromie recruited Titan-forged and their descendants across northern ancient Kalimdor, then used Titan teleporters to return with a vast army as demons attacked Suramar City.

Ashamane fought the Burning Legion to keep its forces from taking Suramar, but she and the Pit Lord killed each other. Aaron arrived just as Suramar raised a barrier around its inner city and ordered the Titan-forged to attack the leaderless demons.

• Ashamane hunted demons near Zin-Azshari and realized the Burning Legion was targeting Suramar.
• Ashamane reached Suramar and ambushed the demons besieging the city, drawing their attention away from the defenders.
• Ashamane challenged the demon army's Pit Lord and fought him for several hours.
• Ashamane refused to retreat, bit into the Pit Lord's throat, and perished with him in the flames of his fel blood.
• Aaron arrived as a barrier enclosed Suramar's inner city and ordered the Titan-forged to attack the leaderless demons.

Aaron and the Titan-forged fought alongside reinforcements to defeat the demons besieging Suramar, but he regretted Ashamane’s sacrifice. After honoring her remains with the Wild Gods, Aaron joined the forces that cleared Suramar’s outer city, while the inner city’s barrier remained in place.

• Aaron’s Titan-forged attacked the leaderless demon army as reinforcements from Black Rook Hold and the Wild Gods surrounded it.
• The Wild Gods overwhelmed the demons, and Aaron retrieved Ashamane’s fangs from the remains of the Pit Lord.
• Ursoc, Ursol, and Goldrinn gathered around Aaron, and the Wild Gods roared to honor Ashamane and cleanse the fel-tainted ground.
• Ursoc and Goldrinn questioned Aaron about their power in him, but he bluffed past their questions.
• The combined forces cleared the demons from Suramar’s outer city, while the magical barrier protecting its inner city remained standing.

Aaron returned to Black Rook Hold with a growing coalition of reinforcements and learned that Varo'then had assassinated Kur'talos and many resistance leaders. With Kur'talos and his eldest son dead, the surviving leaders faced the question of who would command the resistance.

• Aaron watched the Sisterhood of Elune, Highborne defectors, and other groups join the resistance as the army returned to Black Rook Hold.
• Aaron sensed grief and confusion at the fortress, entered with Vereesa, and found Kur'talos and most of the senior resistance figures missing.
• Jarod explained that Varo'then had used a false offer of goodwill to secure an audience with Kur'talos, then attacked with demons disguised among his entourage.
• Varo'then killed Kur'talos and many senior figures, including Kur'talos's eldest son and members of the Ravencrest Family.
• Jarod returned, quelled the demons, and found that Illysanna was the only surviving direct member of the Ravencrest Family.
• The resistance leaders gathered to decide who would lead them after Kur'talos's death.

After the resistance chose Jarod as its new commander, Aaron helped him coordinate with the reinforcements and returned the Fangs of Ashamane to Cenarius. Goldrinn then presented Aaron with daggers made from his own broken teeth.

• Aaron supported Jarod for commander, ending the debate, while Illidan stormed out and Illysanna followed him.
• Jarod took command, ordered the surviving leaders to count their losses, and met with the reinforcements alongside Aaron.
• Aaron explained the Burning Legion to the different allied groups, then Jarod met the Wild Gods and Cenarius promised their cooperation.
• Aaron gave the Fangs of Ashamane to Cenarius and urged him to find a suitable wielder.
• Goldrinn, inspired by Aaron's explanation, broke off several teeth and infused them with power to make daggers, then asked Aaron how they compared to Ashamane's fangs.

Goldrinn gave Aaron daggers made from his fangs, whose wild power transformed Aaron into a Worgen and caused Malfurion to become an antlered wolf. As the Burning Legion advanced toward Black Rook Hold, Aaron kept the Fangs of Goldrinn for the coming battle.

• Goldrinn gave Aaron his fang daggers, and Aaron felt their violent killing intent grow stronger as he held them.
• Aaron was compelled to howl at the White Lady, transformed into a Worgen, and found he could not control Goldrinn’s power within him.
• Aaron learned Goldrinn had also given a dagger to Malfurion, then followed Goldrinn to Cenarius and found Malfurion bound in vines and acting irrationally.
• Goldrinn reclaimed his power from Malfurion and the daggers, while Cenarius’s blessing helped Malfurion regain his reason.
• Aaron named the daggers the Fangs of Goldrinn and took them up again as the Burning Legion advanced toward Black Rook Hold.

The resistance at Black Rook Hold faced a vast Burning Legion army, with Jarod Shadowsong and other fighters leading the defense. After the demons withdrew to regroup, the resistance learned that the Dragonflights' plan had failed, and one person proposed closing the portal themselves.

• The Burning Legion gathered its scattered forces and surrounded Black Rook Hold with an army larger than any the resistance had faced before.
• Jarod Shadowsong directed the defense while Huln Highmountain tried to save the fel-corrupted Nian Beast, and Maiev rescued Huln from an ambush.
• Tyrande watched over Shandris as she fought to prove herself, while Maiev competed with her rival to kill demons.
• The forests of Val'sharah, Cenarius, and the Wild Gods' followers aided the resistance, and the demons withdrew to regroup after suffering repeated blows.
• An informant in Zin-Azshari reported that the Dragonflights' operation had failed, and an unnamed person suggested that the resistance close the portal themselves.

Aaron proposed sending an elite squad to Zin-Azshari to close the portal and disrupt the nearby Ley Lines, and Jarod approved the plan. The mostly Night Elf team departed through a portal, while Jarod stayed behind worried about their mission and his sister Maiev.

• Jarod doubted that the resistance could attack Zin-Azshari, so Aaron explained that a small elite squad could infiltrate the city and close the portal.
• Malfurion revealed that Illidan had suggested using the portal's power to disrupt the Ley Lines, and said Illidan had gone to Zin-Azshari alone after Malfurion rejected the plan.
• Jarod approved the raid, and the resistance chose a squad of Night Elves, excluding Arcanists and including Aaron, Malfurion, and many priestesses of the Sisterhood of Elune.
• The Arcanists opened a portal to a Temple of the Moon near Zin-Azshari, and the squad departed after Aaron promised Jarod he would do his best.
• Jarod watched the team leave, worried because his sister Maiev was among them, then returned to his duties.

Aaron and his surviving allies entered Zin-Azshari and reached the Eternal Palace to disrupt the Burning Legion’s portal, aided by Illidan’s infiltration. They encountered Xavius and his Satyrs, forcing a confrontation as the battle at Black Rook Hold appeared close to collapse.

• The high priestess stayed at the Temple of the Moon to comfort the priestesses and guard the team’s retreat route while Aaron led the others toward Zin-Azshari.
• Malfurion sensed that the forests were weeping, and Aaron urged him onward while suspecting that the Wild Gods at Black Rook Hold were falling.
• Aaron and his companions entered Zin-Azshari, where they met occasional demons and lost more than half their members before reaching the Eternal Palace.
• Malfurion confronted Illidan about his Fel-tainted appearance, and Illidan explained that he had changed himself to gain the demons’ trust and approach the Well of Eternity.
• Illidan helped Aaron’s group move through the Eternal Palace, but Xavius arrived with a group of Satyrs, making a fight unavoidable.

Aaron’s team found the Dragon Soul in the Eternal Palace, where its unstable power had drawn Highborne, demons, and the Infinite Dragonflight. With the groups at a wary standoff, Aaron sent Illidan to provoke a fight and create an opening to seize the artifact.

• Xavius confronted the group, and Malfurion stayed behind with Tyrande and others to hold off the Satyr King and his satyrs.
• Aaron learned that Illysanna had followed Illidan and received Sargeras’s gift of power.
• Aaron and his remaining companions followed Illidan’s guidance and found the unstable Dragon Soul surrounded by rival forces.
• Illysanna reported that the Infinite Dragonflight, Highborne, and demons were cautiously watching one another rather than fighting.
• Aaron told Illidan to disguise himself as a demon and attack the Infinite Dragonflight, then suggested he throw the Dragon Soul toward one side to spark chaos.
• Illidan reluctantly gathered his fel energy and charged out toward the rival groups.

Illidan seized the Dragon Soul and used it to defeat the enemies surrounding him before Aaron took the artifact from him. The group reached the demon portal intending to close it, but Sargeras began emerging through it.

• Illidan took the Dragon Soul, resisted the elves, demons, and Infinite Dragonflight, and defeated them with its power.
• Aaron eased Illidan's exhaustion and took the Dragon Soul after Illidan released it.
• Aaron and Broxigar helped Illidan join Malfurion's group and hurried toward the Well of Eternity.
• Malfurion told Aaron's group how he had defeated Xavius by using Shandris's arrow to summon an oak tree that swallowed him.
• The group reached the portal, which expanded as the demons stopped emerging from it.
• A gigantic dark red fist emerged from the portal, and the group recognized its owner as Sargeras.

As Sargeras began forcing his way through the portal, Aaron handed the Dragon Soul to Malfurion so he could try to close it. Broxigar struck Sargeras and was killed, while a figure wreathed in golden light rushed to interfere with the Titan’s efforts to cross.

• Aaron recognized Sargeras and urged Illidan to find a way to close the portal, but Illidan told Malfurion to use the Dragon Soul instead.
• Illidan taught Malfurion how to control the Dragon Soul, and Aaron entrusted the artifact to him as Sargeras’s arrival accelerated.
• Broxigar charged at Sargeras and wounded his fist with an axe strike.
• Sargeras caught Broxigar, burned him to ashes with fel, and then hastened his passage through the portal.
• A figure shrouded in golden light rushed to Sargeras’s fist and interfered with his work on the portal.

Aaron confronted Sargeras to disrupt his attempt to enter Azeroth, but his dwindling Holy Light left him unable to withstand another attack. Sargeras’s final shout echoed through the portal, and the Sundering followed.

• Xal'atath awakened and warned Aaron that Sargeras would enter Azeroth before Malfurion could control the Dragon Soul unless someone stopped him.
• Aaron told Vereesa he had to risk his life, then summoned Holy Light wings and wielded the Thorn of the Holy Light.
• Aaron struck Sargeras’s fel runes, briefly shaking the portal and drawing Sargeras’s attention.
• Sargeras attacked Aaron with fel spells and a flaming sword, forcing him to exhaust nearly all the Holy Light he could use.
• A voice from below shouted for Aaron to move, Sargeras cried out through the portal, and the Sundering followed.

Malfurion’s attack caused the demon portal to collapse, triggering the Sundering and shattering most of Kalimdor. Aaron watched the surviving Night Elves settle on Mount Hyjal, then learned from Chromie that they still had to deal with the Infinite Dragonflight.

• Malfurion unleashed the Dragon Soul’s energy into the demon portal, and Aaron warned the others as it began to collapse.
• The portal exploded, and the Well of Eternity erupted into an energy storm that split Zin-Azshari and tore Kalimdor apart.
• The Sundering shattered eighty percent of Kalimdor, while the demon army lost its reinforcements and the survivors faced the disaster’s aftermath.
• The resistance forces at Black Rook Hold survived under Shaladrassil’s protection but migrated east because their land could no longer sustain them.
• Aaron watched the Night Elves establish camps on Mount Hyjal after the Dragon Aspects blessed the World Tree and Illidan was imprisoned.
• Chromie reminded Aaron that they still needed to deal with the Infinite Dragonflight.

Aaron and Vereesa followed Chromie to the Bronze Dragonflight’s chosen battlefield in Sholazar Basin, where she revealed the Infinite Dragonflight planned to stop Azeroth’s World-Soul from awakening. The final confrontation was about to begin, and Chromie said the Infinite Dragonflight’s plan had been prompted by Aaron.

• Chromie told Aaron that the Bronze Dragonflight had gained the upper hand but could not yet explain why she needed his help.
• Chromie took Aaron and Vereesa through a Titan teleporter to Northrend and flew them toward Sholazar Basin.
• Chromie explained that the area was sealed off from the outside world and that the Infinite Dragonflight intended to prevent Azeroth’s World-Soul from awakening.
• Aaron was shocked by the revelation, and Chromie told him the Infinite Dragonflight’s plan was because of him.
• Chromie landed with Aaron and Vereesa on a platform where bronze dragons had gathered for the coming confrontation.

Aaron, Vereesa, and Chromie watched the Bronze Dragonflight battle the Infinite Dragonflight, whose desperation made them dangerous despite the Bronze dragons’ advantage. Murozond finally appeared and challenged Nozdormu, who emerged from Maker’s Overlook to face him.

• Aaron saw the Bronze Dragonflight gather in overwhelming numbers, and Chromie explained that the battle would decide their future and that they needed more dragonkin.
• The Infinite Dragonflight emerged through a time portal and attacked, fighting recklessly despite the Bronze Dragonflight’s preparations and numerical advantage.
• Aaron explained to Vereesa that the Infinite dragons had gone mad after repeatedly seeing futures in which they could not prevent the world’s destruction.
• The Bronze Dragonflight began to suppress its enemies, but Chromie grew tense because Murozond had not yet appeared.
• Murozond arrived through a massive time portal and called Nozdormu out to fight.
• Nozdormu emerged from Maker’s Overlook, transformed into his dragon form, and answered Murozond’s challenge.

Nozdormu confronted Murozond in Sholazar Basin and defeated the Infinite Dragonlord after questioning his belief in the End Time. With the battle over, Nozdormu told Aaron that the remaining matters were his to handle.

• Nozdormu destroyed Murozond's time portal and forced him to fight while Aaron and Vereesa learned the Bronze Dragonflight had baited the Infinite Dragonflight into a trap.
• Nozdormu and Murozond fought to a stalemate as the other dragons watched, and Nozdormu taunted his opponent before launching a sudden attack.
• Murozond broke free and charged toward Chromie at Maker's Overlook, but Nozdormu intercepted him and continued demanding that he question his memories and supposed future.
• Nozdormu killed Murozond, whose corpse dissolved into black smoke at the bottom of Sholazar Basin.
• Nozdormu returned to Maker's Overlook, changed into a High Elf, and invited Aaron into Maker's Hall to handle the remaining matters.

Aaron entered the Maker's Hall and met Azeroth, who explained that he had awakened her in another timeline and that waking her now would let her merge timelines and restore a single chain. Azeroth took control of Aaron's body to make him awaken her, but her explanation cut off before the process was complete.

• Aaron struggled through the Maker's Hall's damaged defenses and reached the platform where he had first seen Azeroth's projection.
• Aaron woke Xal'atath, who drew a rune on his forehead before going back to sleep, and the hall's platform began to glow as time stopped.
• Azeroth appeared and told Aaron that he had awakened her in another timeline, while explaining that the universe had one timeline and that an unborn Titan created branching timelines around its world.
• Azeroth said Aaron had been brought back to merge the timelines and restore a complete chain, then summoned a phantom of Aaron and made it overlap with him.
• Azeroth vanished as Aaron's body began moving against his will, and her final explanation abruptly stopped.

Aaron experienced the memories of another version of himself, whose attempts to change Azeroth’s history helped lead to disaster. As the phantom inside him burned away, he met Azeroth’s newly awakened World-Soul.

• Aaron’s body sank to the platform as energy passed through his hands and memories from another timeline filled his mind.
• The other Aaron joined the Silver Hand, survived the Battle of Mount Hyjal, and used his foreknowledge to alter events, including saving Admiral Daelin.
• His changes worsened tensions between the Alliance and the Horde, and the conflict later escalated under Little Hellscream.
• The Alliance dissolved the Horde, while Illidan’s escape and the Twilight’s Hammer’s actions brought the Burning Legion and N’Zoth’s threat to Azeroth.
• The other Aaron traveled to the War of the Ancients and ignited his soul at Maker’s Perch to awaken Azeroth.
• Aaron watched the other timeline’s memories end as Azeroth’s World-Soul appeared before him, and he greeted her.