Recaps

Aaron helped the Dragon Aspects choose Onyxia as the new Black Dragon Queen and Stellagosa as the new Blue Dragon Queen, whose coronation required a difficult ritual to grant her the Guardian of Arcane’s power. As the ritual neared completion, Deathwing arrived and threatened to kill them.

• Aaron gathered the remaining black dragons, and their recognition allowed Onyxia to become the Black Dragon Queen.
• Aaron considered Ebyssian for the role, but Ebyssian had little interest in leading the Black Dragonflight.
• Malygos chose Stellagosa over Arygos and Kalecgos to rule the Blue Dragonflight.
• At the Nexus, Malygos empowered Stellagosa while Odyn granted her the authority of the Guardian of Arcane.
• As Stellagosa endured the ritual, Deathwing arrived and attacked his former kin.

Deathwing attacked the Nexus during Stellagosa’s coronation, and the Titan Keepers and newly crowned Onyxia tried to stop him. Aaron helped Onyxia damage Deathwing’s armor, and Archaedas used his Earth-Warder authority to bind Deathwing, leaving him vulnerable to the Keepers’ attacks.

• Thorim mounted Veranus and flew to intercept Deathwing, but Deathwing knocked Veranus back with a charge.
• The other Titan Keepers joined the aerial fight and tried to force Deathwing toward the ground, but his strength kept them from carrying out their plan.
• Onyxia flew to confront her father, and Aaron rode on her back to join the fight.
• Aaron and Onyxia combined Holy Light and dragon breath to strike the armor plates on Deathwing’s back.
• Deathwing descended to draw on the earth’s power, but Archaedas overpowered his authority and bound him with earthen shackles.
• The Titan Keepers seized the opportunity to launch more lethal attacks on the bound Deathwing.

The Dragon Aspects and Titan Keepers defeated Deathwing after Stellagosa’s coronation disrupted his attempt to detonate his unstable power. With Deathwing dead and the Naga’s plans to free N’Zoth in ruins, Aaron prepared to eliminate the remaining threat.

• The Titan Keepers and Dragon Aspects wounded Deathwing, whose armor broke apart and whose body began turning into magma.
• Deathwing realized he could not survive and decided to detonate his power and destroy everyone around him.
• Stellagosa completed her coronation as ruler of the Blue Dragonflight and received the title of Guardian of Arcane from Odyn.
• The five dragon kings and Archaedas combined their powers, destroyed Deathwing’s twisted heart, and killed him in an explosion of obsidian fragments.
• Mages transmitted Deathwing’s death to the Alliance nations, while Aaron concluded that the Naga and N’Zoth had to be dealt with next.

Aaron prepared an expedition to attack N'Zoth in his underwater prison, using the Tidestone to create a dry environment in the deep sea. After N'Zoth corrupted Stormsong Valley and threatened Kul Tiras, the Alliance, dragons, and Titan-forged assembled to join Aaron's campaign against the last Old God.

• Aaron learned from Azeroth that the Tidestone could create a temporary dry environment underwater, then began assembling an expeditionary force to attack N'Zoth.
• N'Zoth's forces corrupted the Tidesages and overran Stormsong Valley, while Kul Tiras's ships disappeared at sea.
• Admiral Daelin led troops into Stormsong Valley, defeated the corrupted Lord Stormsong, and learned that the Tidesages had sacrificed missing fleets to their deity.
• Daelin prepared to attack N'Zoth's waters, but Aaron stopped him, warning that Kul Tiras's fleet risked destruction and could not defeat N'Zoth alone.
• The Alliance backed Aaron's campaign, and the mortal nations, dragons, and Titan-forged assembled forces to accompany him into the deep sea.

Aaron led the expeditionary force through the seabed to Nazjatar, where they defeated Queen Azshara before advancing on N'Zoth. With Xal'atath's guidance, they uncovered the hidden entrance to Ny'alotha and arrived before its gates.

• Stellagosa used the Tidestone and Scepter of Tides to part the sea and create a passage to the seabed.
• Aaron brought Lady Vashj to guide the fleet to Nazjatar and agreed to eliminate Azshara before confronting N'Zoth.
• Aaron led an elite force against Azshara's palace, and the heroes, Titan Keepers, and dragons killed the queen despite her powerful sorcery.
• The expeditionary force found N'Zoth's domain concealed by shadow magic, and Xal'atath guided them in unraveling the spell.
• The expeditionary force reached the gates of Ny'alotha.

The expeditionary force entered Ny'alotha and endured its corrupting whispers and monsters as Lady Vashj guided them toward N'Zoth's prison. Aaron and the others reached N'Zoth, where his prison had become a nightmare domain, and faced the Old God at full power within it.

• The expeditionary force entered Ny'alotha and discovered that the city itself seemed alive with N'Zoth's corruption.
• Aaron and the soldiers used equipment made from C'Thun's remains to resist the city's whispers as they searched for N'Zoth's prison.
• Archaedas could not locate the prison entrance, and Xal'atath avoided drawing N'Zoth's attention, so Lady Vashj used her Old God power to guide the force.
• The expeditionary force fought flesh monsters and suffered casualties as it followed the growing resistance toward N'Zoth's lair.
• Aaron and the others entered N'Zoth's corrupted prison, where his nightmares and whispers threatened to overwhelm the soldiers.
• Aaron and the expeditionary force arrived before N'Zoth and faced the Old God as he stretched his twisted limbs.

Aaron and the expeditionary army fought N'Zoth as Odyn and Archaedas used the Pillars of Creation to reinforce his prison. Azeroth's Legion of Heroic Spirits arrived under Tyr, who destroyed N'Zoth's core with the Silver Hand Warhammer and ended the Old God's threat.

• N'Zoth attacked the expeditionary army with his tendrils, monsters, and corrupting whispers as Odyn and Archaedas reinforced his prison with the Aegis of Aggramar and the Hammer of Khaz'goroth.
• Aaron and the others struggled to reach N'Zoth's core while the Old God regenerated his forces and drew strength from sacrifices by the Naga.
• Azeroth sent the Legion of Heroic Spirits to the battlefield after Tyr awakened and became their leader.
• The heroic spirits and expeditionary soldiers shattered N'Zoth's shell and exposed his thought core.
• Tyr took the Silver Hand Warhammer from Aaron and destroyed N'Zoth's core with Holy Light, leaving the Old God unable to harm Azeroth.

After Zandalari Trolls tried to steal Lei Shen’s corpse in Pandaria, Ra-den summoned Aaron and warned him that they might be in contact with a living Old God. Ra-den admitted he had helped create that Old God, leaving Aaron with a new threat to investigate.

• The Zandalari Trolls sent a force into Pandaria to steal Lei Shen’s corpse while others drew the Pandaren’s attention.
• Ra-den defeated the infiltrators with lightning, and Zul escaped with a handful of followers.
• Ra-den summoned Aaron, who had been traveling through Pandaria with Vereesa.
• Ra-den told Aaron that the Zandalari Trolls might be in contact with a living Old God and admitted he had helped create it.

Prophet Zul escaped confinement to awaken G'huun while Ra-den told Aaron that the artificial Old God was loose inside Uldir. Aaron took Ra-den and his companions to Zandalar aboard the Dreadwake, where Ra-den jumped off to confront G'huun.

• After King Rastakhan reprimanded and confined him, Prophet Zul escaped with trusted followers and headed to Nazmir to awaken G'huun.
• Ra-den told Aaron that G'huun was an artificial Old God created by the Titan Keepers and that Uldir had partially fallen out of control.
• Aaron agreed to take Ra-den to Zandalar aboard the Dreadwake, and Vereesa and Xal'atath joined them.
• Aaron piloted the Dreadwake past the Golden Fleet's blockade and fought off Zandalari priests who attacked from the air.
• After they passed Zuldazar, Ra-den spotted Uldir in a cloud of blood-red mist and leaped from the Dreadwake to attack G'huun.

Ra-den killed G'huun and escaped Uldir as the laboratory collapsed, while Zul's failed uprising left Zandalar weakened by civil war. With Illidan having secured the Sargerite Keystone, Aaron decided it was time to assemble an expedition to Argus before the Burning Legion could threaten Azeroth.

• Ra-den defeated G'huun in Uldir, whose structure collapsed after G'huun's death, and emerged with his fighting spirit restored.
• Zul lost access to G'huun's power and was killed, ending his assault on Zuldazar and leaving Zandalar badly weakened and divided.
• Illidan unified Outland, defeated Maiev's Watchers, destroyed Nathreza, and captured the Sargerite Keystone on Mardum.
• Illidan sent word of the Keystone to Azeroth, and Aaron determined that an expedition to Argus should begin before the Burning Legion used Outland to invade.
• Aaron concluded that the expedition would depend on the Draenei's Naaru-origin spacecraft, since Azeroth's own ships could not travel to Argus.

Aaron led an Azeroth expedition through a portal to Argus, where the fleet defeated the Burning Legion’s ships and began landing in Krokuun. As ground defenses opened fire, the Xenedar appeared before the Exodar.

• Bolvar and elites from across Azeroth joined Aaron’s expedition, which stopped in Outland to collect Illidan and his followers before traveling to Argus.
• Illidan activated the Sargerite Keystone, and Khadgar’s mages helped open a portal through which the five warships entered Argus’s orbit.
• The expedition’s fleet fought and destroyed a dozen or so Burning Legion Fel Battleships, though its own ships suffered damage.
• Velen identified the land beneath the fleet as Krokuun, and the ships began landing under fire from Legion ground defenses.
• A golden vessel appeared before the Exodar, and Velen recognized it as the Xenedar, Xe'ra’s ship.

Aaron and the Azeroth expeditionary force found the Xenedar and rescued the Army of the Light from a Legion attack. After meeting Turalyon, Alleria, and Xe'ra, the allies gathered aboard the ship to discuss the campaign against the Burning Legion on Argus.

• Aaron warned Illidan to stay off the Xenedar because someone there wanted to infuse him with Holy Light, and Illidan stayed aboard the Exodar.
• Aaron and the expeditionary force found the crashed Xenedar surrounded by demons, where Lightforged Draenei led by Turalyon and Alleria defended the ship.
• Aaron sent dragons and half the Legion of Heroic Spirits to drive back the demons, then Vereesa brought him to meet Turalyon and Alleria.
• Aaron met Xe'ra aboard the Xenedar, and the ship entered stealth after the first wave of demons was repelled.
• Xe'ra and representatives of the Azeroth expeditionary force began a meeting, where Turalyon described Argus and the Burning Legion's stronghold, Antorus.

Aaron and Turalyon assessed the expeditionary army, the Army of the Light, and the Burning Legion before planning an assault on Antoran. Aaron concluded they had to strike the Legion’s nerve center quickly, beginning with the shipyard, before the Legion could gather its forces on Argus.

• Aaron and Turalyon agreed to begin the conference by reviewing their own forces, which included Azeroth’s elite troops, Titan-forged, and Dragonflights, while its top leaders stayed behind.
• Aaron judged that the Army of the Light could contribute about ten thousand Lightforged soldiers but lacked the strength to confront the Burning Legion alone.
• Aaron assessed that Argus held limited demonic forces for now, with most demons concentrated in Antoran, while the Legion’s wider armies remained scattered across other planets.
• Aaron concluded that the expeditionary army had to fly from Krokuun to Antoran and attack before the Legion could assemble reinforcements on Argus.
• Aaron identified Antoran’s shipyard as the first target, followed by its central forge and armory, and hoped the army would avoid being overwhelmed when it landed.

Aaron’s expedition invaded the Antoran Wastes, capturing the Felfire Armory and destroying the demon shipyard before fighting its way to the central furnace. The furnace was destroyed and its stored souls scattered, though the expedition suffered casualties and the demons across Antoran were alerted.

• The expedition and the Army of the Light traveled from Krokuun to the Antoran Wastes while the forces left behind concealed their presence.
• The expedition fought through the demons’ war machines and captured the Felfire Armory, using stolen weapons to support the assault.
• A squad reached the southern shipyard, and the expedition used captured fel weapons to destroy the facility and the ships there.
• The alerted demons fought fiercely as the expedition advanced on the central furnace, with the dragonflights and Xe'ra helping limit the expedition’s casualties.
• The expedition destroyed the central furnace, scattering the souls inside and leaving the demons of the Antoran Wastes bewildered by their defeat.

Aaron’s expeditionary force reached the gates of Antorus, the Burning Throne, but its barrier was too strong to break before demons could gather inside. Aaron and Velen set out for Mac'Aree to recover the other pieces of the Crown of the Triumvirate, while the ships continued bombarding the barrier.

• The expeditionary force fought through the Antoran Wastes, where demons kept resurrecting, and reached Antorus, the Burning Throne.
• Aaron ordered the ships to bombard the Burning Throne's barrier, but estimated it would take a week to break through while the demons might gather enough strength in two or three days.
• Aaron realized the Eye of the Prophet on Velen's scepter could be combined with the other Crown of the Triumvirate fragments to breach the barrier.
• Velen prepared to retrieve the fragments held by Kil'jaeden and Archimonde in Mac'Aree, and Aaron joined him.
• Aaron and Velen boarded a lifeboat with Draenei vindicators and headed for Mac'Aree as the ships continued their bombardment.

Aaron and his companions traveled across Mac'Aree, where he learned that the land's shadow corruption came from the fallen Naaru L'ura, now held at the Seat of the Triumvirate. They needed a fragment of the Crown of the Triumvirate from L'ura, but Void-aligned Ethereals stood in their way, and Aaron was wary when Alleria offered to contact her Ethereal teacher.

• Aaron saw that Mac'Aree had preserved parts of Argus's original ecosystem, while Velen mourned the Draenei losses tied to the land.
• Velen explained that the shadow power across Mac'Aree came from L'ura, who had fallen after exhausting her Holy Light while protecting the Draenei's escape.
• Aaron learned that L'ura's shadow corruption had changed some Broken and attracted Void-aligned Ethereals seeking to take her away.
• Aaron realized that he and his companions would have to confront the Ethereals to obtain the Crest of Knowledge from L'ura.
• Alleria offered to contact her Ethereal teacher to help them avoid conflict, but Aaron remained wary of bringing the mysterious Ethereal into their affairs.

Aaron led the expedition to recover two fragments of the Crown of the Triumvirate while refusing Alleria’s repeated offers to seek help from her shadow-teaching mentor. After thwarting the mentor’s attempt to make Alleria absorb L’ura’s power, Aaron took the Crest of Knowledge and prepared to return to Antoran to breach Antorus, the Burning Throne.

• Aaron refused Alleria’s suggestion to seek help from her teacher and sent Velen and the others to the Arcanum to retrieve Archimonde’s Sigil of Awakening.
• The expedition defeated the Ethereals on the way to the Seat of the Triumvirate, while Aaron suspected Alleria’s teacher was nearby.
• Alleria’s teacher emerged and tried to make Alleria absorb the corrupted Naaru L’ura’s power, but Aaron struck L’ura with the Silver Hand Warhammer and shattered it.
• Aaron picked up the Crest of Knowledge, and Alleria’s teacher retreated after seeing the Holy Light and the heroic spirits.
• Aaron warned Alleria that her teacher had ill intentions and planned to have Turalyon keep watch over her.
• Aaron prepared to take the Crest of Knowledge and Sigil of Awakening back to Antoran and break the barrier around Antorus, the Burning Throne.

Aaron intervened after Xe'ra and Illidan clashed, then pressured Xe'ra into cooperating with the expeditionary force. He used the Crown of the Triumvirate to break Antorus's barrier, beginning the final assault on the Burning Throne.

• Illidan disguised himself as a Demon Hunter and fought demons until Xe'ra recognized him and approached him.
• Odyn intervened in the clash, stopping Xe'ra and Illidan, but the confrontation created a rift between the Army of the Light and the expeditionary force.
• Aaron confronted Xe'ra with L'ura's fragments and the prospect of using Naaru fragments to forge Ashbringer, compelling her to cooperate.
• Aaron installed the reassembled Crown of the Triumvirate on Tempest Keep, and the ship's bombardment shattered Antorus's barrier.
• Tempest Keep and the Exodar led the assault on the demons inside the Burning Throne.

Aaron’s expeditionary army broke into Antorus, the Burning Throne, and defeated Kil'jaeden after Velen struck him with the Holy Light. As the army advanced to disable the Legion’s portals, Aaron found one leading to Elunaria, where Eonar was hiding.

• Aaron ordered the warships to bombard the demons pouring out of Antorus, killing thousands and crushing their counterattack.
• Kil'jaeden appeared and directed the demons to concentrate their assault on Velen.
• Velen struck Kil'jaeden with the Holy Light, and several Titan Keepers defeated him, sending him into the resurrection process.
• The expeditionary army advanced through Antorus and began shutting down the portals that were supplying demons.
• Aaron discovered a portal to Elunaria, where Eonar was hiding.

Aaron and his allies rescued Eonar from the Burning Legion and continued their assault on Antorus to free the tormented Titan souls. After defeating the Doomguard Witch Coven, Eonar began restoring the captive Titans, though their recovery would take time.

• Aaron took a chosen group through a portal to Elunaria Sanctuary, where Eonar was under attack by Fel Battleships.
• Eonar's blessing strengthened Aaron, the Dragon Aspects, and the Titan Keepers, who destroyed the three Fel Battleships and secured her safety.
• Eonar explained that the other Titan souls remained captive and that Argus's World-Soul would be especially difficult to cleanse of Fel corruption.
• The expeditionary force reached the Doomguard Witch Coven and defeated the witches with help from the Titan Keepers, Dragon Aspects, and a captive Titan soul.
• Eonar freed the Titan souls from their cages and began restoring them, though their damaged souls would need time to recover.

The Pantheon helped Argus be born and used Aaron’s connection to Azeroth to cleanse his Fel corruption. With Argus asleep and safe, the Titans began summoning Sargeras, but the place where they found him shocked everyone.

• The Titans decided to bring Argus into the world so they could cleanse him without purifying his entire planet.
• Aman'Thul warned the expeditionary force that Argus would awaken in pain and might need help.
• The Pantheon used its power to separate Argus from his planet and form his physical body, but Fel corruption left him clouded and destructive.
• Aaron used the Holy Light and nature power radiating from his body to soothe Argus and remove the Fel corruption, after which Argus fell asleep.
• The Titans began summoning Sargeras, and the location where they found him frightened everyone.

Aaron learned from Azeroth that Sargeras had been waiting outside the planet for her birth, and that she had delayed emerging until others could restrain him. As the Pantheon prepared to summon Sargeras, the Titans readied themselves to bring their fallen brother back.

• Aaron learned that Sargeras had stayed near Azeroth for ages, waiting for the World-Soul to be born.
• Azeroth explained that she had avoided acting openly because Sargeras might notice and attack before she was ready.
• Azeroth told Aaron she had been nearly ready to be born after C'Thun's defeat but had postponed it to avoid facing Sargeras at full strength.
• Azeroth said she needed others to tie down part of Sargeras's power so she could stabilize after her birth.
• The Pantheon completed preparations for the summoning ritual, and the Titans joined forces to summon Sargeras.

The Pantheon summoned Sargeras back, and Azeroth stopped his attempt to strike Azeroth with his sword. As Azeroth battered him along the way, Aman'Thul sealed Sargeras away for a later decision.

• Aman'Thul and the other Titans used the Pantheon's power to summon Sargeras back, while the expedition soldiers recognized Azeroth near his hiding place.
• Sargeras tried to drive his enormous sword into Azeroth, but Azeroth appeared and seized his sword hand.
• Aaron recognized Azeroth as their ally and saw the many powers contained in her armored form.
• Azeroth followed Sargeras toward the Pantheon and repeatedly struck him with attacks infused with her powers, especially the Holy Light.
• Aman'Thul sealed the wounded Sargeras while he was unable to resist, despite his protest that the universe had to be reset.

After the Burning Legion’s defeat, Azeroth entered a long peace as its peoples rebuilt, migrated, and formed new ties. Aaron’s calm ended when Azeroth told him that unrest in the Shadowlands required his attention.

• Illidan stayed on Argus with his Demon Hunters to hunt demons, while some Draenei remained to restore their homeland and most of the expeditionary army returned to Azeroth.
• Azeroth grew more peaceful as Stormwind defeated the Gurubashi, Medivh restored Karazhan’s surroundings, and Gilneas rejoined the Alliance.
• The Draenei left the Alliance to return to Argus, while Orcs fleeing collapsing Outland were allowed to settle in Northrend before the Dark Portal was permanently shut down.
• Wild Gods returned to Kalimdor, and traditions and peoples from different races spread and mingled across Azeroth.
• Azeroth summoned Aaron to the Frozen Throne and told him that unrest in the Shadowlands had made his next task a journey there.