Recaps

Aaron fought Ygrim again and gradually entered the Keen Perception state, proving himself worthy of Truthguard. After the shield attuned to Aaron and changed to suit him, Ygrim handed it over, while keeping Oathseeker for himself.

• Aaron asked Ygrim to attack him so he could better understand his shortcomings, and Ygrim agreed to fight without holding back.
• As Ygrim attacked, Aaron began reading his movements and gradually gained control of the Keen Perception state, allowing him to resist and counterattack.
• Ygrim ended the fight, declared Aaron worthy to inherit Truthguard, and told him to use it to protect the world.
• When Aaron found the shield too large, Ygrim explained that it would adapt to its wielder, and it shrank when Aaron touched it.
• Aaron infused Truthguard with Holy Light, triggering a flash of radiance and causing the shield to transform into a thinner, more aggressive form.
• Aaron asked for Ygrim's sword, Oathseeker, but Ygrim refused, saying Aaron already had a sword of comparable quality.

Aaron tested Truthguard and confirmed its defensive and Holy Light abilities, then spoke with Ygrim about humanity and the state of Tyr's tomb. Ygrim asked Aaron to take him back to the Eastern Kingdoms so he could resume guarding the tomb.

• Aaron tested Truthguard against Vereesa's arrows and Stellagosa's spells, confirming that it weakened attacks and could release a blinding radiance when infused with Holy Light.
• Ygrim told Aaron about the Vrykul who had challenged him over the centuries and asked for news about humanity and Tyr's tomb.
• Aaron described humanity's growth and victories, and Ygrim explained his affection for humans and his history as a follower of Tyr.
• After Aaron said he was returning to the Eastern Kingdoms, Ygrim asked to accompany him and resume his unfinished duty guarding Tyr's tomb.
• Aaron agreed to take Ygrim aboard the Dreadwake.

Aaron and his companions explored the tomb and found Volund’s burial chamber, where they planned to retrieve the Titan artifact Titans’ Strike. The chapter left them entering the chamber after Stellagosa removed its defenses.

• Aaron noticed Truthguard glowing and forcing nearby Vrykul spirits to keep their distance, and Ygrim explained that the shield reacted to profane forces.
• Aaron realized Truthguard detected shadow, Fel, and death energies, then suggested Vereesa replace her weapon with another artifact.
• Aaron identified Volund’s tomb and explained that the Vrykul had stolen Titans’ Strike from Thorim before becoming obsessed with artifacts.
• Ygrim condemned Volund as a thief, and Aaron asked Stellagosa to disable the defenses guarding the burial chamber.
• Stellagosa dispelled the protective magic and opened the stone doors, revealing a chamber filled with strange objects.

Ygrim and the others discovered a dormant Mechagnome in Volund's burial chamber, who contacted Mimiron and revealed the location of Titans' Strike. Vereesa defeated Volund's spirit and claimed the weapon, which transformed from a rifle into a mechanical longbow in her hands.

• Ygrim found a dormant Mechagnome whose power cell had been removed and restored power so it could reboot.
• Mechanical constructs attacked Aaron and the others, and Ygrim smashed them.
• The Mechagnome projected Mimiron, who summoned Titans' Strike from beneath the ground, causing Volund's spirit to appear.
• Vereesa fought Volund's spirit with traps and arrows, keeping him at a distance until he fell.
• Vereesa picked up Titans' Strike, which transformed from a rifle into a mechanical longbow.

Aaron explained how artifacts changed to suit their wielders as Vereesa tested Titans' Strike and discovered its lightning-powered bow form. The group prepared to leave the Tomb of Kings, while Aaron considered the risks of claiming another artifact and the usefulness of the fallen Titan-forged.

• Vereesa asked Aaron why Truthguard and Titans' Strike had changed form, and Aaron explained that artifacts adapted to their users.
• Vereesa nocked an arrow into Titans' Strike, which formed a lightning bowstring and fired both an empowered arrow and a bolt of lightning.
• Vereesa tested the bow and noted that its flashes and thunder made it difficult to use stealthily.
• Stellagosa asked Aaron whether there were other artifacts, and he considered the danger of taking the Scale of the Earth-Warder because it was tied to Deathwing.
• Vereesa finished testing Titans' Strike, and Aaron agreed that they should leave while noticing the destroyed Titan-forged bodies might prove useful.

Aaron and his companions left Volund’s treasury with Titan-forged machines and a damaged Mechagnome, planning to bring them to the gnomes for study and possible repairs. On the voyage back, they reached Skold-Aishir safely, where Aaron displayed Truthguard while Ygrim kept out of sight to avoid Odyn’s Val’kyr.

• Aaron asked Ygrim to help carry the broken machines and explained that he wanted the gnomes to study the Titan technology and try to repair the Mechagnome.
• Ygrim asked about the Earthen refugees, and Aaron told him that their descendants were now called dwarves.
• Aaron brought the machines, the Mechagnome, and Thyr’s food supplies aboard the Dreadwake, then raised a stone memorial beside Thyr’s boat.
• Aaron and Ygrim sailed away from Shield’s Rest and reached Skold-Aishir after passing only a few lone Kvaldir.
• The Vrykul of Skold-Aishir congratulated Aaron on obtaining Truthguard, and he defeated those who challenged him.
• Ygrim stayed aboard rather than meet his kin because he did not want Odyn’s Val’kyr to see him.

Aaron guided the Dreadwake through Suramar's ruins toward Azsuna and stopped with his companions for the night. When a group of Fal'dorei detected them, Aaron and the others faced an imminent discovery.

• Aaron discovered that the Dreadwake could fly, though it moved slowly and was difficult to steer through Suramar's ruins.
• After several days of cautious travel, Aaron landed the Dreadwake in a clearing and settled with his companions in an abandoned stone building.
• Ygrim stayed behind to guard the ship while Aaron and the others slept.
• Vereesa woke Aaron when she and Stellagosa spotted strange spider-like creatures moving through the woods.
• Aaron identified the creatures as Fal'dorei, and one of them sensed strangers and led the group toward the building.

Aaron, Vereesa, and Stellagosa fled the spider-like elves but were driven toward a guarded stone building. Inside, they found a seed protected by a magical barrier, and Aaron realized the elves had deliberately led them there.

• Vereesa spotted the spider-like elves closing in, and Aaron led the group toward the Dreadwake.
• The group was surrounded, and they fought an elite Fal'dorei before more spider-like elves trapped them with webs.
• Vereesa found a gap in the encirclement, and Aaron chose to follow it toward a powerful source of magic.
• The group reached a stone building while the pursuing elves shouted for them not to enter or reach the object inside.
• Vereesa discovered a seed on a pedestal protected by a barrier, and Stellagosa identified the surrounding pillars as power conduits.
• Aaron recognized the object as a seed and realized the spider-like elves had deliberately led them to it.

Aaron and his companions saw through the spider-transformed elves’ attempt to make them take the seed, then tried to escape by air. An invisible attacker interrupted Stellagosa’s transformation, and Aaron revealed that it was the Night Elf Druid Farodin.

• Aaron stopped Stellagosa from taking the seed and explained that the spider-transformed elves had lured them into the Temple of the Moon.
• The spider-transformed elves sent spiders and then spun webs around the building, but Aaron and his companions held their ground.
• Aaron decided that Stellagosa should transform and carry them out of the encirclement.
• An unseen attacker knocked Stellagosa down and then seemed to target Vereesa, while the companions could not locate it.
• Aaron called out to Farodin and used the light from his shield to reveal a purple cheetah, who transformed into a wary Night Elf Druid.

Aaron, Stellagosa, and Vereesa met Farodin in the Temple of the Moon's Shadow after fleeing the Fal'dorei, and they cleared up the misunderstanding behind his attack. Farodin explained how Arcan'dor once transformed Nightborne exiles into Fal'dorei, leaving him to guard the seed from those who hoped it would lift their curse.

• Farodin attacked Stellagosa and nearly struck Vereesa, but Aaron's flash forced him out of his cheetah form before anyone was seriously hurt.
• Aaron explained that the group had fled the Fal'dorei, and Farodin apologized after learning their presence was a misunderstanding.
• Aaron diverted Farodin's questions about how he knew him by asking about the Seed of Arcan'dor, and Farodin warned that it became dangerous as it grew.
• Farodin recounted how ancient Night Elf druids and mages created Arcan'dor to balance arcane and natural energies and cure dependence on magic.
• Farodin told how Arcan'dor's growth caused an explosion that destroyed Falanaar and transformed surviving Nightborne exiles into Fal'dorei.
• Farodin continued guarding the seed while the Fal'dorei surrounded the temple, hoping to obtain it and end their curse.

Aaron and his companions escaped the Fal'dorei surrounding the Temple of the Moon, while Farodin stayed behind to guard the Seed of Arcan'dor. On the Dreadwake, Vereesa wondered whether Aaron could see the future, and Aaron went to sleep without telling her what he knew.

• Aaron asked Farodin to leave with them, but Farodin explained that the Seed of Arcan'dor would sprout and become dangerous if it left its barrier, so he stayed behind.
• Aaron promised to return and help solve the seed's problem, then rode Stellagosa out of the temple with Vereesa.
• Stellagosa breathed on the Fal'dorei below, turning several into blue-violet crystals, before flying toward the Dreadwake.
• Vereesa asked Aaron whether he had seen her future and feared that she might suffer magic addiction, but Aaron denied knowing what she meant.
• Aaron, Vereesa, and Stellagosa reached the Dreadwake, where Ygrim asked about the spiders; Aaron told him to keep watch and went to sleep.

Aaron returned to Azsuna, visited Senegos in the Azurewing Whelplands, and heard the old dragon recall the history of Truthguard. He then obtained a nautical chart and compass from the Kul Tirans and set the Dreadwake east toward the Eastern Kingdoms.

• Aaron flew the Dreadwake from the Temple of the Moon to the Azurewing Whelplands, where Senegos explained that blue dragonkin were patrolling the Ruins of Zarkhenar against the Withered.
• Senegos examined Truthguard and recounted how the Dragonflights had fought the Vrykul during Loken’s betrayal of the Keepers, then urged Aaron to honor the shield.
• Aaron said farewell to Senegos and Stellagosa and chose not to visit Prince Farondis because he feared trouble with the Undead Nightwatchers of Nar’thalas.
• At the Kul Tiran camp, Ygrim mistook a large Kul Tiran for someone of mixed Vrykul and human descent, and Aaron explained that the Drust were his ancestors.
• The Kul Tirans inspected the Dreadwake and gave Aaron a detailed nautical chart and a compass in exchange for his request.
• After replenishing supplies, Aaron piloted the Dreadwake east toward the Eastern Kingdoms.

Aaron guided the Dreadwake toward Gilneas on the way to Dalaran and Tyr’s Fall, carrying Orbis’s construct core and bringing the weary Ygrim home. Near the Gilnean coast, Aaron and Vereesa spotted a huge construction project that appeared to be a wall.

• Aaron told Vereesa they would detour to Dalaran before continuing to Gnomeregan, since the construct core’s constant arcane fluctuations disturbed her, and they also needed to return Ygrim to Tyr’s Fall.
• Aaron recalled that Senegos had given him Orbis’s core after the blue dragons dismantled the giant construct, and worried that Ygrim’s worsening condition might be caused by the Curse of Flesh.
• After several days at sea, Vereesa spotted land, and Aaron identified the coast as northern Gilneas near Silverpine Forest.
• Aaron and Vereesa saw a vast construction site filled with workers and building supplies, and Aaron suspected the Gilneans were building a wall around their kingdom.

Aaron and Vereesa met Liam Greymane and his younger sister Tess at a Gilnean construction site, where workers were building a wall around the kingdom. Liam revealed that King Genn intended to isolate Gilneas from outsiders, leaving him worried and unable to change his father’s mind.

• Aaron stopped the Dreadwake near the construction site, and Liam Greymane arrived with knights and his younger sister, Tess.
• Vereesa identified herself as a Farstrider from Quel'Thalas, while Aaron introduced himself as a paladin and the ship’s owner.
• Tess recognized Aaron and Vereesa from stories about their deeds against the orcs and eagerly spoke with Vereesa.
• Aaron explained that he had come from the Broken Isles and was trying to reach Dalaran, and Liam noted that he had missed Gilneas’s port at Keel Harbor.
• Tess said she had come to watch the construction of a wall intended to surround the whole kingdom and keep outsiders away.
• Liam admitted that King Genn was determined to isolate Gilneas and that he could not persuade his father otherwise.

Liam explained why Genn had ordered the Greymane Wall built and shared his worries about Gilneas withdrawing from the Alliance. He invited Aaron and his companion to travel with him to persuade Baron Silverlaine to relocate, and Aaron revealed that the Dreadwake could fly.

• Liam told Aaron that Genn had decided to build the Greymane Wall and withdraw Gilneas from the Alliance, despite Liam's objections.
• Liam explained that he was traveling north to persuade the stubborn Baron Silverlaine and other holdouts to move inside the wall.
• Liam invited Aaron and his companion to travel with him toward Dalaran and the lands beyond the wall.
• Aaron accepted Liam's invitation and summoned the Dreadwake to rise from the sea, astonishing the people onshore.

Aaron took Liam and Tess aboard the Dreadwake as they traveled toward Pyrewood Village, where Aaron recognized the place’s connection to a future worgen crisis. He shared part of that future with Vereesa but remained unsure how to prevent Azeroth’s original fate.

• Tess boarded the Dreadwake with Aaron and Vereesa, and Liam eventually joined her after Aaron invited him.
• Aaron flew the Dreadwake north toward Pyrewood Village while Liam’s escort split between the ship and the road.
• Aaron remembered Baron Silverlaine’s connection to Shadowfang Keep and asked Liam how King Genn would respond if the baron refused to return.
• Vereesa questioned Aaron about his unusual reactions, and he told her that her second sister would kill Liam before explaining how undead and worgen were connected to Pyrewood Village.
• Vereesa realized Aaron had exaggerated to frighten her, stamped on his foot, and went to talk with Tess.
• Aaron told Xal'atath he had not decided what role to play, while rejecting the idea that killing a few key figures would be enough without dealing with Sargeras.

Aaron and Vereesa traveled with Liam to Silverlaine Castle, where Baron Silverlaine refused King Genn’s summons to leave his territory. Liam feared the refusal could lead Genn to attack the castle, while Aaron continued toward his plans to cooperate with Dalaran and the gnomes.

• The Dreadwake approached Silverlaine Castle, alarming its guards until a Gilnean knight arrived ahead of Liam’s party.
• Liam invited Aaron and Vereesa to spend the night at the castle, and Aaron summoned a large Gilnean mountain horse for their journey.
• Baron Silverlaine welcomed Liam’s party and hosted a banquet, while several young members of his family showed interest in Vereesa.
• Baron Silverlaine told Liam he would not abandon his family’s lands or answer King Genn’s call, and the two parted on strained terms.
• Liam worried that Genn might send the royal army against Silverlaine Castle, while Aaron wondered whether he could secure useful benefits from future cooperation with Dalaran and the gnomes.

Aaron sailed the Dreadwake to Dalaran with Ygrim and Vereesa to deal with the construct core from the Broken Isles. After Rhonin vouched for him at the city gates, Aaron brought the core to Archmage Antonidas to negotiate a deal, while Kel'Thuzad's whereabouts remained uncertain.

• Aaron left Liam's negotiations with Baron Silverlaine and sailed the Dreadwake toward Dalaran with Ygrim and Vereesa.
• Aaron brought the Dreadwake into Lordamere Lake, where he noticed abandoned fields near Gilneas and busy ship traffic near Dalaran.
• Dalaran's harbor mage and guards blocked Aaron because his ship was unregistered and he lacked a local sponsor, while Vereesa entered with her Farstriders documents.
• Rhonin came to vouch for Aaron, and the two reunited as Rhonin described his improved circumstances and Kel'Thuzad's recent departure by ship.
• Aaron showed Rhonin the glowing core of the construct Orbis and said he wanted to make a deal with him.
• Rhonin recognized the core's value and led Aaron to Archmage Antonidas to discuss its purchase for Dalaran.

Aaron brought the construct core to Antonidas's residence in Dalaran, where Antonidas summoned Kael'thas to examine it. Before Kael'thas arrived, Antonidas asked Aaron what Kel'Thuzad had discovered in the Broken Isles, leaving Aaron worried that he would be blamed for sending Kel'Thuzad there.

• Aaron and Vereesa discussed the Wishing Well as they crossed Dalaran, and Xal'atath reminded Aaron that the coins could have been added after the city was rebuilt.
• Rhonin led Aaron and Vereesa to Antonidas's residence, where Jaina greeted them and brewed tea with a fireball.
• Antonidas sensed powerful magical fluctuations and asked Aaron to show the construct core.
• Antonidas examined the construct core and sent Rhonin to invite Master Kael'thas.
• Antonidas asked Aaron what Kel'Thuzad had discovered in the Broken Isles, and Aaron feared Antonidas was confronting him for sending Kel'Thuzad there.

Aaron recounted his adventures in Azsuna to Antonidas and Kael'thas, then offered to sell them a construct core. Antonidas acknowledged Dalaran’s interest but said they did not want to buy it, leaving the deal unresolved.

• Aaron explained his encounters and collaboration with Kel'Thuzad to Antonidas, including their kidnapping of Prince Farondis.
• Kael'thas arrived and examined the construct core, judging that Quel'Thalas could study its technology.
• Aaron recounted meeting Stellagosa and visiting the blue dragons’ home, while correcting Kael'thas’s misconception about dragons.
• Aaron offered to sell the construct core to Dalaran, and Antonidas suggested they could seek constructs in the Broken Isles instead.
• Aaron argued that a core like his would be difficult to obtain, but Antonidas said Dalaran did not want to buy it.

Aaron agreed to take his construct core to Lordaeron so Antonidas could propose that the Alliance purchase the technology jointly. After meeting Terenas, Aaron began to understand that Antonidas also hoped the deal would improve Dalaran’s strained relations with the Alliance.

• Aaron asked Kael'thas whether Quel'Thalas might buy the construct core after Antonidas said Dalaran would not purchase it.
• Antonidas explained that Dalaran feared provoking the other nations and asked Aaron to bring the technology to Lordaeron for a joint Alliance purchase.
• Aaron agreed to go, and Antonidas brought Kael'thas and Jaina aboard the Dreadwake, which sailed without sailors.
• Aaron and the others met Terenas in Lordaeron, where Terenas agreed to buy the construct core at a high price and invited Quel'Thalas to join the research.

Aaron told Arthas, Calia, Jaina, and Muradin about his journey to Grim Batol, recounting encounters with dragons, Goblins, and Trolls. He ended by describing the battle between the Dragon Kings and Deathwing, leaving Arthas eager for adventure.

• Arthas invited Aaron to meet with him, Calia, Jaina, and Muradin, who wanted to hear about Aaron’s adventures and the Wildhammer Dwarves.
• Aaron began recounting his journey to Grim Batol, starting with a red dragon attack after he and his companions left the Hillsbrad farm.
• Aaron warned Arthas about trusting Goblins, and Muradin explained how Goblin-sold ships had caused Orc casualties.
• Arthas asked about the Dragon Kings fighting Deathwing, and Aaron described the battle in thrilling terms despite having seen little of it.

Aaron continued telling Arthas and the others about the Dragon Aspects, explaining Deathwing’s betrayal and the dragons’ ancient conflict. When he claimed the history came from the Discs of Norgannon in Uldaman, Muradin challenged him, and Aaron said he had visited the ruins in a dream.

• Calia asked Aaron whether becoming a queen would let her choose her own husband, and Aaron teased her by saying the Red Dragon Queen had multiple husbands.
• Vereesa rebuked Aaron for discussing the subject in front of Calia, and Jaina changed the topic by asking why the Dragon Aspects had fought Deathwing.
• Aaron recounted how the five Dragon Aspects had been chosen and how Neltharion used the Dragon Soul against the other dragonflights, killing Sindragosa and devastating the Blue Dragonflight.
• Aaron told Arthas that the Discs of Norgannon in Uldaman recorded Azeroth’s history, prompting Muradin to question how Aaron had entered the occupied ruins.
• Aaron claimed he had visited Uldaman in a dream and encountered two dormant stone giants there.

Aaron discussed Uldaman and the Alliance’s campaign against the Orcs with Muradin and Arthas before taking Ygrim toward Tyr’s Fall. On the way, he picked up an elderly man named Tavard, who asked to ride aboard the Dreadwake.

• Muradin thanked Aaron for the lead about Uldaman and planned to explore it after the Alliance drove the Orcs out of Khaz Modan.
• Arthas told Aaron that Uther had led the Alliance army to Khaz Modan, and he lamented that he was too young to fight.
• Aaron encouraged Arthas by saying they might one day rescue their compatriots beyond the Dark Portal.
• Aaron woke Ygrim and set off to take him to Tyr’s Tomb, steering the Dreadwake around Lordaeron to avoid alarming the guards.
• An elderly man named Tavard stopped Aaron on the road and asked to ride to Tyr’s Fall; Aaron let him aboard and asked whether he had heard of him.

Aaron learned why Tavard had stopped the Dreadwake: the old Paladin belonged to Tyr's Guard and suspected Aaron knew the secret of Tyr's tomb. As Aaron prepared to land near Tyr's resting place, Ygrim declared that it had been desecrated.

• Aaron recognized Tavard as a member of Tyr's Guard and wondered why he had sought him out.
• Tavard explained that Truthguard had led him to suspect Aaron might be heading to Tyr's Fall with knowledge of the tomb's secret.
• Tavard warned Aaron that Tyr's resting place was unsafe and explained that Tyr's Guard had become cautious after a past mistake led to a Kraxxi general's resurrection.
• Aaron told Tavard vaguely that he had brought the motionless figure along with Truthguard, and Tavard mistook Ygrim for a statue.
• Aaron guided the Dreadwake toward a lake in the Tirisfal Glades, and Ygrim opened his eyes and said Tyr's resting place had been desecrated.