Chapter Summaries

Aaron discussed Covenant City's construction plans and alliance with the Kingdom of Stormwind, then joined Vereesa to see the gnomes testing a new machine. Sicco Thermaplugg welcomed him and offered to show him the device.

• Aaron told Illucia that he had traded the right to use Utgarde Keep for permission to hire the Stonemasons' Guild, and Illucia warned that Stormwind may have benefited more from the deal.
• Illucia said cooperation with the Kingdom of Stormwind could give Covenant City an important ally in the Alliance, then reviewed other city problems with Aaron.
• After Illucia left, Vereesa showed Aaron her Eagle Eye spell and told him the gnomes were testing a new machine.
• Aaron and Vereesa went to the Ya-Mei Trading Company, where Sicco Thermaplugg cleared spectators away from the dangerous test area.
• Sicco recognized Aaron and invited him to inspect his new invention.

Aaron and Vereesa tested Sicco Thermaplugg’s crude, gun-equipped airplane, which rose successfully but shook violently in flight. After Vereesa fired the machine gun, the plane cracked and dropped, forcing Aaron to pull her clear before they could see what had gone wrong.

• Sicco Thermaplugg invited Aaron to test his airplane and showed him its improved machine gun, then fetched parachutes for Aaron and Vereesa.
• Aaron and Vereesa boarded the plane after Sicco Thermaplugg explained its controls, and gnomish craftsmen started the steam engine.
• Aaron piloted the plane over the sea and asked Vereesa to test the machine gun.
• Vereesa fired, and the recoil forced Aaron to steady the plane as bullets splashed into the seawater.
• Aaron heard cracking and a bang as the plane began to drop, so he pulled Vereesa out and flew them away from it.

Aaron’s test of an armed plane ended in a crash, and he reported its structural flaw to Sicco Thermaplugg. He then welcomed Edwin VanCleef and the Stonemasons’ Guild to Covenant City, paid them a generous deposit, and left VanCleef to begin planning the city’s construction.

• Aaron watched the machine-gun plane break apart and crash into the sea, then told Sicco Thermaplugg that its structure could not withstand the gun’s recoil.
• Aaron welcomed Edwin VanCleef and the Stonemasons’ Guild when they arrived from Stormwind City and arranged for them to rest.
• VanCleef met Aaron two days later and asked to begin work, requesting an advance deposit.
• Aaron gave VanCleef more gold than the customary deposit and warned that later payments depended on the quality of the work.
• VanCleef insisted on surveying Covenant City at once, and Aaron asked Illucia to discuss the construction plans with him.

Aaron realized that he had transmigrated into Azeroth after seeing a High Elf at the inn, and tried to work out which era he had arrived in. The elf noticed him staring and approached him.

• Aaron recognized the inn’s guest as a High Elf and asked the innkeeper about the nearby countries, learning that the inn was in Lordaeron near Alterac and Dalaran.
• Aaron concluded that he was in Azeroth and worried about the world’s recurring disasters, but Nosh could not tell him what year it was.
• Aaron went outside to look at the elf and her Thalassian Horse, guessing that the Scourge had not yet devastated the Eastern Kingdoms and that the Second War might still be underway.
• Aaron recalled how he had fallen asleep after playing World of Warcraft and awoken in the wilderness, eventually finding work at the inn in exchange for bread.
• The High Elf, apparently tired of Aaron staring at her, walked toward him.

Aaron traveled to Uldaman to tell Archaedas that the remaining Earthen and Mechagnomes would join the counterattack against Ulduar. There he found the Titan complex transformed and was welcomed by Ironaya, who said she had been waiting for him.

• Aaron decided to visit Uldaman and deliver Archaedas's request for its remaining troops to join the counterattack against Loken.
• Illucia complained that Aaron was leaving her to manage Covenant City, then saw him off with VanCleef.
• Aaron flew alone toward Uldaman and discovered that his summoned gryphon slowly consumed his Holy Light.
• Aaron found the Explorers' League dwarves excavating Uldaman, then encountered Earthen, Mechagnomes, and stone statue guards deeper inside.
• The guards contacted Ironaya, whose projection greeted Aaron and said she had been waiting for him.

Aaron met Ironaya at Uldaman and agreed to help transport her forces to Northrend across the newly formed ocean. He left carrying an oversized communicator, while Ironaya prepared to lead Earthen and golems toward Quel'Thalas.

• Ironaya welcomed Aaron back to Uldaman, where a Mechagnome guided him through the complex and explained that the Troggs had been locked away.
• Ironaya told Aaron that Archaedas had contacted Uldaman from Northrend and asked for help crossing the ocean between Northrend and the Eastern Kingdoms.
• Aaron agreed to arrange transport with the Kul Tiras fleet, and Ironaya gave him a large communicator so they could stay in touch.
• Aaron returned to Covenant City on a gryphon with the communicator, while Ironaya later set out for Quel'Thalas with an army of Earthen and golems.

VanCleef showed Aaron his plans for Covenant City, including a harbor design Aaron recognized as Stormwind City's future harbor. Their conversation revealed VanCleef's fears about the Stonemasons' Guild's fate, and the chapter left him reassured that his adapted harbor plans would work in Covenant City as he prepared to begin construction.

• VanCleef hurried to Aaron's office and presented blueprints for Covenant City's future development.
• Aaron recognized VanCleef's harbor design as resembling Stormwind City's harbor and told VanCleef he had seen it in Stormwind City.
• VanCleef revealed that Illucia and others had told him rumors about Aaron seeing glimpses of the future.
• VanCleef asked Aaron what would become of the Stonemasons' Guild, and Aaron warned that the future he had seen was only one possibility and had already changed.
• VanCleef confirmed that he had adapted the harbor design for Covenant City's circumstances, then left to start work with his men.

Aaron prepared to return to Northrend and collected improved weapons from Sicco Thermaplugg, who was eager to show off his inventions. Before Aaron could depart, Illucia brought him plans for Covenant City's future development.

• Aaron contacted Ironaya and learned that she and her group of Earthen and golems would reach Quel'Thalas in about a week.
• Aaron decided his Northrend forces were sufficient and went to the Ya-Mei Trading Company to obtain its improved weapons.
• Sicco Thermaplugg showed Aaron machine guns capable of firing about six hundred rounds a minute and other weapons he had improved.
• Sicco Thermaplugg offered to show Aaron a new experimental flying machine, but Aaron took the weapons already in the warehouse instead.
• Illucia brought Aaron a thick stack of documents about Covenant City's future development.

Illucia proposed sending the Orcs from Covenant City to Northrend to cut timber, both to make use of their labor and to prevent political backlash against Aaron. Before Aaron could explain who else would travel north with him, Ironaya reported that she was nearly at the Elf Gate.

• Illucia explained Covenant City's construction plans and warned Aaron that the city depended too heavily on the Ya-Mei Trading Company.
• Illucia suggested sending the Orcs to Northrend to cut timber and warned Aaron that keeping them in Covenant City could be seen as betrayal and threaten his control of the city.
• Aaron agreed to send the Orcs north and mentioned that others would travel with him, but Ironaya interrupted him with her progress report.
• Ironaya told Aaron that she was nearly at the Elf Gate, and Aaron said he would go meet her.

Aaron arranged for Ironaya and her group to enter Quel'Thalas and continue to Covenant City, while Illucia prepared for their arrival. A huge crowd had followed the procession to the Elf Gate, where the elven rangers allowed Ironaya’s party through but barred the spectators.

• Illucia was astonished by Ironaya’s appearance, and Aaron explained that she was an ancient creation awakened by dwarves before asking Illucia to arrange accommodations for Ironaya’s group.
• Aaron flew to Quel’Lithien Lodge, where Lathrai Hawkspear agreed to help watch for Ironaya’s arriving party.
• Aaron spotted Ironaya leading a procession of Earthen and stone golems, with wagons and a crowd of spectators following behind.
• Ironaya told Aaron that curious onlookers had followed them since they left the Wetlands, while rumors spread that the giant planned to attack Quel’Thalas or carried the High Elves’ secret weapons.
• After Aaron spoke with Hawkspear, the rangers let Ironaya and her companions pass through the Elf Gate and prevented the human spectators from following.

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.