Chapter Summaries

Aaron helped bring Senegos and the Azurewing Whelplands dragons back to Coldarra, then returned to Maker's Overlook and found Malygos recovering with golden-edged scales. Aaron left for Covenant City as his Northrend expedition ended, while Azeroth hinted that the Reign of Chaos might still occur.

• Sapphiron and Aaron explained Malygos's injuries and the Infinite Dragonflight to Senegos, then invited him and his kin to return to Coldarra.
• Senegos consulted Stellagosa and agreed to move the Azurewing Whelplands dragons back to Coldarra.
• Aaron encountered Kel'Thuzad at a Kul Tiras trading post and warned him about seeking Val'kyr to study.
• After three days, the blue dragons reached Coldarra, and Kalecgos collapsed from maintaining the portal.
• Aaron saw Malygos's restored body bearing golden-edged scales, then told Azeroth he was returning to Covenant City.
• Azeroth suggested the Reign of Chaos might still happen, and Aaron returned to Grizzly Hills to sail for the Eastern Kingdoms.

After returning to Covenant City, Aaron enjoyed a relatively peaceful stretch as Northrend's dangers receded and the city prospered. Tandred ended that leisure by inviting Aaron to sail with his fleet to Kalimdor.

• Before sailing home, Aaron visited the Azjol-Nerub Empire and granted some surviving Nerubians the ability to wield the Holy Light, while withholding it from the rest out of caution and distrust.
• The Lich King hid from the increasingly powerful Nerubians as personnel from Wyrmrest Temple and Ulduar joined the hunt, while the Eastern Kingdoms' orcs remained largely inactive.
• Covenant City gained steady income from trade and Northrend's timber and minerals, and its new magic academy opened under Kael'thas, with Arugal teaching lightning magic.
• The academy attracted apprentices and merchants, making Covenant City's market district busier and creating new administrative challenges for Aaron, Illucia, and Edwin.
• Tandred visited Aaron and invited him to join his fleet on a voyage to Kalimdor.

Tandred invited Aaron to join an expedition from Kul Tiras to Kalimdor, and Aaron agreed because he wanted to prepare for the coming conflict and make contact with the Night Elves. In year thirteen after the opening of the Dark Portal, Aaron and a group of companions departed for Kalimdor.

• Tandred told Aaron that Admiral Daelin had allowed him to organize an expedition fleet to find a sea route to Kalimdor.
• Aaron decided to join Tandred, reasoning that he should establish relations with the Night Elves before future wars began.
• Tandred proposed sailing via Northrend, whose coast had become safer as Sea Giants answered Archaedas's call.
• Aaron informed Illucia of his decision, then asked Tandred to request High Elf interpreters from Kael'thas for contact with the Night Elves.
• In year thirteen after the opening of the Dark Portal, Aaron and the expedition set out for Kalimdor as Illucia saw them off.

Aaron and Tandred guided the fleet along Winterspring’s coast toward Darkshore, avoiding a ruined beach Aaron identified as Troll and Undead territory. The fleet encountered a dark-skinned female elf who signaled for help and demanded to know who they were.

• The fleet confirmed it had reached Winterspring, and Aaron pointed out Darkshore and Azshara as possible landing regions.
• Tandred chose Darkshore despite Aaron’s preference for Azshara, and the fleet turned west along the coast.
• Aaron sensed druids in the forests beyond the mountains but did not detect Cenarius or Ursoc.
• Aaron told Tandred to avoid a beach scattered with ruins because it was Troll and Undead territory.
• A female elf in a purple-decorated boat fired a signal arrow and shouted at the fleet, and Vereesa guessed she was asking who they were.

Aaron and the Kul Tiran fleet made cautious contact with the Night Elves of Auberdine, where Druid Thundris Windweaver recognized Aaron as a newly born Wild God and allowed him to visit the town. The fleet camped nearby, but at dawn a group of Trolls attacked, leaving Aaron to face the sudden threat.

• Alyssa Starbreeze allowed the fleet to land near Auberdine but refused Tandred's request to visit the town.
• Thundris Windweaver sensed Aaron's vitality, identified him as the new Wild God, and agreed to let him visit Auberdine with a small group.
• Aaron and his companions toured the Night Elf town, then returned to the Kul Tiran camp as the fleet gathered water and hunted for food.
• At dawn, Aaron heard fighting outside his tent, recognized a familiar stench, and saw ragged Trolls attacking the camp.

Trolls launched a surprise attack on the Kul Tiran camp at Darkshore, but Aaron, Vereesa, and the sailors drove them off before Night Elf Sentinels arrived in pursuit. After several days resting near Auberdine and gaining permission to trade, Tandred took the fleet south toward Ashenvale.

• Aaron woke to fighting and helped repel the attacking Trolls with his projected Brilliant Greatsword while Vereesa fought with lightning-charged arrows.
• Tandred stopped the Kul Tirans from pursuing the fleeing Trolls, wary that the unfamiliar land could conceal an ambush.
• Alyssa and the Night Elf Sentinels arrived, pursued the Trolls, and returned with their spoils; the Night Elves then treated the Kul Tirans more warmly.
• Tandred thanked Alyssa through Vereesa and spent several days resting near Auberdine while Aaron explored Darkshore.
• After gaining permission to trade with the Night Elves, Tandred sailed south toward Ashenvale to visit their main settlements.

Tyrande Whisperwind learned that the Kul Tiras fleet was approaching and agreed to make contact with its people, while Aaron's fleet reached the southern end of Darkshore. The fleet arrived near Zoram Strand, where Aaron spotted Cenarius and a Night Elf woman waiting onshore.

• Thundris Windweaver sent letters to Nordrassil reporting the Kul Tiras fleet and its wish to contact the Night Elves.
• Tyrande Whisperwind consulted Fandral Staghelm, agreed to meet the newcomers, and summoned Shandris Feathermoon.
• Vereesa pointed out the enormous sword embedded in the mound at the Master's Glaive, and Aaron recognized the place and remembered Soggoth beneath it.
• The fleet continued south past Darkshore and reached the port at Zoram Strand, where most ships had to moor along the undeveloped coast.
• Aaron saw Cenarius and a female Night Elf onshore and wondered whether she was Tyrande or Shandris.

Arator ran away from Sylvanas to avoid archery practice and stayed with Aaron in Covenant City, where he explored the city and hoped to learn the Holy Light. The chapter ended with Vereesa returning from a mission in the south.

• Arator slipped out of the Expeditioners' Camp while Sylvanas believed he was merely sulking.
• Arator reached Covenant City, watched Antonidas demonstrate magic, and told Jaina he wanted to learn the Holy Light instead of arcane magic.
• Aaron found Arator and agreed to let him stay in Covenant City so he could avoid Sylvanas's archery lessons.
• Arator spent his time exploring the market district, watching magic demonstrations, and visiting Liadrin's Paladin training camp, but Liadrin refused to teach him the Holy Light.
• Aaron brought Arator to the harbor, where Arator spotted Vereesa returning from the south and excitedly greeted her.

Aaron and the Kul Tirans met Cenarius and Shandris Feathermoon in Kalimdor, where Shandris delivered Tyrande’s terms for travel and trade. The Night Elves allowed limited trade outside their core territory, leaving Aaron to continue discussions with Shandris and visit Cenarius later at Mount Hyjal.

• Tandred recognized Cenarius as the legendary Lord of the Forest, and Aaron approached him with the Kul Tirans.
• Cenarius welcomed Aaron, thanked him for helping Ysera and the Guardians, and invited him to Mount Hyjal after his business was finished.
• Cenarius introduced Shandris Feathermoon as Tyrande’s representative, and Shandris surprised the group by speaking Common.
• Shandris said the Night Elves could offer the Kul Tirans limited help traveling through Kalimdor.
• Shandris explained that trade was acceptable only at trading posts within designated boundaries, away from the Night Elves’ core territory.

After securing limited trade terms and a shipping route with the Night Elves, Aaron explored Ashenvale with Vereesa and headed toward Mount Hyjal. Shandris joined them along the way, and they reached Astranaar.

• Tandred accepted that Kul Tiras could not negotiate better trade terms with the Night Elves, while Aaron considered the agreement and shipping route worthwhile.
• Aaron decided to explore Ashenvale before visiting Mount Hyjal and set out for Astranaar with Vereesa.
• Dryads repeatedly tangled Aaron and Vereesa in plants, while friendly Faerie Dragons played around them.
• Shandris caught up with Aaron and Vereesa, said she was going to report the agreement to Tyrande, and accompanied them toward Mount Hyjal.
• Shandris's presence calmed the troublesome creatures, and after half a day she welcomed Aaron and Vereesa to Astranaar.

Aaron and Vereesa reached Astranaar, where the inn refused their foreign gold and they learned they could earn money by collecting Tears of the Moon Goddess. They left for Lake Iris and encountered a Wisp before an unseen speaker called out to them.

• Shandris guided Aaron and Vereesa to Astranaar, then left to settle her panther while they went to the inn.
• The innkeeper refused their gold coins because Astranaar accepted only Night Elf-minted currency, so Aaron asked how they could earn money quickly.
• The innkeeper directed them to collect Tears of the Moon Goddess near Lake Iris, and the pair learned the stones were controlled to prevent Goblins from taking them.
• Aaron and Vereesa left Astranaar and spotted a Wisp, which Aaron explained was the soul of a dead Night Elf.
• A weathered voice addressed Aaron and Vereesa, asking them to stay and chat.

Aaron and Vereesa found the Tear of the Moon Goddess at Lake Iris, then joined Shandris on the journey toward Mount Hyjal. They reached the Night Elf outpost of Forest Song, where Keeper of the Grove Ordanuus was stationed.

• A treant stopped Aaron and Vereesa on the road and kept Aaron talking until a passing Dryad distracted it.
• At Lake Iris, Aaron sensed and found a faintly glowing white stone that Vereesa identified as the Tear of the Moon Goddess.
• The stone earned them enough money for a night at an inn, and Shandris met them there the next day.
• Seeing Shandris's leopard mount reminded Aaron that he could summon Night Elf mounts, so he summoned a leopard of his own.
• Shandris led Aaron and Vereesa west and then north to Forest Song, an outpost administered by Ordanuus.

Aaron learned that Cenarius had invited him to Mount Hyjal partly to investigate the disappearance of Zaetar and the rise of the centaurs in Desolace. Ordanuus warned him that the Tauren there were struggling against the centaurs, and Aaron left the conversation expecting a dangerous journey.

• Ordanuus provided lodgings and fruit for Aaron, Vereesa, and Shandris, and Aaron asked why Cenarius had invited him to Mount Hyjal.
• Ordanuus revealed that he was Cenarius's son and suggested the invitation involved his eldest brother, Zaetar.
• Ordanuus recounted how Zaetar vanished while investigating the devastation in Desolace, and how Remulos's children became trapped there as centaurs emerged.
• Ordanuus said Cenarius suspected Theradras had imprisoned Zaetar and warned that the centaurs were growing stronger while the Tauren struggled to hold their ground.
• Aaron said he was willing to travel to Maraudon, and Shandris objected when he criticized the Night Elves' failure to help the Tauren.

Aaron, Vereesa, and Shandris traveled into Mount Hyjal, where Ursoc joined them and led them toward Cenarius. At the Shrine of Goldrinn, the Wild God’s phantom appeared and angrily greeted Aaron as if they had met before, leaving Aaron confused.

• Shandris warned Aaron and Vereesa about Mount Hyjal’s difficult mountain roads as they entered the region.
• Vereesa spotted Ursoc among Furbolgs from Deadwood Village, and Ursoc leaped down to greet Aaron and recognize Shandris.
• Ursoc told Aaron he had returned to Kalimdor, visited his descendants, and was waiting to escort Aaron into Mount Hyjal at Cenarius’s request.
• Ursoc pointed out the Shrine of Goldrinn, and Aaron agreed to look inside.
• Goldrinn’s phantom emerged from the shrine’s statue, glared at Aaron, and said he had finally arrived.
• Aaron asked Goldrinn in confusion whether they had some sort of grudge.

Aaron learned that Goldrinn resented him for pulling seventeen of his teeth long ago, then Goldrinn turned him into a wolf and, after trying to change him back, left him as a worgen. Aaron ended the chapter threatening to tear down Goldrinn’s temple.

• Goldrinn confronted Aaron over the seventeen teeth Aaron had pulled from him during preparations to fight the Burning Legion.
• Ursoc explained that Goldrinn had volunteered his teeth, but they had not produced the scythe Aaron remembered; a tooth Goldrinn left after his death had later been used instead.
• Goldrinn transformed Aaron into a giant wolf to ease his long-held resentment, and Aaron learned to move in wolf form with Goldrinn’s help.
• Goldrinn tried to change Aaron back, but Aaron discovered he was still a worgen and threatened to tear down Goldrinn’s temple.

Aaron traveled with his companions to Nordrassil after Goldrinn accidentally transformed him into a giant wolf and then restored him. They arrived beneath the World Tree, where Shandris led them toward the Temple of the Moon to meet High Priestess Whisperwind, despite Aaron expecting to see Cenarius.

• Goldrinn withdrew the lingering power that had turned Aaron into a giant wolf, and Aaron confirmed that he could use the Holy Light again.
• Goldrinn decided to accompany Aaron and his companions toward Nordrassil instead of returning to the Emerald Dream.
• Aaron and the others reached Nordrassil and saw the World Tree, its hippogryph patrols, and the Well of Eternity beneath its canopy.
• Aaron explained to Vereesa that the lake was the Well of Eternity, formed when a vial of its waters was poured there, and Shandris added that the Dragon Aspects had blessed the tree.
• Shandris took the group through a portal and headed for the Temple of the Moon to see High Priestess Whisperwind, while Aaron protested that he had come to see Cenarius.

Aaron met Tyrande, Cenarius, and Remulos at the Temple of the Moon, where Cenarius asked him to search Desolace for his missing son, Zaetar. Aaron agreed to investigate and planned to look around Nordrassil before Archimonde arrived, while Shandris offered Vereesa a Hippogryph mount.

• Shandris led Aaron and his companions to the Temple of the Moon, where Tyrande, Cenarius, and Remulos were waiting.
• Tyrande greeted Aaron and the others, then left Shandris to look after them.
• Cenarius asked Aaron to search Desolace for Zaetar, who had been missing for roughly a thousand years, and explained that aggressive Centaurs had spread through the region.
• Aaron agreed to investigate Zaetar's situation and consider whether he could help the Tauren, though he did not tell Cenarius that Zaetar was already dead.
• Aaron decided to explore Nordrassil before Archimonde arrived, and Shandris offered Vereesa a Hippogryph as a mount.

Vereesa learned to ride a Hippogryph in Nordrassil and took Aaron flying around the city. After resting, they flew south to Astranaar, where Aaron gathered information from Goblins before continuing toward Desolace.

• Vereesa chose a Hippogryph, mounted it, and guided it into the air for the first time.
• Vereesa invited Aaron to fly with her, and Shandris allowed them to circle the city as long as they flew safely.
• Vereesa flew the Hippogryph in loops around Nordrassil, while Aaron urged her to slow down; they continued sightseeing despite his discomfort.
• After a day's rest, Aaron and Vereesa left Nordrassil and reached Astranaar in just over a day.
• Aaron paid Goblins in Astranaar for information to check his memories before their planned journey through the Stonetalon Mountains to Desolace.

Aaron gathered information about the dangers and inhabitants of the Stonetalon Mountains before flying there with Vereesa to seek the Tauren. When Vereesa spotted something and flew ahead, Aaron followed and found her confronting a flock of Harpies.

• Aaron learned from Goblins that Harpies were the main danger in the Stonetalon Mountains and that Tauren had fled Centaur attacks into the region.
• Aaron asked the innkeeper about the Tauren but received outdated information, including a tale about Huln Highmountain.
• Aaron and Vereesa flew over the barren Stonetalon Mountains while Lightning watched the ground for enemies.
• Vereesa spotted something to the west and flew around a mountain, with Aaron and Lightning following after her.
• Aaron heard lightning and thunder, cast Divine Shield, and saw a flock of red-feathered Harpies attacking.

Aaron and Vereesa fought off a Harpy ambush in the Stonetalon Mountains, then discovered a torn Tauren horn that suggested the Harpies had been targeting Tauren. As a group approached along a northern path, Aaron suspected they were Tauren.

• Vereesa was ambushed by Harpies and fought them from her Hippogryph until Aaron and Lightning arrived to help.
• Aaron and Vereesa killed several Harpies, and the rest fled after their leader signaled them to scatter.
• Aaron stopped Vereesa from pursuing the Harpies, and they wondered why the creatures attacked without warning.
• Aaron examined a torn bull horn and concluded the Harpies had likely been ambushing Tauren in the Stonetalon Mountains.
• Vereesa spotted a large group approaching through a cloud of dust, and Aaron said they were probably Tauren.