Chapter Summaries

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.

Ygrim learned that Zakajz might awaken again beneath Tyr's Tomb and ordered Aaron to accompany him into the submerged chamber. After taking Tavard's underwater-breathing potion, Aaron followed Ygrim through a passage toward the burial chamber, where Truthguard began to glow.

• Ygrim questioned Tavard about the desecration of Tyr's Tomb and learned that Thoradin had awakened Zakajz three thousand years earlier.
• Ygrim sensed the presence of the Old Gods' minions beneath the lake and decided that he and Aaron would deal with the threat.
• Aaron asked Vereesa to remain behind, and Tavard gave him a potion for breathing underwater.
• Aaron and Ygrim dove into the lake and found the submerged passage leading to Tyr's burial chamber.
• Aaron entered the passage with Truthguard raised, and the shield began to shine as they neared the chamber.

Aaron and Ygrim entered Tyr’s burial chamber, where they fought the Old Gods’ minions and learned that Zakajz remained sealed inside. After they destroyed four corrupted tentacles, a much larger Faceless One appeared and attacked them.

• Aaron emerged from the underwater passage and fought off a pack of small monsters before following Ygrim into the burial chamber.
• Ygrim killed a Faceless One, and Xal'atath told Aaron that Zakajz was still sealed away while its minions searched for a way to free it.
• Aaron burned the Faceless One’s corpse with the Holy Light to stop it from producing more Fleshbeasts.
• Aaron and Ygrim entered the antechamber and found four dark-aura tentacles attacking from stone bowls around a raised platform.
• Aaron and Ygrim destroyed the four tentacles, causing the floor to shake and a huge Faceless One to appear and attack them.

Aaron and Ygrim fought their way through Tyr’s Tomb, defeating the Faceless Ones and reaching the imprisoned Zakajz. The chapter ended as Zakajz asked who they were.

• Ygrim and Aaron killed the giant Faceless One, and Aaron purified its remains.
• Aaron and Ygrim discovered Tyr’s weapon, the Silver Hand, sealed above the hall, then broke the barrier blocking the passage to Zakajz’s burial place.
• Ygrim cleared the Fleshbeasts and Faceless Ones along the passage while Aaron identified and defeated a Faceless One that created duplicates.
• Aaron and Ygrim reached Zakajz across a deep trench and saw the armored creature, which could not move.
• Zakajz spoke and asked Aaron and Ygrim who they were.

Aaron and Ygrim fought the newly awakened Faceless One Zakajz, and Aaron used Strom'kar and the Holy Light to bring it down. As Zakajz collapsed, Aaron realized his supply of Holy Light was nearly depleted.

• Thoradin's ghost asked Aaron to finish destroying Zakajz, whom Thoradin had failed to kill thousands of years earlier.
• Aaron ignored Xal'atath's warning and attacked Zakajz, triggering its awakening and getting blasted away.
• Ygrim charged Zakajz while Aaron used Xal'atath's wings to strike its vulnerable spots, but Zakajz's shadow power healed the wounds.
• Aaron spotted Strom'kar embedded in Zakajz's neck, grabbed its hilt, and poured Holy Light into the monster through the sword.
• Zakajz collapsed after Aaron's assault, but Aaron discovered that his Holy Light was running low.

Aaron struggled to keep Zakajz’s shadow power contained as his Holy Light ran low, and Xal'atath sacrificed her projection to help him. Ygrim returned with a silver warhammer that brought Aaron into his consciousness space, where a silver giant empowered him with courage and a massive surge of Holy Light before Aaron struck Zakajz.

• Aaron kept channeling Holy Light through Strom'kar to stop Zakajz from recovering and sent Ygrim to find Tyr's Guard reinforcements.
• Aaron accepted Xal'atath's help, and she used the Thorn of the Holy Light to break the stalemate before her projection vanished.
• Ygrim returned and threw Aaron a silver warhammer, which pulled Aaron into his consciousness space.
• A silver giant extended its left hand and poured radiance into Aaron, greatly increasing his courage and Holy Light.
• Aaron returned to the cavern and struck Zakajz with the warhammer, unleashing a flood of Holy Light.

Aaron defeated Zakajz with the Silver Hand and learned that Tyr’s final echo had vanished, leaving him stronger. Thoradin was offered a chance to atone in the Halls of Valor, and after Xal'atath sent his soul through Aaron’s mental space, Vereesa arrived to check on Aaron and told him the battle’s spectacle had been seen across Lordaeron.

• Aaron saw Zakajz burned to ashes and discovered that the warhammer had transformed into the Silver Hand.
• Aaron entered his mental space, learned from Xal'atath that Tyr was gone, and felt that Tyr’s gifts had strengthened his power and will.
• Thoradin regained his clarity, thanked Aaron for correcting his mistake, and prepared to depart in peace.
• Xal'atath offered Thoradin a place in the Halls of Valor, then sent his soul through Aaron’s mental space as a transit point.
• Vereesa arrived worried about Aaron, who learned that the huge commotion had been visible throughout Lordaeron.

Vereesa waited on the shore as Aaron and Ygrim fought Zakajz below the lake, then witnessed an immense eruption of Holy Light and feared Aaron had sacrificed himself. She found Aaron alive in the cavern, where he asked Tavard and Tyr's Guard to help carry Zakajz's valuable carapace to the Dreadwake.

• Vereesa felt the ground tremble, and Tavard told her that similar changes had accompanied Zakajz's awakening three thousand years earlier.
• Tyr's Guard prepared for battle while Vereesa waited on the shore, where the earth eventually fell still and Holy Light began to swell beneath the lake.
• A golden pillar of Holy Light burst from the lake, and Tavard feared it matched the power released when Tyr destroyed Zakajz.
• Vereesa took Tavard's underwater movement potion and went into the tomb, while Tavard led part of Tyr's Guard after her.
• Aaron reassured Vereesa that he was safe, and she told him that Tavard's people were clearing monsters from the tomb.
• Aaron asked Tavard to help move Zakajz's hardened carapace, and Tyr's Guard carried the pieces aboard the Dreadwake.

After Aaron and Tyr’s Guard secured Tyr’s tomb, a Knight of the Silver Hand arrived to investigate the pillar of light Aaron had created. Learning that Mograine and Tirion Fordring wanted him at the Grand Monastery, Aaron agreed to go there.

• Aaron joined Ygrim and Tavard in clearing the remaining Fleshbeasts from Tyr’s burial chamber, and Ygrim sealed its entrance with a massive rock.
• Ygrim said he would remain to guard Tyr’s tomb, while Aaron said goodbye to him and Tyr’s Guard.
• A Knight of the Silver Hand arrived after riding through the night to investigate the pillar of light.
• Aaron showed the knight Tyr’s Silver Hand and learned that Lord Mograine and Lord Tirion Fordring were at the Grand Monastery.
• After hearing that the order’s leader wanted to meet the powerful Paladin who caused the light, Aaron agreed to travel to the Grand Monastery.

Aaron agreed to accompany Alton to the Grand Monastery and flew there aboard the Dreadwake. While waiting for Alton to report to Lord Mograine, Aaron met the children Darion Mograine, Renault, and Sally Whitemane and invited them aboard his ship.

• Aaron summoned the Dreadwake and agreed to travel with Alton to the Grand Monastery, then boarded the ship with Alton and Vereesa.
• Aaron learned that Alton was a newly initiated Paladin, and the two talked during their flight to the Grand Monastery.
• Aaron landed near the monastery and let Alton go report to Lord Mograine.
• Aaron caught Darion trying to tamper with the Dreadwake and offered the children a flight in exchange for identifying him.
• Renault introduced himself as Darion's older brother, and Aaron recognized Darion Mograine and Sally Whitemane.
• Aaron invited the children to board the Dreadwake and look around.

Aaron let the children of the Silver Hand play aboard the Dreadwake, where he joined their pirate game and sparred with Taelan Fordring before defeating their commander. As the children went home, he learned that the determined little girl was Brigitte, General Abbendis's daughter.

• Aaron took Darion aboard the Dreadwake on his gryphon after confiscating the charcoal pencil he had planned to use for mischief.
• Vereesa asked Aaron about her family, and he told her that Alleria and Turalyon had joined the Army of the Light beyond the portal.
• The children played pirates on the Dreadwake, and Aaron joined in, sparring with Darion and Taelan Fordring.
• Aaron outmaneuvered the children and captured their commander, prompting them to concede defeat and head home.
• Brigitte told Aaron she would win next time, and he learned that she was General Abbendis's daughter.