Recaps

Low-ranking mages in Dalaran protested their exclusion, and Kael'thas and his allies turned the crackdown into a campaign for reform. After Runeweaver and Karlain helped spread Bloodpetals through the city, Antonidas conceded the protesters' demands, and Dalaran celebrated Freedom Day.

• Orvido led a march of mages through Dalaran, where they shouted slogans for justice, freedom, and the advancement of magic.
• Modera reported the march to Antonidas, who ordered her to disperse the crowd and arrest anyone who resisted; the marchers submitted without fighting, and most were soon released.
• Runeweaver intercepted a dwarf carrying Jinkela 2.0, then chose to join Kael'thas's cause; Karlain eventually decided to join them as well.
• Runeweaver and Karlain secretly supplied the Brotherhood of Al with Jinkela and Bloodpetals, which the group used to fill Dalaran with the rapidly spreading flowers.
• Antonidas accused Kael'thas of conspiring against Dalaran, but Kael'thas and the two Archmages demanded equal access to magic and freedom of trade.
• Dalaran legalized Jinkela and Bloodpetals, restored adventurers' trading rights, and declared the day Freedom Day; Antonidas admitted he had lost the political contest.

Al climbed Fire Plume Ridge while Hemet waited below, then defeated a flame lord and studied its elemental core. Three days later, Hemet was exhausting himself with training while Al casually camped and washed up above the volcano.

• Al shielded Hemet from the heat and sent him to wait safely while he flew toward the summit alone.
• Al dodged a barrage of Pyroblasts from a flame lord and used Partial Elementalization to extract its core.
• Al examined the core for three days while Hemet, believing Al was still fighting, trained himself at an abandoned camp.
• Al relaxed in midair above the volcano, recovering mana and washing up, unaware Hemet would be devastated if he learned the truth.

Al discovered a hidden Titan workshop beneath Fire Plume Ridge and realized it was connected to Khaz'goroth. He left the chapter accepting that he would have to face Azeroth's dangers himself.

• Al used Hyperthymesia to realize the secrets of the Titans were hidden beneath the lava at Fire Plume Ridge.
• Al placed the Lesser Titan-forged Core into a socket on the lakebed and was teleported into a sealed chamber.
• Al found a dormant workshop containing a furnace and Stone Guardians without Creation Cores.
• Al recognized the workshop as a place where Khaz'goroth had made lesser guardians and worried about being drawn into a larger fate.
• Al considered the dangers threatening Azeroth, then resolved to rely on himself rather than run away.

Al discovered a hidden cache of creation cores and activated Khaz'goroth's forge, but absorbing its output nearly destroyed his body. Khaz'goroth intervened, restored him, and secretly infused him with Titan powers before Al woke with a hammer-shaped mark on his back.

• Al found twenty-five creation cores hidden in the forge and tried to activate it with four empowerment crystals, but lacked the power needed to use it.
• Al discovered a concealed red button behind a wall, restarted the forge, and fed the creation cores into its reversion system.
• When the forge released brown smoke, Al inhaled it and absorbed an excessive amount of Khaz'goroth's power, causing his body to begin elementalizing.
• Khaz'goroth awakened, stabilized Al with earth power, and used the spilled crystals to infuse him with the powers of Aman'Thul, Norgannon, Eonar, and others, adding a seal before vanishing.
• Al woke unharmed but found his crystals gone and a pale green-marked hammer tattooed on his back.

After escaping the Titan ruin, Al returned to Hemet and used divine earth power to awaken the dwarf’s ancestral strength. They set off together to settle their score with Mosh, while Hemet listened to Al explain Uldaman and slowly realized he had been recruited to carry the beast’s corpse.

• Al examined his new divine traces and the Hammer of Khaz'goroth tattoo, then spent three days studying and collecting twenty-five construct cores.
• Al found Hemet exhausted from doing push-ups and mistakenly suspected he had been doing something else.
• Hemet apologized for being unable to help Al, so Al demonstrated his earth power and offered to make him stronger.
• Hemet agreed to the dangerous procedure, and Al infused him with divine earth power, transforming him into a towering stone-skinned giant who could use Avatar.
• Al gave Hemet a robe, explained that his transformation came from his ancestral earthen heritage, and told him the story of Uldaman as they walked toward Mosh.
• Al revealed that Hemet’s new strength would let him carry Mosh’s corpse, and Hemet belatedly realized what Al had planned.

Al and Hemet tracked the rampaging Mosh to a clearing, where Hemet insisted on fighting the beast alone. Hemet killed Mosh with his final charge but died from his wounds, leaving Al grieving as he murmured that he had fulfilled his oath.

• Al and Hemet found signs of Mosh's slaughter and followed the beast to a clearing.
• As Mosh charged, Hemet stopped Al from intervening and transformed with Avatar to face it alone.
• Hemet endured repeated clashes with Mosh, refusing Al's pleas to stop as his body fractured and his life force faded.
• Hemet awakened Dragon Roar, then used Heroic Leap and Thunder Clap to crush Mosh's skull.
• Al rushed to Hemet and tried to treat his wounds, but Hemet died after asking if he had been brave and saying he had fulfilled his oath.

Al revived Hemet by using a Titan-forged core and his divine earth power, then brought Mosh’s corpse to Marshal’s Refuge. Two days later, Al reopened his workshop and offered Jinkela for mithril and thorium ore, prompting the adventurers to rush off to mine.

• Al used a Titan-forged core and nearly all his divine earth power to revive Hemet, whose stone heart began beating again.
• Al and Hemet carried Mosh’s corpse to Marshal’s Refuge, where Williden welcomed them and adventurers marveled at the trophy.
• Al returned to his alchemy workshop and slept after giving Hemet a few instructions.
• Two days later, the workshop reopened with a banner offering Jinkela for mithril ore and Jinkela 2.0 for thorium ore.
• Will Heavyfist read the offer aloud, then used Running Wild to race out of camp as the other adventurers rushed to mine.

Al rebuilt the behemoth Mosh into a giant magical robot using a mysterious four-colored crystal and advanced engineering. The adventurers admired the completed Battlecast Behemoth, Type Zero, while Hemet proudly claimed credit for helping Al develop it.

• Al struggled to fabricate mithril components with Goblin tools while Hemet forged parts for the machine.
• Al discovered that Mosh had swallowed a powerful crystal from the Titan Testing Grounds, which had driven the behemoth mad.
• Al decided to use the crystal to modify Mosh and inserted it into the behemoth's spine after sending Hemet away for safety.
• The crystal powered the rebuilt Mosh, whose body Al had transformed with metal armor, blade arms, mechanical wings, and Stars of Elune for eyes.
• The adventurers marveled at the completed robot as Hemet announced its name, Battlecast Behemoth - Type Zero, and boasted that he and Al had developed it.

Hemet lost control of Type Zero during a test flight, and Al exhausted himself using Telekinesis to prevent the falling mech from destroying Marshal's Refuge. After paying for the damage, Al received a letter addressed to his mentor, Aier Salona, from Kael'thas Sunstrider.

• Hemet activated Type Zero's thrusters, lost control, and sent the mech flying wildly over Marshal's Refuge.
• Al measured Type Zero's flight performance and power limits as it ran out of energy and began falling toward the settlement.
• Al used all his strength to slow Type Zero, but the mech still damaged buildings, including his alchemy workshop.
• Al paid Williden 5,000 gold coins to compensate for the destruction, then kicked Hemet when the dwarf mistook his complaints for a fatal illness.
• Williden gave Al a letter and a golden Sunstrider crest found on a dead adventurer, and Al read that Kael'thas Sunstrider had written to his mentor, Aier Salona.

Nielas Aran struggled to secure funding for Stormwind’s mage forces as the kingdom faced growing Gurubashi Troll threats. When he arrived at Stormwind Keep with Barathen, he found Magna Aegwynn lounging on the Lionheart Throne, and she revealed that she had asked for him.

• Nielas Aran returned to his mage tower, where he studied Master Al’s writings and used a potion on a Bloodpetal.
• Nielas Aran received Barathen’s message about Magna Aegwynn and went to Stormwind Keep.
• Nielas Aran urged Barathen to fund research and mage training, but Barathen said the treasury was strained by military spending against the Gurubashi Trolls.
• Barathen stopped Nielas Aran from attacking Magna Aegwynn for sitting on the Lionheart Throne and introduced her as his honored guest.
• Magna Aegwynn greeted Barathen and asked whether Nielas Aran was the man she had requested.

Aegwynn used Charm Person to ensnare Nielas Aran in Stormwind Keep while Barathen endured the humiliation and worried over his kingdom. In Un'Goro Crater, Al learned that a Dalaran symposium was tied to political maneuvering and agreed to attend, encouraged by his grandfather to defy the politics.

• Aegwynn charmed Nielas Aran and drew him into her arms, while Barathen waited furiously outside the hall.
• Barathen composed himself and entrusted Marshal Tom with keeping order in Stormwind City.
• Al read Kael'thas's letter inviting him to a Dalaran academic symposium attended by Silvermoon's Archmages, then burned it and decided to pursue another opportunity.
• Al contacted Belovar, who explained that the symposium involved political interests surrounding the Bloodpetals and the Jinkela formulas.
• Al agreed to attend the symposium at the end of the month, and Belovar urged him to ignore the political maneuvering and be himself.

While Hemet exhausted himself supporting Al’s frantic preparations for the Dalaran symposium, Aegwynn manipulated Nielas Aran and left him heartbroken. Barathen encouraged Nielas to travel to Dalaran, where he hoped to seek Al’s help against the Gurubashi.

• Hemet spent five sleepless days gathering materials for Al’s research as the Dalaran symposium approached.
• Aegwynn seduced Nielas Aran, then declared that she no longer needed him and intended their unborn child to become Azeroth’s next Guardian.
• Eighteen days after Aegwynn left, Nielas Aran remained devastated and confessed to Barathen that he had trouble sleeping.
• Barathen warned Nielas Aran to avoid Aegwynn and gave him a copy of Dalaran Monthly.
• Nielas Aran learned that Al would attend the symposium and resolved to seek his guidance on defeating the Gurubashi.
• Barathen assured Nielas Aran that Stormwind City would support him.

Kaynell remembered how John’s kindness and tragic death changed him, and he left Ayou Farm for Dalaran to seek Mentor Al. The story left him determined to pursue a new life after entrusting his savings to John’s daughter, Katie.

• Kaynell learned that Master Al would leave for Dalaran and decided to go after him, then recalled how John had first befriended him at Ayou Farm.
• Kaynell told John about his father’s murder by nobles, and John shared how nobles had caused his wife Hannah’s death and how he had kept going for Katie.
• Kaynell confessed that he had exaggerated reports of assassination attempts against Lord Al, while John praised the project and continued working at the farm.
• Five months later, John was killed after opposing nobles who wanted to grow Bloodthistle on land leased by Ayou Farm.
• Kaynell questioned the supervisor about John’s death, learned the circumstances, and chose not to seek revenge until he had enough strength.
• Kaynell left his savings to Katie and set off for Dalaran to find Mentor Al.

Kael'thas hurried to Southshore after hearing that Al had arrived, while Al and Hemet's landing in Type Zero had terrified the town into fleeing. Kael'thas met Al at the empty tavern, and Al immediately punished Hemet for mocking the elves.

• Kael'thas rushed through Dalaran with Solarian to reach Southshore, where his retinue included Anasterian Sunstrider.
• Zaris spotted Type Zero approaching Southshore and fainted, while Marshal Ford Redpath sounded the alarm and the townspeople fled.
• Al and Hemet landed in Type Zero, woke Zaris, and asked him where they were and how to find an inn.
• Kael'thas arrived by portal the next morning and exchanged insults with Hemet before greeting Al deferentially.
• Al invited Kael'thas into the tavern, then sent Hemet back outside for stepping through the door with his left foot first.

Kael'thas explained that Anasterian sought to place Rommath on Dalaran's Council of Six, while Antonidas demanded valuable inventions and research rights in return. As Al approached Dalaran aboard Type Zero, Antonidas and the other council members mistook the enormous construct for a possible threat before welcoming him.

• Kael'thas told Al that Anasterian planned to increase Quel'Thalas's influence in Dalaran by appointing Rommath to the Council of Six.
• Kael'thas listed Antonidas's demands, including Jinkela formulas, construct blueprints, Ayou's breeding techniques, and ten years of shared research results.
• Al considered Antonidas's demands and formed a shocking plan.
• Antonidas and the other council members waited near Dalaran, where Antonidas warned Modera that Al was more than a scholar.
• The council spotted Type Zero approaching and prepared for a threat, but Antonidas recognized Al and stopped them from sounding the alarm.
• Antonidas greeted Al with a Dalaran mage's salute, leaving Al confused.

Al and Antonidas entered Dalaran, where Al discovered the city had plastered his face on advertisements and attracted a crowd of frenzied fans. A group of black-robed mages restored order, then knelt and hailed him as their Godfather.

• Al and Antonidas exchanged formal greetings while Karlain and Ansirem eagerly inspected Type Zero, and Hemet and Kael'thas argued over who had helped create it.
• Al and Antonidas privately speculated about each other's motives as they approached Dalaran's Violet Barrier.
• Al entered Dalaran and found shops covered in promotional banners featuring his portrait and praising Jinkela.
• Dalaran residents rushed toward Al, overwhelming the guards until hundreds of black-robed mages drenched the crowd with summoned rain.
• The black-robed mages formed ranks, knelt before Al, and shouted, "Godfather!"

Al arrived in Dalaran and discovered that Kael'thas had built a large Brotherhood devoted to him, which Al promptly suggested renaming the Light of Al. Antonidas left abruptly after arranging Al's accommodations and banquet, while Kael'thas pressed Modera to enforce the city's rules against Antonidas's use of Teleport.

• Al learned that Kael'thas had organized a large Brotherhood and suggested they call it the Light of Al instead.
• Al greeted Orvido and lifted Millhouse Manastorm, leaving the gnomes awestruck and inspiring the Brotherhood to cheer for him.
• Antonidas followed Al in silence, reflecting on whether the arcane order had reached a point of reckoning.
• Antonidas arranged Al's accommodations and an evening banquet, then teleported away before Al could ask where the bathroom was.
• Kael'thas asked Krasus to state the penalty for using Teleport in Dalaran's inner city and urged Modera to remind Antonidas of the law.

Rommath arrived in Dalaran as a newly promoted Grand Archmage, where he and Al attended a lavish reception with the Kirin Tor and Quel'dorei. Antonidas announced a knowledge competition intended to expose the differences between the two groups, and Al realized the host had planned a challenge for the elves.

• Rommath dressed in his Sunfire Robe and set out for Dalaran with high-ranking mages in attendance.
• Al joined Kael'thas and Hemet in a carriage surrounded by respectfully stationed black-robed mages, then greeted Rommath outside the Violet Citadel.
• Antonidas welcomed Rommath and Al to the banquet, where human and elven guests mingled while Al declined several invitations to dance.
• Antonidas announced that the symposium would include a knowledge competition to reveal the gap between the Kirin Tor and the Quel'dorei.
• Al recognized that Antonidas had arranged the competition to challenge the elves.

At a banquet, Antonidas proposed a magic competition between the Kirin Tor and Silvermoon, with Al’s research as the prize for the Kirin Tor. Al agreed to the competition, leaving Antonidas and Rommath furious as he departed with Kael'thas and Hemet.

• Antonidas proposed a magic competition between the Kirin Tor and Silvermoon, with the winning side receiving a prize.
• Antonidas offered Rommath a coveted seat on the Council of Six if Silvermoon won, and proposed access to Al’s research if the Kirin Tor won.
• Antonidas praised Al’s inventions and offered him membership in the Kirin Tor in exchange for sharing his knowledge.
• Al agreed to Antonidas’s offer, then clarified that he was agreeing to the magic competition rather than sharing his research.
• Rommath objected and urged Al not to proceed, but Al told him to consult the Sun King and left with Kael'thas and Hemet.
• Antonidas sat down in anger and blamed Aier Salona for forcing his hand.

Antonidas secured the Sun King's approval for Dalaran's rules for a magic competition between Dalaran and Silvermoon. After Nielas Aran and Kaynell read the competition notice, they both hurried off, each apparently intent on finding someone.

• Antonidas rejected Rommath's objections to the proposed competition rules and told him to seek the Sun King's approval.
• Rommath reported the negotiations to Anasterian, who ordered him to support the prince and follow the wishes of Al from House Sarona.
• Rommath returned and confirmed that Anasterian had accepted the rules, allowing the magic competition to begin.
• Kaynell teased Nielas Aran after reading the wish he had written on a copper coin and tossed into the fountain.
• Nielas Aran and Kaynell read the notice announcing the Twin Cities Magic Championship in three days, then hurried away separately.

Nielas Aran negotiated with Antonidas for Dalaran to share Master Al’s research with the Kingdom of Azeroth, while Antonidas proposed a price and turned to discussing the magic tournament. At the Silvermoon Embassy, Kaynell was beaten and humiliated by Rommath’s supporters, but Al offered him a place on his team, and Kaynell accepted.

• Antonidas invited Nielas Aran to join the Kirin Tor’s tournament team and agreed to share Master Al’s research with the Kingdom of Azeroth if they won, while saying Dalaran’s help would require payment.
• Rommath’s supporters beat Kaynell Sunfire outside the Silvermoon Embassy, and Rommath watched with amusement.
• Al found Kaynell weeping in the street and offered him a handkerchief.
• Kaynell apologized to Al and said he had changed his mind about joining the team, but Al welcomed him aboard.
• Kaynell wiped away his tears and firmly accepted Al’s invitation.

On the tournament’s opening day, Al led Kael'thas, Hemet, and the others to the hidden Dalaran Sewers despite Antonidas’s efforts to keep the arena’s location secret. They reached the underground venue, where the contestants were about to compete.

• Citizens searched Dalaran for the tournament arena while Antonidas and his entourage left the Violet Citadel.
• Al reassured Kael'thas that Antonidas was trying to intimidate them, and Hemet’s teasing helped the prince regain his composure.
• Al’s group met Antonidas’s procession, and Antonidas realized Al knew where the sewers were.
• Al led the group through a concealed entrance and down the sewers, while Antonidas watched with unease.
• The group emerged into a large underground arena with tiered seating, a protective barrier, and a square fighting platform.

A 2v2 deathmatch began in Dalaran, where Kaynell and Quinnthas faced Arfus Alphamale and Xylem. Kaynell killed Quinnthas and Arfus, but ended the chapter badly wounded and facing Xylem alone.

• Antonidas welcomed the crowd and Edman 'Brush' announced that the tournament had no rules and would end in surrender or death.
• Rommath arranged for Kaynell to be mocked as the Swineherd, while Al told him that Kaynell would surpass him.
• Quinnthas struck Arfus with a Pyroblast, but Arfus emerged from the smoke and killed Quinnthas with Fireballs.
• Kaynell battled Arfus with fire magic, using Greater Invisibility and a mirror image to kill the dwarf with a flame blade after Arfus cast Flamestrike.
• Xylem challenged the exhausted Kaynell, who spat blood-flecked phlegm in his face and whispered, “For... Al.”

Kaynell endured Xylem’s brutal assault in the arena, then used a series of hidden spells and a protective belt to outlast and defeat him. As Hemet went to rescue the fallen elf, Kaynell used his final moment to dedicate his victory to Al.

• Xylem beat Kaynell savagely until the crowd rallied behind the elf and demanded that Xylem spare him.
• Kaynell bit off part of Xylem’s ear, provoking Xylem to freeze him and unleash an Ice Storm.
• Kaynell survived the Ice Storm with a Limited Invincible Belt 2.0, then kept casting Scorch while Xylem attacked him with Ice Lances.
• Kaynell countered Xylem’s attempt to restore his mana, and his repeated Scorch spells triggered Combustion within the core circuit of Xylem’s robe, burning Xylem to ash.
• Al explained how Kaynell had used Combustion to defeat Xylem, and Hemet went to rescue Kaynell.
• Kaynell used his final moment of Amplification to say, “For... Al,” then fell backward.

Kaynell woke after the 2v2 tournament, and Al praised his bravery while ordering him to recover. As Al and the others discussed the upcoming 3v3 tournament, Hemet’s display of strength revived Rommath’s fear of a dwarf who had once saved him from a black dragon.

• Kaynell woke in bed and tried to sit up, but Al ordered him to rest and praised his service.
• Hemet rebuked Rommath for calling Kaynell lucky, then revealed his stone-skinned arm and intimidated him.
• Rommath remembered a black dragon attacking Ironforge a thousand years earlier and a Bronzebeard dwarf transforming, defeating it, and saving him.
• Kael'thas noticed Rommath’s trembling and asked what was wrong, so Rommath claimed he was worried about the 3v3 tournament.
• Hemet and Kael'thas traded insults while Al reflected that Hemet’s boasting could not explain Rommath’s growing panic.