Chapter Summaries

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.