Recaps

After the Lich King's death, Jiang Jie and the others arrived near Wyrmrest Temple as the Red Dragon Queen Alexstrasza led her flight against the Scourge. Alexstrasza's forces drove back the undead in the sky and headed for Icecrown Citadel, while Jiang Jie feared Yogg-Saron would stop them.

• Jiang Jie killed the undead who had been caught in Kael'thas's teleportation, and Kael'thas mourned that Arthas was still alive.
• Jiang Jie considered how Arthas could rebuild a Scourge army with Frostmourne and thought about who should wield the Lich King's armor.
• Alexstrasza joined Krasus and the red dragons in battle, and their life-giving flames killed a third of the frost wyrms before the rest fled.
• Alexstrasza led half the Red Dragonflight toward Icecrown Citadel to destroy it and the undead gathered there.
• Jiang Jie predicted that Yogg-Saron would interfere with the red dragons and hoped they would kill one of Arthas, Kel'Thuzad, Anub'arak, or Herald Volazj.

After the Battle of Mount Hyjal, Malfurion and Tyrande focused on healing Kalimdor and left the Undead threat to Jiang Jie. Illidan departed after the Night Elves rejected him, while Jiang Jie and Kael'thas vowed to eradicate the Undead from their lands.

• Malfurion and Tyrande said they lacked the strength to fight the Undead while they healed Kalimdor and supported the Green Dragonflight.
• Malfurion said the Night Elves could not accept Illidan, and Illidan chose to leave and continue fighting the Burning Legion.
• Illidan told Malfurion he would remain in Azeroth until he broke Maiev's seal, then walked away alone as Tyrande watched tearfully.
• Jiang Jie warned Kael'thas that Vashj would hold a grudge, and Kael'thas revealed he expected the Naga on the Isle of Quel'Danas to have been wiped out.
• Jiang Jie promised to clear the Undead from human lands within a year, and Kael'thas vowed to do the same in the High Elf realm.

In Gilneas, Alonsus Faol and Patriarch Alexei seized the chance to build the Forsaken after the Lich King’s power disappeared, and Faol chose to attack Naxxramas instead of Gilneas City. Meanwhile, Jiang Jie learned that the Lich King’s damaged helmet could not be repaired locally, then set out for Naxxramas after Alexei reported that they had captured it.

• Thassarian returned to Faol and Patriarch Alexei, announcing that the Lich King’s power had vanished and all undead were free.
• Patriarch Alexei proposed taking Gilneas City, but Faol ordered a surprise attack on Naxxramas instead.
• Jiang Jie examined the damaged helmet and learned from Xiao Feng that repairing it would require a special smelting process unavailable on Azeroth.
• Patriarch Alexei reported that Naxxramas was theirs, and Jiang Jie ordered a teleportation-blocking barrier before flying there.

After Arthas’s defeat at Icecrown Citadel, he marched with Kel’Thuzad to resurrect Sindragosa and recruit the frost vrykul, but Kel’Thuzad learned that Naxxramas had been captured. Jiang Jie arrived at the fortress and found his forces had secured much of it, though the Arachnid Quarter remained contested.

• Arthas and Kel’Thuzad marched toward Sindragosa’s Fall, planning to resurrect Sindragosa and awaken the frost vrykul to strengthen their forces.
• Kel’Thuzad discovered Naxxramas had been taken and could not teleport there because its barrier was active, so he left to seize Acherus before Anub’arak could claim it.
• Jiang Jie flew to Naxxramas, where Patriarch Alexei reported that his forces had captured the command room, Military Quarter, and Plague Quarter.
• Patriarch Alexei told Jiang Jie that Thassarian and Koltira were fighting the crypt fiends and venomous spiders in the Arachnid Quarter.

Jiang Jie killed Maexxna and found magical fragments hidden in her body, then searched Naxxramas for more. In the command room, he assembled the fragments and learned they came from the Staff of the Guardian, though most of it was still missing.

• Jiang Jie burned through the Plague Quarter’s webs and killed Maexxna with a single strike.
• Jiang Jie found a fragment of a powerful magical item inside Maexxna and ordered Patriarch Alexei to search Naxxramas for other fragments.
• Jiang Jie cleared the Construct Quarter and spent nearly two hours searching it for more fragments.
• Jiang Jie went to the command room, where Faol showed him fragments found in Kel'Thuzad's treasure chest.
• Jiang Jie fitted the fragments together, and Gunther identified them as pieces of the Staff of the Guardian.

Jiang Jie recovered the shaft fragments of Atiesh from Naxxramas, set limits on Patriarch Alexei’s plans, and prepared for the Forsaken to leave Gilneas for Northrend. As leaders organized an assault to reclaim Gilneas, Jiang Jie trained and oversaw construction on Teldrassil until Kael’thas reported that Flamestrike and Strom’kar were being reforged.

• Jiang Jie gathered all the Atiesh shaft fragments from Naxxramas but found that the staff’s head and base were still missing.
• Jiang Jie rejected Patriarch Alexei’s proposal to retain Naxxramas’s quarters and ordered the undead to prepare to leave for Northrend within a month.
• Calia’s three-day summit ended with preparations for an all-out assault on Gilneas, while King Genn’s absence suggested he had lost his position.
• Jiang Jie returned to Teldrassil, cultivated, supervised the Sky City’s construction, and resumed training the Fenris People’s Army for the coming assault.
• Kael’thas contacted Jiang Jie and excitedly announced that Flamestrike and Strom’kar had begun reforging.

Jiang Jie joined Kael'thas and Liadrin at the Sunwell Shrine as they prepared to reforge Flamestrike, Strom'kar, and Quel'Serrar. After learning that Chromie was waiting in Stratholme and that Krasus would help with the dragonforging, Jiang Jie watched the preparations begin and Krasus arrive.

• Liadrin told Jiang Jie that Stratholme had been cleansed and that Chromie, a little gnome girl, was in the area and wanted to meet him.
• Jiang Jie realized Chromie was a Bronze Dragon and worried about being watched by someone who oversaw Azeroth's timeline.
• Kael'thas took Jiang Jie, Liadrin, and Lor'themar to the Sunwell Plateau, where mages, paladins, and smiths prepared the Sunwell Shrine for reforging the three weapons.
• Kael'thas introduced Lorekeeper Lydros, whose knowledge of ancient dragonforging would aid the work, and revealed that Krasus had agreed to provide help.
• Krasus arrived at the Sunwell Shrine.

Krasus gave Anveena a powerful spellbook, and Kael'thas led the reforging of Quel'Serrar and Quel'Delar with the aid of phoenix and dragonfire. The two swords gained the power of life and were entrusted to Liadrin, while Kael'thas prepared to begin reforging Flamestrike with Strom'kar.

• Krasus gave Anveena his enchanted spellbook as a gift.
• Kael'thas and Jiang Jie exchanged vows of friendship between humans and High Elves before beginning the sword reforging.
• Kael'thas summoned Al'ar, and Krasus used dragonfire and blood to forge Quel'Serrar and Quel'Delar together.
• Krasus presented the reforged swords to Liadrin, who swore to wield them faithfully.
• Kael'thas placed the shattered Flamestrike and Strom'kar beside each other and announced that their true reforging was beginning.

Kael'thas and the High Elf smiths reforged Flamestrike and Strom'kar using rare materials and Krasus's red dragon blood. After Flamestrike was completed, Kael'thas summoned and sealed the legendary phoenix Pyralis into Strom'kar, where Pyralis discovered it had become a shadow phoenix.

• Jiang Jie watched the High Elf smiths forge the swords for seven days and seven nights while Al'ar and Krasus supplied flames.
• Krasus quenched the finished blades with his blood, leaving him severely weakened.
• Kael'thas took up the reforged Flamestrike and saw that it gave him the power to confront Arthas.
• Jiang Jie placed Strom'kar in Kael'thas's summoning circle, and Kael'thas summoned a legendary phoenix.
• Kael'thas used the Golden Staff of the Sin'dorei to seal Pyralis into Strom'kar's guard, and Pyralis protested becoming a shadow phoenix.

Jiang Jie gained Pyralis, a legendary phoenix sealed as the spirit of Strom'kar, and considered how to develop a phoenix form. Kael'thas stayed on Quel'Danas to restore the Sunwell, while Jiang Jie flew south to pursue his next plans.

• Kael'thas's summoning array attracted Pyralis, who was sealed and made Strom'kar's divine sword spirit.
• Jiang Jie spoke with Xiao Feng about whether studying Pyralis could help him gain a phoenix form, then promised Pyralis it would grow stronger by consuming souls through the sword.
• Kael'thas decided to purify Quel'Danas, restore its ley lines, and rebuild the Sunwell, with Anveena's help conditional on finding the Waters of the Well of Eternity.
• Jiang Jie told Kael'thas that Illidan was in Outland and suggested helping him in exchange for the remaining vial of the waters.
• Kael'thas resolved to reopen the portal to Outland once he had completed his immediate work, and Jiang Jie flew south.

Fenna waited in Stratholme for Jiang Jie and, believing he had come to see her, dressed in fine clothes and jewelry before welcoming him into her arms. Their intimate moment was interrupted by Chromie, leaving Fenna and Jiang Jie furious.

• Fenna reflected on Jiang Jie's absence and worried that he might prefer someone else.
• Remembering Liadrin's advice, Fenna put on a dress and jewelry but had no mirror to check her appearance.
• Jiang Jie appeared behind Fenna, praised her beauty, and embraced her.
• Fenna and Jiang Jie kissed and began undressing, while Fenna wondered how practiced he seemed.
• Chromie suddenly appeared and asked what the two were doing, prompting Fenna and Jiang Jie to shout at her to get out.

Chromie visited Jiang Jie to assess whether he could take responsibility for Karazhan, but the temporal mist around him prevented her from seeing clearly. Before leaving, she warned him to take her along when he went to Karazhan and explained how he might recover and purify Atiesh.

• Chromie accidentally interrupted Jiang Jie and Fenna, embarrassing Fenna and prompting her to retreat to another room.
• Chromie told Jiang Jie that Nozdormu had sent her to judge whether he could serve as Azeroth's guardian after Medivh entrusted Karazhan to him.
• Chromie explained that Karazhan guarded a dangerous magical nexus and warned Jiang Jie not to enter it without her help.
• Jiang Jie showed Chromie Atiesh's broken shaft, and she said Kel'Thuzad held its head, its base was in Dalaran, and the staff needed purification.
• Chromie transformed into a whelp and flew away, while Fenna refused Jiang Jie's attempt to resume their intimacy and told him to sleep outside.

Jiang Jie and Fenna traveled from Stratholme to Tyr's Hand, enjoying time together while inspecting the Eastern Plaguelands. In Tyr's Hand, Jiang Jie recognized the disguised assassin Carlos and decided to follow him, suspecting he was on an important secret mission.

• After rumors spread about Jiang Jie leaving Fenna's room, Fenna refused him for several days, and they eventually left Stratholme together.
• Jiang Jie and Fenna traveled to Light's Hope Chapel, where Fenna explained that a cemetery lay beneath it and that Baron Oryx was in charge of the town.
• Jiang Jie and Fenna continued south and reached Tyr's Hand, where Lord Valdelmar and General Abbendis held authority beyond Fenna's jurisdiction.
• While walking through Tyr's Hand at night, Jiang Jie recognized a disguised vendor as Carlos, a high-ranking member of the Assassins' Order.
• Jiang Jie suspected Carlos was carrying out a top-secret mission and decided to follow him with Fenna.

Jiang Jie learned that a Dreadlord had likely replaced Lord Valdelmar and was targeting Tyr's Hand. He rushed north to General Abbendis's residence, where the city's senior leaders had gathered for Brigitte's coming-of-age banquet.

• Carlos told Jiang Jie that the Assassins' Order and the Assassins' League had uncovered signs of a Dreadlord in Tyr's Hand.
• Carlos explained that Lord Valdelmar had returned alone from an Undead attack after his guards were killed, then withdrew from public life.
• Carlos reported that a city guard had died in terror, and he suspected a Dreadlord was impersonating Lord Valdelmar.
• Carlos revealed that Tyr's Hand's leaders were gathered at General Abbendis's residence outside the city for Brigitte's coming-of-age banquet.
• Jiang Jie realized the Dreadlord might attack the isolated gathering and ordered Fenna and Carlos to go north with him.

On her coming-of-age day, Brigitte met Marquis Nicholas and learned that demons had infiltrated Tyr's Hand and that her father was in danger. She armed herself and joined Nicholas and Fenna as they set out to attack the demons.

• Brigitte hid from her coming-of-age ball and prayed for a chance to see Marquis Nicholas, whom she admired from afar.
• Nicholas arrived with Fenna, and Brigitte recognized him by the Ashbringer he carried.
• Brigitte led Nicholas to the building where her father was, and Nicholas used a scan to confirm that demons had replaced many nobles and were preparing to seize Tyr's Hand.
• Brigitte insisted on fighting to rescue her father, but Fenna warned that demons were more dangerous than the enemies Brigitte had faced before.
• Nicholas told Brigitte and Fenna to change into battle gear, then flew toward the building and declared that the battle had begun.

Tyr's Hand's leaders agreed to establish the Scarlet Crusade with Alexandros Mograine's support. Before they could appoint its supreme commander, Fenna stormed into the meeting and killed Lord Valdelmar with the Ashbringer, leaving everyone stunned.

• Lord Valdelmar urged Tyr's Hand's leaders to establish the Scarlet Crusade to hunt Arthas and the Scourge.
• General Abbendis reported that Alexandros Mograine supported the new force and had offered to become its Highlord, with Isillien as Grand Inquisitor.
• Lord Valdelmar began assigning the Scarlet Crusade's leadership positions before the meeting-room doors shattered.
• Fenna charged at Lord Valdelmar with the Ashbringer as the others tried and failed to stop her.
• Fenna pierced Lord Valdelmar's heart, killing him, and left the gathered leaders questioning whether the Ashen Army had rebelled.

Fenna exposed the demons hiding among the meeting’s attendees and used the Ashbringer to destroy them, while Balnazzar escaped as a swarm of bats. As the survivors feared his next attack, a voice challenged him in the sky, and Brigitte witnessed the moment.

• Fenna struck Lord Valdelmar’s corpse with the Ashbringer, revealing a Dreadlord, while the disguised attendees transformed into demons and attacked.
• The demons wounded Herod, Demetria, and Marjhan, and the Dreadlord nearly killed General Abbendis before Fenna protected him with Divine Shield.
• Fenna awakened the Ashbringer and unleashed a Divine Storm that burned the demons and forced Balnazzar to flee as bats.
• Balnazzar identified himself and warned that the Legion would return, leaving the survivors to fear another hidden demonic plot.
• A voice challenged Balnazzar in the sky as he escaped, and Brigitte looked up to witness the scene.

Jiang Jie and his allies killed Balnazzar and contained the demon uprising in Tyr's Hand, but the attack accelerated the Order of the Silver Hand’s division. The Scarlet Crusade was formally established seven days later.

• Jiang Jie, Anveena, and the Shadow Phoenix trapped and destroyed Balnazzar, who returned to the Twisting Nether.
• After the house collapsed, Abbendis asked Jiang Jie and Fenna to help Tyr's Hand, where demon violence had killed more than two thousand people.
• Jiang Jie persuaded Abbendis to reassure the city instead of imposing a panicked search, while he worried that the crisis would hasten the Scarlet Crusade's formation.
• Demetria told Jiang Jie that Abbendis, Old Mograine, Bishop Isillien, and many Silver Hand officers supported establishing the Scarlet Crusade.
• Fenna stayed in Tyr's Hand to help Abbendis stabilize the city, while Jiang Jie went to Lordaeron to report and remained there.
• Abbendis became lord of Tyr's Hand, a proposal from Southshore reached the Queen three days later, and the Scarlet Crusade was formally established seven days later.

Jiang Jie traveled south from Lordaeron with four Pandaren, visiting Dalaran as he searched for Med'an and the Chicken Leg Staff's missing butt end. He learned that Brann Bronzebeard had already traded for it and was returning to Ironforge through the Arathi Highlands.

• Jiang Jie left Lordaeron to travel the world and search for Med'an, bringing Old Chen, Li Li, and Aysa along.
• Jiang Jie and the Pandaren reached Dalaran, where mages and golems were helping rebuild the ruined city.
• Jiang Jie asked Ansirem for the Chicken Leg Staff's butt end and offered to pay for it.
• Ansirem told Jiang Jie that Brann Bronzebeard had traded for the staff's butt end and left Dalaran a week earlier with the dwarven riflemen.
• Jiang Jie learned that Brann was likely passing through the Arathi Highlands on his way back to Ironforge.

Jiang Jie and his companions caught up with Brann Bronzebeard’s abandoned riflemen in Loch Modan, only to learn Brann had gone adventuring to a secret place connected to the legendary creators. After Jiang Jie traded wine for the location where Brann parted from them, the wine-crazed dwarves chased the group across the countryside, leaving them unsure where they had run.

• Jiang Jie and his companions traveled through the Wetlands and Dun Algaz Gates before catching up with the dwarven riflemen in Loch Modan.
• The dwarves’ leader told Jiang Jie that Brann had abandoned the group to go adventuring at a secret place linked to the legendary creators.
• Jiang Jie offered Old Chen three brewing recipes in exchange for Dalaran wine, then used the wine to persuade the dwarf to reveal where Brann had left them.
• The dwarf took the wine barrel and revealed that Jiang Jie had arrived an hour too late to see Brann.
• Several hundred dwarves rushed after Jiang Jie, Old Chen, Li Li, Aysa, and Ji to get the wine, forcing the group to flee across Loch Modan.
• After running for ten minutes, Jiang Jie stopped and realized they might have gone in the wrong direction.

Jiang Jie tracked Brann to Uldaman, where Dark Iron Dwarves had begun excavating the ancient ruins. He discovered Brann disguised as one of them and prepared to sneak into the cave with the Pandaren.

• Jiang Jie realized he had run east toward the Loch and changed course south, reasoning that Brann had likely gone to Uldaman.
• Jiang Jie and the Pandaren crossed Loch Modan and reached the Badlands after three days of travel.
• Jiang Jie spotted Dark Iron Dwarves clearing ruins and opening a cave at Uldaman, and recognized that they had only just begun exploring.
• Jiang Jie noticed Brann's gorilla, Glibb, nearby and used Xiao Feng's scanning function to locate Brann disguised as a Dark Iron Dwarf.
• Jiang Jie gave invisibility potions to the Pandaren, entered Stealth, and prepared to follow Brann into the cave.

Jiang Jie followed Brann through the Dark Iron Dwarves’ mine to Uldaman, where Brann bribed a leader to open the sealed gate. Jiang Jie and the Pandaren slipped inside just before it closed, leaving them separated from the dwarves and facing the dangers within.

• Jiang Jie and the four Pandaren followed Brann through the mine, avoiding Dark Iron Dwarves by staying invisible and incapacitating those they could not evade.
• Brann led them to Uldaman, an ancient Titan palace where Troggs and a few Earthen still posed a danger.
• Jiang Jie found Brann negotiating with a Dark Iron Dwarf leader beside the gate, surrounded by the bodies of dwarves and Rockjaw Troggs.
• Brann paid the leader with a bag of gems, and the Dark Iron Dwarves opened the gate just wide enough to let him through.
• Jiang Jie darted inside, and the three smaller Pandaren squeezed through, while Old Chen forced the gap wider and plunged in headfirst.
• The Dark Iron Dwarves closed the gate, unaware that Jiang Jie and the Pandaren had entered Uldaman.

Jiang Jie and the Pandaren fought their way into Uldaman, where they rescued Brann from the Rockjaw Troggs and learned he was seeking the Disc of Norgannon. Jiang Jie challenged Brann’s claim to the artifact and questioned whether he could survive the dangers ahead.

• The Rockjaw Troggs attacked Brann as the doors closed, and his collision with Old Chen shut the doors and broke the Pandaren’s invisibility.
• Old Chen battled the Rockjaw Troggs while Brann called for help, and Jiang Jie emerged from stealth and told Old Chen to stop holding back.
• Old Chen killed the Rockjaw Troggs, then Brann compared him to his gorilla companion Glibb and noticed the other Pandaren and Jiang Jie.
• Jiang Jie asked whether Brann had come for the Disc of Norgannon, and Brann insisted the artifact belonged to the dwarves because of their Titan-forged ancestors.
• Jiang Jie introduced himself as Nicholas Jiang, Highlord of Lordamere, and questioned whether Brann could find the Disc of Norgannon on his own.

Jiang Jie and Brann joined forces to reach Uldaman, with Jiang Jie claiming the Disc of Norgannon for Brann in exchange for its other treasures and the staff butt taken from Dalaran. After Jiang Jie led the group through Rockjaw Troggs to the Prehistoric Staff, Brann used it to open the ancient palace doors.

• Jiang Jie offered to help Brann obtain the Disc of Norgannon, claiming everything else in Uldaman and demanding extra compensation.
• Jiang Jie took the staff butt from Brann’s backpack, and Brann agreed to proceed with the expedition.
• Jiang Jie used the gaming pod’s scans to guide the group through the Hall of the Guardian and recover the Prehistoric Staff.
• Jiang Jie and the Pandaren fought their way to a cavern containing a model of Uldaman, where Rockjaw Troggs attacked them.
• Brann found the staff’s socket in the model and inserted the Prehistoric Staff, opening the palace doors.

Jiang Jie encountered Ironaya in the underground Titans complex and discovered that time and isolation had left the ancient stone giant weakened and apparently mad. After she attacked him, he fought back and unleashed a powerful Phoenix Flames sword strike against her shoulder.

• Ironaya emerged from the complex, and Jiang Jie recognized the ancient giantess who had helped build it and guard the Disc of Norgannon.
• Jiang Jie assessed Ironaya's diminished strength and tried to speak with her, but she attacked with her warhammer.
• Jiang Jie struck Ironaya with Strom'kar, but the stone giantess rapidly healed the wound using the power of the earth.
• Jiang Jie evaded Ironaya, gathered Phoenix Flames into an enormous sword, and struck her shoulder with Eastern Peak Sword, Sword Splits Mount Tai.