Recaps

Mekkatorque thanked Jiang Jie and Brann for reclaiming the Hall of Gears, then learned that Jiang Jie had brought the Earthen. As the gnomes began inspecting the damaged machinery, Jiang Jie detected an approaching robot carrying a radioactive bomb, and a gnome accused Mekkatorque of planning to use it.

• Mekkatorque entered the Hall of Gears and thanked Jiang Jie and Brann for their aid.
• Mekkatorque mistook the Earthen for Brann’s followers from Uldaman, and Brann revealed that Jiang Jie had brought them.
• Jiang Jie urged Mekkatorque to inspect and repair the gears before the doors gave way to the Rockjaw Troggs.
• Mekkatorque and the tinkers spread out their blueprints and began examining the machinery.
• Anveena warned Jiang Jie that something was approaching, and he scanned two robots to discover one carried a radioactive bomb.
• A gnome piloting a robot accused Mekkatorque of wanting to unleash a radioactive bomb and kill every gnome.

Sicco Thermaplugg sealed the Hall of Gears and launched a radioactive bomb to frame Mekkatorque, but Jiang Jie stopped it and killed Sicco before he could attack again. The crisis ended in moments, leaving the gnomes stunned as Amy recognized Jiang Jie as an angel.

• Sicco Thermaplugg accused Mekkatorque of releasing a radioactive bomb, sealed the Hall of Gears, and launched a bomb toward the central gear.
• Jiang Jie caught the bomb without triggering its fuse, absorbed its momentum, and stored it in his platinum ring.
• Sicco Thermaplugg fired an electric attack at Jiang Jie, but Jiang Jie dodged and split Sicco Thermaplugg and his robot with a divine sword.
• Jiang Jie knocked Crowd Pummeler 9-60 off the platform, destroying it in the fall.
• Mekkatorque and the other gnomes stared in shock, while Amy called Jiang Jie an angel.

Jiang Jie helped the gnomes repair the machinery needed to reclaim Gnomeregan, stunning Mekkatorque and the mechanics with his speed and precision. The gnomes discovered that Jiang Jie had correctly identified and replaced faulty parts, while the Rockjaw Troggs still threatened the city.

• After Jiang Jie saved Gnomeregan from the rebellion, Mekkatorque and the gnomes praised him, but Rockjaw Troggs continued battering the sealed doors and damaging the city.
• Amy urged Mekkatorque to let Jiang Jie inspect the machinery, but the mechanics doubted a human could understand gnomish technology.
• Amy claimed Jiang Jie could disassemble and reassemble an Arcane Nullifier by hand, and Brann confirmed his mechanical skill as vice president of the Explorers' League.
• Jiang Jie said he had already examined the blueprints and asked Mekkatorque to bring the spare parts, then began replacing components at remarkable speed.
• When a mechanic accused Jiang Jie of installing the wrong gear, Mekkatorque checked the blueprint and confirmed Jiang Jie was right.

Jiang Jie helped restore Gnomeregan’s systems, then spent a month studying its technology while the gnomes cleared out the Rockjaw Troggs. He gave Mekkatorque revised plans that could greatly strengthen the city, and Mekkatorque invited him to become a lifelong honorary councilor of the Tinkers' Court.

• Jiang Jie directed the gnomes and Earthen as they replaced Gnomeregan’s damaged components, then meditated while Mekkatorque restarted the city’s systems.
• Mekkatorque restored power and defenses across two-thirds of Gnomeregan, realizing the city had been saved.
• Jiang Jie sent Brannock Blackheart and the Earthen back to Uldaman, while he stayed in Gnomeregan and scanned its technology.
• Jiang Jie and the gnomes spent a month working as the gnomes cleared the Rockjaw Troggs and the gaming pod analyzed Gnomeregan’s technology.
• Jiang Jie gave Mekkatorque revised blueprints that Mekkatorque estimated could triple Gnomeregan’s defensive capabilities.
• Mekkatorque invited Jiang Jie to serve as a lifelong honorary councilor of the Tinkers' Court.

Jiang Jie secured the gnomes’ promise to help build a technologically advanced Sky City on Teldrassil and warned Mekkatorque about the Frostmane Trolls. He then traveled to Stormwind City to seek General Marcus’s help finding Med’an in Duskwood.

• Jiang Jie confirmed that his honorary membership in the Tinkers’ Court carried no obligations and secured a promise from all gnomes to fulfill any request within their power.
• Jiang Jie asked the gnomes to help build a Sky City on Teldrassil, and Mekkatorque agreed to lead skilled technicians to the Fenris Isles when they were needed.
• Jiang Jie warned Mekkatorque that the Frostmane Trolls could become a serious threat if other Trolls rallied to their aid.
• Jiang Jie left Gnomeregan, traveled through Ironforge, and arrived in Stormwind City with four Pandaren.
• Jiang Jie went to the Valley of Heroes and found General Marcus, hoping to get his help locating Med’an in Duskwood.

Jiang Jie visited General Marcus and Mathias Shaw to ask SI:7 for help finding someone, but learned that the arrival of Lordaeron nobles in Westfall had drawn the Cult of the Damned there too. The chapter ended with Jiang Jie joking that he would ask the queen to recall all the nobles, prompting Marcus and Mathias to realize they needed them to stay.

• Jiang Jie met General Marcus at the Valley of Heroes and asked for SI:7's help finding someone.
• Marcus told Jiang Jie that the Lordaeron nobles had wiped out the Defias Brotherhood but that the Cult of the Damned had followed them to Westfall.
• Marcus brought Jiang Jie to SI:7 headquarters, where he met Mathias Shaw, who complained that a third of SI:7 had been assigned across Westfall.
• Jiang Jie said he would ask the queen and King Varian to recall the Lordaeron nobles, leaving Mathias and Marcus speechless.
• Marcus and Mathias recognized that the nobles' wealth and arrival had strengthened Stormwind City and given King Varian a chance to expand his power.

Jiang Jie asked Mathias Shaw to use SI:7 to find Med’an, a young mage living in Duskwood with an old teacher. After learning that undead had overrun Raven Hill and that Karazhan’s sinister magic was blamed for Duskwood’s decline, Jiang Jie offered to resolve the magical leakage in exchange for SI:7’s help, and Mathias accepted.

• Marcus eased Mathias Shaw’s embarrassment and asked what help Jiang Jie needed.
• Jiang Jie described Med’an and asked Mathias Shaw to find him in Duskwood.
• Mathias Shaw revealed that Cult of the Damned necromancers had raised the dead at Raven Hill, killing his agents and taking over the town.
• Jiang Jie suggested SI:7 already had information about Med’an and offered to resolve the sinister magical leakage from Karazhan in return for help finding him.
• Mathias Shaw weighed Jiang Jie’s offer and agreed to the deal.

Jiang Jie found Meryl and Med’an’s hidden home in Brightwood after an exhaustive search, but the two legendary mages met him with suspicion. Meryl demanded to know who Jiang Jie was and warned that he could destroy him with a spell.

• Med’an chopped firewood while Meryl scolded him and insisted he keep training.
• Meryl sensed someone approaching, teleported beside Med’an, and raised a magical barrier as both prepared to fight.
• Jiang Jie approached carrying an electric lamp and identified Med’an, revealing that he had finally found the secluded home.
• Jiang Jie explained that SI:7 intelligence had led him to Brightwood and that he had searched the forest for a day and night.
• Meryl rejected Jiang Jie’s claim to be a guest, questioned his identity and intentions, and threatened him with a lethal spell.

Jiang Jie met with Meryl and revealed Med'an's parentage, asking for help with Karazhan and a place for Med'an in Sky City. Garona appeared and agreed to let Med'an go with Jiang Jie after he promised the boy could live safely among ordinary people.

• Jiang Jie showed Meryl Strom'kar and the key to Karazhan, prompting Meryl to invite him inside for a private conversation.
• Jiang Jie told Meryl that Emperor Thoradin had been freed and revealed that Medivh had given him the key to Karazhan.
• Meryl deduced that Med'an was Medivh's son, and Jiang Jie explained Medivh had left the world and asked Meryl to help him explore Karazhan.
• Jiang Jie offered to take Med'an to Sky City, where he could receive an education and be accepted, and invited Meryl and Aegwynn to join them.
• Garona appeared behind Jiang Jie with a dagger at his neck and demanded he guarantee Med'an could live like an ordinary person.
• Jiang Jie swore to protect Med'an, and Garona vanished after warning him she would kill him if he broke his promise.

Jiang Jie recognized Garona as a deadly Legendary assassin and discussed Med'an’s hidden parentage with Meryl before the group set out for Karazhan. Med'an confronted Meryl about the female orc, and the travelers entered the lifeless Deadwind Pass.

• Jiang Jie realized Meryl’s magical barrier had not kept Garona out and understood that he could not defend himself against her assassination skills.
• Jiang Jie told Meryl that Med'an would eventually discover his parentage, but Meryl insisted they could deal with it later and asked when they would go to Karazhan.
• Med'an burst into the room and demanded to know whether the female orc was his mother, but Meryl denied seeing anyone and sent him to prepare food.
• Jiang Jie, Meryl, and Med'an set out the next morning, avoiding Darkshire and traveling through the forest toward Deadwind Pass.
• The three entered Deadwind Pass, where barren land, withered trees, and an absence of life made the region seem like an ancient tomb.

Jiang Jie, Meryl, and Med'an reached Karazhan through the haunted Deadwind Pass, where Med'an felt the tower calling to him. As Meryl began trying to teleport them to a side entrance, he sent Jiang Jie to deal with approaching Dark Riders who wanted his divine sword.

• Jiang Jie and Meryl traveled through Deadwind Pass, where Meryl described its restless ghosts and the failed attempts to investigate Karazhan.
• Med'an fought off hostile creatures with his enchanted axe and wondered whether Karazhan held answers about his origins.
• The group reached a bridge overlooking ruined Karazhan, and Meryl refused to meet the Kirin Tor mages guarding the main entrance.
• Meryl began casting a difficult spell to lock onto Karazhan's side entrance while Jiang Jie noticed the Dark Riders approaching.
• Meryl explained that the Dark Riders were cursed by Medivh and wanted Jiang Jie's divine sword, then sent Jiang Jie to confront them while Med'an guarded him.

Jiang Jie pursued a wounded Dark Rider into Karazhan’s terrifying underground crypt and fought through its undead depths. He reached the lowest level and found a demonically glowing greatsword embedded in the floor.

• Jiang Jie defeated the Dark Riders he encountered, leaving their strongest member alive and badly wounded so he could follow him.
• Jiang Jie tracked the Dark Rider to the Riders’ camp, then pursued him into an underground crypt near Karazhan’s main tower.
• Jiang Jie was detected by the crypt’s dark aura and fought through waves of skeletons, zombies, and ghosts with his divine sword and Pyralis.
• Jiang Jie descended the spiral staircase to the crypt’s lowest level and discovered a greatsword glowing with demonic green energy.

Jiang Jie defeated Ariden, claimed the artifacts Apocalypse and the evil scythe, and reunited with Meryl and Med'an. Meryl teleported them to Karazhan, where Jiang Jie used the key to open a side entrance and the group entered the tower.

• Jiang Jie recognized Apocalypse and the blood-covered scythe as powerful artifacts, while Ariden used them to shield himself from Pyralis.
• Jiang Jie recalled Pyralis and killed Ariden with his divine sword, then subdued Apocalypse and put it in his platinum ring.
• Jiang Jie used Anveena's light to overcome the scythe's illusions and stored the scythe in his platinum ring.
• Jiang Jie returned to Meryl and Med'an, praised Med'an for defeating the black knights, and learned Meryl had finished the teleportation array.
• Meryl teleported Jiang Jie and Med'an to Karazhan, explained its magical defenses, and led them to a side door.
• Jiang Jie inserted the key and opened the side door, and the three entered Karazhan.

Jiang Jie entered Karazhan with Med'an and Meryl, where Xiao Feng was finally able to scan the tower. After they discussed the dangers and destinations inside, the group split up: Meryl and Med'an headed for the upper tower while Jiang Jie went to the opera house in search of something.

• Jiang Jie found that Xiao Feng could scan Karazhan and ordered it to monitor everything within a hundred meters.
• Jiang Jie described Karazhan's different areas to Med'an, who chose to visit the library in the upper tower.
• Jiang Jie defended Medivh, prompting Med'an to suspect he was an accomplice, while Meryl called Medivh irresponsible.
• Meryl agreed to take Med'an to the upper tower, and Jiang Jie said he would explore the lower tower alone.
• Meryl told Jiang Jie that his key would make some things treat him as a guest, and Jiang Jie headed toward the opera house.

Jiang Jie reached Karazhan’s opera house, where Barnes forced him to perform in a deadly show. After Jiang Jie killed the actress and survived the furious ghost audience, Barnes paid him and opened the way onward.

• Jiang Jie used Karazhan’s key to pass the tower’s defenses and reached the opera house, where Barnes insisted he take the place of a missing actor.
• Xiao Feng warned Jiang Jie that the stage was surrounded by a powerful magical barrier and that the ghost audience consisted of elites.
• Barnes began a Little Red Riding Hood performance, and Jiang Jie charged at the disguised Granny and killed her with Strom’kar.
• Barnes declared that Jiang Jie had botched the show, shut him in with the furious audience, and left him to face over a hundred elite ghosts.
• Jiang Jie summoned Pyralis, which devoured the ghosts in under three minutes, and Barnes returned with payment and opened the door.

Jiang Jie cleared Karazhan’s lower tower and found the Maiden of Virtue, a legendary Stone Giant who wielded the Holy Light. After recognizing Anveena’s higher Titan authority, the Maiden of Virtue submitted to them, giving Jiang Jie another legendary subordinate.

• Barnes rewarded Jiang Jie with the Wolfslayer Sniper Rifle after his performance, and Jiang Jie spared him rather than risk Karazhan’s defenses.
• Jiang Jie and Pyralis fought through the undead in the lower tower, strengthening Pyralis as they advanced.
• Xiao Feng guided Jiang Jie to a reception hall where the Maiden of Virtue battled elite ghosts with Holy Light.
• Jiang Jie brought Anveena in Titan Keeper form to confront the Maiden of Virtue, whose gaze Anveena blocked with the Prehistoric Staff.
• The Maiden of Virtue recognized Anveena as a Lesser Keeper and knelt, pledging herself as a follower of Tyr and submitting to Jiang Jie and Anveena.

Jiang Jie and his companions cleared the lower banquet hall of undead, then captured the bone dragon Nightbane with Apocalypse. He left Nightbane waiting at Karazhan’s Master’s Terrace and set out with Anveena and the Maiden of Virtue to find Meryl and Med’an.

• The Maiden of Virtue told Jiang Jie how she had served Tyr, guarded his tomb, and eventually awakened in Karazhan.
• Jiang Jie, Anveena, the Maiden of Virtue, and Pyralis defeated Moroes, Attumen the Huntsman, and the undead nobles in the lower banquet hall.
• Jiang Jie summoned Nightbane, the undead form of the blue dragon Arcanagos, to the Master’s Terrace.
• Jiang Jie leapt onto Nightbane and used Apocalypse to bind his soul and make him Jiang Jie’s servant and mount.
• Jiang Jie told Nightbane to wait and left with Anveena and the Maiden of Virtue to find Meryl and Med’an.

Meryl used a battle against the Curator to teach Med'an how to fight amid arcane turbulence, then swiftly destroyed the Legendary construct. Med'an was stunned by the gulf between his own abilities and Meryl’s, and Meryl took him onward to the library to find spellbooks.

• Meryl told Med'an to watch from a safe distance as he explained how to counter Mana Aberrations, Arcane Anomalies, and Siphoners.
• Meryl swiftly defeated hundreds of the arcane creatures and calmed the turbulent magic while advancing toward the Curator.
• Meryl suppressed the Curator, blasted him with a huge fireball, froze him, and took his three arcane gems, destroying the construct.
• Med'an realized how far he was from Meryl’s strength, and Meryl led him toward the library to find spellbooks.

Meryl made Med'an face the library’s guardians as his graduation test, then told him he had to leave and learn about his origins. After Med'an defeated the guardians, Meryl recognized him as a true mage and they began looking for books.

• Meryl showed Med'an Karazhan’s enormous library and left its Arcane Protectors and Mana Feeders for him to fight as his graduation exam.
• Meryl told Med'an that his apprenticeship was over and that he should have a life of his own and learn where he came from.
• Upset by the prospect of leaving Meryl, Med'an charged into the library and fought the guardians with his battle-axe and magic.
• Meryl watched Med'an fight alongside Garona, while Jiang Jie arrived and encouraged Anveena to study his technique.
• After ten minutes, Med'an defeated the guardians, and Meryl declared him a true mage before they began searching for books.

Jiang Jie searched Karazhan’s library for books by and about Aegwynn and Medivh while planning to purify the tower and turn it into a center of magical learning. Meryl agreed to help if Jiang Jie could persuade Aegwynn, and Anveena discovered a book titled “Song of Aegwynn.”

• Jiang Jie found Aegwynn’s handwritten geography book, which described the Tomb of Sargeras on the Broken Isles.
• Jiang Jie asked Xiao Feng to locate books by Aegwynn and Medivh and books about them, while Anveena began breaking the books’ protective spells.
• Jiang Jie proposed that Aegwynn, Meryl, and Anveena purify Karazhan so Med’an could live there and the tower could become a magical academy for people of many races.
• Meryl agreed to seek help from old friends if Jiang Jie persuaded Aegwynn to join them.
• Anveena found a booklet titled “Song of Aegwynn.”

Jiang Jie, Med'an, and Meryl explored Karazhan’s library, where Jiang Jie found the Song of Aegwynn and asked Meryl to prepare a spell that would let them witness Aegwynn’s battle with Sargeras. As Meryl prepared the spell, Anveena sensed demons, and Jiang Jie and Med'an went upstairs to confront them.

• Jiang Jie found the worn Song of Aegwynn, and Meryl explained Aegwynn’s history and her battle with Sargeras.
• Jiang Jie asked Meryl to use a spell to show the battle, and Meryl agreed that Med'an should witness it.
• Jiang Jie searched Karazhan’s library for books about Aegwynn and Medivh and collected volumes for Anveena to study.
• Anveena sensed demons, so Jiang Jie went to deal with them and Med'an followed with his axe.
• Jiang Jie and Med'an reached an upper-level room and saw several imp-like demons and two orcs dressed as mages.

Jiang Jie, Med'an, and Garona entered a hidden storeroom filled with demons and dangerous magical experiments. Med'an was badly outmatched by the satyr Terestian Illhoof, leaving Jiang Jie to face the boss-level demon.

• Med'an killed the demons and two Orc Warlocks before Jiang Jie could question them about where they came from.
• Med'an rushed into the secret passage, and Garona followed him; Jiang Jie and Anveena came after them.
• They found a storeroom crowded with fiendish imps, toxic fumes, and evidence of sinister experiments.
• Med'an attacked the room's satyr master, Terestian Illhoof, but was quickly injured and overwhelmed.
• Jiang Jie stepped forward to confront Terestian Illhoof while Garona watched from the passage.

Jiang Jie questioned Terestian Illhoof about his origins, suspecting a connection to the Emerald Nightmare and Xavius. Illhoof summoned Kil'rek and dozens of imps, and Jiang Jie ordered Anveena and Pyralis to attack.

• Illhoof sensed Jiang Jie and Anveena's power and activated a summoning array for reinforcements.
• Anveena killed all the vile imps attacking Jiang Jie, while Jiang Jie restrained Med'an and approached Illhoof.
• Jiang Jie asked where Illhoof had come from and guessed that he served Xavius in the Emerald Nightmare.
• Illhoof revealed nine hidden summoning arrays, bringing out Kil'rek and dozens of demon imps.
• Jiang Jie lost interest in talking with Illhoof and ordered Anveena and Pyralis to attack.

Jiang Jie destroyed Illhoof and the demonic imps in Karazhan, then found a spatial ring hidden in Illhoof’s ashes. The ring contained Illhoof’s possessions, including spellcasting materials, magic books, equipment, and a staff.

• Anveena protected herself and Med'an while Jiang Jie unleashed Strom'kar’s Shadowflame, and Pyralis burned away the demonic imps and summoning arrays.
• Jiang Jie charged Illhoof and killed him by piercing his heart with the divine sword and releasing sword qi inside his body.
• Pyralis devoured Illhoof’s soul, and Jiang Jie compared the satyr unfavorably to Balnazzar while recognizing Garona’s stealth and deadly daggers.
• Med'an asked Jiang Jie to teach him, but Jiang Jie told him to study magic and turned his attention to looting.
• Jiang Jie found the Healer's Ring of Mending buried in Illhoof’s ashes and discovered that it contained Illhoof’s possessions.

Jiang Jie purified Illhoof’s staff and gave it to Med’an, then led him to meet a mysterious echo created by Medivh’s longing. Jiang Jie revealed that the echo was Med’an Aran, Medivh’s father, and told Med’an to show him respect.

• Jiang Jie purified Illhoof’s bramble staff with nature energy, restoring it and reshaping its appearance to resemble the Chicken Leg Staff.
• Jiang Jie gave the staff and ring to Med’an, who happily tested the staff and learned it could withstand being used as a weapon.
• Jiang Jie offered to ask Kael'thas for an axe for Med’an, who kept his old axe and decided he would give it to Meryl someday.
• Jiang Jie led Med’an to a private library room at the top of the library, where he had detected an echo in time and space.
• Jiang Jie explained that the echo existed because of Medivh’s longing and revealed that it was Med’an Aran, Medivh’s father.