Chapter Summaries

Jiang Jie took responsibility for Anveena and brought her to Fenris Keep, while Patriarch Alexei asked to rebuild the Barov Family himself. The chapter left Alexei departing to restore the family under an agreement to serve Jiang Jie within six months.

• Krasus explained Anveena’s origins, gave her Thori’dal, and teleported her and Jiang Jie to the Fenris Isles.
• Jiang Jie settled Anveena at Fenris Keep and sent Ivan to request the High Elves’ best spell textbooks.
• Alexei asked Jiang Jie whether he would restore the Barov Family, and Jiang Jie said he could not promise to devote himself to it.
• Jiang Jie agreed to support Alexei’s effort to rebuild the family on Caer Darrow Island, on the condition that the Barov Family serve him.
• Alexei agreed to report his actions to Jiang Jie and rebuild the Barov Family within six months, then left Fenris Keep with the family longsword.

Jiang Jie received High Elf spellbooks and a map for Prince Kael'thas, then trained Anveena to study magic. He opened his Ren and Du Vessels, connecting his meridians, but the breakthrough left him feeling strangely blocked and uncomfortable.

• Para Morningsong delivered 360 mage textbooks and the Troll Stalker armor set from Prince Kael'thas, and Jiang Jie gave her a map for the Dire Maul mission.
• Jiang Jie gave the spellbooks to Anveena and encouraged her to study so she could learn to use her Legendary-level power.
• Jiang Jie soaked in a costly medicinal bath and prepared to break through the Ren and Du Vessels with the Black Tortoise Longevity Art.
• Jiang Jie opened both vessels, joining his major meridians and doubling the amount of internal energy his body could hold.
• Jiang Jie found that his body suddenly felt blocked and constrained after the breakthrough.

Jiang Jie reached the Houtian Tenth Layer and was told to focus on opening his remaining meridians and improving his external arts. When the Scourge invaded Gilneas, he was summoned to the royal palace, while three days earlier Old John sacrificed himself to protect Allen from Arthas’s fleet.

• Xiao Feng explained that Jiang Jie had entered the Houtian Tenth Layer and advised him to open his remaining meridians while training his external arts.
• Daphne told Jiang Jie that Arthas and the Scourge had invaded Gilneas and that the Lord Regent and Marquis Lawrence were waiting at the royal palace.
• Allen and Old John spotted a fleet of Undead warships emerging from the black fog off the Gilneas Peninsula.
• Old John took a bone arrow meant for Allen and urged him to flee north and find a way through the Greymane Wall.
• Old John knocked down another arrow and stood alone against the Scourge, declaring that they would have to kill him before coming ashore.

Allen brought news that the Scourge had invaded Gilneas, and Jiang Jie warned that the kingdom might already have fallen. The leaders prepared to defend Southshore and evacuate Lordaeron’s people, but Jaina reported that Arthas had destroyed Kul Tiras’s fleet and now commanded at least twenty warships.

• Ansirem Runeweaver brought Allen to the palace, where Allen described fleeing Gilneas with his sister as the Scourge attacked and his mother stayed behind.
• Ansirem reported that Dalaran could not teleport into Gilneas City because a barrier blocked the way, suggesting Naxxramas had appeared.
• Uther urged the leaders to prepare to support Gilneas, but Jiang Jie warned that it had likely already fallen and identified the Greymane Wall and Southshore as key defenses.
• Calia ordered the Court Mage Corps to investigate Southshore and planned to send the Silver Hand there or to Tarren Mill, while Uther called for Lordaeron’s civilians to be protected.
• Ansirem revealed that Jaina had reported the undead destroying Kul Tiras’s fleet, Arthas commanding at least twenty warships, and Duke Falrevere defecting with his fleet.

Jiang Jie learned that Southshore and Gilneas had fallen, leaving Dalaran as Arthas’s likely next target, and agreed to go to Gilneas with Allen. Meanwhile, Southshore’s survivors fled north toward Fenris Isle.

• Jiang Jie identified Duke Falrevere’s departure as the founding of the Bloodsail Buccaneers and noted that Kul Tiras could not help Dalaran.
• Modera reported that Southshore had fallen to Dar'Khan and that she had burned the town to protect its refugees, then revealed that Gilneas had also fallen.
• Ansirem returned to Dalaran to convene the archmages, while Calia sent the Court Mage Corps to reinforce the Violet Citadel Barrier.
• Jiang Jie told Uther to move the Order of the Silver Hand to western Hillsbrad Foothills to escort civilians to safety, and said he would go to Gilneas without soldiers.
• Allen asked to accompany Jiang Jie so he could rescue his mother in Gilneas City, and Jiang Jie agreed.
• Mayor Henry Maleb led Southshore’s surviving refugees north and chose Fenris Isle as their destination.

Jiang Jie led the newly assembled Fenris People's Army toward Silverpine Forest for its first real battle, motivating the recruits with the prospect of earning noble titles and fiefs. After reaching the Decrepit Fields and gathering horses at The Sepulcher, they continued south toward Pyrewood Village, near the Crowley Family's lands and the Gilneas Brigade.

• Jiang Jie ordered the Fenris People's Army to prepare for battle and brought Anveena along as a helper.
• Jiang Jie warned the recruits about the dangers of real war, set out their chain of command, and promised that battlefield merit could earn titles and land.
• Jiang Jie, Anveena, Allen, and the army reached the Decrepit Fields, where the sheriff provided 101 horses.
• Jiang Jie rested the soldiers for an hour before leading them south along the main road.
• Jiang Jie and the army arrived near Pyrewood Village, with Ambermill and Baron Shivalein's castle nearby and the Gilneas Brigade active in the region.

Jiang Jie met Lorna Crowley at Pyrewood Village and introduced Anveena, whose first attempt at casting revealed extraordinary magical talent. Lorna accepted that Anveena was far more powerful than she had expected and led Jiang Jie’s group to Lord Darius.

• Jiang Jie met Lorna Crowley, who mocked him for bringing Anveena to a war zone.
• Jiang Jie asked Anveena to demonstrate that she could fight, and she began casting after reading a mage apprentice textbook on the way.
• Anveena fired thirty-six Arcane Missiles with exceptional speed and precision, blasting a round hole through a thick tree.
• Lorna suspected that Anveena was a high-level mage, while Jiang Jie realized she possessed unprecedented talent.
• Jiang Jie asked Lorna to take them to Lord Darius, and she agreed.

Jiang Jie reached Pyrewood Village and promised Lord Darius and Lorna that he would cross the Greymane Wall to investigate Gilneas while Crowley’s forces defended it. At the wall, Anveena prepared to fly across, and Jiang Jie lifted Allen onto his shoulder and took off with him.

• Jiang Jie met Lord Darius and Lorna at Pyrewood Village and learned that Genn had kept the Greymane Wall shut while Crowley’s people waited for scouts to return.
• Jiang Jie said he would cross into Gilneas to investigate, while the people he brought helped defend the wall, and Lorna asked him to direct refugees toward the northern cape.
• Jiang Jie warned Lorna to keep Baron Shivalein and his castle on guard against the Undead before heading north to the Greymane Wall.
• At the towering wall, Anveena said she could fly across, while Jiang Jie picked Allen up and began carrying him into the air.

Jiang Jie escaped the Greymane Wall with Allen and Anveena, then discovered that the Cult of the Damned had infiltrated Gilneas and that the Worgen Curse had appeared. The group found fleeing villagers being pursued by Undead and upright, glowing-eyed wolves.

• Jiang Jie climbed the Greymane Wall with Allen and Anveena, then used a palm strike to slow their fall and land safely.
• Jiang Jie knocked a Cult of the Damned rogue aside and realized the cult might control the Greymane Wall’s defenders.
• Allen directed Jiang Jie and Anveena toward Northgate Woods, where they escaped their pursuers and stopped to rest.
• Jiang Jie heard wolves howling in a forest known for foxes and suspected that Archmage Arugal had summoned Worgen.
• Jiang Jie ran toward the howling and found several hundred Gilnean villagers fleeing zombies, skeletons, Ghouls, and upright wolves with glowing eyes.

Jiang Jie rescued refugees from Undead and Worgen, then learned that Emberstone Village had fallen and Gilneas City had shut its gates. He directed the refugees toward the western coast and continued with Anveena and Allen to Gilneas City to investigate the kingdom’s situation.

• Jiang Jie killed Undead and Worgen attacking the refugees while Anveena protected Allen from another group of Undead.
• Jiang Jie learned from a soldier that the refugees had fled Emberstone Village after the Undead occupied it and found Gilneas City’s gates closed.
• Jiang Jie warned the refugees that the Cult of the Damned had occupied the Greymane Wall and advised them to seek the Crowley Family on the western coast.
• The high-level Warrior agreed to lead the refugees to the western coast, and Jiang Jie set off with Anveena and Allen for Gilneas City.
• Jiang Jie, Anveena, and Allen reached Gilneas City after fighting off small groups of Undead and Worgen along the way.

Jiang Jie and Anveena intervened as Undead troops assaulted Gilneas City, destroying the attackers and killing their death knight commander. A larger force then ambushed Jiang Jie with Death Grip, venom bolts, and a spider-coated net, leaving him trapped.

• Jiang Jie spotted an Undead assault threatening to overrun a section of Gilneas City's walls.
• Jiang Jie used Thori'dal to suppress the Undead while Anveena burned more than a hundred of them with Fire Blast and Fireball.
• Jiang Jie drew Strom'kar and killed the first death knight and his skeletal warhorse with Shadowflame.
• A stronger death knight arrived with more Undead and seized Jiang Jie with Death Grip.
• The Undead hit Jiang Jie with venom bolts and trapped him in a tough net covered in spider mucus and crawling spiders.

Jiang Jie broke free of Faerlina and Marwyn’s ambush, protected Anveena, and turned the fight against the Undead. Faerlina escaped, but Jiang Jie killed Marwyn and claimed his epic greatsword.

• Faerlina and Marwyn attacked Jiang Jie, but his Shadowflame burned through the web and let him vanish from their sight.
• Jiang Jie reappeared and clashed with Marwyn while Anveena fired Arcane Missiles at the Undead; Faerlina blocked her spells with a magical barrier.
• Jiang Jie blasted the surrounding Undead with Flying Dragon in the Sky and urged Anveena to fly higher and cast freely.
• Jiang Jie pursued Faerlina and used Crane-Controlling Dragon-Capturing to pull her back, but she escaped and taunted him before vanishing.
• Jiang Jie caught Marwyn with Corruption Thorns, stabbed him from behind with Strom'kar, and looted his epic greatsword.

Jiang Jie and Anveena crossed Gilneas City to find Allen’s mother, while the Scourge surrounded the city and the worgen curse spread rapidly. At the inn, Allen found a frightened blonde woman instead of his mother, and she told him he was too late.

• Jiang Jie saw that the Scourge had surrounded Gilneas and reasoned that Arthas and the main forces had likely gone to Dalaran.
• Jiang Jie spotted Worgen attacking Gilneans and warned Allen that those bitten would eventually become Worgen.
• Jiang Jie and Anveena crossed the city rooftops to reach the inn where Allen’s mother was staying.
• A Worgen attacked Jiang Jie inside the inn, then fled after he knocked it back.
• Jiang Jie found Worgen victims inside as Allen rushed upstairs to look for his mother.
• A blonde woman opened the room door, confirmed Allen’s identity, and told him he was too late.

Jiang Jie found Allen grieving over his dead mother, then went to the Dawn of the Holy Light Cathedral to meet King Genn. Xiao Feng revealed that Genn had been bitten by a Worgen and was beginning to transform, and Jiang Jie asked to speak with him privately about the crisis.

• Jiang Jie and Jiang Jie arrived too late to save Allen's mother, and Allen wept over her body while Gwen explained what she knew about the Worgen attacks.
• Jiang Jie helped Allen and Gwen move to the inn's basement, then left to find King Genn at the cathedral.
• Lord Godfrey recognized Jiang Jie and escorted him to meet King Genn, who eagerly asked about reinforcements from Lordaeron.
• Xiao Feng told Jiang Jie that Genn had been bitten by a Worgen and was hiding his injury, meaning the king could transform within days.
• Jiang Jie asked to speak with Genn alone about the reinforcements, the Scourge, and the Worgen, and Genn led him to a private room.

Jiang Jie confronted King Genn about Gilneas’s crisis, exposed that Genn had been bitten by a worgen, and learned how Arugal’s summoned worgen turned against the city. Genn revealed that the Alpha had attacked him and intended to take over his kingdom.

• Jiang Jie told King Genn that Southshore had fallen, aid was unavailable, and his hundred soldiers were stationed in Pyrewood Village with the Crowley Family's Gilneas Brigade.
• King Genn blamed Lordaeron and charged at Jiang Jie, who caught his punch and struck his acupoints to stop him.
• Jiang Jie told Genn that the Worgen Curse could not be removed, and Genn dismissed Lord Godfrey and the guards before admitting Krennan’s potion temporarily suppressed his frenzy.
• Genn explained that he had allowed Arugal to summon hundreds or perhaps a thousand worgen to fight the Scourge, but they turned on Gilneas after repelling the first assault.
• Genn told Jiang Jie that Arugal had fled with some worgen and Prince Liam, and that Baron Ashbury and Lord Walden had attacked him after joining the Cult of the Damned.
• Genn revealed that a powerful, rational worgen called the Alpha had bitten him and declared that he would take over Gilneas.

Jiang Jie warned King Genn that the Worgen Curse could not be removed, but Genn chose to defend Gilneas while ordering Lord Godfrey to evacuate the people north. Jiang Jie joined the retreat and headed for the Greymane Wall with Anveena, determined to open its gates.

• Jiang Jie explained the Worgen Curse to King Genn and warned him about the alpha, but Genn resolved to use his new strength to fight the Undead.
• Genn ordered Lord Godfrey to lead the people north of Silverpine Forest while he stayed behind to defend Gilneas City.
• Genn asked Jiang Jie to rescue his son, Liam, as his only personal request.
• Lord Godfrey gathered the evacuees in the Cathedral Quarter, where Jiang Jie reunited with Allen and Miss Gwen after Allen's mother's body was buried and protected from the Undead.
• Godfrey used cannons to clear the north gate, and tens of thousands of citizens began retreating toward the Greymane Wall.
• Jiang Jie and Anveena went ahead to find a way to open the Greymane Wall's gates.

Jiang Jie and his forces began a night assault to seize the Greymane Wall and open it for refugees fleeing Gilneas City. After clearing many guards and taking control of the cannons, Jiang Jie encountered an unexpected lich defending the wall.

• Jiang Jie told Lorna that the undead threatened Gilneas City and asked her to prepare to receive refugees while his force attacked the Greymane Wall.
• Jiang Jie and his soldiers climbed the wall from the cape, where he began eliminating guards and Darion's men took control of the cannons.
• Ivan led assassins along one side of the wall while Sven and his squad fought through guards on the other.
• Jiang Jie realized the Cult of the Damned had not heavily reinforced the wall, partly because the Scourge had chosen to attack Dalaran by landing at Southshore.
• After twenty minutes of fighting, a lich struck Jiang Jie with Chain Frost, but he jumped from the wall and narrowly escaped being frozen.

Jiang Jie’s Fenris People’s Army captured the wall after killing Instructor Chillheart, while a hooded mage advanced on Baron Shivalein’s castle with Worgen and the captive Liam. As the Scourge drove refugees toward Fenris Isle and surrounded Dalaran, Antonidas faced Arthas’s demand for surrender.

• Jiang Jie and Darion joined Anveena in attacking Instructor Chillheart with cannons, killing him despite the possibility that his phylactery could let him resurrect.
• The Fenris People’s Army captured the wall, mourned a fallen soldier, and prepared to open the gates for Gilnean refugees and face the coming battle.
• A hooded mage approached Baron Shivalein’s castle with an ancient demonic wolf, Worgen, and Liam, intending to make Liam a puppet ruler of a Worgen nation.
• Uther and the surviving Paladins reached Fenris Isle as refugees crossed Lake Lordamere, while the Scourge besieged Dalaran beneath Naxxramas.
• Antonidas regretted not reinforcing Quel’Thalas before its fall, and Arthas demanded that the Kirin Tor surrender or face the Scourge.

Antonidas raised Dalaran’s Violet Citadel Barrier as Arthas’s Scourge threatened the city, while Jiang Jie and his allies defended the Greymane Wall and helped thirty thousand refugees escape. The defenders held back the undead, and Jiang Jie brought down a Frost Wyrm, though the battle at the wall continued.

• Antonidas activated the Eye of Dalaran and raised the Violet Citadel Barrier after learning that Arthas had surrounded the city and declared war.
• Lord Godfrey arrived at the Greymane Wall with thirty thousand refugees, and Darion Mograine opened the gate under orders from Lord Nicholas.
• Lorna, Darion, and the Gilneas Brigade escorted the refugees through the gate, then Darion ordered it shut as the pursuing undead reached the wall.
• Jiang Jie ordered the wall’s cannons to fire, while the Gilneas riflemen and Fenris People's Army fought off the undead, Gargoyles, and Frost Wyrms.
• Anveena shot down Gargoyles with Arcane Missiles, and Jiang Jie climbed onto a Frost Wyrm and killed it with Strom'kar and Shadowflame.

Jiang Jie helped the defenders repel the undead at the Greymane Wall, but the Fenris People's Army suffered losses. After advising the Gilnean leaders on the refugees and warning Lorna to stay alert, he left to return to the Fenris Isles as the undead threat grew.

• Jiang Jie killed another Frost Wyrm, and the undead army retreated after an hour of fighting.
• Jiang Jie counted the Fenris People's Army and learned that 25 of its 99 men were missing or dead.
• Jiang Jie promised the fallen soldiers’ families generous death benefits, and the surviving martial artists shared their kill counts.
• Jiang Jie found Cult of the Damned members among the refugees but chose not to expose them while people were panicking.
• Jiang Jie advised Darius and Godfrey to settle the refugees temporarily and contact Jaina, then declined Lorna’s invitation to stay.
• Jiang Jie left for the Fenris Isles, considering the danger to his territory and the possibility of visiting Shadowfang Keep for the Book of Ur.