Chapter Summaries

Jiang Jie fought his way toward Gnomeregan’s entrance, where the gnome Amy planned to blast the Rockjaw Troggs with explosives. Her detonation buried Jiang Jie beneath the cave-in, but he burst through the rubble in brilliant light and saved Amy from the surviving Troggs, leaving her confused when she found a human standing where she had seen an angel.

• Jiang Jie fought through more than twenty Rockjaw Troggs as he rushed toward Gnomeregan’s entrance.
• Amy set explosive barrels beside the entrance, retreated three hundred meters, and waited for the Troggs to gather before detonating them.
• Amy’s hurried countdown ended just as Jiang Jie reached the entrance, and the blast collapsed the cave roof, burying him and many Troggs.
• Several Rockjaw Troggs escaped the rubble and charged at Amy, who shut her eyes and prayed for the Holy Light to protect her.
• Jiang Jie burst out from beneath the rocks in a brilliant flash and stopped the Troggs; Amy opened her eyes and found a young human standing before her.

Jiang Jie and Brann reached Gnomeregan and met Amy Shortwire, a demolition expert trapped underground by the Rockjaw Trogg invasion. Amy led them toward the mechanical marines and explosives depot so they could help seal the passages, while the group encountered troggs and wrecked machines.

• Jiang Jie rescued Amy Shortwire from Rockjaw Troggs and learned that Brann was coming to help her.
• Brann arrived with three hundred Earthen, and Amy trusted Jiang Jie after recognizing the prince.
• Amy explained that Rockjaw Troggs had invaded Gnomeregan and that the gnomes had been sealing passages to contain them.
• Amy told Jiang Jie and Brann that she needed to find the mechanical marines and explosives depot to block the remaining passages.
• Jiang Jie and Brann set out with Amy, and they soon found Rockjaw Troggs and shattered machines along the way.

Jiang Jie repaired Gnomeregan’s charging stations and rebuilt six working Arcane Nullifiers from twelve damaged ones. After the machines advanced through the ruined city, the group reached the Hall of Gears.

• Amy explained that Arcane Nullifiers’ nets could not catch the oversized Rockjaw Troggs and proposed using the machines to carry explosives.
• After discovering that Troggs had chewed through a charging station’s wires, Jiang Jie repaired the wiring while Amy and Brann watched in astonishment.
• Jiang Jie directed the group to secure working charging stations, then helped Brannock Blackheart and the Earthen clear Troggs and repair nearly all the stations.
• With Xiao Feng guiding him, Jiang Jie dismantled damaged Arcane Nullifiers and combined their intact parts to rebuild six working machines from twelve.
• Amy praised Jiang Jie as a genius mechanic, and the recharged Arcane Nullifiers led the group through the ruined city to the Hall of Gears.

Jiang Jie and the Earthen rescued the Mech Marines and began their campaign to reclaim Gnomeregan’s Hall of Gears. With the invasion still manageable, Jiang Jie aimed to restore the city’s power and prevent its eventual collapse.

• Jiang Jie met Captain Murd Doc and the Mech Marines defending a passage from Rockjaw Troggs, and Amy introduced him and Prince Brann.
• Jiang Jie took control of the powered security suits and led the Earthen in killing more than two hundred Rockjaw Troggs, then declined Murd Doc’s offer of half their pay.
• Jiang Jie explained that Gnomeregan’s crisis could still be reversed and announced that the first step was to take the Hall of Gears.
• Jiang Jie led the group toward the Hall of Gears while Amy told Murd Doc that Jiang Jie was an excellent mechanic, prompting Murd Doc to order the Mech Marines to move out.

Jiang Jie and his allies cleared the Rockjaw Troggs from the Hall of Gears, prompting Mekkatorque to organize its repair. Sicco Thermaplugg resolved to seize power and set out for the Hall with his battle mech, Crowd Pummeler 9-60, and a radioactive bomb.

• Jiang Jie and his forces defeated the Rockjaw Troggs in the Dormitory Area and Hall of Gears, while the Mech Marines killed only a handful.
• Jiang Jie asked Murd Doc to notify the Tinkers' Court that the Hall of Gears needed repairs.
• Murd Doc arrived at the Tinkers' Court and told Mekkatorque and the councilors that Prince Brann and Marquis Nicholas had helped clear the Hall of Gears.
• Mekkatorque ordered the Mech Marines and the engineers to gather at the Hall of Gears, promising to double the Marines' pay.
• Sicco Thermaplugg decided to kill Mekkatorque and take control of Gnomeregan, then donned his battle mech and headed for the Hall of Gears with Crowd Pummeler 9-60 and a radioactive bomb.

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.