Recaps

After Leo’s death, Apophis collapsed into war while Lothar carried its spark to the Arathi, and the Eastern Kingdoms entered another age of division. Much later, the Night Elves defeated the Satyrs and restrained the Druids, but conflict between Tyrande and Dath'Remar over forbidden magic marked a turning point for the Highborne.

• Lothar divided Leo’s spark among trusted followers, left the city, and settled with his people near Leo’s clan; Leo died soon afterward.
• Ambitious figures and neighboring clans fought over Apophis, which fell apart, while its spark survived among the Arathi.
• Under Snyder, Aikaite'er and the Helidos Continent flourished, while Azshara taught magic to the Eternal Elves.
• Tyrande organized the Sentinels under Shandris Feathermoon, and Malfurion trained Druids who later joined them against Xalan and the Satyrs.
• Ralaar Fangfire’s followers became worgen, prompting Malfurion to establish the Cenarion Circle and banish the worgen beneath Tal'doren.
• Dath'Remar confronted Tyrande over the execution of Highborne who secretly studied magic, and they argued over whether magic was their birthright or a danger to the Night Elves.

Dath'Remar defied Tyrande's ban on magic, and she exiled all the Highborne. He led them across the ocean to a new continent, where scouts found an abandoned Night Elf outpost and Dath'Remar wondered if Snyder was there.

• Dath'Remar and Tyrande argued over whether the Highborne could continue studying magic, and Tyrande refused his request.
• Dath'Remar and his followers unleashed a magical storm in Ashenvale, prompting Tyrande to order the Highborne's exile.
• Dath'Remar accepted the sentence, gathered the Highborne and their belongings, and led them aboard a fleet he had prepared.
• The Highborne sailed away from Kalimdor and endured several years at sea before their mages detected a new continent.
• Dath'Remar sent scouts to explore the new land, and they reported finding an abandoned Night Elf outpost.
• Dath'Remar reacted with shock and asked, "Snyder, is that you?"

Dath'Remar's people settled in an abandoned Night Elf outpost, where he found a communication crystal and reconnected with Jarod. Jarod offered to tell His Majesty Snyder about Dath'Remar and help the Highborne find a detailed map.

• Dath'Remar led guards to an abandoned Night Elf outpost, confirmed it was safe, and ordered his people to clean it and use it as a temporary base.
• Dath'Remar explored the area and sensed powerful energy dissipating near a lake, then discovered a communication crystal beneath a large tree.
• Dath'Remar restored the crystal with magic and contacted Jarod, who was surprised to hear from him after thousands of years.
• Dath'Remar asked Jarod about the outpost, the change in the Night Elves' skin color, and whether he had a detailed map of the area.
• Jarod explained that he had built the outpost on an earlier mission and offered to tell His Majesty Snyder about Dath'Remar; Dath'Remar agreed to wait for word.

Dath'Remar spoke with Apophis, a soul living in a great tree, and learned about his history with Jarod and his clan. Dath'Remar left after promising to bring Jarod to visit Apophis when he arrived.

• Dath'Remar heard Apophis speak after digging up the communication stone and learned that Apophis had once been a Vrykul chief and Jarod's brother-in-arms.
• Apophis and Dath'Remar shared their life stories, and Apophis praised Dath'Remar for leading the Highborne toward a new home.
• Apophis learned that no one guarded Jarod's abandoned outpost and that Dath'Remar's scouts had found no large Vrykul clans nearby.
• Apophis explained that his soul had entered the tree after his body died and that he had endured thousands of years of loneliness.
• Dath'Remar told Apophis that Jarod might return in a few days and promised to bring him to visit, then left.

Dath'Remar inspected the Highborne's temporary housing and struggled to adjust to speaking with commoners. After learning that Dath'Remar had reached the Eastern Kingdoms and asked for help, Snyder sailed there with Jarod and the Hand of the Bright Moon, arriving to meet his old friend.

• Dath'Remar visited a temporary Highborne outpost, where mages and workers were building homes, and the commoners thanked him for freeing them from fear.
• Dath'Remar admitted to his aide that he did not know how to speak with commoners, and the aide reassured him that he would gain experience.
• Jarod told Snyder that Dath'Remar had contacted him through a communication stone and needed help in the Eastern Kingdoms.
• Snyder decided to meet Dath'Remar, ordered supplies prepared, and set out with Jarod and the Hand of the Bright Moon.
• Snyder sent Maiev a message during the voyage, then sped up the fleet after a lookout spotted the Highborne ships.
• Snyder disembarked with Jarod and the Hand of the Bright Moon and reunited with Dath'Remar after thousands of years.

Snyder reunited with Dath'Remar and gave him a magical map of the Eastern Kingdoms to help the Highborne find a new home. Dath'Remar chose land in Forest Troll territory and dismissed Snyder's warning, leaving a clash likely.

• Snyder and Dath'Remar greeted each other warmly after thousands of years apart, then hosted a banquet for Snyder's attendants.
• Dath'Remar described the Highborne's life in Kalimdor while admiring the discipline and equipment of Snyder's Hand of the Bright Moon.
• Snyder gave Dath'Remar a real-time elemental map of the Eastern Kingdoms, and Dath'Remar used it to search for a place to settle his people.
• Dath'Remar chose land near the top of the map, and Snyder warned him that it was Forest Troll territory and that fighting would be unavoidable.
• Dath'Remar dismissed the Forest Trolls as easy opponents, while Snyder expected him to suffer a setback.

Dath'Remar ignored warnings of an impending defeat and prepared the Highborne to migrate, selecting troops for a vanguard. Jarod visited Apophis beneath the tree by the lake above Tyr's Tomb and watched his old friend depart after fulfilling his final wish.

• Dath'Remar dismissed Snyder's warning to rest and sent rogue scouts to reconnoiter the northern Eastern Kingdoms.
• Dath'Remar inspected the barracks with Haren Theron and selected two thousand soldiers for a vanguard, planning to recruit skilled mages as well.
• Dath'Remar gave Jarod the communication stone and asked him to pass his regards to Apophis.
• Jarod found Apophis beneath the huge tree beside the lake above Tyr's Tomb, and the two old friends reminisced as dusk fell.
• Apophis said his wish had been fulfilled and his travels were over, then dissolved into particles of light as Jarod watched.

Jarod asked Snyder whether short-lived races could live longer, then accepted that his dead friend Apophis was better off passing on and recovered from the lingering power of Zakajz. Snyder later told Dath'Remar that the Elemental Spirits had warned him something bad was coming, though they had not revealed what.

• Jarod returned to the banquet and asked Snyder whether short-lived races could have their lives extended; Snyder explained that nature balanced lifespan with reproduction.
• Jarod told Snyder that Apophis’s soul had dissipated and that he had failed to keep him in the world; Snyder convinced him that forcing Apophis to remain would have harmed him.
• Jarod let go of his grief, and a wisp of Zakajz’s residual power drifted from him before Snyder blew it away.
• A golden light watched Jarod recover and flew toward the horizon; Snyder finished eating and left the banquet hall.
• Dath'Remar confronted Snyder about the enormous amount of food he had eaten, and Snyder told him the Elemental Spirits had warned of an unspecified danger.

Zakajz's remaining black mist possessed Dath'Remar and magnified his troubled emotions as the Highborne prepared to leave for a new home. Dath'Remar rallied his troops with a speech, while Snyder and Jarod noticed signs that something was wrong but did not identify the cause.

• After returning to his room, Dath'Remar ate, worried over Snyder's warning, and fell asleep as Zakajz's black mist entered his body.
• The next morning, Dath'Remar arrived to lead the departing Highborne, and Snyder sensed something was wrong when he touched him.
• Jarod felt the Silver Blade react faintly to Dath'Remar, but the weapon showed no change when he examined it.
• Dath'Remar addressed the Highborne, recalling their exile and praising Snyder's support as he promised to claim a new home from the Trolls.
• The Highborne shouted their support for Dath'Remar as another flash of black light passed through his eyes.

Dath'Remar announced that the Highborne would travel with the army, while Snyder and Jarod grew convinced that something was wrong with him. They prepared to watch him and protect their forces, as Dath'Remar privately struggled to understand his unstable behavior.

• Dath'Remar rallied the Highborne and ordered everyone to prepare to depart at noon, despite Jarod and Snyder's concern for civilian safety.
• Dath'Remar snapped at Jarod, then apologized and blamed his unstable emotions before leaving; black energy flashed through his eyes.
• Jarod and Snyder agreed that something was wrong with Dath'Remar, but decided to monitor him rather than openly challenge him.
• Snyder told the warriors to rest and use only their own food and water, while Jarod agreed to keep a close watch on Dath'Remar.
• Dath'Remar washed his face and wondered what was happening to him as black energy flashed through his eyes again.

Dath'Remar struggled with headaches and sudden anger while overseeing the Highborne’s preparations, and Jarod kept the Hand of the Bright Moon from eating before their departure. Snyder learned that Dath'Remar had been affected by Zakajz’s lingering power, and the Will of Azeroth said there was only one way to save him.

• Dath'Remar lost his temper at Theron while overseeing the Highborne, then apologized and went with him to check the barracks.
• Jarod told the Hand of the Bright Moon to refuse lunch, then accepted the Highborne representative’s offer to pack the food as rations.
• Jarod wondered when he should give Faledor’s leaf to Naisha.
• Snyder met the Will of Azeroth, which detected the stench of the Old Gods on him.
• Snyder explained what had happened with Jarod and Dath'Remar, and the Will of Azeroth concluded that Zakajz’s remaining power had taken revenge after Tyr’s power dissipated.
• Snyder asked how to save Dath'Remar, and the Will of Azeroth said there was only one way.

The Will of Azeroth told Snyder to use the Silver Blade to purify Dath'Remar when the black qi reached its peak, while secretly intending for the process to leave Dath'Remar permanently asleep. Snyder consulted Jarod, and they agreed to try the plan as Dath'Remar and the Highborne prepared to migrate.

• The Will of Azeroth told Snyder to wait until the black qi was strongest, then use the Silver Blade's purifying light to drive it out of Dath'Remar.
• After leaving Snyder's soul, the Will of Azeroth revealed that the purification would tear part of Dath'Remar's will away and leave him asleep, allowing Snyder to take the Highborne into his service.
• Snyder decided to wait until Dath'Remar showed signs of trouble twice before having Jarod use the Silver Blade, then summoned Jarod.
• Jarod came to Snyder, who explained the Will of Azeroth's method and his own plan to save Dath'Remar.
• Snyder and Jarod agreed to try the method, while Dath'Remar and the Highborne prepared to migrate together.

Dath'Remar organized the Highborne's migration, assigning troops to protect civilians and setting a two-month deadline because of limited magic crystals and the Troll threat. After the leaders departed to prepare, Snyder and Jarod warned Dath'Remar to rest, leaving him to suspect they had discovered something about him.

• Dath'Remar gathered Snyder, Jarod, and the Highborne leadership to coordinate the migration and assigned nobles and generals to lead and protect the civilians.
• When a young general objected to guarding civilians, Dath'Remar reminded the leaders that their people sustained them, and the general promised to protect them.
• Dath'Remar outlined the vanguard, rear guard, and reserve forces, then announced that the Highborne had to reach their destination within two months because their magic crystals would last only three months.
• Dath'Remar presented a map based on Snyder's elemental map and instructed the vanguard to scout for water sources along the route.
• After the other leaders left to prepare, Snyder and Jarod urged Dath'Remar to rest and departed, and Dath'Remar suspected they had discovered something.

Corrupted Dath'Remar led the Highborne toward Forest Troll territory, intending to provoke a war while hiding his possession from Jarod and Snyder. As the elves reached the forest, Shadra ordered his army to attack them, beginning the conflict.

• The black energy possessing Dath'Remar planned to start a war with the Forest Trolls and fulfill the Old Gods' command.
• Snyder and Jarod prepared the Highborne army to travel, while Jarod stayed close to Dath'Remar in case he could purify him.
• The elves advanced toward the forest, and corrupted Dath'Remar felt safer after believing Jarod had been sent away from him.
• Snyder secretly told Jarod to strike and purify Dath'Remar the moment the possession showed itself.
• Forest Troll scouts reported the elves' approach to Shadra, who ordered his army to kill them.

Shadra, the Forest Troll warlord, learned that Night Elves had come near his people’s home and summoned the Forest Troll tribes to prepare for war. He rallied his people for a battle of vengeance as messengers went to gather the other clans.

• Shadra ordered messengers to summon the other Forest Troll clans after learning that Elves had entered their territory.
• Shadra sent a headhunter to gather the tribespeople in the city square.
• Shadra armed himself with Galodis the Beheader and addressed the assembled Forest Trolls.
• Shadra told the crowd that the Night Elves had come close to their home, prompting the Trolls to call for their destruction.
• Shadra announced that the clans would unite against the Elves and ordered his people to rest and prepare for battle.

Shadra prepared the Forest Trolls to attack the Highborne and summoned the clans to unite against the Night Elves. As Snyder’s force rested near a water source, the troll chieftains agreed to join Shadra’s war.

• Shadra ordered his guards to monitor the elves and keep hunting parties away from them while the Forest Trolls prepared for war.
• Snyder ordered the elves to ready their weapons, and Dath'Remar secured the Highborne’s obedience by repeating the order.
• The elven force advanced into the forest and, three days later, rested at a water source while Snyder deployed sentries.
• Shadra gathered the Forest Troll chieftains and revealed that the Night Elves were nearby, calling for all their clans to unite against them.
• Ennoka Fenlie pledged the Smolderthorn Clan, and Krongsai Tengji agreed for the Mossflayer Clan after Shadra promised food; the other chieftains then joined the war.

Shadra fed and rallied the Forest Troll clans before laying out a plan to lure the Night Elves into an ambush in the forest. He then privately asked the four Amani Loa for help, revealing that he had misled the other chiefs so he could use the war to unite the clans and rebuild the Forest Troll Empire.

• The Amani Clan fed the allied Forest Trolls, and Shadra told the chiefs their troops would have to earn the food by fighting the elves.
• Shadra shared scout reports and assigned the clans roles in a plan to draw the Night Elves into the forest and attack their pursuing force.
• Shadra warned the chiefs to target elven spellcasters and said four Amani Loa would empower their strongest priests.
• The Troll chiefs returned to their clans and ordered their people to rest and prepare for battle.
• Shadra visited the Amani shrine and asked Nalorakk, Akil'zon, Jan'alai, and Halazzi for help against the Night Elves.
• Shadra revealed that he had deceived the other chiefs about the Loa's aid to bind the clans to the Amani and rebuild the Forest Troll Empire.

Shadra persuaded the four Loa to infuse divine power into selected priests, arguing that it would strengthen the Trolls and bring the Loa more followers. The Loa agreed under strict limits, leaving Shadra with a way to empower his tribe for the coming war.

• Jan'alai, Halazzi, Akil'zon, and Nalorakk questioned Shadra's ambition but asked how they could help him.
• Shadra explained his long-held plan to seal the Loa's power inside Troll priests and described how he had become chieftain to pursue his ambitions.
• The four Loa objected that the plan could reduce mortals' reverence for them and risk giving Trolls control over their power.
• Shadra argued that empowered Troll warriors would display the Loa's strength and bring them more followers and faith.
• The four Loa agreed to empower one corresponding, most-devout priest each for three days, and Shadra accepted their conditions.

Shadra met privately with his confidants to devise a plan to destroy the elves and bring the other Forest Troll clans under Amani rule. The meeting ended with Shadra rejecting Bandersson’s proposal to control the other chieftains with voodoo.

• Shadra summoned his trusted adviser Bandersson Viletooth, general Kaostin the Fierce Cutter One-Eye, and other allies, then ordered a guard to watch the other clans.
• Shadra showed his confidants a detailed map and revealed that his plan shared with the other chieftains was only a deception meant to lure and destroy the elves.
• Kaostin warned that the original plan would leave the other clans strong and make absorbing them costly, while Shadra said they needed to join the Amani Horde willingly.
• Bandersson proposed using voodoo to control the other chieftains and force their clans to join Amani, but Kakaxiya and Okaostin objected that the Loa would disapprove.
• Shadra rejected Bandersson’s plan, and when Bandersson pressed him to reconsider, Shadra ordered him to stop talking.

Shadra rejected Bandersson’s plan to use magic to control the other Forest Troll clans and asked Kaostin to devise a strategy. Kaostin laid out a scheme to weaken the elves and rival clans, leaving Shadra’s Amani Clan positioned to unite the Forest Trolls.

• Shadra rejected Bandersson’s plan, saying the Amani Clan was strong enough to unite the Forest Trolls without a magical fake.
• Shadra invited Kaostin to study the elves’ defenses and propose a new strategy.
• Kaostin proposed having Shadow Hunters sabotage the elven camp, kill captured soldiers, and draw an elven pursuit force toward a bait unit and an ambush.
• Kaostin planned to use the battle to weaken the Smolderthorn, Mossflayer, and Firetree clans, killing Ennoka and potentially challenging Zakas to a duel.
• Kaostin proposed using aid and promises of food to bring smaller clans and the Witherbark, Vilebranch, and Drybark clans under Shadra’s control.

Shadra’s forces finalized a plan to unite the Forest Trolls and launch a coordinated attack on the elves. The Troll armies took their positions, and Kaostin’s decoy force charged the alerted elven camp.

• Kaostin presented his plan, and Shadra assigned him to lead the force that would draw in the elves while Bandersson led a harassment force armed with a new poison.
• Shadra sent the four priest apprentices to continue training and dismissed his followers to prepare and rest.
• At dawn, Shadra organized the Forest Troll forces, left a fallback defense in Amani territory, and led the Amani elites toward their assigned positions.
• An Amani Shadow Hunter reported that the Night Elves were already alert to Kaostin’s movements.
• Kaostin ordered his fleet decoy force to attack the elven camp.

The Forest Trolls attacked the Highborne camp while Shadow Hunters infiltrated it to destroy supplies, and Dath'Remar worked to deepen the conflict between the elves and Trolls. Kaostin withdrew when Snyder brought the Hand of the Bright Moon to reinforce the Highborne, leaving the elves to tend their wounded and prepare for another attack.

• Dath'Remar recognized that the disturbance in the jungle came from Trolls and assembled the Highborne, while Snyder led the Hand of the Bright Moon toward their camp.
• Kaostin ordered his Shadow Hunters to infiltrate the Highborne camp and destroy its supplies as he led the Amani troops into battle.
• The Forest Trolls and Highborne clashed, while Shadow Hunters planted Bandersson's incendiary compound at supply depots, causing explosions and fires.
• Dath'Remar took command of the panicked civilians and chose to let the battle continue to inflame hostility between the Highborne and Trolls.
• Kaostin ordered a retreat when Snyder arrived with reinforcements, and Allen Theron stopped the Highborne from pursuing and directed them to care for the wounded.

After sabotaging the highborne supplies, Kaostin led five Amani Shadow Hunters in an attempt to assassinate the elves’ leadership, while the rest withdrew. On the front line, Daren Theron prepared the highborne defenses for another Forest Troll assault, and Kaostin charged toward him as the battle resumed.

• Kaostin split the Shadow Hunters, leading five to hunt highborne leaders while the others retreated.
• A Shadow Hunter slipped into a tent and killed the elderly noble representative appointed by Dath'Remar.
• Allen Theron stopped the highborne from pursuing the Forest Trolls and ordered them to rest and build defenses.
• Kaostin led the Forest Trolls back for another attack, and Daren Theron readied the highborne for their return.
• Berserk Forest Trolls charged the defenses as highborne mages and warriors fought to hold the line.
• Kaostin targeted the elf general in armor and charged Daren Theron.

The highborne and Forest Trolls fought a bloody battle until the Trolls retreated, while a Shadow Hunter squad pursued Dath'Remar and launched an assassination attempt. Dath'Remar survived behind an Arcane Shield and alerted nearby soldiers, leaving the assassins' fate unresolved.

• Kaostin and Daren Theron fought evenly until the Hand of the Bright Moon's arrival shifted the battle toward the highborne.
• Kaostin stopped his adjutant from interfering in his duel with Daren Theron, then withdrew with the Forest Trolls when their retreat horn sounded.
• A Shadow Hunter squad identified Dath'Remar as a target and followed him back to his command post after he reassured the civilians.
• Dath'Remar ordered his adjutant to address the camp fire and supplies, then remained alone in the command post as the Shadow Hunters approached.
• The Shadow Hunters attacked Dath'Remar, but his Arcane Shield blocked their weapons; he cast a fireball to draw nearby soldiers to the command post.

Dath'Remar killed the Shadow Hunter captain but was poisoned in the fight, and his adjutant arrived with Highborne reinforcements before the other Shadow Hunters could finish him. The Shadow Hunters were killed, but the antidote was missing, and the young Shadow Hunter escaped to report back to the general.

• The Shadow Hunters attacked Dath'Remar together, while their captain hid in the shadows and waited for a chance to strike.
• The captain wounded Dath'Remar with a poisoned blade, but Dath'Remar ran him through with Flamestrike and then collapsed as the poison took effect.
• Dath'Remar's adjutant arrived with Highborne troops and stopped the Shadow Hunters from killing him.
• The Shadow Hunter captain's group sent the young Shadow Hunter away to report to the general, then fought the Highborne and were killed.
• Dath'Remar's adjutant searched the Shadow Hunters but found no antidote.