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Cormack still wears the Scarlet Crusade’s colors. He can still call upon the Light. He has also become one of the undead his order exists to destroy. This week, we’re following his story through Blizzard’s Unbowed and exploring the place awaiting paladins like him in World of Warcraft Forever.

We’ve followed Lordaeron’s fall and the fight for Undercity. Now we’re spending time with the people trying to live there: the newly risen learning to heal, families struggling to stay together, and neighbors whose bodies need constant repair. Along the way, we meet Aramis Hammerhand and Danitha Morr, revisit Gavinrad the Dire’s legacy, and discover why Tyr’s Watch chooses to remain among people who distrust the Light.

Our return to the Ruins of Lordaeron brings us to a missing child, a father’s search, and the fate of Grand Marshal Garithos. We also reconnect with Leonid Barthalomew and the work Garek Bandarion left for others to continue.

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Captain Landen wants to retire. His lieutenant wants the glory of battle. Arthas’s homecoming leaves them with civilians to rescue and a kingdom collapsing around them.

We follow Garek Bandarion through the Last Days of Lordaeron and the Forsaken Kingdom campaign. We trace the choices that carry a Lordaeron guardsman into undeath, then into the service of Sylvanas Windrunner.

Beneath the ruined capital, Garek and Dark Ranger Anya help make Undercity a home. Merchants need protection, masons need stone, and newly awakened Forsaken need someone willing to help them. Those ordinary responsibilities become the stakes when the Scarlet Crusade attacks.

We follow the conflict through Tirisfal, an uneasy friendship with Leonid Barthalomew, and the Argent Dawn’s place in the Forsaken’s struggle. Then Naxxramas arrives above the capital, bringing Garek back into the reach of the enemies who destroyed his first life.

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A prince promises survival at a terrible cost. Rebels escape his city, bargain for sanctuary, and build a new life above the world. Thousands of years later, their descendants must decide how to save the home that bargain gave them.

We begin Tides of Lore: Forever by connecting the Skyborne’s origins to the Shen’dralar of Eldre’Thalas, the ancient city now known as Dire Maul. We follow Tortheldrin’s rule, the rebellion against his plans, and the exiles whose journey leads into Skywall and the Zephras Isle starting storyline.

First, we return to the aftermath of Warcraft III: Arthas’s betrayal, Grom Hellscream’s sacrifice, the stand at Mount Hyjal, and the fragile peace that follows. These events leave Azeroth with the rivalries, displaced peoples, and unfinished conflicts that form the backdrop to World of Warcraft: Forever.

We also discuss the High Order and Windshapers, the Skyborne’s ties to the Kirin Tor and Earthen Ring, and our first impressions of how their story fits into Warcraft’s history.