Vord stages a brutal return to the Scourge as part of a secret mission, leaving Drak'nora and the Grin to untangle whether his betrayal is real. In Northrend, his search for missing allies collides with Urja's grief and the Lich King's hunters.
Elyndis abducts Vord and subjects him to physical torture and illusions of the Grin’s destruction inside Naxxramas. As Grimnir mounts a rescue and Londra reaches Vord through his visions, Drak’nora takes a dangerous route to his cell and a confrontation with his captor.
Londra's private confession traces how betrayal and despair estranged her from the Light and taught her to find pleasure in manipulating others. Writing from an uncertain recovery, she questions what she wants and whether setting the memories down can steady her.