- Mormon delivers his gold plates, along with the plates of Ether, to his son Moroni.
- The surviving Nephites are hunted down and killed by the Lamanites.
- The Lamanites chase down Mormon, and kill him; Moroni is left alone to finish the sad tale of his people.
- Moroni realizes the grim predicament he is in, but wants to complete the record.
- Four centuries have passed since the visit of Christ, and now, all the Nephites are dead.
- The Lamanites now begin to fight each other; the whole face of the land is a deathly war zone.
- Apart from Moroni, only Lamanites and Gadianton robbers remain, and they to not have a knowledge of the gospel.
- {Moroni|moroni2} takes {his father|mormon2}’s plates and adds to them additional information about the {Nephite|nephites}, as well as comments directed to the reader of the record; in addition, {Moroni|moroni2} translates the 24 plates of {Ether|ether}, abridges their contents into an account of the {Jaredites|jaredites}, wanders around, and then adds more comments.
- Having added his comments, Moroni takes the record and hides it along with “interpreters”, in hopes that the day will come that it will be brought forth.