Cataclysm
Races 12 - Cataclysm
Discover the races of Cataclysm: their history, traditions and homelands.
Alliance
Human
Human kingdoms have endured invasions, fallen cities and difficult rebuilding. Stormwind carries that history through a people whose alliances and determination have helped them survive losses that mi...
Dwarf
Dwarven history brings together ancient origins, rival clans and steadfast alliances. The search for traces of the titans gives their expeditions a personal purpose: understanding the past also means...
Night Elf
The kaldorei remember an ancient civilisation whose use of magic helped bring catastrophe to Azeroth. The War of the Ancients and the struggle against the Burning Legion left them with a lasting respo...
Gnome
The disaster in Gnomeregan scattered a people renowned for engineering and invention. The loss of their city strengthened both their reliance on allies and their determination to solve problems that s...
Draenei
The draenei descend from exiles who fled Argus rather than embrace the Burning Legion. Generations of flight carried their people between worlds, preserving hope and a commitment to resist the forces...
Worgen
The worgen of Gilneas were human citizens whose kingdom became afflicted by a terrible curse. Their story follows the struggle to regain control of themselves while holding on to the memories and loya...
Horde
Orc
The orcs came from Draenor, where clan life was scarred by demonic corruption and war. Their passage to Azeroth left a difficult legacy, alongside the continuing effort to reclaim freedom and ancestra...
Undead
The Forsaken are undead who regained their own will after serving the Scourge. Freedom did not restore their former lives, leaving them to build an identity from memories, loss and the determination n...
Tauren
The shu’halo carried their traditions across Kalimdor’s plains through generations of travel and conflict. Their bonds with other peoples grew from the need to defend their communities and secure a la...
Troll
The Darkspear belong to a much older world of troll peoples and kingdoms. Displacement and dangerous enemies shaped their own story, making survival and the bonds of a small community especially impor...
Blood Elf
The destruction of Quel’Thalas by the Scourge transformed the surviving high elves. Calling themselves sin’dorei in remembrance of the fallen, they faced the task of protecting a wounded homeland whil...
Goblin
Goblin trade princes built their influence through commerce, invention and fierce competition. The Bilgewater Cartel’s story also carries the experience of upheaval, showing how quickly a search for p...