The War Within
Races 25 - The War Within
Discover the races of The War Within: 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...
Void Elf
The ren’dorei were transformed while pursuing dangerous knowledge of the Void. Alleria Windrunner helped them resist its influence, turning a near catastrophe into the beginning of a community determi...
Lightforged Draenei
The Lightforged spent ages in the Army of the Light’s struggle against the Burning Legion. A sacred transformation bound their commitment to the Light into their very bodies, marking lives shaped by a...
Dark Iron Dwarf
The Dark Iron clan’s history is bound to the War of the Three Hammers and the disastrous summoning of Ragnaros. The struggle to escape domination and preserve a distinct identity left a lasting mark o...
Kul Tiran
Kul Tiras grew from settlers and explorers who made a home across the sea. Its ships became renowned far beyond the islands, tying the kingdom’s fortunes to voyages, alliances and the responsibility o...
Mechagnome
Mechagon’s mechagnomes descended from gnomes who pursued a society transformed by machinery. Conflict over complete mechanisation challenged that ambition, turning the question of technological progre...
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...
Nightborne
Suramar survived ancient catastrophe behind a magical barrier, leaving its people isolated for thousands of years. Dependence on the Nightwell and a later conflict with the Burning Legion made their e...
Highmountain Tauren
The tribes of Highmountain preserve the legacy of Huln, remembered for his courage in the War of the Ancients. Their history binds separate communities through shared ancestors and the continuing defe...
Mag'har Orc
The name Mag’har identifies orcs who remained uncorrupted by demonic blood. Their story preserves Draenor’s clan inheritance, bringing together communities whose different experiences did not erase a...
Zandalari Troll
The Zandalari preserve the legacy of one of Azeroth’s oldest civilisations. Their kingdom’s long history links the rise of troll empires with the challenge of defending an inheritance that later gener...
Vulpera
The vulpera endured Vol’dun’s deserts through generations of travel, cooperation and resourcefulness. Predators, scarcity and hostile captors made survival a collective effort, strengthening the ties...
Faction choice
Pandaren
The pandaren won their freedom from the mogu and built traditions that endured through centuries of seclusion. Some remained in Pandaria, while others followed a life of wandering and carried their he...
Dracthyr
Neltharion created the dracthyr by combining draconic essence with the adaptability of mortal peoples. Their awakening after a long confinement opened a search for lost memories and a future beyond th...
Earthen
The earthen are titan-forged beings whose long existence began in duties laid down by their makers. The communities of Khaz Algar developed in isolation, preserving that inheritance while confronting...