World of Warcraft Races, Classes, Worlds

Races

The two types of playable factions in the game are the Alliance and Horde, both having 5 different races each, of which there are 9 classes.

The Alliance races include: Humans of Stormwind, Dwarfs of Ironforge, Gnomes of Gnomeregan, and Night Elves of Teldrassil. And now the Draenei which became members of the Alliance in The Burning Crusade expansion. For descriptions on these races go to: WOW Races.

The Horde races include the Orcs of Ogrimmar, Tauren of Thunder Bluff, The Forsaken (Undead) of Undercity and the Trolls of the Echo Isles. And now the Blood Elves which became members of the Horde in The Burning Crusade expansion. For descriptions on these races go to: WOW Races.

Classes

The nine classes are Druid, Hunter, Mage, Paladin, Priest, Rogue, Shaman, Warlock and Warrior. To learn more about each class go to: Blizzard classes.

With the Burning Crusade expansion, the Draenei (Alliance) are able to play both Shaman and Paladins and the Blood Elves (Horde) are able to play as Paladins. Prior to the expansion, the Paladin class was only available to the Alliance and the Shaman available to the Horde.

Worlds

There are two different worlds in World of Warcraft: Azeroth and Outland (available with Burning Crusade expansion).

Azeroth has two continents: Kalimdor and The Eastern Kingdoms.

Kalimdor: the beginning continent for the following races:

• Horde: Orcs, Trolls, Tauren
• Alliance: Night Elves, Draenei

The Eastern Kingdoms: the beginning continent for the following races:

• Horde: Undead, Blood Elves
• Alliance: Humans, Dwarves, Gnomes

Outland is a planet in the World of Warcraft universe. It is the homeworld of the Orcs, Ogres (large, brutish humanoids) and Draenei.