World of Warcraft Alliance

There are several races and groups in the Warcraft universe that players can choose to play: five Alliance races, five Horde races, and five unallied groups.  The Alliance races are Humans, Draenei, Dwarves, Gnomes and Night Elves. 

Humans

Introduced in Warcraft: Orcs & Humans and depicted as religious, the Humans in the Warcraft universe fight against the Orcs and the other Horde races.  The Human regions are very similar to Medieval European kingdoms.  The Humans in the Warcraft universe are descendants of an ancient nomadic tribe called the Arathi.  The city of Strom and the nation of Arathor were both founded by the Arathi.  They also created alliances with the High Elves against the Amani Empire of Trolls.

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Draenei

The last of the Eredar, the Draenei built a civilization on the planet of Draenor.  The Draenei are pursued by the Burning Legion.  The planet Draenor was eventually destroyed and the Draenei then captured a vessel and moved to Azeroth.  When their ship crashed in the Bloodmyst and Azuremyst Isles, they made these their new home on Azeroth.  The Draenei are taller than Humans, have blue to purple hued skin, cloven hooves and lizard-like tails.  Extending from the males' chins are appendages that look like tentacles.  The females have backward facing horns on their temples and smaller tentacle appendages behind their jaws.

Dwarves

This short, but strong, race lives in Ironforge, a mountain city in the Eastern Kingdoms.  Dwarves have been allies with the Humans and fought alongside them against the threats that faced the Humans.  Created from stone by the Titans, Dwarves were originally miners but over time have become archeologists who enjoy combat and storytelling.  Their skin ranges from a dark tan color to charcoal-grey. 

Gnomes

Magical creatures that are proficient at engineering, Gnomes lived in Gnomeregan, which is an underground city.  Driven out of their home by the Troggs, the refugee Gnomes are now living in Ironforge with the Dwarves as they plot their revenge against the Troggs.  Gnomes are the fierce rivals of the Goblins, an engineering Horde race.  Gnome engineering is primarily made up of gears and cogs.  Gnomes are robots created by the Titans that were turned into living creatures by the "curse of the flesh."

Night Elves

Also known as Kaldorei, which means "Children of the Stars" in their language, Night Elves are among the oldest of Azeroth's humanoid races.  Descended from trolls who were changed by the Well of Eternity, Night Elves have the ability to use magic and are greatly in tune with nature.  Night Elves are very strong and tall; both males and females are very muscular.  Males tend to have broad chests and shoulders while females are lithe.  Their prominent facial features are distinctive eye brows and pointed ears.  Skin tones are widely varied from purple or pink to pale blue while hair color can be anywhere from white to deep green to bright purple.

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Humans, Draenei, Dwarves, Gnomes and Night Elves are the Alliance races that players can choose to play in WoW.  They are humanoid in appearance and some have a long history of allying with one another.  Each Alliance race has a direct counterpart race in the Horde and each Alliance race brings something different to the struggle against their common enemies.