Half-draenei
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| Half-draenei | |
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| Faction/Affiliation | Horde, Alliance, Independent |
| Character classes | Warrior, Assassin, Barbarian, Rogue |
| Racial capital | None |
| Racial mount | None |
| Homeworld | Azeroth |
| Primary language(s) | Common, Orcish, Draenei |
| Secondary language(s) | Any |
| Average height | 5'8" - 7'8" (male) , 5'1" - 7'1" (female)[citation needed] |
A half-draenei is the offspring of one draenei parent or half-draenei and another species such as an orc.HPG 139 Apparently half-draenei of orc descent have features that match that of the draeneiHPG 169 Garona, and her son Med'an, show draenei features such as shiny eyes or chin spines. Half-orc half-draenei is the full name to describe the race when one they are part half-orc and part half-draenei. Half-draenei is the short form. Orc-draenei half-breed is another way of describing this combination. Prior to Exodar crashing on Azeroth the only known half-draenei knownHPG 139 would have had to been of Lost Ones (and possibly Broken) descent.
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Notable
Garona Halforcen
Garona is a orc-draenei half-breed, although she personally identifies with her half-orc heritage and others primarilly identify her as a half-orc. She and others believe her to be half-human (of draenor descent). Brann believes that she may "not" be a half-draenei as her features did not match that of the draenei or any other known race oter than human. It would seem unlikely that she was human due to her age, as she was already a young woman at the time of the First War.HPG 169 He and others apparently even knew a few half-draenei.HPG 139 Although these had to have been of Lost Ones or Broken descent as Brann's comment predates the crash of the Exodar. At the time he was only aware of the draenei known as the Lost Ones in Fallow Sanctuary and those in the Badlands.
Caydiem claimed that Garona's other half was "draenei" based on assumption that draenei were once human-like in appearance, before there was ever any knowledge that draenei were of the eredar race. Later, this claim has been confirmed in World of Warcraft (Wildstorm comic), Conflicting Loyalties.
Lantresor
Lantresor of the Blade is an individual confirmed to be of half-draenei and half-orc descent. He reuses Rend Blackhand's orc model, showing no draenei physical features other than a gray skintone (however, like the original Sylvanas or the earlier Rexxar, his model may just be a placeholder).
Med'an
Med'an is the son of the half-orc half-draenei Garona and an unknown father.
Terminology
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So far the term half-draenei has only been found in sources describing orcs. It might be possible that in settings describing other races the term might describe a half-draenei/half-other (in the same way as a draenei probably would use the term half-orc for a half-draenei/half-orc). It may also be possible that as was the case with half-human half-ogres, that a long description is given in order to designate any racial combinations that go outside the norm. In contrast, half-elf, half-blood elf, half-night elf, and half-orc are defined almost universally as races that originated from humans and the specified race. Half-draenei, half-ogre, and half-ogre mage are exceptions in that they so far only refer to races created through the interbreeding of orcs and a non-human race.
