Strikes the target with lightning speed, incapacitating them for 4 sec, and turns off your attack.***
Choose your faction
All pandaren players start as Neutral at the starting zone of the Wandering Isle.
At around level 10, after completing a starting zone quest chain, players will encounter the quest [12] A New Fate where they must choose to join either the Pandaren or the Pandaren.
Alliance
The leader of this group of pandaren is Aysa Cloudsinger and she will instruct you in the way of Tushui through meditation, rigorous training, and moral conviction.
Horde
The leader of this group of pandaren is Ji Firepaw and he will drive you in the outgoing, passionate way of Huojin, believing inaction is the greatest injustice.
Mounts
The pandaren racial ground mount was confirmed to be a dragon turtle on May 23, 2012 via an official blog.[1] The flying mount is not confirmed, but presumed to be a [Pandaren Kite].
Mount speculation
This article or section includes speculation, observations or opinions possibly supported by lore or by Blizzard officials. It should not be taken as representing official lore.
Blizzplanet speculated that a new goat-like creature called the shaghorn might be the new pandaren mount.[2]
The appearance of a large yak in a preview images[3][4] and confirmation via twitter by Bashiok[5] that this would be a mount in Mists of Pandaria has led some to believe this will be the Pandaren racial mount. Unfortunately, they were confirmed by blue post to not be the pandaren racial mount.[6]
Notes
The Male Pandaren dance is LMFAO- Party Rock Anthem and the Female Pandaren dance is Caramelldansen.[citation needed]
You can't friend a Pandaren character until after they have chosen a faction.[7]
The pandaren were originally intended to be the Alliance race for the World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade expansion, but it was felt that the draenei were a better fit for the storyline.[8]
As of early 2012, there was a rumor that the actor Jack Black was signed on to perform the voice of the male Pandaren[citation needed] (he is known for his role as Po in the animated movie, Kung Fu Panda), but that was already ruled out by Chris Metzen at BlizzCon 2011.[9]
Media
Images
Pandaren Monk in the starting zone.
Artwork of a Pandaren.
A Pandaren warrior in combat against what appears to be a crane.
^Bashiok tweet: Have we shown off the yak mounts already? Cause that's crazy close. Good job!
^Wryxian 2012-03-27. #6 - Pandaren mount is a yak?. Official Mists of Pandaria Beta > Mists of Pandaria forum (EU). So no, the Yak mounts are not the racial mounts for Pandaren. We're still thinking about how we want Yak mounts to be obtained.