Race ideas
From WoWWiki
Rumored
NOTE: Rumors are unsubstantiated and commonly false.
- Rumored Races: None of these have been officially confirmed or denied directly from Blizzard by a blue post or a press release.
| Race | Likelihood of Selection | 1st Appears | Reasoning | |
| Centaur | Very Unlikely | WoW | Hatred for Taruens Xenophobic like Alliance 4 Legs Technical Difficulty | |
| Draenei | Possible | WoW | The Draenei have no close ties to the Alliance. They share a goal simillar to the Blood Elves to get to Outland which fits well with expansion. | |
| Cenarion | Very Unlikely | WoW | Keepers of the Grove, Male. Driad female. Alliance Connection. 4 Legs Technical Difficulty | |
| Furbolg | Possible | WoW | Alliance connection. Have had many emotes added to them along with new animations. | |
| Goblin | Extremely Unlikely | WoW | Netural Race not likely to side with Horde or Alliance. | |
| Gnolls | Unlikely | WoW | At War with Alliance | |
| Tigon | Debunked by GamerGod | Fan Fiction | Only Verifiable Reference to Tigon is Fan Fiction Debunk by GamerGod | |
| Tuskarr | Unlikely | WC3: TFT | Unlikely to appear without Northrend | |
| Mountain Giant | Unlikely | WC3 | Possible Balance Issues Lore Connections to Alliance | |
| Murloc | Possible | WC3 | Currently at War with Alliance Rumors of Verging on Sentience Gaming Steve Merloc Rumor | |
| Naga | Very Unlikely | WC3 | No Legs, No Lore Connections to Alliance | |
| Nerubian | Very Unlikely | WC3 | Many Legs No Lore Connections to Alliance Unlikely to appear without Northrend | |
| Ogre | Possible | WC1-3 | Traditionally Horde Race Originally from Draenor/Outland Ogres were touched up a bit with a few of their animations Ogre Rumor | |
| Pandaren | Debunked by Gamespy | WC3 | The Pandaren Rumor has not been verified by Blizzard [Gamespy debunked Pandarens] for this expansion pack | |
| Worgen | Extremely Unlikely | WoW | The Worgen Rumor has been debunked |
- At Blizzcon, creative director, Chris Metzen had this to say regarding the new race: "When we finally reveal [the alliance race], it's gonna blow your mind. At first, you are gonna say 'whaa?', but then 'wow...'. It's gonna be awesome."
- According to GamerGod, Caydiem said: "Do you really think we'd introduce a race of jungle cat-people that has absolutely no relation to Outland whatsoever? ;)"
