Alliance (Warcraft)

In World of Warcraft the playable races of the Alliance include Humans of Stormwind, Dwarves of Ironforge, Gnomes of Gnomeregan, and Night Elves of Teldrassil. The Draenei of Exodar became members of the Alliance in the first expansion, World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade.

Although only five playable alliance factions are present in World of Warcraft and its expansion, the Alliance encompasses a number of more factions or nations in the Warcraft universe. Many of them are represented by NPCs in World of Warcraft who are friendly to alliance players and hostile to horde players. They include the besieged nation of Stromgarde, the island nation of Kul Tiras, the children of Cenarius, the Kirin Tor, and the remaining human settlements of Lordaeron. There are at least two factions that had historical ties with the Alliance and are still hostile the Horde, but are not part of the current alliance. They are the Wildhammer Dwarves and the nation of Gilneas. The remaining High Elves are allied with the Alliance in World of Warcraft, and are repulsed by their Blood Elf brethren who joined the Horde in Burning Crusade.