Alliance

Overview

The Alliance is one of the two player factions in World of Warcraft: Forever, standing opposite the Horde. What holds its peoples together is a shared code more than a shared homeland: nobility, honor, faith and justice, and a readiness to make sacrifices for others. Each member race brings its own gifts to the coalition, whether technical skill, arcane learning or spiritual insight, and puts them toward a common hope of a world that is both peaceful and just.

In World of Warcraft: Forever

World of Warcraft: Forever entered beta on 17 September 2026 and is due to launch on 4 November 2026. The beta level cap is currently 30. Characters on the Alliance and the Horde cannot group with each other. Every character picks a faction at character creation, and that choice is treated as permanent.

Playable races

Five races can join the Alliance: the four from the original game, and the High Order branch of the new Skyborne.

Race	Starting zone	Capital	Leader
Human	Elwynn Forest	Stormwind City	Highlord Bolvar Fordragon
Dwarf	Dun Morogh	Ironforge	King Magni Bronzebeard
Gnome	Dun Morogh	Ironforge	High Tinker Mekkatorque
Night Elf	Teldrassil	Darnassus	Tyrande Whisperwind
Skyborne (High Order)	Zephras Isle (levels 1–12)	Valanaar	Elaadrin Evengale

Race and class combinations

Race	Druid	Hunter	Mage	Paladin	Priest	Rogue	Shaman	Warlock	Warrior
Human		X	X	X	X	X		X	X
Dwarf		X		X	X	X	X		X
Gnome			X		X	X		X	X
Night Elf	X	X			X	X			X
Skyborne (High Order)	X	X	X			X			X

Forever adds three combinations the Alliance has never had before: Human hunters, Gnome priests and Dwarf shamans. Dwarf shamans make the shaman class available to the Alliance for the first time. The High Order Skyborne are an entirely new race and can be druids, hunters, mages, rogues or warriors.

Racial traits

Each race has four racial traits: two active abilities and two passive bonuses.

Human

• Will to Survive (active) – Breaks free of stun effects.
• Perception (active) – Reveals stealthed enemies for 20 sec.
• Sword Specialization (passive) – Critical strike chance increased by 2%.
• The Human Spirit (passive) – Spirit increased by 5%.

Dwarf

• Stoneform (active) – For 8 sec, grants immunity to Bleed, Poison and Disease effects and reduces Physical damage taken.
• Find Treasure (active)
• Mace Specialization (passive) – Critical strike chance increased by 1%.
• Big Game Hunter (passive) – Damage dealt to Beasts increased by 5%.

Gnome

• Escape Artist (active) – Briefly grants immunity to Root and Snare effects.
• Eureka! (active) – The next 3 spells or abilities cost less and deal 10% more damage or healing.
• Expansive Mind (passive) – Maximum Mana, Rage and Energy increased by 5%.
• Engineering Specialization (passive)

Night Elf

• Elune's Light (active) – Critical strike chance increased by 10% for 15 sec.
• Shadowmeld (active)
• Quickness (passive) – Dodge chance increased by 1% and run speed by 2%.
• Wisp Spirit (passive) – Run speed increased by 75% while dead.

High Order Skyborne

• Walk on Air (active) – Glide through the air for 10 sec.
• Read Ley Line (active) – Health and Mana regeneration increased by 100%.
• Wind Blessed (passive) – Haste increased by 1%.
• Elemental Insight (passive) – Damage dealt to Elementals increased by 5%.

Skyborne

The Skyborne, also known as the shen'dorei ("hidden people"), are a race new to Forever. Every Skyborne character starts on Zephras Isle (levels 1–12) and chooses a faction during character creation. Skyborne who side with the Alliance belong to the High Order, descended from the Highborne scholars of Eldre'Thalas. Their Horde-aligned kin, the Windshapers, descend instead from the first high elves to be granted the wind spirits' elemental skysight. When the wind spirits vanished, both branches were drawn back to Azeroth.

Class availability

All nine classes can be played on both factions in Forever. On the Alliance side, Shaman is open only to dwarves; on the Horde side, Paladin is open only to the Undead.

Leaders and capitals

Blizzard has not yet confirmed these details. They come from third-party guides (see Sources) and may change.

• Human – starting zone Elwynn Forest; capital Stormwind City; leader Highlord Bolvar Fordragon
• Dwarf – starting zone Dun Morogh; capital Ironforge; leader King Magni Bronzebeard
• Gnome – starting zone Dun Morogh; capital Ironforge; leader High Tinker Mekkatorque
• Night Elf – starting zone Teldrassil; capital Darnassus; leader Tyrande Whisperwind
• High Order Skyborne – starting zone Zephras Isle; capital Valanaar; leader Elaadrin Evengale

Sources

• Create the hero you want to be in World of Warcraft: Forever (Blizzard)
• WoW Forever: Meet the new Skyborne (Blizzard)
• Unverified third-party material (starting zones, capitals and leaders in Leaders and capitals):
  • Warcraft Tavern – WoW Forever races guide
  • games.gg – WoW Forever Dun Morogh guide