WoW Forever GuideThe Alliance in Forever
Four old nations and one new arrival. In Forever the Alliance can field all nine classes for the first time, because dwarves can now be shaman.
Blizzard describes the Alliance as "bound together by proud traditions of nobility, honor, faith, justice, and sacrifice".
Three things are new on this side. Humans can be hunters, gnomes can be priests and dwarves can be shaman. The third matters most, because it gives the Alliance a class it has never had.
The fifth race is new altogether. The High Order Skyborne are, in Blizzard's words, descendants of ancient scholars who have been called back to Azeroth to recover the knowledge they lost. The Skyborne exist on both factions, and you choose a side when you make one.
The five races
Human
The all-rounders, with seven of the nine classes.
Classes: Hunter, mage, paladin, priest, rogue, warlock, warrior. New in Forever: Hunter.
Racial traits: Will to Survive, Perception, Sword Specialization, The Human Spirit.
Dwarf
The only Alliance race that can be a shaman.
Classes: Hunter, paladin, priest, rogue, shaman, warrior. New in Forever: Shaman.
Racial traits: Stoneform, Find Treasure, Mace Specialization, Big Game Hunter.
Gnome
Gnome priests get two spells no other priest has.
Classes: Mage, priest, rogue, warlock, warrior. New in Forever: Priest.
Racial traits: Escape Artist, Eureka!, Expansive Mind, Engineering Specialization.
Night Elf
One of two Alliance races that can be druids.
Classes: Druid, hunter, priest, rogue, warrior.
Racial traits: Elune's Light, Shadowmeld, Quickness, Wisp Spirit.
Night elf, high elf, blood elf or Skyborne? The elves, explained
High Order Skyborne
The new race. Alliance Skyborne can be mages; Horde Skyborne cannot.
Classes: Druid, hunter, mage, rogue, warrior. New in Forever: The whole race.
Racial traits: Walk on Air, Read Ley Line, Wind Blessed, Elemental Insight.
More on the Skyborne: both versions, what the traits do and how to get one
Every race now has four racial traits, two you press and two that are always on. They are listed with each race above. Blizzard says several were reworked for Forever.
Your faction decides who you can play with. Blizzard has said Horde and Alliance players still cannot group together in Forever, so choose the side your friends are on first and the race second.
Where this comes from
How we verify- Blizzard
Which classes each Alliance race can be, read from Blizzard's table one cell at a time
Blizzard: Create the Hero You Want to Be (races, classes and racial traits) - Blizzard
Human hunter, gnome priest and dwarf shaman are new combinations; the Skyborne are a new race on both factions
Blizzard: Create the Hero You Want to Be (races, classes and racial traits) - Blizzard
The four racial traits listed for each race
Blizzard: Create the Hero You Want to Be (races, classes and racial traits) - Blizzard
Horde and Alliance players cannot group together
Blizzard: Deep Dive panel recap - Reported
The Alliance had no shaman in the original game
Game history. The 2004 guide calls shaman "the heart and soul of the Horde" (printed page 147).
