Draenei

Draenei are the last of the original Eredar, who, led by the prophet Velen, one of the three great lords of the Eredar, fled their homeworld of Argus to escape the corruption that the Dark Titan Sargeras was spreading. The two other Eredar lords, Archimonde and Kil'Jaeden, were seduced by Sargeras, after he promised them unfathomable power in exchange for their service. They accepted willingly, and thus the foundations of the Burning Legion were established. The exiled Eredar traveled through the cosmos aboard the naaru Dimensional Ship, Oshu'gun, and landed on a remote world.

Here they came into contact with the shamanistic orcs. Naming the planet Draenor, or "Exile's Refuge", the Draenei went about the process of building a new civilization. But the Burning Legion did not stop hunting them. Although for a time there was peace between the Orcs and Draenei, the Legion saw an untapped potential for the Orcs to become killing machines. Kil'Jaeden approached the great Orc shaman Ner'zhul (who would ultimately become a being of great power - The Lich King), and tried to convert him to the Legion's cause. When Kil'Jaeden was met by defiance from the Orc, the demon turned to his apprentice, Gul'dan, who was much easier to corrupt. Gul'dan turned the Orcs against the Draenei resulting in the destruction of much of the Draenei race. After a great cataclysm which saw the destruction of Draenor, the Draenei captured another vessel of naaru design, the Exodar, and used it to abandon the world, eventually arriving on Azeroth. The Exodar fell from the skies above northern Kalimdor, and crashed on a pair of islands to the west of the coastal region of Darkshore. Bloodmyst and Azuremyst Isles, became the Draenei's new home and so did Azeroth, for they would join the cause of the Alliance and stand against the demonic might of the Burning Legion with their new found comrades in the various races of Azeroth. They greatly respect the Alliance's devout reverence for the Holy Light.

Draenei have skin ranging from purple to pale blue, and both genders are relatively tall compared to humans, have cloven, goat-like hooves, and tails that resemble those of a lizard. Males usually have tentacle-like appendages extending from their chin, and occasionally large, complex structures on their forehead, while females have two horns on their temples extending backwards and thinner versions of the male's appendages hanging from behind the back of the jaw.