How to Roleplay

Humans are the easiest race to pick up. They're also the easiest to play flat, because there's no single thing a human is. So pick a place to be from.

Start With Where You're From

A farmer from Westfall and a sailor from Kul Tiras have almost nothing in common (see Regional Humans). Pick your home first and the rest follows.

Character Hooks

• A stonemason's child whose parent was cheated by the nobles, and who isn't sure the Defias were wrong.
• A Lordaeron refugee who got out before the plague and now sleeps in someone's spare room in Stormwind.
• A Westfall farm kid who has seen too many bandits.
• A Stormwind Army recruit stuck on murloc duty near Northshire.
• A Theramore sailor, loyal to Jaina, with opinions about Kul Tiras leaving the Alliance.
• A former Scarlet Crusader who walked away.
• A warlock in hiding, trained in a basement and telling no one.
• A Duskwood local convinced that Stormwind forgot them.
• A Dalaran apprentice, in the city the Kirin Tor never hid. [New in Forever]
• A Gilnean who ended up outside the wall. How and why is yours to decide. [New in Forever]

Rules of Thumb

• Do not play a named leader. Varian, Anduin, Bolvar, Jaina, Greymane... They belong to the world, and one Jaina is plenty.
• Under no circumstances should your human be secretly related to the royal family. We've all seen that one.
• Don't make your human hate every orc, and don't make them love every orc. After two wars and the camps, most humans have complicated feelings. Complicated is more fun.
• Don't make your human the best at everything. Humans are the baseline. Let them be good at one thing and bad at three.
• Stick to established lore, and check the Forever pages for Gilneas, Dalaran, Riverglades and the Hunter class.

Classes in Character

• Warrior: Stormwind Army, mercenary, or ex-militia.
• Paladin: Light-trained, maybe from the old order. The Silver Hand is gone, so decide who taught you.
• Priest: the Cathedral of Light, or Northshire Abbey.
• Mage: the Mage Quarter, or Dalaran.
• Warlock: quiet, careful, and probably with a basement.
• Rogue: Old Town, SI:7... or the other side, with the Defias.
• Hunter [New in Forever]: new for humans in Forever. Think frontier woodsmen from Redridge, Duskwood or Westfall.

More to come soon.