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== New character ==
== New character ==
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New character cut-scene intro voice-over (during the fly-thru):<ref>{{ref web|work=[[MMO Champion]]|url=http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/2856-Horde-Pandaria-Introduction-Pandaren-Cutscene-Blue-Posts-The-Daily-Blink|title=Horde Pandaria Introduction, Pandaren Cutscene, Blue Posts, The Daily Blink|author=[http://www.mmo-champion.com/members/523085-chaud chaud]|date=22-Jul-2012 07:16 PM}}</ref>
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New character cut-scene intro voice-over (during the fly-thru):<ref>{{ref web|work=[[MMO Champion]]|url=http://j.gs/3snz|title=Horde Pandaria Introduction, Pandaren Cutscene, Blue Posts, The Daily Blink|author=[http://j.gs/3so1 chaud]|date=22-Jul-2012 07:16 PM}}</ref>
:''You are a pandaren. Born and raised on the mysterious Wandering Isle. While many of your fellow pandaren prefer a tranquil life, the lure of adventure burns in your blood.''
:''You are a pandaren. Born and raised on the mysterious Wandering Isle. While many of your fellow pandaren prefer a tranquil life, the lure of adventure burns in your blood.''
:''Recently, the Wandering Isle has begun erratically weaving about the world's oceans. The air grows cold and your island home is spiraling towards disaster...''
:''Recently, the Wandering Isle has begun erratically weaving about the world's oceans. The air grows cold and your island home is spiraling towards disaster...''
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{| class="darktable" style="width: 430px; text-align:left;"
{| class="darktable" style="width: 430px; text-align:left;"
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!colspan="2"|Racial traits
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! colspan="2" |Racial traits
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!style="text-align:left;" width="140px"|[[File:Ability_racial_epicurean.png|32px]] {{Ability|Epicurean}}
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! style="text-align:left;" width="140px" |[[File:Ability_racial_epicurean.png|32px]] {{Ability|Epicurean}}
|Your love of food allows you to receive double the stats from Well Fed effects.{{texttip|*|May be controversial as too big a PvE bonus.}}
|Your love of food allows you to receive double the stats from Well Fed effects.{{texttip|*|May be controversial as too big a PvE bonus.}}
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!style="text-align:left;"|[[File:Ability_racial_gourmand.png|32px]] {{Ability|Gourmand}}
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! style="text-align:left;" |[[File:Ability_racial_gourmand.png|32px]] {{Ability|Gourmand}}
|Your Cooking skill is increased by 15.
|Your Cooking skill is increased by 15.
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!style="text-align:left;"|[[File:Ability_racial_innerpeace.png|32px]] {{Ability|Inner Peace}}
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! style="text-align:left;" |[[File:Ability_racial_innerpeace.png|32px]] {{Ability|Inner Peace}}
|Your rested experience bonus lasts twice as long as normal.{{texttip|**|Since this ability has no purpose at the level cap, it will likely change.}}
|Your rested experience bonus lasts twice as long as normal.{{texttip|**|Since this ability has no purpose at the level cap, it will likely change.}}
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!style="text-align:left;"|[[File:Ability_racial_bouncy.png|32px]] {{Ability|Bouncy}}
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! style="text-align:left;" |[[File:Ability_racial_bouncy.png|32px]] {{Ability|Bouncy}}
|You take half falling damage.
|You take half falling damage.
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!style="text-align:left;"|[[File:Ability_racial_quiveringpain.png|32px]] {{Ability|Quaking Palm}}
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! style="text-align:left;" |[[File:Ability_racial_quiveringpain.png|32px]] {{Ability|Quaking Palm}}
|Strikes the target with lightning speed, incapacitating them for 4 sec, and turns off your attack.{{texttip|***|Without some restrictions, this ability could definitely be unbalancing.}}
|Strikes the target with lightning speed, incapacitating them for 4 sec, and turns off your attack.{{texttip|***|Without some restrictions, this ability could definitely be unbalancing.}}
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== Mounts ==
== Mounts ==
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The pandaren racial ground mount was confirmed to be a [[Dragon Turtle mounts|dragon turtle]] on May 23, 2012 via an official blog.<ref name="officialPandarenMountRevealedDragonTurtle">{{ref web|work=Official World of Warcraft Community site (US)|url=http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/5832260/Pandaren_Mount_Revealed_Dragon_Turtle-5_23_2012|title=Pandaren Mount Revealed: Dragon Turtle|author={{blizz}} [[Nethaera]]|date=23-May-2012 9:00 AM PDT}}<br/> {{ref web|work=Official World of Warcraft Community site (EU)|url=http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/blog/4663038/Pandaren_Mount_Revealed_Dragon_Turtle-23_05_2012|title=Pandaren Mount Revealed: Dragon Turtle|author=[[Blizzard Entertainment]]|date=23 May 2012 16:00 UTC}}</ref> The flying mount was not confirmed, but was presumed pre-launch to be a {{loot|epic|Pandaren Kite}}.
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The pandaren racial ground mount was confirmed to be a [[Dragon Turtle mounts|dragon turtle]] on May 23, 2012 via an official blog.<ref name="officialPandarenMountRevealedDragonTurtle">{{ref web|work=Official World of Warcraft Community site (US)|url=http://j.gs/3so3|title=Pandaren Mount Revealed: Dragon Turtle|author={{blizz}} [[Nethaera]]|date=23-May-2012 9:00 AM PDT}}<br /> {{ref web|work=Official World of Warcraft Community site (EU)|url=http://j.gs/3so4|title=Pandaren Mount Revealed: Dragon Turtle|author=[[Blizzard Entertainment]]|date=23 May 2012 16:00 UTC}}</ref> The flying mount was not confirmed, but was presumed pre-launch to be a {{loot|epic|Pandaren Kite}}.
=== Mount speculation ===
=== Mount speculation ===
{{Speculation}}
{{Speculation}}
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* [[Blizzplanet]] speculated that a new goat-like creature called the [[shaghorn]] might be the new pandaren mount.<ref name="blizzplanetshaghorn">{{ref web|work=[[Blizzplanet]]|url=http://www.blizzplanet.com/blog/comments/pandaren-mount-revealed|title=Pandaren Mount Revealed?|author=[http://www.blizzplanet.com/blog/comments/author/blizzplanetadmin Medievaldragon]|date=12-April-2012}}</ref>
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* [[Blizzplanet]] speculated that a new goat-like creature called the [[shaghorn]] might be the new pandaren mount.<ref name="blizzplanetshaghorn">{{ref web|work=[[Blizzplanet]]|url=http://j.gs/3so5 Mount Revealed?|author=[http://www.blizzplanet.com/blog/comments/author/blizzplanetadmin Medievaldragon]|date=12-April-2012}}</ref>
* The appearance of a large [[yak]] in a preview images<ref>[http://www.blogcdn.com/wow.joystiq.com/media/2012/02/yakmounts.jpg Yak mounts screenshot] from [[WoW Insider]]</ref><ref>[http://www.wow-mop.net/yak_mount2.jpg Yak mount sreenshot] from WoW-MoP.net</ref> and confirmation via twitter by {{blizz}} [[Bashiok]]<ref>[https://twitter.com/#!/Bashiok/status/172084913913344000 Bashiok tweet]: Have we shown off the yak mounts already? Cause that's crazy close. Good job!</ref> that this would be a mount in {{Mists-inline}} [[Mists of Pandaria]] has led some to believe this will be the Pandaren racial mount. Unfortunately, they were confirmed by [[blue post]] to not be the [[Pandaren (playable)|pandaren]] racial mount.<ref>{{ref web|work=Official Mists of Pandaria Beta > Mists of Pandaria forum (EU)|url=http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/2868628810#6|title=#6 - Pandaren mount is a yak?|author={{blizz}} [[Wryxian]]|date=27-Mar-2012|bluequote=So no, the Yak mounts are not the racial mounts for Pandaren. We're still thinking about how we want Yak mounts to be obtained.}}</ref>
* The appearance of a large [[yak]] in a preview images<ref>[http://www.blogcdn.com/wow.joystiq.com/media/2012/02/yakmounts.jpg Yak mounts screenshot] from [[WoW Insider]]</ref><ref>[http://www.wow-mop.net/yak_mount2.jpg Yak mount sreenshot] from WoW-MoP.net</ref> and confirmation via twitter by {{blizz}} [[Bashiok]]<ref>[https://twitter.com/#!/Bashiok/status/172084913913344000 Bashiok tweet]: Have we shown off the yak mounts already? Cause that's crazy close. Good job!</ref> that this would be a mount in {{Mists-inline}} [[Mists of Pandaria]] has led some to believe this will be the Pandaren racial mount. Unfortunately, they were confirmed by [[blue post]] to not be the [[Pandaren (playable)|pandaren]] racial mount.<ref>{{ref web|work=Official Mists of Pandaria Beta > Mists of Pandaria forum (EU)|url=http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/2868628810#6|title=#6 - Pandaren mount is a yak?|author={{blizz}} [[Wryxian]]|date=27-Mar-2012|bluequote=So no, the Yak mounts are not the racial mounts for Pandaren. We're still thinking about how we want Yak mounts to be obtained.}}</ref>
== Notes ==
== Notes ==
*The Male Pandaren dance is ''LMFAO- Party Rock Anthem'' and the Female Pandaren dance is ''Caramelldansen''.{{fact}}
*The Male Pandaren dance is ''LMFAO- Party Rock Anthem'' and the Female Pandaren dance is ''Caramelldansen''.{{fact}}
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*You can't befriend or mail a Pandaren character until after they have chosen a faction.<ref name="mistsdevQnA">{{ref web|work=Official World of Warcraft Community site (US)|url=http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/3825589/Mists_of_Pandaria_Developer_QA_Transcript-10_27_2011|title=Mists of Pandaria Developer Q&A Transcript|author={{blizz}} [[Zarhym]]|date=27-Oct-2011 6:15 PM PDT|quote=5:34|archiveurl=http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/2532-Tyrael-s-Charger-PTR-Build-14899-Mists-of-Pandaria-Live-Developer-Q-A|archivedate=27-Oct-2011 08:59 PM}}<br/> {{ref web|work=Official World of Warcraft Community site (EU)|url=http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/blog/3157827/Mists_of_Pandaria_Live_Developer_QA_Transcript-27_10_2011|title=Mists of Pandaria Live Developer Q&A Transcript|author={{blizz}} [[Zarhym]]|date=27 Oct 2011 22:22 UTC|quote=5:34}}</ref>
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*You can't befriend or mail a Pandaren character until after they have chosen a faction.<ref name="mistsdevQnA">{{ref web|work=Official World of Warcraft Community site (US)|url=http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/3825589/Mists_of_Pandaria_Developer_QA_Transcript-10_27_2011|title=Mists of Pandaria Developer Q&A Transcript|author={{blizz}} [[Zarhym]]|date=27-Oct-2011 6:15 PM PDT|quote=5:34|archiveurl=http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/2532-Tyrael-s-Charger-PTR-Build-14899-Mists-of-Pandaria-Live-Developer-Q-A|archivedate=27-Oct-2011 08:59 PM}}<br /> {{ref web|work=Official World of Warcraft Community site (EU)|url=http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/blog/3157827/Mists_of_Pandaria_Live_Developer_QA_Transcript-27_10_2011|title=Mists of Pandaria Live Developer Q&A Transcript|author={{blizz}} [[Zarhym]]|date=27 Oct 2011 22:22 UTC|quote=5:34}}</ref>
*The pandaren were originally intended to be the Alliance race for the [[World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade]] expansion, but it was felt that the [[draenei]] were a better fit for the storyline.<ref>Interview with Chris Metzen at [[BlizzCon 2011]]</ref>
*The pandaren were originally intended to be the Alliance race for the [[World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade]] expansion, but it was felt that the [[draenei]] were a better fit for the storyline.<ref>Interview with Chris Metzen at [[BlizzCon 2011]]</ref>
*As of early 2012, there was a rumor that the actor {{wplink|Jack Black}} was signed on to perform the voice of the male Pandaren{{fact|Yeah right.}} (he is known for his role as Po in the animated movie, {{wplink|Kung Fu Panda}}), but that was already ruled out by [[Chris Metzen]] at [[BlizzCon 2011]].<ref>{{ref web|work=Game Front|url=http://www.gamefront.com/blizzcon-2011-no-jack-black-will-not-voice-a-pandaren-in-mists-of-pandaria-metzen-says/|title=Blizzcon 2011: No, Jack Black Will NOT Voice a Pandaren in Mists of Pandaria, Metzen Says|author=Phil Hornshaw|date=25-Oct-2011}}</ref>
*As of early 2012, there was a rumor that the actor {{wplink|Jack Black}} was signed on to perform the voice of the male Pandaren{{fact|Yeah right.}} (he is known for his role as Po in the animated movie, {{wplink|Kung Fu Panda}}), but that was already ruled out by [[Chris Metzen]] at [[BlizzCon 2011]].<ref>{{ref web|work=Game Front|url=http://www.gamefront.com/blizzcon-2011-no-jack-black-will-not-voice-a-pandaren-in-mists-of-pandaria-metzen-says/|title=Blizzcon 2011: No, Jack Black Will NOT Voice a Pandaren in Mists of Pandaria, Metzen Says|author=Phil Hornshaw|date=25-Oct-2011}}</ref>