Half-breed

Half-breed (or halfbreed and cross-breeds) is a term denoting rare mixed heritage. Half-breed does not denote percentage of one's heritage, but rather refers to one's mixed-heritage, see Half-.

Background

Half-breeds are any species or individual biologically related to at least two separate species. The term half-breed was used by orcs and ogres to refer to Rexxar in the Third War. Half-orcs, Half-ogres, half-elves, and half-draenei are the most known examples of half-breeds. Rexxar and Med'an are examples of half-breeds.

Half-breeds are occasionally treated as hybrid races, though the reverse may not always true.^{[citation needed]} 

While some custom character models may be created for especially notable half-breeds, they are typically represented in World of Warcraft by existing models.

Half-races are so rare in the Warcraft universe that Blizzard don't really have any established lore about their potential longevities.

Types of half-breeds

• Dwarf of Bronzebeard and Dark Iron heritage.
• Half-draenei
• Half-orc
• Half-ogre
• Half-high elf
• Half-human

Possibly:

• Half-night elf
• Half-troll

Known

• Alodi
• Med'an
• Garona
• Lantresor
• Rexxar, Leoroxx (Mok'nathal)
• Giramar, Galadin, Arator
• Dagran Thaurissan II
• Kalecgos transforms himself into half-elven form of Kalec
•  [Stormwing] - half bird, half elemental

Possibly

• Lelior and his mother
• Orhan Ogreblade (speculated to be a Mok'nathal)

In the RPG

This section contains information from the Warcraft RPG which is considered non-canon.

Half-breeds are also known as crossbreeds.

Types

• Half-ogre mage
• Half-night elf (a.k.a. half-kaldorei)
• Half-blood elf
• Half-human half-ogre
• Ogre (half-breed) (Different than the full-blooded ogre race.)

See also

• demi-human
• near-human
• half-