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.

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.

Races

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

Individuals

 * Half-elf, half-human
 * Alodi, the first Guardian of Tirisfal.
 * Arator Windrunner, son of Alleria Windrunner and Turalyon.
 * Giramar and Galadin, twin sons of Rhonin and Vereesa Windrunner.


 * Half-draenei, half-orc
 * Garona Halforcen, legendary assassin.
 * Lantresor of the Blade, a blademaster of the Burning Blade clan.


 * Half-ogre, half-orc
 * The mok'nathal, a clan of orc and ogre hybrids.
 * Leoroxx, leader of the mok'nathal.
 * Rexxar, son of Leoroxx and Champion of the Horde.


 * Other
 * Dagran Thaurissan II, son and heir of Dagran Thaurissan of the Dark Iron clan and Moira Bronzebeard of the Bronzebeard clan.
 * Kalecgos often takes the form of a half-elf named Kalec.
 * Med'an, son of Garona and Medivh, making him half-human, quarter-draenei, and quarter-orc.
 * Stormwing, who is described as half bird, half elemental.


 * Possibly
 * Lelior, whose mother was jokingly called a "half-troll" by Ciarin.
 * Orhan Ogreblade, speculated to be a mok'nathal.

In the RPG
Half-breeds are also known as crossbreeds.

Types

 * Half-ogre mage
 * Half-night elf
 * Half-blood elf
 * Half-human half-ogre
 * Ogre half-breeds, different than the full-blooded ogre race