Crest of the Alliance



The Crest of the Alliance is a faction icon that includes a number of symbolic elements representing the various races of the Alliance:


 * Humans - kite shield with a lion emblem and gilded roses
 * Night elves - crossed elven arrows and a hippogryph in profile
 * Dwarves - a hammer with a gilded anvil and a gryphon in profile
 * Gnomes - interlocking cogs

In World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor, a new version of the Crest of the Alliance appears as a monument that can be used to decorate the player's garrison. While keeping the same overall appearance, it changes and adds iconography:


 * Humans - kite shield with a lion emblem and gilded roses
 * Night elves - crossed elven arrows and a hippogryph's wing
 * Dwarves - a hammer with a gilded anvil and a gryphon's wing
 * Gnomes - interlocking cogs
 * Draenei - a pair of sigil marks from their racial crest, possibly including the edges of the wings
 * Worgen - a pair of lanterns
 * Pandaren - a braided rope necklace with a pawprint clasp

Trivia

 * Although called a crest, the full image of the icon of the Alliance is actually an . The, using proper heraldic terms, refers not to the entirety of the heraldic image, but rather to its top element which is placed above the shield: in case of the Alliance's icon, it is the hammer representing the dwarves. Another commonly used term is the , which is the term most frequently used for national symbols, although the strictest meaning of the word refers only to the achievement's shield.