Best Allied Race Candidate for Pandaren

[Techno-Druid]

There are no "allied race for *insert race*." You're thinking of the fan theory for subraces. Allied races don't HAVE to have a base race.

Most allied races are/will have at least somewhat a connection with an already existing race, even if they don't share the same animations/etc. The exception being void elves and night elves.

Also, assuming mogu ever become an allied race, I doubt it would be the pandaren bringing them into the fold...

[Caerule]

I'd go for the Jalgar.
https://wow.gamepedia.com/Jalgar

The progenitor of the Furbolgs.

They wouldn't be that hard to introduce. We could find some on an island that survived the Sundering. But even better, they are bears. So they could go with some sort of "We found a clan of hibernating bear creatures trapped below the ice!" or something. Slumbering for ages fits the bear theme, after all.

[Mutineer]

Also, assuming mogu ever become an allied race, I doubt it would be the pandaren bringing them into the fold...

Yeah, but pandaren are still part of each faction. Wouldn't it be fun to hear some banter between them and mogu?

[Mellrod]

If you're just talking about a neutral faction allied race, then there might just need to be 2-4 different races you can choose from depending on your faction choice, that are all grouped together in one category box on the character creation screen. Hozen/Mogu and Jinyu would have to align with Horde and Alliance respectively, I couldn't see it being any other way given the quests in Pandaria (although the explanation for Nightborne joining Horde is kind of an ass-pull, so who knows). To balance it out, I think Yaungol would be the only other least lore-bending candidate for the Alliance.

The allied "race" in this case could just be called something like "Pandaria's Natives" and just include the choice between Hozen or Mogu if you go Horde, or Jinyu or Yaungol if you go Alliance.

[Teri]

Tortollan, only because those are actually relevant to BfA. I don't think they really go back to many old expansion races unless it's a long asked for one like Dark Iron/Brown Orcs.

[Count Zero]

Everything you've listed here would be a Race, not an Allied Race.

[Techno-Druid]

Yeah, but pandaren are still part of each faction. Wouldn't it be fun to hear some banter between them and mogu?

That would be definitely be entertaining!

[Amunrasonther]

Mogu would be the coolest.

[Drewbacca]

Most allied races are/will have at least somewhat a connection with an already existing race, even if they don't share the same animations/etc. The exception being void elves and night elves.

Also, assuming mogu ever become an allied race, I doubt it would be the pandaren bringing them into the fold...

True, most Allied Races have a current connection, but saying that is a rule in the future is a stretch. We have no ideas about the plans for future Allied Races. Perhaps the next ones are completely unique. Some might call that just a new race, but being allied allows them to be put in quicker with no starting zone.

[NathyrallinAV]

They don't necessarily feel like an allied race - at all - but Jinyu would be cool, huh?

[Deleted]

Mogu are awesome.

Was always bummed that I couldn't join them instead of the Pandaren side in MoP.

[ro9ue]

There are no "allied race for *insert race*." You're thinking of the fan theory for subraces. Allied races don't HAVE to have a base race.

Going off what we've seen so far - they do. It's apparent Blizzard wants to use a good deal of the base race's animations and not do anything custom like a "fresh" race. Otherwise the Nightborne race would've just stayed as we've seen in game as NPCs the whole expansion instead of basically copy pasted from the Night Elves and tweaked from there. Compare the faces of the NPC Nightborne and then look at the NPCs in Suramar.

They want to reuse as much as possible. Which is also why the Vulpera were probably built on the Goblin skeleton. Etc.

Void Elves, Highmountain and Lightforged are even closer to their "parent" race. Could've got away with just giving the base race some extra tattoos/horn/hair options really...

[Techno-Druid]

Taliesin speculated that all the NPCs in the embassies might play a role in recruiting an allied race for their faction.

Assuming that's the case, it wouldn't be that far a stretch for Aysa to recruit the Pearlfin jinyu, which have already sworn fealty to the Alliance and have a destroyed village.

Although I would personally prefer furbolgs.

[Fincayra]

you forgot about the Mudmug race.

[Khaza-R]

Tortollan or Tuskarr.

Both appear like they could actually be rigged to use the panderan skeleton as a base

[Skytotem]

Mogu for Horde, Jinyu for Alliance.

[Kellorion]

For Mogu, Lorewalker Cho and maybe Ra-den find a hidden cache of Mogu and a titan device that lets for feed them information. We give them everything that has happened, with the Titans in the beginning, at the Seat of the Pantheon, and the events of MoP from both sides and the pandaren side. And waken them, we talk, and they decide to be neutral just the panda.

Some want to be what Lei Shen wanted and rebel are killed, and maybe some escape.

[Orby]

Jinyu for Alliance, Hozen for Horde

Unless Blizzard leave Pandrians out and they wont have one :P

[Kithelle]

I would choose Tsukar or Tortollan

[Benomatic]

Jinyu for alliance and saurok for horde.