Asian humans from where?

[LilSaihah]

So the various races of humans (black, white, asian, etc.) can just be considered to be various ways in which the curse mutated and disfigured the Vrykul babies.

I figured it'd make sense to say that there're black/asian Vrykul which devolved into black/asian Humans, which I think'd make sense seeing as we have 'black' dwarves in the Dark Iron and 'white' dwarves in the Wildhammer and Bronzebeards. We just gotta find the asian dwarves.

[Krewshi]

They're from Akavir

[Shiza]

That would work! I would love to see that. Im getting last samurai vibes > ( Love that movie)

If we get darker skinned Blood Elves, I actually would enjoy them being from a seperated elven kingdom which maybe could have a middle eastern touch, possibly borrowing from the ottomans, persians or other various real life arabic empires. Outside of desert Bandits and Wrathion, we don't have any fantasy which is build upon middle eastern/arabic aesthetics and themes and I think those would fit the elves perfectly, as Quel'thalas already borrowed from some visual aspects from the middle east (like hookahs or overall elements of their interiors)

[kyo wolfsfang]

If we get darker skinned Blood Elves, I actually would enjoy them being from a seperated elven kingdom which maybe could have a middle eastern touch, possibly borrowing from the ottomans, persians or other various real life arabic empires. Outside of desert Bandits and Wrathion, we don't have any fantasy which is build upon middle eastern/arabic aesthetics and themes and I think those would fit the elves perfectly, as Quel'thalas already borrowed from some visual aspects from the middle east (like hookahs or overall elements of their interiors)

Maybe not elves, but we have humans in tanaris and uldum that could work, as well as centaur. Centaur have that more middle eastern theme, the females even wear that thing on thier face. I forgot what its called. hijab?

[Boricha]

Alternatively, they could make the asian humans culturally more japanese from now on, which would fit with a mysterious, secluded Island theme. I mean, we have the whole chinese setting represented through the Pandaren, so making the asian looking humans more japanese would add something new.

Actually, on that note, they could also go with Korean. There is already a shop in SW that sells Hanbok and Dangui. The workers aren't Asian though.

[Darkeon]

From the continent of Inclusia. More specifically from the region of Virtue Signaling.

Ingame Black humans are from there too.

[Infraction]

[Nagawithlegs]

May as well ask why Farraki are joining the Horde.

[Feril]

There are also a couple faces that, in the darkest skin tone, are totally black-looking.

So yes, they've been here from the start. The model update smashed all that, because old faces were so pixellated that there was a lot of ambiguity, but since the overall facial structure is more or less the same even in the remade models, making them "lookalikes" no longer would cut it and we would need real facial features... that we're getting back!

I just hope we get a healthy new assortment of faces of every kind, with new noses and all that. The current lineup is kind of meh :P

[Velerios]

People are always forgetting how downscaled WoW is. In Stormwind lives in vanilla more than half a million people there. WoW is downscaled to the maximum possible. In reality everything is X times larger. And if we talk about a WoW where nothing is downscaled, there are a lot of possibilities.

[chrisisvacant]

From the continent of Inclusia. More specifically from the region of Virtue Signaling.

Ingame Black humans are from there too.

You're right. They shouldn't allow non-whites in video games, should they.

[Infraction]

[Keristrasza]

It'd be cool if it turns out Asian humans come from Pandaia. A mysterious island shrouded in MORE mists just beyond Timeless Isle. The humans from there actually invented gun powder, they celebrate the new year in January, they have a child Emperor and have traditions pre-dating even Eastern Kingdoms' humans.

I actually like that idea, I had been thinking since we had seen a few panderan before Mists, from some where back in Warcraft I-III. Maybe some humans had found there way to pandera and were stuck there when the mists went up, or just washed up after a wreck.

[Lorgar Aurelian]

Why would they have different facial builds?

Why would like space goats have different face spike/tentical/horn shapes? It could very well just be natural variety.

[Dr Assbandit]

From the continent of Inclusia. More specifically from the region of Virtue Signaling.

Ingame Black humans are from there too.

Nice to see you're still getting triggered by anything non-white ingame .

[LilSaihah]

May as well ask why Farraki are joining the Horde.

We actually know that Farraki are a distinct phenotype from other trolls. There's no 'african' human or 'asian' human. I'd almost say it's odd that Warcraft goes out of its way to have distinct origins for the various races of Dwarves and Trolls but doesn't do the same for humans.

[Ealyssa]

They are Azerothian Humans. The different skin tones were always part of the Human race.

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Racists really can't face a freakin fantasy world. There are dragons, demons, souls, ghost, aliens. But "HERP HOOMANZ ARE WHITE"

[Combatbutler]

Doesn't matter at all how they look like, they are still humans, the cancer of WoW

[naabu]

And if it is based on climate, well doesnt that work? I mean pandaria is litterally based on various asian countries. There are jungles, mountains, grasslands. all in the same design as based on IRL asian countries. So no, you answered your own question and proved to me that the theory that pandaria for asians, is not racist, but instead viable.

Outside of aesthetic (architectural design and soundtrack) what characteristics do the regions of Pandaria possess that are uniquely "Asian"?

I'll spare you the trouble, there are none. Climate and geography are not cultural or continental exclusives. You could argue, as I actually did, that Kun-Lai is geologically similar to both Mongolia and the Himalayas, but the same argument could be made for Hyjal, Dun Morogh, the Storm Peaks, all of Kul Tiras. However, none of these areas possess the appropriate climate to be a legitimate comparison.

Most anthropologist agree that characteristics consistent with ethnically "Asian" groups originate from from prolonged habitation with the steppes of China. Most of China is arid, dry, desert-like, which in not represented in Pandaria. Thus, if humans lived in Pandaria, and if they did so long enough for climate adaptation to occur (roughly twenty thousands years), they would still not develop characteristics similar to "Asians".

The region of the world Pandaria shares the most climate and geographic similarity to is actually the India subcontinent. With it's fertile valleys, lush jungles, and knotted marshes, it could also be argued that Pandaria shares similarities to South Korea, Vietnam, and Thailand. The inhabitants of Kora, Vietnam, and Thailand are, anthropologically, recent to their neighborhoods. Their ancestors migrating from the harsher Chinese climate. However, the people of India have been there for a very long time, and represent the best example of climate adaptation similar to what would occur if humans settled Pandaria. In short, they'd look Hindi.

We must also remember that Blizz has separated cultural identities from race. What we consider "Asian" is Pandaren and Mogu. What we consider Meso-American iconography, African tribalism, or Polynesian aesthetic have all been blended together to create Troll. Night Elves combine Norwegian, Japanese, and Greek architecture. My point about racism was that simply because the ethnic traits are similar to what we consider "Asian" does not mean that their culture will resemble Chinese, Japanese, or anyother familiar source.

Let's imagine that ethnically "Asian" humans are given a homeland in WoW. Let's say Tel'Abim. It is just as likely that Blizz will give them French accents and a culture similar to the Persian Empire. In fact, that would actually be the safer option. However problematic that, itself, might be.

[qwerty123456]

Since everything in the WoW universe is made up of different parts of light and void (and the lesser elements made from the two), humans originated from robots, and most sentient species in wow can interbreed even ones from different planets id say that either black/asian/albino/what ever are descended from a titanic creation with a different creator who used a different aesthetic, the "formula" that makes them up is slightly different than the base white, or they have some non human ancestry.

[Dellis0991]

Races for humans in wow fall under some weird ass category.

[How dare you]

There are no Asian humans in lore. It's just a customization option.