
Humans value virtue, honor, and courage, though like all races, they also pursue power and wealth. Still, Stormwind is far from safe, and enemies persistently attack it. Stormwind, the first to feel the orcs' rage, fares better and is the most powerful human nation remaining. The few humans who remain in Lordaeron struggle to keep their small settlements free of the villainy that boils around them. Lordaeron, a former human city, is decimated - a battlefield for forest trolls, the Scourge, Forsaken, ogres, and other creatures. Theramore continued to be an important trading station and later a staging ground for raids into the barrens before falling to the Horde. (Following the prophet's advice to Thrall as well) This group of refugees from Lordaeron settled on the wild continent of Kalimdor, where they founded Theramore.

Many humans fell in the Third War, leaving behind battered, but not broken, survivors of the Human Expedition under the command of the sorceress Jaina Proudmoore. Human kingdoms suffered greatly in the three wars against forces of the demonic Burning Legion's creating, The Horde in the first two, and The Scourge in the third. Such was the case prior to the orcs' original invasion through the Dark Portal. Their aggressive and inquisitive nature lead the human nations to become active and influential in the world. With life spans generally shorter than the other races, humans strive all the harder to achieve great heights in empire building, exploration, and magical study.

Humans are among the youngest races on Azeroth, but they make up for it by being the most populous.
