High Order in WoW Forever
The High Order are the Alliance side of the Skyborne, the new elven race in WoW Forever. Every class they can play is new, since no one has played a High Order character before. Their Horde counterparts are the Windshapers.
Needs the Skyborne Heroic Pack or a bigger edition, which also opens their starting zone, Zephras Isle. What WoW Forever costs



High Order classes
High Order can’t play Paladin, Priest, Shaman or Warlock.
High Order racial traits
From Blizzard’s announcement and development notes.
Walk on Air
Active
Glide downward through the air for 10 seconds. 90-second cooldown.
Read Leyline
Active
Health and Mana regeneration increased by 50% for 15 seconds, and you can use it while moving. Used at a ley line, it also makes you Attuned for 1 hour, which raises the bonus to 100%. Attuned lasts through death but ends when you enter a raid. Innervate replaces it while active.
Wind Blessed
Passive
2% increased melee, ranged and spellcasting haste.
Elemental Insight
Passive
Damage to Elementals increased by 5%.
Who are the High Order?
Thousands of years ago, a group of Highborne exiles made a pact with the spirits of the wind and built a civilization in Skywall, one of the elemental planes. The High Order descend from the ancient Highborne scholars of Eldre’Thalas.
Now the air spirits that guarded Zephras Isle have vanished and its old structures are starting to fail. To the High Order, the loss showed how much their people had come to depend on the elementals. They came to Azeroth to reclaim the arcane knowledge they once lost, so the Skyborne can survive on their own, and they fight for the Alliance.
Every High Order character begins on Zephras Isle, the Skyborne starting zone for levels 1 to 12, where the Windshapers of the Horde answer the same crisis very differently.
Which class should a High Order character play?
Mage suits a people of scholars best. If you like the idea of an elf who studied magic for centuries, this is your class.
Druid is the other standout: only the High Order and Night Elves can play one on the Alliance side. Hunter, Rogue and Warrior give you a more martial take on a learned race.
Name your High Order
Found your class? Get first names and surnames in the High Order style, with meanings that fit your class and specialization.