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The Pandaren are my favorite Azerothian race, even though they are essentially a joke - Sam wise Didier just loves pandas, and he made art for an April fool joke that Chris Metzen loved so much they decided to include the bears as real characters in Warcraft III. Since then, they have become fan favorites, but we have only seen hints of them in World of Warcraft Gold. There was a rumor going around a while back that they would never appear in the game because China did not allow depictions of violence against the bears, but that was just a rumor.
Of course we say until now because there are now little Pandaren monk noncom bat pets running around, bowing, and doing magical kung-fu. Does this mean that the future Emerald Dream expansion will have us all playing as brew masters? While yes that would be awesome, not so fast again: Diablo and the Zergling from Starcraft are both in the game as noncombat pets, and they do not mean anything at all. And just because we all have Grunty does not mean murlocs are suddenly going to take to spaceships with battle rifles in the official lore.
