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For countless generations, the bestial Tauren roamed the plains of the Barrens, hunted the mighty kodos, and sought the wisdom of their eternal goddess, the Earth Mother. Scattered across the land, the wandering tribes were united only by a common hatred for their sworn enemy, the marauding centaur. Seeking aid against the centaur, the chieftain, Cairne Bloodhoof, befriended Warchief Thrall and the other Orcs who had recently journeyed to Kalimdor.

With the Orcs' help, Cairne and his Bloodhoof tribe were able to drive back the centaur and claim the grasslands of Mulgore for their own. For the first time in hundreds of years, the Tauren had a land to call their own. Upon the windswept mesa of Thunder Bluff, Cairne built a refuge for his people, where Tauren of every tribe is welcome. Over time, the scattered Tauren tribes united under Cairne's rule. There are a few tribes who disagree about the direction their new nation should take, but all agree that Cairne is the wisest and best suited to lead them towards the future. Though the noble Tauren are peaceful in nature, the rites of the Great Hunt are venerated as the heart of their spiritual culture. Every Tauren, warrior or otherwise, seeks identity both as a hunter and as a child of the Earth Mother

The Tauren are the physically largest player race and tend to be a source of frustration for new players because, despite their strength, they have only one straight-up combat class -- the warrior - and they also "feel" slower than the other races. While all the races actually run at the same speed, Tauren seem slower because their character animations give them less strides to cover the same distance (which is also why the Gnomes seem faster). The other classes available to the race -- shaman, hunter, and druid --are neither pure combat nor pure spellcaster classes and take some time to learn to play well. That's one of the reasons why the Tauren hub city of Thunder Bluff is usually empty and you actually see remarkably few Tauren players by comparison to Orc and Undead. Only Trolls are a less popular race.