Pandaria is not like other regions in World Of Warcraft's Azeroth

The Horde vessel was chased by the Horde vessel until both vessels were destroyed on the shores of Pandaria and the survivors washed up on a continent that they didn't even realize existed . This particular Alliance ship happened to be carrying the 15-year-old Prince of Stormwind, Anduin Wrynn (a significant character in present WoW the lore). His father, King Varian Wrynn, demanded an elite team be sent to retrieve him and the Horde's intentions were to investigate the new area and take it for themselves. The two factions eventually gained an established presence in Pandaria and the repercussions of bringing conflict to the shores of Pandaria were terrible.

Pandaria is not like other regions in World Of Warcraft's Azeroth. Eons ago, when the Old Gods were defeated by the Titans The most powerful of these eldritch beings was Y'Shaarj of the Seven-Heads. His corruption was throughout the world it was that Titans removed him from WoW's Azeroth planet Azeroth and slashed him, they created an infected wound which the essence of life in Azeroth's, arcane power, bled out. The wound would eventually become The Well of Eternity, and after the Sundering the wound would come to be known as the Maelstrom. The Y'Shaarj god was destroyed, however His seven heads would be scattered over Pandaria to manifest as obscure creatures of darkness known as Sha. The Sha symbolized the negative aspects of human minds, which they thrived: despair worry, anger and fear to mention a few.

The chaos of war took over Pandaria in Pandaria, the Alliance and Horde soon discovered that their negative emotions fuelled the Sha which created the monstrous creatures which ravaged the entire land. The pandaren understood the Sha and were able to defeat them, but it was up to outsiders who were not part of the group to repair the damage they had ultimately caused. Prince Anduin Wrynn, a member of WoW's Alliance faction was still among the pandaren even though he'd been found by his fellow pandaren, determined to learn everything possible about Pandaria and to correct the mistakes of his own people. Warchief Garrosh, on contrary, saw the Sha as weapons, and immediately looked for a way make use of the remnants of Y'Shaarj to defeat his enemies.

Many pandaren have observed the Horde and the Alliance and felt drawn to their ideals. Some chose to join in the Alliance known as the Tuishi due to their values of compassion, patience and discipline . The players who preferred the Horde joined under their name Huojin and pursued traits like ambition, determination and adventure. This means that players in Mists of Pandaria could play as pandaren, and select which faction they'd like to fight with based on individual preferences.