World of Warcraft is a game based on the Warcraft series, the stratagie game in which the Noble Orcs get released upon azeroth by great evil masters. Warcraft 2 is Humans VS Orcs. In Warcraft 3 the Paladin arthas finds himself the cursed sword which turns him into a death knight. Warcraft 3 is Alliance VS Horde
The Alliance consist of Night Elfs, dark shady elfen creatures. Humans, Dwarfs and Gnomes. Gnomes are midget men...you know the kind

The Horde consist of Trolls, Undead, Orcs and Tauren. Tauren are spiritual cowmen with great tradition that have sworn a bloodoath to the orcs after they saved them from centaur invasion.
In World of Warcraft you play a soldier in the whole realm of azeroth, you find your own gear, train yourself, proffesionalise yourself.
In World of Warcraft you first pick Alliance or Horde... I took Alliance
Than you pick a race... for me that was the alliance race: Human
and than you pick Class
Rogue - stealthy backstabbing person who does massive damage
Hunter - has pets to fight for him and exels at range
Warrior - Great at dealing damage and taking damage
Mage - Fireballs HURT, die quick 'n swift tough
Priest - Spiritual energies that heal and enhance, die quick, lack damage
Druid - Shapshift, fersatile but exels at non really much (expect tanking and buffing)
Alliance only - Paladin - NOOBS

can take much much much damage, can heal, can do damage... great solo - not great in parties unless the paladin knows his class
Horde only - Shaman - MASSIVE MASSIVE damage, can take quite a punch... these guys rock way..
I took Rogue as I love fancy swordplay and they are good at that..
As you can gather your own gear and everything you wear will be shown on your character, you can choce certain roads to go... cloths that arent only good in terms of stats and damage, but look well when combined together.. The example I have given was Skullforge Reavers, they are Longswords with purple radiant glow found only from Baron Rivendare in the ruins of Stratholme.. (big city with undead... hack 'n slash to treasure!) This sword can drain someones life essence when it hits someone.. Shirts are just junk, they are only for looks

You can equip a item in each hand or a 2-handed item (staff, shield-sword, sword-sword etc.)
You can equip 2 rings, 1 amulet, 1 helm, 1 chest armor, 1 leg armor, 1 boots, 1gloves, 1 cape
Further you can wear a shirt and a tabard (a tabard is your guild-uniform)
to tell you why my mount is special... well each race has the unique mount
Night Elf - Saber
Human - Horse
Dwarf - Ram
Gnome - Robot Mechanostrider
Undead - Undead Horse
Orc - Worg
Tauren - Kodo (huge dinosaur beast)
Troll - Raptor (2 legged dinosaur)
I was a human on a Night elfs mount.