Titan The titans , also known as the makers , the travelers ( to the trolls ) , or the Great Ones ( to the Oracles ) , are a race of extremely powerful , majestic creatures , akin to god s . These metallic giant s traveled across the cosmos bringing order to worlds . Many believe them to simply be a progenitor race . Unlike most creatures , titans are made of primordial matter from the evolution of a world - soul into magical sentience . History and culture . A generally aloof creator race , the titans are now a subject of significant interest on Azeroth , at least for the dwarves — especially the Explorers ' Guild . Their part in Azeroth ’ s history lies far , far back in time , although Sargeras has , of course , taken a more active role in recent conflicts through the Burning Legion . There are two known races of titans ( aesir and vanir ) . The Pantheon are the leaders of the titans and some of the universe ’ s most powerful entities . Their figure is humanoid but gigantic , with gleaming metallic skin and a perfection of form that makes the heart ache . Very little is known about the titans save for scraps the dwarves have unearthed and some vague night elf folklore . Few human scholars actually believed the mighty demigods even existed . Legend holds that the great ones shaped the land when the world was young , then left the world to its own devices . The ruins and buried cities that remain on Azeroth — Uldum beneath the Tanaris Desert , Ulduar beneath the Storm Peaks of Northrend , and Uldaman beneath the dwarven home of Khaz Modan — are known to a few to actually be " titanic " ruins . Most mortals believed that they were only ancient ruins . There are two presumed types of titan , the stronger , smarter , more agile aesir , and the tougher but less powerful vanir . One scholar has postulated that there are other subspecies of titans . No titans have ever been spotted , and it is believed that they live among the stars where they continue to this day shaping new worlds . " In this passage , the majority of " scholars " and the " most mortals " refers primarily , if not entirely , to humans . " Each titan cultivates specific interests that relate to particular elements or energy types — essentially , to some small aspect of creation over which the titan holds a measure of dominance . Some titans refer to the piece of creation upon which they focus as their " sphere of power " . Titans generally believe they are invincible . They wade into the thickest of battles using their most powerful abilities , or even just swinging with massive , alloyed fists . Titans with well - defined spheres of power have wildly varying combat tactics , focusing primarily upon the strengths of their spheres . Despite this there is evidence that in the war with the old gods a titan was killed . Aesir and vanir are two presumed types of titans . However , it is believed that there may be other subspecies . In the game files " titans " have skins for gold , silver , stone , and ivory , in addition to bronze and platinum . These may represent additional titan subspecies . Known titans . Most of the known titans come from the elite , ruling sect known as the Pantheon . Little is known of the names or details of the titans , beyond these few : Pantheon . Pantheon destroyed . A tale of Lei Shen suggests the last members of the Pantheon have been dead for millenia , killed by Sargeras around the time of the forming of the Burning Legion . Suspected representations of titans . Players have speculated they may have seen titans , but they have only seen possible representations of titans . See also . Chris Metzen stated in BlizzCast 12 that " Will we see actual titans one day . " However , in Ask CDev , round 2 ( 2011 ) the question of whether players have seen titans in World of Warcraft was asked directly and the answer was " No , only their creations . " In Patch 7 . 3 . In the raid , Antorus , the Burning Throne , the first explicit representations of titans will likely be seen for Aggramar and Eonar in the manifestations of their remaining essences . Also a proto - titan or world - soul of Argus will be the last encounter . NPCs who use the titan model or titan - like models . Most of these creatures have been determined to be titanic watcher s .