It will not be long before the World of Warcraft: The War Within Release date for Early Access is here. Tomorrow, the 20-year-old MMO will receive its latest expansion, introducing a new playable race and, for the first time in its history, a new account-wide progression system. The War Within is also the first in a trilogy of expansions that will supposedly finally conclude story threads that began when WoW was still a baby MMO.

Some of the expansion’s features are already available via a pre-release update, namely Warbands, WoW’s long-awaited answer for people with a bunch of characters they like to play. Warbands is the result of squeezing all of your characters into a “Get Along” t-shirt and having them share game progress. Reputations, transmog cosmetics, and gear are all included. Our own Fraser Brown is a huge fan, calling it “a tantalizing teaser for WoW’s new direction.”