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{{Racebox
| image = Pandarian hozen.png
| name = Hozen
| capital = 
| faction = Independent, [[Horde]] ([[Forest Hozen]]), [[Tillers]], [[Pandaren]]
| character = [[Hunter]]
| mount = [[Forest Prowler]]
| homeworld = [[Azeroth (world)|Azeroth]]
| region = [[Pandaria]], [[Wandering Isle|The Wandering Isle]]
| language = Unknown
| slang = [[Common]], [[Orcish]]
| leader = 
| exact = 
| alignment = 
| organization = Tribes
}}
[[File:Hozu.jpg|thumb|Hozen concept art]]

The '''Hozen''' are a race of monkey-like creatures native to [[Pandaria]]. They are mischievous in nature, often playing pranks on the local [[pandaren]].<ref>Preview Panel for ''[[Mists of Pandaria]]'' at [[BlizzCon 2011]]</ref> They play a major role in the dungeon, [[Stormstout Brewery]], which they have overrun. When Horde players arrive at the [[Jade Forest]], they hope to make a partnership with the Hozen for resources.<ref>{{ref web|work=WoW Dungeons and Raids Panel|url=http://us.battle.net/blizzcon/en/blog/3759858/WoW_Dungeons_and_Raids_Panel-10_21_2011#blog|title=Dungeons and Raids panel|accessdate=21-Oct-2011}}</ref> They have historically raided the [[Jinyu]] and have been longtime enemies.<ref name="mmochampionMar2012PressTour">{{ref web|work=[[MMO Champion]]|url=http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/2687-Mists-of-Pandaria-Press-Tour|title=Mists of Pandaria Press Tour|author=[http://www.mmo-champion.com/members/2-Boubouille Boubouille]|date=19-Mar-2012 06:58 AM}}</ref>

== Background ==
At the height of their empire, the jinyu held close ties with the hozen. Both agreed to help the other withstand the onslaught of the [[mogu]]. Yet on the eve of the jinyu's final stand against [[Lei Shen]], the hozen betrayed them. The jinyu's so-called allies had secretly pledged their loyalties to the Thunder King in exchange for preferential treatment ( a promise that was never kept). This act of treachery ensured the jinyu's defeat and ignited a bitter racial feud between them and the hozen that would last for generations.<ref>''[[World of Warcraft: Chronicle Volume 1]]'', pg. 82</ref>

== Traits ==
[[File:Hozen.jpg|thumb|A typical Hozen.]]
The Hozen are uncannily dexterous foragers and hunters who dwell in clans among treetops and mountains of [[Pandaria]]. They’re extremely short-lived (their elders are often no older than twenty) and their society lacks roots (and rules) as a result. Uncouth and impulsive, Hozen nonetheless play, live and squabble together... at least, until their clans grow so large that they collapse into multiple smaller groups.

The other races of Pandaria are careful to avoid Hozen hunting grounds, as their notoriously short tempers grow even shorter when their hunger pushes entire clans, including elderly and young Hozen, to ravage food sources outside of their territory, either gathering enough food or seeing enough Hozen die in the process to ensure the survivors’ continued health.''<ref name="MistsZonePreviews">{{ref web|work=Official World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria site (US)|url=http://us.battle.net/wow/en/game/mists-of-pandaria/feature/bestiary|title=Bestiary|accessdate=19-March-2012}}</ref>''

== Speculative origins ==
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It's not known how Hozen came to be, but their origins can be speculated to came from one of these sources:

* [[Monkey]] that drank water from [[Vale of Eternal Blossoms]], just like [[Jinyu]] evolved from [[Murlocs]] the same ways. Thay are also sometimes referred as [[Monkey]]s. [[Monkey]]s are of the more "intelligent" [[Beasts]]. Evolution tree listed below:
** [[Murloc]] + [[Waters]] in [[Vale of Eternal Blossoms]] = [[Jinyu]]
** [[Monkey]] + [[Waters]] in [[Vale of Eternal Blossoms]] = Hozen
** Another likely origin is they were simply another race that the life blood of Azeroth created, and they just so happened to resemble beastial primates, just like the Tauren resemble cows and the Pandaren resemble... well bears.

== Notable ==
* {{Horde}} [[Gukgut]]
* {{Horde}} [[Kah Kah]]
* {{Horde}} [[Riko]]
* {{Neutral}} [[Ken-Ken]]
* {{mob|Kon-Kon|Hunter-Chief}}
* {{mob|Konk}}
* {{mob|Ook-Ook}}
* {{mob|Dook Ookem}}
* {{mob|The Ook of Dook|The Leader Hozen}}
* {{mob|Ruk-ruk}}
* {{mob|Tak Tak|Big Leader Hozen}}
* {{Horde}} [[Tooki Tooki]]
* {{mob|Zhi-Zhi}}

== Tribes ==
*[[Broketooth tribe]]
*[[Fe-Feng tribe]]
*[[Grookin tribe]]
*[[Knucklethump tribe]]
*[[Kunzen tribe]]
*[[Ookin tribe]]
*[[Oona tribe]]
*[[Silverback tribe]]
*[[Slingtail tribe]]

== Media ==
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== Patch changes ==
* {{Patch 5.0.4|note=Added.}}

== References==
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