How Would Viera Fit In XIVs lore?

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Originally Posted by DamianFatale

XIV had an official race poll, and Viera won. Every week or so, a new Viera thread pops up. There are giant forum posts of Viera threads. Yoshi P is constantly addressing questions about them. It is the most requested race.

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The poll never asked "Do you want Viera?" The poll asked "What type of race or clan would you most like to see added in the future? Mammalian demi-beastmen (ex. a rabbit-eared race such as the Viera from FFXII, etc.)" It is not Square Enix's fault that people have no reading comprehension, nor cannot use Google well enough to dredge up the correct information and realize they are spreading misinformation. Examples are not a "do you want this?" They are a comparison for something they already have in mind.

Here, I'll even link you the thread. http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/46936

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Looking over the poll again, I also just realized this myself. The final question doesn't ask player characters, only simply asking what types of races or clans would players like to see added along with all the values in which each region felt upon the choices. We will be seeing Viera in Return to Ivalice. We have the Lupin for mammalian beastmen, the kojin for reptilian beastmen, the au ra for reptilian demi-beastmen and Hilda? (jeeze I already forgot her name) from the Heavensward MSQ for more mixed races.

Are the Au Ra reptilian? Aside from some scales, tails and horns (all of which can be found on demons like the succubus), they're mostly human in appearance and humans are mammals.

I highly doubt they lay eggs.

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Originally Posted by Nestama

Are the Au Ra reptilian? Aside from some scales, tails and horns (all of which can be found on demons like the succubus), they're mostly human in appearance and humans are mammals.

I highly doubt they lay eggs.

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Considering it all says "beastmen," I doubt our laws of nature apply. Plus magic. Not even sure if the kojin lay eggs, but they sure look reptilian to me, if you want to go that route. However, I'm going by the poll description of each choice and overall question, not semantics players want to point out (Reptilian demi-beastmen (ex. a race with demonic features such as horns, etc.) <-- fits Au Ra).

The only beast tribe I can recall any mention of reproduction at all is the sylphs. The only beastmen we know have male and female counterparts are kobalds, sylphs, and the vanu vanu.

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Originally Posted by Nestama

Are the Au Ra reptilian? Aside from some scales, tails and horns (all of which can be found on demons like the succubus), they're mostly human in appearance and humans are mammals.

I highly doubt they lay eggs.

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If something has breasts, it's a mammal. The Au Ra are mammals. That said, they're closer to a succubus if you want to use earth lore as an analogy. The Dragons hatch from eggs, it's been implied as such.

But this is also a fantasy game, so it's just as viable to say that the Au Ra are half-dragon by magic in exactly the way the Miqo'te are half-cat. Think about creatures like Dolphins and Whales which are also mammals, but resemble fish, which aren't. The Au Ra may resemble the other mammals by virtue of sharing all the same features plus horns and tails, in the same way the Miqo'te resemble Hyur with cat ears and cat tails.