I honestly don't know what SE will do about the lore as it concerns the Au Ra. Maybe Au Ra will have their own starting area, and at a certain point, we get to choose to go to one of the other city-states possibly? It would be weird for player Au Ra to just start off like all the other races, seeing as they don't come in until much later into the story. I guess all we can do is wait and see what happens.

As for the Au Ra themselves, I'm really excited to play as one. They seem like they'll be a very interesting race. I hope we get to find out what their naming conventions are like before the expansion goes live.