Au Ra physiology and other lore.

[StarDrake]

Yes, needless to say, this patch was an enormous disappointment on the Au Ra front. I was looking forward to a detailed reveal, and Yugiri doesn't even mention her race's name and nobody has a comment aside from Tataru's "she's pretty!" I mean, yes, Alf was in "a state" shall we say, but seriously, a little bit of backstory dump would've been a nice wind-down after all that action. Or even some before things begin happening, really. Her cavalier attitude towards it was really strange, as well, since she'd previously made such a massive fuss about not showing her face for fear of sparking fear and suspicion.

That said, it looks like I, at least, need to admit defeat: Yugiri seems to have lost her mask in Mor Dhona, and entered Dragonhead unmasked and was made known to Haurchefant and the guards (given his comments about your "comrades" waiting for you). It does seem like there will not be any Dravanian Au Ra, since if there were Auri in the Horde, Yugiri would've been met with nothing but cold steel at Dragonhead, rather than shelter. I suppose there's an off-off-off chance that they recognized her white scales as opposed to dark ones, but one would think it would still rate substantial comment from the Ishgardians if someone who looks like a portion of their ancient enemy trotted through their gates.

(Of course it's strange that none of the Ishgardians comment on her draconic features period, but, well, see first paragraph.)

Hopefully a lot more information comes with the live letter and benchmark. I definitely can't hide disappointment at how the "reveal" has been handled to date, though.