Quote Originally Posted by Alberel View Post
Wasn't it confirmed by Yoshi or Koji shortly after 3.0 released that the Au Ra are of voidsent origin, and not draconic? I was all for the theories that the Au Ra were of draconic heritage but I thought this entire line of speculation was categorically shut down last year. Am I wrong?
As Sinistral noted, at no point was it explicitly stated that Au Ra are descended from Voidsent, only that the art team switched gears during development to give them a voidsent-ish look rather than the dragon-ish look they'd originally been conceptualized with.

It's also worth noting that, Voidsent or Dragon, Ishgard STILL persecuted the Au Ra canonically in-game. At least two Au Ra NPCs (Sidurgu, the DRK trainer after Frey, and Alaqa, who is involved in the White Mage job quests) both allude to atrocities committed against Au Ra by Ishgard before Ishgard grudgingly conceded that they were NOT heretical dragon/human blends.

So, honestly, the whole "we can't have dragon-people because Ishgard would go berserk" thing was a moot point; Ishgard went berserk anyway. :P