Stormblood - New Race? Yes? No?

[SleepyBee]

I used to want new races until I realized SE seems to have some limitations. Maybe a programming limitation, or how much information is sent with all our chars appearance details. In that case I'd rather the extra "information" or whatever go toward more customization options for the races we already have.

Also I don't have much faith in a new race I'd actually want to try out. Au ra was kinda just thrown into the game with barely a mention to their lore (as far as I've noticed) and I don't even recall an abundance of au ra npc's in HW either. The original concept art they had for Au ra was also WAYYYY cooler than what we ended up with. Major mistake.

[dinnertime]

Also I don't have much faith in a new race I'd actually want to try out. Au ra was kinda just thrown into the game with barely a mention to their lore (as far as I've noticed) and I don't even recall an abundance of au ra npc's in HW either.

Because of SE trying to make this new race as a surprise during the course of ARR and that they came from an entirely different continent, the race had a rough start to be introduced lore-wise.
The Doman refugees Yugiri might've had with her could also be Raen. Xaela are nomads and as well had their homeland invaded by the Garlean empire. Being an adventurer is also a thing.

So those are the only possible reasons how the Au Ra came to the continent.