Stormblood - New Race? Yes? No?

[LineageRazor]

It still would because some city-states or settlements aren't fine with beastmen, and people would think that you are one because of your glamour.

They also don't blink an eye if you strut around in front of them in your smallclothes. I think that it's safe to say that glamour is completely divorced from lore and storyline. As far as anyone in Eorzea is concerned, you are sensibly dressed no matter how outlandish your garb.

Hydaelyn Viera lore doesn't have to be the same or similar to the Ivalice Viera. They might not even have the same name if it's confirmed.

Also Padjal will never be playable. They are a rare breed of Hyur, blessed by the elementals, usually becoming devouts and serve for the elementals and the Black Shroud (or Twelveswood as they call it).

I'd say you're correct in that it's highly likely that they WOULDN'T be called Viera. Mithra, Galka, Hyur, Tarutaru, and Elvaan all got name changes for their adaptations into this game. Why should Viera be any different?

As for Padjal, as I've explained in other race threads, there's absolutely nothing in the game's lore preventing them from adding Padjal as a race if they so choose. The game's EXISTING Padjal all originate from a few Hyuran families that have been "blessed" by the Elementals - but it is not explained how the Elementals did this, and whether they could do it again. On a mass scale, if they wanted to. The one and only thing that has to happen in order for Padjal to become a race is for the devs to decide, "Okay, the Elementals have decided to make a whole lot of Padjal. They've had the ability all along, but only recently decided that it would be necessary."

For those that argue that the Padjal are bound to the forest - no, they aren't. There are numerous examples of Padjal traveling abroad. The existing Padjal CHOOSE to stay in the Shroud, because if they left there would be none to mediate with the Elementals, and things could quickly go to ruin. If there were hundreds or thousands of Padjal, this would not be a concern. We'd have the NPC Padjal minding the Elementals, while the player character Padjal roamed the world.

Honestly, this kind of thing is something the Elementals should be doing anyway, if they are able. Too often now, they've been so focused on threats within the forest, that threats from OUTSIDE the forest (Garleans - particularly Nael and his disastrous release of Bahamut, Ixali and their logging, Alaqa from the WHM storyline and her necromantic esperiments) almost destroy everything they want to preserve. With an army of Padjal, they'd be much better able to protect the forest's interests abroad.