Viera as the next new race~ Show your support

[JunseiKei]

That artwork was introduced at a livestream at Nico Nico Tokaigi in 2015, and esplicitly defined as concept art for a possible Viera race that was actually considered for Heavensward, but set aside in favor of the Au Ra.

This is the original art. It doesn't mention the Au Ra at all, and the Japanese text also only mentions the Viera.

Yes. That had been the second time the artwork had been shown. It had also been shown in Las Vegas 2014 with the rest of the Au Ra art when the race was first revealed, and they talked on how they went about deciding which look to go with. This was also when people largely believed the joke/ misinformation that the au ra were also some form of voidsent, like the succubi. 'Cause people like to report on things that will get high attention, but often omit context. (Like Yoshia's poll on a new race that mentioned Viera is a great example. He never asked if players wanted Viera, yet people will say that he did.)