Gender locked race?

[Roda]

But what if they gender-locked them?

Pitchforks, torches, etc.

[Kupocoubo]

What if the Hrothgar are the dwarves D: !

Wasn't it announced that there will be a dwarf beast race for 5.0 ?

[Gwenorai]

Wasn't it announced that there will be a dwarf beast race for 5.0 ?

Yes, and they're genderlocked

[Shougun]

Yes, and they're genderlocked

Nah they just look like men :
https://youtu.be/d-PmAQ9Opu4?t=4

Although on a serious point, we know they're genderlocked?

Only reference to dwarves I recall was the website XD.

[Lauront]

They were announced at the NA Fanfest but little beyond that was said.

[BiddyBatnana]

Nevermind !
Hrothgar apparently have majestic mane ! ~♥
(read on FFXIV discord from datamined quest text)

[Apoptomon]

These Hrothgar or whatever could be cool, but I hope that whatever comes, it comes as both female and male (for reasons that have been gone over many times in this thread, doing multiple new races in halves would only serve to upset twice as many people as a single whole race). However, I was discussing the 'bara cat' / Ronso rumor with my FC and to me at least, I felt we already had a race of brawny Nordic-inspired people with vaguely leonine features, so I was a bit puzzled over Hrothgar's potential aesthetic niche. Unless they go really all-in on the beast-race idea like with Lupin or Ronso, as opposed to the Miqote/Viera being very humanoid.

[Duskane]

Yes, and they're genderlocked

It's true you don't see many dwarf women. And in fact, they are so alike in voice and appearance, that they are often mistaken for dwarf men ,And this in turn has given rise to the belief that there are no dwarf women, and that dwarves just spring out of holes in the ground!

[Crushnight]

It's true you don't see many dwarf women. And in fact, they are so alike in voice and appearance, that they are often mistaken for dwarf men ,And this in turn has given rise to the belief that there are no dwarf women, and that dwarves just spring out of holes in the ground!

wouldn't mind females being variations of Luca from ff4TAY

EDIT: though knowing SE and beast tribes its going to be hard to tell males and females apart be nice if they showed a more distinct difference between them rather than having to find out through naming convensions ala Frixio being male(Slyph elder that you rescue from Thousand maws) or blatant this is female can you tell its pink ala Kobolds >_>

[Daralii]

Nevermind !
Hrothgar apparently have majestic mane ! ~♥
(read on FFXIV discord from datamined quest text)

Lions aren't the only creatures with manes though, and depending on what team Blufever was on, he might've just been guessing at the leonine aspect. Horses, hyenas, some jellyfish, etc all have manes - I'd even describe the male viera from the HW concept art as having manes. Their namesake is the only thing we have to go on.