Gender locked race?

[Shougun]

Maybe we'll get both. That would be ideal, but it seems more plausible at this time to get male Viera and no mention of Hrothgar at this time.

I would note that the person we all reference for outside info dropped Viera like it was nothing but was very reticent on saying anything about the other race. As if it was exceptionally important to either a trailer reveal, story, or something along those lines.

Viera coming with the whole Final Fantasy Tactics dungeon happening is to be honest not that mind blowing or shocking, I mean it's /awesome/ news for those who want to play Viera but are we really shocked about them? I'd say no, felt like we could see it coming.

Meanwhile we could have an impending wall of lore coming to smack us in the face (figurative, ofc lol). Something that even a person leaking information would be like "oh my oh my, I can't say anything about this!!!". It's also why I theorize that maybe SE did this on purpose, to test what leaking info like this would look like (because conveniently SE is not bound to anything leaked, this is honestly so nice for them because they can announce stuff without anyone going "BUT YOU PROMISED US" lol). It could of course still be info SE didn't want out, but I find it "possible" this has been orchestrated.

I was reaching a bit when I referenced all the lion lore in the trailer, the Lamasu (winged lion creature with a crown, that protects against evil), the Cherub based off the wing lion (history), both relating to Zodiac in history, Lionheart job with the lion/ronso primal emblem on the blade (not on Thancred's but is in FF8/in our pre-order item reward).. but.. one of the lines in the lore book that I've been caught on is that it says the cherub (kuribu) was made in the vision of some otherworldly race ("made in the image of transcendent beings from yet another plane"). I mean Kuribu looks pretty human like so it could be nothing, or sign a second race isn't that different lol but.. eh. Maybe this all ties together?

I'd still say the potential for the importance of lion-like is laden in the trailer more so than any info of Viera. Viera is as to Blue Mage is to Shadowbringers, sort of a 4.5 reveal shared between Stormblood and Shadowbringers. If this second race is real, it appears it would belong explicitly to Shadowbringers (and maybe the cliff hanger close of Stormblood).