Viera and Hrothgar clans detailed on official site

[LaylaTsarra]

There are currently 0 art assets for female hrothgar, all the art posted in their thread is either Ronso art from X or kajat and other fantasy game felinids.

i assume some exist tho given how late in the game they decided between hrothgar and viera

I was under the impression Ronzo and Hrothgar were essentially the same.

[Beki_Bayaqad]

I was under the impression Ronzo and Hrothgar were essentially the same.

They aren't. People need to realize this. Ronso are from Spira, which is a different world then Source, which is XIV. Also, I seriously doubt Yoshi will let the Hrothgar get as gigantic as the Ronso canonicaly are (Kimhari, the smallest non-child ronso was 8 freaking feet tall.)

[LaylaTsarra]

They aren't. People need to realize this. Ronso are from Spira, which is a different world then Source, which is XIV. Also, I seriously doubt Yoshi will let the Hrothgar get as gigantic as the Ronso canonicaly are (Kimhari, the smallest non-child ronso was 8 freaking feet tall.)

Thank you for clarifying that. I have a friend who has played just about all the FF games and he keeps referring to the Hrothgar as Ronzo. FFXIV is my first FF game so I'm pretty clueless when it comes to past races etc. I did buy FFXII but haven't gotten very far into the game. This one takes way too much of my time.

[Halivel]

I have a friend who has played just about all the FF games and he keeps referring to the Hrothgar as Ronzo.

Well, the main reason is Kimahri setup from race teaser, and their The First name. They most likely were based on them in some way, but it's not the same race in the end.

[AmalahRose]

They aren't. People need to realize this. Ronso are from Spira, which is a different world then Source, which is XIV. Also, I seriously doubt Yoshi will let the Hrothgar get as gigantic as the Ronso canonicaly are (Kimhari, the smallest non-child ronso was 8 freaking feet tall.)

In the first all the races are known by a different name. The Hrothgar are called Ronsos there, so technically in XIV they are one and the same. I agree they probably won't get as tall. Though Yoshi said that if the Hrothgar stood up straight they would be taller than Roegadyns.

[Bright-Flower]

In the first all the races are known by a different name. The Hrothgar are called Ronsos there, so technically in XIV they are one and the same. I agree they probably won't get as tall. Though Yoshi said that if the Hrothgar stood up straight they would be taller than Roegadyns.

I think there's an important distinction here though.

Viera are Viera pulled pretty much directly from FF XII, so they're called Viera. We wouldn't expect much to be different about them other than the specifics they have to tweak because of the change in setting.

Hrothgar are called Ronso in the First but I think this is more a nod to them being based on the ronso, but they'll be taking their society and culture in different directions so they didn't want to just flat out call them Ronso have give people preconceived notions as to what to expect from them. It's been a while since I played FF X but I don't think the Ronsos there developed gunblades or had a queen for example.

So I think it's more or less 'viera are lifted from FF XII, Hrothgar are inspired by Ronso but aren't actually ronso.' With the ones on the First being called ronso as a nod to the inspiration for hrothgar.