Quote Originally Posted by Enkidoh View Post
Those 'void dragons' used models that were originally from FFXI however, and I don't think are really representative of anything more deeper other than "they look evil" and are thus just monsters with no connection or relation to Midgardsormr's species (same as there are also FFXI Dark Kindred appearing here in FFXIV as Voidsent too - who were considered beastmen in FFXI) - after all I'd long thought their heads looked more like dogs than dragons even back in my FFXI days! :P

So I wouldn't read too much into the 'void dragons' actually once being actual dragons, but were just added for atmosphere due to being 'demonic looking' and also to be a tip of the hat to FFXI.
Go to Eureka and look again. I'm not talking about the Shadow Dragon models. There are straight up Void Flood and Flame dragons that look identical to FFXIV dragons of Midgardsormr's descendants. As for demons being beastmen in FFXI, yes and no. They were allied and in charge of the Beastmen Confederacy, but they were ultimately still tied to the Dark Divinity and the dark crystal that made Raogrimm into the Shadowkeeper. They aren't like the Orcs, Quadav, or Yagudo. Their origin is never expounded on, and they are said to have completely vanished after the Crystal War was over until Raogrimm came back.