Quote Originally Posted by Penthea View Post
Something to remember is that Ravel is not connected to our viera because Ravel is in The First. ShB has already shown us there are some very notable differences between the cultures of the races mirrored on both shards, especially with the lalafell/dwarves.

From the Ivalice alliance raids it's clear that at least some of the viera from The Source are closer to how we know them from past FF games considering that alliance raid is directly inspired from them. I think it's only a matter of time until we get to explore the lands where The Source's viera and hrothgar come from in the msq itself, and it would be then that (I hope) we will finally get quite a lot of gear designed with our shard's viera in mind.
Yoshi-P said in an interview or a live letter once that the First’s viis are the same as the Source’s viera. Something about understanding the viera culture via the viis we meet in ShB.

Considering viera were only added for fan service and the only place they’re native to is on the opposite side of the world from where we’re going in EW, I don’t think we’ll see much if anything about their native culture beyond what the NPC on the theater airship has already told us, let alone viera-inspired gear.