[Request] More Au Ra representation on next expansion?

[faiarrow]

Like i mentioned before, i'm mostly talking about MSQ characters, not representation as NPCs in the world.
Duskwights at the very least have finally gotten just a tiny bit of representation with the whole solution 9 elezen folk being Dusk, this is not saying other races shouldn't get represented just cuz i want Au Ra story characters.

There have been many au'ra MSQ characters. *Many.* Even in EW alone. I know it's been a few years since SB but Sadu, Cirna, and Magnai all have frequently reappeared in MSQ for a start.

I get the passion, I've been a loud outcryer for hellsguard rep for 10 years for likewise just wanting to see More, but you can't be that blind to the amount of tangible, namable characters who're au'ra that've been in the MSQ. No, you cannot argue that Vrtra's simulacrum isn't representation because guess what: he was made that way to suit both his cover and because it made him naturally fit in with Ahewann. The amount of them in sidequests too is quite a large sample size as well.

They are over-represented. Let other races shine for a bit. Let the new lore for existing ones relevant to a whole new continent actually develop as well.

[Gelgumi]

There have been many au'ra MSQ characters. *Many.* Even in EW alone. I know it's been a few years since SB but Sadu, Cirna, and Magnai all have frequently reappeared in MSQ for a start.

I get the passion, I've been a loud outcryer for hellsguard rep for 10 years for likewise just wanting to see More, but you can't be that blind to the amount of tangible, namable characters who're au'ra that've been in the MSQ. No, you cannot argue that Vrtra's simulacrum isn't representation because guess what: he was made that way to suit both his cover and because it made him naturally fit in with Ahewann. The amount of them in sidequests too is quite a large sample size as well.

They are over-represented. Let other races shine for a bit. Let the new lore for existing ones relevant to a whole new continent actually develop as well.

I don't really understand this sentimentality of "If this race gets represented, it means these other ones won't!" because i am not advocating for other races/clans to not be represented (because a lot of the arguments against what i said was mostly focused on clans and not the race as a whole).
The perfect example of what i want is a character like Yugiri, which she was nice, but she got written hard out of the story, and she'll probably never be relevant again.
The argument still falls apart because the context of why it's used doesn't equal he's an actual au ra character, he's just a Dragon who uses an Au Ra shape when he has to tag around.

I want other races to be represented too, i still believe dusk elezen should get their lore actually elavorated because since ARR they forgot there's a whole city underneath Gridania. I think it's stupid to dismiss the argument entirely like it's a fight of who gets the screen time and who doesn't.

On the matter of characters, i think Mikoto should've been promoted to MSQ character long ago, since she was very likeable and would fit right away with the rest of the cast. That, or let us meet her supposed sister who's out there in the world but we don't know much about.