so what is she then?

[Dioptase]

Without giving away too much for the peeps who haven't played that far into the story. We have seen the two new beasttribes for the expansion. But we still have the question of a certain ninja(?) masked npc of unknown race, she is obviously not one of the new races soooo anyone have an idea?

[Chewy2nd]

She's going to be part of the new playable race, we're (hopefully) going to see under the mask in 2.5.

[WellFooled]

And as a new playable race, it is unlikely that she will be a member of a beast tribe, since no beastmen have ever been playable.

[Danbo05]

Will be revealed at Tokyo Fanfest. Please look forward to it.

[Dioptase]

With all the 3.0 and 2.4 excitmemt I totally forgot we get a new playable race, go go fantasia!!!!!

[lololink]

And as a new playable race, it is unlikely that she will be a member of a beast tribe, since no beastmen have ever been playable.

That depends, beast tribes are mostly all the races that aren't one of the 5 races, so in a way it will be a beast race, but since this race will be accepted in all the city-states then it's not really a beast race.

[Alenore]

Well Goblins an Qiqirn are also accepted in City-states, so iff we follow that logic, they're not beast races either

[lololink]

Well Goblins an Qiqirn are also accepted in City-states, so iff we follow that logic, they're not beast races either

Not really, they are only accepted in Limsa Lominsa and because they are merchants, they don't live there. Amal'jaa lived in Ul'Dah some years before the 1.0 but they didn't manage to get along with the others so they got kicked out. Beast tribes are also called barbarians ( not sure if it's that in english, but it is in french and japanese ) for that reasons, like how the greeks called the ones that didn't belong to their city-states.

[Baithin]

I don't think Yugiri is part of a "beast race" but her people are probably not found on this side of Eorzea, so they're not considered part of the "five races." I assume that when they become playable the "five races" will become six.

As for their name, my guess is Auri. The wind-up Odin minion heavily implies it - the description is an explanation for why Odin, a decidedly Western figure, has a Far Eastern blade, Zantetsuken. It was said that he defeated a Far Eastern "Auri" in battle and took his blade. This Auri was probably a samurai, and we know that Doma is culturally very similar to Japan.

Putting two and two together, that would make Yugiri an Auri.

[WellFooled]

That depends, beast tribes are mostly all the races that aren't one of the 5 races, so in a way it will be a beast race, but since this race will be accepted in all the city-states then it's not really a beast race.

That's a way of looking at things I hadn't considered. I guess to me, a beastman is defined as a sentient species whose physical traits more resemble animals than hyur.

But then, who knows what those goblins look like under their masks!