Quote Originally Posted by PotatoSalad View Post
Shiva is over 1,000 years old. Her bones turned to dust centuries ago, her visage resurrected gloriously as the heretics who worship her image her as a goddess made manifest.
But the story suggests she was an Ishgardian guilty of heresy. That would mean she would be no older than Ishgard itself and more particularly, the conflict with the dravanians.

Midgardsomr had 7 children. Bahamut seems likely to be one I think. We know that there are 2 more in Eorzea. That leave 4 more. Yugiri refers to sacred mountains where blood must not be spilt in Doma. It strikes me as more likely that one of Midgardsomr's children travelled to Doma and became the source of the Au Ra rather than Shiva had a couple of kids that got spirited away all the way to Doma and they founded an entire race of Dragon People split into two clans. For a start, it would allow for several thousands of years of history for the race to form rather than just a thousand.