SO Shiva..

[PotatoSalad]

The Au Ra could be the result of some form of cross breeding between dragons and mortal species but I doubt Shiva was involved. I might be wrong but Shiva isn't that ancient since she is a figure in Ishgardian history and the Au Ra are not only a race with a fair degree of evolved variation but aren't even native to the continent.

Also we know that either dragons can turn into mortal forms or turn mortals into dragons.

I suspect playable Au Ra will be Doman refugees who arrived on other boats from Yugiri's. She did say that there were other ships out there.

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.

[Belhi]

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.

[PotatoSalad]

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.

Look at our real world and in 1,000 years entire nations have been born, uprooted, destroyed, migrated, and assimilated as well as their cultures and languages. A LOT can happen in just 200 years as the United States of America has shown(229 years). 1,000 years is beyond enough time for complete cultures and species to give rise.