Au Ra physiology and other lore.

[Valonir]

If we're lucky maybe Fernehalwes is allowed to speak of them a little more now and will fill in the blanks. The wait for benchmark / further lore is killing me. I like planning ahead for my characters. :c

[Balipu]

More like "ren" and "zela" judging from the katakana.

Wait, we have katakana? Since when?

[Cartoonfox]

The Au Ra are based off a previous race it just isn't in any of the new game go back and look at some of the underground races in FFIV or there are more in FFVI also in FF Adventure 2 for classic game boy while it isn't exact it is close enough that it is not a leap to say they could be the same and given that they seem to want to tie all of the games together in one universe.

[Asheilin]

The Au Ra are based off a previous race it just isn't in any of the new game go back and look at some of the underground races in FFIV or there are more in FFVI also in FF Adventure 2 for classic game boy while it isn't exact it is close enough that it is not a leap to say they could be the same and given that they seem to want to tie all of the games together in one universe.

except that they stated the Au Ra was original to the series when they released the first information about them.

[Kedrah]

Wait, we have katakana? Since when?

We don't have any written katakana on our end (it'd be there if you look through the JP forums) but we have heard the names spoken by Yoshi-P in the live letter.
It's not quite garaigo or wasei-eigo since they're fictional words, so I'm not sure what to call it. :P

[Balipu]

We don't have any written katakana on our end (it'd be there if you look through the JP forums) but we have heard the names spoken by Yoshi-P in the live letter.
It's not quite garaigo or wasei-eigo since they're fictional words, so I'm not sure what to call it. :P

Ahh, okay. Thanks ^^

[Cilia]

I'd also like a naming convention guide, as I've a few ideas knocking around and want to know if any make sense for either a Raen or Xaela Au Ra...

[Deadz3d]

We also got a couple Au Ra pictures with the new gear sets shown in the Live Letter:

Hopefully we'll get that Male hairstyle for the Miqo'te. I find their hair sorely lacking currently.

[treuhavik]

What I'm curious about is their patron deity, seeing as the race originates outside of Eorzea. Do they even recognize The Twelve as gods, or have they their own pantheon? If the latter, how will selecting one of The Twelve in character creation make sense? We need far more information on the Au Ra than naming conventions.

[LineageRazor]

What I'm curious about is their patron deity, seeing as the race originates outside of Eorzea. Do they even recognize The Twelve as gods, or have they their own pantheon? If the latter, how will selecting one of The Twelve in character creation make sense? We need far more information on the Au Ra than naming conventions.

All adventurers arrive to their starting city from "out of town". Where "out of town" is is totally up to you to decide. If you're worshiping an Eorzean deity, though, "out of town" probably still means "somewhere in Eorzea". You come from a clan of Au Ra that settled in Eorzea sometime in the past. There could have been Au Ra in Eorzea for ages, and you simply never ran into one. Or, perhaps, you DO come from out of Eorzea, but converted to the local religion. It's up to you to decide.