Auri and Ishgard, can we truly be allies?

[Reinhart]

Firstly, we only have no actual confirmation that Au Ra are draconic, unless you can dig up a quote about that. In fact, they might actually have a demonic origin, with Yoshida stating at Pax East that it's possible to make Auri females looks more succubus-like in appearance.

Secondly, they're not from Dravania, but instead they're from Othard to the Far East; the slides when they first introduced at the JP Fan Fest even state as such, and the Wind-up Odin minion states that his sword with a Far Eastern name was taken from an Auri warrior... which would have happened before he got sealed in the age of the Allagan empire, so about 3 ages and 4 millennium before Ishgard was even founded and therefore also before Shiva was a heretic.

Regardless, we might have our answers either on the 11th with the Live Letter, or by the end of the month (hopefully) when the Benchmark comes out, as that should in theory have lore tidbits for the race and the two clans.