Do Au Ra have Forked Tongue

[Vejjiegirl]

I'm not sure if this is the right section for this. But do Au Ra have Forked Tongues?



I know in some fiction, succubus and demons can also have Forked Tongues.



In Reptiles they use these Tongues to smell. A forked tongue allows them to sense from which direction a smell is coming.

I know there are some quests (NInja, White Mage, Dark Knight) that have Au Ra Npcs. Sadly I haven't done any of these yet.
Do these quests explain any additional facts about the Au Ra's Physiology or Apperance?

[Cilia]

From what little can be made out no, this is not the case. I have not seen anything odd when my character opens her mouth and none of the quests deal with Au Ra physiology (well, DRK at least).

Strange question, though.

[Vejjiegirl]

From what little can be made out no, this is not the case. I have not seen anything odd when my character opens her mouth and none of the quests deal with Au Ra physiology (well, DRK at least).

Strange question, though.

Ya sorry it was a little strange, me and a friend were talking about baby Pythons today and I was like "hey I wonder if my Au ra has a tongue like that..."

[Kaiser-Ace]

I think as far as the necessity of the forked tongue that many (if not most) reptiles possess would not be as vital to an Au Ra being as their Horns give them an echolocation like sixth sense that allows them to locate things in their surroundings.

So being as Au Ra have a form of Echolocation I'd personally say they would have normal tongues as there would be no need for the reptilian ability to "Smell" the air and possess echolocation as in most cases the echo location would likely be more potent and likely more useful due to the added details of Numbers, size, and distance as well as direction.

My head cannon imagines it working similar to the Byakugan from Naruto.

[T2teddy]

I read somewhere that we're of demon descent not lizards, snakes or dragons.

[Velox]

I read somewhere that we're of demon descent not lizards, snakes or dragons.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...d_other_stuff/

Aura are not related to Dragons. Their motif are demons.

[Raminax]

From what little can be made out no, this is not the case. I have not seen anything odd when my character opens her mouth and none of the quests deal with Au Ra physiology (well, DRK at least).

Neither the White Mage or Ninja questlines for Heavensward mention any quirky Au Ra traits regarding physiology either. Honestly, they really don't explain much of either Au Ra physiology or culture, besides reinforcing the fact that being Xaela (or Au Ra in general, ambiguous wording ahoy) apparently sucks.

I read somewhere that we're of demon descent not lizards, snakes or dragons.

Keyword being motif. Meant to invoke the imagery of demons, rather than being descended from them.

[MiniPrinny]

Keyword being motif. Meant to invoke the imagery of demons, rather than being descended from them.

It's actually rather heavily implied that au ra are descended from voidsent and hyurian ancestors. The Domans treat Yugiri as a Lady not just because she is a powerful Ninja and leader in her own right, but likely also because the Au Ra live as Oni often do in Japanese folklore, so one that chooses to descend from their misty mountains is a rare treat for the "lowly mortals" of Doma. In addition to this, the Dawn Father and Dusk Mother, assuming that the Raen and Xaela truly do share their characteristics with their origin mythos parents, are likely a hyur or group of hyur that summoned a female voidsent (likely a succubus) or group of voidsent and produced fertile children with them. The fertile children, being neither purely of Hydaelyn or of the Void, likely ended up adapting over the years to Hydaelyn and also likely further diluted their blood by interbreeding with Domans until we got the au ra of today which are closer to hyur than any voidsent we've seen except for succubi, which as we know are often spoken possessed by a succubus-type voidsent.

As for the main topic: No, auri tongues are the same as hyurian tongues which are the same as human tongues.

[WellFooled]

It's actually rather heavily implied that au ra are descended from voidsent and hyurian ancestors.

That's as good a theory as any, but you say "likely" many times and "heavily implied" without any in-game references to back up the theory. What makes you think these things are likely and heavily implied?

[Cilia]

That's as good a theory as any, but you say "likely" many times and "heavily implied" without any in-game references to back up the theory. What makes you think these things are likely and heavily implied?

The words "theory," "likely," and "heavily implied" are thrown around... very loosely, shall we say, on internet message boards.

Aside from Ferne stating that the Au Ra were designed to be aesthetically similar to some demons, there's nothing to support such a theory beyond whatever people want to pull out of the few things we know about their history.