Do Au Ra have Forked Tongue

[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.