Raen Or Xaela

[Kaelah]

Raen. Pretty much just cuz on my Au Ra the scales looked nicer with my darker skin tone. I prefer the white scales mostly too, though some people do look good with the black.

[Zojha]

Both can look quite nice with the right skin/clothing/hair combination. I got one of each myself.

[Serilda]

I prefer Xaela visually, though culturally I'm looking forward to meeting both on their home turf soon.

[Limonia]

Lore wise, I find the Xaela more interesting. If the female Xaela horns and scales were black or purplish black instead of blue, maybe I would play one. But I really don't like the blue color of the scales, the female Raen scales have a prettier color.
It's the opposite for males though. On males I really like the Xaela scale color but not the Raen scales.

[Caitlyn]

Raen! Glory to our Dawn Father!

The grey skin tone works better with bright scales. Less demonic, but more ghostly ^^. Xaelas dark scales are too dominant in my opinion. And i like the calm and solitude (non-nomadic) lifestyle of the Raen.

With Stormblood, i would like to see, if there are any cultural differences between Raen and Xaela ; )

[Greven]

Visually Xaela because they are way sexier and their scales works perfectly with every skin colour!!
On a lore note though I like the Raen, they are the "good" auri, they stopped being nomads and they are matriarchal if I don't remember it wrong.

I wouldn't go to the degree of removing Raen at all, when I tried making my character Au ra I made him Raen cause I think it's closer to my real life palette and all.

[Belhi]

Xeala are dirty barbarians:P

No in all seriousness Raen interest me more for no other reason than

they live in bubble towns under the water

. Plus I think Au Ra samurai and ninja are a bit cooler than Au Ra nomads. We actually have lot less info on the Raen than the Xeala so there is more to learn about them.

[Araxes]

I like both the Same TBH. It really depends on how skilled the Player is in creating a good looking character. I saw a lot Good looking Xaela but also a lot Good looking Raen. I dont care much for the scale Color

[Laerune]

Raen on females and Xaela on males, because of the sclera. If females had the darker sclera as the males, then I would be for Xaela for both genders.

[Paladinleeds]

I'm a Xaela fan myself. Thanks to the dark horns, I can create a very demonic look. But at the same time, she'll look elegant. She's become my female race & clan of choice as a result because of how much of a twin personality she looks like she has. I must say though, the lore of Xaela matches me quite a lot, in terms of that they are always going somewhere else. While I'm not very barbaric IRL, I have a huge wanderlust. I'm constantly leaving my home city (though don't move away from said city, I'm not in a position where I can), and thus I feel I fit in with the Xaela better. I found I couldn't really identify with the Raen on a lore level.