How Would Viera Fit In XIVs lore?

[Mature]

Take me to Ivalice and let me bring a Viera with me!!!

[Felis]

Maybe they will be a new beast tribe

[Paladinleeds]

Maybe they will be a new beast tribe

You know, if that happened I would absolutely laugh my head off (because by goodness it would be a troll and a half from Yoshi-P). There is no precedent for making beast tribes into playable races (and I think lore-wise, it's a complete no-no too), so if this were to happen, I think it would mean all those wanting Viera as a playable race would be out of luck.

[Nestama]

For Viera to work, they'll need to already exist on Hydaelyn (making them playable because of the Ivalice raid wouldn't work). As we never saw a Viera in Othard, or amongst the Garlean empire/army, I'm doubting we'll be seeing them in Islabard (Garlean controlled territory). This leaves The New World to the west of Eorzea... and since we might not even get into Islabard until either 5.0 or 6.0 (based on what Yoshi-P has implied regarding storming the Garlean capital), we probably won't expect Viera to be playable until 7.0 :T

Reason why they can't be playable after the Ivalice raid is released: lore and timeline. If the Ivalice raid is going to be a portal to the Ivalice, then it's impossible for them to be playable as something shouldn't exist before they can exist (it'd be a paradox and there'd be no explanation behind it). If it's not a portal to the Ivalice, then why haven't we seen them in FFXIV yet? Why aren't they vaguely mentioned or implied in the lore book?

Lupin on the other hand...

[Raikai]

I think Viera would be a GREAT addition IF they went for a amazon stereotype, females being very tall, slender, muscular... and the males being the complete opposite: short, with more delicate features.

Something like the inverse of Au Ra currently are.

[Nestama]

They can't be on Othard, as there's no reason for them to not be in Kugane as random NPC's and if they were on Islabard, some would need to be Garlean soldiers (as Islabard is a region completely dominated by the Garlean empire), which we should have seen by now (why would the Garleans keep soldiers who would be nimble in combat on the back lines?). This leaves the New World to the west of Eorzea, which most likely has not been invaded by the Garleans and has little to no lore on it (all we know is that the Mamool Ja came from there). Or heck, maybe even Meracydia... somehow.

It's not possible to make Viera playable because of the Ivalice raid. Everything in FFXIV follows a timeline and we'll be doing the Ivalice raid after we finish the Stormblood story. If SE care about the lore of their game, they cannot/will not make a race that doesn't exist (until after a certain point in the story) playable.

[NatSilverguard]

a lonely drunk hyur confused a bunny as a sock.

[Nestama]

Are the Au Ra reptilian? Aside from some scales, tails and horns (all of which can be found on demons like the succubus), they're mostly human in appearance and humans are mammals.

I highly doubt they lay eggs.

[JunseiKei]

Are the Au Ra reptilian? Aside from some scales, tails and horns (all of which can be found on demons like the succubus), they're mostly human in appearance and humans are mammals.

I highly doubt they lay eggs.

Considering it all says "beastmen," I doubt our laws of nature apply. Plus magic. Not even sure if the kojin lay eggs, but they sure look reptilian to me, if you want to go that route. However, I'm going by the poll description of each choice and overall question, not semantics players want to point out (Reptilian demi-beastmen (ex. a race with demonic features such as horns, etc.) <-- fits Au Ra).

The only beast tribe I can recall any mention of reproduction at all is the sylphs. The only beastmen we know have male and female counterparts are kobalds, sylphs, and the vanu vanu.

[KisaiTenshi]

Are the Au Ra reptilian? Aside from some scales, tails and horns (all of which can be found on demons like the succubus), they're mostly human in appearance and humans are mammals.

I highly doubt they lay eggs.

If something has breasts, it's a mammal. The Au Ra are mammals. That said, they're closer to a succubus if you want to use earth lore as an analogy. The Dragons hatch from eggs, it's been implied as such.

But this is also a fantasy game, so it's just as viable to say that the Au Ra are half-dragon by magic in exactly the way the Miqo'te are half-cat. Think about creatures like Dolphins and Whales which are also mammals, but resemble fish, which aren't. The Au Ra may resemble the other mammals by virtue of sharing all the same features plus horns and tails, in the same way the Miqo'te resemble Hyur with cat ears and cat tails.