Quote Originally Posted by Fenral View Post
I believe "the Five Races" is a general umbrella term for the races inhabiting Eorzea (Hyur, Elezen, Lalafell, Roegadyn, Miqo'te, Au Ra, and Garlean). All seven of them. And that's without counting the don't-call-them-beast-tribes that live in Eorzea and abroad.
Until quite recently neither Au Ra nor Garleans lived in Eorzea. The term "the Five Races" is undoubtedly older than that.