Gender locked race?

[Gwenorai]

Heh, we will see!

Now, big question time as this has been bothering me and could be completely unrelated but I thought it was worth mentioning.


Who is this? Of course, I'm talking about the hooded fellow. At first, I thought they were an ascian with the hood, but looking closer the design doesn't match. Then I looked at the arms and the tattoos/bandages/scales - they actually remind me of Viera style clothing, or specifically, the male Viera concept art; the males have these type of things on their arms/wrists? Especially the bandages. The arms look 'male' to me, something about the physiology - the thickness. Especially when compared to female official FF14 art. Then there's the nose...the nose looks like a Viera's nose, small button top like. Then there's the marking on the face/neck - it looks unkempt? At first, I thought it was scarring or something of the sorts, but it also looks like fur? It also looks like they do actually have a scar going from the nose to their cheek, a slash mark like an animal clawed them.

Can Viera hide their ears in a hood? I imagine so since they can be floppy and controlled/flattened down? And then there was the other ear type I remember being discussed which Yoshida cut short before that lovely artist lady could show it.

Watch them be someone we already know, but I couldn't think of anyone so I'm extremely curious on who this chap is.



This is what I'm looking at in regards to the male viera concept art;