So what is a Hrothgar?

[Duskane]

Two full races would be best case scenario. Ill keep my hopes up for that personally. Unfortunate that FF is like a month or more away. Christ.

also bench mark will let us customize the new race and thatll be out after fanfest somtime
so its very slim they have 2 full blown races
and since female viera they showed at last fanfest are all they had to show
very small chance

[Seraphor]

Can you please DROP THIS! so we can talk about the leaked race we have no idea about and are wildly mass guessing because it is fun? People want to talk about Hrothgar in a Hrothgar thread and you are getting upset at us for getting upset at you for interrupting our Hrothgar fun.

I don't know. When I tried to post my theory about Hrothgar being our version of male Viera, I got shouted at for being off topic.
Which topic should that theory be posted in?
It involves Hrothgar, Viera, and genderlocked races.

I'll say it again. We know nothing about the Hrothgar, therefore theories will be so wild that there is bound to be overlap.

[Mikki]

also bench mark will let us customize the new race and thatll be out after fanfest somtime
so its very slim they have 2 full blown races
and since female viera they showed at last fanfest are all they had to show
very small chance

It's possible that they've been working on Hrothgar (and maybe Viera) for a very long time. Potentially since 3.0 - if that's the case, then it isn't that crazy to think they could have two full races. Especially considering that going through ALL the armor to adjust it is such a huge task, you might as well make several changes in one go through, right? I mean... think about it. Lets say you have 100 files and you need to change each one to make a new file. Is it easier to go through each one by one and then later do it again? Or is it easier to take that first file and while you have it in front of you, make several new files and then be done and move on to the next? Personally, I think that sounds easier! It's still a lot of work but if you're going to be going through anyway, might as well right...?

I think it's possible that have male viera. I'm not saying 100% they do but I think it's still a possibility.
Viera, female at least, HAD to be revealed when they were due to them appearing the the raid. However, it's Matsuno's creation. He should have been able to be present for info revealing them. Maybe getting to reveal the males will be his thing? Maybe the males weren't ready to be revealed? Maybe they just wanted to mess with us? Who knows. I'm honestly not sure and I'm not asserting that I think there will be male viera because as far as I'm concerned, it's a huuuuge toss up. But I'm just saying, I don't think we can write it off completely just yet. I do realize you said "very small chance" but I'm just saying.


Anyway,
If Hrothgar DOES end up being a beastial race...I think it's just as crummy if it's male only. A lot of people like bestial races, not just men! That earlier posted image of the Ronso was gorgeous. <3 And if it ISN'T beastial, I wonder what it could possibly bring to the table that's special enough to warrant it as worthy of taking up the place of male Viera. And if it's truly that great, will it not be upsetting not to have a female equivalent? I just can't see a case where gender locking either race will be viewed favorably by most.

[JamiaHaab]

Since its pretty obvious (at least to me) that Hrothgar is going to be the male counterpart to female Viera, how beastly are people wanting them to be? Do you want a tall buff Miqo'te or a Charr from Guild Wars 2? Since they're defining feature is a "majestic mane" do you think they'll get completely unique hair and wont use any of the hairstyles we have? Or will it be like "manes" in Aion? So many questions. I'm kind of disappointed in a genderlocked race (kinda cheapens the games image to a free-to-play kmmo) but SUPER excited to get something we've never seen before.

[redcurrant18]

I'd love it if Hrothgar had bunny ears, maybe not so many feline features at all, kinda slender/lanky body type, and no tails.

[Jojokomoko]

Let's be honest guys, I think we should keep our expectation at a realistic level. As much as I want a strong muscular female Hrothgar, there is no way in seven hells that we're going to get two full blown race. I just can't see it, it's too good to be true.

[Duskane]

Since its pretty obvious (at least to me) that Hrothgar is going to be the male counterpart to female Viera, how beastly are people wanting them to be? Do you want a tall buff Miqo'te or a Charr from Guild Wars 2? Since they're defining feature is a "majestic mane" do you think they'll get completely unique hair and wont use any of the hairstyles we have? Or will it be like "manes" in Aion? So many questions. I'm kind of disappointed in a genderlocked race (kinda cheapens the games image to a free-to-play kmmo) but SUPER excited to get something we've never seen before.

they will most likely be able to use the hairstyles we have
limited in gender and customization doesn't sound good
they will probably be pretty beast like but nothing too crazy
but still able to use the hairstyles we have

[Kidria]

Since its pretty obvious (at least to me) that Hrothgar is going to be the male counterpart to female Viera, how beastly are people wanting them to be? Do you want a tall buff Miqo'te or a Charr from Guild Wars 2? Since they're defining feature is a "majestic mane" do you think they'll get completely unique hair and wont use any of the hairstyles we have? Or will it be like "manes" in Aion? So many questions. I'm kind of disappointed in a genderlocked race (kinda cheapens the games image to a free-to-play kmmo) but SUPER excited to get something we've never seen before.

An Aion-like "mane" would be both cool but also really weird. Then again we got Miqo'te with their limited furry appendages so... I just don't want Hrothgar to be a cattier, buff Miqo'te. :/

[Haventale]

I would love to play as a tall, buff, fierce female character, but I feel like the Hrothgar being a Ronso equivalent playable race is setting my expectations too high.

As others have pointed out, having a "beast-like" race equivalent to Ronso, well, I'm just not sure they would do that for a playable race. The game has this very big distinction between "mankind" races and "beast" races. The mankind ones are the privileged ones in positions of power, and all look similar-ish to, well, humans. But I feel like a Ronso equivalent would fall too closely under what this world categorizes as a beast race.

There is the Lupin I suppose, who live with mankind and seem to be seen as equal to the Domans, but they haven't let us play as them, so I'm not sure why they would suddenly let us play as something similar now. Unless there's been a specific desire from the community to play as Lupin, and the devs are like, "Well, we already made them to be unplayable/npcs, but maybe we could make something else..." But I've only started playing the game recently, and so far I haven't any strong requests for playable Lupin. Was that a request players had at launch?

The other thing is that I suppose the Far East doesn't seem to have the distinction between mankind and beastkind, I think? Or at least in the same strong/binary "us and them" kind of way that Eorzeans have. Since the game/story kind of focuses on everything from Eorzeans point of view, I feel it's unlikely the Hrothgar would be like the Ronso. An example being we travel to the Far East from Eorzea, not the other way around. Even the geographical terminology in the game is from Eorzean's perspective "Far East (from Eorzea)." So I'm sure why Eorzeans would suddenly be fine with a Ronso like race being around.

Although I do really hope that the Hrothgar are more like the Ronso (and of course have both female and male options), since we don't have a playable race like that yet!

[AvenoMatt]

If Hrothgar is suppose to be the gender counter parts to Viera be it male Vieras themselves or a sister race maybe they are based on lionhead rabbits like previously suggested. If the former maybe the gender identifier that they noticed when a boy starts to come of age is his hair starts to get fluffy and take on a mane sort of appearance and their ears instead of becoming tall and thin are short and wide.

Remember the leaker wasn't exactly right about everything. So maybe when they said lion race they actually meant lionhead rabbits and manes would still play a part in their lore and unique racial hairstyles. I do think they will be pretty athletic and on the larger side like maybe a cross between a highlander and au ra since if they are actually just male viera they are suppose to be trained fighters capable of taking down any intruders.

Overall I can't wait to see what actual get's revealed at the last fan fest and with it being just over a month away I am dieing inside.