Quote Originally Posted by Shurrikhan View Post
Why were there a ton of Au Ra before the race had more than a single NPC in all of Eorzea? The second was only introduced with Alexander, after they had already come to inexplicably and suddenly compose a quarter of the adventurer population.

There were no Au Ra refugees. There was no connection with Othgard. Yet there were hordes of them suddenly among our adventurers.

What part of that cries fidelity of lore?
Sidurgu brought up how there were several Auri refugees, and his clan got butchered by the Ishgardians; this was in DRK questline on HW launch. It's feasible to think other Auri clans wound up in other nooks of Eorzea.