Mysterious monsters without much explanation?

[DPZ2]

Just a word of warning. We visited one facility on Etheirys. While one might be able to draw conclusions about some of the creatures we have encountered from that visit, I doubt that the facility held samples of every living creature in the world.

I don't remember seeing Au Ra, Miqo'te or any of the other peoples we've encountered during our visit. Just a lot of 12 foot tall Hyur.

[KageTokage]

Just a word of warning. We visited one facility on Etheirys. While one might be able to draw conclusions about some of the creatures we have encountered from that visit, I doubt that the facility held samples of every living creature in the world.

I don't remember seeing Au Ra, Miqo'te or any of the other peoples we've encountered during our visit. Just a lot of 12 foot tall Hyur.

They seem to be doubling down on the angle that the present-day races are largely descendants of the Ancients who were born of the imperfections they bore post-Sundering.

The fact that Hyur are the only race who don't get immediately dismissed as some manner of familiar due to quirks small or otherwise seems to support that there was only a single race of man back then.

I feel like Myths of Realm is the most likely place we'd get an explicit clarification behind that in-game if anywhere, though.

[Cleretic]

The fact that Hyur are the only race who don't get immediately dismissed as some manner of familiar due to quirks small or otherwise seems to support that there was only a single race of man back then.

When going through Elpis, I know that hyur and elezen get it mentioned that we look pretty much exactly like Azem, while the more unusual races like au ra, miqo'te and hrothgar don't get that, instead leaning more on the similar aether. We're treated as familiars no matter what, though.

I'm not sure what roegadyn and lalafel get; realistically I could see those two going either way on that. Hyur and elezen getting that treatment makes complete sense, though, since the Ancients have a structure of 'elezen frame, hyur head' that a lot of the more 'generic' Garleans also get.