[Request] More Au Ra representation on next expansion?

[Larirawiel]

EW was an Au Ra expansion. So it is enogh for now.



Cheers

[Gelgumi]

EW was an Au Ra expansion. So it is enogh for now.



Cheers

Just to clarify, i'm talking about actual characters within the story. I'm not taking into account generic NPC population within cities but story characters.
The only one who actually tags along with us for a significant amount of time is not even a real Au Ra but a guy on a vessel.

[Rehayem]

Vrtra/Varshahn doesn't count because it's an alchemized puppet body.

Okay, so he doesn't count because his body isn't real apparently. Even though he's there, with us, physically, with Vrtra explaining why he needed a body to begin with.

[Komarimono]

Am I missing something, or was there not tons of Au Ra in Endwalker? The entire guard of Vrtra nearly? Or the part in the story lingering around a certain Au Ra? Am I remembering things wrong, or did people just forget?

[Tsiron]

They featured quite prominently in EW, even if Varshahn is technically cheating, but... I agree, I would still like to see an Au Ra (aside from my own) among the main cast! At this point I'm hoping we just find a reflection where they're a big deal. Would also give the devs complete creative freedom with regards to their culture! Like Voeburt in the First being a kingdom, with knights and princesses (I so badly wish it wasn't completely gone by the time we get there...)

[CaptainLagbeard]

Well, The continent of Tural in generally doesn't really seem to have any actual Au Ra population... So any Au Ra's there would have had to come from Alexandria.

Edit: Melee Role Quest has some Au Ra

[faiarrow]

Given au'ra turned up in places they originally weren't meant to be (I have a LOT of issues with Werlyt given all original lore for that region prior to that storyline implied it was roegadyn and highlander population since it's off of Abalathia's Skull and the land bridge from Aldenard into Ilsabard, not to mention it's name convention follows roe phonetics—yet we couldn't even get highlander women there just midlander and a HEAP of au'ra) and got a huge showing of population in Othard and Thavnair we can showcase other races for a while.

We didn't even get roe kids in Sharlayan, you guys have had kid models since Stormblood, so I'm just sayin' there are definitely other choices for rep very much needed and au'ra aren't it.

a WAR quest arc revolving around a Xaela tribe

Still forever makes me mad. Could've learnt more about the original tribe of hellsguard that the art came from but no we got an awful comedy-romance xaela-centric plot.

[ErryK]

Still forever makes me mad. Could've learnt more about the original tribe of hellsguard that the art came from but no we got an awful comedy-romance xaela-centric plot.

oh... that questline was terrible...

[Xelanar]

They should do more race oriented stuff in general.
I went into Dawntrail with the expectation of finally seing native Viera lifestyle and learning more about their culture. Erenville was heading home and we tagged along after all.

I like Solution 9. I love Alexandria. But I cannot stress how disappointed I was, when the Viera settlement I was looking forward to was destroyed by rushed storytelling without me getting to experience it first.

[FemmeFatale]

Tired of hearing about 'representation' in real life I don't need it in my video games. Isn't this what twitter/x is for?