Quickly hopping in here before I go out to clear up some timeline confusion I've seen in the thread so far.
Xaela Au Ra have been documented entering Eorzea three times in recent history. These instances are all extremely small groups or a single tribe who have come, and then subsequently been all but eradicated by circumstances within a few months of arriving. Hence why Au Ra are still a huge unknown to most Eorzeans. This is not to say Xaela could not have appeared at other points in Eorzea history, just that we have no other documented cases yet. Though, I imagine if future cases show up, they will follow a similar pattern - a small group shows up, does a thing, gets killed, one person lives on to become a questgiver.
Here's the three instances:
- c.100 Years Ago: A small group of Xaela scholars travel to Dravania seeking to activate the Enigma Codex.
- c.25-30 Years Ago: Sidurgu's small tribe of Xaela comes to Ishgard. Temple Knights attack them, but the Xaela successfully repel them, showing the Ishgardians mercy. The Ishgardians return in greater numbers and slaughter all of the Xaela except for Sidurgu.
- c.3 Years Ago: A descendant of that first Xaela tribe seeking the Enigma Codex summons Alexander.
Brief Ishgardian Timeline:
- c.20 Years Ago (1557): The 8th Awakening of Nidhogg. Estinien's home village of Ferndale is razed. Azure Dragoon Alberic Bale fails to defeat Nidhogg and retires.
- c.16-20 Years Ago: Ishgard withdraws from the Eorzean Alliance and closes off its gates.
- c. 5 Years Ago (1572): The Calamity sets off an eternal fallout winter over Ishgard. Where once there were hot summers, now there is only a savage winter without end.
Here's what Sidurgu tells us happened to his tribe:
So yeah, Sidurgu is the only one from the tribe that escaped. This was 20-30 years ago and while most Ishgardians still view Au Ra with suspicion and possibly even hatred, I think its established somewhere that they recognize the Au Ra as a Spoken race, and not Dravanian anymore. Of course, prejudice likely still reigns supreme.
Xaela Au Ra have been documented entering Eorzea three times in recent history. These instances are all extremely small groups or a single tribe who have come, and then subsequently been all but eradicated by circumstances within a few months of arriving. Hence why Au Ra are still a huge unknown to most Eorzeans. This is not to say Xaela could not have appeared at other points in Eorzea history, just that we have no other documented cases yet. Though, I imagine if future cases show up, they will follow a similar pattern - a small group shows up, does a thing, gets killed, one person lives on to become a questgiver.
Here's the three instances:
- c.100 Years Ago: A small group of Xaela scholars travel to Dravania seeking to activate the Enigma Codex.
- c.25-30 Years Ago: Sidurgu's small tribe of Xaela comes to Ishgard. Temple Knights attack them, but the Xaela successfully repel them, showing the Ishgardians mercy. The Ishgardians return in greater numbers and slaughter all of the Xaela except for Sidurgu.
- c.3 Years Ago: A descendant of that first Xaela tribe seeking the Enigma Codex summons Alexander.
Brief Ishgardian Timeline:
- c.20 Years Ago (1557): The 8th Awakening of Nidhogg. Estinien's home village of Ferndale is razed. Azure Dragoon Alberic Bale fails to defeat Nidhogg and retires.
- c.16-20 Years Ago: Ishgard withdraws from the Eorzean Alliance and closes off its gates.
- c. 5 Years Ago (1572): The Calamity sets off an eternal fallout winter over Ishgard. Where once there were hot summers, now there is only a savage winter without end.
(06-01-2016, 09:06 AM)Warren Castille Wrote: He talks about the Au Ra first getting attacked the first time they Ishgardians, but says something along the lines of "They found out we don't die so easily." It implies (to me anyway!) that after the initial bits of skirmish, those hostilities stopped. I mean, Sidurgu hangs out in a bar in plain sight, so...
Here's what Sidurgu tells us happened to his tribe:
Sidurgu Wrote:The first Ishgardians to encounter Au Ra saw Dravanians. We had fled Garlemald's armies only to come to a land where we were mistaken for another nation's mortal enemy. They bared steel and came to kill us...but we did not die so easily. We spared them and sent them on their way...and how do you think they repaid our kindness? With fire and blood! With death for every man, woman, and child!
...I was about Rielle's age when I came to Ishgard. My parents, they...they said we would find a better life here. When the Temple Knights we had shown mercy returned, they let us choose the order in which we would die. That would be their mercy to us, they declared.
So yeah, Sidurgu is the only one from the tribe that escaped. This was 20-30 years ago and while most Ishgardians still view Au Ra with suspicion and possibly even hatred, I think its established somewhere that they recognize the Au Ra as a Spoken race, and not Dravanian anymore. Of course, prejudice likely still reigns supreme.
