
I think it's one of those "Real life dictated something happens, even if it makes zero sense in-game." It's generally assumed/understood that there weren't supposed to be more races added in 1.0, and the world lore is built around that. It makes zero sense for a world as technologically and magically advanced as Hydaelyn to suddenly have a race spring up overnight that no one knew about, and we've discussed frequently before how nonsense it is for everywhere to just take them at face value, given they all come from Imperial lands and we JUST went through MSQ stuff regarding deep-rooted spies prior to them arriving.
Au Ra didn't come to Eorzea sooner because something something shoehorned in blah blah expansion hype etcetera.
Au Ra didn't come to Eorzea sooner because something something shoehorned in blah blah expansion hype etcetera.