(05-25-2017, 06:57 AM)Jade Wrote: I'm wondering if it would be viewed as heretical to be with an Au Ra in Ishgard?
Sidurgu and the Orl tribe of Xaela came to Coerthas fleeing Garlean-occupied Othard. They arrived in 1562, fifteen years ago, which followed a recent resurgence of Dravanian attacks following the 8th Awakening of Nidhogg. During this 8th Awakening, Nidhogg razed several Coerthan hamlets, including Ferndale. There is some contention over the exact date, however. Part of the lore book and in game lore dates this attack at 1557, while the Encyclopedia's timeline erroneously lists the attack as having occurred in 1562. In any case, this would've been a terrible time period for anyone/anything with scales to arrive in Ishgard.
Sidurgu Orl 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.
The Orl tribe was wiped out and Sidurgu the only survivor. However, this was 15 years ago. With more Auri refugees flooding into Eorzea in the past year and a better scholarly understanding that these Spoken are not kin to dragons in any way, Ishgard seems to have relaxed on wholesale slaughter of the race. That's not to say there aren't those in Ishgard who might hold such prejudices still, but killing an Au Ra would now be considered murder.
Fernehalwes Wrote:Now, as for how the Au Ra are regarded by others living in Eorzea, while there was racial tension in past ages, recently with the onset of the Age of Adventure and an influx in the amount of people of all races flocking to Eorzea, there truly isn’t any form of heavy discrimination towards the Au Ra (it also helps that because very few Au Ra ever visited Eorzea before, there is little deep-seated hate stemming from historical conflict). However, because they are new to Eorzea and there is much mystery surrounding them, a lot of native Eorzeans are still a bit wary (even if they don’t really know why).
So, "heretical"? Maybe not. But definitely frowned upon! It'd definitely earn suspicious eyes, turning of heads, hushed whispers, etc. But Sidurgu has been living inside Ishgard for some time now, and he's somehow managed to escape the label of heretic.
Hope that helps! ^^
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(05-25-2017, 08:03 AM)TrueGota Wrote:(05-21-2017, 12:48 PM)Sounsyy Wrote: There's a lot of racism thrown around in the game, yes. Mostly because the five Eorzean races have been going at it back and forth throughout history and have only relatively recently truly been forced to work and live together peacefully.I hope you don't mind the question but how do you think the situation would be if it was the opposite of that? Like, the races of a world were working/living together for millenia instead of recently? Asking for something outside of FF14.
Um, I don't think I could honestly say? The game's world is painted by historical conflicts dating back before the Allagans 5000 years ago. I don't think it would be anything close to the world of FFXIV we have now. It's really something the game's lore team would have to answer.
