==== Au Ra ==== The [[Au Ra]] ==== The Au Ra hail from the east, and are marked by their scales and horns. These people have a stark difference in height between the males and females of the species. The males tend to be much taller than the females and many other races, while the females on average are shorter than many of the other races. The dark-scaled Xaela are nomads who travel the Azim Steppe and have developed a wide variety of customs which change from tribe to tribe. The light-scaled Raen live largely integrated into modern society, giving up their nomadic ways for peaceful coexistence with the other races. ==== Elezen ==== The Elezen[[Elezen]] are elves who hail from Eorzea and call the lands of Gridania and Ishgard their home. Taller than regular elves, they have naturally good eyesight and are well-intuned with the land. Over time they split into two groups, the Wildwood who are light-skinned and dextrous, skilled with a bow and live in either dense forests or their highly religious city-state homeland. Their relatives the Duskwights live in a series of twisting tunnels and ruins underground, coming up only to hunt for food or pillage before returning to their cavernous homes. ==== Roegadyn ==== The Roegadyn[[Roegadyn]] are large, hulking people who hail from the mountains and the sea. The Sea Wolves are known as famed pirates and settled in the coastal city-state Limsa Lominsa, while the Hellsguard live in villages atop mountains and volcanoes, acting as keepers of the land, believing such locations to be portals to other worlds. ==== Hyur ==== The Hyur[[Hyur]] have spread across the entirety of the world, making it difficult to trace what their homeland truly is. There are the average-sized Midlanders, named for the elevation in which their subspecies lived for many years, and the taller, more muscular highlanders, who lived in the high mountains for their declared homeland. ==== Miqo'te ==== The [[Miqo'te are]] is a second group of feline people who travelled to Eorzea across a frozen sea long ago. These proud people find pride in their natural hunting ability and have split into two distinct ethnic groups who worship the sun and moon respectively. The Seekers of the Sun live in warmer clients in patriarchal societies while The Keepers of the Moon live in dense forests, their tribes centering on matriarchs. ==== Lalafell ==== The Lalafell[[Lalafell]] immigrated from Southern islands to Eorzea forming two distinct groups based on the geography their ancestors settled in. The darker-skinned Dunesfolk formed the city-state of Ul'dah in the deserts of Thanalan, while the lighter-skinned Planesfolk settled and farmed the lands of La Noscea, a large island off the mainland of Eorzea. Both of these naturally charming folk found great success as merchants throughout history. ==== Viera ==== The Viera[[Viera]] are lapine people who live in dense forests and act as the protectors of their homes. With their more secluded nature, they generally avoid contact with the outside world, happily protecting the Golmore Jungles and Skatay Range, both found in the east. There are two distinct groups of Viera who developed slightly differently based on their homes, the Rava having darker skin while the Veena having far fairer skin, both groups blending into their respective environments better thanks to these adaptations. ==== Hrothgar ==== The Hrothgar[[Hrothgar]] are powerful, feline people from the Northeast who had struggles when meeting the other races of the world as they were unable to speak the common tongue. They call Ilsabard their homeland and they walk two distinct paths, one of servitude and the other of freedom. These distinct paths and ways of life led to the Helions, warm-coloured Hrothgar who serve in the name of their Queen, and The Lost, cool-coloured Hrothgar who value freedom above all else. ==== Garlean ==== The Garleans[[Garleans]] are physically strong and highly intelligent people who call the land of Ilsabard their home. They are marked by their third eye, a gem-like growth in the center of their forehead. Unfortunately for them, the Garleans as a whole have great difficulty channeling aether through their bodies, which despite their physicality and intelligence, found themselves bowing to many other magic-wielding races. They were eventually able to develop technology to make up for this lack of magical aptitude and turned the tables, establishing the Garlean Empire in Ilsabard, a dominant force which sought to invade the land of Eorzea.