FFXIV devs reveal new playable race at Tokyo Fan Fest: Female Hrothgar details Square EnixFinal Fantasy XIV fans have been waiting for the reveal of the game\u2019s next playable race for some time, now the wait is over, with female Hrothgar finally revealed at Tokyo\u2019s Fan Fest this past weekend. The Final Fantasy franchise is famous for its incorporation of supernatural and fantastic races in its game narratives. And its MMO, FFXIV, boasts several such racial options players can choose from when they set out to explore the world. One of these races, the lion-like Hrothgar, has been limited to male-only models since their release with the Shadowbringers expansion back in 2019. Hrothgar were released alongside Viera, a race of anthropomorphic rabbit people. Who were also only available as a female model until the launch of male Viera with the game\u2019s most recent expansion, Endwalker. Now, the new playable race coming with the game\u2019s next expansion, Dawntrail, has received its official reveal at Fan Fest Tokyo this weekend. However, fans have long called for a female Hrothgar model to be added to the game. Many expected to see them when Endwalker dropped. When they didn\u2019t arrive, Square Enix assured fans they would be coming with a future update. Alongside the trailer showcasing the model\u2019s animation, FFXIV producer, Naoki Yoshida, also provided fans with some lore tidbits and behind-the-scenes dev commentary for the new race. Female Hrothgar is the final race to be added to Final Fantasy XIV. The dev team focused on a design that showcased both the strength and sleekness of the race. Fans already knew Hrothgar were from Ilsabard, thanks to content like the Bozjan Southern Front and the Gunbreaker job quest line. However, fans also learned that Hrothgar have a shared ancestry with the \u2018Xbr\u2019aal\u2019. A tribe who hail from the new continent of Tural, which will make the setting for the game\u2019s next expansion. Despite the long wait for \u201cHrothgals\u201d to arrive, reaction to the reveal from fans was mixed. \u201cThe head seems too small but I\u2019m going to wait to see the in-game model to judge,\u201d is the top comment on a Reddit thread discussing the reveal. \u201cHonestly, her face looks a little odd but I\u2019m giving the benefit of the doubt and chalking it up to weird animation,\u201d another agreed. But some fans were more pleased with what little was seen at Fan Fest. \u201cIt\u2019s exactly what I wanted, thank you!\u201d Said one happy player. \u201cI\u2019m liking her. She\u2019s definitely got more of a lion face than you\u2019d get from a miqo,\u201d said another, referring to the Miqo\u2019te. Another feline playable race in the game. Dawntrail is expected to release later this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
FFXIV devs reveal new playable race at Tokyo Fan Fest: Female Hrothgar details Square EnixFinal Fantasy XIV fans have been waiting for the reveal of the game\u2019s next playable race for some time, now the wait is over, with female Hrothgar finally revealed at Tokyo\u2019s Fan Fest this past weekend. The Final Fantasy franchise is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69623\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}