(04-17-2015, 03:31 AM)Ryoko Wrote: Isn't Little Ala Mhigo also composed almost entirely of a single extended family? Despite the name, I wouldn't really call it a microcosm of Ala Mhigan society. It's like a dozen people hiding in a cave.
I can't speak for the family bit, but I'm pretty sure it's intended to be a microcosm. I don't see why Square Enix would call it 'Little Ala Mhigo' to subsequently go ahead and grossly misrepresent its demographics. Lore and random assortment of characters from 1.0 aside, all the stuff we've seen of Ala Mhigo is it being the city of the Highlanders. Raubahn, Ilberd, Avila from Hildibrand (to which a local Ul'dahn goes "These damn Ala Mhigans"). The Highlander refugees in and around Ul'dah, and those refugees who integrated into Ul'dah to become soldiers and other professions. We do not see Ala Mhigan refugees who are not Highlander/Hyur in 2.x, at least I have not seen them. And if these exceptions have not been overtly presented to someone who has played a lot of the game, then I feel pretty confident in assuming that Ala Mhigo is predominantly Highlander/Hyur.
Otherwise, I'd appreciate someone posting a very unambiguous piece of lore that indicates Ala Mhigo is not primarily Highlander. A Miqo'te Ala Mhigan PC doing so is probably going to have a helluva lot of bias to it, when the Miqo'te race is notoriously composed of the most lore libertytakers. Yes, terribly fallacious I know.Â
I'm not talking about obscure characters or dialogue, too. The demographics of Ul'dahn Highlanders and Little Ala Mhigans speaks very strongly.
