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(09-30-2015, 08:16 PM)FreelanceWizard Wrote: I think the elezen nobility honestly does feel that the other races are lesser; after all, if they were truly equals, they'd rise to the top.

While I certainly believe a heavy element of classism and racism are at play in Ishgard, I'm not sure this specific rationale finds much use there. While the highest echelons of power are reserved for highborn Elezen alone, there are many examples of Ishgardian culture exhibiting very meritocratic leanings.

Examples include the immense jump in social and professional strata for killing a dragon (which can result in not only assignment to the Order of the Knights Dragoon, but alternatively the Temple Knights) and the presence of minority races and lowborn finding acceptance and prominence via the application of exceptional skill (the MCH guy, the family of Costa Del Sol's chef, Aymeric, Lucia).