The reality or myth of race is a discussion ill suited for a message board focused on roleplaying in an MMORPG, so I'll pass on that. I do agree that the term 'race' as it's used in the common parlance is outright fictitious from a scientific point of view, however in this case I don't think Gildrein's usage of the word in the Miqo'te naming conventions post on the official lore forum is considering any scientific quantification of the term. Here, Gildrein is using the term 'race' to identify Keepers and Seekers as distinctly different cultural groups. In my earlier post I was using the word 'race' as it's commonly applied so that I would be clearly understood.
Refer to the link here http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threa...onventions the details about males being born less are found under the 'Keeper of the Moon' header. Again, I will quote the source directly:
If the intention of the word race is meant to be used here to apply to all Miqo'te and not only Keeper of the Moon Miqo'te then Gildrein is doing a very poor job of presenting it.
Going beyond that, if male Seekers are also as uncommonly born as male Keepers, then why would the Nuhn/Tia dynamic develop in their culture? It seems to me that in order for that competition to be necessary, Seeker males would have to be more common.
It's possible that I'm wrong on this, but given how it's presented and what little information we have I see no reason to believe that Seeker males are as uncommon as Keeper males unless more lore is revealed that directly contradicts what we have so far. In fact I've been waiting before posting any concrete background information about my own characters for this very reason.
Refer to the link here http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threa...onventions the details about males being born less are found under the 'Keeper of the Moon' header. Again, I will quote the source directly:
Quote:Though there are ten suffixes listed above, rarely do even the largest Keeper of the Moon families have more than two or three sons. This is not by choice. Nature merely sees to it that more females are born to this race.
If the intention of the word race is meant to be used here to apply to all Miqo'te and not only Keeper of the Moon Miqo'te then Gildrein is doing a very poor job of presenting it.
Going beyond that, if male Seekers are also as uncommonly born as male Keepers, then why would the Nuhn/Tia dynamic develop in their culture? It seems to me that in order for that competition to be necessary, Seeker males would have to be more common.
It's possible that I'm wrong on this, but given how it's presented and what little information we have I see no reason to believe that Seeker males are as uncommon as Keeper males unless more lore is revealed that directly contradicts what we have so far. In fact I've been waiting before posting any concrete background information about my own characters for this very reason.
