
(12-15-2015, 04:20 PM)Kage Wrote: Look it the ears!
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WELP.
So, I was actually reading a theory on the union between Hyur and Elezen in Gelmorran times way back when. Here's the full post by Tinolqa for those curious. Essentially, it theorizes that the union between Gelmorra's Hyur and Elezen may have been... well... a literal union. That is why only select families seem to produce Padjal even 500 years later. It may be because those specific families contain both Hyuran and Elezen blood - hence the pointy ears. Padjal are all offspring of mixed race Gelmorrans.
I want to clarify that this is unproven speculation, but it has an interesting basis. It is said that the elementals blessed the first conjurers and turned their children to Padjal. What if... the reason the elementals blessed them was that they favored the interracial couples who sought peace when the rest of Eorzea was plunged into violent race wars? That the families weren't just chosen at random, it was because they were mixed.