(01-10-2017, 02:29 PM)Lizzo Wrote: I'm going to assume, highlanders, like any other race or clan, would have differing skin tones throughout their makeshift homeland of Gyr Abania, and that my character's family could have simply come from another location in that area, am I correct in that assumption?
This is correct. I'd ignore Raubahn's accent and skin color as a placement for his origins. There are many NPCs who hail from Ala Mhigo with vastly differing skin tones, such as Minfilia, Yda, J'moldva, etc. The nation that actually has the most "Scottish" tones and themes is Sharlayan, actually, and we know for a fact that Raubahn is not from there.
I posted these links in another recent thread asking for Highlander lore. Hopefully these should help.
-Highlander Lore Compilation
-Racial Lore Compilation
Like I said in that thread, and like has been said here, there are Highlanders from all over. While most Highlanders in Eorzea are from Gyr Abania, there are populations from as far away as Othard, which also has numerous mountain ranges and steppes that the Highlanders could've made their homes. Would they be called "Highlanders" though, if they're from Othard or even Ilsabard? Likely not, no. The names of the Clans you see in Character Creation are Eorzean-centric (with the exception of the newly added Au Ra, but even they have additional clans) and not representative of all existing "Clans" of the race.
There are Highlanders in Eorzea who've called Coerthas home for an era or more, many even returning there after the fall of Ala Mhigo 20 years ago.
Encyclopedia Eorzea Wrote:Sheep were domesticated by the Highlanders during the Age of Endless Frost. They spent countless years breeding the beastkin in an effort to produce animals that yielded a greater quantity of wool. The result is a species which now seems more fleece than flesh. Wild sheep can be seen grazing the grassy regions of La Noscea and Coerthas.
There are Highlanders from Othard, as I said, we know specifically at least one city-state there they make their home: Rabanastre. However, considering the whole of the north and northeastern regions of Othard are mountainous, Highlander clans could live there and have since come to Eorzea to escape Imperial governance. Alternatively, Highlanders could probably thrive on the western Azim Steppe, where many of the Xaela clans make their home.
Ilsabard and the Near East is also home to many Hyuran clans, what's to say your Hyuran family could not have come from there?
There's many possibilities, don't feel nailed down to Ala Mhigo if that's not where you want your family to be from. If you would like your Highlander to be from Eorzea, you might find these links helpful as well:
-Ala Mhigan Lore Compilation
-Settlements in Eorzea Lore
Hope this helps! ^^ Lemme know if you have more questions!
