(04-13-2017, 08:18 AM)Virella Wrote:(04-13-2017, 07:47 AM)Teadrinker Wrote: Flamboyant, tuxedo wearing mages from....the harsh mountains where they can barely grow food I'mWell in SE defence, we really don't know what Ala Mhigan 'aesthetic' is. We've seen the Fist of Rhalgr, who are wierdo religious cult esque group, and a heap of poor hobos, refugees and mercenaries.
That said, I don't think it is that far-fetched beyond the 'flamboyant' aesthetic (once more for all we know it might be legit Ala Mhigan aesthetic >_>. Perhaps the RDM class was the 'upper' class type of job? Nobles ect? Ala Mhigans were after all super advanced compared to any other Eorzean city. So writing it off on "well they had to focus on survival" doesn't make exactly sense. They were a wartorn area, and if real life logic applies a little bit to it, nations who actively war then to progress quickly on warfare, so I don't see why it would be far-fetched to have RMD to have its origins there.
I think we were all just thrown off by the fact it looks super flamboyant. Honestly, aesthetic wise I could have said Ishgardian, but alas.
Yeah, applying real life logic to the vedeo games never ends well. x.e I was taking in the direction of having the hierarchy of needs met like you need X met before you can focus on Y. X being food, shelter, etc and Y being developing anything cerebral.
Just from everything I saw in the game and read in the lorebook just led me to believe that the people in this area were hardass, tough as nails, martial af, 'punch you in the mouth and steal the food out of it' people until the unification and even even they didn't have a ton of resources. I think there's about 300-400 years in there though before the Fist came along where they were high off trade route coin where they might fit?
Note: Not a super fan nor super good at lore for this region. Just glossing over it and pointing out what makes sense to my mind.
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