The Calamity is a good excuse for explaining why Maleqo'tes are suddenly more common: the devastation of the land forced them to integrate into Eorzean society to rebuild. Alternatively, tribes might have been obliterated thanks to death rates increasing (because of giant balls of fire), forcing members to move to other locations, or whole tribes and communities disbanding due to low numbers.
They were always there, they just didn't have any kind of 'plot relevance', so to speak. Unless they are retconned PCs from 1.0.
Of course, Squeenix might present us with the 'official' explanation eventually but, until then, I'd explain it with the ones above.
They were always there, they just didn't have any kind of 'plot relevance', so to speak. Unless they are retconned PCs from 1.0.
Of course, Squeenix might present us with the 'official' explanation eventually but, until then, I'd explain it with the ones above.
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