Oh, that's very interesting for my purposes. I need to continue the Botanist questline, clearly!
Not exactly uncommon for Gridania to disenfranchise a race of beings, regardless of what initially caused it. Probably tied to the Ixal committing some kind of act that provoked the Greenwrath- or angered the conjurers of Gridania enough due to the risk of doing so. If they're indeed cursed, and not the victims of evolutionary trends- extensive tool use and "civilized" behavior is more convenient for those who've got their current body plan, rather than wings- the elementals seem like a likely cause of that. Could be that the Gridanians used the elementals as an excuse to drive the Ixal out and treat them as second-class. Or it could be that the Ixal angered the elementals and hold Gridania responsible for it.
Given that this story ties into some other groups that are variously discriminated against by the Gridanian establishment, this is extremely helpful to know.
Not exactly uncommon for Gridania to disenfranchise a race of beings, regardless of what initially caused it. Probably tied to the Ixal committing some kind of act that provoked the Greenwrath- or angered the conjurers of Gridania enough due to the risk of doing so. If they're indeed cursed, and not the victims of evolutionary trends- extensive tool use and "civilized" behavior is more convenient for those who've got their current body plan, rather than wings- the elementals seem like a likely cause of that. Could be that the Gridanians used the elementals as an excuse to drive the Ixal out and treat them as second-class. Or it could be that the Ixal angered the elementals and hold Gridania responsible for it.
Given that this story ties into some other groups that are variously discriminated against by the Gridanian establishment, this is extremely helpful to know.
