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I don't remember it ever being said that Ul'dah wiped out Sil'dih. I thought it was actually implied that something happened inside of Sil'dih and they wiped themselves out, but it was never made clear what it was. In fact it seemed almost like they were trying to suggest in some ways that Sil'dih wasn't wiped out or gone, but merely... elsewhere. I remember reading somewhere that they were run by a type of Magocracy, which might imply they could come back at some point.

Also, if you think about it from a purely genetic stand point a half-breed would be really gross looking. You'd be a human with hairy ears and a vestigial tail, maybe slitted pupils or fangs.

I wanna add to this by also pointing out that it's some what implied too that there is a certain level of stigma in Miqo'te society for interbreeding among clans, I can only imagine this stigma is even worse when concerning mating with a non-Miqo'te.

In general the Circle of Knowing members also don't fit into the general dynamic of their represented class. For example we see at one point that Y'shtola can use some kind of psychic projection to stop gunfire from Gaius, Thancred is incredibly acrobatic and wields shurikens which might actually suggest even though he is supposed to be a Bard he may actually be a Ninja or Thief, and Papalymo also apparently has some kind of ability to suck up things and compact them like a Gravity spell. Urianger is never clearly given a class/job association, but he wields a staff that was originally planned for the Arcanist when they used DoTs and Traps.

Well genetically speaking unless every race in Eorzea came from a single ancestor and still had very similar genetic makeup with only slight variations, for example Elezen were really just Hyur that were taller and had pointer ears, or Miqo'te were just small Roegadyn with feline features, then every race in Eorzea has about as much in common as we do with dogs. Races being sentient does not mean that they have any genetic similarities, and without those it would be impossible for their to be cross species interbreeding. This of course is a very scientific way of thinking, in most fantasy games evolution and genetics are pretty much non-existent so hybrids could be completely possible.

Well it's never been done in canon so there's no comparison to work with, it's not clear whether the races can interbreed to be honest. In most fantasy settings it's possible, but genetically speaking that's not really possible, it would be like trying to breed a monkey with a parrot.

Eorzean lore and facts A comprehensive look at the Seventh Umbral Era story arc Final Fantasy Wiki Gamer Escape I'd use these links and be sure to look around the forum to fill any holes that need filling. If you look hard enough (and know where to look) there is actually a lot of available lore for Eorzea, there are just a lot of things left untold so far because they never came up during the original game. There's nothing wrong with asking questions as well when you need help filling in any plot holes.

Could you be more specific? Knight isn't really a race, and I don't think there are any knights in Ul'dah unless you count the Sultanate.

The speculation here being that the Circle of Knowing are all well capable with magic (watch the End of an Era video...), and their patron deity hints at the further pursuit of said knowledge. It seems like there may be more information there in regards to magic academia, but we don't have much more information than that. The problem with this is that Yda and Thancred are classified as classes that aren't really magic users. Yda is a Pugilist/Monk, and Thancred is supposed to be a Bard despite his use of throwing knives. The End of an Era video doesn't really display any magic knowledge, it just shows their prayers being answered.

I think most people like to stay as close to the line as possible. It's why you'll see people playing characters from Ishgard are VERY vague with their character histories, because we have very little info yet on that city-state. As far as the Circle of Knowing goes, all of its former members are now listed as Scions so I think it's safe to assume the Circle of Knowing was dissolved when Louisoux died/disappeared. I don't recall any reference to it in ARR, though I may have missed it. I'm not sure why everyone thinks that the Circle were all mages, Yda is quite obviously not a mage and in fact she at times doesn't even seem all that bright, and Thancred is listed as a Bard even though he is absolutely nothing like a Bard beyond knowing a lot of tales and what not, he doesn't even use a weapon available by any class in the game (throwing knives). In short it's better to ask questions and get clarifications, or err on the side of caution. Most people I've found tend to be wary of making assumptions or leaps when it comes to lore because you never know when they might change something and force you to retcon.

Came across this on reddit and wanted to share with the RP community. Working name generator following the current up to date (2.0) naming conventions, including those for the race/gender combinations not available in 1.0. http://fandango.exp.jp/name-generator.php

http://ffxiv-roleplayers.com/showthread.php?tid=1059 Here is the link to the thread I had mentioned, scroll down a bit and you'll see the reference to Lycanthropy. Apparently it is mentioned in a Leve, however the link is broken you can still get the name and probably google it. As far as a mammal beastman goes, I'd be inclined to say that if they do make one it won't resemble any real world animal. The Amalj'aa are reptiles, but they don't have any traits where you can say "Oh they're geckos, or aligators" or whatever. Same with the Ixali, they're birdmen but they resemble no bird in particular, they just have traits that distinguish them as such. With that in mind, any possible mammal beastman would likely resemble some kind of predator species, but nothing that could be associated directly to a real animal. There is a good reason for this too, when designing a race you want there to be enough similarities where someone can associate it to something without overlapping it. If they made a beastrace that was like a Tiger for example, people would just call it the tiger race and not whatever it is actually called. With the Amalj'aa or the Ixali we tend to remember their names and use them often, as opposed to saying "You know, those lizard guys," simply because they are reptiles but don't resemble an actual reptile we can associate them to. On an on topic note however, something occurred to me. The Goblins are the Qiqirn were both originally from FFXI, but there is no implication that they are the same race as the ones found in Vana'diel. Even the Giants resemble the Gigans a great deal and the new name may only be so they are easy to associate to common mythology, but again nothing suggests they are the same race. Assuming the entry for the Mamool Ja is accurate, I wonder why of all the races they decided the Mamool Ja would be the one thing that actually came from Vana'diel.

Monsters have always been cross franchise. Almost every single monster in FFXIV has been in almost every other game in the franchise, and the similarities in appearance are easily explained by them merely wanting to create a standard appearance from one MMO to another as opposed to completely redesigning every monster, so in my opinion unless otherwise stated I'm more likely to believe any monster we see is a native to the cosmology of Hydaelyn. I use cosmology instead of world simply because we know that not every creature is from Hydaelyn, the Voidsent specifically. As far as the Viera go, one explanation could be that somehow they dimension jump from Ivalice but I think this would be a HUGE kick in the teeth to the fanbase. I think it is more likely to think hat the race will either be from an isolated part of Eorzea, or that they are new immigrants from another part of Hydaelyn (just like every other race was except for the Elezen before coming to Eorzea). As far as a source, I'm not sure where they got the information to be honest since the only Mamool Ja I've seen in game was one or two in Limsa Lominsa and I never bothered to talk to them, however the quote I posted above does not specifically say the Mamool Ja directly claim to be from Vana'diel, just that they speak of other worlds, not other lands, and reference a lot of things that would link them to Vana'diel and Aht Urhgan.

The problem with that is Gilgamesh was already announced to be in the game with his own story arc, so he's not a possible candidate for Primal. I doubt we'll ever see a feline type Beastmen because it's too much like the Miqo'te and would essentially imply there is a very thin line between Miqo'te and Beastmen, though a Lupine type Beastman is a possibility, however I remember in one of Merri's lore posts there was apparently a documented Lycanthropy disease in the setting which might discount the possibility of that happening too. Of course this is just following the idea that in order for it to be a Mammal type Beastmen race it needs to resemble a real world mammal, they could just as easily make a race that was just mammal-like, such as having fur, fangs, a tail, claws, etc, while not directly resembling a specific animal (but maybe being an amalgam of numerous real world animals). I'm willing to bed that as we get access to more parts of Eorzea, we'll probably encounter new types of Beastmen. Of course this is a bit off top from the whole dimension jumping discussion, except the part about Gilgamesh since that's been his niche since he was introduced to the franchise.

So there was/is a lot of rabble over Lightning herself showing up in Eorzea, but after doing some research trying to find as much lore as I could on the different Beastmen I found a small bit of info on the Mamool Ja that might imply that they beat Lightning to the jump when it comes to interdimensional travel. As you can see the first sentence implies a great deal that they are from Vana'diel, such as mentioning different worlds, an eastern empire (Aht Urhgan), and the Astral Candescences. This almost blatantly says that the Mamool Ja are not merely a Beastman race that resemble one from FFXI, they ARE the Mamool Ja from Vana'diel. Sorry if this was already been discussed, I did a search to find any posts that might talk about it but couldn't find any, and wanted to discuss what people thought of creatures crossing over directly from Vana'diel into Eorzea, and if this only further opens the door to things like people playing an Elezen as an Elvaan who somehow crossed over from Vana'diel, or something similar.

I really like how it sounds, especially the first name so 8/10 :] My wildwood is named Mathieu Douanier. Didn't follow the naming convention completely but it is french, with the surname roughly meaning "toll collector". I'll give it an 8/10, a high score because it looks pretty good, and it can be shortened easily to Matt or something for people who don't want to type it out. I didn't follow naming conventions at all when I named my character, though I did when I picked his alias. Actual name is Ashren (no last name, Snow is more of a title or a nickname), his alias is U'suren Tia.

Did this and I can verify it works, also the tooltip thing is pretty neat.

If it's supposed to be doing anything I don't seem to see it on my browser (google chrome). It just looks like a normal link on my end.

The more rugged, gritty version of Ashren (minus the face tattoos)

I played around with it until I got a decent idea of what Ashren will look like, but I can't decide on which face to use, so hoping I can get some advice from the community.

What confuses me the most though is that in 1.0 during the level 30-ish quest you are talking with a couple of Sylphs an Ixali and an Amalj'aa when the grim reaper looking creature appears drifting about in the distance. At this point it's the first and only time we ever hear reference of the Ascians in the game, and the creature instills utter terror in the Beastmen. So if the Ascians/Paragons taught the Beastmen how to summon the Primals in the first place, why would they be so utterly fearful of them?

An ahriman mount was shown off way back in the way (Live Letter #2?), when they were very first talking about non-Chocobo mounts. Looks like some good stuff in there! Can't wait to see all of these new dungeons. I always thought that was a joke, I remember seeing stuff like a Raptor mount, a Dodo mount, and stuff like that.

An ahriman and unicorn mount? Odd.

Yeap, Foestriker can be worn by any DoW.