Race/Tribe Specific Index
Miqo'te
Miqo’te Sunseekers
While this is a topic the community has various opinion on, I’m going to keep this short and simple. There are more in depth posts around this.
“Males do not take family names, as they are each considered the ‘origins’ of new families. In place of a family name, they are given a title that denotes their tribe, and their position within it. For a male Seeker of the Sun, there are only two positions available—breeding males (nunh – pronounced ‘noon’) and all others (tia – pronounced ‘tea-ah’). All males are born as tia. At any time in their lives, a tia can challenge the tribe nunh to battle. If the tia is victorious, he takes the nunh’s place as tribe breeding male (until he is challenged and defeated), and the nunh becomes a tia once again (if he survives the ordeal). This is done to ensure that the tribe’s offspring are of the finest stock. Depending on its size, a tribe may have multiple nunh (a ratio of one nunh per ten to fifty females is average).
There is only one other way a tia can become a nunh, and that is to leave his tribe, and start his own. This, of course, requires several females to accomplish, and most female Seekers of the Sun are rarely impressed by a male who cannot defeat a nunh.
Nunh status does not equate to leadership within a tribe, and in fact, very few nunh ever become leaders.â€
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/61150-Miqo-te-Naming-Conventions
Miqo’te Moonkeepers
Yet another topic of various opinions within the community. I’m going to quote the basics, in depth posts can be found elsewhere I’m certain. However it is still worth pointing out that the Coeurlclaw King is one Keeper with many women.
“Unlike the Seekers of the Sun, the Keepers of the Moon is a highly matriarchal society, with family names passed down from the mother, not the father. It is said that some of these surnames have survived since the First Astral Era.
The Keepers of the Moon lead more solitary lives, rarely forming communities of more than two or three families. Therefore, a tribal letter is not assigned to the names.
The matriarchal strength is further displayed by the fact that female first names are short, one/two syllable constructions that closely resemble names used by male Seekers of the Sun.
Though there are ten suffixes listed above, rarely do even the largest Keeper of the Moon families have more than two or three sons. This is not by choice. Nature merely sees to it that more females are born to this race.â€
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/61150-Miqo-te-Naming-Conventions
http://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/The_Past_Is_a_Story_We_Never_Tell
Xaela Tribes
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/63112-Race-Naming-Conventions?p=3039574&viewfull=1#post3039574
Bayaqud
A Xaela tribe were polyandry seems common place!
“A tribe of the steppe’s western edges. Women from the Bayaqud tribe will traditionally take several husbands, as did the tribe's founding matron 2000 years ago.â€
Borlaaq
Know to still mate with outsider tribes, the tribe itself only exists out of women and male children under a year old.
“A tribe of all women. While breeding with men from other tribes is allowed, if a male is born into the tribe, he is given up within a year of birth.â€
Olkund
A tribe who is known for breeding selectively.
“Selective breeding has seen the average height of the central steppe-dwelling Olkund tribe males reach over two and a half yalms. The females, for whatever reason, remain of an average height.â€
Dazkar
A tribe who turns things around from the heteronormative standards. The men take care of the household whereas the woman are renown hunters.
“Household duties such as cooking, cleaning, and childrearing are handled by the males of the Dazkar who, other than when on the move, rarely ever leave their family's yurts. Female Dazkar are tasked with hunting, and are known across the steppe as being some of the most accurate archers in the realm.â€
Goro
Infamous among the roleplay community due to various interesting theory crafts surrounding this time. You can surely make your own up no doubt.
“The Goro believe horses to be perfect beings, and each male and female, upon their coming of age, is married to a horse of the opposite sex. Reproductive mates are chosen by lots.’â€
