(07-27-2016, 02:07 AM)Faye Wrote: I think it might have been that same quest that also implied something about Wood Wailers often raping the Keeper women in the Twelveswood? Not sure about that one, though.
That's quite a stretch even if it's totally possible. What the quest shows is wood wailers stumbling on the Coeurlclaw sister (Ufra Lizheh), knowing perfectly that she is wanted by the gridanian authorities and is a criminal, and the elezen one (always the elezen!) mocks her a little and says "Now keep your feet apart and..." and the quest leaves it at that. It's obvious that he was going to search her, but then it's only speculation on what could have happened. Sexual abuse, sure, rape though... That's another story.
In short it hints at possibilities, but not certainties. Especially since here it's about the "Thornless Rose/Lady Touch-Me-Not", a gridanian criminal and Coeurlclaw, not just your average poacher.
It is true though that the elezen also says before "If it was up to me we would just kill you all Keepers and then let the Twelve sort out the bad apples from the lot".
(07-27-2016, 02:07 AM)Faye Wrote: On a somewhat related note, do we have any information about Coeurlclaw tribe? I thought it was strange for a Keeper clan that they were represented as having a male leader in that one FATE.
See here
(07-27-2016, 02:07 AM)Faye Wrote: And though not exactly selective breeding, I think that's pretty much the idea behind the Nunhs of Seeker tribes--the strongest male of the tribe siring its children and the weaker men not allowed to pass on their genes.
It is, but at the same time there is a whole good dose of paternalistic hypocrisy here. If selective breeding was truly at the heart of the matter here, then they would also take the alpha women, since, you know, women pass 50% of their genes in the process too. So to me it's probably also a lot more to do with that harem thing.
In short, it's half selective breeding only.
As a sidenote to me, selective breeding is often equated to eugenism in our minds, but nature itself makes it so for every race. Partners with the best attributes often get a way easier way to find mates, and it's also true in our modern society, even if less so.
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