(12-11-2016, 11:16 PM)Seriphyn Wrote: Has anyone found anything referring to a Garlean character as a 'Hyur' in dialogue?
You likely won't, because Garleans have been referred to as their own separate race since early 1.0 days.
Merewina Wrote:The Garleans are an enigmatic race of people from a massive empire situated to the north and east of Eorzea, and despite coming from a realm so large, remarkably little is known about them. As few have ever seen them without their armor, rumors about their physical makeup are many, some of the more "coloful" claims being that they implant machina in their bodies to improve agility and strength, and that they possess a third eye allowing them to see in all directions at once. Though, I would assume there is little truth to these sailor's tales.
Fernehalwes Wrote:You look at the Garleans and again, the Garleans are a different race, the pure-blood ones with the third eye. But when you look at the army they have people of all races because they go and subjugate a nation and tell people they can gain citizenship if you join our army and prove your worth. So that’s why you have so many soldiers that are Elezen, because all the real Garleans are back home ruling while their conscripts conquer the land, sometimes using the magic that they can’t.
However, apart from their eyes (and their stature), the Garleans all look most similar with Hyur, and so we've used that racial designation for them, myself included out of convenience. But they are not, in fact, truly Hyuran. That's not to say an ancient common ancestry isn't possible. The Hyur have been one of the world's most populous races since the dawn of the 1st Astral Era and have traveled back and forth across Ilsabard for millennia, it's just that the Garleans are unique enough to not be considered one of the many Hyuran "clans."
