Ishgard, despite its social stratification is a meritocracy
War Time Ishgard generally has the edict that if you prove yourself useful in the war, you will have a station befitting your abilities.
However, that does not prevent snooty highborn from trying to actively prevent upward mobility as evidenced by the scholasticate quests or the leve quests which state that apparently brume-born dragoons in training don't last nearly as long or not expected to survive the training.
The former Azure Dragoon (before WOL or Estinien) is a midlander hyur. You see several nameless hyuran highborn looking NPCs in the pillars (most notably in front of Fortemps house).
Any inherent racism born of the great hyuran-elezen wars seems to have taken a backseat to fighting dragons.
War Time Ishgard generally has the edict that if you prove yourself useful in the war, you will have a station befitting your abilities.
However, that does not prevent snooty highborn from trying to actively prevent upward mobility as evidenced by the scholasticate quests or the leve quests which state that apparently brume-born dragoons in training don't last nearly as long or not expected to survive the training.
The former Azure Dragoon (before WOL or Estinien) is a midlander hyur. You see several nameless hyuran highborn looking NPCs in the pillars (most notably in front of Fortemps house).
Any inherent racism born of the great hyuran-elezen wars seems to have taken a backseat to fighting dragons.
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