(04-13-2017, 07:47 AM)Teadrinker Wrote: Flamboyant, tuxedo wearing mages from....the harsh mountains where they can barely grow food
Magic and science is something you focus on when not every hour of your day is going to basic survival which is what this area has just touted since it's inception. Bleh. I'm sure they'll find a way to inject it though...
There's nothing in the official lore blurb that suggests Red Mages are around today. In fact, it'd be highly unlikely given the region's circumstances. As with most jobs, it's an ancient art that will face a "revival" at the hands of the WoL and eager adventurers.
So we can safely guesstimate their time period of existence around Years 1 - 350 ish, which is before the founding of Ala Mhigo, the solidification of the Fists of Rhalgr religion in the region, and during the height of the mage purges.
So the reason that there's tuxedo wearing mages in a harsh region with little food is because the mages were already there to begin with. You have a high population of magi refugees in the region, that magical talent isn't going to just go away just because their magicks are illegal. It makes more sense to have magic here than in any other region. Also given the fact it was the discovery of magic in the Fifth Umbral Era that brought civilization out of that dark time period, so perhaps they hoped a new form of magic born of their unity would help see them through the rising tide of destruction.
Side note: Also yes, very likely made of wool. Highlanders have been shepherding in the Abalathia region for 3000 years.
Encyclopedia Eorzea Wrote:Sheep were domesticated by the Highlanders during the Age of Endless Frost. They spent countless years breeding the beastkin in an effort to produce animals that yielded a greater quantity of wool. The result is a species which now seems more fleece than flesh. Wild sheep can be seen grazing the grassy regions of La Noscea and Coerthas.
