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Minor SB spoilers, just in case!To add to Arenvald... I'd believe he wants to avoid mentioning his Garlean heritage directly. Either due to a) him being ashamed of what he is or b) that half-breed is less provoking towards other Ala Mhigans compared to half-Garlean.
Either way, it is an interesting hook that Arenvald said people can tell he's half-Garlean (even if he still uses a very short highlander male model.) What would make sense, as not only his mother seemed to have cast him out, but if I recall his lorebook entry, he ended up being little more than a bandit in order to survive. No one really seemed to be wanting to associate with him. Even not the Garleans. Because heck, children born under Garlean rule become brainwashed citizens as far as we can tell.
So it seems even the Garleans didn't want him either. But who knows, it may depend on the Garlean pureblood parent in question as well. I don't think, with pureblood being as rare as they are, they do not fancy to have their blood being further thinned out. The Garlean parent might even deny having such a child, for all we know. Others may seek to accept their offspring, but... Unless Fordola is a half-Garlean (what she may be. We don't know.), from what we've seen from Arenvald, it seems these children get spat out by their Garlean parent as well.
Either way, it is an interesting hook that Arenvald said people can tell he's half-Garlean (even if he still uses a very short highlander male model.) What would make sense, as not only his mother seemed to have cast him out, but if I recall his lorebook entry, he ended up being little more than a bandit in order to survive. No one really seemed to be wanting to associate with him. Even not the Garleans. Because heck, children born under Garlean rule become brainwashed citizens as far as we can tell.
So it seems even the Garleans didn't want him either. But who knows, it may depend on the Garlean pureblood parent in question as well. I don't think, with pureblood being as rare as they are, they do not fancy to have their blood being further thinned out. The Garlean parent might even deny having such a child, for all we know. Others may seek to accept their offspring, but... Unless Fordola is a half-Garlean (what she may be. We don't know.), from what we've seen from Arenvald, it seems these children get spat out by their Garlean parent as well.
