(08-18-2017, 12:13 AM)Valic Wrote:(08-18-2017, 12:05 AM)Unnamed Mercenary Wrote:So nothing's particularly stopping someone who'd like to create an auri tribe from naming it based off another form of culture or something that isn't typically inspired the same way the current canon tribes are?(08-18-2017, 12:02 AM)Valic Wrote:(08-17-2017, 11:18 PM)Unnamed Mercenary Wrote: *snip*Ty, I thought I read that here but wasn't sure. Started googling Mongolian naming and words but none of the tribes come up relative to it. Maybe it's stretched a bit for english sake?
It's in the racial lore threads here and a certain compilation thread. It stands to note that the tribe names are probably romanized, if one could even call it that. Trying to find an exact letter search would probably only give you FFXIV-related results. Like many of the real-life culture-related things found in game, they're there for concepts and inspiration. Not exactly there to be a stand-in for the things they were inspired from.
Reading a little too far into what I said. I'd personally stick to the cultures that Square-Enix provided, but there's nothing stopping you from adding to their lists. Xaela clans come and go. Raen don't particularly use surnames. I'd probably keep to the Mongolian theme if I were making a Xaela. Or I'd question why my Xaela has a different-sounding name. I'd want it to be intentional if say, it sounded French / "Ishgadian" or something. People move about and taking local names is certainly a part of that. But I'm a little more iffy on injecting a different culture into something while still trying to keep the original design. At that point, what benefit does keeping the SE-provided bits provide?
