Lore Gathering: Miqo’te Society

[allgivenover]

Kipih Jakkya might just be missing the tribe letter. Or Squee flucked on their own lore. Again. I remember they had an NPC back in the day that also had the same "Looks like a Seeker, is named like a Keeper" problem and they solved it by claiming she was a half-breed or something.

 

I don't have the time to find the post, but SE confirmed some time ago that there was some mixing between the clans, and that's why we would see some Seekers with Keeper features and vice versa.

[FreelanceWizard]

I don't have the time to find the post, but SE confirmed some time ago that there was some mixing between the clans, and that's why we would see some Seekers with Keeper features and vice versa.

 

Here's the post.

[Norna]

On the topic of Sun/Moon Miqo'te, I think I'm gonna take a stroll around the world and see how many I can find, using these criteria:

 

Moon - Grey or white facial stripes, pointed teeth, round pupils, Moon-lore name

Sun - Brown or none facial stripes, flat teeth, slit pupils, Sun-lore name

 

Anyone who have at least one trait from each would be considered to have ancestry of both (assuming that the majority of them wont just be hearkening back to a time when they were one/adoption).

[LiadansWhisper]

Don't forget that some Miqo NPCs exhibit all the traits of one tribe, but have a name that doesn't fit.  Whether this indicates they're urbanized or not isn't clear.

[Norna]

Don't forget that some Miqo NPCs exhibit all the traits of one tribe, but have a name that doesn't fit.  Whether this indicates they're urbanized or not isn't clear.

Like A'brohka; she looks like a stereotypical Moon Miqo'te (dark, bluish-grey skin, round eyes, fangs and so on) and is with the all-women Sanguine Sirens, yet she clearly has recent enough ancestry of the Antelope tribe to have their prefix.

[LiadansWhisper]

Don't forget that some Miqo NPCs exhibit all the traits of one tribe, but have a name that doesn't fit.  Whether this indicates they're urbanized or not isn't clear.

Like A'brohka; she looks like a stereotypical Moon Miqo'te (dark, bluish-grey skin, round eyes, fangs and so on) and is with the all-women Sanguine Sirens, yet she clearly has recent enough ancestry of the Antelope tribe to have their prefix.

 

Yeah, that or it's a Typo.  Problem is, it's really hard to tell.  :frustrated:

[Jomoru]

Don't forget that some Miqo NPCs exhibit all the traits of one tribe, but have a name that doesn't fit.  Whether this indicates they're urbanized or not isn't clear.

Like A'brohka; she looks like a stereotypical Moon Miqo'te (dark, bluish-grey skin, round eyes, fangs and so on) and is with the all-women Sanguine Sirens, yet she clearly has recent enough ancestry of the Antelope tribe to have their prefix.

 

After doing my inpromtu Miqote census of the cities  LL seems to have the edge on Miqote urbanization by a long shot, along with a much higher percentage of Seekers to keepers so her mixture might seem more probable.

[Norna]

So far I've only done Limsa Lominsa. Anyway here's the numbers I've found, not counting people that appear during quests (like K'lyhia):

 

50 Miqo'te in total.

1 Male, 49 Females

46 Seekers of the Sun

1 Keeper of the Moon (Adventurer at the Drowning Wench)

3 Mixes (A'brohka, Rubh Epocan and H'naanza)

3 from the N' tribe, 3 from the R' tribe, 2 from the H' tribe, the rest are singles.

They seem to do pretty well in Limsa Lominsa, considering that only 3 of them has taken to wenching and lots of them serve in some sort of official capacity (Guildmaster/receptionists, Yellowjackets/Maelstrom), or are just regular people such as pirates, merchants and fishers.