We actually encounter the Buduga (male only tribe) in the main scenario. They're the ones dressed in green.
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I feel like this is some sort of bait post. . .
I just had a realization... Ok, so Lalafells in the First World are Dwarfs. And the Warriors of Darkness originate from the First World. Sooo... why do they have a Lala healer in their group? Or are Dwarfs physically just regular Lalas, and they just wear protective outfits with fake beards for some reason? Or is the answer simpler, and Yoshi-P and his team simply screwed up?
Heh, I always assumed the Warriors of Darkness were their spiritual aether taking physical form. Do we know for a fact that in order to travel to the source, they had to possess new bodies after giving up their old bodies?
I hadn't thought about the WoDs till now, but the fact the lalafell is in fact a lalafell means that something must have happened on their way from the first to the source. Either they had to possess new bodies and give up their own to leave the first, or they were somehow changed in the process of dimension hopping.
I hope somebody asks the question, the next time they have a Q&A session.
The beard looks like it's wool. It might be a stylistic choice, but it could easily be that it's fake and the First's lalas just wear them and the helmets for anonymity or for some cultural/practical reason that arose from effectively being cast out of the rest of civilization.
I kind of hope that we meet them and find out that they revere Lamimi(the WHM from Arbert's group) as a hero.