Midas nan Garlond's beard is missing.

Date & Time: Any
Frequency: Repeatable
World name: Any
Character name: Any
Retainer name: N/A
NPC name: Midas nan Garlond
Monster name: N/A
Class/Level: Disciple of War or Magic, level 80
Party or solo: Solo
In-game time: Any
Area and coordinates: The Bozja Incident solo duty.
Steps:
1. Play "The Bozja Incident" solo instanced duty until the Varis fight.
2. Defeat Varis soz Galvus.
3. Observe following cutscene.
4. See Midas nan Garlond not having a beard.

Alternatively
1. Head to an inn room in any of the big city states or the Andron in Old Sharlayan.
2. Play custscene number four of the Weapon Enchancement sidquest "The Bozja Incident".
3. See Midas nan Garlond not having a beard.

Issue description:
At some point in after the instanced duty's initial release, Midas nan Garlond's beard was removed, this is clearly an affront.

Original:
https://i.imgur.com/Je3j4nU.jpeg

New:
https://i.imgur.com/6EJoF8b.png

Vestiges of his beard having ways are still present in the game, such as in Cid's locket:
https://i.imgur.com/R7OYMTu.jpeg

Honestly, I don't even mind that his beard is gone, but I must have closure: is this intended? Is this a glitch that has slipped through the gaps all these years? When did this change happen, anyways? It wasn't in any of the patch notes. And Midas doesn't have a profile in any Encyclopædia Eorzea that I could find, so I can't even see if he has a beard there. WHAT IS THE TRUTH SQUARE?!