Roegadyn Seawolf Skintones

Hello there has been a question that has been on my mind for a while.
Is any other skincolor besides Green extremely rare for Seawolf Roegadyn?

I've noticed almost every Seawolf NPC have very light Green or Dark Green Skintones.
There are a few I noticed with different skintones, for example the admirals very pale skin or Moenbryda's very Hyur like skintone (although i'm not 100% sure if Moenbryda is a seawolf)

http://puu.sh/ef3sX/9376d8eb0a.png

Moenbryda is a sea wolf by her very name. It means Moon Bride. IF she was a hellsguard, her name would be "Moon Bride". I notice that most races have skin tones in the midling area of color and rarely in the extremes.

I think it's also possible that the roegadyn skin tones seem to reflect and symbolize their preferred environments - Sea Wolves who are the maritime clan having varying green and blue skintones while Hellsguard which migrated to volcanic areas have skintones of varying shades of red probably isn't a coincidence (much like how the Duskwight Elezen started having paler skin when they broke off from the Wildwood and adopted a troglodytic culture).

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Originally Posted by Terrini

Moenbryda is a sea wolf by her very name. It means Moon Bride. IF she was a hellsguard, her name would be "Moon Bride". I notice that most races have skin tones in the midling area of color and rarely in the extremes.

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Not necessarily.
As mentioned by the Roegadyn naming conventions topic, these rules aren't "set in stone", so it's not uncommon to find a Sea Wolf Roegadyn with a translated name, just as it's not uncommon to find a Hellsguard Roegadyn with an ancient tongue name.
But yeah, that said, Moenbryda is a Sea Wolf Roegadyn.

From doing a few class quest in limsa lominsa I've noticed quite a few seawolfs with a more dark greyish sort of skintone. I remember them all being quest givers for fisher, blacksmith, and marauder.

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Originally Posted by Azure_dragon-

From doing a few class quest in limsa lominsa I've noticed quite a few seawolfs with a more dark greyish sort of skintone. I remember them all being quest givers for fisher, blacksmith, and marauder.

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Yeah I noticed that too, while the majority of sea wolf npcs are green there are a few that are other shades.

About Moenbryda, she uses a skintone that isn't selectable on character creation for Seawolves (but is selectable if you are highlander, Hyur, or elezen)
http://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/w/image.../Moenbryda.png

This could be because she is is Sharlayan and not La Noscean.

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Originally Posted by Enkidoh

I think it's also possible that the roegadyn skin tones seem to reflect and symbolize their preferred environments - Sea Wolves who are the maritime clan having varying green and blue skintones while Hellsguard which migrated to volcanic areas have skintones of varying shades of red probably isn't a coincidence (much like how the Duskwight Elezen started having paler skin when they broke off from the Wildwood and adopted a troglodytic culture).

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I wonder if Roegadyn skintones represent more of the enviorment they are born in rather than long term natural selection and being passed down from parents.

So for example a Roegadyn born at sea would have greenish skintones while if that same Roegadyn were to be born on land they would be more pale or dark.

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Yeah, that is probably the case with Moenbryda, but I don't think that skin tone is 100% related to a Roe's birth place. For example; we have Merlwyb, the nameless roes who can be found in the miners guild and another roe whom frequently can be seen shopping in limsa lominsa lower decks, and the Roe merchants for housing plots (if you choose for them to be a female roe) are all sea wolfs with a more pale skin tone regardless of their location within the realm.

It's likely just genetics that determine one's skin tone.

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Originally Posted by Exodus-E

Not necessarily.
As mentioned by the Roegadyn naming conventions topic, these rules aren't "set in stone", so it's not uncommon to find a Sea Wolf Roegadyn with a translated name, just as it's not uncommon to find a Hellsguard Roegadyn with an ancient tongue name.
But yeah, that said, Moenbryda is a Sea Wolf Roegadyn.

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She's a Sea Wolf. Hellsguard also have a slight black underneath their noses that is subtly reminiscent of a puppy dog nose. Moenbryda does not have that.

Pure speculation but its also possible that Moenbryda is mixed race. Which would explain the Roegadyn name and stature and Hyurian/Elezen skintone.

I think it's also important to point out that F'lhaminn has Keeper of the Moon physical traits but a Seeker of the Sun name. It could be much the same thing, since it's already confirmed as possible for Hellsguard to not have the nose patch.

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it's already confirmed as possible for Hellsguard to not have the nose patch.

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Curious Gorge and Broken Mountain already come to mind on this, I'd like to think it's based where you are born... Heat and climate are also large factors for skin as well, with ones native to Limsa having a more lighter green hue than those who are from parts elsewhere.

I recall the Serpent Reaver roegadyns were often pale blue.

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I recall the Serpent Reaver roegadyns were often pale blue.

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That could be because they are tempered or "Drowned" as they call it by Leviathan.

moenbrya is a seawolf, i thought she was a highlander??????? yea i would say more like a mix race then anything, we have already see half-Elezen races so i would think that their can be half-Roe

Sorry to necro thread- What skin tone do you use for your character in your picture? Could you put up a screenie with which box it is? thanks!

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Originally Posted by Vejjiegirl

Hello there has been a question that has been on my mind for a while.
Is any other skincolor besides Green extremely rare for Seawolf Roegadyn?

I've noticed almost every Seawolf NPC have very light Green or Dark Green Skintones.
There are a few I noticed with different skintones, for example the admirals very pale skin or Moenbryda's very Hyur like skintone (although i'm not 100% sure if Moenbryda is a seawolf)

http://puu.sh/ef3sX/9376d8eb0a.png

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Looking at the character data, Merlwyb and Moenbryda actually use the same (inaccessible-to-players) skin colour.

Also, Curious Gorge is an odd case, because canonically he's a Hellsguard but his model is a Sea Wolf with a custom skin colour.



Something that does bug me is that the green-skinned Roegadyn still have visibly peach-coloured skin in some spots, like close around the eyes, inside the ear, and fingertips. I assume the selected colour on the palette gets added to a "base layer" of skin appearance that has a bit of variation and this unchangeable peach colour built into it, but it seems really strange as a design choice.

My personal theory on why they look like that is less lore and more that it seems like every good character that we’re supposed to relate to has a more human and/or paler skin tone.

Atelloune is one of the very few duskwight NPCs, but has pale skin. Zhloe and Khloe are seekers of the moon and have pale skin instead of blue as well, like most moon seekers we interact with except for one soldier. Then we have the Azim Steppe where nearly every au ra is blue skinned except Cirina and she’s the “good guy” xaela. Her skin tone doesn’t even show in any other Mol.

But I could be looking too into this.

That might have some merit, but not for the reason you think. The lighting in this game can be really funky sometimes, and oftentimes, the only skin tones that look good in all the different lighting types are those with light skin. I've seen pictures of very dark-skinned characters in really dark environments and it doesn't look good. Whereas lighter-skinned characters will show up in every lighting.