Moogle's Poms?

What exactly is a moogle's pom?

I know they're meant to be like a pom pom and as such are a ball of fluff, but they really don't look fluffy at all. They look more smooth and floaty, like a balloon? Also they appear to glow.

Is there anything that influences the colour of the pom? The ones in the churning mists are all pink, while the ones from Twelveswood are all colours (though mostly orange). I read somewhere that it changes colour depending on mood but I haven't been able to find any evidence of this.

Also I noticed that the moogles tend to say things like 'my pom aches thinking about this' and I know it's meant to be more for comedy but is the pom like, and actual organ? O_O

I have many questions sorry haha.

Poms are a very special organ used for storing kupo, and the color and glow are determined by the quality and quantity of absorbed kupo. As for what kupo is used for, only the Moogles know for sure.

(In all seriousness I have no idea, but it's fun to speculate.)

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Originally Posted by Bellah

What exactly is a moogle's pom?

I know they're meant to be like a pom pom and as such are a ball of fluff, but they really don't look fluffy at all. They look more smooth and floaty, like a balloon? Also they appear to glow.

Is there anything that influences the colour of the pom? The ones in the churning mists are all pink, while the ones from Twelveswood are all colours (though mostly orange). I read somewhere that it changes colour depending on mood but I haven't been able to find any evidence of this.

Also I noticed that the moogles tend to say things like 'my pom aches thinking about this' and I know it's meant to be more for comedy but is the pom like, and actual organ? O_O

I have many questions sorry haha.

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As far as I know none of your questions have got any answers in the game. So unless there is something in the Lorebooks, all we can say about it is "We do not know."

Perhaps the poms are vital to the Moogles' ability to be unseen when they don't want to be? At least in the context of FFXIV's lore, anyway. They may even act as a sort of sensory apparatus, much like an antenna, to detect the presence of nearby intruders. The world may never know the vast secrets of Moogle biology...

Apparently is IS a sensory organ of some sort, or at least it can feel pain. Since in one moogle quest you can threaten to squeeze a moogle's pom and they freak out and go "No! Please don't squeeze my pom!"

Huh. The only info I could find about this is in untranslated moogle. Can Anyone translate this?

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Kupo kupo kupo kupo kupo kupo kupo. Kupo kupo kupo. Kupo kupo kupo kupo kupo "kupo kupo" kupo kupo kupo kupo kupo kupo. Kupo kupo mog kupo kupo. Kupo kupo kupo kupo kupo kupo kupo. Kupo kupo kupo kupo kupo kupo kupo. Kupo kupo kupo kupo kupo kupo kupo kupo kupo kupo kupo kupo kupo kupo. Kupo kupo kupo kupo kupo kupo. Kupo kupo! Kupo kupo kupo kupo kupo kupo kupo.

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You could ask in the developer thread for questions to the main scenario and lore writer Banri Oda, if you haven't already? Maybe you get an answer when they go through the questions in the next LIVE letter?

Link: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...77#post4897577

This isn't really based on anything, but I think the pom is like the lekku of twi'lek in Star Wars, as in, contains the brain. While I was doing moogle repeatables, I came across one of the moogles saying their pom was aching similar to one would say they have a headache. But yeah, just my speculation.

If I had to guess I'd say it's a source of bioluminescent light, a lure akin to anglerfish, or a way to attract a mate not dissimilar to bird plumage (though present on males and females alike). Flashy bits tend to be for attracting mates or warning other animals of danger, and well, moogles aren't all that threatening on average...

It's never been explained in-universe and honestly was probably just included in their design as a way to make them cuter... and has been present in every iteration of moogle in the franchise, so it would have to be on XIV's regardless of whether there's a lore explanation for them or not.

Decided to impulse roll on Okita's banner and my Devil's Luck kicked in, getting me Ozymandias!

Kept rolling with the leftovers and got a gold Saber... but it was just a third Mordred. :'(

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Originally Posted by Cilia

It's never been explained in-universe and honestly was probably just included in their design as a way to make them cuter... and has been present in every iteration of moogle in the franchise, so it would have to be on XIV's regardless of whether there's a lore explanation for them or not.

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Objection! The FFIII Moogles in their Famicom incarnation (technically an unused asset from FFII) didn't have poms simply because of palette and resolution limitations, which were carried into their second appearance in FFV. Pomless Moogles abominations Mogs also appear in FFVII (and Crisis Core), and FFVIII. (Though MiniMog actually manages to rock the look better than one would expect.)

Thank you for all the responses! The fact that it hasn't been answered in game is probably why I've been having difficulty finding answers haha.

I've noticed they make a lot of comments about their pom aching or freaking out at the thought of you touching it as well, so I like the idea that it is a sensory organ of sorts! Or maybe, since it's balloon like, it helps them stay afloat (via magic or something)? Those tiny little wings couldn't keep them afloat imo...

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Originally Posted by manamoppet

You could ask in the developer thread for questions to the main scenario and lore writer Banri Oda, if you haven't already? Maybe you get an answer when they go through the questions in the next LIVE letter?

Link: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...77#post4897577

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I'm pretty new to the game and very new to the forums sorry, what is a LIVE letter?

One of the moogle beast tribe quests also has one moogle (during the 'free kupo nuts' quest) talk about making his pom nice and fluffy, I think. It definitely looks like a balloon though...

It definitely seems like it's some kind of sensory organ - maybe for an aetherial "sixth sense". One of the daily quests mentions that they're quite prone to aether sickness due to their natural aptitude for manipulating their aetherial flow, so maybe it's something to do with that.

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Originally Posted by Bellah

I'm pretty new to the game and very new to the forums sorry, what is a LIVE letter?

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Basically they're regular video presentations (every few months or so) where the producer shows off new and upcoming things for the game. They're usually in Japanese without an official English translation provided, so not quite as big a deal as they could be, but of course there are fan translations.

The next one will be at Tokyo Fan Fest on March 23.

Moogle's poms have existed in almost all of their versions (except 3 and 7). They're highly sensitive and might be sensory, but there's never any information. They're probably there just to look cute and distinctive. The moogles also have a strong desire to keep their poms supple and soft, probably being akin to a mane or a bird's crest, something that conveys status and health. In XIV they glow, so they might be attuned to aether or something?

Ah I see! Thank you, I will leave a question there and hope :)

Defs agree its to make them look cute, tho couldn't help but wonder if there was some more lore to them haha. Tho its interesting that they are still supposed to be fluffy in FFXIV, cause they defs dont look it.

There's a quiz question in FF13-2 that says the Moogles in that game use their crystals (where the others in the series' poms are) to fly and the wings are for show. Could it be the same for other Moogles?

XIV moogles use their wings for flying though. It's why we become slaves to the postmoogle because he had never seen a windmill before and injured a wing when he got too close and couldn't fly while it mended.

yellow pom=female moogles and red=male ff9 proof

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Originally Posted by MorbolvampireQueen6

yellow pom=female moogles and red=male ff9 proof

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Maybe? But that's IX, and the moogles in this game have a wide variety of pom colors.

Aside from the Mogglesguard, who all have different colors, the forest-dwelling moogles all have red-orange poms and the ones that dwell in the Sea of Clouds all have pink-purple ones. This is all but stated to be a phenotype divergence created when the Sea of Clouds was isolated from the rest of the world. The Mogglesguard's aberrant colors are most likely a consequence of Good King Moggle Mog XIIth's influence.

... and I would again put forth the idea that they serve no real biological purpose but attracting mates. They have wings for flying!

The Dalmascan moogles so far seem to be the only ones who really don't seem to have a certain pom color, but then we've only seen two and they match the colors they have in the other games they come from.

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Originally Posted by MorbolvampireQueen6

yellow pom=female moogles and red=male ff9 proof

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As Cilia said, pom colour seems to be tied to tribe rather than gender here - and genders are indicated by their naming patterns.

From the Beast Tribe Naming Conventions:

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Originally Posted by Fernehalwes

Having hidden themselves from the people of Eorzea for so long, moogles remain one of the most enigmatic of the realm’s beast tribes, and so very little is known of moogle language, moogle behavior, or moogle biology, for that matter. What has been determined is that females will have often have forenames that begin with P, whereas males will have names that begin with K.

Examples: Kupta Kapa (male), Pukla Puki (female)

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All but the moogle guard cause even their names go against the rules. Course they do follow the first letter matching.

A little tidbit I picked up yesterday in the lvl 45 WHM quest the moogle talks about having his pom taking off by kenna(sp?) mostly in jest and seems to imply it would kill him/her. This is when they were sent out to search for clues on the missing urn of a tama right before you get holy. Sorry I dont have a link to the specific dialog shouldn't be hard to find though.

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Originally Posted by SannaR

All but the moogle guard cause even their names go against the rules. Course they do follow the first letter matching.

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The “first letter matching” is the entirety of their naming rules. How are they breaking it?

Well you can't tell gender by their names and as they're shroud moogles they also don't go by shroud moogle names.

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Originally Posted by SannaR

Well you can't tell gender by their names and as they're shroud moogles they also don't go by shroud moogle names.

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Are we both talking about the Mogglesguard from Thornmarch here? Pukla Puki, Kupla Kipp, Puksi Pico, etc etc.? Because I'm not seeing anything wrong with those Shroud Moogle names compared to the example.

And you do tell the gender from the name. That's what the K=male, P=female rule is for. What makes you say you can't apply that here?

Sorry my mind was mostly going off their class names along with using those as part of their name instead of class then full name or the reverse for some.

Perhaps it is an aether-sensing organ. Moogles have been shown to be very sensitive to aether, such as getting disoriented at Thar Ooom Kash, or Montblanc remarking on how the aether was corrupted at the Orbonne Monastery.

Well, they do use their own to make themselves invisible so I don't see why they wouldn't be sensitive to other types of aether.

The lorebook is where it is mentioned that their poms "change color depending on the flighty creature's current moods." I don't think there's any evidence of that in-game, so it doesn't explain the reason for their poms. I agree with the other poster about how the poms are possibly for attracting mates. When you first interact with a delivery moogle as a new player, they mention "dreaming about some beautiful mooglette with a rainbow colored pom-pom."

Sorry for the necro and I know this isn't about their poms per say, but since i'm doing the moogle dailies now it reminded me about the one quest where you have to make some aether shielding for some moogles because they got overwhelmed by the aether coming from the crystals they're farming.