Racial background info

I remember a dev post a while back that gave us some insight on the Roegadyn naming conventions, using the admiral of Limsa Lominsa's name as an example, and that got me thinking about how the naming conventions for the other races work, the meaning behind the names of Hyur, Lalafell, Elezen, ect. I'd also like to know more about their cultures and what have you, the descriptions on the official site are good and all but I feel there's more to it than what's let on. Lastly, i'm also curious about racial height differences and such, like how tall would the tallest hyur be in feet-inches, etc? Some more info on the races like what I said would be greatly appreciated! :D

There's some info on where the races originally came from on the teaser site.

But what is there else to know about the races, when clearly lalafel are the best? :P

One look at Merlwyb and you know Roegadyn Females Master Race.

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Originally Posted by Jinrya-Geki

There's some info on where the races originally came from on the teaser site.

But what is there else to know about the races, when clearly lalafel are the best? :P

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Yeah, for example it says that all of the races except for the Elezen came to Eorzea when the oceans were frozen over, and the Hyur and Elezen had a short lived conflict with the Hyur because they felt they were being invaded by them and stuff. More info though would be really nice imo. :)

I miss how Tarutarus had hilarious naming schemes. Lalafells seem to lack that charm :|

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Originally Posted by Rau

I miss how Tarutarus had hilarious naming schemes. Lalafells seem to lack that charm :|

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I know, but I feel that sort of charm is still there somewhat, like there's one lalafell NPC that speaks in rhymes somewhere.

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Originally Posted by Rau

I miss how Tarutarus had hilarious naming schemes. Lalafells seem to lack that charm :|

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Lalafell names follow a weird naming scheme. Repetitive syllables in both the given and surname. It makes them sound like children.

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Originally Posted by SuzakuCMX

Lalafell names follow a weird naming scheme. Repetitive syllables in both the given and surname. It makes them sound like children.

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Like Sesaburu or Lulumo, right?

the game is lacking in this department and i think its partly because cities are shared by different races.
in most MMOs each city = 1 or 2 specific races
and usually the city quests give some info on the races residing in it.
even the empire is a mix of different races but that maybe duo their "children brainwash" process

This is seriously needed in this game. I know it sounds awful, but this game could use a little more... racism? Or at least NPCs of other races making snide or candid references to other races history or mannerisms.

Also I miss the speech quirks, for example the Mithra and Tarutaru, where Mithra would roll their "r"s and Tarutaru would end things in "-aru" or say adjectives like "careful-wareful"

As it is now it seems that speech mannerisms and behavior are tied more heavily to city-states, and that's alright, but beyond that it'd be nice to have NPCs that sounded and behaved differently based on race and the race of otherpeople around them.

Also Duskwight? Dunesfolk? Hellsguard? There's no cave civilizations, no dunes, no volcanic regions, nothing to support these sub-race's origins. It'd be nice if Seekers of the Sun and Keepers of the Moon even mentioned something about the sun or moon.

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Originally Posted by Zyph

This is seriously needed in this game. I know it sounds awful, but this game could use a little more... racism? Or at least NPCs of other races making snide or candid references to other races history or mannerisms.

Also I miss the speech quirks, for example the Mithra and Tarutaru, where Mithra would roll their "r"s and Tarutaru would end things in "-aru" or say adjectives like "careful-wareful"

As it is now it seems that speech mannerisms and behavior are tied more heavily to city-states, and that's alright, but beyond that it'd be nice to have NPCs that sounded and behaved differently based on race and the race of otherpeople around them.

Also Duskwight? Dunesfolk? Hellsguard? There's no cave civilizations, no dunes, no volcanic regions, nothing to support these sub-race's origins. It'd be nice if Seekers of the Sun and Keepers of the Moon even mentioned something about the sun or moon.

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There's one Miqo'te retainer that rolls her Rs on occasion "There's no call for concerrrn"
I'd imagine the naming conventions would be the same for them as the Mithra naming conventions, since they're both predatory races.

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Originally Posted by Nahaara

Like Sesaburu or Lulumo, right?

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Sesaburu Mesaburu and stupid sounding stuff like that. It makes me think they hired 3 year olds to name all their Lalafell NPCs :x

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Originally Posted by Nahaara

There's one Miqo'te retainer that rolls her Rs on occasion "There's no call for concerrrn"
I'd imagine the naming conventions would be the same for them as the Mithra naming conventions, since they're both predatory races.

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It goes beyond naming conventions though. It's almost as if everyone is of the same heritage but with a different appearance. There's no concept of culture.

And if the devs truly intended Eorzea to be a cosmopolitan melting pot of zero racial identity, then you'd think there's be a lot more interspecies breeding to say the least >_>;

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Originally Posted by Zyph

It goes beyond naming conventions though. It's almost as if everyone is of the same heritage but with a different appearance. There's no concept of culture.

And if the devs truly intended Eorzea to be a cosmopolitan melting pot of zero racial identity, then you'd think there's be a lot more interspecies breeding to say the least >_>;

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There must be a reason for that though, right? Plus, it's true that people that live in a different country which has people who have a different accent from their own develop the same accent as the native population, either out of habit or necessity so that may be the case here as well.

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Originally Posted by Nahaara

There must be a reason for that though, right? Plus, it's true that people that live in a different country which has people who have a different accent from their own develop the same accent as the native population, either out of habit or necessity so that may be the case here as well.

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It's looks as though they kind of just used the XI races to populate Eorzea, without really giving any thought to their origin aside from mentioned obscure names of places they could implement later.

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Originally Posted by SuzakuCMX

Sesaburu Mesaburu and stupid sounding stuff like that. It makes me think they hired 3 year olds to name all their Lalafell NPCs :x

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Wait, and Shantoto, Babubu, Yoran-Oranm Kupipi, Chayaya, Leepe-Hoppe, Atori-tutori, Chomomo, Abobo are less childish sounding... those are just a few of XI's Tarutaru NPCs

The naming conventions of Lalafells, and Tarutaru are identical.

Elezan and Elvaan share a pseudo french naming convention, and the Hyur and Humes share share a Latin/germanic naming style

The Roegadyn and Galka share the odd almost stereotypical native American naming convention though the Roegadyn more often than not use their "native" Norse sounding spelling so you get thing like Merylwyb instead of Iron Eater like in XI

the Miqo'te and Mithra are the only ones that seem to diverge at all with most Miqo'te haveing a name starting with a single letter followed by a glottal stop then the rest of their name, like Y'shtola, where as XI the mithra were the only ones who seemed to more often than not have a first name and surname a'la Nanaa Migho.


as to the speech conventions, More often than not your speech is going to be more like the dominant culture in which you live, not by what race you happen to be born as. and second...seriously the Tarutaru speech patterns sounded like baby talk and got really grating really fast, but I guess some people found it cute. The mithra on the other hand. I actually was really happy when it became apparent that the Miqo'te didn't trill every "r" like the Mithra did. I was glad that they dropped one of the biggest cliches of anthropomorphic cat people, cats don't purr all the time and there is no reason to assume that if the had the same dental/facial structure as a human that they would for some reason trill all their "r"s...is it to drive home the fact that they're cats? The ears, tails, and eyes do a good enough job of that they don't need a speech impediment.

+_+ (Jaws theme plays as she slowly rises from behind Nahaara with a water bottle)

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Originally Posted by AsterBarnivere

+_+ (Jaws theme plays as she slowly rises from behind Nahaara with a water bottle)

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Don't even think about it >:O

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Originally Posted by Nahaara

Don't even think about it >:O

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*Sprays* xD *runs away*

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Originally Posted by AsterBarnivere

*Sprays* xD *runs away*

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Nooooooaaaaaaahhhhh! D:

Please no more racism in the storyline. Got really old when it came to galka's and humes. Which is why anything to do with the shadowlord was boring.

Why can't everyone accept the fact that Dunesfolk Lalafel are the best, that way the hate can stop.

I will say I am interested in learning more about the culture and history of the races, cities, and overall the world and it's laws/rules like marriage, schools, etc.
I've enjoy thoes extra things, whether or not it's useful.

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Originally Posted by Nahaara

Like Sesaburu or Lulumo, right?

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