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The boy with the horns? I didn't get that far in the story to meet him.

Gridanian story-line character, you meet him first thing if you picked Gridania as your starter city.

Padjali, not a race per se, they grow horns when they're beckoned by the Elementals. And I think it's also mentioned they don't really age. It's a mark to show they're speaking for the Elementals. Female version looks more delicate, just take a look at Kan-E-Senna.

To answer your question, E-Sumi-Yan.

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Originally Posted by Soukyuu

Padjali, not a race per se, they grow horns when they're beckoned by the Elementals. And I think it's also mentioned they don't really age. It's a mark to show they're speaking for the Elementals. Female version looks more delicate, just take a look at Kan-E-Senna.

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They pretty much do become there own race lol i think yoshi-p said he want to release more race and the padjali would be one even tho most of them are elf with the gift they got from the elementals like you said.

Wasn't Kan E Senna another one with horns?

She sure is, although her horns kind of blend into her headdress. Interestingly although it's stated the padjal 'are locked in childhood' and do not age, Kan E however at least appears older than the others (mid to late teens perhaps), suggesting that her 'change' occurred to her much later in life (her younger sister Ran, who could be found in a cave out in the Black Shroud with several moogles, looked like a child like the other padjal).

Also, there are actually two male padjal shown in Gridania, E Sumi Yan (the blonde haired, rather blunt one in green, who saves the player along with Yda and Papalymo from a treant at the start of 1.0 if you're playing the Gridanian storyline), and O App Pesi (the more social dark haired one in purple).

In any event, I'm not sure which one you're asking about Pwngraphic, but those two are the only ones seen at the start of the game (Kan E didn't appear until the Grand Companies were introduced - in fact, before the Elder Seedseer was added for a long time when I first started in FFXIV 1.0 I could not figure for the life of me exactly what Gridania's government really was meant to be - a loose-knit commune of elemental-fearing tree-hugging hippy mages and stuck-up, xenophobic pikemen? :P

At least when Kan E was added it finally made sense. But for quite a while to me at least Gridania's social and governmental organization just seemed virtually non-existent.

Kan-E-Senna, leader of Twin Adder
Raya-O-Senna, involved in WHM quests (Kan-E's sister)
E-Sumi-Yan, Conjurer's Guildmaster
O-App-Pesi, involved with conjurers

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Originally Posted by Vilhem

Kan-E-Senna, leader of Twin Adder
Raya-O-Senna, involved in WHM quests (Kan-E's sister)
E-Sumi-Yan, Conjurer's Guildmaster
O-App-Pesi, involved with conjurers

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GDI Vilhem you beat me to it.

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Originally Posted by Keith_Dragoon

GDI Vilhem you beat me to it.

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You fail again, Sir Dragoon. Shows how much more pwn I am than you >.>

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Originally Posted by Vilhem

You fail again, Sir Dragoon. Shows how much more pwn I am than you >.>

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What about the one in Toto-Rak? and i wish i had a padjal g/f stuck in her 20s forever XD!

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Originally Posted by Warlock

What about the one in Toto-Rak? XD!

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I'll answer this so I can beat that poster to the punch: A-Ruhn-Senna. :o

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Originally Posted by Zenaku

They pretty much do become there own race lol i think yoshi-p said he want to release more race and the padjali would be one...

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I doubt he said that, in fact it is not yet decided what new race will come up next.

The only quotes I have found on new races:

Live Letter IV [1:10-1:11], November 2012:

"The Viera are extremely popular amongst our overseas players, so we're really thinking hard about this one.
We'd also been considering a dragon-blood tribe - something more beastman or reptilian..."

"It's not like I'm saying we have decided on Viera just yet. We would like to look into it."

"You can assume it would be for an expansion pack."

Also see 3rd Players Poll.

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Originally Posted by Zenaku

They pretty much do become there own race lol i think yoshi-p said he want to release more race and the padjali would be one even tho most of them are elf with the gift they got from the elementals like you said.

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I think he just mentioned that, at some point, he even considered adding Padjal, but it was too human-looking. He didn't say they're going to be added (but who knows, maybe in a few years perhaps).

The problem with adding the padjal into the game as a playable race is they would have to be restricted to being Gridanian, as it's the elementals that turn people into them as their 'chosen' - because of this, the padjal function as Gridania's leaders, making them less inclined to travel the world killing monsters and stuff that an adventurer does.

No doubt Yoshi-P probably realized that right away as well, and hence his reluctance to do so (besides the fact that they're indeed still very human looking).

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Originally Posted by Nuinn

I think he just mentioned that, at some point, he even considered adding Padjal, but it was too human-looking. He didn't say they're going to be added (but who knows, maybe in a few years perhaps).

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I think Yoshi mentioned it along with adding a race that is to beastmen like would also be an issue.

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Originally Posted by Nuinn

I think he just mentioned that, at some point, he even considered adding Padjal, but it was too human-looking. He didn't say they're going to be added (but who knows, maybe in a few years perhaps).

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Yes they do need more less human type race but adding padjal race is not a big lost and it can be easy explain why you allow to become one Vs of the idea of a demon like human race comming out of no where and now you can use them. Storywise i think padjal fit the bill of being one of the first new race being release because it's simple to explain without to much issue.

that just my two cent.

A few other interesting tidbits if I recall correctly:

The term "Thousand Maws of Toto-Rak" stems from a beast of specifically padjali myth.

The elemental of nhilism refers to the "pact of Gelmorra" at one point, inferring a responsibility placed upon by the padjal by the elementals. It may even be when the padjal first came into existance.

From the Lodestone:

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Eldest of three siblings of Padjali ancestry, Kan-E serves as head of the Seedseer Council─the central governing body presiding over affairs within the city-state of Gridania. As is common amongst those born of the prestigious Senna line, Kan-E was blessed by the Twelve with the gift of prophecy, her visions hauntingly clear and detailed. Before reaching her sixth nameday, she had already predicted a devastating fire and a locust infestation, earning her remarkably early admission to Stillglade Fane. After becoming a Sister of the Twelveswood, it was not long before she had risen to Elder Seedseer and left Gridania to live in the forest with her siblings, where she served the city-state by communing with the elementals, maintaining the delicate balance betwixt man and nature.

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So yes, the padjal can have their own children (don't ask how this works) and it thus appears people are born as padjal and grow until they reach a certain point, after which they become "ageless".