Anatomy of the Five Races

As a student of medicine myself, I would suppose in a world of magic there's not much need for doctors as your local conjurer could cure what ails you. My question is has the 5 race's anatomy ever been documented? Or because of their alleged similar heritage are they very close relatives?

I will be very disappointed if Elezen have less than 4 chambers to their stomach.

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Originally Posted by finiteHP

I will be very disappointed if Elezen have less than 4 chambers to their stomach.

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In their neck.

There are 33 vertebrae in the human spine. We have at the very least 40 extra vertebrae in the neck alone.

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BUT IF WE ALL CAME FROM OPO-OPOS, WHY DO WE STILL HAVE OPO-OPOS?

Maybe elfs actually use their appendix too

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Originally Posted by Vilhem

Maybe elfs actually use their appendix too

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It gives us extra coordination. Tall with a long neck it is hard to get around without.

There was a levequest for one of the gridanian camps that documents a lalafellian carcass being found, dried up and decomposed because of the many swarming insects that endangers the pathways.

Unfortunately due to the pg-14 rating of the game I've never found that body... or was ever shown for that matter. I did found a moth eaten coatee though in a random chest. :\

I'm guessing that lalafells are made of high amounts of honey like substances if that's the case. Being them prone to being eaten alive by swarms (of insects).

There are skelleton mobs running around in some places - it is strange they all look the same.

*Calling all Lore Masters* Calling all lore masters* *Fern get in here!*

I must know the details of all the things.

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Originally Posted by Catapult

There are skelleton mobs running around in some places - it is strange they all look the same.

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That's a good point. I've only ever seen Hyur skeletons!

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Originally Posted by Cedri

That's a good point. I've only ever seen Hyur skeletons!

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Or are they Elezen? The "original inhabitants of Eorzea" so to speak.

I would imagine its all mostly the same since they are all humanoids.

I liked to think Miqo'te were like Asari from Mass Effect, until SE ruined that..! lol

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Originally Posted by Catapult

Or are they Elezen? The "original inhabitants of Eorzea" so to speak.

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Makes more sense. The bone-structure looks too fragile to be Roegadyn, and the they're awfully tall to be Hyur skeletons.

Though, even without a dev response, there are some things we can safely assume, right? For example, a Miqo'te skull should be easy to identify from holes at the top of the cranium to allow their ear canals to pass through (and the more pronounced canines of the Keepers, of course).

Or the... um.. Okay, I can't think of anything else off the top of my head, but there's gotta be other stuff. What are things unique to the races other than the obvious?

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Originally Posted by Xeia

Makes more sense. The bone-structure looks too fragile to be Roegadyn, and the they're awfully tall to be Hyur skeletons.

Though, even without a dev response, there are some things we can safely assume, right? For example, a Miqo'te skull should be easy to identify from holes at the top of the cranium to allow their ear canals to pass through (and the more pronounced canines of the Keepers, of course).

Or the... um.. Okay, I can't think of anything else off the top of my head, but there's gotta be other stuff. What are things unique to the races other than the obvious?

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I think the obvious way to identify a miqo'te skeleton would be the tail.

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Originally Posted by Catapult

Or are they Elezen? The "original inhabitants of Eorzea" so to speak.

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There's not like, 100 extra bones in the neck area, so doubt they're elfs >.> And hyurs are the OG inhabitants! /hateonelfs

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Originally Posted by Xeia

For example, a Miqo'te skull should be easy to identify from holes at the top of the cranium to allow their ear canals to pass through (and the more pronounced canines of the Keepers, of course).

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Even if we were to base skull morphology on feline anatomy, the canals for auditory organs would still located on the sides of the skull (actually closer to the base than the top).

But yes, canines and tail vertebrae would definitely be a more tell-tale sign (and since exclusive features like pronounced canines for Keepers are being retconned to allow for all Miqo'te now, they'd likely be even more frequently seen in skeletal remains.

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Originally Posted by Catapult

Or are they Elezen? The "original inhabitants of Eorzea" so to speak.

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Or Lalafell?

Oh, wait :D

What If Skeletons aren't from the five races? (Two in this case, Hyur or Elezen)

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Originally Posted by Catapult

Or are they Elezen? The "original inhabitants of Eorzea" so to speak.

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They did have a habit of lurking in Gelmorran areas like Tam-Tara Deepcroft (a clear burial site for Gelmorra). I have pics on the wiki somewhere... They were in other areas, but I think their relation to Gelmorra makes them more clearly Elezen.

Roegadyn females have an almost Elezen height and shape. Just look at everyone's confusion about Merlwyb. But I think it's safe to say there wouldn't be such an abundance of their bones littering Eorzea.

The Sil'dih backstory opens up the possibility of Lalafell zombies. Maybe we can see Lalafell skeletons as well! The fomor in FFXI recycle animations from normal characters, so maybe they could do the same for XIV's undead.

I think what we're getting out of this convorsation is why don't we have more race's skelletons running about.

easier to design just one skeleton-type mob and call it a day? /shrug
I agree it'd be nice to see some variety, though.

That's what I just assumed. Lore-wise though it would be easy enough to excuse as well - that only hyur and elezen bury their dead and that the other races prefer cremation - after all, a cremated body is reduced to dust, making reanimation a complete impossibility, so it would definitely explain the lack of miqo'te/lalafell/roegadyn undead around.

I actually considered this very thing for FFXI, as to why similarly in FFXI there were no mithra/taru/galka skeleton mobs around - they all just looked human/elvaan, and that was because the game's lore seemed to suggest that only the residents of San d'Oria (elvaan) and Bastok (humes) buried their dead, as the only burial ground type zones were either near those two cities (King Ranperre's Tomb and the unnamed graveyard on one of the hills in Gustaberg respectively), or were stated lore wise as being built by the elvaan (ala, the Eldeime Necropolis).

The fact that there are no specific Windurstian 'burial grounds' shown in the game seems to hint that the mithra and taru, being more focused on the natural world and tribal based respectively, would definitely not consider laying their dead to rest by simply letting their bodies rot in a hole in the ground, and would probably incinerate their deceased on a funeral pyre Viking style (having ready access to Black Mages who can cast powerful fire-elemental spells would definitely encourage cremation as well).

In keeping with that, in FFXIV lore-wise I'm liable to believe that specific races/clans prefer cremation over burial , and hence accounts for the lack of miqo'te/lalafell/roegadyn zombie/skeleton type mobs. Or at least, that's just how I'm looking at it. :p

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Originally Posted by Enkidoh

That's what I just assumed. Lore-wise though it would be easy enough to excuse as well - that only hyur and elezen bury their dead and that the other races prefer cremation - after all, a cremated body is reduced to dust, making reanimation a complete impossibility, so it would definitely explain the lack of miqo'te/lalafell/roegadyn undead around.

I actually considered this very thing for FFXI, as to why similarly in FFXI there were no mithra/taru/galka skeleton mobs around - they all just looked human/elvaan, and that was because the game's lore seemed to suggest that only the residents of San d'Oria (elvaan) and Bastok (humes) buried their dead, as the only burial ground type zones were either near those two cities (King Ranperre's Tomb and the unnamed graveyard on one of the hills in Gustaberg respectively), or were stated lore wise as being built by the elvaan (ala, the Eldeime Necropolis).

The fact that there are no specific Windurstian 'burial grounds' shown in the game seems to hint that the mithra and taru, being more focused on the natural world and tribal based respectively, would definitely not consider laying their dead to rest by simply letting their bodies rot in a hole in the ground, and would probably incinerate their deceased on a funeral pyre Viking style (having ready access to Black Mages who can cast powerful fire-elemental spells would definitely encourage cremation as well).

In keeping with that, in FFXIV lore-wise I'm liable to believe that specific races/clans prefer cremation over burial , and hence accounts for the lack of miqo'te/lalafell/roegadyn zombie/skeleton type mobs. Or at least, that's just how I'm looking at it. :p

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This is awkward, because it is Ul'dahn tradition that involves burial and entombment and their civilisation is dominated by the Lalafell.

FFXI had fomors of all races. These were a type of undead although im not sure as to the nature of their reanimation so I cant really comment as to whether or not cremation would be relevant.

Just thought I'd put it out there.

Perchance they are the skeletons of an older people, let's says the Allagans. It's been awhile since i played 1.0, but as i recall for the most part skeletons were found in or around ruins.

Seeing as there is a lot of different theories on what happened to them maybe something to the point that is causing them to re-animate.

I say this as necromancy was super taboo, according to the THM guild, so i've always operated under the assumption that undead were a byproduct of something else.

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Originally Posted by Cedri

There are 33 vertebrae in the human spine. We have at the very least 40 extra vertebrae in the neck alone.

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There are 20,000 microbones in the average Hyur body. Elezens have 40,000.