Arenvald - Garlean half-breed?

[myahele]

MCKF: You look at the Garleans and again, the Garleans are a different race, the pure-blood ones with the third eye. But when you look at the army they have people of all races because they go and subjugate a nation and tell people they can gain citizenship if you join our army and prove your worth. So that’s why you have so many soldiers that are Elezen, because all the real Garleans are back home ruling while their conscripts conquer the land, sometimes using the magic that they can’t.

From: http://gamerescape.com/2014/10/22/fa...pher-koji-fox/

Well, they specifically can't use Magic. But since magic is the manipulation of Aether (which is also needed to boost attacks) then that could mean that they can't use aether-depended abilities as well. Which is why they were not a strong nation, but focused on farming pre-magitek