Raubhan Aldynn is the true leader of Ul'Dah?

[Frederick22]

I understand what you are saying, and I hesitated to make that post.

But at the end of the day we can't waive everything away with magic. Yes, indeed, a donkey and a horse are different than a Lala and a Hyur. BUT, there could still be a different number of Chromosomes, or whatever makes up the various races of Eorzea. Even with magic I just can't see such a union working, biologically or politically.

Its possible, countless monarchs have "lovers" in their privacy lifes. I dont see how would be different.

[nukemind]

Its possible, countless monarchs have "lovers" in their privacy life.

True, Catherine the Great and the French Mistresses being the most overt examples, but they never took them as their "Main Squeeze" for lack of a better word. Heck, look at Marie Antoinette. She was an Austrian Princess not a commoner, the public hated her, and it, in conjunction with famine, led to the downfall of the monarchy. Monarchies just don't intermingle with commoners outside of fairy tales. It doesn't make sense politically or diplomatically.

[Frederick22]

True, Catherine the Great and the French Mistresses being the most overt examples, but they never took them as their "Main Squeeze" for lack of a better word. Heck, look at Marie Antoinette. She was an Austrian Princess not a commoner, the public hated her, and it, in conjunction with famine, led to the downfall of the monarchy. Monarchies just don't intermingle with commoners outside of fairy tales. It doesn't make sense politically or diplomatically.

Well Raubahn is not a common men. He already has a kind of potilical/militar figure.
Also the Mornarchy that is on U'lah is not the same as the England, so is not something that can be prove with evidence of our real world.

[Caffekon]

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I see your point, it makes a lot of sense.
I suppose out of the players sphere (no restrictions) such relationship between the races are rather unusual or even inexistencial in the lore, every real couple I've seen in the game are of the same race, but I've also seen hookers in many points of Eorzea engaging in interracial flerting, but that's all, maybe Square just inserted such flertings for the sake of ambience building.
In the game itself there arent any clues of hybrids anywhere, I suppose for a question of design and to avoid trouble they simply choose to ignore the matter, as I said we don't really need to think deep in a fantasy game.

[Unittj]

If you don't think the story/lore of this game is deep thought, take a moment to read some of Koji's lore posts. There's a lot of conceptualization put into this game, and unfortunately, "cause it's cute" doesn't provide sufficient reason why it should be canonical. Of course, that doesn't stop fan fiction. But the reality of it all is that the sultana is in her early 20s and Raubahn is way older than that. The age gap for a relationship to happen is hard to accept on certain moral and ethical axes. I honestly hope the concept doesn't leave fan fiction. It's odd. Now if Nanamo was 35+? I might consider it.

[Annana]

Assuming NONE of these are true, such a child may not be respected, having a weak claim to the throne and diluting a "pure" blood line.

We don't know a lot about relationships and marriages in Eorzea. I can't remember too many references to interracial relationships.

There are the two treasure hunters from Wanderer's Palace/WPHM, who mention that they are a couple and that it's not that they're both men, but that they're different races that caused them to receive abuse. There's also Hilda, who is half Hyur and Half Elezen.

Eorzea doesn't seem to have any problem with same sex relationships given that there are male Elezen soldiers propositioning each other, bathing Miqo'te inviting female adventurers to join them, Haurchefant being Adventurer-sexual, and of course the Eternal Bonding not restricting genders (though Eternal Bonding's 'canon' status is up for debate considering that it ignores race, which again doesn't seem to be well accepted).

[Hinoto-no-Ryuji]

More than age gap, more than race, more than anything, it's the lack of any real evidence that makes me doubt that kind of intimacy between the two. Of course they're close, but I've never gotten the vibe of sexual intimacy off them. Urianger and Moenbryda gave off more of that than Raubahn and Nanamo; hell, Thancred and Y'Shtola give off more of that than them. I think all evidence points to it being a pretty chaste relationship, intimate in other ways though it may be.

[Frederick22]

I only said that was a possibility, not that actually is happening.

[KaeruHero]

(though Eternal Bonding's 'canon' status is up for debate considering that it ignores race, which again doesn't seem to be well accepted).

It isnt well accepted among Eorzeans but we aren't Eorzeans, who knows we could come from a more liberal land where interbreeding between races is a common thing

(Although the fact that none of us adventurers are a mixture of species does probably support your statement, so maybe not common but still accepted)

[Alistaire]

Yup, he runs the show...single-handedly.