Tattoos, Butts, and Half Breeds...

[Jatoi]

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Lalafell are rumored to be Allagan chimeras. This is lore from the fishing guide:

aetherochemical compound #123 - Unlike anything else on Eorzea, compound #123 is thought to be another of the Allagan Empire's failed chimerical creations. The creature seems to be harmless enough, feeding only on the tiny water lice which inhabit Azys Lla's aetherochemical pools. Its outer hide, however, has given many a naturalist pause as it bears a texture almost identical to that of a Lalafell's skin. A larger, more evolved form can be caught that has "Lalafellin-like hands".

aetherochemical compound #666 - A king among aetherochemical compounds, and lord of the aetherochemical spill. When a specimen of what, at the time, was thought to be compound #123 began sprouting tiny...decidedly Lalafellin...hands, no fewer than three Sons of Saint Coinach naturalists turned in their resignations with the organization and have since disappeared from the public eye.


As for Miqo'te, they are rumored to have been from Meracydian or at least be migrating to and fro. There is the chance that they could also have been tampered genetically with Allagan technology. But here's some stuff that could allude to the origins:

Sesame Seeds:
A tiny seed rich in aromatic oil, sesame is native to Meracydia, and thought to have first been brought to Eorzea by migrating Miqo'te.

Aloe:
A thick spiny-leaved cactus indigenous to the southern continent of Meracydia. The Miqo'te are known to treat severe burns with the cool gel-like substance found inside the leaves.



There is a possibility that Miqo'te could breed with humans but at the same time, they are pretty different than the other races. Elezen and Hyur by far are the most similar to each other as they have no animal features.

Also, Sophia is a goddess of Merycidia, like Zurvan and Sephirot. Seph was worshipped by tree people who are presumably extinct. Sophia was worshipped by the races of man. Interestingly enough her tempered followers we find who were imprisoned with her are a hyur, an elezen, and a roegadyn. Likewise, they're all in Syrcus Tower gear, which is - lore wise - traditional Allagan garb
So it's possible her 'worshippers' were Allagan citizens tasked with watching her Three races with confirmed origins that pre-date the Allagan empire.

edit: Miqo'te as we know them are from a progenitor race that went extinct and there's almost no documented history about miqo'te prior to the fifth umbral era. "Descendants of the very same miqoo'te who were persecuted against and driven from Eorzea by the Allagan Empire almost two millennia earlier". So it's possible they were their own thing.
But it's also possible they were failed experiments that got out of control.


I am getting way too far into this. Help me. I am up to my neck. AAAAAAH!