Breeding vs adoption

[Magic-Mal]

Pre-Calamity.

I don't know if there's any official word on this, but it's a pretty logical conclusion that the increase in the presence of Miqo'te males is a result of the Calamity and the impact that has had on various societies.

That being said, if you plan on dismissing so quickly answers provided by one the individuals that helps create the world's lore, you're certainly in for a fun time.

I don't believe everything they say because on many occasions did they say for example, that something won't ever happen then all of a sudden it happens(Ex. No invisible shields would ever be added to the game because of obvious lore and animation reasons then nect patch it's released lol)

A perfect example is the lore that was retconned for Nael Deus Darnus. All I'm saying is, things are always open to change. Just like how Au Ra decided they wanted to exist.

[Ametrine]

A perfect example is the lore that was retconned for Nael Deus Darnus. All I'm saying is, things are always open to change. Just like how Au Ra decided they wanted to exist.

I thought Nael was less a retcon and more a translation error gone horribly wrong. Non-gendered pronouns in the JP version, male pronouns in EN, suddenly revealed to be a female under the mask. Oh crap, said the EN team.

Thus the Eula switcheroo.

[Enkidoh]

I thought Nael was less a retcon and more a translation error gone horribly wrong. Non-gendered pronouns in the JP version, male pronouns in EN, suddenly revealed to be a female under the mask. Oh crap, said the EN team.

Thus the Eula switcheroo.

Magic-Mal I think is more referring to the fact that when ARR was first released there were calls to bring back Nael's final boss fight from 1.0 and SE basically said "no", only to then later do just that with Second Coil... sort of.

They've stuck to their guns though as far as Gaius being dead and gone is concerned however, so I regard Nael's return in turn 9 as an exception rather than the rule.

SE are fairly consistent and firm when it comes to keeping within their own lore, and mixed-racial characters being rare is one such example.