Male Viera (BunBros) - We Want Them - With Heels!

[WhiteArchmage]

I know the lore mentions male miqo'te being extremely rare compared to females (and solitary to boot, for Keeper lore), but can someone remind me what was the lore reasoning behind the lack of female Roegadyn pre-ARR? Especially since I see them a lot both in and out of MSQ.

[Thefates]

I know the lore mentions male miqo'te being extremely rare compared to females (and solitary to boot, for Keeper lore), but can someone remind me what was the lore reasoning behind the lack of female Roegadyn pre-ARR? Especially since I see them a lot both in and out of MSQ.

Honestly, there never even really was a reason for the female roe to not appear, other than the Galka having been genderlocked in FFXI. They never tried to establish lore for that one before it got changed. So perhaps it's a bit less of a good example than the Miqo.

[Daralii]

Honestly, there never even really was a reason for the female roe to not appear, other than the Galka having been genderlocked in FFXI. They never tried to establish lore for that one before it got changed. So perhaps it's a bit less of a good example than the Miqo.

Didn't people think Merlwyb was some weird mutant elezen back in 1.X because she was the only female roe?

Something Tanaka wanted very early on in development was for people to be able to transfer their XI character data to XIV and have it be a direct sequel, and considering what a mess the development of 1.0 was, I wouldn't be surprised if that fed into why they were male only until 2.0.

[Iscah]

Didn't people think Merlwyb was some weird mutant elezen back in 1.X because she was the only female roe?

Having only played starting from ARR, and in Limsa which is full of Roegadyn of both genders, I was still initially confused by Merlwyb. She doesn't look like a Roegadyn because of her skin colour (how does she manage to be the only non-green Roegadyn in the city?), but couldn't be an Elezen because she had 'human' ears, and was also distinctly non-Hyuran. I only deduced she was Roegadyn because of her name.

(Just wondering though - would she have been using a modified Elezen model back in 1.0, if the female Roegadyn model didn't exist yet? That would explain the "mutant Elezen" assumption more, if she was using their stance and emotes. And possibly her unusually human skintone as well.)