Gender locked race?

[Lauront]

If the two clans had pronounced differences like the Feol and the pureblood Viera, I am sure they would have been mentioned by the Dramaturge. The fact that they were not leads me to think it's little more than the palette differences we see in the Au Ra, Elezen and Miqo'te. I.e. very minor differences, which is indeed a shame.

Also, were the Feol actually smaller? I've not seen that confirmed anywhere. That said, as a hybrid race, it would not be out of the question in FFXIV specific lore, and SE could come up with any reason it wanted for subrace dimorphism.

There will be no large male viera.
There will be foel viera that are cute but don’t have the pointed high heel shoe. These will have both gender.
Hrothgar will be male only and have the viera foot trait but no heel.


Mark my words

I wish I had your crystal ball.

[Tabbs]

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Feol only had smaller ears. I myself thought they were genuinely shorter at one point. Seems to be a case of Berenstain Bears. That being said, if we don't get playable Feol, I wouldn't be shocked if we saw NPC Feol at some point. Something akin to Hilda.