Gender locked race?

[Crushnight]

Its been a long month and 11 days going to be a longer 10 days ;_;

[Theodric]

Well, there's the Fan Fest itself and then a few days later we'll be getting the next batch of MSQ's. So there will definitely be a lot to talk about.

5.0 isn't that far away, either. Already it feels as though 2019 is going by very quickly...

[BillyKaplan]

Already it feels as though 2019 is going by very quickly...

Time flies by when you're busy debating over the existence of fictional rabbit men

[Anzaman]

Time flies by when you're busy debating over the existence of fictional rabbit men

I guess I should join debate then - feels like FanFest would be couple years away.

[Nestama]

They could fit male Viera easily in the lore if they say something like "the garleans violently cleared forests, and many (male) Viera had nowhere to go, and became adventurers.

I think they specifically live in one forest (or just that one area), so probably won't do this. Also, SE have not once given player characters a past/history to give them a reason for why {race} is there (take the Au Ra who Yugiri doesn't even acknowledge, for example). Where your character came from, why they went to {starting city}, etc is up to the player.

If SE made it so my Roegadyn left his home at 18 years old to visit {starting city}, I would be very unhappy with SE. He's clearly in his early 40's (underneath that Behemoth mask) and wishes he was really a Galka.

[Duskane]

i dont think the lore needs changing,
since player character/WoL is always the exception and doesn't interfere with the plot or story like beast-man or garlean would.

[BillyKaplan]

since player character/WoL is always the exception and doesn't interfere with the plot or story like beast-man or garlean would.

and it's not like they don't have actual NPC examples who do the same. Adkiragh is a very good case of someone from the Steppe ending up in Idyllshire, so it's not impossible

[Gwenorai]

Aye; and it's not like we know who those 'hares' were that freely left with the Imperials after they tried to take them out of the forest. They could have been male or female. It can be assumed that the platoons were dispatched in full units and weren't 'separate' from one another. With males being the first line of defence then it can also be assumed that it was the males that destroyed them before they even reached a village as it would make zero sense for them to let imperials go who knew the exact location of their villages. Of course, it can be said that it was female wood-wardens did the slaughter - but the females tend to be guarding the villages and 'bodyguarding'. It also doesn't make sense for a female to let an enemy go who knows the location of her community.


So, whoever left with the Imperials was either some of the males who actually decided to ask the imperial questions instead of slaughtering them like the rest of their squad; which makes sense if you wish to know more about your enemy that is imposing on your homeland. Or females who took the opportunity to use the chaos to leave the villages and be guided back to the Rabanaster. Though that raises the question of why a female would leave the wood with someone who's whole platoon has been slaughtered and is clearly the enemy? A good storyteller could probably figure it out, of course, lots of possibilities.

But the story about the 'hares' is telling - it could be a hint that some Viera have joined the Imperial forces either to spy/infiltrate or because they actually believe in what the Imperials are doing - or that some used the opportunity to join 'civilisation'.

[Duskane]

that be a pretty neat plot device

garleans taking Male viera turn them into super soldiers

[Pixiehawk]

https://www.tickcounter.com/countdow...-japan-fanfest

The Fest starts at 10:30 am JP time, not Pacific. For Pacific time its 6:30 pm on the 22nd (Friday). Take 16 hrs off.

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