Gender locked race?

[Anzaman]

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.

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

Ah, you are right. Tho, looking at FanFest -website, it's showing 1 hour less than your link.

https://fanfest.finalfantasyxiv.com/2018-19/jp/

My apologies, just saw that link on Reddit and assumed it was correct.

[Pixiehawk]

Ah, you are right. Tho, looking at FanFest -website, it's showing 1 hour less than your link.

https://fanfest.finalfantasyxiv.com/2018-19/jp/

My apologies, just saw that link on Reddit and assumed it was correct.

Grrrr, mine must not be accounting for that hr they just stole. Stupid daylight savings.

[Fland]

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.

I believe there are two areas, the Golmorre Jungle and the unnamed forest in the foothills of Skatay mountain range.

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'.

I think they mentioned something about the possibility of Viera leaving the jungle if the "green word" deemed it necessary or something along that line. So that could be the case regarding these 'hares'.

[cicatriz313]

Was there something in game that specifically mentioned hares leaving with imperial?

[Fland]

Was there something in game that specifically mentioned hares leaving with imperial?

Yes, from one of the NPC in Prima Vista:

Company Tragedian: “You spoke with a Viera, you say? How exotic! I recall reading that following the Empire’s occupation of Dalmasca, several imperial army units were sent into the jungles to round up the hares and bring them to Rabanastre. As you might imagine, only a few of the soldiers returned… and the few Viera with them appeared to have followed on their own volition.”

Since the garleans brought them to Rabanastre, I suppose these were some of the Vieras that want to live in civilization, perhaps for varying reasons.

[Sehrina]

Yes, from one of the NPC in Prima Vista:

Company Tragedian: “You spoke with a Viera, you say? How exotic! I recall reading that following the Empire’s occupation of Dalmasca, several imperial army units were sent into the jungles to round up the hares and bring them to Rabanastre. As you might imagine, only a few of the soldiers returned… and the few Viera with them appeared to have followed on their own volition.”

I wonder if the texts meant the term "hares" for males specifically, or was it just a simple derogatory term? If what the Company Tragedian read was of Garlean writing, I can definitely see the term being used for Viera in general. Either way this could still point the way towards either gender making the conscious decision to leave the wood considering how vague it is.
Do you have a screenshot of this text? The NPC says something different for me atm, so I'm guessing that it was at a previous point of the 24 man story.
(If this was discussed earlier in the thread I may have missed it sorry. I thought I read most of it, but then again there now like 300 pages to sort through.)

[Gwenorai]

I wonder if the texts meant the term "hares" for males specifically, or was it just a simple derogatory term? If what the Company Tragedian read was of Garlean writing, I can definitely see the term being used for Viera in general. Either way this could still point the way towards either gender making the conscious decision to leave the wood considering how vague it is.
Do you have a screenshot of this text? The NPC says something different for me atm, so I'm guessing that it was at a previous point of the 24 man story.
(If this was discussed earlier in the thread I may have missed it sorry. I thought I read most of it, but then again there now like 300 pages to sort through.)

I'm not sure if he says it before or after Fran is on the ship as that would be extremely telling if it was a derogatory term or not - she would have heard him. I very much remember him saying this however; if I can I'll try and post a screen in a later date. Though I do believe it's in this thread perhaps part of the Viera lore dump you can read here; http://mirkemenagerie.tumblr.com/pos...7699/the-viera. This provides a lot of information on Viera right down to their population in FF14 Dalmasca - uses both 'Return to Ivalice' and the 'Eorzea Encylopedia II'.


Another quote I found interesting;
"Rabanastre became a key staging ground for imperial forces in the campaign, and from there the Empire advanced into Nagxia. Although the realm was divided amongst several clans that were unable to muster a united resistance, imperial forces were at a disadvantage, as the local resistance took advantage of the dense jungle climes to frustrate the invaders’ movements and stage ambushes. It took nearly three whole years for Garlemald to subjugate the whole of Nagxia, ultimately by relying upon small, highly trained mobile units scouring the jungles until the last belligerents were brought to heel, allowing the Empire in 1552 of the Sixth Astral Era to devote its attention wholly to the conquest of Yanxia and the Kingdom of Doma.”

'Highly trained small mobile units' sounds like Viera - especially if they're able to navigate the jungle climates and take out those who have the home turf with inferior numbers.

[cicatriz313]

'Highly trained small mobile units' sounds like Viera - especially if they're able to navigate the jungle climates and take out those who have the home turf with inferior numbers.

I mean, sure, but it also sounds like the navy seals lol. It's interesting if that hares going with the imperials thing is true though. Definitely sounds like the past though, and the wandering thaumaturge does mention how you don't see Viera in the city so it's strange.

[Gwenorai]

It was in the past, aye, before Doma fell. I don't recall when Rabanastre was taken, so 30+ ago years? Giving it enough time for a Viera WoL to be born outside of the wood or to move to Eorzea. Wandering Dramaturge's lines seem to be different in regards to Japanese and English; been like that for a long time - his words could have a different meaning in the Japanese version.

[cicatriz313]

It was in the past, aye, before Doma fell. I don't recall when Rabanastre was taken, so 30+ ago years? Giving it enough time for a Viera WoL to be born outside of the wood or to move to Eorzea. Wandering Dramaturge's lines seem to be different in regards to Japanese and English; been like that for a long time - his words could have a different meaning in the Japanese version.

I mean, do you have access to the JP words or are you just going off of what someone else said? I would like to look at them and see if I can put my rudimentary Japanese to the test.

Edit: Gonna see if I can swap my client lol