Quote Originally Posted by Averax View Post
Viera don't procreate often, likely due to their longevity. (we learn that they can live at least 3 times as long as elezen can somewhere along the MSQ, and elezen can live up to 200 years iirc). So babysitting is probably not a huge part of their job.

Viera men stick together and defend the borders of their homelands from beasts and people alike, only rarely coming back into the female settlements for either trade or procreation. It's a rather time consuming gig, i gather. Their lore is a slightly more intense version of the Keeper of the Moon Miqo'te males.
"Once every three to five summers, male Viera will descend from the trees to a nearby village to mate"

"1 of every 10 is born male"

"More than few will perish during this brutal rite of passage, further thinning the tribe’s males"

Every 3-5 years is ridiculously often for a race that lives as long, so either they mate but no baby comes out, or the mortality rate of both male and female is depressingly high enough to balance it out - and since there are few males to begin with, only a few Viera will give birth (unless they go the Seeker route where a single male has fun with an entire village)