Quote Originally Posted by YianKutku View Post
One oddity is that Noah van Gabranth, in all his appearances (back in the Ivalice raids and here), looks Garlean. As in, they use the Elezen skeleton (and emotes) that many Garlean NPCs use.

We can see this in the final stinger cutscene with him and Menenius rem Lanatus. They're the same height and standing pose (ie Elezen), and Menenius has the Elezen ear-pockets in his headgear.

So either Noah is pureblooded Garlean, or he's Elezen.
If anything, the issue being pressed will probably be resolved by a technicality.

We know the Republic of Garlemald was formed by consolidating a number of Garlean villages under one banner. There's nothing saying they got them all, which leaves the door open for some Garlean outliers not in the Empire (neé Republic) that could swear fealty upon being conquered. If that's the case it's plausible for there to be a pureblood Garlean Legatus who was not born in the Empire, and who passed his position down to his son upon death.

What information we have states only that one needs to be of Garlean ancestry to go past "sas," so...