Quote Originally Posted by Cilia View Post
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...
It's probably either this or being half Garlean . In FF12 Noah's mother was Archadian, and when the empire of Archadia conquered Landis he went to them and swore loyalty, eventually becoming a Judge (equivalent to Garlemald's legati). I could see them doing the same thing here but swapping Archadia for Garlemald.