Quote Originally Posted by Shofie View Post
Dragons in FFXIV have shown no ability nor inclination to disguise themselves as any of the playable races (or anything else really, for that matter), and is more of a concept from World of Warcraft where their dragons do it regularly.

They DO have powerful magick, but at no point has shapeshifting into non-dragonoid forms ever been seen before. While I can't say it "can't" be done, there's absolutely no precedent for them to do so.

We have multiple examples of elven bodies transforming into something "draconic" (though they're more like wyverns and I'm not sure those are true dragons, but rather, just pale imitations of them). Once they change, they cannot change back; it's a one-way trip. Estinien is more of a special case because he had an eye, and Nidhogg was influencing him and Estinien's outward change is just more or less a reflection of Nidhogg's corruption. In the scene you are specifically mentioning where Nidhogg puppets Estinien's body around, it's literally done as a way of mocking the player character over his hubris, more or less.

The strongest impression I get from most of the story involving Dragons is that they honestly wouldn't turn into a Spoken race even if they could, because for the most part, we are so far "beneath" them it'd be laughable. Again, there's not really any evidence of any dragon really doing this either; and if any dragon could I'd think Hraesvelgar would be a pretty obvious choice considering he loved an elezen woman and that would've made life a lot easier for everyone.

So I guess the short version is: If your friend is looking for validation that dragons can turn into any of the playable races: There isn't any, nor is there any reason to support it.

However, if you want to do it, go wild, have fun with it. Just realize it's not particularly supported by the lore, and people outside of your RP may not be comfortable with the idea if they consider it lore-breaking.
Oh, the character is mine. I was discussing it with her because we both enjoy RP.

And that's one of the things I like about FFXIV's lore. It is very detailed and intricate (a read through the Encyclopaedia Eorzea books is testament to this), but there's just enough ambiguity and unexplained details that you can play around with it. Hence, even though dragons do not exhibit shapeshifting powers as you have stated, it's not explicitly stated that they can't. I can work in a justification for my character. >w>

Thank you for your reply.