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[Rosenstrauch]

If we're talking "Where did the Garleans come from?", ever since the introduction of the Ancients/Amaurotine people, I've always been partial to the idea that they are the descendants of that race, and that their inability to manipulate aether was inflicted on them. By who, I don't know. Hydaelyn, perhaps. Or the Ascians, as a long running setup for what would eventually become the Garlean Empire.

I base this on absolutely nothing, of course, save for the fact that it's really hard to imagine Emet-Selch without a Garlean third eye.

[Vyrerus]

If we're talking "Where did the Garleans come from?", ever since the introduction of the Ancients/Amaurotine people, I've always been partial to the idea that they are the descendants of that race, and that their inability to manipulate aether was inflicted on them. By who, I don't know. Hydaelyn, perhaps. Or the Ascians, as a long running setup for what would eventually become the Garlean Empire.

I base this on absolutely nothing, of course, save for the fact that it's really hard to imagine Emet-Selch without a Garlean third eye.

The Garleans are likely an Allagan Redux. A puppet empire that's easier to manipulate, because they had their ability to manipulate aether engineered out of them. The Allagans on the other hand seemed to be comprised of most normal races or a race that could manipulate aether, as evidenced by Xande, SMN questline, and all of the stuff that says they could.

With what we know about them knowing the exact mechanics of tempering, and that they could have cured it... it's likely that the Ascians decided to go with a race that couldn't, even if they somehow came up with the formulae.

As for the third eye... perhaps that was a flair Emet-selch gave Garleans, because Ancients did have them. I mean, we haven't been shown any that don't wear masks hehe.