Are hrothgar and coeurls related?

[MikkoAkure]

From what I can tell, there is no relation. However, considering that we do not encounter any Couerls or Behemoths on the First, I'm going to go under a crazy theory that they are in fact Hrothgar experimented on by the Allagans, which led to the creations of these creatures out in the wild. This would explain why there are none on the First, because the Allagans did not exist there, and the one major Empire that did, Ronka, was ruled BY Hrothgar.

Couerls are native to Thavnair. It would make sense why we don't see any on the First because their version of Thavnair was eaten up by the Flood. Behemoths are anyone's guess since the lorebook says they were completely unknown until the latest umbral era but personally I'm personally kind of sick of everything being traced back to the Allagans.

As far as why there are some hrothgar with couerl whiskers, I think it's just that the devs wanted a creative option that felt Final Fantasy-esque rather than anything that's supposed to be seriously looked into.

[Roda]

As far as why there are some hrothgar with couerl whiskers, I think it's just that the devs wanted a creative option that felt Final Fantasy-esque rather than anything that's supposed to be seriously looked into.

Maybe that's just what happens to big cats when a certain gene is turned on, and couerls have it turned on by default?
Like pump enough Big Whisker Hormone into a lion and it'll sprout some of those too?

[DeirdreLeaf]

Maybe that's just what happens to big cats when a certain gene is turned on, and couerls have it turned on by default?
Like pump enough Big Whisker Hormone into a lion and it'll sprout some of those too?

Lions in this game don't need anymore of any kind of hormone. We're kinda lucky Hrothgar don't look like their shoulders are going to explode too.

[RyuDragnier]

Couerls are native to Thavnair. It would make sense why we don't see any on the First because their version of Thavnair was eaten up by the Flood. Behemoths are anyone's guess since the lorebook says they were completely unknown until the latest umbral era but personally I'm personally kind of sick of everything being traced back to the Allagans.

Ahh, but who was there in Thavnair in the past? THE ALLAGAN EMPIRE! Joking aside, I find it silly to not assume the Allagans could be involved, they literally created the Ixali, captured Elder Primals, made Dalamud, and Crystal Tower (a tower made up of white auracite). They had their hands in so many things we've encountered up to now that it's not inconceivable.