Names for the races on the ninth.

[Pimsan20]

So we have seen that in Alexandria, they have different names for the Lalafell, Hyur and Elezen. But i do wonder what the names of the other races Alexandria gave them on the ninth.

Like for hrothgar, will the alexandria use a gem that is related to lions? And for Au Ra, maybe based of a gem with the meaning of scales or horns? What do you guys think?

[Shistar]

Unless they go out of their way to tell us, it seems to be heavily implied Alexandria was basically Ishgard in the sense that there's only hyur and elezen, then lalafell were introduced after the Calamity of Ice. They might not even have an Alexandrian word for it just like an Ishgardian might have never seen a Viera before, and thus wouldn't know what to call them...


Malachite would be a nice stone for Hrothgar, maybe? Associated with loyalty and some may believe it to bring protection and courage.
I think a color changing stone that looks nice raw would be fitting to represent both Au Ra clans, maybe Fluorite? The meaning I found was nothing particularly interesting, but the stone itself is really cool looking.

[Cleretic]

Unless they go out of their way to tell us, it seems to be heavily implied Alexandria was basically Ishgard in the sense that there's only hyur and elezen, then lalafell were introduced after the Calamity of Ice. They might not even have an Alexandrian word for it just like an Ishgardian might have never seen a Viera before, and thus wouldn't know what to call them...

The Alexandria dungeon has a miqo'te NPC or two. We most likely didn't hear about Alexandria having their own miqo'te because it simply wasn't important; Sphene brings up the hhetsaro to Wuk Lamat specifically, and outside of that the only prominent miqo'te are the family in the Arcadion, who are Yyasulani descendants. There's also an NPC in Living Memory that confirms the existence of dwarves outside of the milalla, they were just rather insular as a community.

I think it's reasonable that the Ninth would've had almost all the races we're familiar with (with the obvious exception of the Ixal and maybe the Garleans for the usual reasons). Alexandria may not have, but we also can't be strictly confident about that; after all, not only is are direct observations on our end not really useful evidence in many cases, Alexandria's knowledge of itself is rather famously incomplete.

EDIT: I did a quick check through the dungeons, and yes, there are two miqo'te in the Alexandria dungeon, one in the first section and one in the last; my guess is they're Keepers. The Meso Terminal is much harder to check because the NPCs aren't there in Explorer Mode, but scrubbing through a recording I couldn't see any races outside of hyur, elezen and milalla; I wouldn't be surprised if some of them were roegadyn, but I couldn't get a good enough look to be sure.

If you're the type to want clan specifics, the miqo'te seem to be keepers, the milalla are only ever plainsfolk, and for the elezen I'm not 100% but they all seemed to be duskwight. Hyur are almost all midlanders, but there's some highlanders in the Meso Terminal.

[MikkoAkure]

Like for hrothgar, will the alexandria use a gem that is related to lions? And for Au Ra, maybe based of a gem with the meaning of scales or horns? What do you guys think?

Barring a few notable examples (Sphene and Geode), seemingly only Eldites have gem/stone related names. The Ninth’s Hyune have Greek names. The names of the races themselves don’t seem to be named after gems unless I’m missing something.

[ChoDerecho]

So we have seen that in Alexandria, they have different names for the Lalafell, Hyur and Elezen. But i do wonder what the names of the other races Alexandria gave them on the ninth.

Like for hrothgar, will the alexandria use a gem that is related to lions? And for Au Ra, maybe based of a gem with the meaning of scales or horns? What do you guys think?

Some races ended up functionally extinct on the Ninth, with the Milala being the SECOND Lalafell population on the Ninth. The original ones were Dwarves (same name, different from the ones on the First), the remnants of which ended up interbreeding with the Milala until they no longer existed as a separate subrace - since their home was obliterated along with much of the Ninth's lands.

If it was Hrothgar, I'd name them Tsavori- after the real-life Lion of Merelani, a 116.6 carat tsavorite gem found in the Smithsonian Museum's Hall of Gems along things like the Hope Diamond and the biggest cut gem of it's kind in the world. It's a stunning cats-eye-color green, too.

[Iscah]

Like for hrothgar, will the alexandria use a gem that is related to lions? And for Au Ra, maybe based of a gem with the meaning of scales or horns? What do you guys think?

Malachite would be a nice stone for Hrothgar, maybe? [...] I think a color changing stone that looks nice raw would be fitting to represent both Au Ra clans, maybe Fluorite?

If it was Hrothgar, I'd name them Tsavori-

As Mikko noted earlier, there is no apparent connection between any of the races and stones besides individual Eldite names. For some reason they had Sphene talk about it as if everyone is named after stones, but the others have their own distinct naming patterns. Hyune are Greek-derived (and at least three of them are plant-related, not rocks) and Milalla are usually pattern-based like their Source cousins.

Edit to add: It's possible that earlier drafts had everyone with stone-themed names but they drifted away from it and didn't update the remark – and of course they have to justify Sphene herself (and Geode) but maybe they're invisibly part-Eldite or named after a friend of their parents or something.

Some races ended up functionally extinct on the Ninth, with the Milala being the SECOND Lalafell population on the Ninth. The original ones were Dwarves (same name, different from the ones on the First), the remnants of which ended up interbreeding with the Milala until they no longer existed as a separate subrace - since their home was obliterated along with much of the Ninth's lands.

Where are you getting this from? As far as I'm aware there's just one guy in Living Memory who makes some reference to FF9 dwarf stuff, but nothing (to my recollection) about how the Milalla fit into the picture. I am not sure where to get the quote from though.

[Cleretic]

Where are you getting this from? As far as I'm aware there's just one guy in Living Memory who makes some reference to FF9 dwarf stuff, but nothing (to my recollection) about how the Milalla fit into the picture. I am not sure where to get the quote from though.

Specifically, the mention of the dwarves, in the quest In Search of Discovery:

My ancestors aren't actually Alexandrian, but hailed from a place called Conde Petie.

They had some unique customs there. For instance, when greeting someone, you had to say "lali-ho" in a spirited manner.

Our settlement was also famous for a gigantic tree that grew nearby. It was so enormous that, when you stood at its base, the roots covering the gound went beyond the horizon.

The terminal here at Windspath Gardens is apparently inspired by that very tree─the Iifa Tree, its name was.

It may not be real, but it's nice to have it as a memento for posterity.

There's no further information here, no indication of interbreeding or anything. In fact, there's technically not evidence of dwarves, there's merely indirect hints that we recognize as Dwarf Stuff; 'lali-ho' and Conde Petie being where FFIX's dwarves are.

[MikkoAkure]

It's possible that earlier drafts had everyone with stone-themed names but they drifted away from it and didn't update the remark – and of course they have to justify Sphene herself (and Geode) but maybe they're invisibly part-Eldite or named after a friend of their parents or something.

Interestingly, their names are both Greek AND a rock. Sphene’s surname is the very Greek “Alexandros”. I don’t think we have surnames for anyone else at this time though.

Sphene says she was named due to the meaning attached to the gemstone being “eternal light” and her parents wanting her to be a “beacon of hope” but we also know that she’s “Sphene Alexandros XIV” so there’s been at least 13 other Sphenes who were Queen of Alexandria.

[SilverArrow20XX]

I think it's probably a safe assumption that all of the shards have all of the player races that Mankind split into.
The implication to me has always been that the shards were all identical at minute 1, but then had their own histories from there.
So the Ninth undoubtedly has names for all the races, though since only Alexandria seems to have any surviving life, it's possible some may be extinct.

I took the Conde Petie callout to be a reference to the native Ninth Milalla population, and that the character was descended from them, rather than the Aloalo ones.
Really though, it's possible Conde Petie was established by the Aloalo Milalla. I can't remember if it was ever established when in the Ninth's history they showed up, but it was thousands of years ago on the Source.

[RedLolly]

Question. What was the call-out about the race we call Garlean not being on other shards? Are they unique to the source like the Ixal?