The Lore of Inter-breeding

[ErikMynhier]

As we move through the game where five very similar races live and work together, we see that there is not one mixed race person on the planet, npc wise. So this raises the obvious question, can the races interbreed and when/if they do what happens. Is this a pokemon situation where two different monsters breed, but one race is dominate and the child is born as one or the other? Or is interbreeding impossible?

[LPLIVETV]

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...l=1#post490835

[Toranja]

Can different races crossbreed?

Answer: Yes, but it is rare...and often difficult due to cultural differences, etc. which is why you don't see it often. The lore team has informed me that there will be future quests/events that touch on this and other issues, such as love and marriage.

Okay, now we know there can be cross-breeding. But, we still aren't aware of a case of cross-breeding or the circumstances surrounding it.

[faris]

Please don't call it inter-breeding, it's like ...members of the same family that way. r-rofl.

But! In 1.0, there was one couple, Niellfresne (a Wildwood) and F'halminn (a Seeker) which indeed were an item. There doesn't appear to be any stigma against dating outside one's race in this game (so logically, clan shouldn't be a problem either), though we've yet to see any bi-products.

[jomoru]

Okay, now we know there can be cross-breeding. But, we still aren't aware of a case of cross-breeding or the circumstances surrounding it.

There's an Entire Playable half Roe race, though.

[Velox]

Can you imagine what the offspring would look like between a Lalafell and a Miqo'te? The cuteness would probably cause diabetes.

[Sephirah]

There's an Entire Playable half Roe race, though.

We don't actually know if that's true, from the Lore, they've only said this is a joke between Mid-Highlanders.

Fun Fact: Some Midlanders like to joke that because Highlander names have a very Roegadyn feel to them (in addition to highlanders being very large and muscular), that the clan is somehow “less Hyuran.” Many an alehouse brawl has broken out as a result of a Midlander in his cups uttering such quips as ‘Your mother was a Sea Wolf ’ in the presence of a Highlander. Needless to say, most of these quarrels do not end well for the instigator.

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Can you imagine what the offspring would look like between a Lalafell and a Miqo'te? The cuteness would probably cause diabetes.

Wouldn't that pretty much just be a normal cat?

[Sylentmana]

This may sound bad, but I never liked the idea of races being able to breed with other races in fantasy settings. The fact that they can breed suggests that there is a common evolutionary ancestor and that fact makes them each seem less unique to me. Like they are all just the same species just with different breeds, like dogs or cats. I had hoped that their shared humanoid appearance was superficial and that they were biologically more diverse. Seems kinda boring otherwise. Probably just me though.

[Asphe]

Quite true... we humes have lived with our pet cats and dogs for eons and there has not been anything from that. Aside from the fact that dogs think we're gods and cats think they are.

Leave things be. Let the furries have the rest.

[Velox]

The fact that they can breed suggests that there is a common evolutionary ancestor and that fact makes them each seem less unique to me. Like they are all just the same species just with different breeds, like dogs or cats.

Well biologically they look too similar to not be related in SOME way through the evolutionary tree. Scientists recently found traces of Homo neanderthalensis DNA within our own, showing that even when there was 2 distinct species of Humans at one time that looked nothing alike, they were close enough related to breed and produce offspring with mixed blood. Those traces, even though they are small, are being passed down through the generations even today. In fact, it may be possible that the breeding between the races passed along just the right traits from both that allowed are species to survive the bitter cold of the last ice age.