The Lore of Inter-breeding

[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.

[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.

[Talonk]

It would be cool if we got some NPC's that are mixed race but then the cry for make them playable would happen and yoshi-p already says no to new races.

[True-to-Caesar]

I do hope you were not thinking of lalafells

I still think the "only purebloods can have the third eye" was a lie told to make the Garlean people feel special, and prove their superiority to themselves. If those "savages" weren't inferior, they'd have a third eye, wouldn't they?

Well it’s implied the only half garlean we meet in the game didn’t have a third eye at all despite his mother trying to cut out a pimple. So as far as we know it is indeed a unique racial trait. Like Roegadyns and their blocky noses, or elezens and their elf ears.