Multicolored horses... Great! But why no multicolor chocobos?

[Kyan]

Lore wise for FFXIV, horses are actually native to the Far East (the continent of Othard), and are not found naturally in Eorzea, other than a species of unicorn being native to Coerthas, hence the player mounts.

Correct, horses are in the Far East! Though, I do not agree that it is the same as the continent of Othard (it has not been stated that Othard is the Far East, just that it is east of Eorzea/Aldenard. I could be wrong, as there is no specification that it isn't, either. But, there is a lot of care taken by the localisation team when referring to an items origins from the Far East or from Othard, as seen in their descriptions. We have not had an item which links both those names together.)

However, are they truly native to the Far East? They could be. But, horses are present in at least one other continent - Ilsabard. The item description of Sea Bo provides this evidence.

I will also speculate that the New Continent (also known as the West), also could have horses on it - this is tentative on which continent the Miqo'te originate (I am uncertain as to where Miqo'te came from? The West? The South? The moon?). Here is why:

• Hipparions are an extinct relative of the horse in the real world.
• The K tribe of the Sunseeker have the hipparion as their totem animal.

• The tribe names are originally based on traditional beastkin, scalekin, or cloudkin totems, which are said to protect the tribe.
• Whilst the sounds of the tribe letters changed to match the Eorzean alphabet, the tribe names are based on animals before the migration - these animals should be native to the lands where the Miqo'te originate from.

Perhaps I am clutching as straws with the last one, but I think it is a convincing argument!