The Greystone Bastard (naming lore query)

[Yuyuka3]

I like the ASoFaI naming convention similarity idea, because if the name came from his mother, then that begs the question: why does it look so hyuran? Does Haurchefant harbor hyruan heritage that doesn't show AT ALL in his appearance? lol (I laugh but I would not put it past the devs)

I thought the same when I read the name, lol. But that there's really no hint for that, while it's quite visible on Hilda... Shouldn't there at least be something? Wouldn't that also mean that there could be much more half-breeds around than just her? It would have some interesting implications.

And considering the racial divide which favors elezen in Ishgard, if they do give ll illegitimate children a generic last name (like in ASoFaI), I can see it making sense for the illegitimate-kid name to be of the hyuran convention.

This is probable, I think. It's still quite sad he wasn't even allowed to really take on his family's surname...

(But hey, at least I wasn't mad for thinking 'this doesn't look like 'Fortemps' there, lol...)
But then, was he ever called Haurchefant Fortemps except by fans? I think he was allways described as the 'young lord(ling) of house Fortemps', so maybe that should have given us some hint earlier.