Quote Originally Posted by Morningstar1337 View Post
o if I read the OP right, Sea Wolves were not native to Eorzea, but Hellsguards are? Was there some continental drift in play here?
The races have traveled far and wide and have risen and fallen in population in a given area over and over. What we see today is just the current status quo. Anything's possible.

This is an unconfirmed inference, but it looks like (in the case of the Elezen, Lalafell, Hyur, and Roegadyn) the clans were developed to reflect one being closer to the "original" group that came to Eorzea after the floods, and one that developed relatively recently. For instance, the Duskwight seem to be connected to living in Gelmorra and then not re-integrating into Gridania. The Dunesfolk seem to have arisen from living in Thanalan instead of the south sea islands or the La Noscean plains. The Highlanders seem to have adapted to the harsh regions of Gyr Abania. And the Hellsguard seem to have adapted to life in the Farreach. This only seems to break with the Miqo'te, who had established their clans before coming across the frozen seas from Meracydia.

What are now known as the Plainsfolk could be closer to the "original" Lalafell the way the what are now known as the Wildwood are closer to the Elezen of Ishgard, who've been distant from that divide for over a thousand years. In the same way, the Sea Wolves might be closer to the Roegadyn that came from the North, while the Hellsguard adapted to the volcanic Farreach later.