How often do the different Races inter-mingle with each other?

[NessaWyvern]

There's some new NPC chatter outside the AST trainer that involves a hyur woman being forced into a marriage with an elezen male, and afterwards she stares wistfully at another (poor) elezen

If you look really really close, she actually has short pointy ears, I was disappointed when I saw that was the case

[Vergill]

Nessa, you're were talking about Moenbryda. Actually, i was really into shippin' Bryda and Urianger, for seein' him all flustered and nervous with her about was simply joyfull. I actually felt sorry for him when [SPOILERS ALERT!] she sacrificed herself to kill the Ascian guy.

That lass did really born with an Axe on her hand, really liked her. Shame she had to die!

[Antonio_Xul]

I still can't find the earlier mentioned Potatofel that is trying to touch Cat Girl butt in Aleport, and I really want to see if it's as funny as it sounds.

It's Mimidoa

http://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Mimidoa

[Antonio_Xul]

Though we're never told how many couples between those two were so the numbers might've been low and like how you get either a boy or a girl there's a 50% chance if could be a Human or not. Well seeing as FFXIV Lore mentions the child will always be the same as the mother.

I've always wondered why they never added half-breed or interracial races in game as this would obviously occur with so many different combination of love interests, but now that I read that the mother's race takes preference, it all makes sense now. Where can I read upon that?

[LineageRazor]

I've always wondered why they never added half-breed or interracial races in game as this would obviously occur with so many different combination of love interests, but now that I read that the mother's race takes preference, it all makes sense now. Where can I read upon that?

While this would make sense, sadly the game has made a hash of this particular theory with the introduction of Hilda, the Mongrel. Her mother was Hyur, and Hilda has distinctly pointed Elezen ears. As others have pointed out, she is this game's obligatory half-elf, much like Lilisette was in FFXI. And, also like Lilisette, she's the only half-breed visible in the whole game, when logically (given all the mixed-race romances we see among NPCs) they should be all over the place.

[Antonio_Xul]

While this would make sense, sadly the game has made a hash of this particular theory with the introduction of Hilda, the Mongrel. Her mother was Hyur, and Hilda has distinctly pointed Elezen ears. As others have pointed out, she is this game's obligatory half-elf, much like Lilisette was in FFXI. And, also like Lilisette, she's the only half-breed visible in the whole game, when logically (given all the mixed-race romances we see among NPCs) they should be all over the place.

I've never noticed that about Hilda. Interesting.

[PArcher]

when logically (given all the mixed-race romances we see among NPCs) they should be all over the place.

Just because there are mixed-race couples doesn't mean they are able to produce viable offspring. Look at the real world and inter-species breeding; most half-breeds die before birth, and many are born with serious defects that kill them shortly. There's only a few that are able to produce viable offspring, but even then they're still often "broken" (mules, for example, are sterile and can't breed at all)

[PArcher]

Just to add to my last post (don't feel like editing so late), perhaps we see a good amount of mixed-race couples because they cannot breed easily...

[thegreatonemal]

Just to add to my last post (don't feel like editing so late), perhaps we see a good amount of mixed-race couples because they cannot breed easily...

its already been stated that they can and the races in this game are just that races they aren't different species.

[PArcher]

its already been stated that they can and the races in this game are just that races they aren't different species.

Just because a Roe and a Lala can produce children doesn't mean they can any time they want. Could be that half-breeds have an insanely high miscarriage rate, and that most half-breed children that are brought to term have severe defects that kill them early on. Basically, the chances of actually having a healthy mixed-race child are so low that some would choose a romantic partner of another race just for this (heck, this may be what is happening in Ishgard; highborn Elezen romance their Hyur servants all the time and no one really cares...its just when the odds are defied do the gossips really start talking)

Look at dogs IRL. There's certain breeds that can't be mixed (Chihuahua and Great Dane are often brought up here), and I know of other animals that you would think can breed, but do not produce viable offspring at all.