Question about the Raen

[HappyHaunt]

Sorry not to clued up on the lore here; do all of them come from under the sea? Are there more towns under there? Asking as I have a Raen character and don't know much about them, there seemed a lot more lore on Xaela.

[KageTokage]

They originally lived on the steppe with the Xaela, but for reasons unknown decided to abandon the nomadic lifestyle and settle throughout Othard.

Sui-no-Sato is just one particularly reclusive settlement and they're said to be found all over the continent.

[HappyHaunt]

Ah okay, thank you for the information.

[Yuriane]

I play a Raen and was very confused when the only Raen settlement was under the water so I refreshed my knowledge on the subject.
Prior to Stormblood what we knew about the Raen was that they lived in "the Savage Peaks of Othard" but also it was stated that they integrated themselves into other communities.

Drawing on this we can basically deduce that Raen come in 2 varieties of their own. The ones that absorbed themselves into other cultures like Doma or Hingashi after leaving the Steppe, and the ones that created their own reclusive settlements away from prying eyes such as the ones of Sui-no-Sato. It seems likely that there would be a few Raen settlements in the mountain ranges around the Steppe too, as well as maybe a few other underwater settlements around the coast of Othard, although I'd be more willing to believe the underwater ones encompass the minority of reclusive Raen villages.

[LineageRazor]

There are also some Raen among the Malaguld Xaela tribe (notable for being the only Xaela tribe willing to accept Raen among their number). Of course, these Raen tend to be exiles, so they COULD have originated from Sui-no-Sato.

Still, as others have noted, Sui-no-Sato is likely NOT the only home to Raen. Yugiri's leaving the underwater settlement was noted to be an unusual thing - and yet there are many, many Raen to be found in places like Kugane, and they're scattered here and there in other places, as well - even Eorzea has a few. This seems like far too many to have all originated in that same underwater town.

[HappyHaunt]

Thank you both for the information; it would be interesting to see if there were some remote mountain Raen settlements; all the lore for the Xaela was interesting, hoping the Raen get more lore later as well.

Had no idea there were Raen in one of the Xaela tribes, that's pretty awesome.

[Dualgunner]

There are also some Raen among the Malaguld Xaela tribe (notable for being the only Xaela tribe willing to accept Raen among their number). Of course, these Raen tend to be exiles, so they COULD have originated from Sui-no-Sato..

Okay quick question:

is being accepted as an honorary member of the Mol tribe something that happens for raen players?

[KageTokage]

It happens for everybody.

Xaela are the only race/clan that get any kind of changed dialogue at the steppe, and only two lines of it to boot.

[LineageRazor]

Okay quick question:

It happens for everybody.

Yup. Bear in mind, though, that the Warrior of Light (and hir friends) are an exception to a LOT of traditions and rules throughout the game. If anyone is going to get an honor from which their race/gender/class is normally excluded, it would be the WoL. It's not really fair to use the player character as a counterexample.

[Mysterysword]

Speaking of the Raen reminds me of a few questions I had:

- Do the Raen living underwater also all have the Kojin blessing? (going by the Ruby Princess sidequests, I assume so)
- If they do, is this blessing a lifelong, permanent thing, and that's also applicable to us?
- Seriously, magic that is capable of changing our respiratory system so much that we can breathe water as easily as air? Why does this secretly sound like a primal's influence to me?