That's not a Tia! (moonfire spoilers)

[Catapult]

(S'imba, you must take your place in the circle of life...)

Perhaps the thing I find most curious is that IF the writers had been aware that Miqo'te were involved, it would have been taken as an opportunity to tell a uniquely R-tribe story. But it wasn't. And that's sad. And that's why I assume that the writers didn't know.

[Keever]

The self-proclaimed Seekers of the Sun are the diurnal clan of the Miqo'te race. Their preference for the warm light of day pervades all aspects of their culture, as is apparent in their devout reverence for Azeyma the Warden, goddess of the sun. Though relatively few in Eorzea, a small number of them have been accepted into everyday life by the other races in the port city of Limsa Lominsa. Others are known to make their home in the region of the Sagolii Desert.

Unsurprisingly, given their self-bestowed clan name, the Seekers of the Sun count numerous devotees of Azeyma, the Warden, among their ranks. While their overall numbers are not great, their twenty-six tribes are scattered across all reaches of the realm, with small Seeker settlements to be found from the sands of the Sagolii Desert in southern Thanalan to the jagged peaks of Gyr Abania. Yet other Seekers have settled in Limsa Lominsa, drawn to the freedom of pirate life. Many Seekers, particularly those of the younger generation, choose to set off as adventurers, perhaps heeding the same call of the wild their ancestors once heard.

Born in Limsa Lominsa, Commander [R'ashaht] Rhiki left her parents' home before her twentieth nameday to seek her fortune as an adventurer.

We simply must assume that R'fhul, his sister and parents are/were are simply city-living Miqo'te, despite still following tribal naming conventions and perhaps keeping some connections to their old tribe. Compare the J tribe members in Ala Ghiri.

[TinyRedLeaf]

We simply must assume that R'fhul, his sister and parents are/were are simply city-living Miqo'te, despite still following tribal naming conventions and perhaps keeping some connections to their old tribe. Compare the J tribe members in Ala Ghiri.

Indeed! I'm not quite sure why this is confusing.

Consider this: I'm a member of the Chinese diaspora. Both my parents are Chinese. My father came from China, and my mother from another country in Southeast Asia. I became a naturalised citizen of my country at age 11.

I have a Chinese name (alongside an English one, in line with my country's norms), and I can read, speak and write Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese). My family follows most of the common Chinese customs, and observes most of the major Chinese festivals. But, even so, when I first visited my father's hometown at age 12, it was a huge culture shock — because what I thought I knew to be "Chinese" was very different from what it means to be Chinese in the mainland. For one thing, the emphasis on the extended family was much, much more noticeable. The emphasis of knowing one's roots was also very strong (ie, my cousins, uncles and aunts take it as given that I'd trace my genealogy back to China, even though I barely have any emotional ties with the mainland, and remain a passionate citizen of my birth country).

And all the above is even before I discuss all the other customs practised in my ancestral land that I don't even know about, let alone practise.

The R' siblings in the Moonfaire Faire story were, to me, probably just children a miqo'te immigrant family that had settled in Limsa Lominsa for at least two generations or more. They may follow their tribe's naming conventions, but that shouldn't mean that they would strictly follow their ancestral norms. At least, not of all it, any more.