Original Xaela Tribes?

[pixiecutter]

So Xaela Au Ra are described as having 51 different tribes, but with the merging, splitting, and destruction of tribes there is likely more tribes that have been newly created or yet to be discovered. So has anyone made their own name and lore for a Xaela tribe that they would like to share? I just think it's interesting and would love to hear what people have come up with.

[Bright-Flower]

I had a Xaela character for a while where part of her backstory was being in a small isolated tribe that was conquered and absorbed into one of the larger ones, the 'second largest' one but I forget what tribe that was.

I never really fleshed out the original tribe through, it was more a means to make the character less loyal to the tribe that conquered hers and give her a reason to strike out on her own and end up in Eorzea.

[Ayin]

Tsakhilgaan tribe here. xD

I always try to come up with own names/tribes/families etc for my mains at least, it's just something I have fun thinking while creating the characters. Also did that when I played a keeper of the moon in ARR and did it again for my xaela from Heavensward onward.

I don't have everything typed down in detail, and some of the things i have thought are not in the lore like their deity, but the general idea I went with is that they live further north of the Azim Steppe, in the mountains you can see from the map, if there's snow even better. They are good with blacksmithing, thaumaturgy, alchemy and all things dark magic (even the melee fighters use it). They migrate south during winter and trade with other northern tribes, then go back further north in the summer. They believe in some sort of thunder/lightning deity: like Azim is sort of a Steppe version of Azeyma, I thought they must have some version of Rhalgr or Ramuh of their own *shrug*. Also they're nocturnal and their clothing is warm and dyed dark blues and purples.

I should refine and write down their lore sometime, it's mostly random disconnected ideas.

[Daralii]

Tsakhilgaan tribe here. xD

I always try to come up with own names/tribes/families etc for my mains at least, it's just something I have fun thinking while creating the characters. Also did that when I played a keeper of the moon in ARR and did it again for my xaela from Heavensward onward.

I don't have everything typed down in detail, and some of the things i have thought are not in the lore like their deity, but the general idea I went with is that they live further north of the Azim Steppe, in the mountains you can see from the map, if there's snow even better. They are good with blacksmithing, thaumaturgy, alchemy and all things dark magic (even the melee fighters use it). They migrate south during winter and trade with other northern tribes, then go back further north in the summer. They believe in some sort of thunder/lightning deity: like Azim is sort of a Steppe version of Azeyma, I thought they must have some version of Rhalgr or Ramuh of their own *shrug*. Also they're nocturnal and their clothing is warm and dyed dark blues and purples.

I should refine and write down their lore sometime, it's mostly random disconnected ideas.

Tribes living up in the mountains is canon, so nothing wrong with that. There are even supposed to be Raen enclaves up there.

[Ramesses]

So Xaela Au Ra are described as having 51 different tribes, but with the merging, splitting, and destruction of tribes there is likely more tribes that have been newly created or yet to be discovered. So has anyone made their own name and lore for a Xaela tribe that they would like to share? I just think it's interesting and would love to hear what people have come up with.

You could check out these amazing artwork HERE by Ojiyaff... it is titled "51 Scales" and the artist actually made sketches of each of the 51 Xaela clan tribes... you just might find some inspiration there.

[Daralii]

You could check out these amazing artwork HERE by Ojiyaff... it is titled "51 Scales" and the artist actually made sketches of each of the 51 Xaela clan tribes... you just might find some inspiration there.

A chunk of it was lost when Tumblr did their porn purge for some inane reason. I don't know if it's been reuploaded anywhere.

[Ayin]

That's sad if some were lost. I love that series of artworks. Damn you Tumblr.

[Ramesses]

A chunk of it was lost when Tumblr did their porn purge for some inane reason. I don't know if it's been reuploaded anywhere.

Strange... all the images always upload perfectly for me... every single last one of the 51 sketches. Ojiyaff was purposely uploading one new sketch everyday until Stormblood's official launch day (June 20th, not early access)... never had an issue viewing the drawings.

Did you even try the link...?

[Ramesses]

That's sad if some were lost. I love that series of artworks. Damn you Tumblr.

Same as my post above... were you able to access the link?

[Ayin]

Yes I was able to access the link but I noticed some tribes seem to be missing, granted i did not memorize the order they were in before, but there's a jump from 4.Avagnar to 7.Bolir, and others. Not sure since I haven't looked in a long time, though.