Quote Originally Posted by Bright-Flower View Post
Hien's comment is what solidifies it for me. The scientist guy you could argue as being biased, but Hien? I don't think he would buy into garlean propaganda like that. Plus, greater strength would help to offset them not being able to use aether to some degree.
It makes sense from an evolutionary perspective. Even if they didn't already have their increased physical abilities from the start, I'd wager being driven out into such harsh lands by the other aether-enabled races would've lead to them becoming quite a bit hardier over generations.