What if the Devs added another "Clan" for each Race?

[Eloah]

I'm not sure if anyone has mentioned this, but quickly glancing it doesn't look like it.

But the devs have stated that more than the two clans we have access to do exist. It's just that, like in real life, genetic variance is so vast, yet similar to one another, that distinguishing features are like a dime a dozen. What that means in terms of reality is that, people aren't so different from one another. What that means in terms of game play is the devs are not making another model for someone who is just going to look exactly the same as everyone else, lol.

This is exemplified in game by several characters too. Yda, Minfilia, and Warburton are all Highlanders, despite using midlands models. It makes semi sense for Yda and Minfilia, given the female model didn't exist yet, but Warbirton uses the Midlander model even though a Highlander one existed in 1.0. (Although, this could be a way of showcasing that there can be variations within a "clan". Just because someone is a Highlander doesn't mean they have to be super tall, lol.)

Any of the Hyurs met in the east aren't referred to as Highlanders or Midlanders, but as Eastern Hyurs. The same with Gosetsu, the devs stated, he isn't a Hellsgard or a Seawolf but another "clan" entirely.

This is exemplified in game too, by stating that over time one "clan" can divulge enough to become it own separate thing after a time. The Duskwight Elezen were once a part of the Wildwood, but became their own thing after several generations of isolation. The same is true for the Elezen of Ishgard, and the Au Ra of Sui-no-Sato.

So you see there aren't just two clans in game. We just have access to two versions of certain clans.

[Roda]

The Duskwight Elezen were once a part of the Wildwood, but became their own thing after several generations of isolation.

I still have my theory that the only reason why duskwights and moon keepers are blue is because unfiltered shroud water has tons of silver in it, causing the isolationist clans to turn blue.

[Terin]

I'm not sure if anyone has mentioned this, but quickly glancing it doesn't look like it.

But the devs have stated that more than the two clans we have access to do exist. It's just that, like in real life, genetic variance is so vast, yet similar to one another, that distinguishing features are like a dime a dozen. What that means in terms of reality is that, people aren't so different from one another. What that means in terms of game play is the devs are not making another model for someone who is just going to look exactly the same as everyone else, lol.

This is exemplified in game by several characters too. Yda, Minfilia, and Warburton are all Highlanders, despite using midlands models. It makes semi sense for Yda and Minfilia, given the female model didn't exist yet, but Warbirton uses the Midlander model even though a Highlander one existed in 1.0. (Although, this could be a way of showcasing that there can be variations within a "clan". Just because someone is a Highlander doesn't mean they have to be super tall, lol.)

Any of the Hyurs met in the east aren't referred to as Highlanders or Midlanders, but as Eastern Hyurs. The same with Gosetsu, the devs stated, he isn't a Hellsgard or a Seawolf but another "clan" entirely.

This is exemplified in game too, by stating that over time one "clan" can divulge enough to become it own separate thing after a time. The Duskwight Elezen were once a part of the Wildwood, but became their own thing after several generations of isolation. The same is true for the Elezen of Ishgard, and the Au Ra of Sui-no-Sato.

So you see there aren't just two clans in game. We just have access to two versions of certain clans.

I've kind of always suspected as much, myself. But getting an additional clan would definitely be awesome all the same, I think.

Granted, I'm also in support of simply adding more Face options and the like. New Clans just sounds cooler, though, with the potential of introducing new cultures. I especially love the idea of a Norse Viking sort of Hrothgar clan (even their name sounds very nordic, imo). More Canine features with maybe some braided beards or things like that, maybe? And more optional scars (maybe even a scar over an eye that renders that eye white and "blind").

[TheMightyMollusk]

I especially love the idea of a Norse Viking sort of Hrothgar clan (even their name sounds very nordic, imo).

The name literally comes from the saga of Beowulf.