Garlean Third Eye

[Angellos]

Hey there Devs!


I know that companies are always looking to give their players new items and experiences, while also trying to make a few bucks in the process. So I have come with a suggestion that would do both of those things.

Now that we've gone all of these long years, with Garlean roleplayers wishing for Garlean armor (Not the eastern Imperial armor that we have in game, but the standard issue Garlean Imperial armor from Garlemald.)

Can we please put a set of Garlean Imperial armor on the mogstation that INCLUDES a helmet and THIRD EYE? Yes, that's right: I suggest putting the third eye up on the mogstation. Bonus: An Imperial gunblade.

I alone would be buying at least six of them because I roleplay a lot of Garleans. I know many, many others who would do the same. This is a great opportunity, especially in this expansion, to finally offer the Imperial garb + third eye.

You would make a TON of money off of these items, and we the players would absolutely LOVE to have them. Thank you for reading.

[Lauront]

You have my support!

[Theodric]

You have my support!

...and mine!

[Aneshda]

And mine ....

[Vrankyl]

Honestly we should just get the Garlean race period. The whole bit about magic is a bit odd since there are Garleans that can use aether, they are rare but they happen and since the player character is supposed to be an anomaly anyway I don't see how it is a problem. I mean... *gestures at cat bois and bun bois*

[Zomkei]

not sure how the third eye item would really fit into the lore though, since pure garleans with the third eye use the hyur and elezen (with hyur ears) models. which also makes making them their own race kinda awkward too

[KageTokage]

It would still be a little awkward to have playable Garleans given that the few non-antagonistic Garleans we see in Eorzea make it a note to keep their third eye hidden for rather justified reasons.

Cid is the only one who's particularly open about his heritage since he has a strong enough reputation that nobody questions it, whereas if some Garlean "adventurer" shows up out of the blue, it wouldn't seem terribly logical for nobody to bat an eye at it.

I would, however, like an Ilsabard-focused expansion partly for the sake of making Garlean-styled armor available a logical choice thematically.

[Gemina]

I was going to petition to have Jullus join the Scions, and well... nvm.

How does one RP as a Garlean while remaining true to the lore? It's easy for me to RP as a Lunarian because while they do exist in the world of Final Fantasy, there is little to no mention of them in FFXIV, so there are no lore restrictions when it comes to how I develop her story in regards to her heritage. Garleans also have a unique skillset that would almost make more sense if it was a job more than a new race.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not dismissing it. Just curious how it would work.

[MikkoAkure]

not sure how the third eye item would really fit into the lore though, since pure garleans with the third eye use the hyur and elezen (with hyur ears) models. which also makes making them their own race kinda awkward too

It could just be an item called "False Garlean Eye" and it would work. I can see them doing that as one of their fashion accessory items too, like the umbrellas and the glasses.

It is super awkward that the Garleans never got their own race. Back in 1.0, people in my linkshell and I even debated on whether or not Van Darnus was secretly an Elezen because she used Elezen motions. It would've been one thing to consistently use Elezen and slap a third eye and some Hyur ears on them, but there are Midlander sized Purebloods out there too like Cid, Midas, Jenomis, and Jullus. Their lore isn't even always straight because Arenvald said once that half-Garleans don't get third eyes but the half-Garlean in the Weapon quests has one, though it's black instead of white.

But I don't see us getting a Garlean playable race for the number one fact that they aren't even their own race in the code of the game more than anything else, plus Yoshi-P said we're done after fem Hroth.

How does one RP as a Garlean while remaining true to the lore? It's easy for me to RP as a Lunarian because while they do exist in the world of Final Fantasy, there is little to no mention of them in FFXIV, so there are no lore restrictions when it comes to how I develop her story in regards to her heritage. Garleans also have a unique skillset that would almost make more sense if it was a job more than a new race.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not dismissing it. Just curious how it would work.

People I know who do it cling to the Resonant or the one line in the EE that says "Garleans have little inborn ability to manipulate their body's aether, however, and thus the arcane arts have ever eluded all but a few" and they consider themselves one of the "few".

[Theodric]

How does one RP as a Garlean while remaining true to the lore? It's easy for me to RP as a Lunarian because while they do exist in the world of Final Fantasy, there is little to no mention of them in FFXIV, so there are no lore restrictions when it comes to how I develop her story in regards to her heritage. Garleans also have a unique skillset that would almost make more sense if it was a job more than a new race.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not dismissing it. Just curious how it would work.

It's pretty easy, especially with the Reaper quests now confirming that bands of Garleans can easily operate within the shadows across Eorzea. Others - such as myself - simply had our Garlean characters spend a lot of their time in Kugane, since Hingashi not only has Garleans living and working within the city but is neutral on the world stage.

As for the logistics, most people who role-play a Garlean simply go with a Midlander, Highlander or Elezen model and either hide the forehead with certain hairstyles or make use of a circlet to 'hide' the third eye.

A proper third eye glamour would be wonderful and allow people to make use of a broader range of hairstyles as a consequence.