Garlean Third Eye

[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

[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".