Quote Originally Posted by XiRon View Post
Nobody and up identifies under a new religious identity when they travel what?
Oh sure I'll just change my spirituality to fit in, its fun, its cool.
Its just more of the writers not adapting to new races.
I don't think it's the "writers not adapting", it's the character template that seems very rigid.

As for "changing your spirituality to fit the location", I don't think that is the case. Rather, in a world where everyone seems to believe that multiple gods exist, and are often associated with a specific place, then it's more about paying tribute to the local god while you're visiting their territory. It's a totally different starting mindset to the idea of being loyal to a single god to ensure your place in the afterlife.

As for the Twelve, if they came into existence in the time before the modern races exist, then it's unlikely for them to resemble the modern races. Maybe they're ancients, maybe they're constructs of the ancients, but if they date from that time then it's not strange that they look that way. (Although Nald'thal is a complete oddity in this aspect, looking more like a living statue than a person.)

What little we've been told so far indicates that the "real" Twelve existed before the Eorzeans ever worshipped them, and the religions developed out of genuine sightings of those beings – so Azeyma has no reason to resemble the people who started to worship her after she already came into being. The Miqo'te may be primarily sun-worshippers who adopted Azeyma as patron because she is the local sun goddess.