(Read this post for an account of one fan’s efforts to include female Roegadyn - their efforts paid off!) In the Roegadyn language, Merlwyb’s name means “Sea Woman, daughter of Blue Fish.” In the original Final Fantasy XIV, when only male Roegadyn were playable, Merlwyb was the first female Roegadyn ever to make an appearance in the game. Merlwyb is the admiral of the thalassocracy of Limsa Lominsa. She is a Sea Wolf Roegadyn.Merlwyb Bloefhiswyn (pronounced “MERL-vib BLOO-fiss-vin”) Y’shtola is intelligent and kind but often critical of other people’s failings. She is at odds with Merlwyb, admiral of Limsa Lominsa, for the Maelstrom’s treatment of the beast tribes.If the player begins their journey in Limsa Lominsa, Y’shtola is the one who will recruit them to the Scions. Y’shtola is a Seeker of the Sun Miqo’te, and she is the Scions’ agent in La Noscea.She’s slated to appear in both Theatrhythm: Curtain Call and Final Fantasy Tactics S. She’s a favorite among Japanese fans and has been given the most attention outside of her own game. I’m putting Y’shtola first not because she’s the most important but because she’s become something of a representative for Final Fantasy XIV.All images are either official character renders or screenshots pulled from my own XIV: A Realm Reborn playthrough. Here are some of XIV’s most influential female characters, who together make up most of the game’s cast. XIV is not perfect in terms of its portrayal of women - sexual harassment is occasionally played as a joke, there’s some violence against women that’s shrugged off as “the norm”, there are hardly any notable women of color or openly lesbian, bisexual, or transgender women - but there’s a lot to appreciate in XIV’s established lore all the same. In the English text, gendered phrases such as “brother in arms” and “sister in arms” are used with equal respect. Exactly half of Eorzea’s pantheon - known as the Twelve - are female. Female NPCS own and operate businesses just as often as the male ones do, and women make up a significant portion of each city-state’s armed forces.
We see this not only in the high-ranking political spheres but also in almost every aspect of everyday Eorzean society. There are even a few female antagonists they are shown to be just as brutal, if not more so, than their male counterparts.Įorzea is generally far more friendly to women than most fictional fantasy worlds and even many other Final Fantasy worlds. (The only exception to this is the eternally absent Holy See of Ishgard, who have very little influence in XIV’s plot.) All of these leaders are completely different in their morals and their approaches to ruling their respective peoples. It should be noted that nearly all of Eorzea’s political factions are governed by women. Hopefully this post will serve as an introduction to the women of Eorzea, and hopefully it will help spark some interest in the game as a whole! It’s taken me a while, but here’s a post I’ve slowly been writing up for fyeahffgirls! Final Fantasy fans love honoring the wonderful ladies of the series, but many brush over XI and XIV in their creative works because they just don’t know enough about the games or their characters.
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