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joelinux
Perkone
Caldari State
#1 - 2013-01-16 07:58:31 UTC
I need help with something here...I'm doing a writing project, and for it, I need the general physiology of the various Faction Races.

This is the impression I've gotten, but I don't know for sure...please feel free to correct me:

Caldari, from what I can gather, are lean, angular, even gaunt, owing from their Japanese influence.

Gallente are mostly light brown, very rounded, voluptuous, owing to their hedonistic culture.

Minmatar are shorter, and the men are manly looking and the women are sorta manly looking too.

Amarr are mostly just pasty white people.
Qvar Dar'Zanar
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#2 - 2013-01-16 13:46:33 UTC
Nobody is really sure what the amarr are.
Arline Kley
PIE Inc.
Khimi Harar
#3 - 2013-01-16 14:29:00 UTC
Think Western/Central European for the Amarr...

"For it was said they had become like those peculiar demons, which dwell in matter but in whom no light may be found." - Father Grigori, Ravens 3:57
Sepherim
Imperial Shipment
Amarr Empire
#4 - 2013-01-16 15:06:32 UTC
Think cool and goodlooking for Amarr. :P

But yes, I believe they would be generic european/american looking.

Sepherim Catillah Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris Liuteneant Ex-Imperial Navy Imperator Commander
joelinux
Perkone
Caldari State
#5 - 2013-01-16 17:18:27 UTC
K...what do the Gallente and Minmatar look like generally?
Simon Louvaki
Khaldari InnoTektoniks and Analytical Solutions
#6 - 2013-01-16 17:47:03 UTC
I always got a more Latin feel from the Amarr, and culturally they seem pretty much a space faring version of Roman Catholicism. The Gallentee always gave me a French vibe.

-- "The weak of mind are quick to judge with slightest tempt; Thus fools go forth to spread false word." - The Scriptures, Book of Trials 2:13 - 2:21

--"At the narrow passage, there is no brother and no friend." - Hyasyoda Proverb
Silivar Karkun
Doomheim
#7 - 2013-01-17 23:10:10 UTC
joelinux wrote:
I need help with something here...I'm doing a writing project, and for it, I need the general physiology of the various Faction Races.

This is the impression I've gotten, but I don't know for sure...please feel free to correct me:

Caldari, from what I can gather, are lean, angular, even gaunt, owing from their Japanese influence.

Gallente are mostly light brown, very rounded, voluptuous, owing to their hedonistic culture.

Minmatar are shorter, and the men are manly looking and the women are sorta manly looking too.

Amarr are mostly just pasty white people.


depends on the bloodline to be honest:

1. the true Amarr look like Europeans (i guess central or mediterranean), Ni'Kunni have more mid eastern features while Khanid are north asiatic (mongolians?)

2. true Gallente have of course west european traits since being of french ascendancy, while the Intaki have more Indian traits and the Jin Mei have of course a Chinese origin.

3. about the Caldari is a bit complicated to be honest i see the Deteis as north americans, while the Civire are finlandese and the Achura a mix of Japanese/Korean.

4. the minmatar at least for the 3 playable blood lines we can see that the Brutor look like african people, while the Sebiestor are mor north european (iceland, sweden, norway, etc) and the Verohkior are more of a southeastern asian lineage.

as for the Jove for example, we cant deduce it, since they have their genes so messed up that we can say they're almost "aliens"
Seriphyn Inhonores
Elusenian Cooperative
#8 - 2013-01-18 10:14:11 UTC
Ethnic Gallente are specifically stated to have no defining physical traits, as they were retconned out to be descending from a single race (they are multiple races grouped in one identity).

As most of the EVE bloodlines are Generic White People, it's safe to group them in the European category collectively (with the exception of the non-European races). Jin-Mei seem to have a Han Chinese or Korean vibe.

Also, not sure I'd push Latin/Mediterranean for Amarr, especially Italian. Italian has an 89% similarity with French (basically dialects). It might be a cosmic coincedence if one wants to take that angle with the Amarr, but none of their system or agent names seem to be Latin or otherwise Romance (more Arabic and Middle Eastern). In addition, their skin tones before the update that added the same 14 for all bloodlines leaned more towards the paler end.
Kiran
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#9 - 2013-01-19 22:59:04 UTC
The Minmatar have some very distinctive bloodlines depending on which one you write about. Well same goes for any of the races to be honest.

Its all in the evelopedia if you want a in depth view on each bloodline.

http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Amarr#Bloodlines

http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Minmatar#Tribes_and_Bloodlines

http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Caldari#Bloodlines

http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Gallente#Bloodlines

The Minmatar also have another bloodline since the dawn of the Empyrean Age which is the Starkmanir which are not represented in the game but are written about in some of the lore pages.
Simon Louvaki
Khaldari InnoTektoniks and Analytical Solutions
#10 - 2013-01-19 23:05:55 UTC
Seriphyn Inhonores wrote:
Ethnic Gallente are specifically stated to have no defining physical traits, as they were retconned out to be descending from a single race (they are multiple races grouped in one identity).

As most of the EVE bloodlines are Generic White People, it's safe to group them in the European category collectively (with the exception of the non-European races). Jin-Mei seem to have a Han Chinese or Korean vibe.

Also, not sure I'd push Latin/Mediterranean for Amarr, especially Italian. Italian has an 89% similarity with French (basically dialects). It might be a cosmic coincedence if one wants to take that angle with the Amarr, but none of their system or agent names seem to be Latin or otherwise Romance (more Arabic and Middle Eastern). In addition, their skin tones before the update that added the same 14 for all bloodlines leaned more towards the paler end.


The Amarrians share direct roots to the Roman Catholic Church from what I remember of the lore. I should have been more specific when I said Latin since I was referring to the religious/cultural association with Catholicism.

-- "The weak of mind are quick to judge with slightest tempt; Thus fools go forth to spread false word." - The Scriptures, Book of Trials 2:13 - 2:21

--"At the narrow passage, there is no brother and no friend." - Hyasyoda Proverb
joelinux
Perkone
Caldari State
#11 - 2013-01-21 16:35:22 UTC
Kiran wrote:
The Minmatar have some very distinctive bloodlines depending on which one you write about. Well same goes for any of the races to be honest.

Its all in the evelopedia if you want a in depth view on each bloodline.

http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Amarr#Bloodlines

http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Minmatar#Tribes_and_Bloodlines

http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Caldari#Bloodlines

http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Gallente#Bloodlines

The Minmatar also have another bloodline since the dawn of the Empyrean Age which is the Starkmanir which are not represented in the game but are written about in some of the lore pages.


Caldari Descriptions were missing altogether, as were most of the Gallente ones. Unfortunately, those are the two that I'm writing about.
Horatius Caul
Kitzless
#12 - 2013-01-21 18:15:53 UTC
Simon Louvaki wrote:
Seriphyn Inhonores wrote:
Ethnic Gallente are specifically stated to have no defining physical traits, as they were retconned out to be descending from a single race (they are multiple races grouped in one identity).

As most of the EVE bloodlines are Generic White People, it's safe to group them in the European category collectively (with the exception of the non-European races). Jin-Mei seem to have a Han Chinese or Korean vibe.

Also, not sure I'd push Latin/Mediterranean for Amarr, especially Italian. Italian has an 89% similarity with French (basically dialects). It might be a cosmic coincedence if one wants to take that angle with the Amarr, but none of their system or agent names seem to be Latin or otherwise Romance (more Arabic and Middle Eastern). In addition, their skin tones before the update that added the same 14 for all bloodlines leaned more towards the paler end.


The Amarrians share direct roots to the Roman Catholic Church from what I remember of the lore. I should have been more specific when I said Latin since I was referring to the religious/cultural association with Catholicism.
Catholic means 'universal'. It doesn't neceessarily mean that the Unified Catholic Church was Roman Catholic, or even Christian.

Although that is probably a valid conclusion to jump to.

Amarrad - Amarr language project
Pieter Tuulinen
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
Khimi Harar
#13 - 2013-01-22 09:02:29 UTC
If you read the old chronicles about the earliest days of Caldari history the Deteis are labelled as thin, quick and clever with their hands whilst the Civire are built for heavy endurance in the snow - heavy shouldered and deep chested with narrow hips and long legs.

And mighty chins.

For the first time since I started the conversation, he looks me dead in the eye. In his gaze are steel jackhammers, quiet vengeance, a hundred thousand orbital bombs frozen in still life.
Silivar Karkun
Doomheim
#14 - 2013-01-22 14:56:10 UTC
Pieter Tuulinen wrote:
If you read the old chronicles about the earliest days of Caldari history the Deteis are labelled as thin, quick and clever with their hands whilst the Civire are built for heavy endurance in the snow - heavy shouldered and deep chested with narrow hips and long legs.

And mighty chins.


"dude, your chin" comes to my mind.
Pieter Tuulinen
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
Khimi Harar
#15 - 2013-01-24 10:04:21 UTC
Silivar Karkun wrote:
Pieter Tuulinen wrote:
If you read the old chronicles about the earliest days of Caldari history the Deteis are labelled as thin, quick and clever with their hands whilst the Civire are built for heavy endurance in the snow - heavy shouldered and deep chested with narrow hips and long legs.

And mighty chins.


"dude, your chin" comes to my mind.


Earliest recorded snow-plough on Caldari Prime was a Civire jawbone.

For the first time since I started the conversation, he looks me dead in the eye. In his gaze are steel jackhammers, quiet vengeance, a hundred thousand orbital bombs frozen in still life.