Seekers of the Sun
The self-proclaimed Seekers of the Sun are the diurnal clan of the Miqo’te race. Their preference for the warm light of day pervades all aspects of their culture, as is apparent in their devout reverence for Azeyma the Warden, goddess of the sun. While their overall numbers are not great, their twenty-six tribes are scattered across all reaches of the realm, with small Seeker settlements to be found from the sands of the Sagolii Desert in southern Thanalan to the jagged peaks of Gyr Abania.
In the mass exodus that occurred during the Fifth Umbral Era, twenty-six Seeker of the Sun tribes migrated to Eorzea. The names of these tribes contained many sounds which were difficult to represent with the existing Eorzean alphabet; but the fact that there were the exact number of tribes as letters in the Eorzean alphabet was taken as a sign that they were to make the new realm their home, and so assigned each tribe with a letter/sound that was closest to its name. Over time, this resulted in the changing of the pronunciation to more closely resemble the pronunciation of the Eorzean letter than that of the original word.
Seekers are perhaps known best for their striking eyes - the result of their vertically aligned pupils and faintly colored irises. It is also not uncommon for their eyes to be disparately colored from birth, a trait considered auspicious amongst their kind. They are widely regarded as quick-witted and prone to action, and many exhibit a tendency to bore easily. The Seekers are a true miracle of evolution at work; Though lean and flexible, they possess immense strength and stamina, and excel at near any physical act─be it bounding amongst the treetops or swimming in rough waters.
The Seekers of the Sun are a highly patriarchal culture, with each tribe centered around a strong breeding male (nunh) whose duty it is to form a harem and lead his people to glory and prosperity. Young males are born and raised as "tia", and must either assume the position of nunh by challenging and defeating an existing nunh in single combat, or leave the community to find a harem of his own. However, it is rare for female Seekers to follow these males, and newly formed tribes almost always die out. This does not mean that it doesn’t happen, and if a male leaves to form his own tribe, he will replace the letter from his original tribe with a new one: but since all 26 letters of the Eorzean alphabet are taken, the new tribal prefix will often be two letters, which are of the tribe-forming male’s choosing. His last name will be Nunh, as is is now the new breeding male of the new tribe.