LORE: Why some of Savannah Folk in-game portraits look European/Meadow?

[Yhekal]

Hi!

I have a lore type of question - why some of the "Savannah Folk" portraits one can find in-game have european/meadow appearance?

I was under impression that Savanna Folk look like pre-Columbian Mesoamericans. On PoE wiki one can come to different conclusions.

Reference:

https://pillarsofeternity.fandom.com/wiki/Savannah_folk

Notable characters and portraits.

Also, Xoti does not look Mesoamerican to me... (I might be wrong ofc).

Cheers.

[Yhekal]

I am sorry, I failed to find an edit button. Mentioned portraits:

 

 

 

 

[Constentin Lévine]

1 hour ago, Yhekal said:

 

Also, Xoti does not look Mesoamerican to me... (I might be wrong ofc).

Eora is not the IRL world, so they dont have precolumbian origins in the lore. 

[Yhekal]

https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3593502&userid=17931&perpage=40&pagenumber=5#post428622066

Details can vary (hence my question), but they are "kind of" mesoamerican. (post by Josh Sawyer)

Edited October 13, 2022 by Yhekal

[Kvellen]

I don't think there is really any strict adherence to lore in any of the player portraits. I get the feeling that the portraits (human's especially) are more meant to be sort representations of various fantasy architypes (wizard, scholar, mercenary, monk, barbarian, etc). As for why those specific portraits were chosen for that wiki page, probably only the editor of that page of the wiki really knows.

As for NPC portraits, I don't imagine there'll be any overt lore for this beyond just the assumption that folk intermingle as they do in the real world.

Edited October 11, 2022 by Kvellen