Galka

Galka is a race available for play in Final Fantasy XI. They are large humanoids with a vaguely ursine appearance. They appear most commonly in Bastok, and Galkan players are rewarded for starting their games there with a Bastok Ring (+3 HP, +1 DEX, +1 VIT). They are strong and have high HP, making them best suited for melee classes, such as monk or warrior. Despite their average magic attack ratings, they make poor mages due to their low amount of MP. Galkas who want to play as magic users often become red mages (the basic mage class most capable of soloing) or bards (which requires no MP). All Galkas have a masculine appearance, but they are asexual. They reproduce through a form of reincarnation, but usually have no recollection of their past life.

Job Statistics
The following table shows the level 1 statistics for each class a Galka can take:

Race Comparison

 * HP: Galka > Elvaan > Mithra = Hume > Tarutaru
 * MP: Tarutaru > Hume = Mithra > Elvaan > Galka
 * STR: Elvaan > Galka > Hume > Mithra > Tarutaru
 * DEX: Mithra > Galka = Hume = Tarutaru > Elvaan
 * VIT: Galka > Elvaan > Hume > Mithra = Tarutaru
 * AGI: Mithra > Tarutaru > Hume > Galka > Elvaan
 * INT: Tarutaru > Hume = Mithra > Galka > Elvaan
 * MND: Elvaan > Galka = Hume > Mithra = Tarutaru
 * CHR: Hume = Tarutaru = Elvaan > Galka = Mithra

Plot Details
In the game's creation myth, the goddess Altana weeps over the destruction of the ancient Zilart race. Her tears clean away the wreckage and give rise to the five enlightened races. The god Promathia, disliking the existence of the new races, bring out their worst emotions. The Galkas were cursed with anger.

The details of Galkan reincarnation are not known. Geriatric Galkas will go into seclusion, and upon their death they are enveloped by a bright light. Some time later, a child Galka will be found wandering into a town or village. Only the talekeeper, who serves as the leader of Galkas, has recollection of his past life. He not only remembers his past life, but the life of all Galkas in the past 200 years.

During the timeframe of Final Fantasy XI, the talekeeper is named Gumbah and is vital to Hume-Galkan relations. The game's primary antagonist, the Shadow Lord, was a Galka and formerly a talekeeper.

Galkas were the first among the enlightened races to exist and create a civilization (on Zepwell Island). 600 years before the game, the Antican army destroyed Galkan society and forced them to flee to what is now Bastok through Korroloka Tunnel. The Galkas are currently poorly treated laborers in Bastok, and inhabit a region called Altepa Desert. There is growing discontent among the Galkas toward the Humes.