PAX West 2017 - Questions for English Localization Lead Michael-Christopher Koji Fox

[Sui-Kune]

Will we be able to go to Koshu at some point in the future? Especially considering the city of Bukyo, and Daitenzan are so clearly marked. At the very least I would love to know more about that area!

[dice137]

It's been confirmed for a while now that mixed races are definitely canon (Hilda being the most prominent example). Can you elaborate on what physical features people of mixed races typically take on? For example, do the genetics of Elezen ears always win out? Would a half-Hyur, half-Au Ra child have scales? Etc.

[Sounsyy]

Several named NPCs from 1.0 show up in game now as untargetable or generically named NPCs, especially around the class guilds, and while it's a neat throwback to spot them in passing, is there any plans to eventually add some of these NPCs permanently back into the open world?

[Velynea]

Why was the choice made to kill off Meffrid? He would have been a very suitable advisor, if not leader for Conrad's resistance cell.

[LystAP]

With Ala Mhigo taken, what happens to the Garlean castrums in Eorzea proper (which have a substantial number of Ala Mhigan conscripts)?

[minminpurupuru]

What is the lore reasoning behind BLMs and WHMs no longer having one-handed weapons past level 50? Is there also a lore explanation for the disappearance of two-handed stave animations post-calamity?

[Eloah]

Will we ever get a "resolution" to the Odin story. The last I recall a Gridanian disappeared with the Sword. Is his tale over with or will we see more? And for that matter, do you plan on incorporating some of the older "main" primals into the story in some way shape or form?

[Ametrine]

Considering we've been all over Abalathia's Spire, why have we yet to see a single Hellsguard settlement, when the tribe's opening lore blurb and source of their name indicates they are rooted on those mountains?

[FJerome]

Aymeric's mentioned he's now co-leading Isghard with the Leader of the House of Commons. Will we ever meet them?

[Vrankyl]

Underwater in the Lochs there is a castle nestled away with rock forming around it. This structure seems to be quite a bit beneath the actual foundations of the buildings currently resting under the surface giving the impression that it has been there for a very long time. What was this structure and are there any plans in the future to make use of it?