New Scions (?)

Mild spoilers ahead:
So, from what I've been gathering it was really heavily implied by the writter at FanFest that the current scions, or most of them (I doubt Graha is making an exit so soon) will be getting their finales in EW, and we will likely get new ones in 6.x-7.0.

I wonder, what kind of scion would you like to see? What race, job or personality would you like them to have and why?

Anything is fine as long they get finaly rid of Alpinaud and his sister

Personally I took it more as us saying goodbye to the scions in general. Would be a great start to a new adventure if we had to make a whole new group to surround ourselves with in hopefully new scenery as well. But maybe I got it all wrong.

Would be happy to conclude the twin's story and move on with a new team going forward

They might take the XI approach to things and have us working with different people every expansion due to them seemingly wanting to switch to self-contained stories instead of another lengthy story arc.

As long as the current crew still can show up every once in a while I'd be fine with that. After all, it wouldn't be a bad thing to see them again from time to time since they've become a kind of family to the WoL.

But yeah, let Graha stick around. We still need to have our pack-mule to do some stuff for us. Also he hasn't been involved for too long yet anyway. Gotta get the mileage out of him. I honestly hope to see some of the class/job trainers get more screen-time. Y'mitra(SMN trainer) was really the only one and that was back in HW. I think E-Sumi-Yan(CNJ trainer) showed up in one or two MSQ quests briefly as well, but just for one or two text boxes.

I'd like to see a completely new cast, personally. By all means, we can check in with the existing characters from time to time but I didn't like how Shadowbringers introduced us to a new world but had the bulk of the story still revolve around the Scions.

Overfamiliarity can often breed contempt and...I doubt the Final Fantasy games as a whole would be popular if they each followed the same cast over and over again. It's time for something fresh, I think!

Oh - and we should get a male Raen or Xaela to travel with.

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Originally Posted by Theodric

I'd like to see a completely new cast, personally. By all means, we can check in with the existing characters from time to time but I didn't like how Shadowbringers introduced us to a new world but had the bulk of the story still revolve around the Scions.

Overfamiliarity can often breed contempt and...I doubt the Final Fantasy games as a whole would be popular if they each followed the same cast over and over again. It's time for something fresh, I think!

Oh - and we should get a male Raen or Xaela to travel with.

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A male Raen or Xaela sounds really great! Considering we’ve rarely had one be a part of a story. Personally i’ve been tired of the scions for awhile and i’m really hoping EW is the last time we have them as the main cast. I’d love to have them introduce and entirely new cast of characters instead of keep reusing the old ones who just continue the same plot points over and over (cough Yshtola, cough Graha)

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Originally Posted by Sheriyana

Personally I took it more as us saying goodbye to the scions in general. Would be a great start to a new adventure if we had to make a whole new group to surround ourselves with in hopefully new scenery as well. But maybe I got it all wrong.

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I also think it will be our goobye to most of the usual cast, and tbh I hope that our new 'adventure group' is more 'colorful', considering that literally every scion but graha has either white or really light blonde hair.
I think having a cast made up of the more 'unique' races (Would love a male au ra, specially xaela, a hrotgar, probably a viera, males could be like a more silent assasin version of Thancred and females could probably replace Yshtola as the poster girl if done well enough) and in particular, I would appreciate them having more 'diverse' jobs, as I think that, excluding Ryne, Thancred is the only current TRUST NPC (who I consider to be the most 'prominent' cast) who isnt either a mage or some variant of a mage class (even Graha could be considered a mage).
I think having a WAR scion like Moenbryda or a MCH one would be really cool imo.

I think we're likely going to get a new team, but keep a few old faces as well. I could see Graha and Alisaie staying, and probably pick up a few of the underused Scions for our adventures. Personally I'd like a few former job questline characters there for some hilarity and unexpected events. Example, Karasu from the NIN questline would make an interesting character to go on adventures with due to his trickster nature.