If there are people who are able to grow attached to a character after they were introduced not too long ago, then it shows that SE did good in the "hey I like this guy/gal, would be a shame if... NOOOO!" story-telling.

I'm seeing a pattern where any new characters linked to either the scions or scholars of Baldesion are given the hook cane out of the story so SE doesn't have to include them in the expansion (e.g. G'raha, Moenbryda). Yugiri gets to stay since she has a game development purpose (being the new race), but maybe SE will yank her off one day as well. Unless they want a sudden surprise for the players in a reuniting sense, farther in the expansion's storyline, who knows, just my speculation.