1. The male is the WoL, which was confirmed by Yoshi himself; meaning that we didn't watch a flashback or someone else's memory. The echo doesn't actually make its user part of the memory, nor does it grant them the power to change or interfere with it.
2. With Stormblood being a Monk-centric expansion, it's safe to say that the female is a monk as well. There's a very slim chance of her being a Dancer but I doubt it.
3. The female could be Yda or an entirely new character. The missing neck tattoo isn't really that big of a deal considering SE had way bigger f*ckups during previous trailer/s, e.g. featuring Hraesvelgr as the antagonist of Heavensward instead of Nidhogg. Also there could simply be ways to remove/hide the tattoo which wouldn't be that far-fetched. Still, she could also be a new character and basically be our primary story-"companion" for Stormblood, maybe the WoL gets seperated from the Scions at first? She could also be closely related to Yda. We don't really know, it's all speculation at this point and we'll have to wait until 3.5, at the least, to know for sure.


Quote Originally Posted by Roth_Trailfinder View Post
In another of these fan fest threads, they say something along the lines of "YoshiP says we'll meet her in 3.5" .. that alone tells us its not Yda, as we've already met Yda.
That really doesn't say much. I think it's pretty safe to assume that Yda isn't actually Yda, which would mean that we haven't properly met her yet.