Minfillia did a lot of work, it was just irritating as a player that I had to keep going back to the Waking Sands to attend meetings via her Linkpearl summons. Plus she needed to be rescued and on the whole she seemed to exist to pad playtime via traveling and "go thither, come hither" quest assignments. The NPCs mentioned that the Scions wouldn't exist without her brokering alliances and agreements between the various nations -and I believe it. But boy howdy was it annoying to get sent to go risk my life to kill the latest primal by someone who probably couldn't defend themselves against a litter of hungry kittens... after trekking across the continent to get that directive... because she didn't want to use the convenient device that let her give me the summons in the first place. So she was a victim of poor usage by the writers/developers more than a poor character.

Lyse just... did nothing, then got it all. She did the big reveal at the end of HW then proceeded to do nothing but grit her teeth and clench her fists in 4.0. No trace of what I loved about her Yda personality was left at all- she was a totally different character and despite tagging along with us for the journey through the East she didn't seem to do or learn much. As much as I was disappointed that Ala Mhigo was resolved in one fell swoop, I'm glad I don't see much of her any more. It almost felt like a betrayal to see such a lively, funny character become a bland inexperienced do-gooder. So on the whole I think I prefer Minfillia since she was put on a bus but Lyse will be around as long as Ala Mhigo is in the picture.


Best girl, of course, is Alisaie.