Quote Originally Posted by MorionQ View Post
Yugiri is literally a named NPC that has reappeared frequently in MSQ since before 2.55. I'm talking unnamed NPCs that dot the landscape to give areas life and flavor that you can't even speak to. Some Hrothgar NPCs of that variety are the ones that *reportedly* have face/hair combos inaccessible to players, which is notably unique to Hrothgar NPCs verses all other available races.
That's no different to Yugiri in the end, and neither is it new. The devs can do all sorts of things with character customisation that players can't get to through the character creator, like adding custom faces or hairstyles.

Hrothgar's problem is that the character design template has been used in an odd way and there's nowhere to put hairstyle choice, because that menu is used for fur pattern, so it got tied to the faces. The devs can probably make NPCs with the "wrong mane for their face" just the same as they can make an Au Ra with the wrong horns. In both cases it's a design element that the player can't choose, but an NPC has it anyway.