why is the cast of the Scions so...elvish now.

[Kolsykol]

I think it's moreso that the Scions cast haven't rly changed since ARR, Estinien is the exception to this but he's from Ishgard so it makes sense he's Elezen.

That said I'd like to see some more characters of the different races.
At the same time tho I'd also like to see an aged up Ryne join us lol, I think Alphinaud and Alisaie could be aged up a bit too.

Maybe they all have white hair because all the pitiable attempts at actual color look terrible? Yes, I want red hair that's RED.

I managed to create red hair on Highlander that looked rly good imo.



It seems to be harder on some races tho like Elezen and Roegadyn, their haircolors seem to be more washed out.
I wish we had a slider for colors with the whole spectrum.

Elezen are the 2nd most common race from Eorzea after Hyur so it's pretty natural they'd have a high presence. No one complained about or noticed Minfilia, Thancred, and Lyse all being Hyur. Alphinaud and Alisae are Elezen because their grandfather, Louisoix was an Elezen and they wanted to make new characters who connected to the old story. Estinien started as an edgy 1.0 job quest character and somehow got promoted over time from that to MSQ party member and then eventually Scion by virtue of happening to be an existing character with an existing story relating to the Dragonsong War and then after that, having been a prominent and popular character before so they brought him around again. Urianger... I pretend doesn't exist.

The white hair can probably be explained by standard JRPG tropes and the fact that the Scions came from the artist Akihiko Yoshida, who also gave us characters like 2B, 9S, and A2. I think Yoshi-P recognized the white hair being prevalent in an interview.

It's funny tho how common Elezen are meant to be and how rare they are with the players lol, and also how much more common Viera are than they are meant to be canonically.
I wonder if the white or blonde hair may have had a reason originally tho, maybe it was intended to be some kind of a sign that someone had been chosen by Hydaelyn or something but it was scrapped.

[TheMightyMollusk]

So first of all, point on the doll here where the Lion hurt you.

Right here on the hair line.

[Jagick]

Something something filthy knife-ears.

Something something around elves watch yourselves.

Those twins look pretty shifty if you ask me!

[Setesh45]

There's a cat, another cat, a dwarf, another dwarf, the official WoL is human, then we have another human, then there are three elves. So having one extra elf makes it elvish?

The only problem I see is how boring and proper all the characters have become, there are no crazy characters, no extreme, strong personalities, they are all plain and boring these days.

[ICountFrom0]

Short answer: Because everybody else died.

Long answer: Seriously, it's because everybody else DIED. There were even beast members. But the most NPC of the NPC's got eliminated each time the plot needed somebody to die. Sometimes one of the people removed was so popular, the complaint was so much that they got brought back. Least popular, dead, most popular alive.

Dragoon, popular, thus estinian stays.
Twins, popular, thus they stay.


Further now that it's the end all the most popular ones are getting highlights. Estinian ends up in trusts and in major plot events. Tataru gets an entire plotline. The twins get all the plot points around them resolved.

The least popular will sink into the background, retire, and fade away between plots.

[Midareyukki]

Short answer: Because everybody else died.

Long answer: Seriously, it's because everybody else DIED. There were even beast members. But the most NPC of the NPC's got eliminated each time the plot needed somebody to die. Sometimes one of the people removed was so popular, the complaint was so much that they got brought back. Least popular, dead, most popular alive.

Dragoon, popular, thus estinian stays.
Twins, popular, thus they stay.


Further now that it's the end all the most popular ones are getting highlights. Estinian ends up in trusts and in major plot events. Tataru gets an entire plotline. The twins get all the plot points around them resolved.

The least popular will sink into the background, retire, and fade away between plots.

Thancred exists.

Right here on the hair line.

Why are you in the same room as a lion without protection???

[Ilisidi]

I would like an MSQ patch with just the Leveilleur family.

Otherwise, since I'm a white haired cat girl I would like to exchange the light-haired catgirl for the red-haired catboy or Erenville on the current MSQ team, please. Estinien and baby dragon Vrtra can stay.

[Mimilu]

They were not disbanded, they just need to make it look like they are disbanded.
Y'shotla was rather frank about that.

But getting most of the main gang back together so soon for a big project that will undoubtedly require use to call in favors from major players runs counter to that, both in-story and in writing, doesn't it? Σ(´△｀Ⅲ)
I do agree with LaylaTsarra that I was kind of hoping for a new cast for our new adventure.
The current small amount of hope I have is a cracktheory I have that Y'shtola will be swayed by the darkside and be the Kain-allusion to the Golbez-allusion this new villain is.
Was I the only one who got the vibes that they're building up to Y'shtola being willing to do anything to get her goals? (「ఠωఠ)「

[Amariel34]

I managed to create red hair on Highlander that looked rly good imo.

Not gonna lie, she looks really good. Looks familiar yet I can't place from where. You did really good with her though. Makes me want to make another alt. (Sadly not really. I'm not THAT insane yet.)

[Bukachu]

I mean, it's just hats. Shove an eyepatch on him and call it a day, really. Already has more personality than half the NPCs in Stormblood.
Because that's just sad to say.

Im sorry you're saddened by a different opinion. but unfortunately, people have different opinions about subjects.