It doesn't help that a lot of the depth and grit has been eliminated from Sharlayan altogether. I always liked how creepy and unsettling the music and aesthetics were whenever we encountered something tied to Sharlayan in the past. This being the nation that sent assassin squads out in the world to kill those who shared forbidden knowledge. Then when we finally get there not only is it suddenly sanitised considerably...it's now little more than a quirky college town full of overeducated but socially awkward scholars.

For some reason it also has a lot of male viera within despite being such a secretive, isolated nation and their ilk being exceedingly rare to begin with when it comes to that whole 'leaving the forest' thing. Though I suppose consistent world building and sensible NPC placement has been thrown out of the window at this point...