Do we really need the Scions again?

[Iscah]

The Scions at this point are our character's closest friends, who they call on in times of need. They're not going to vanish just because they've been around for a while.

Even if not working together directly, they have similar enough interests that they end up crossing paths anyway.

[TaleraRistain]

The Scions at this point are our character's closest friends, who they call on in times of need. They're not going to vanish just because they've been around for a while.

Even if not working together directly, they have similar enough interests that they end up crossing paths anyway.

And considering it seems these invitations may have been sent to the Archons, we may be the friend they're calling upon for assistance in this rather than us calling on them.

The overview about 7.0 did mention new Duty Support members so we'll see some new faces.

[Iscah]

And considering it seems these invitations may have been sent to the Archons, we may be the friend they're calling upon for assistance in this rather than us calling on them.

It seems like there are at least two separate invitations from different groups – one choosing to contact the Students of Baldesion while the other is looking for Archons. There's some crossover there of course, with Raha being both an Archon and a member of the Students, but our apparent party including Krile, Erenville and Alphinaud suggests that we're not with the "Archon group" and probably working with the Students.

I think it's also possible that Estinien is there as an independent mercenary hired by a third party, similar to what he was doing during Stormblood when we crossed paths in the DRG questline.

[ReynTime]

The Scions at this point are our character's closest friends, who they call on in times of need. They're not going to vanish just because they've been around for a while.

Even if not working together directly, they have similar enough interests that they end up crossing paths anyway.

Any functional adult knows just because they have close friends they're not going to be glued to you everywhere you go. That's how you meet new people, and meeting new people help you develop more personally and professionally.