Quote Originally Posted by Velox View Post
The cat-ear hood was originally a white mage addition. Seer was a related branch that came later.

The NPC in question is most likely Krile, as her FFV counterpart wore the same cat-ear hood as a white mage.
Velox has the (more than likely) right answer - that npc is believed to be Krile who was a playable character in FFV (of course, this isn't the same one, but just a reference to her FFV counterpart) - more specifically, as Velox mentioned, her WHM sprite in FFV had the same cat-eared hood as that npc. So it's just another reference to another FF game. That doesn't mean it's 'proof' a new class or Job coming, because the development team have already flat out stated there are no new classes or Jobs coming until the next expansion which would be at least another year away.