New Scions (?)

[Lanadra]

There are some I expect and want to see retire for some reason or another, and some I don't.

• Alphinaud, to me, time to go. He's been a pretty heavy presence in most of the stories from ARR to ShB and I am honestly tired of him. Like even when everyone else was absent.. he wasn't.

• Alisaie, I like her enough to want her to stick around, I feel she has more reason to as well. Alphinaud has plenty of other responsibilities he can take up, particularly regarding leadership. Alisaie is a hothead and a front line fighter, definitely someone to keep around (to me). She also got featured considerably less than Alphinaud has been.

• Urianger, meh, never was much of a fan and he's always been semi-present semi-background, he can fade into the background again imo.

• Thancred, he deserves retirement with all he's been through. Be it in the Source, or in the unlikely event that travel to the First is figured out, on the First. I wouldn't mind him sticking around though.

• Lyse, please for the love of god never come back.

• G'raha, meh, not a fan. I liked him well enough in ShB, the tie back to CT was very nice, but I'm really not a fan of him as a permanent addition to the Scion roster. Did we really need another Miqo'te? I especially don't like the idea of him being a potential replacement for Y'shtola.

• Y'shtola, nope. I do not want her to go anywhere. I'd be fine with all of the others going as long as she stays.

I'll refrain from mentioning someone like Estinien too much, he only just joined, he's not likely to leave again at the end of EW. Same with G'raha unfortunately.

What would I like to have? Yugiri, without a doubt. I always found it extremely annoying that we effectively lost her as a potential new addition to the Scions at the end of SB. She should have stayed with the Scions and hell, joined for the journey to the First. Admittedly, this is my bias speaking because I do consider her one of my most favorite characters in the game.

Going forward, be it with Scions remaining the mainstay allies of the WoL or not I'd prefer a bit more variety. We've had a pretty heavy Hyur, Elezen and to a lesser extent, Miqo'te presence in the scions. I'd like something else. Give me some Au Ra, by my preference a female one (again, Yugiri), a Hrothgar, a Viera. Let's give perhaps Tataru or Krile some more screen time as well to add some Lalafell. If you want to go a bit more out there, perhaps go for a Scion not of a playable race, like perhaps an Amalj'aa of the Brotherhood of Ash? Or perhaps a Sylph?