Prior to EW, Yoshi-P made it sound like at the end of 6.0 the WoL was going to be left alone somewhere unfamiliar to the extent he had to reassure people you'd still have contact with characters you knew only for post-6.0 to be Scions as usual. Expectations subverted again? (I suppose this goes along with "no Scion is safe".)

As for the Scions, all but one of the party members are Sharlayan scholars, who have agreeable personalities and share the same values and goals. I'm not sure where this supposed diversity is coming from as they're the most homogeneous cast I've ever seen in any medium. G'raha isn't the Exarch anymore, he's just another Archon now. Estinien's also been neutered from who he used to be in HW.

EW has shone a spotlight on their lack of interpersonal dynamic and impenetrable plot armor. They're just not interesting characters to me anymore and I'd like the opportunity to move on from most of them to meet more actually diverse people (and not just in hair color).