why is the cast of the Scions so...elvish now.

[YojimboM]

If I'm not mistaken, they adressed about this color problem in a live letter (I think... 2018 or maybe 2019...). So, they can't make a full spectrum slider for hair colors because there is a limitation to that on the game engine.

Like I said in some random posts here: we need a better engine to solve all our problems. From visuals to housing, to reporting system, we could definitely receive a revised and better engine capable of solving all the problems this game have. I know: they will never do that. But a person can dream, right?

So, we have to use those washed up reds for our hairs in some hairstyles 'til sea swallows all u.u

lol, there is no "limitation on the game engine". That's PR talk and SE's favorite free lunch card for anything that might require them to have some more money invested into actually developing the game rather than furthering the monetization of it. It is absolutely possible to have any hair color you want within the engine. They just don't want to update character creation with new swatches, or ideally, give us an actual RGB palette like every other game made in the last ~5 years. Like, it's 2022 and we STILL only have one layer for face paint/makeup. Give me a break.

OT: The white hair thing is probably due to the Japanese trope of characters with white hair being considered either "alien" or special in some way, or being powerful. Being inhuman, essentially. All of the Scions that travel with the WoL would be considered to be exceptionally powerful characters within the lore, obviously.

I don't think there's anything wrong with the races of the Scions. It's really just the most likely composition based on the lore and locations the Scions are from.