What sort of character would you like to see added to the WoL’s party?

[SassyAssassin]

Harsh ballsy Estinien back.

[Kansene]

Needless to say, this will contain some spoilers including up to recent EW MSQ:

I feel like I'll be parroting what a lot of people have already said, but basically:

- Someone with a hair color that isn't white/blonde/silver. I get that in anime hair color tropes corresponding to personality traits are a thing, but damn. If anything it speaks to how all of them have very similar personalities as well.

- Someone who shows personal motivations that don't necessarily align with the rest of the cast. Not necessarily to the point of fighting with other characters, but at least offering up alternative viewpoints and disagreeing with some of the takes of the others.

- Someone who actually dies instead of fake-dying if such a scenario ever shows up. Though this would admittedly make them fall into another trope that's become increasingly common; "Only villains and newly introduced characters are allowed to die because the scions and other prominent cast members are too marketable!"

- Someone who's a roe,hrothgar, or other race we've not seen a lot of in the main cast.

Follow-up wish:
I'd be 100% okay if they retconned the "fake disbanding" of the Scions and made it an actual disbanding, letting all of them take a big, humble step back and just stay as background characters for at least an expansion or two while a whole new cast of companions get to join in. I'm tired of the scions now, and no, Alisaie, smugly referencing how you think "heroic sacrifices are silly" does not make it funny or interesting when you follow through and do it right afterward. I felt ZERO tension when the scions started sacrificing themselves because I just know deep in my heart that who survives is a popularity contest, not what makes sense in the story.

[Axious]

Are we talking about a permanent addition?
Gaius Van Baelsar.

I’ve always enjoyed his story since Arr. Dutiful soldier wanting to bring peace and unity among the land. Twisted as it is. Fine line between lawful good and lawful evil.

[RitsukoSonoda]

According to JRPG rules...your armor class goes up with the less you wear. We all need to get naked for maximum protection.

Actually... That only applied to Women... The more naked a guy gets in these things the faster he gets his ass handed to him on a platter... >.>

Now you know why Godbert doesn't wear clothes when doing anything physical. It's so he doesn't break the world.

[Soge01]

Karasu from the Ninja questlines. Currently doing them with an alt and I missed how outlandish, silly, yet deadly this character was. xD

A Nymian Scholar or Marine. Since we'll probably be exploring both the New World and Mercydia, we'll like need a highly skilled navigator to cross the oceans and maybe even to get around the whole of the New World in particular. A Nymian navigator would make for a neat addition to our party. While it would more than likely mean more Lalafell in our party (which I wholly welcome for they are the best race!), it would also grant us the opportunity of introducing a new MALE Lalafell to our party. One that could maybe be the charismatic and blunt type that hits on Tataru and Krile, forcing the cowardly Wedge to finally stop being such a pathetic chicken simp and actually ask Tataru on a date already. Off topic, but I'm surprised Biggs and Cid haven't caught onto his crush of Tataru and forced the little dodo bird to finally grow a pair and act on his feelings already! xD

[AwesomeJr44]

because I just know deep in my heart that who survives is a popularity contest, not what makes sense in the story.

*cough* *cough* Graha *cough* *cough* Ysh'tola *cough*

Are we talking about a permanent addition?
Gaius Van Baelsar.

Out of the currently existing characters, Gaius is probably the one I'd want the most. However, I think that if they were to do that, they should make the SHB weapon trials mandatory. I don't see that as a big ask either seeing as they already did that with CT for Graha.

[Kozh]

I have three that I wish

1) gaius. That's it. I want him to join us.

2) a chaotic good character. Hmm maybe like Eugene from Tangled, but a bit more selfish and mercenary-ish

3) someone who's soft spoken, polite, noble, a bit aloof (at first). Strongly prefer if this is a female character with feminine trait (not tomboy like alisae). I guess the closest existing npc I can compare is kan-e-senna.

[TheMightyMollusk]

Actually... That only applied to Women... The more naked a guy gets in these things the faster he gets his ass handed to him on a platter... >.>

People call women the weaker sex, but which side needs full plate to not die? Checkmate, misogynists.

[Zaniel]

2) a chaotic good character. Hmm maybe like Eugene from Tangled, but a bit more selfish and mercenary-ish

I agree with this, I want a little bit of crazy crazy, not too much like Sadu or someone who is just stupid like ARR Yda, but just someone who is a little wild to inject some fire into the too-perfectly-considered Scions. Someone who is on the unapologetic wild side (also not just bratty like early Alisae before she grew up).

[Raikai]

My biggest wish for the MSQ is for a chaotic-good character to be added to our WoL’s party. Someone who doesn’t think like the logic-bound Scions and often leans towards cutting through tedious diplomatic red-tape. Bellicose, larger than life, morally ambiguous and with a tendency to mess with people.

Honestly, after Alisaie was introduced to the party, I thought she was meant to fill in that archetype, more or less. She still does have some of those characteristics, but it's pretty minor. Not that I don't like what she became, but still.

I would love to see a viera added to the party filling that chaotic-good vibe.