Placing bets on which NPC travels with you for lore exploration in Mount Rokkon (which Hingashi/Yanxia honestly lack for representation in various game elements and dungeons unlike other neglected city states- Ishgard and Limsa are the other two that don’t need a Criterion). If it’s Ninja we might get Oboro, the game might remember to do something meaningful with Yugiri (doubtful), and since it looks more Hingashi than Yanxian, I don’t think it’ll be Hien. The front runner, sadly, is Hancock. As a noncombatant with comedic banter and writers’ fondness.

I doubt Zeromus shows up. That white figure in the Pandae raid is going to transform into the Pandaemonium summon.