Spoilers regarding the Dawnservant story. What I think about Wuk Lamat so far:
- Says annoying things with her annoying voice in every other quest
- A monotone voice that sounds strained when she's supposed to express strong emotions
- Needs babysitting. It was cringy for someone so incompetent to act like a main character in the presence of the world-saving WoL. A little humility would have gone a long way.
- Can't fight and gets kidnapped (Minfilia energy), somehow later learns to play WAR properly with no additional training
- On top of being less smart and less strong, needs constant emotional reassurance from sidekicks
- Pretends to be best friends / almost family when we met like a month ago
- Her one redeeming quality seems to be a desire for cOmMuNiTy and cUlTuRaL aCcEpTaNcE that everyone else on the continent is seemingly too racist to embody
- Why didn't Koana become the leader? He is level headed, a capable fighter, good at decision making and apparently liked enough to be accepted as a Dawnservant in the end. Him starting out stoic and gaining understanding about different peoples throughout the competition would have been better character development than Wuk Lamat learning to wipe her butt. I would have preferred to accompany him throughout the first story arc.
- I get that the point of the first arc was to watch her grow into a leader but in order for that to be enjoyable I would have needed to like the character first. But I didn't know her and she was not likeable. She did not make me want to do things for her, even though I'm used to doing things for random NPCs throughout the game. And she had not earned the place to talk about accomplishing things together with the power of friendship, because she was not a scion or a long standing side character.
- I don't hate the character but I do think she was poorly written and poorly voice acted. The outcome for this newly introduced Hrothgal side character could have been different so it feels like wasted potential.
At 97 so I can't talk about the ending yet but I have a feeling my opinion about her won't change. The rest of the story and characters seem interesting but sadly they get less screen time.