A lot has been said about the rather poor quality of Dawtrail's storyline. One part of this is of course the omniprescience of Wuk Lamat, and her indomitable ability to soak up screentime like a tank does damage. However one oft umentioned side effect of this that I feel like people don't specifically talk about is how uninteresting the Dawntrail traveling group is due not wholly, but in part of this.
The travelling party in Dawntrail lacks any sort of chemistry. I cannot for the life of me remember if Krile and Erenville even conversed with each other. Which I think is especially egriogous considering the events in Living Memory. The scions just kind of exist. Alphinaud or Alisaie don't have anything interesting to say to Wuk Lamat, who is trying to be a leader. Alphinaud bringing up the Crystal Braves incident to Wuk Lamat's blind naievty would have been gold froma writing standpoint but all he really does is soak up screentime from Krile.
Erenville mostly only really talks to us (mostly due to Shaaloani) which does somewhat fit his character, but the fact that none of our group tries to have a conversation with him is very sad. Perhaps Krile could have attempted to talk to him during Solution Nine, which he naturally closes off the conversation because he prefers to keep to himself, but after Cachuia gets turned off, he opens up in a very nice character building scene in an attempt to be more adventurous and carry on Cachuia's legacy in some way, and the two comfort each other regarding their recent experiences.
Graha gets a nice gondola scene with us, and while the execution of the Ice cream scene leaves something to be desired, it's been long implied that Krile and G'raha are good friends, due to Krile's use of calling G'raha Raha. It was nice seeing G'raha try to make it easy for Krile and her parents to talk to each other. I hope in future we get to see more of their dynamic, since it's clear that the intent is that these two know each other really well and I feel like we haven't really seen that much in the story. I feel like the WoL officially becoming a Student of Baldesion is such an easy and obvious thread to catapult us into future expansions I'm surprised it hasn't happened already.
Another way they could have made the party more interesting is if at any point there were some small squabbles or points of conflict that the party discuss, but this never happens.
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The travelling party in Dawntrail lacks any sort of chemistry. I cannot for the life of me remember if Krile and Erenville even conversed with each other. Which I think is especially egriogous considering the events in Living Memory. The scions just kind of exist. Alphinaud or Alisaie don't have anything interesting to say to Wuk Lamat, who is trying to be a leader. Alphinaud bringing up the Crystal Braves incident to Wuk Lamat's blind naievty would have been gold froma writing standpoint but all he really does is soak up screentime from Krile.
Erenville mostly only really talks to us (mostly due to Shaaloani) which does somewhat fit his character, but the fact that none of our group tries to have a conversation with him is very sad. Perhaps Krile could have attempted to talk to him during Solution Nine, which he naturally closes off the conversation because he prefers to keep to himself, but after Cachuia gets turned off, he opens up in a very nice character building scene in an attempt to be more adventurous and carry on Cachuia's legacy in some way, and the two comfort each other regarding their recent experiences.
Graha gets a nice gondola scene with us, and while the execution of the Ice cream scene leaves something to be desired, it's been long implied that Krile and G'raha are good friends, due to Krile's use of calling G'raha Raha. It was nice seeing G'raha try to make it easy for Krile and her parents to talk to each other. I hope in future we get to see more of their dynamic, since it's clear that the intent is that these two know each other really well and I feel like we haven't really seen that much in the story. I feel like the WoL officially becoming a Student of Baldesion is such an easy and obvious thread to catapult us into future expansions I'm surprised it hasn't happened already.
Another way they could have made the party more interesting is if at any point there were some small squabbles or points of conflict that the party discuss, but this never happens.
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