I picked Estinien and when he went "Good. You're alone." while dresses all casually I got so nervous and had to remind myself that this isn't Dragon Age 😂

everyone else: quick chat and goes to bed estinien: walks in without invitation and jumps out your window king

Ah, that's why they kept Urianger on the Moon - or it would be sunrise before he would have finished his point.

Estinien: You’re alone, good. Me: I like where this is going

Alphinaud - Your friend. He believes in you and it means the world to him that you believe in him. Trust in each other despite the worries and fears. Alisaie - Your protector. She wants you to take care of yourself and she will personally make sure you won't sacrifice yourself for heroics. Thancred - Your companion. Choice words, a beating if needs be, but at the end of the day you are there to catch each other in times of weakness. Y'shtola - Your caretaker. She will look out for you and take notice of things no one else would. She will be there for you with counsel and wisdom. G'raha - Your support. You will share your worries, pains and even the joys. You have yet stories to tell and you will look back on them together. Estinien - Your lance. He puts his faith in you, even if he doesn't understand. He will make sure your enemies will rue the day they faced you. The gist: Rely on your friends and the closest to you.

My headcanon is that they all decided to come talk to us in the middle of the night. Each one after the other xD

Everyone leaves normally the way they came. Then there's Estinien, lmao.

The devs/writers knew exactly what they were doing with estinien. They gave him a unique outfit for this conversation and everything

I got all excited when Estinien came in the room after he was done talking like "oh YEAH here we GO I am READY BABY" and then he jumped out the window. He elusive jumped me into blueballs.

Estinien: good, you're alone. Me: excuse me???

2:04 Alphinaud even does WoL’s signature fist punch thing before he leaves. What a good son.

I was so ready to receive Estinien's lance..

The devs knew exactly what they were doing making G'rahas the longest... and they didn't have to but I love it

"But I trust in your judgement and choose to believe in your cause. You and Alphinaud have my lance. Now and always." I love this man.

Estinien was going to make a move on the WoL, but being socially awkward, he lost his nerve at the last moment and tried to play it cool by Dragoon leaping out the window.

Estinien _"You're alone, good"_ Me: *heavily sweating*

Everyone else: Don't worry WoL, we've got your back out there. You can trust us to be there for you Thancred: Hey man, you've got my back right? I'm a Dad now, i'm trusting you on this one.

I got Y'shtola via a die roll and I gotta say, my feelings towards her changed ever-so-slightly She always felt kinda aloof to me, but this moment felt so... tender, especially the little voice crack in "it was... a horror beyond description" this expansion really went all out when it came to reinforcing the notion the scions are more than allies and coworkers, they are our _friends_

G'raha is the most canon one imo, he would absolutely come talk to you and also he, as someone who saved his own world at great peril to his body, just gets it. He's not like "don't do this" he's like "Yo whatever you gotta do I got your back like lets half up the necessary sacrifice." They all have really great excuses to come visit you, G'raha, Alisaie, and Alphinaud are the ones I most think actually would though.

I love that the shot before you open the door is just of their face, except for raha, who is nervously wringing his hands and I love that

Loved G’raha’s and it was my first choice! His words hit deep- not just in context for the story- but as a person battling depression and anxiety- how BADLY I wish someone did this. In a moment all bravado and lofty titles are stripped away in the wake of his words and you’re just a person again with vulnerabilities and weaknesses that he’s willing to help your shoulder that, so you can face the next day- no longer alone in your feelings. With the promise of sharing more happy memories with him as well. He’s willing to stand by your side through the good and the bad. However which way you read it (platonic or romantic) everyone needs someone like this in their lives. Someone who never forgets that you’re just a human being.

Honestly I chose Estinien bc he’s my favorite character whom I mercilessly bully all the time, but he showed up in that shirt and my brain just shorted out LMFAOOO

When this happened in game I chose Alphinaud, then after the cutscene immediately went to the unending journey to watch the others. WORTH IT!

Really digging the Dragon Age chill-at-the-camp-and-chat/romance-with-your-comrades vibes this scene brought. Only wish they happened more throughout the story.

Y'shtola: Did you so grossly offend every single deity in a past life that they saw fit to place a curse upon your soul? Me, a wow refugee having killed literal gods: *nervous sweating* Maybe...?

I picked Thancred, he was a meh character to me until ShB, but his father/daughter relationship with Ryne and him dealing with Minfilia being gone elevated him to one of my favorites.

Alphi didn't visit because he wanted to ask for a favour or offer help. He visited because he realised he did wrong by you. While the others are begging you to place your trust in them, Alphi already has that trust and he knows it. He is thankful for our trust in him and he knows that he mustn't take this trust for granted. And in return, Alphi trusts you. He trusts that - whatever you do - you will make the right decision. There is no need to ask you not to be reckless with your life, to seek help, to accept help or to keep your friends in line. This mutual (and EARNED) trust between the WoL and Alphi is one of the many reasons why he is my favourite character.

So I love that Eistinen is the only one to enter your room. Even if only for a moment to jump out a window. Also after watching all of these I realized something I already knew. Man I love G'raha. He's such a good boy

Y'shtola sounds so heartbroken talking about how the WoL's soul looked in Amaurot 😭

Y'shtola: "forgive me, that was in bad taste" WoL: "That's alright, I'm going to make fun of your nyxie summoning incantation later anyway."

The fans are gonna have a field day with some of these, particularly G'raha's

I like how Graha tia one is the longest... I swear he came to be the replacement for Haurfenchant :) and is our other true fiend we have :D

I have always had in my heart believed that Alisae and Alphinaud was the WOL closest friends of the scions and I love how its conveyed through these scenes.

I picked Y’shtola because I didn’t think she’d actually show up, but her genuine concern was surprising. Also her callback to the Night’s Blessed made me glad I’m a DRK main in these… drk times

I hate seeing Estinien leave...but in those pants I love watching him walk away.

G'raha's "Sleep well, my friend" is the very final words I was looking for in all of this. A simple statement, but one that is nice to hear. Feels more... Personal

THE WINK at the end for Estinien

G'raha's nervous fidgets are so cute Also 6:20 it was because of Thancred's stubbornness that we could roam about Ultima Thule.

You know despite all of these scenes I think it’s not a mistake that g’raha and alisaie’s are the most thematically potent. G’raha’s is a wonderful callback to both you time on the first and in arr and serves not only to prove how far you’ve come in regards to the dangers of the trials you face but also to remind you that though it may feel as if you are just a weapon for people to wield in the face of hardship, there are those that genuinely care for you as a person. A theme which is obviously played upon a lot amongst the scions but it strikes particularly hard with g’raha considering he was in a position of power to do so and didn’t anyways. As for her alisaie, hers serves as a confirmation that you are not invincible. I personally already knew that after the whole duty with fighting as teh imperial solider bc I seriously thought the wol was gonna die and we would continue the story in the life stream, but I’m not sure how that scene affected everyone else. In any case the wol is most certainly not invincible to emotions and wanting to do dangerous things, this all of us know but it feels so good to see another scion know it too. That she was just as scared as we are. Their is a certain type of camaraderie in seeing someone else feels the same way as you and alisae’s character captures it spectacularly. (Think back to when teh scions we’re being called and she was reasonably freaking the fuck out as most of us were also doing, in an odd way it felt good to have our emotions represented in an actual character) I say it is no mistake that these two scenes are so potent and I think it’s because these two are the closest canonically to the wol. Their the ones that will biker over what you want, the ones who immediately knew something was wrong when zenos was in your body and the ones to run over first when they saw who they thought was you coming back after disappearing. These scenes hit the hardest because these characters understand you the most. Sorry this is so long I just had some brain worms I needed to get out. It may also be too reliant on my own feelings regarding the game but I still wanted to say it anyways.

Estinien: "I don't know what's going on, but I got your back." lol

I LOVE how before opening the door, you see the side of their faces and chins. But for G'raha, you see he fumbling about with his hands and is shifting in place. A reflect of his time as Exarch~

Oh why are you so ADORABLE G'raha!? Why do I love this silly gang of misfits so much!? All of them...I've never been this attatched to a group of FF main characters before...

Now I imagine if any of the other scions had this option, and selected the WoL they would get an emotional cutscene with only nodding and hand gestures

Always made the most sense to me to pick Estinien because he's generally cold and distant, so any opportunity to talk to him just makes more sense from a dialogue perspective. I main Dark Knight as well, so a lot of the scenes in the game just flow well when you have two "silent" characters like a Dragoon and Dark Knight, while harkening back to FF4 as well. Anytime you get some emotion out of characters like Estinien just feels better, where nearly everybody else on the cast is constantly expressing themselves to you. Shadowbringers main theme is probably my favorite in the game, but a lot of the remixes aren't as good, so picking Estinien is almost always accompanied by Dragonsong, and every composition of Dragonsong is good.

Was I the only one who picked graha because I thought he would be the only one to knock on my door so late in the night?

SPOILER WARNING but if you're here you'd already know what's up anyway not me crying that i didn't get to pick my boy Urianger because he's all the way on the ding dang moon 😭

End of Endwalker spoilers below: Alisaie: You know how I feel about heroic sacrifices Me: *Sobbing uncontrollably*

I chose G'raha when this happened in game, and looking back at all these I'm really glad I did. His encounter even rewatching it made me the most emotional.

My head Conan is that they all came to visit my warrior of light one by one while my wol is trying to get some zzz in. Like every time someone knocks on the door she’s like “who the f&&k is it now.” But is happy that they came by.

I would die for G'raha

Y'stola: "did you offend every single deity in a past life such that they put a curse upon your soul" Azem:"yes actually"

Estinien was so romantic AAA hahah I love this gamr

G'raha Tia best boy!

I chose Y’shtola for this one. She’s been my favourite character in ffxiv since I met her in that cave during ARR

Estinien my personal favourite. Now and always.

Alisaie: " Craving a midnight snack were you?" Me: I don't like where this is going. Estinien: "Caught you alone. Good." Me: I REALLY don't like where this is going

Thumbnail makes it look like Estinien's creeping on Y'shtola and Alisaie about to kiss.

I picked Alphinaud if only because he's basically been there with us the whole time. Everyone else had gone off to do their own thing at one point or another, so I figured I'd give him my ear at that late hour.

Everyone: You need not bear it alone. We are here with you. Consult and rely upon us. :) Ultima Thule: *exists*

Everyone’s like bye have a good time and then there’s estinien who spineshatter dives out of your window

This scene had such big dating sim energy and I am all here for it.

I was a little upset when Urianger were not a choice since he's in the moon with the rabbits. I'd like to believe that speech he had with you after tailing him from behind is his heart to heart conversation should he be a choice in this section .

G'raha nearly made me cry, so wholesome

Thancred's makes me cry. He just needs someone to keep him from doing something rash because he may lose his baby 🥺

oh man, Alisaie with the foreshadowing there. Picked her and now see even more about her in retrospect having completed the game. I do love getting to see what everyone had to say, and get so much feels how much all the scions care about our character.

Estinien refuses to come in and chat, only to finish chatting and go inside...just so he can jump out the window.

So glad I picked Estinien first, I was laughing so much. Now it’s ever funnier because he’s the only one wearing different clothing. That exposed v neck shirt with leather pants LOL

G'raha Tia best boy! 🤧

Estinien's scene is such a fanservice! XD and i'm not complaining! i selected G'raha coz he's my best boi, but I squeal and giggle watching Estinien's cs. lol! Thanks YoshiP! Thanks Dev Team!

Headcannon : they all show up one after the other, and you just want to go to bed

Some day we'll get that [non-existent] Romance expansion titled Degeneracy Bringers. This was just an early teaser.

Also a worthy note is that the different Scion have a different theme (Except Alphinauld and Alisaie who share) playing while taking to them.

"you'll go that far" says YoshiP in an interview. I guess this is one of those moments.

Had a quiet moment talking to my wonderful daughter Alisaie of course. My protege. My pupil. My successor-to-be. Perfect angry child. Love her. Interesting to hear her warning, and her telling you to come back alive. Makes it hurt all the more when you almost don't make it at the end. Really adds something to her outburst at the end. Was very sweet. My PERFECT CHILD.

I picked Thancred since he's been with you since the beginning if you went with Ul'Dah! Not only that, but it further establishes how much of a bro he really is. How protective he is over you, which is shown during ARR when he beats himself up over not being able to save you from Ifrit, how he saves you and the others from the Warriors of Darkness, etc.

Estinien totally went in preparing for some sexy time but chickened out He was wearing a tight fitting shirt and pants

Does Y'shtola knows that WOL are Azem? This joke of hers about past life and then "forgive me, that was in poor taste, i recall what happened in Amaurot".

I picked Y'shtola and when Matoya's theme from FF1 kicked in, I started tearing up so bad.

i was thinking yshtola wanted to spend time together before the final days. :(

loved estinien walking up with his shirt half open and saying "Good, you're alone." SIR... what I would have given if this game let us date NPCs.

Estinien is just extra in this scene. Man jumps out the window. Fresh air/10

I'm mildly disappointed that Estinien didn't literally nyoom into the heavens with all the speed and force of a dragoon at the end.

i picked G'raha Tia and damn it all if i don't have a major crush on him.

Estiniens convo can pretty much be summed as “the twins annoy him to jumping out a window

I picked Thancred. Since ShB he is my favorite scion. And the fact he is so closed about his own feelings makes sense to me he waiting until we're alone to talk about it.

that leg is a paid actor SHEEEESH

Funny how Alisaie talk about noble sacrifice and WoL almost did it when we were fighting with Endsinger and send rest of Scions to safe place ^^ I want hug them all ^^

I picked G’raha because god I love him 😭😭😭😭😭

I didn't think they would have cutscenes for each. So I just picked who I thought would be at the door. Picked Graha because that scene reminds me of the first with Ardbert. If it was a "choose your favorite" moment, then I may have chosen differently, but Graha is definitely up there. Maybe it was by design that you chose who you were expecting (the person who you thought cared the most) and they are very similar choices.

This reminded me of the Flanoir optional scenes in the old Tales of Symphonia for gamecube, where you'd have each of your companions knock on the door in the night until you can choose one to go out to the balcony to speak to (also this is where you could get Kratos back in the party if you declined all of them and waited again, he'd show up)

I choose to imagine that all of these conversations happened one after another, with each knock coming just as WoL was getting into bed. By the time Estinien comes in, he's twitching and crying blood.

G'aha: I fear this may be the last quiet night we have to talk for quite some time. Amy my WoL: Bruh it's not gonna be quiet if you come to my room. Boutta change your name to G'raha Nunh, if you know what I mean.

Alisaie: Craving a midnight snack? FBI OPEN UP!

I can’t decide which is better, but I was somewhat hoping that, like Estenian, we would have a chance to see everyone in more casual clothes, or at least garments more suitable for bed. Cause I doubt that sleeping in their typical clothes would be comfortable.

I was expecting Estinien to grunt and nod at you and in response you grunt and nod back.

Honestly my first pick was Thancred, because out of the choices, he's the one I'd ship with my WoL, but I rushed back to watch the Unending. 💙 Really loved how deep all of them were, especially Alisae and Y'shtola's genuine concern for WoL's well-being. Estinien's just made my brain go brrr the first time, because it just seemed so...like canon ship content. 🤣 watching it over, I can really appreciate that he just knows we understand the man wants some real alone time. Like, yeah, sure, Estinien, you can use my window to escape whenever you need, buddy. ...somewhat sad Alisae didn't bring snacks, but the twins brought snacks to Estinien, though.

1. Alphinaud and alisae- worried little siblings 2. Thancred- the older brother that feels unsure of himself and needs a tap in the back for courage 3. Y'shtola- caring mother ready to scold you at any moment if you're not taking care of yourself. MOMMY 4. G'raha Tia- doting dad just wants to make you smile and relieve some burdens off your shoulders. 5. Estinien-BADASS OLDER BROTHER!!!

This is how I see: Alphinaud: He is the friend that thanks us for overcoming together everything we did until that point and that wishes he would reach goals like ours, not out of envy but as true admiration to our attitude and willing to help them. Thus why mentioned what happened in garlemald. Alisae: Is like our big sister that worries for us and that we make sure we do are not hotheads like her and jump in action just because. The least she want is seeing us ina peril or hurt like what happened with Zenos. Thancred: He is like awkward father figure that keeps thinking on the important people we are proctecting but that even at times feels powerless to do anything. He see us as that one that will knock sense into him to remember why we are doing this. Y'sthola: I swear she is like our mother figure asking us for our well being not only physicially but in all senses... for our mood, for aether in ff case and even as person... because of what has happened in Shadowbringers. She just do not want anything of that to be repeated. Graha Tia: He is not only a friend but that little brother that admires us and everything we did and the experiences we got together... Like the others he is worried for the burden of our shoulders... but he also wishes to relieve us from them by sharing them and even consider him the companion we can be there in the most direst moments. Finally Estinien is like our partner in crime which shared the same experience not only now during our time in the Dragonsong War and that even thought he feels included as a friend like all others, except, Alphinaud, he trust them and puts that trust with his power... for our sake and our goals. I really love these well put scenes :)

G'raha and Alisaie doing their jobs of making me vulnerable and emotional. Personally, these two characters have aided me attempting to develop a more positive inner voice, one more accepting of the self. I had to do a coin toss on whether or not I'd do Alisaie or G'raha first, and then watch the other one(s) in the inn afterwards. It landed on G'raha, and I'm far from complaining. It gave me another more introspective and matured look at the Exarch he once was, while still retaining the awkward, but genuine self as he has become now. It was very welcome, and his optimism and appreciation of life is always so heartfelt. (And the devs just couldn't help but reuse the arm-rubbing animation of the Exarch at lvl 77, could they? ;) ) Surprsingly, the Estinien and Y'shtola ones were also quite lovely! I really liked all of the musical cues they had playing for each of the Scions. (Although I'm not sure what the ones for the Twins were.) Edit: GAH WHY DO I TORTURE MYSELF. I watched Alisaie's again, and I just- "It wasn't a promise just for him. It was a promise for you, too." I am BLUBBERING.

It's a shame Urianger isn't an option here, but we did thankfully get a similar conversation with him in space.