Honestly a lot of the hostility towards the Signature Heroes… really doesn't make sense. The most I've seen is people criticizing them for being "promotional" heroes, which is a pretty dumb complaint. Oh no, Jagex is actually trying to make iconic characters! Yeah, considering how a lot of their iconic characters are either gods, villains, or the meme that is the gnome child, I'll gladly take some characters that are actually
good
. So I like the Signature Heroes.
That said, I did dislike Xenia, not because she's a Signature Hero, but because I hated that The Blood Pact and Carnillean Rising both revolve around her letting someone get into danger, and an innocent potentially dying, just because she "knew" that we would save the day. I'm glad that Heart of Stone was honest and made her recklessness completely catastrophic, but she
finally
redeemed herself in Nomad's Elegy. It's a little late for that, though, since I do think she should die.
However, it makes sense for her character's arc. As much as I dislike her, I understand that her point was that she's been around for so long that she expects her time to come, but she wants to make sure that the world is left with heroes. Between us, Philipe, and potentially Zanik, I think Xenia is satisfied that Gielinor has more heroes now.
Linza's death was just…
really
forced, though. They had already planned to make a Barrows Sister quest, and I imagine Raven already wanted to kill her, so it was killing two birds with one stone (Okay Armadyl won the Stone of Jas, but that's beside the point) by making Linza die and become the new Barrows, but… eh, I didn't care for how it was done.
Owen, Ariane, and Ozan are fun, and I'm glad that they have their own stories. I don't care for the Raptor, but he certainly fills a niche for the obligatory Slayer expert.
tl;dr, Xenia can stay dead, as we have plenty of other characters to continue onwards in her stead.
14-Feb-2017 02:43:37