Headcanon that Ciphixy were on their wedding anniversary touring the Usean countryside when the Lighthouse War happened, and they just ignored it & went on. They happened to be at the locations of several missions that trigger was in, casually sightseeing as the fighting happened above their heads.
Also, I usually dislike the little detail that Pixy is Belkan because Come On, not all the bad guys need to be Belkans, but I will make an exception & tolerate it if only to headcanon that Pixy dresses like that guy making funny stereotypical German videos (going on “just a small walk” through the Waldreich mountains that lasted 10 hours is something Pixy has totally done)
Cipher on the other hand,,, life is a runway and the planes are just accessories
(Hc that Phoenix would exclusively sortie with Hawaiian shirts)
Julian.
Challenges a vandal to single combat, gets thrown off a cliff, washes up on a shore with all his equipment, immediately joins another army/battle.
Has the best battle music (I will fight you).
I think when I replayed after making this, I'd slightly misremembered events, but this is still the gist X3
Also his scenario is the most bonkers. With the most number of unusual party members. You get one or two outlying classes in a regular shining game alongside the usual centaurs, elves and hoomins, but Julian gets a dragon man, an ancient dragon, a unicorn, a fairy (the twinkly kind) and an ex-yuki onna.