Evan is not one of the Five Heroes !?

He looks old and worn, not beaten up. Same look to the Aran Memory maps, so I'm interested in where they go from there.

That image also reminds me of the Cygnus Dragon creature thing. Wonder if there's any connections, or if I'm just drawing something out of nothing.

Those are past-Rien tiles and objects, so they wouldn't be seen anywhere in the present. I'm sure the map name would indicate it, but there's not much reason to check as that's 99% certain to be in the past.