I agree with you there. Of all the new zones, Bastion is probably the most visually appealing to me.
Alas, I went with Night Fae for Nico for both aesthetic, and story reasons. There’s certain mogs I simply have to have, and while that was what initially drew me towards the Night Fae along with finding the Kyrian’s “path” distasteful, the real clincher was Afterlives: Ardenweald. After seeing that, I was like yea, Night Fae is the right choice for me. These are “my people”.