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If they had planned on making Arven an important character (or even letting him speak), he would have been properly introduced to Liko by now and it would have happened during the school arc. Even if he didn't have much to do yet, they would have absolutely let him speak.
Horizons has NEVER been shy about introducing a lot of characters at once, even if they wouldn't get to do something until later. Anne, teachers from Liko's school, Nemona, the Explorers, Iono... I am 100% confident that Arven walking up to Nemona and Penny was supposed to be our
>omg yay Arven!
moment, that's all we get of him. Roy had Nemona, and Dot had Penny. If they had wanted to, that arc would have been the obvious time to throw that iron in the fire to set up Liko and Arven's meeting. But they chose not to. Arven bros we're not in the anime