Final Fantasy Evolutions: "Warrior of Light" Story Arc (Final Fantasy I - XV)

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    The Warrior of Light has been a huge part of the Final Fantasy franchise, as it not only served as the basis for the original story, but it has also had a heavy influence on many of the games that followed after.
    Final Fantasy III (Ingus, Refia, Arc and Luneth) and Final Fantasy V (Bartz, Faris, Galuf and Lenna) followed it to a tee, while Final Fantasy VIII, Final Fantasy X, Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy XV chose to adopt the Warrior of Light mythology for their storytelling
    Throughout the video, we'll dive into the Warrior of Light trope, identifying what elements a story needs to adopt in order to qualify and how each game utilised it.
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Komentáře • 613

  • @DarknessIsTheTruth
    @DarknessIsTheTruth Před 6 lety +280

    One of FF XV's best nods to the original FF game was at the end of chapter 1, where Noct and the bros are standing on a cliffside overlooking the bridge to Insomnia... just like how the original Warriors of Light ended the first part of their game on a cliffside overlooking the bridge to Cornelia.

    • @prince_nocturne
      @prince_nocturne Před 4 lety +2

      Homage... or coincidence? I don't remember Cornelia being engulfed in flames at the time, after all...

    • @Avenus112
      @Avenus112 Před 3 lety +3

      I never made that connection! Good thinking.

    • @parkernelson8187
      @parkernelson8187 Před 2 lety +1

      I love you for this connection

    • @FuraFaolox
      @FuraFaolox Před rokem +1

      FFXV has a lot of references to previous games
      i'm playing the NES games rn, and i'm just now realizing how many references there are

  • @GhostWulf70792
    @GhostWulf70792 Před 6 lety +545

    Final fantasy 14s warrior of light is the strongest if you ask me. Going around beating up all the main antagonists of other final fantasies like it's nothing.

    • @yrsa7637
      @yrsa7637 Před 6 lety +33

      yea we beat the crap out of a lot of antagonist mentioned in this video. Best Warriors of Light ^__^

    • @coolkimy6372
      @coolkimy6372 Před 6 lety +43

      bruh having the blessing of light makes the ff14 warrior of light op. its like plot Armor

    • @Chihiro-Kikuchi
      @Chihiro-Kikuchi Před 6 lety +1

      Not true. Se have said we're weaker than guts

    • @jayemm5106
      @jayemm5106 Před 6 lety +44

      Interestingly, the orbs from ff1 (or at least one of them, knows as the crystal eye) are in XIV, and it's explained that the power those orbs gave the original warriors of light far exceeded they power we get from our crystals of light. In fact, it explicity states that the further back you go, the stronger the blessing of light was meaning the strength of the warrior of light directly correlates to their appearance in the FF series, with the original Final Fantasy being the strongest.

    • @jesus123lozano
      @jesus123lozano Před 6 lety +2

      Chihiro Kikuchi O.o SE does no spesk about XIV tho unless about Y'shtola... Unless you mean Yoshida say the WoL is the weakess and doubt he would ever say the in a interview or Live Letter. XD

  • @KenjiShiratsuki
    @KenjiShiratsuki Před 3 lety +92

    Guys, seriously, XIV directly calls us the Warrior of Light, we nearly always fight with 3 companions, and now that Shadowbringers has the Trust system, we can take companions that aren't other players, but instead are the other supporting characters of the story, in to be our other 3. You could even draw a parallel between defeating the primals and going on the elemental journey at least as much as you do in this video with 13. Half marks at least for that. Also, we're chosen by Hydaelyn, a godlike entity analogous to those in 13 who got Lightning full marks for being chosen. Four people, at least, with some supporters who come and go. Chosen, duh, the powers don't come from our own desire to have them. Pilgrimage, half points, I mean we do have to attune to elemental aetherytes and fight elemental fiends in the form of primals. Otherworldly, certainly, as we go to the Void at least once in the Crystal Tower raid series, which is now canon to the MSQ, and then we also journey to the First to save it from Light in a direct homage to FF3's Warriors of Darkness.

    • @TiztasticallyWicked
      @TiztasticallyWicked Před 2 lety +13

      Adding to this, XIV also had Ardbert and his crew who are chosen by Hydaelyn in their world then make a pilgrimage to the Source to save it. They too collect crystals and fight against elementals. They also make the ultimate sacrifice to save their world.
      While our chosen WoL is the only one collection crystals, there are so far, four others who are willingly granted the same gift by Hydaelyn, being Minfillia, Ysayle, and Krile, two of which also make the ultimate sacrifice while aiding the main character. Ysayle and Krile journey to lands that are not their home to help in whatever way they can, and even with Arenvald and Makoto being included, each of them tick at least two boxes themselves.

    • @Xzasch
      @Xzasch Před rokem +4

      @@TiztasticallyWicked Ysayle even had her own crystal, and its implied others have one too, we're just the only ones who get lots of them

    • @jesseberg3271
      @jesseberg3271 Před rokem +3

      I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who noticed.

    • @TheChibiTina
      @TheChibiTina Před rokem +1

      Don't forget that in ARR we collect elemental crystals as we defeat the primal so I say full marks on pilgrimage. I was so upset they didn't mention 14 at all. We're literally called the warrior of light and even if you argue that we're technically the solo warrior of light of our world it still hits every other mark. Plus there's ardbert and his friends as the four warriors of light of the first to take into account and we're basically the source's equivalent of them.

  • @FarNoGaming
    @FarNoGaming Před 6 lety +33

    Holy shit Ultimecia being a reflection of Chaos explains her hair style looking like his horns:O

  • @Eliitti
    @Eliitti Před 6 lety +296

    Kinda surprised there's not even a single mention of FFXIV

    • @TigerWolf111
      @TigerWolf111 Před 6 lety +12

      Maybe it's because the story is still ongoing?

    • @MyVanir
      @MyVanir Před 6 lety +61

      Because the people behind this channel think FFXIV does not fit the Warrior of Light motif... for whatever bizarre reason.

    • @AzumangaFan13
      @AzumangaFan13 Před 6 lety +50

      It's not like are literally chosen by the planet, go on pilgrimages, attuning ourselves with the world itself, connected to the blessing of light and are the only ones chosen with saving the world or anything.

    • @eggnog8394
      @eggnog8394 Před 5 lety +28

      yeah i was hoping to hear about the references made to the warriors of darkness from ffxiv ; - ; i thought their story was quite interesting to the whole warrior of light stuff

    • @umbranex9274
      @umbranex9274 Před 5 lety +4

      That's the only reason I can think. We're still getting more info on what exactly the XIV WoL are or what they're capable of.

  • @kedtheduck
    @kedtheduck Před 6 lety +35

    I never made the connection between FF1 and FFXV being so similar, makes me realize how and why its so nostalgic and why they said it was for old and new players

  • @MacilentoComicsManga
    @MacilentoComicsManga Před 6 lety +168

    We all know who the true Warrior of Light is... Adelbert Steiner.
    Great video as always ;)

    • @adamhollger5913
      @adamhollger5913 Před 5 lety +1

      Macilento | Comics & Manga Nope

    • @jamesson1154
      @jamesson1154 Před 5 lety +1

      Adam Hollger yah f that guy. He’s the dumb uncle who never fathers children even though he wants to but he can’t because of his incompetence.

    • @arachineatzeer7478
      @arachineatzeer7478 Před 4 lety +3

      What about the Gentleman of Light?

  • @jamesc7894
    @jamesc7894 Před 6 lety +10

    I used to do voices as a kid when FF came out as I grinded out levels.
    Years later they made Steiner and it matched my vision of how I wanted a night.
    Love that klanking armor

  • @fitupwitsamsword
    @fitupwitsamsword Před 6 lety +79

    Considering how FF9 followed the original games’ concepts so much, it’s interesting to see that one of the things it didn’t incorporate was “the warrior of light”

    • @jasmiller87
      @jasmiller87 Před 6 lety +20

      Well it did have that one quest where you split your group into separate parties to get a crystal from 4 locations if I remember correctly. FF9 should have been an honorable mention. I suppose that quest was there just for more easter eggs or fan service though?

    • @Biouke
      @Biouke Před 4 lety +10

      It has the theme of the mirror worlds (Terra and Gaia) that echoes the World of Light/World of Darkness cycle.

    • @raulparrado1547
      @raulparrado1547 Před 2 lety +10

      I like to think thats because they don't explore directly the duality of "light and darkness" like most FF, they explore the one of "life and death"

  • @Nibelhiem86
    @Nibelhiem86 Před 6 lety +46

    The pilgrimage of 8 was to go collect the GFs which are essential for SeeDs to combat the sorceress.

    • @alphalancer
      @alphalancer Před 4 lety +6

      Another possible pilgrimage aspect for FFVIII is the quest pursuing Sqaull's Ellone/Laguna connection (first, finding Ellone, then finding Laguna who was himself searching for Ellone) in which the details of the Sorceress War and Ultemacia's plot to achieve Time Kompression were revealed.

    • @prince_nocturne
      @prince_nocturne Před 4 lety +2

      I thought the point of FF8 was to get through it as fast as you could so you could go on to better titles in the series. ...though, to be fair, it is still better than 2...

    • @JavierMartinez2010
      @JavierMartinez2010 Před 3 lety +1

      Sorry to answer a 2 years comment. Ff8 is my favorite of the series, and they do have a pilgrimage, however it isnt to look for the elemental crystals, thats whats missing. For me tho the pilgrimage is about the story of laguna's and julia. Since they couldnt be together, squall and rinoa complete it, saving ellone along the way. Like uncle Laguna tried to do. The gf is most mostly non mandatory, except quetzalcoatl, shiva, ifrit and brothers. However it was a great analogy.

    • @amaterasunomikoto2940
      @amaterasunomikoto2940 Před 3 lety

      What the fuck.. josef fritzl??

  • @chillkid6450
    @chillkid6450 Před 6 lety +39

    To be fair in final fantasy xv gladio, prompto, and Ignis' roles are foretold in the prophecy (as seen in it's painting and the game's opening), making their roles more or less predestined, and Noctis does search for the crystalline weapons of his ancestors in deep dark caves to gain part of the power to save the world, which brings it yet closer to the original warrior of light motif.

    • @Neo-cj1im
      @Neo-cj1im Před 3 lety

      🤮ff15🤮

    • @mortenera4423
      @mortenera4423 Před 3 lety +1

      @@Neo-cj1im 🤮Your mother🤮

    • @Neo-cj1im
      @Neo-cj1im Před 3 lety

      @@mortenera4423 🤮your wife🤮

    • @FuraFaolox
      @FuraFaolox Před rokem +2

      @@Neo-cj1im no one asked you what your opinions on a game you've never played are

    • @Neo-cj1im
      @Neo-cj1im Před rokem

      @@FuraFaolox that’s the thing about social media you give your opinions openly without caring what other people say just like I’m doing with you

  • @Omnibus4Everyone
    @Omnibus4Everyone Před 6 lety +23

    Great video!
    I want to add though, that FFIV has Warriors of Light albeit, more nuanced. They go on a "Pilgrimage" to find the Crystals, fight the Four Fiends and go to another World (the moon), to confront an Ancient Evil. Even the After Years follows this theme.

  • @isaacthelastn7687
    @isaacthelastn7687 Před 6 lety +50

    Unbelievable video well done. No joke it brought a tear to my eye. Thank you

  • @marks2807
    @marks2807 Před 4 lety +48

    You don't mention FF14. That game litteraly is about what it means to be the Warrior of light. The NPCs even straight out call you WoL.

  • @mortifagotenebroso
    @mortifagotenebroso Před 6 lety +7

    Loved this video. Please, more like this.

  • @fableddream3483
    @fableddream3483 Před 6 lety +1

    Wow! Thank you so much for this. Your analysis was deep and enlightening. You made me look at the Final Fantasy franchise in a whole new light. Hahaha. Couldn't help the puns. You made me appreciate it more too!

  • @davidoros3268
    @davidoros3268 Před 6 lety

    This is the first video I've seen on your channel and I'm very impressed by the work you did! Consider me a fan and a subscriber!

  • @NoxKaristonn
    @NoxKaristonn Před 4 lety

    This is the first video I see from you, and all I can say is keep on with the good job

  • @JGfromSpace.
    @JGfromSpace. Před 5 lety

    This was fantastic. Great video!

  • @billyboatman
    @billyboatman Před 4 lety

    Love the backing music for this video. Great stuff.

  • @danielshefer7115
    @danielshefer7115 Před 6 lety +2

    Cool vid! Learned quite a bit. Thank you!

  • @genesisSOC
    @genesisSOC Před 6 lety +44

    FF3 was not a 3DS remake, it's just a normal DS remake.

    • @supescape6323
      @supescape6323 Před 6 lety +1

      It was also a reboot to some extend.

    • @j800r
      @j800r Před 6 lety +3

      Nah. It was a remake. Still exactly the same game. In fact it has more in common with its original counterpart than it looks like the VII remake is going to have.

    • @genesisSOC
      @genesisSOC Před 6 lety +3

      Game balance was completely different. Smaller monster packs. Sage extremely nerfed. Magic nerfed.

  • @lancegraygaming
    @lancegraygaming Před 4 lety +10

    My favorite FF antagonist, School Leonhart.

  • @lazyboywiseguy
    @lazyboywiseguy Před 5 lety

    been looking for this ALL DAY still as great as i remember

  • @Chihiro-Kikuchi
    @Chihiro-Kikuchi Před 6 lety +15

    Ff15 comrades has literal warriors of light. Its what the populace calls the kingsglaive who restore power to the world

  • @xAstericks
    @xAstericks Před 6 lety +2

    This is such a good video! Thanks so much guys!

  • @Vayne_Solidor
    @Vayne_Solidor Před 4 lety +8

    Ashe from my beloved FF12 is sort of a chosen one by Occuria on a pilgrimage.

    • @reeformii1811
      @reeformii1811 Před 3 lety +2

      Yes and gabranth, cid and vayne are all pawns that are directly involved with the main characters in some way

  • @shadow86sk
    @shadow86sk Před 6 lety +1

    love your channel, I subbed.

  • @ChibiMachiChan
    @ChibiMachiChan Před 6 lety +83

    I'm really sad there was no mention of FF14... That does nothing but SCREAM Warrior of Light....They tick everything on the chart, so I can't understand why you left it out :/

    • @TigerWolf111
      @TigerWolf111 Před 6 lety +1

      Perhaps it's because the story is still ongoing???

    • @ChibiMachiChan
      @ChibiMachiChan Před 6 lety +12

      TigerWolf even if it's still ongoing... it still ticks all the boxes. I saw another comment after I made mine that was very informative, and FFUnion even replied saying that 14 should of been added and it was an oversight of theirs. Hopefully they start to add MMOs to their from now on.

    • @MyVanir
      @MyVanir Před 6 lety +17

      2.0 alone ticked all the boxes and every expansion ticks them anew.

    • @granmastersword
      @granmastersword Před 3 lety +1

      @@ChibiMachiChan I see. I was thinking it could be because the motif was placed different in XIV, as the WoL isn't a small group of heroes but rather just one hero (us), with the other players being just either fellow adventurers or bearers of the Echo helping you in some of the dungeons and boss fights

    • @Umega101
      @Umega101 Před 3 lety +3

      @@granmastersword Eh ... *spoilers*
      The Echo is something everyone has. Dormant or not ... everyone is a sundered Ancient that possess "Echo", or Memories. The power of Memories is at the very core foundation of the game's narrative ( tho it doesn't ram this down people's throats, you have to spot it. And it's in everything).
      As far as who accompanies you, the MC, in certain fights it has been written in to represent the MCs of the other splintered worlds and are all the "Echo" of one specific Ancient... which has been made clear as day who we truly are despite not having been spoken in confirmation, yet. The visual of the silhouette of the "WoL" on the moon with either the Sun or Hydaelyn in the background in the new teaser trailer (as I write this) paints the picture quite... bluntly.

  • @danielfernandes7970
    @danielfernandes7970 Před 5 lety +4

    FF XII kind of uses the warrior of light motif as well in a lesser extend: We have Ashe as the chosen one by Occuria and she travels the world in searching for relics of power (one of those is even a nethicite; the equivalent of the classic crystals).

  • @tegancombatti7836
    @tegancombatti7836 Před 6 lety

    Loved this video.. i would also enjoy videos based around specific FF things, like airshps or special/secret/super bosses.

  • @14Fugitive
    @14Fugitive Před 6 lety +11

    This video made me love ff8 ,ff10 ,and ff13 a lot more than I already do. Never really made the warrior of light comparison until this video.

  • @changedandgone1768
    @changedandgone1768 Před 6 lety +1

    Well done. It brings back a lot of good memories as FFI was my fist Final Fantasy. I bought that one, plus LoZ Gold Cartridge. I spent hours playing these games.
    I cannot wait to see more information from you all.
    Oh! I’d like Locke from FFVI next. :-)

  • @DrakeLimOfficial
    @DrakeLimOfficial Před 4 lety +6

    Noctis: Fire
    Gladiolus: Earth
    Ignis: Water
    Prompto: Air

    • @FuraFaolox
      @FuraFaolox Před rokem

      uh, i don't think so lol
      Ignis's name literally means fire

  • @carlocajigas3009
    @carlocajigas3009 Před 5 lety +6

    Something you missed that Ive always found interesting (and perhaps one of the few aspects I think XIII did right). In XIII the concept of the Warriors of Light is subverted. Rather than being something good, being Branded was considered a fate worse than death. The parallels are also much more prominent than the preceding games (at least the ones that came after V). The heroes were chosen by a fal'Cie (a literal living Crystal encased in robotic armor) with a mission to destroy the world rather than save it (which ended up saving the World anyway in another way) and were given magical abilities (much like the jobs bestowed upon the Warriors by the Crystals in III and V) It showed in more detail that the Warriors are often chosen agaisnt their will. This was the purpose of the Fabulla Nova Crystallis compilation from the get go, to take established tropes from the series and paint them in a new light. And I like how it was done in this case even if the game around it Wasn't as enjoyable.

    • @ketchumall8243
      @ketchumall8243 Před rokem

      Yeah I came to the comments to say a similar thing. I think people forget rhat the falcie are just crystals with robotic bodies. And in XIII - 1 the only way people could do magic was when it was when they became a L'cie. In other words, grant power and a destiny by a crystal.

  • @overseerpjoe9477
    @overseerpjoe9477 Před 2 lety +1

    This makes me realize that, spoilers for FFXIV, the Unsundered Ancients can be considered Warriors of Light. There are three of them, Lahabrea, Emet-Selch, and Elidibus, but if we include Venat/Hydelaen it makes 4. They are trying to save their world, and similar to the time travel of 8, when our character goes back in time to Elpis, they inadvertantly set Venat and Hermes on their courses to become Hydaelen and start the Final Days, respectively. And Venat intentionally leaves a flaw in her attack to Sunder the world into 14 that she knew Emet-Selch would take advantage of. So, the four of them are, due to time travel, destined to fill their roles.
    As for their pilgrimage to the elements, you could say that the Calamaties they cause, which require flooding a shard of the world with a specific element, is their form of it. And finally, instead of going to an otherworldly place, they are already are in one, the Sundered version of their own world. And while they all fail in their goals, they pass on the knowledge and hopes to our Warrior of Light to stop the Endsinger.
    TL;DR: The Unsundered Ancients are twisted versions of the Warrior of Light mythos. Especially Elidibus, who even becomes a Primal version of FF1's Warrior of Light.

  • @tafazula8979
    @tafazula8979 Před 5 lety

    Wonderfully explained video. May I also ask if anyone knows what beautiful song that is playing in the background

  • @SeanChristieMallon
    @SeanChristieMallon Před 6 lety

    These vids are great, Thanks

  • @ximakun
    @ximakun Před 6 lety +77

    This was a really nice video about the overarching themes of the series, but the lack of XI and XIV is a major fault. Both titles have their roots into the most basic of the elements that made Final Fantasy what it is, albeit XI took a more original approach compared to its successor while coming together nicely into a finale that is literally classic FF with the Warriors of Light VS Cloud of Darkness. XIV is clearly becoming the "one that brings them all together", if you played it you know what I mean.
    XI and XIV have a lot to say, and since I like what you guys do with with your videos I'd strongly suggest you look into them. They are both numbered FF titles and when it comes to lore they go far and beyond any of the others.

    • @distantworlds3308
      @distantworlds3308 Před 5 lety +3

      Massimiliano Mainieri well put!

    • @strangevision99
      @strangevision99 Před 5 lety +6

      For some reason the MMO games often get separated from the rest of the main numbered titles. When discussing the main games it's usually just the single player titles.
      I don't think they should be excluded but thats what normally happens.

    • @viridianloom
      @viridianloom Před 3 lety +2

      @@strangevision99 even square Enix has said that if it has a number then it's part of the main series, people just assume FFXIV is going to be a soul sucking experience like WoW because it's an MMO when FFXIV has had some of the best story telling since FFX. It also has done wonders for the genre, making it engaging, fun, and doesn't waste your time. It's total bullshit. I'm really irked that this guy just ignored it.

  • @mndlessdrwer
    @mndlessdrwer Před 4 lety +15

    Gonna be honest here: if they remade FF3 with the art style from that picture and the art book, I would absolutely buy it again. That style is just so pretty.

  • @SadSynth
    @SadSynth Před 6 lety +7

    Amazing job on this! Can you tell me the name of the piano song at the beginning?

  • @_theGreenNinja
    @_theGreenNinja Před 6 lety +90

    Came for XIV, didn't get XIV. Also that title is misleading "I-XV".

  • @kutlumzrak2689
    @kutlumzrak2689 Před 4 lety +8

    So I am guessing one of the most travelled and powerful Warriors of Light in all FF lore just doesn't count?
    *cough* Meteor Survivor *cough*

  • @WillM38
    @WillM38 Před 10 měsíci

    "We were just adventurers trying to make our way; an odd job here, a favor there. We never set out to be "Warriors of Light", but word of our deeds spread and soon people were calling us heroes. They placed their hopes and dreams on our shoulders and bid us fight for all that was good and right."
    -Ardbert, Warrior of Light of the First, Hero

  • @rocklee490
    @rocklee490 Před 4 lety +13

    No mention of Final Fantasy XIV with the best incarnation of the Warrior of Light

  • @natemccollum3731
    @natemccollum3731 Před 5 lety

    great video!

  • @SirAgravaine
    @SirAgravaine Před 6 lety +20

    No FFIX?

  • @wingzero3018
    @wingzero3018 Před 6 lety +2

    The Warrior of Light in Dissidia has so much swagg

  • @harukozgoalz3566
    @harukozgoalz3566 Před 4 lety +6

    Final fantasy is truly and deeply amazing😘🕶🕶 I am beyond impressed and amazed and in love with this great and brilliant series! From FF 1 too ff15 and every one in between is a masterpiece!

    • @Vayne_Solidor
      @Vayne_Solidor Před 4 lety +2

      True words. My favorite is 12 The Zodiac Age.

  • @aarondelacruz4208
    @aarondelacruz4208 Před 3 lety +1

    You might want to extend this to include XIV, theres a LOT to unpack on the WoL motif there

  • @NOVA2509
    @NOVA2509 Před 6 lety +2

    Final Fantasy XII was so far ahead of its time, it's not even evoqued in this video.
    More seriously, this is an interesting point of view of this series. Good video.

  • @andrewmatheson238
    @andrewmatheson238 Před 5 lety +6

    Can i ask why you didnt include ff14, the whole game is centered around the warriors of light. I would assumed that would have been the biggest thing to include

    • @FinalFantasyUnion
      @FinalFantasyUnion  Před 5 lety +2

      Hey Andrew, thanks for commenting! Honestly, it was an oversight on our part. We were trying to focus on the games that had casts of characters, so that they could be compared to the original "four warriors of light" and the MMOs got left by the wayside as a result. We should have at least mentioned Final Fantasy XI and XIV at some point in the video though. Needless to say, it's not a mistake we'll make again! ~Darryl

    • @barrybend7189
      @barrybend7189 Před 4 lety

      @@FinalFantasyUnion and no mention of the game Final Fantasy 4 Heroes of light and Bravely Default where the Fairies Fly has the whole 4 warriors of light down pat.

  • @Sora572
    @Sora572 Před 6 lety

    Are there any troupes like this that apply to the villains as a whole? I would love to see a video on that!

  • @suru7064
    @suru7064 Před 3 lety +2

    We need a final fantasy 1 remake

  • @robwelker750
    @robwelker750 Před 5 lety +93

    Gonna completely ignore ffxiv? After all its all warrior of light this warrior of light that lol

    • @barrybend7189
      @barrybend7189 Před 4 lety +6

      And 4 Heroes of light and Bravely Default?

    • @hazardyoutube1121
      @hazardyoutube1121 Před 4 lety +6

      No idea why he ignored 14 the start of 2.0 is warriors of light white mage warrior bard and BLM plus there old friend

    • @jsullivan3958
      @jsullivan3958 Před 3 lety

      They don't really like to include the mmos in alot of their videos, they mightve missed it tho

    • @zanerkindardis8978
      @zanerkindardis8978 Před 3 lety +1

      @Shawn Pupe maybe he doesn't have time to go through the whole of ff14 since is an mmo and those are pretty difficult to get all the info when compared to other non mmo ff games

    • @GoddamnBatman1
      @GoddamnBatman1 Před 3 lety +9

      And with this comment the video is a skip for me.

  • @libertyprime7911
    @libertyprime7911 Před 5 lety

    Music in the video please? (Especially at the end.) Is that game music?

  • @omogashi
    @omogashi Před 6 lety

    The goosebumps are real! O_O a journey thru nostalgia lane

  • @soraa4622
    @soraa4622 Před 6 lety +7

    what a surprise
    a video talking about a concept from the whole series and the 2 games that do it the best getting ignored AGAIN

    • @harukozgoalz3566
      @harukozgoalz3566 Před 4 lety

      What's the second game he left out of the video? I know the first one was Final fantasy XIV

  • @guillermocoronado6850
    @guillermocoronado6850 Před 3 lety +1

    FfXIV even has the looking for the elementals crystal, I was very pleased to see they way they expanded on the warrior of light scheme

  • @yrsa7637
    @yrsa7637 Před 6 lety +41

    I find it weird you not even mention FFXIV seeing as how they are 100% Warriors of Light and could also fit this list ( albeit maybe not the 4 party part. ).

    • @Chihiro-Kikuchi
      @Chihiro-Kikuchi Před 6 lety +11

      Well we do fight in a party of 4 for dungeons

    • @daishou3548
      @daishou3548 Před 6 lety +7

      Raids and Alliances are also multiple groups of 4 warrior of light.

    • @umbranex9274
      @umbranex9274 Před 5 lety +7

      Not to mention the 4 player party is called a "Light Party" in terms of both a party of light and a party light in size

  • @OyanKen
    @OyanKen Před 3 lety

    Where did you find that thumbnail artwork?!

  • @snbeast9545
    @snbeast9545 Před 6 lety +5

    How about the trope of the villains that have a relation/history with the main character?
    FFIV: Golbez and Cecil
    FFVII: Sephiroth and Cloud
    FFIX: Kuja and Zidane
    FFX: Yu Yevon -> Sin -> Jecht -> Tidus
    And maybe more, there are some I probably can't remember.

  • @owenr3265
    @owenr3265 Před 6 lety +5

    I write a story about the original final fantasy. It tells the tale of the fiends being sealed inside the descendants of the 4 Light warriors.
    Chaos was sealed in the descendant of the warrior of light. His name is Sora. He's a sword prodigy.
    Kary was sealed in the white Wizard's daughter, Talon. She's fiery yet Strong and stubborn. She's a fine healer.
    Lich was sealed in the Red Wizard's nephew, Evan. He's deaf yet smart. His job class is Red mage.
    Kraken was sealed in the grandson of the Black Wizard, Logan, who is sly and funny.
    And Tiamat was sealed in the Ninja's daughter, Shelby, who inherited the Thief Class. She's outgoing yet bratty.

    • @Fayt540
      @Fayt540 Před 6 lety

      non-canon because sora isn't ff

    • @owenr3265
      @owenr3265 Před 6 lety

      It's a different sora

    • @TigerWolf111
      @TigerWolf111 Před 6 lety +1

      The names definitely need changing.

    • @owenr3265
      @owenr3265 Před 6 lety

      OK, so tigerwolf, do you have any suggestions?

    • @axel7801
      @axel7801 Před 6 lety +1

      Ignore them. I like the names

  • @iarmandov2
    @iarmandov2 Před 3 lety +2

    I really hope y’all decide to do an update on this, especially with what FFXIV showed us at the end of the Shadowbringers story and what we as the players had to do.

  • @michaeld7925
    @michaeld7925 Před 5 lety

    please keep making these vids i love this so much. i like to say kain highwind

  • @9fmradisapratama
    @9fmradisapratama Před 4 lety +6

    FF14 WOLs are also blessed by early stars of WOLs which makes them also Warriors of Light yay.

    • @OmegaEnvych
      @OmegaEnvych Před 2 lety

      And then it actually takes concept of Warriors of Darkness from FF3 and develops on it. Recontextualizes entire narrative, making Warrior of Light that should be a player character an integral point in the entire narrative.

  • @ChristopherG1990
    @ChristopherG1990 Před 6 lety +5

    You should do the ancient civilization motif. They all seem to have one and most of the time the sins of that ancient civilization is plaguing the warriors of light whether directly or indirectly

  • @Ameion
    @Ameion Před 3 měsíci

    Thank God, FF Strangers of Paradise came out to answer questions 5 years later

  • @damascar3639
    @damascar3639 Před 6 lety +30

    mmmh why there are no mentions at all of FFXI's and FFXIV's warriors of light ? I mean, is correct to avoid talking about chapter like XII or IX as the WoL motif is almost absent, but (at least for XIV as i have more experience with it) in the two MMOs you have the most evident representation of the Warriors of lights until FFV . I think at least they're worth a mention.

    • @phantasosxgames8488
      @phantasosxgames8488 Před 6 lety +2

      It's worth mention , but it lacks everything else.
      As an MMO , it's very nature prevents to make "4 heroes" and "crystal".
      We only have "destiny" and "pilgrimage".

    • @daishou3548
      @daishou3548 Před 6 lety +11

      Every Dungeon is for 4 warrior of light. Every Raid or Alliance is multiple groups of 4 warriors of light (sometimes they come from other "worlds"/Servers) The whole game you are chasing for crystals to get elemental power to meet your destiny. There are even Warrior of Darkness! So yeah..i think this game should be mentioned.

    • @arkayna
      @arkayna Před 6 lety +7

      PhantasosX Games this is untrue. The 4 heroes are in the 4 person party mechanic. The entire games shoves the warriors of light story in your face. This was a great video, and i get thay most FF fans wouldn't have played XI or XIV, but at the very least it should have been worth a mention

    • @phantasosxgames8488
      @phantasosxgames8488 Před 6 lety

      Danijel and arkayna , is that so?
      so there is no reason to not putting XI or XIV , as it will be 3 out of 4 , the same case as VIII

    • @daishou3548
      @daishou3548 Před 6 lety

      Actually its even 4 out of 4 and it is even expanding on the idea. Well at least FF14...i have never played 11.

  • @mogry83
    @mogry83 Před 6 lety

    Nice video. 3:31 the lich boss actually has a warrior of light helmet and bracers.. interesting

  • @raiwenduravwin3166
    @raiwenduravwin3166 Před 5 lety +1

    Excellent video. I will just say though, you missed large portions of Final Fantasy 4 in your research. The warrior of light indeed is directly chosen, and prophecy is possibly the strongest theme in the game. It doesn't start immediately obvious, and the party shifts like it does in other later games, but the connection to crystals and a dark world they must travel to are all there. The game even does it twice: The Underworld with the dark crystals, and the moon after.
    Final Fantasy 9 might break the mold the most, though it is a literal sequel to the first game. The main villain in the first game directly appears in 9 as a catalyst for the game's events, and lore in game later on directly talks about the events of the first game. The game seems to be written to challenge the cycle more than to flow with it.
    Again, your research and presentation is amazing, love the video. Keep up the good work!

  • @ejpaladin
    @ejpaladin Před 6 lety +2

    I would love to see the history behind the elemental fiends/archfiends.

  • @chaseewell7072
    @chaseewell7072 Před rokem +1

    I loved the video ❤, but… how could you NOT include FFXIV in this? Literally built and showcased upon the warrior of light trope at the end of the day. I LOVE your channel at the end of the day, but WHAT? If you plan on making a FFXIV exclusive video, than I get it, but literally that story of that warrior of light has brought me to tears so many times than other games. Please document him cause literally FFXIV is changing the “scenescape” for FF story and lore in the entirety of the franchise and it should be shown. ❤❤❤ This is an amazing channel and please keep doing what you’re doing.

  • @dduncane
    @dduncane Před 5 lety +7

    Bravely Default and Bravely Second are definitely a Final Fantasy games ^^

    • @dduncane
      @dduncane Před 5 lety +1

      I just saw that the team behind Bravely Default/Second is the team behind FF 4 Heroes of Light, that might explain why I felt that Bravely games are so close to this description :)

    • @KeyleeTamirian
      @KeyleeTamirian Před 4 lety

      Rather disappointing ones...
      I would prefer if heroes would be a little more... selfish and egoistic. Their chronical altruism is too sugary for me.

    • @barrybend7189
      @barrybend7189 Před 4 lety

      @@KeyleeTamirian considering Agnes is a priestess, Tiz a farm boy, Ringabel( who has his own arc), Edea the daughter of a nation's leader, Yew a knight of a prestigious line and Magnolia a protector of Luxendarc from the moon. All the characters have a reason to be altruistic( though Ringabel did have his selfish moments).

    • @KeyleeTamirian
      @KeyleeTamirian Před 4 lety

      @@barrybend7189 Still their altruism is too sugary.

  • @raulparrado1547
    @raulparrado1547 Před 2 lety +2

    I "love" how the game that you didn't mentioned is probably the one that talk more about the concept of WoL otself and SPOILERS
    At one point you literally have to fight against the archetype itself incarnated of the WoL

  • @peaceofcrap
    @peaceofcrap Před 3 lety

    I would argue that FFVIII did have an elemental pilgrimage in the form of acquiring the main story quest Guardian Forces which start off by covering the elemental GFs like Ifrit, Shiva, and Quetzecoatl. Just food for thought. I hadn't actually realized at all how much the traditional WoL motif was present in FFVIII despite it being one of my favorite FFs along with the DS version of III so I hadn't even thought of the connection between gathering the GFs and the original crystal pilgrimages from 1 & 3 until I saw your video!

  • @RyldsGirl
    @RyldsGirl Před 6 lety +24

    I’m very disappointed you left out 14. It has a very strong Warrior of Light motif and it’s really kind of awful people just ignore such a great game because it’s an MMO. Even if you don’t play it there is plenty of information on the Internet. I hope your channel will stop ignoring the MMOs

    • @TigerWolf111
      @TigerWolf111 Před 6 lety

      Perhaps the reason for this is because the story is still ongoing?

    • @rumelismorende8177
      @rumelismorende8177 Před 6 lety +1

      ARR is self-contained and fulfills the monomyth. It would work fine, though I can see why they'd avoid an incomplete story.

    • @OskarXCI
      @OskarXCI Před 6 lety +4

      TigerWolf - 1.0, ARR and HW stories are done. ”Ongoing story” excuse doesn’t work.

    • @antediluvianspy5371
      @antediluvianspy5371 Před 5 lety

      Way too much to cover dude...

    • @gtgokussj4691
      @gtgokussj4691 Před 5 lety

      Amber Elliott you sure about that?? Warrior of light from ff1 defeated sephiroth,emperor,garland alone.. and chaos using the power of crystal in dissidia also warrior of light(ff1) have the power of class change given by bahamut and he has the crystal that holds the essence and power of a divine diety that can kill chaos or kill a god according to garland in dissidia..

  • @reina5647
    @reina5647 Před 5 lety

    Was wandering maybe do a video on (warrior of light) final fantasy wiki has lots of info but I have always been curious about the knight and his story 🙂

  • @zjuraeventide8949
    @zjuraeventide8949 Před 6 lety +1

    I found the story element explaining the genericness of the first warriors of light interesting. How they could have been anyone, that there were previous warriors of light before them. The reason they accomplished their goal was divine intervention from the player.

  • @kyero8724
    @kyero8724 Před 5 lety +5

    The WoL in FFXIV is apparently the #1 strongest. The one that protects the main world.

  • @InktheImpassive
    @InktheImpassive Před 5 lety

    In dissidia 012 the cutscene/the battle intro your playing as warrior of light and fighting lighting, lightning's line is "great Now im fighting a fairy tale"

  • @wasigupitobudiarto7767
    @wasigupitobudiarto7767 Před 5 lety +4

    Final Fantasy : Crystals
    Avengers : Infinity Stones

  • @Raigeko_13
    @Raigeko_13 Před 6 lety +20

    At 4:16, FF III wasn't a 3DS remake, just normal DS

  • @jawshiewoshie
    @jawshiewoshie Před 5 lety

    Was FF XII mentioned? I can't seem to catch it if it is.

  • @b1ackwa1tz2
    @b1ackwa1tz2 Před 5 lety +3

    Wonder why 6 is left out. Many of the troupes are present, especially if you consider the "world of ruin" in 15 part of the troupe. It exists in both games. While there are a great many characters in 6, there are a select few that the game truly focuses on.
    Also, I think 9 can also be included in the motif, you say that zidane is more personally linked to the antagonist, but Garland and kuja do not end up proving to be the main villains.
    Beyond that, the story focuses on a select few characters out of a group. Those 4 representing the very typical warrior, rogue, white make, and black mage.
    If ten can be included so should 6&9, for sure.
    Regardless, enjoyed the video!

    • @strangevision99
      @strangevision99 Před 5 lety

      They are all warriors of light. XI and XIV too.

    • @DeathMage19
      @DeathMage19 Před 5 lety

      Yes but you are missing the "prophecy" element. In 6, no god or force or deity chose them or prophesized them to save the world. They did it by their own heroism. Same with 9. Warrior of Light, in definition, should be chosen warriors destined to save the world.

  • @masamuneseraph
    @masamuneseraph Před 5 lety +1

    Final Fantasy 4 has a warrior of light. It was Cecil. He became a Paladin which is a literal warrior of light. Moreover, his coming was foreold by the Mysidian Legend...
    One born of a dragon
    Bearing darkness and light,
    Shall rise to the heavens
    Over the still land.
    The moon's light eternal
    Brings a promise to Earth
    With bounty and grace.

    • @JackSamEss
      @JackSamEss Před 4 lety

      I was thinking exactly the same thing, they also go on a pilgrimage for the crystals, and go beyond their homeworld to the underworld and the moon.
      I really like the quality of content in these videos so far, but to say FF8 follows the warrior of light theme but 4 does not for the reasons stated makes no sense.

  • @sonicroze
    @sonicroze Před 5 lety +2

    Wow... you squandered a perfect opportunity. I know I'm not the first to say this but... FFXIV... you are literally selected as THE Warrior of Light. There is even a group of Warriors of Darkness. And Otherwold? HEll yeah, we got them. In fact, we got callbacks to other Final Fantasies. I was honestly disturbed in Heaven's Ward, when my connection to Crystal-mommy got severed! It's an actuall in-game lore reason WHY you're able to resurrect while others... don't (Sorry Aeris)

  • @mhiggs8001
    @mhiggs8001 Před rokem

    Fuck yeah 0:37 never thought I’d see the sailor soldiers in One of y’all’s videos! I love to see it!!!!!!!

  • @andrewsmith3469
    @andrewsmith3469 Před 4 lety

    I have two ideas for evolution videos,
    1. The evolution of Cid as a character
    2. The evolution of magic through FF, this one I'm especially excited to see. The magic you buy to the espers giving magic, to equipment giving the magic, to mako forming materia and job classes giving character only elemental magic.

  • @troubledtoaster
    @troubledtoaster Před 6 lety +1

    Would be interesting to see how Final Fantasy Mobius fits into this.

  • @Beavoru
    @Beavoru Před 6 lety

    Make more videos like this please!

  • @CenarosNL
    @CenarosNL Před 2 lety +8

    You would do really well to give FF14 a fair chance.
    I’ve been an FF fanboi for 23 years and I’ve played them all.
    You’ll be surprised how everything you talk about in all your videos is tied together in that story. It’s 1 big homage easter egg fiesta to all other FF’s.
    And you could make some amazing video’s talking about older FF story simularities.

  • @nightjisoo337
    @nightjisoo337 Před 5 lety

    Another Spin off wich fits into the warrior of light theme is Final Fantasy Brave Exvius, there are the crystals, the heroes( actually more than 4 but 3 of them are the mains), the pilgrimage. The otherworld which is Paladia instead of Lapis. They are kinda chosen because they are royal childs from people of Paladia who fight against each other.

  • @adeadphish7931
    @adeadphish7931 Před 3 měsíci

    I never considered it but the Favula Nova Crystales games (13, type-0 and 15) all do have the WoL motif going for them

  • @DocDoesGamingYT
    @DocDoesGamingYT Před 4 lety +1

    I really like the term "warrior of leitmotif"

  • @Jenn-lq9yu
    @Jenn-lq9yu Před 4 lety +3

    Very surprised you didn't mention XIV, yeah.

  • @nikosleonidas1650
    @nikosleonidas1650 Před 5 lety +4

    wait so where is onion knight in 3

  • @Spacefrisian
    @Spacefrisian Před 6 lety

    In a sense, Phantasy Star also uses the warriors of light idea, although without the element thing attached.

  • @beowulf12343
    @beowulf12343 Před 4 lety

    Does anyone know the name of the song in the background?

  • @lyndsaybrown8471
    @lyndsaybrown8471 Před 11 měsíci

    Came for the Final Fantasy.
    Stayed to speculate wildly as to what else Toby will include in Delta Rune. Like, who is Lightner number 4? Do we currently have 3?