Warriors of Light

Artwork of the Final Fantasy III Warriors of Light (DS) by Yoshitaka Amano.

The world lies shrouded in darkness.
The winds die...
The seas rage...
The earth decays...
But the people believe in a prophecy, patiently waiting for its fulfillment.
'When darkness veils the world, four Warriors of Light shall come.'
After a long journey four young warriors did at last appear...
...and in the hand each was holding a crystal.

Intro to the original Final Fantasy.

The Warriors of Light (光の戦士, Hikari no Senshi?), also called Light Warriors, Warriors of the Light, Knights of Light, Heroes of Light, is a recurring theme in the Final Fantasy series. Four heroes are chosen by the crystals, be it by a prophecy, a will, or by fate, to go on the dangerous journey to fight evil or simply restore balance to the world. In the games they appear in, the Light Warriors are always the playable characters controlled by the player.

Appearances

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Final Fantasy

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The Warriors of Light seen from behind.

The Warriors of Light are four youths spoken of in Lukahn's prophecy that appear in Cornelia to save the captured Princess Sarah from the clutches of the corrupted knight, Garland. Unlike later appearances, these Warriors each hold the crystals themselves. Their mission is not to save the crystals, but to destroy the Four Fiends of each of the four elements and to save the world, thereby restoring the light to the crystals they hold. After defeating the Four Fiends, the Light Warriors travel into the past to defeat the cause of all the evil, Chaos, who is in fact their first foe, Garland. The evil force had created a cycle of destruction passing through time that the Warriors of Light end once and for all by destroying Chaos.

These Light Warriors are not given names, and instead are named by the player. Their job classes are also assigned by the player at the start of the game. In the novelization "Final Fantasy: Memory of Heroes" the warriors are given the names Zest, Sauber, Floe and Daewoo, consisting of a Warrior, a Thief, a White Mage and a Black Mage respectively.

Final Fantasy III

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Artwork of the Warriors of Light (Famicom).

The Warriors of the Light are four orphaned youths that live on the Floating Continent. In the original game, they are not given names, but the 3D version names them Luneth, Arc, Refia, and Ingus, and gives them a short backstory. They travel the world appearing at the four crystals of each element, gaining jobs at each one they find. Their goal is defeat the power of Darkness from destroying their world.

After traveling into the World of Darkness, the Warriors of the Light find their opposing Warriors of the Dark. These Warriors once saved the world themselves, but not from the usual Dark; instead, they defeated the destructive power of Light. The four Dark Warriors give the four orphans aid during the final battle against the Cloud of Darkness.

Final Fantasy V

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Artwork of the Warriors of Light, from left to right; Bartz, Lenna, Krile, and Faris, by Yoshitaka Amano.

Once again, there are two groups of warriors. Before the start of the game, the four Warriors of Dawn; Galuf, Dorgann, Kelger, and Xezat; defeated the evil Exdeath and sealed him in a remote cavern, using the four crystals of another world. Though three of the four return home to their world, Dorgann stays behind, feeling guilty for bringing a great evil to an innocent world. While there, he has a son, Bartz, but dies of grief after the passing of his wife, Stella.

Bartz later becomes a wanderer, who one day gathers a group of warriors in his own group, the Warriors of Light. These four, who include the Dawn Warrior Galuf and the royal Tycoon sisters, Lenna and Faris, are chosen by the crystals to protect them and destroy evil. They fail each time, and each crystal is shattered by Exdeath's forces. When each crystal is broken, the shards become job classes that can be used by the Warriors.

After the four crystals are destroyed, Exdeath is reborn. The Light Warriors travel to the Dawn Warrior world and while there, each of the original Warriors of Dawn sacrifice themselves to try and defeat Exdeath. Finally, Galuf, too, falls. He is replaced by his granddaughter, Krile, who completes the second generation of warriors.

Exdeath fuses the two worlds together so as to gain more power from the Void. The Warriors of Light travel into the Interdimensional Rift, fighting through his horde of demons, and finally slay Exdeath, with the aid of the spirits of the Dawn Warriors. At the end of the game it is revealed that whenever the world is on the brink of being consumed into the Void, four spirits will be born who will give birth to light, referring to the formation of the Warriors of Light.

Final Fantasy: Legend of the Crystals

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The four Light Warriors, Linaly, Prettz, Rouge, and Valkus.

200 years after the end of Final Fantasy V, the crystals once again come under threat, now from the evil Ra Devil. A descendant of Bartz, Linaly, must gather together a new team of Light Warriors, her friend, Prettz, the pirate, Rouge, and the general, Valkus, to defeat this threat. The unlikely team is soon sent off to the Black Moon on their mission to save the world from destruction.

While the story focuses heavily on Linaly and Prettz, and none save for Linaly possess any sort of magical properties, the facts that the four characters are banded together—if not quite by fate—to face the oncoming evil, and that the team subtly mirrors the Warriors of Light from Final Fantasy V, are enough to unofficially dub them as such as well.

Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII

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"The knight of light".

Lightning is called the "the knight of light", a synonym for "the warrior of light" by Zoe in the Yusnaan Slaughterhouse before the fight begins.

Final Fantasy XIV

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The Warriors of Light tattoo.

The Warriors of Light are stated to be the band of Adventurers (i.e. the players) that helped protect the city-states and form the Eorzean Alliance during the events leading up to the Seventh Umbral Era. They took to the field during the Battle on the plains of Mor Dhona and were apparently lost during the unleashing of Bahamut. Their name derives from the fact that whenever people try to remember them, all they can remember is a silhouette surrounded by a blinding light.

Characters created for the original game have a special tattoo on their neck, indicating they are one of the Warriors of Light. It can be hidden (or unhidden) with command "/lmark". They also have a different intro upon starting the game, with them appearing in a flash of light and walking on foot to their chosen city state, and minor edits to the text of some quests. They also receive a chocobo whose beak has been branded with the same mark, implying this was possibly their original chocobo from the previous era.

Near completion of the main plot, the Scions of the Seventh Dawn and all player characters (i.e. including those created in A Realm Reborn) are referred to as Warriors of Light by the leaders of the Grand Companies. The player character is referred to as a Warrior of Light specifically by Hydaelyn.

Minion of Light is a minion the player can acquire.

Final Fantasy Mystic Quest

Template:Sideicon When Benjamin and Phoebe approaches the statue at the top of Doom Castle, the statue calls them the Knights of Light, and the Crystals entrusts them with their power.

Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light

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Artwork by Akihiko Yoshida. From left to right: Aire, Jusqua, Brandt and Yunita.

The four main characters of the game, Brandt, Aire, Yunita, and Jusqua, are chosen to be the Heroes of Light, also referred to as The Children of Hope, in the Present by the Crystal to replace Rolan, the sole Hero of Light from the past. Rolan himself was chosen as a Hero of Light at an unknown point in the past by the crystal to fight Dark Lord Chaos, which he succeeded in doing, however, unable to kill the Dark Lord he instead sealed him in the Star Chamber in the center of the planet. By the time the game starts in the present Rolan's soul has been corrupted by Lucifer, one of Chaos's servants, and lost his powers as a Hero of Light.

The Heroes of Light do not have any innate powers that set them apart from others. Instead, the crystal simply chooses a person, or people, who have strong hearts filled with hope and other positive emotions, or who have hearts with the potential to be filled with hope, and grants them crowns, which function like Jobs from other Final Fantasy games, allowing them to gain powers based on which crown they choose to wear.

Bravely Default

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Artwork by Akihiko Yoshida. From left to right: Edea, Tiz, Agnès and Ringabel.

The four main characters of the game, Tiz Arrior, Agnès Oblige, Edea Lee, and Ringabel are chosen by a deceased alternate world version of Agnès to be the Warriors of Light: referring to them as the embodiment of her will to stop Ouroboros. This was hinted in the announcement trailer of the game addresses the player as a Warrior of Light. During the final chapter, Airy also mentioned that no other "Warriors of Light" have impressed her like the game's main characters.

Final Fantasy Dimensions

Template:Sideicon Four of the eight main characters of the game are the Warriors of Light: Sol, Aigis, Sarah, and Dusk.

At the beginning of their adventure, the Warriors of Light are chosen by the Crystal of Lux, and are blessed with its power. During their journey, they find five crystal shards which bless them with the Dragoon, Bard, Memorist, Paladin and Seer jobs.

Dissidia Final Fantasy

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The Warriors of Cosmos during the final cycle.

The Warrior of Light represents the original Final Fantasy, modeled after the Warrior class from said game. The Warriors of Cosmos, chosen representatives of the Goddess, are also often referred to as the "Warriors of Light".

It is mentioned that Shantotto was once a member, having abandoned the war long ago for her own research.

Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy

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The Warriors of Cosmos during the 12th cycle.

Warrior of Light reappears as a playable character in the prequel to Dissidia along with the other Warriors of Cosmos. But its membership during the previous 12th cycle included Kain Highwind, Tifa Lockhart, Laguna, Yuna, Vaan, and Lightning before the six sacrificed themselves to ensure their allies' survival in the next cycle.

Terra, Cloud, and Tidus appear in the cycle as the antagonistic Warriors of Chaos, but switched sides prior to the 13th cycle. Jecht was also originally a member of the Warrior of Cosmos until he was captured and converted into a Warrior of Chaos.

Other than Shantotto's background story being revealed, the game reveals Prishe to also be a former member who brought the Warrior of Light to Cosmos.

Final Fantasy All the Bravest

Template:Sideicon The Warriors of Light are mentioned in the epilogue of the game, referring to them as being the player's entire party. They have restored the balance to the dimension, reclaiming it from the forces of darkness.

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Fabula Nova Crystallis: Final Fantasy

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The Vermilion Bird Crystal is seeking for a new l'Cie to serve her in Final Fantasy Type-0.

The concept of l'Cie alludes to the Warriors of Light, a group of warriors brought together by circumstance are chosen by the crystal that gives them a mission to save the world, and often grants special powers to achieve said mission. This is part of a larger concept of Fabula Nova Crystallis: Final Fantasy in re-imagining the series' core concepts in new ways. In previous games becoming a Warrior of Light was shown in a positive and heroic light, whereas the Lightning Saga explores the concept of servitude to the crystal (fal'Cie) in a more sinister light, bringing the chosen "warrior's" free will into question. In Final Fantasy Type-0, becoming a l'Cie is an honor to the chosen ones, as they can serve their respective crystal and protect their nation and its people, but many see it as the l'Cie giving up their humanity. l'Cie are meant to follow the Crystal's Will rather than their own.

In Popular Culture

• The four main characters from 8-Bit Theater are references to the Warriors of Light from the original Final Fantasy. Aside from the "Light Warriors" (Fighter, Thief, Black Mage, and Red Mage) there is also the "Real Light Warriors", who, thanks to a decision to grind before starting their adventure and very bad luck, end up falling far behind the first group on their travels.

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