#warrior for ffxiv

[ganymedian]

Why I keep unconsciously choosing tank roles for every video game Ive played is a mystery I’ve yet to solve

[worldformula]

if only for one more day. one more day…a joyous one, if i could choose.

[hotshotriot]

babysitter of light strikes again

[toweringclam]

I get a kick out of how nobody ever recognizes the Warrior of Light. I mean, there are widely circulated newspapers, but mass distribution of information is still in its infancy. People will be like, "You there! I need someone to shovel shit for me!" and the WoL is just like "sure, fine with me." Then they realize they have someone who literally saved the world shoveling manure and fall all over themselves apologizing. Or they'll be like, "Watch out! There are bandits on the road!" And the WoL will just smile cryptically like "They don't know I kill gods."

[artalfons]

Be Estinien

Show up randomly

Be cool (and hot)

Leave

this is him the whole expansion and i think its very funny

[pilinonia]

stardust utopia

[battlecrazed-axe-mage]

[mimusbirds]

Day 5: Insanity

A hundred years ago— or near enough not to matter— villains known as the Warriors of Light slew the Shadowkeeper, the steward of Darkness.

In the wake of this tainted deed, Light began to pour into the world as if from unseen cracks.

[deathflare]

LALA ROBIN’S TURN TO BABYSIT CLIVE

[birues]

WE FIGHT AS ONE!

[picaroroboto]

in the ShB role quests, we watch each of Ardbert's party members make some sort of personal sacrifice, forced to discard their own goals, for the sake of the greater good. The moment they make that choice is when a Crystal of Light appears, officially marking them as Warriors of Light in recognition of their heroism and sacrifice. "By your sacrifice, a warrior made.", as the Shadowkeeper says in battle.

The same lore doesn't hold true for the WoL, back when they were in crystal-collecting mode in ARR and HW, the crystals just appear after major victories without the need for some sort of momentous sacrifice, and seem to serve mostly as a marker of how much story progress you've made/need to make to the end of the expac.

But if you think about it not lore-wise, but symbolically -

With each victory over a Primal, you're ensuring that you'll be the person who'll be called upon for help when next a Primal appears. You're cementing your own role as hero each time.

And each time, you are making personal sacrifices.

You might not even realize it until much later, what you have offered up, bit by bit - your freedom, your peace of mind, your own goals and desires, for the sake of the greater good of the star.

"By your sacrifice, a warrior made."

[watanabes-cum-dump]

Please feel free to elaborate in the tags!

[worldformula]

save me, brave hero.

[proteasomec]

Still in an Elidibus mood.

[agui-chart]

Asteria's learning dragoon

(and the curse of being an adorable cat)

[hotshotriot]

erm. what the freak