I just realised... are we L'cie? [Possible 3.2 spoilers]

[Nalien]

People tend to forget (or overlook, or deliberately erase the memory) that Fabula Nova Crystallis is a deconstruction of the I/III/V trifecta of: ragtag band stumbles on crystal, ragtag band gets assigned impossibly convoluted task by said crystal, ragtag band accepts and executes said assigned task with little to no hesitation, ragtag band saves world. Go destiny!

To be fair, that isn't a I/III/V trifecta, that is pretty much all the Final Fantasy games.

Just replace "Crystal" with "Cause" and you're done. II/IV/VI/VII/VIII/IX all effectively have you joining the Rebel Alliance to stop the Empire (IV even had you playing the first black stormtroo I mean Dark Knight!). Heck, even X now that I think about it... And I always forget about XII, release the HD version already so I can remind myself SE!

Bravely Default is probably the only game to successfully break this down, even if the writing was so-so (the puns! Mrgrgr!) and the second half makes my soul weep. Maybe XIII had a valiant attempt at it, but I'll be honest, I never got far into it and everything to come after has given me no reason to look back at it. Still, if we bump into a friendly fairy at the end of Ispen Castl Antitower who gives us a task to save Minfilia and Hydaelyn... If you're now imagining Elidibus cosplaying Airy, you're welcome.