Quote Originally Posted by Inchinzu View Post
After re-watching the 1.0 ending trailer and the "WoD defeats Ravana" cutscene, I am convinced that the Warriors of Darkness are the companions Louisoix Leveilleur teleported away at the end of 1.0.
Well, yes and no, at least from a narrative perspective. Gameplay wise, the 'companions' you mentioned that were sent five years into the future during the Calamity by Louisoix are actually the 1.0 players who satisfied the story requirements, and who in ARR had a slightly different main scenario with slight dialogue differences where they are eventually revealed to have been the original Warriors of Light. But a little suspension of disbelief is needed here, as for everyone else, new players and 1.0 players like me who did not sadly satisfy those requirements (namely, passing a certain point in 1.0's main scenario) as far as the narrative goes, the original Warriors of Light never returned.... so things just end up confusingly going around in circles.

As Moose mentioned though, Ferne confirmed back on the 1.0 forum (which Moose copy and pasted above) that 'Derplander' and his friends both represent the player in trailers, and are stand-alone characters on their own. Thus the appearance of these self-proclaimed 'Warriors of Darkness' while the 'real' Derplander is coincidentally still appearing in trailers in lieu of the player's character, shows that the two are clearly not the same. But again, we'll find out more in 3.4 and beyond (and hopefully the lorebook will also shed at least a little light on this mystery ).