Theory for becoming a Warrior of Darkness

[Dualblade]

So I'm not sure if others have come up with the same/similar theory but the idea won't leave my head.

SO! While we don't know why we will become a Warrior of Darkness till June/July lore wise, we do know its gonna happen whether you are a Dark Knight or not. We know from Temulun that a shadow is growing within us, one that doesn't seem to have to do with current events like she thought it did. But I say, that darkness has been there much longer then even she knew.

So back to HW! Remember Thordan? Saw the WoL as this dark figure before dieing? The Devs told us it was simply him seeing things before he died. But I say otherwise. It was this expansion that allowed us to use darkness for the first time as Dark Knights, this expansion where Elidibus started trying to get us killed (though also using us to help further his plans at the same time). His reasoning is that we are becoming too strong with Hydaelyn's gift and Light.

I instead say that it isn't our strength in Light that has Elidibus wanting the WoL dead, but our potential in Darkness. Thordan's seeing us in shadow? We were unknowingly acting as a Warrior of Darkness in that very fight, taking down a Light-sided Primal. Primals are bad no matter what, but it makes it easy for the Ascians to weaken Hydaelyn so they will use it and thus, they are usually Dark-aspected. But Thordan went against them and ultimately was a Light-aspected one, and our Light would be much less effective against him. Thus our unknowing (or slightly knowing for Dark Knights) becoming of Darkness to take him down.

It is this potential to become a Warrior of Darkness, one that not only Elidibus would have a harder time controlling but also the possibility of us using Light and Darkness in Balance that is leading him to try and take us down. All the worse for him that we will finally tap into the power knowingly come Shadowbringers.

As for how we would tap into the dark without really knowing if you weren't a Dark Knight? Thordan and his Merry Men killing of Haurchefant, combined with the events leading up to HW in general, lead to the WoL being more likely to go after Thordan with darker emotions then our usually reasons for stopping Primals and Ascians. Even if your WoL was able to keep a more level head it still simmered in the back of their mind, allowing them to tap into their potential with Darkness.

And thats my theory! We already are technically a Warrior of Darkness, ShadowBringers will just let us tap into it on the fly like we do with Light. More so for Dark Knights.

[milovan]

did you.. watch the japan fanfest?

[Dualblade]

Did your Warrior of Light watch it? Because right now they have no reason to. I'm giving a theory for why we will become one beyond just the First.

[MagiusNecros]

It's more like the character we play as is slowly progressing towards Darkness throughout the expansions. Starting with the end of ARR(WoL framed in a political campaign for power) and through HW and Stormblood. You slowly lose all communication with Hydaelyn as well. You are no longer this Harbinger of pure light.

It's only more prominent if you do play a DRK and go through their quests since it gives insight to the Warrior's inner turmoil that isn't shown anywhere else. Whether it is doubt, regret, or even dark intent.

And as we move into Shadowbringers being a WoD is likely going to be a necessary evil to push back the Flood of Light so the First becomes more balanced. Much like how we brought more Light attuned events on the Source.

[Daralii]

Two members of Arbert's party were a White Mage and Paladin using their normal skillsets. The term "Warrior of Darkness" has just meant fighting against an over-encroachment of Light since it was used in FF3.

[MagiusNecros]

Two members of Arbert's party were a White Mage and Paladin using their normal skillsets. The term "Warrior of Darkness" has just meant fighting against an over-encroachment of Light since it was used in FF3.

Yeah there's a lot of FF3 love being put into this game storywise.

[Daralii]

Yeah there's a lot of FF3 love being put into this game storywise.

And musically. Memory of the Wind/Legend of the Eternal Wind first showed up in the CT quests and then a different version showed up in the ShB trailer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Kd8qdly2io

[Haxaan]

Final Fantasy Dimensions also has both Warriors of Light and Warriors of Darkness, neither side good or evil, just two sides of the same coin really.

[Dualgunner]

I like this theory!

[legg]

this "Light" and "Dark" of our is never always meant "Good" and "Evil".
both 'light' and 'dark' have their own monstrous entity, so neither "Flooded by Light" nor "Flooded by Darkness" is a good thing.
and by saying 'Flooded', the shard is pretty much became a void (13th shard, flooded by darkness). and of course, we arent gonna make that happened again.

our role in Shadowbringer is pretty much we make things go into an equilibrium again.
we push/kill the 'bad light', and bring the Darkness back into the first.

"How we became a WoD?"
In my opinion, its the same as how we became WoL.
our goals as a WoL is bring back the Light from the darkness.
and when we became WoD, we bring back the Darkness from the Light.

we have play and bring an intense amount of 'light' into the shard, so if we gonna make it into perfect balance, we also need to bring the Darkness right ?