Quote Originally Posted by Minnel View Post
WoL = Warrior of Light

So I just finished Shadowbringers and few things were very unclear to me lore-wise (or I just do not remember).

1. Would I be correct in saying that WoL is not really all that special without the 'plot armor' ? I know that WoL is chosen of the Hydelyn but that doesn't seem to do much ever since Hydelyn went quiet. How powerful is WoL as an individual without everyone quite literally falling over themselves to support WoL?
As of now, 9 times that of a normal resident of any given shard or the Source. This is in addition to immunity to tempering, the ability to understand all languages, and extremely heightened instinct(seemingly the in-universe explanation for telegraphs based on Fordola's Resonance).

2. Does WoL always go into fights as 8 against the big bosses lore-wise? Raids seem to always be in groups of 8 but they never really tell us who the others are or where they came from. One time they did specify was with the Hades fight where they specifically state that other players were "warriors across the rifts".
In most cases it's just random adventurers that agreed to it and conveniently have the Echo, which the English localization of Stormblood poked a lot of fun at.

3. What do those crystals that WoL 'absorbed' do? WoL seems to have absurd number of them compared to the Warrior from the First, who seems to only have one each. I do remember them being 'sealed away' my Midgardsormer temporarily to test our worth but I don't really remember the crystals doing work when they were present.
As far as I'm aware, they're just symbols of our covenant with Hydaelyn. Midgardsormr temporarily sealed them in HW, during which time we wouldn't have had the Blessing of Light. I think Ardbert's party each carried one simply because it was a party of Warriors of Light instead of a single Warrior, but I haven't done the final role quest so there could be something I'm unaware of.