Quote Originally Posted by HyoMinPark View Post
I do think that it should be noted that, unless your character was actually imported from 1.0, you aren’t the same as the Warriors of Light from Carteneau. That’s a title you earn only after all of your trials throughout ARR. When you begin the game as a non-Legacy character, you’re just another adventurer. Reliving the battle of Carteneau and emerging as a veteran from that battle doesn’t make sense if you didn’t exist during the 1.0 era—and that was an intentional development on the behalf of Yoshida when he and the devs went forward into 2.0 and beyond.

Also note that the introductory scene between you and Hydaelyn has very little to do with Her “resurrecting” you from a 1.0 slumber. I believe Legacy characters actually get a different opening, where they appear outside of their starting city state. The dream between them and Hydaelyn may also be present (not 100% certain of that), but it’s not what you’re thinking it is in your opening post. Legacy characters are transported five years after the Battle of Carteneau by Louisoix’s magic. The rest of us arrive on a carriage—neither are “resurrected”.
I'm not entirely sure on the specifics of the lore, but I've always been under the impression that in 1.0 there were very many "Warriors of Light" (The Path of the Twelve, all the people who had received The Echo), instead of the Warrior of Light that our characters in ARR and beyond become. And that the introduction with Hydaelyn had to do with our characters being one of those of thousands or more that were displaced by Louisoux's summoning of Althyk at the end of the battle. So, when we arrive as a "normal adventurer" in 2.0, we're one of those Echo-attuned people from 1.0.

Of course, the game doesn't explicitly show specific numbers or anything like that, but the characters in The End of an Era were the "placeholder" poster party for the 1.0 players, while there were many off-screen characters established throughout the 1.0 story that had The Echo.

Regardless, that was just an example given. It could be a purely role-play experience in the shoes of a different character or a dream given to us by Hydaelyn to show what happened in the past with our predecessors.