Quote Originally Posted by Alleo View Post
So they made it very clear in the lore book when a unit of adventurers were with us (the last one being steps of faith). This for me means that at least those that wrote the lore book wanted to make sure to point out that we did have help (mostly against Garlemald) but did the primals alone. If its canon that we did have help everywhere then why not write it down in the lore book itself, especially since they had no problem with writing it down when it matters. This for me is the evidence that we did most of it alone (which also makes much more sense for a lot of examples ingame too)

I am not sure how the second lore book is with that (thus the stormblood expansion) and I also could not find hints towards 24 man raids. If those are described in lore books with more people then I have to accept that in some cases even there we suddenly get a bunch of adventurers with us.

In the end ARR and HW was done mostly solo.
I appreciate the reply and taking the time to write it up.

I'm not convinced that I'm wrong about being in a party being the default though. Just because adventurers are outright mentioned sometimes doesn't mean they're automatically not there when they're not mentioned, especially when it rarely outright states the opposite, that you're solo.
WoL defeated X, WoL went to face Y, WoL prepared for Z, etc. doesn't to me read as 'the WoL and the WoL alone'.

Feels to me occasionally mentioning adventurers is meant to give the impression you're a leader and then you fill in the blanks from there. Mentioning 'WoL and friends' every single time would get very repetitive, especially when 'WoL' works fine.

Also fits better for me with previous FF games, previous JRPGs and even most western RPGs and fantasy in general. The main character is typically the leader of a group, and even if said group isn't with you in a cutscene they almost always appear from around the corner or whatever when an actual fight starts.

Again, do appreciate you writing all that up. I keep meaning to buy a lorebook at some point, read a copy at a friends house a long time ago and though it was a very nice item.