Explaining the Term "Warriors of Light"

[Enkidoh]

Actually that's not totally correct - the developers confirmed a while ago that only 1.0 players who attained a certain point in 1.0's storyline (ala, the destruction of the Lunar Transmitter), were actually the original Warriors of Light (symbolized by Derplander and his party in the 'End of an Era/New Beginning' trailer), who had been at Carteneau and who were sent forward five years by Louisoix.

Only these players got the special 'Legacy' opening where they materialize outside their starting nation and walk in through the gate instead of arriving on a chocobo carriage with a stupid merchant, and are frequently mentioned by NPCs as 'being familiar', and who are eventually remembered as the 'original' WoL by the end of the game.

Everyone else who had played 1.0 had no explanation as to how they survived - it was just handwaved away that somehow they did. All their the story dialogue is the same as that a newly arrived adventurer to Eorzea gets, there is no difference at all, regardless of how far they got in 1.0's storyline - npcs who should remember them never do.

Having said that though, by the end both 'non-original Warriors' 1.0 characters and new characters are regarded as new Warriors of Light anyway, having attained the same level of greatness that the originals did, making the arguement irrelevant anyway.