
Originally Posted by
Davy_M_Jones
Can you cite an official source on this? I only ask because that's what I've been assuming all along about Meteor, but with the full cinematic trailer for HW (a story they've reportedly had fleshed out since not-too-long after the release of 2.0) has depicted events dramatically different than those we've engaged in.
He is shown here with his companions whom we haven't seen since the 2.0 cinematic, he has no scions at his disposal, and we don't have absolute proof that events didn't transpire in his world differently enough that he's not responsible for some of the things that have gone wrong in his timeline. The world has seemingly turned against us before. Maybe he just didn't bounce back like we did.
Did SE actually say they couldn't fix the cinematic and accidentally put Hraesvelgr there instead of Nidhogg?
Presumably it's because the FMV cutscenes are not actually made by the FFXIV development team, but by a separate SE division (Square Enix Visual Works), so it's just possible that there has been a slight communication issue, which would be in keeping with the FMVs for the game having continuity errors or differences to how things happened in the game.
End of an Era for instance showing the wrong character as the BLM (the BLM in Derplander's party is actually meant to be the female elezen not the male one but was depicted otherwise) and the original opening... ooh boy... where do I start? Derplander's great sword (where no class existed with such a weapon), the design of the Drowning Wench complete with aetheryte in the middle, the spells and attacks used by Derplander's party in his Echo scene that actually never made it into the actual game - 1.0's FMV opening was one big lie gameplay wise.
So yeah, Heavensward's FMV opening had some continuity errors in it and is not meant to be taken as representative of the actual story (the dragons after Vishap never even directly attack Ishgard so that should be the big clue right there!.
Also, as for the Warrior of Darkness's identity, Ferne mentioned way back on the old version 1.0 forum which is now archived, that Derplander and his friends not only represent the player's character in trailers and propaganda pics even through to HW (there's even a piece of artwork clearly showing Derplander in front of the Mothercrystal fighting Lahabrea!) they do have their own unique storyline different to the player's. Even so, given all this, I don't think that is 'proof' that Derplander and his friends really are
the Warriors of Darkness, as Derplander and his friends are us, period.