How many Warrior of Light exist in story?

[Alleo]

I am 99 per cent confident that the cutscenes you see in the Neverending Tale are different from those you watch at the end of every dungeon you complete for the first time.

Last post on that because I dont want this even more off topic. I know that people are replaced or not even there if you rewatch it. Thats exactly my argument. That for the first time (at least the one I can remember) after steps of fate you will see NPCs there with you that are not the other players that you had in that instance. So they are NPCs adventurers that exist in the world and that helped you with that. They are in the book too. So in a way you could say that this the first truly canonically instance with other adventurers.

I know that everyone could just imagine it how they want it to be. I do it often too so I can understand that. My "problem" is more that its often said that we had other people with us in certain trials or fights because the game told you so but in the story itself it does not make any sense. But its just a little pet peeve of mine so sorry for brining that up ^^; its just itching in my fingers if I read about it in threads.

[Enkidoh]

That for the first time (at least the one I can remember) after steps of fate you will see NPCs there with you that are not the other players that you had in that instance. So they are NPCs adventurers that exist in the world and that helped you with that. They are in the book too. So in a way you could say that this the first truly canonically instance with other adventurers.

Oh, those particular characters are npcs, but, they were originally player characters, in that they were the winners of a competition Square Enix ran a couple of years ago on the Lodestone where your character could be added into the game as an npc in a cutscene (one of the first winners was a nameless male Midlander PLD in a hopelite tabard and darklight sabatons and gauntlets who appeared during one of the ARR Hildibrand quests who was then proceeded to be beaten into a bloody pulp by Typhon and Ultros in the first few minutes. ).

Either way, those particular characters are npcs which are actually based on actual player characters, who were competition winners.