Thread: Quick question about 1.0

The current Halloween suggests that the WoL from the cgi scenes are the canon WoL. A previous Rising event or maybe a Stormblood flashback shows the WoL started in Ul'dah.

I'd always thought 1.0 WoL's canon timeline is starting in Ul'dah, to meet Minfilia, and then on 2.0, restarts in Gridania to meet the person responsible of rebooting the Grand Companies, and gets the leftover Limsa Lominsa intro in 5.0. Someone in an older thread thought WoL should start in Gridania in1.0 because of Yda, but they aren't even the same person and no one likes the person anyway

There isn't a "canon Warrior of Light", or rather, your character is the canon Warrior of Light for your playthrough. All starting cities are equally valid. My understanding is that the Midlander in the cinematic (called the Meteor Survivor or "Derplander" by fans) is a stand-in for your own character. It's interesting to explore what Meteor's canon backstory would be like, though.

That the Halloween event lets you transform into him is a bit of fanservice for players (to let you act out scenes with other NPCs). (Last year, a few people showed up in Meteor's 1.0 archer outfit...)