Are the black mages the actual warlocks of eorzea?

[shinros]

Personally I love warlock classes in rpg games in terms of general rpg background first most and gameplay second and the first thing I did was try to figure out who is the warlock class of the game.

Lets forget play style here we all know that summoner is affliction warlock I am talking about lore wise here. (Someone may correct me here) Arcanist magic is basically turning aether into maths and using that to cast spells. (Well thats how I understand it)

While warlocks normally study the dark arts or use dark magic in some form in various rpgs and pen and paper games. Plus normally they are distrusted or viewed as heretics or maybe even a mix of both

After doing the first black mage quest it seems like they are the actual warlocks of this game world. Considering they study the dark arts and depending on who you ask in the thaumaturge guild they are also heretics. Plus the line when you learn a new black mage skill "The gem of shatto imbues you with dark knowledge."

Plus the evil organ music during the scene(lol which is awesome btw when is the soundtrack coming out?) and they tried to make the lalafell look a little creepy (and badass) with the yellow eye black mage reference. Anyway seriously considering all that he said during the first scene now makes me believe lore wise they are warlocks of this world.


Now some of my friends contend what I think hence I want to know what your opinions are on the subject. Still I can't wait to see where the black mage class quest leads since it is really interesting so far.