(09-23-2014, 06:50 PM)Zyrusticae Wrote: I think part of the confusion is that all the non-blessed NPCs were already fleeing from the area as soon as Bahamut started attacking. Moreover, there's no evidence that any non-blessed characters were teleported from the area. Most notably, as the Admiral's story tells it, only members of the Foreign Levy disappeared from the field (and by extension, her mind).
I will defer to Anonymoose's explanation of the turn of events here, as he's far more familiar with the lore than most players (and may even be on par with the actual writers & translators). All those who were teleported forward through time were assumed to be PCs, who are all assumed to have the Echo, and thus make up all of the Warriors of Light who came from the past. Any NPC adventurer said to have the Echo/be a Warrior of Light is a stand-in for another PC (since they can't have actual PCs in their place, of course) to help give the player some perspective on events.
THere's literally no proof of this.
If you look at the Derplander storyline (Thep laceholder for all PCs in 1.0) his friends, who also were transported through time according to the beginning of the story, do not have the Echo. In fact, the cutscene can be taken as they don't even know he has the Echo or they rely on his Echo powers in order to pick the cool missions
http://youtu.be/mbcqHdY-UYE?t=6m15s
"Looks who's returned from his reverie."
"So kind of you to join us again."
*Derplander stares*
"Well, don't keep us in suspense."
Can be taken either way. What is absolutely looks like it neither of them have the echo. Yet the Miqote is fighting as a Bard and the Elezen as a BLM at Carteneau. AND shows them in the 2.0 cutscene skipping ahead with Derplander.
There is NO PROOF everyone on that battlefield had the Echo. None.
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