It's... hazy. The Warrior from the opening cutscene (hereto referred as "Midlander") has been the player-proxy through all of the overarching narrative. On one hand, it's just the model they used when showing off dungeons and stuff. On the other hand, it's safe to assume that HE is the one doing all of the main story stuff if we, the players, choose not to incorporate that into our own stories. To try and explain it a little better...
If you decide your character is THE Warrior of Light, then ignore Midlander. If, however, you decide that you are NOT the one who completes the main story, then Midlander does it in our stead.
When completing the main story as the game, my character was the one who traveled the land all over, met and befriended powerful allies, and ultimately was the central reason that the good guys win. In my roleplay, though, haha no Warren isn't anything like that, he's never met those people, and he's definitely not the Chosen One. For my purposes, I just assume Midlander did all of it.
You do bring up a tricky situation with the opening CS, though; What is the white mage doing there? The lore for WHM has been difficult even since 1.18 introduced it, but I can't reasonably answer your question! I'm stumped.
It's important to split what the main story says about us and what we decide for our characters. Do you want to be one of Hydaelyn's Chosen, gifted with the Echo and all that entails? The main story says you are. Some people, though, don't want to have anything so grandiose or burdensome on their character. Who we are during dungeons and quests and stuff isn't always who we are in character. It can get complicated.
If you decide your character is THE Warrior of Light, then ignore Midlander. If, however, you decide that you are NOT the one who completes the main story, then Midlander does it in our stead.
When completing the main story as the game, my character was the one who traveled the land all over, met and befriended powerful allies, and ultimately was the central reason that the good guys win. In my roleplay, though, haha no Warren isn't anything like that, he's never met those people, and he's definitely not the Chosen One. For my purposes, I just assume Midlander did all of it.
You do bring up a tricky situation with the opening CS, though; What is the white mage doing there? The lore for WHM has been difficult even since 1.18 introduced it, but I can't reasonably answer your question! I'm stumped.
It's important to split what the main story says about us and what we decide for our characters. Do you want to be one of Hydaelyn's Chosen, gifted with the Echo and all that entails? The main story says you are. Some people, though, don't want to have anything so grandiose or burdensome on their character. Who we are during dungeons and quests and stuff isn't always who we are in character. It can get complicated.
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