From what I recall, even SE doesn't know to make up their mind. At first it was a thing for the WarriorS of Light, then THE Warrior of Light. I know a few friends who have retconned their character's being teleported due to SE handing out new and different information every so often (what is a shame, one had a tragic backstory about their family thing he was dead or left them to rot and wanted absolutely nothing to do with the character when he found them again).
That said, there's 'regular' people who survived the Battle of Carteneau as well. As Warren said, I think it was just a group of people who Louisoix teleported into the distance.
But... FFXIV lore isn't easy, even the Lorebook is very bare bones. While you can be multiverse FF, dimension jumping, timeskipping character... I'd honesty would suggest going with something easier the first time around? Especially because you are so new to the game! Your character's backgrounds are just the foundation to build upon, and if they are shaky to begin with... Nothing stop you from going 'Hey my character was the daughter to Limsa parents, things were rough but once she came off age, she decided to pick up x and became an adventurer', or something like that.
It has so much less potential to stab yourself in the foot, especially if your knowledge of lore is super barebones to begin with. You don't need to have interesting complicated backgrounds to have an interesting character!
That said, there's 'regular' people who survived the Battle of Carteneau as well. As Warren said, I think it was just a group of people who Louisoix teleported into the distance.
But... FFXIV lore isn't easy, even the Lorebook is very bare bones. While you can be multiverse FF, dimension jumping, timeskipping character... I'd honesty would suggest going with something easier the first time around? Especially because you are so new to the game! Your character's backgrounds are just the foundation to build upon, and if they are shaky to begin with... Nothing stop you from going 'Hey my character was the daughter to Limsa parents, things were rough but once she came off age, she decided to pick up x and became an adventurer', or something like that.
It has so much less potential to stab yourself in the foot, especially if your knowledge of lore is super barebones to begin with. You don't need to have interesting complicated backgrounds to have an interesting character!
