There are fewer things I am more precious over in Final Fantasy 14 than the headcanon I've curated for my Warrior of Light. The first connection I made with my character was that the game lived and breathed before either of us arrived. The story of A Realm Reborn casts new players in the role of a fated hero who arrives after the events of Meteor wiped the slate clean. Though, as someone who hasn't played since day one, I also felt late to the story, both the in-game tale and an external one of how the MMO recovered from a critical failure to a jewel in developer Square Enix's crown.
The sense of walking into an ongoing situation drew me towards making my character a Samurai when my level was high enough, as my inner sense of roleplay imagined them as a lone wandering swordsman – that, and too many Akira Kurosawa films at the time. That's the romantic part, the other reason I play Samurai is that I'm a sicko for big damage numbers.
