[Endwalker Spoiler] Lore wise, who are those strangers in instances helping me kill what needs to be killed?

So i'm supposed to be the WoL and i'm supposed to be stronger than most out there.
How can those strangers keep up with me?

ShiZbanG replied to [Endwalker Spoiler] Lore wise, who are those strangers in instances helping me kill what needs to be killed? January 3, 2022 @ 2:23:07 pm PST
ShiZbanG replied to [Endwalker Spoiler] Lore wise, who are those strangers in instances helping me kill what needs to be killed? January 3, 2022 @ 2:23:07 pm PST

whenever there is teleportation, time travel, alternate dimensions, unbound magicks, immortals, soul switching, body possession, memory erasing, talking rabbits and characters that only change their clothes every 2 expansions, you just go with the flow...

like your watching a saturday morning cartoon

GeminiEclipse replied to [Endwalker Spoiler] Lore wise, who are those strangers in instances helping me kill what needs to be killed? January 3, 2022 @ 2:31:42 pm PST
GeminiEclipse replied to [Endwalker Spoiler] Lore wise, who are those strangers in instances helping me kill what needs to be killed? January 3, 2022 @ 2:31:42 pm PST

They are your fellow warriors of light.

Sephaizen replied to [Endwalker Spoiler] Lore wise, who are those strangers in instances helping me kill what needs to be killed? January 3, 2022 @ 2:40:31 pm PST
Sephaizen replied to [Endwalker Spoiler] Lore wise, who are those strangers in instances helping me kill what needs to be killed? January 3, 2022 @ 2:40:31 pm PST

Most of the lore breaks down if you try to make gameplay mechanics fit inside it

Veotax replied to [Endwalker Spoiler] Lore wise, who are those strangers in instances helping me kill what needs to be killed? January 3, 2022 @ 3:08:12 pm PST
Veotax replied to [Endwalker Spoiler] Lore wise, who are those strangers in instances helping me kill what needs to be killed? January 3, 2022 @ 3:08:12 pm PST

Originally posted by Ralf:
Originally posted by Crab Man:
Other adventurers?
So how how did they got to the Moon to fight Zodiark with us?
You used the Stone of Azem to pull them from other Shards/universes to help you out. Exactly like you did when you fought Elidibus and like what the Exarch did when you fought Hades. These (and onwards) are like the only time the other players are explained in trials, before that they're written in as a joke to explain their presence or are pretty much non-canon, just there for gameplay.

Frost replied to [Endwalker Spoiler] Lore wise, who are those strangers in instances helping me kill what needs to be killed? January 3, 2022 @ 3:39:00 pm PST
Frost replied to [Endwalker Spoiler] Lore wise, who are those strangers in instances helping me kill what needs to be killed? January 3, 2022 @ 3:39:00 pm PST

Adventurers at first, later warriors of light or heroes from other shards.

Or my personal favourite from the most recent raid release, illusions made from a certain someones magic and your own strength.

Or you could think of it as versions of yourself from alternate timelines that deviated slightly from your own, maybe they are a different gender, maybe they are a different class etc. You summon them to help you in your story, they summon you to help with theirs when you queue up in the duty finder. Use your imagination.

Anakha replied to [Endwalker Spoiler] Lore wise, who are those strangers in instances helping me kill what needs to be killed? January 3, 2022 @ 4:03:40 pm PST
Anakha replied to [Endwalker Spoiler] Lore wise, who are those strangers in instances helping me kill what needs to be killed? January 3, 2022 @ 4:03:40 pm PST

Literally on the moon you use the Stone of Azem to summon them. Did... Did you miss the giant summoning circle?

Ralf replied to [Endwalker Spoiler] Lore wise, who are those strangers in instances helping me kill what needs to be killed? January 4, 2022 @ 1:29:36 am PST
Ralf replied to [Endwalker Spoiler] Lore wise, who are those strangers in instances helping me kill what needs to be killed? January 4, 2022 @ 1:29:36 am PST

Originally posted by Frost:
Adventurers at first, later warriors of light or heroes from other shards.
Do we have 7 shards out of 13 left?

Originally posted by Anakha:
Literally on the moon you use the Stone of Azem to summon them. Did... Did you miss the giant summoning circle?
We we summon some strangers out of thin air who can keep up with Eorzeas Champion?
Why arent we summoning someone who can help bring clothes to others while the world is going down?

Just Fkin Ryan replied to [Endwalker Spoiler] Lore wise, who are those strangers in instances helping me kill what needs to be killed? January 4, 2022 @ 1:51:22 am PST
Just Fkin Ryan replied to [Endwalker Spoiler] Lore wise, who are those strangers in instances helping me kill what needs to be killed? January 4, 2022 @ 1:51:22 am PST

Originally posted by Ralf:
Originally posted by Frost:
Adventurers at first, later warriors of light or heroes from other shards.
Do we have 7 shards out of 13 left?

Originally posted by Anakha:
Literally on the moon you use the Stone of Azem to summon them. Did... Did you miss the giant summoning circle?
We we summon some strangers out of thin air who can keep up with Eorzeas Champion?
Why arent we summoning someone who can help bring clothes to others while the world is going down?

they are warriors of light from different shards. azem crystal doesn't get used up everytime you use it, this was explained before.

Seraphita replied to [Endwalker Spoiler] Lore wise, who are those strangers in instances helping me kill what needs to be killed? January 4, 2022 @ 2:19:24 am PST
Seraphita replied to [Endwalker Spoiler] Lore wise, who are those strangers in instances helping me kill what needs to be killed? January 4, 2022 @ 2:19:24 am PST

Should be pretty simple. We summon 7 other warriors of light from different universes so they can help us fight a bigger threat. But as the above said, it could also be you except in different forms. Still, warriors of light. Nothing complicated there. Story is explicit about it.

GeminiEclipse replied to [Endwalker Spoiler] Lore wise, who are those strangers in instances helping me kill what needs to be killed? January 4, 2022 @ 2:20:56 am PST
GeminiEclipse replied to [Endwalker Spoiler] Lore wise, who are those strangers in instances helping me kill what needs to be killed? January 4, 2022 @ 2:20:56 am PST

Originally posted by Ralf:
Originally posted by Frost:
Adventurers at first, later warriors of light or heroes from other shards.
Do we have 7 shards out of 13 left?

Originally posted by Anakha:
Literally on the moon you use the Stone of Azem to summon them. Did... Did you miss the giant summoning circle?
We we summon some strangers out of thin air who can keep up with Eorzeas Champion?
Why arent we summoning someone who can help bring clothes to others while the world is going down?

The warrior of light does bring clothes to people. Well food mostly. And we summon other warriors of light. So it makes sense they can handle their own if they can also handle delivering tea.

Sardorim replied to [Endwalker Spoiler] Lore wise, who are those strangers in instances helping me kill what needs to be killed? January 4, 2022 @ 4:41:24 am PST
Sardorim replied to [Endwalker Spoiler] Lore wise, who are those strangers in instances helping me kill what needs to be killed? January 4, 2022 @ 4:41:24 am PST

They're adventurers.

There aren't even 8 WoL left as Ardbert merges with you. Which makes the WoL a 8/13 even if their shard is 7/13.

Those saying they're other WoL from other shards are sorely mistaken.

Crab Man replied to [Endwalker Spoiler] Lore wise, who are those strangers in instances helping me kill what needs to be killed? January 3, 2022 @ 12:58:44 pm PST
Crab Man replied to [Endwalker Spoiler] Lore wise, who are those strangers in instances helping me kill what needs to be killed? January 3, 2022 @ 12:58:44 pm PST

Other adventurers?

hamster1000 replied to [Endwalker Spoiler] Lore wise, who are those strangers in instances helping me kill what needs to be killed? January 3, 2022 @ 1:05:12 pm PST
hamster1000 replied to [Endwalker Spoiler] Lore wise, who are those strangers in instances helping me kill what needs to be killed? January 3, 2022 @ 1:05:12 pm PST

Originally posted by Ralf:
So i'm supposed to be the WoL and i'm supposed to be stronger than most out there.
How can those strangers keep up with me?
are the same lv as you?

Ralf replied to [Endwalker Spoiler] Lore wise, who are those strangers in instances helping me kill what needs to be killed? January 3, 2022 @ 1:13:30 pm PST
Ralf replied to [Endwalker Spoiler] Lore wise, who are those strangers in instances helping me kill what needs to be killed? January 3, 2022 @ 1:13:30 pm PST

Originally posted by Crab Man:
Other adventurers?
So how how did they got to the Moon to fight Zodiark with us?

Crab Man replied to [Endwalker Spoiler] Lore wise, who are those strangers in instances helping me kill what needs to be killed? January 3, 2022 @ 1:19:33 pm PST
Crab Man replied to [Endwalker Spoiler] Lore wise, who are those strangers in instances helping me kill what needs to be killed? January 3, 2022 @ 1:19:33 pm PST

Originally posted by Ralf:
Originally posted by Crab Man:
Other adventurers?
So how how did they got to the Moon to fight Zodiark with us?
i only just finished ARR so, sorry, dont have a lore answer for that yet :404: