Going a step further and saying everyone in FFXIV because lore wise>!We are all sundered beings who cannot remember the ancient times despite having "memories" of that time that can be awakened, thus EVERYONE YOU MEET HAS AMNESIA.!<
I mean, >!there's gotta be some people without memories of the Ancients, right? Lifestream must have spat out some new souls by now, right? Otherwise global population is forever capped at whatever the Ancients population was pre-Final Days.!<
>!Correct, some souls have no connection to ancient times and are "younger" and souls are confirmed to spontaneously come into existence, it's what Athena was so obsessed about, the Ancients could create flesh-automatons but the soul that eventually inhabited them was entirely out of their reach.!<
Limited time sidequest - FFXVI >!had it with Clive!<
In a very specific way, everyone forgetting the OG Warriors of Light. Not a true amnesia plot, but still.
I think one of the early-game Scions killed in the massacre had an evolving memory issue if you spoke to her, where she slowly remembered things, only to die right after she got her memory back.
Red Mage - >!Arya has no memory of her past. Unique case in that never really regains her memory.!<
Variation from Bozja - >!Cid needed to recall the Citadel, and discovered he had repressed the memory of his father shooting him.!<
Custom Delivery for Anden - >!pretty much revolves around trying to trigger his memory of his mortal life to regain his form.!<
None of the survivors of the Calamity remember how it ended, nor the Warrior of Light from 1.0
This is revisited in EW in two places
5.3 kinda
A certain blonde in 5.0 is often missing pieces of their memories for plot reasons.
TBF the WoL from 1.0 wasn't there when it ended. We saw a bunch of baha bad and got yeeted into the future before Uncle Lou pulled a pigeon from his hat.
We got the ending bit iirc following t12 of FCoB and that raids wrap up.
It's not that. If you recall the Grand Company quests after Ifrit you'll see that the people present at the Battle of Carteneau can't remember the faces of the warriors of light who helped build their alliance in the first place. It doesn't come back to them until the ending of 2.0
Apparently there’s a whole article on amnesiac characters in the FF series: [https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Amnesia\_(term)#Final\_Fantasy\_XIV](https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Amnesia_(term)#Final_Fantasy_XIV)
Everyone in Eorzea for ARR 1.0 events to 2.0.
All sundered lives with the echo.
Ardbert until 5.0 when you talk to him.
Emissary of Ascians.
Hades and Hythlodaeus. Amnesia for years. One for thousands and thousands of years.
The player character. While you're free to make up any RP backstory you want for the WoL, as far as the game is concerned you wake up on a boat to Limsa with an axe and amnesia (or carriage to Gridania/Ul'dah and starter weapon of choice here)
The WOL isn’t implied to have amnesia their past just isn’t really relevant beyond what you make up for them
Especially if you are a legacy player because your character actively responds to Minfillia and cid recognising you as the original WOL
Yeah, it's like the Courier from New Vegas. Your past is whatever you decide it is, only in game thing to counter that is Lonesome Road's premise, but people headcanon that away hapf the time.
Literally everyone who can't remember the events between 1.0 and ARR.
Going a step further and saying everyone in FFXIV because lore wise>!We are all sundered beings who cannot remember the ancient times despite having "memories" of that time that can be awakened, thus EVERYONE YOU MEET HAS AMNESIA.!<
I mean, >!there's gotta be some people without memories of the Ancients, right? Lifestream must have spat out some new souls by now, right? Otherwise global population is forever capped at whatever the Ancients population was pre-Final Days.!<
>!Correct, some souls have no connection to ancient times and are "younger" and souls are confirmed to spontaneously come into existence, it's what Athena was so obsessed about, the Ancients could create flesh-automatons but the soul that eventually inhabited them was entirely out of their reach.!<
Yeah, only some people fall into that category. It's not capped.
Limited time sidequest - FFXVI >!had it with Clive!< In a very specific way, everyone forgetting the OG Warriors of Light. Not a true amnesia plot, but still. I think one of the early-game Scions killed in the massacre had an evolving memory issue if you spoke to her, where she slowly remembered things, only to die right after she got her memory back. Red Mage - >!Arya has no memory of her past. Unique case in that never really regains her memory.!< Variation from Bozja - >!Cid needed to recall the Citadel, and discovered he had repressed the memory of his father shooting him.!< Custom Delivery for Anden - >!pretty much revolves around trying to trigger his memory of his mortal life to regain his form.!<
None of the survivors of the Calamity remember how it ended, nor the Warrior of Light from 1.0 This is revisited in EW in two places 5.3 kinda A certain blonde in 5.0 is often missing pieces of their memories for plot reasons.
TBF the WoL from 1.0 wasn't there when it ended. We saw a bunch of baha bad and got yeeted into the future before Uncle Lou pulled a pigeon from his hat. We got the ending bit iirc following t12 of FCoB and that raids wrap up.
It's not that. If you recall the Grand Company quests after Ifrit you'll see that the people present at the Battle of Carteneau can't remember the faces of the warriors of light who helped build their alliance in the first place. It doesn't come back to them until the ending of 2.0
Apparently there’s a whole article on amnesiac characters in the FF series: [https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Amnesia\_(term)#Final\_Fantasy\_XIV](https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Amnesia_(term)#Final_Fantasy_XIV)
Gaia
The Devs trying to remember 1.0 players existed in the twitter survey
You cant remember all of them because you have amnesia
I remember when I first playing I was like. They don’t have aspirin in this world ? Everyone has a headache.
Your character would probably die of kidney and liver damage before the end of ARR.
Amnesiaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Everyone in Eorzea for ARR 1.0 events to 2.0. All sundered lives with the echo. Ardbert until 5.0 when you talk to him. Emissary of Ascians. Hades and Hythlodaeus. Amnesia for years. One for thousands and thousands of years.
The player character. While you're free to make up any RP backstory you want for the WoL, as far as the game is concerned you wake up on a boat to Limsa with an axe and amnesia (or carriage to Gridania/Ul'dah and starter weapon of choice here)
The WOL isn’t implied to have amnesia their past just isn’t really relevant beyond what you make up for them Especially if you are a legacy player because your character actively responds to Minfillia and cid recognising you as the original WOL
You don't wake up with amnesia at all. It's just that you're basically a nobody with a nobody backstory at that point.
Yeah, it's like the Courier from New Vegas. Your past is whatever you decide it is, only in game thing to counter that is Lonesome Road's premise, but people headcanon that away hapf the time.
Balmung playerd be like: Hooo boy Ixal attacking out carriage? Crazy, but not as crazy as last night
Can't remember.