What’s more, the in-game painting depicting FFXV’s prophecy rather blatantly depicts its four main characters at the center of the image: Going from left to right, Prompto is the one to the far left with short blond hair Noctis, the King of Light, is next then Gladiolus, with the most facial hair, who is supporting the blind Ignis on the far right. What awaits the four, however, they do not know. Now, four brave warriors begin their journey, prepared to fight.
In a time unknown, only a prophecy keeps hope alive in people’s hearts: “When darkness veils the world, the King of Light shall come.” Official English localization to the “Dawn of Souls” version of the first FF The prophecy from the beginning of the original game is referenced immediately in the opening to FFXV: Though Noctis alone is the King of the Light, he, Ignis, Prompto and Gladiolus essentially occupy the role of the Warriors of Light in Final Fantasy XV.
The original Final Fantasy’s Warriors of Light