Prophecy A prophecy is a prediction of what will happen in the future , and a recurring story element in the " Final Fantasy " series . There is a prophecy on the coming of the Warriors of Light in the original " Final Fantasy " , and similar themes recur in the rest of the series . Prophecies in " Final Fantasy " may either be spread by a prophet , or simply exist as cryptic ancient texts with murky provenance . Appearances . " Final Fantasy " . Lukahn is a renowned sage who foretold the coming of the Warriors of Light . Lukahn and his prophecy are known throughout the southern continents , and even some people in the north have heard of the coming of the Warriors of Light . He stands with the Circle of Sages , presumably their leader , and hints at the cycle of death that plagues the world . His prophecy states that in a time of darkness , four Warriors of Light would appear to restore light to the Crystals and balance to the elements of the world . The Light Warriors ' mission is to destroy the Four Fiends of each of the four elements and to save the world by restoring the light to the Crystals they hold . After defeating the Four Fiends , the Light Warriors travel into the past to defeat the cause of all the evil , Chaos , who turns out to be their first foe , Garland . The evil force had created a cycle of destruction passing through time that the Warriors of Light bring to an end by destroying Chaos . " Final Fantasy IV " . The Mysidian legend is passed down in Mysidia that foretells of a Chosen One destined to end all evil in the world . " Final Fantasy IV " has various translations and thus there are different versions of the legend . The Elder of Mysidia believes that Cecil Harvey is the Chosen One because he wields the Mythgraven Blade , and the Chosen One is said to be wielding this sword . King Giott interprets this legend to justify the existence of the " Lunar Whale " , an airship said to be able to travel to the moon . " Final Fantasy VIII " . Although the word " prophecy " is never mentioned , the events that transpire could be seen as predestined . The opening theme is " Liberi Fatali " , " fated children " , which refers to Squall Leonhart and his friends and speaks of them discovering a truth and to bring light to a dark world . This could be seen as homage to the archetypal " Final Fantasy " storyline of the coming of the Warriors of Light . Sorceress Edea and Cid Kramer were a married couple who operated an orphanage for the children orphaned by the Sorceress War . One day , a dying sorceress from the future appeared from a time portal alongside a teenage Squall Leonhart , whom Edea recognized as an older version of a boy currently under her care . The sorceress died and passed on her powers to Edea , and Squall introduced himself as a SeeD from Garden , saying they were Edea ' s idea before disappearing back into the time portal . Edea came to believe that one day Squall , a boy in her orphanage , would defeat an evil sorceress . To prepare him for this future ordeal Edea and her husband Cid started the Garden to train Squall as a SeeD operative , along with other aspirants and children from the orphanage . SeeD ' s true purpose as an anti - sorceress force was concealed by introducing it as a mercenary force for hire . As the SeeD ' s true purpose is to battle a sorceress , they specialize in magic use . Squall grew up in Balamb Garden and trained to become a SeeD though he never learned of his role in the Garden ' s founding . Cid and Edea keep following with the premonition Edea had had with the future Squall , however , and Cid eventually promotes Squall to the head of SeeD and Garden telling him this is his destiny . It turns out that the evil sorceress Edea had seen the older Squall defeat is Ultimecia who resides in the far future . The tale of the SeeD defeating her has gone down in history as the tale of the " Legendary SeeD " and she seeks to avert her fate by eradicating SeeD from the world . She plans compress all time and space to become a living god and thus escape her demise , but her casting the time compression magic is what allows Squall and his friends to travel through time to her era and kill her before she can attain her goal . Squall ' s estranged sister Ellone has a power to send her and others ' consciousnesses across time , and tries to use it to change the timeline , but fails and later tells Squall that changing the course of events is impossible , further reinforcing the theme of destiny . The battle theme " Premonition " plays in battles against sorceresses , being a " premonition " for the fated battle against Ultimecia . The theme shares much of the same central melody as " Liberi Fatali " . " Final Fantasy XIII - 2 " . The Oracle Drive is a device created by the Farseers . The seeress Yeul would transfer her visions of the future into it to be preserved as prophecies . These archives images are usually but broken fragments of the seeresses ' prophecies , and to gain a clear picture one would need to amass a collection of these images and piece them together . Yeul stopped using an Oracle Drive after Caius Ballad became her Guardian , as he is immortal and able to remember all of her prophecies . After Caius abandons her at the end of time , Yeul records her final prophecy to an Oracle Drive : the coming of a new world where she will be reunited with Noel Kreiss , an aspirant Guardian who had been Caius ' s apprentice and helped him protect her . When Serah Farron joins Noel on their journey through time , they come across ancient Oracle Drives and learn of the possible futures through them as they are studied by the research organization Academy . Serah learns she and Yeul both possess the " Eyes of Etro " that make them seeresses , and she keeps experiencing strange visions whenever the timeline changes . The visions are not restricted to the past or future , but a seeress can witness any period in history . The gift doubles as a curse as it drains the seeress ' s life force each time she has a vision , and if she has one strong enough , the seeress will die . The seeress knows the moment of her death , but according to the law of the Farseers , is forbidden from changing history to save herself . A Fragment entry Message of the Orbs also posits that the most famous of Yeul ' s prophecies was of the monster Ragnarok being summoned by Fang and Vanille . " They shall come from the far north , and the black - haired one shall be of the family Yun , and the red - haired one of the family Dia . " The Day of Ragnarok was also prophesied by Lachesis , " messenger of the magic world " , in the The Book of Haerii . According to the prophecy Ragnarok would bring down Cocoon after two girls would transform into the beast . The events being prophesied is not mentioned in " Final Fantasy XIII " . " " . Lumina has planted a false prophecy to an Oracle Drive in Luxerion that shows Noel killing Lightning to save the world . Noel becomes obsessed with the prophecy , as it also contains a vision of himself reuniting with Yeul . When Lightning arrives in Luxerion Noel stalks her until they meet face - to - face . They duel , but Noel realizes killing Lightning is not what Yeul would want him to do , and destroys the Oracle Drive . Yeul ' s spirit appears from the Drive and tells Noel they will see each other again soon . The Oracle Drive ' s final prophecy is fulfilled when Noel departs to the new world with Yeul . " Final Fantasy XV " . The opening loading screen to the game has the following lines : This is homage to the similar opening of the original " Final Fantasy " that calls for the coming of the Warriors of Light . The King of Light as per the prophecy is the king who wields all of the Crystal ' s power who can banish Starscourge from Eos . Paintings depicting the prophecy are kept in the Citadel , and the " Cosmogony " books allude to it as well . " Final Fantasy Type - 0 " . The Nameless Tome is a collection of apocalyptic prophecies of unknown authorship that talks about Agito and Tempus Finis . " Final Fantasy Mystic Quest " . There exists an ancient Prophecy whose full account is never given , but White recites the following as part of it : Thus , in essence the Prophecy is the motivation for the entire game - the Vile Four have stolen the Crystals and sealed the doors of the Focus Tower , cutting the four regions of the world off from each other . The Crystal of Light believes Benjamin is the knight the Prophecy speaks of , and thus is destined to defeat the Vile Four and save the Crystals . Prior to the events of the game , Captain Mac goes on a voyage and finds a lost verse of the prophecy : This part of the prophecy refers to the Dark King , who is stationed in Doom Castle atop the Focus Tower . With Mac ' s Ship , Benjamin enters Doom Castle and finds the Dark King . When confronted , the Dark King claims that the Prophecy was a rumor he started centuries ago , but if he was lying or not is not revealed . Either way , Benjamin defeats the Dark King and saves the world , fulfilling the Prophecy ' s predictions .