It is also at this point that their journey is said to really begin - though, ironically enough, a seemingly inconsequential enemy they encountered just prior to this will eventually be revealed as the game’s final boss in the form of Chaos. This image occurs early in the game, after the “first chapter,” so to speak, has concluded. One final piece of iconography from the original Final Fantasy to be referenced early in Final Fantasy XV is the image of the four Warriors of Light standing on a hill after crossing a large bridge, looking out over a body of water toward the castle of the kingdom of Cornelia. While Ifrit didn’t appear in the original Final Fantasy, FFXV’s Ifrit sits here in a manner and upon a throne highly reminiscent of Chaos, the final boss of the original Final Fantasy, as seen in this concept art of the character by Yoshitaka Amano:

In addition to the prophecy displayed when starting a new game, the battle these four Warriors of Light will wage against Ifrit is previewed from the outset. 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

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