Lightning (Final Fantasy)
Lightning is a female video game character who features in Final Fantasy.
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Biography
Claire Farron (Japanese: エクレール・ファロン, Hepburn: Ekurēru Faron?)
Claire's father died when she was young, and her mother died from an unknown illness when she was 15. With no other family to turn to, Claire raised her younger sister, Serah. To overcome the pain of her parents' deaths and become an adult as quickly as possible, she changed her name to "Lightning". Despite the delusion of not needing her past, she was an average orphaned child who wanted to be loved. After high school graduation, Lightning joined the Guardian Corps Bodhum Security Regiment under Lieutenant Amodar. She attained the rank of sergeant and became scheduled for officer training. However, she began to lose sight of her goals and worked many hours while spending little time with Serah.
Nine days before Lightning's 21st birthday, the Bodhum monster-fighting group NORA rescues her from an aquatic ambush. Lightning meets Snow Villiers: their leader and Serah's boyfriend. Lightning remains unimpressed as she has never approved of NORA's vigilantism and unsuccessfully demands him to stop dating Serah. The next day, Lightning begins regretting her lack of attention to Serah, feeling Serah got involved with Snow to quell her loneliness. Seeing Nora Estheim and her son Hope in the mall inspires Lightning to plan a vacation away from Bodhum for her birthday to spend time with Serah and divert her attention from Snow. Four days later, the Cavalry is hunting down a girl named Vanille in Bodhum; Lightning meets with Rygdea, suspecting it may have something to do with the incident at Euride Gorge two days ago. While attending Bodhum's fireworks festival four days later, Lightning learns of a Pulse-related incident at the nearby Vestige being kept under wraps by the Sanctum, but Amodar warns her not to investigate. The next day, Lightning's birthday, Serah reveals she was branded a Pulse l'Cie, and that she and Snow are now engaged. Thinking Serah is lying to give herself an excuse to wed Snow, Lightning drives her away, leaving her alone to open her birthday present from Serah: a survival knife. When the Sanctum announces Bodhum's quarantine after discovering a Pulse fal'Cie within the Vestige last night, Lightning realizes Serah told the truth. After learning the Sanctum plans to Purge everyone in town to Pulse, Lightning tries to find Serah but Snow says she is held captive inside the Vestige. The following day, PSICOM rounds up the people in Bodhum and lines them up to board Purge trains. Although military personnel is exempt, Lightning volunteers to be Purged with the civilians and resigns from the Guardian Corps, wanting to enter the Hanging Edge, where PSICOM plans to move the Vestige and rescue Serah before she gets taken out of reach. A man named Sazh Katzroy approaches Lightning and joins her in her quest to reach the Pulse fal'Cie.
Overview
Personality and attributes
In appearance, Lightning was a young woman with wavy rose pink hair and pale aqua eyes.
It was shown that she was a solitary young woman who spoke little of herself with even her true name being a mystery to others.
Lightning is initially cold and distant. Most of her emotions have been sapped from her, although her memories remain intact. Her wish to save Serah remains, and she still shows concern for her former allies. Lightning and Hope demonstrate trust and care for one another, Hope promising to be by her side, helping Lightning better maintain her humanity despite her situation. She resents Bhunivelze for robbing her of her emotions and exploiting her circumstances to his advantage.
She had a younger sister by the name of Serah Farron.
Powers and abilities
She was shown as being an exceptional combatant with many years worth of fighting experience and extensive training.
Lightning is a capable combatant, defeating many trained PSICOM soldiers on her own. Besides being adept in swordplay and marksmanship with her gunblade, she is skilled in hand-to-hand combat. After becoming Etro's champion, Lightning's prowess as a warrior allows her to stalemate and later defeat Caius Ballad, an immortal with centuries of experience. As the savior, Lightning can even fight Bhunivelze.
Notes
- Lightning was created by Motomu Toriyama with her being designed by Tetsuya Nomura and Isamu Kamikokuryo where she featured in the setting of Final Fantasy XIII (2009).
- She was voiced by Japanese actress Maaya Sakamoto and by English actress Ali Hillis.
In other media
Video games
Other
Appearances
- Final Fantasy XIII: (2009)
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