Lightning Farron
“A woman who discarded emotion and renamed herself Lightning — and the story of getting it all back.”
A sword and firearm hybrid — her defining weapon that enables close-range slashing and mid-range shooting in the same motion.
Switches between attacker, defender, and healer roles in real time — the defining mechanic of FFXIII. Lightning handles all roles equally well.
Merges with her Eidolon Odin — riding him as a horse while delivering a multi-blade onslaught — her most devastating offensive form.
The coldness is a weapon, not her nature. She sealed her emotions inside a soldier's shell to be strong enough for her sister Serah, and the shell hardened until she could barely distinguish it from herself. Across the XIII trilogy that wall slowly comes down — the arc is ultimately about permitting herself to be connected to other people again.
- ▸Protecting and saving her sister Serah
- ▸Completing the mission thrust on her by fate
- ▸Appearing weak — showing emotion
- ▸Losing Serah
- ▸no canon hobby on record