The Let's Play Archive

Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII

by Artix, Fedule

Part 62: The Soulsong

Update 62: The Soulsong (Polsy)

Music

The Soulsong
A New World
A Sacred Oratorio

Datalogs



quote:

The Saint's Decision

Noel. Fang. Snow. Lightning's friends and allies from the past all came together to stop the Soulsong. No one had called them or arranged for their meeting. Even without words, they had all naturally arrived at the same conclusion.

The Soulsong was a lie, meant to destroy the souls of the dead and keep the new world for the chosen few. When Vanille realized this, she stopped the ceremony and instead worked together with Fang to summon the dead to her. The brilliant light of those millions of souls took flight, soaring off to the new world. Vanille chose the correct path, with Fang by her side. She used up all of her power in the process, but she did not have to give up her life as the Order would have had her do.



quote:

Judgment

Lightning turned her back on God and put a stop to the Soulsong — and Serah's soul appeared before her, as if she had been waiting for Lightning to make the correct choice.

It was Lumina who had protected Serah all this time. Lumina was not Serah — she was the part of Lightning's own heart that had been cut away, the part that Lightning thought she had lost. It had become the vessel that she knew as Lumina, and inside, Serah's soul had been kept safe until Lightning was ready to take it back.

Yet their reunion was fleeting. The bells that marked the end of the world began tolling, and Bhunivelze awoke. The almighty god descended upon the world in Hope's body and snatched away the souls of Serah and Lightning's friends.

Now, she must rescue them, and free Hope's soul from the body he shares with Bhunivelze. The savior stands alone against God.