Elida Karmic Elida Karmic is an unseen , non - playable character in the " Final Fantasy XIII " trilogy . Elida was born in Palumpolum , attended the same middle school class as Hope Estheim , and is a close friend of his . Fragment s . Quiz Mastery – Quiz Rank : Sergeant " Elida Karmic is a singer hailing from Palumpolum , Cocoon , and was popular during the 10s and 20s following the catastrophe . " " Her most memorable appearance was during the New Nautilus Auditorium Opening Concert , where director of the New Cocoon Project , Hope Estheim , handed her a bouquet of flowers . Karmic and Estheim were classmates all through middle school . " Story . " Final Fantasy XIII Episode Zero - Promise - " . When Hope was eight years old , he and his close friends Kai and Elida went on a school field trip to the Sunleth Waterscape . With Sazh as the pilot of their airship , Hope , Kai , Elida Karmic , and their class , landed at a temporary landing facility near Lake Shayra . Their teacher told the class they would walk from the lake through Rainbow Pass and along the forest trail before turning back . Guided by a researcher , the class went along the lake ' s edge and up a hill while taking pictures with their toy cameras and learning about the wildlife . They trekked through the slippery Tree - Shaded Path , and returned to the lake for lunch . Hope wondered what to do now that his camera was full . Kai sought to climb a tree and take a picture for his younger brother Hal , but Hope had a bad feeling about it . Kai had dropped his camera , so the three searched the area but found nothing . Kai thought he lost his camera somewhere between Rainbow Pass and Lake Shayra , but the path had been closed off . Thinking about Hal and how disappointed he would be , Hope suggested they sneak back onto the path and look for Kai ' s camera . The trio took a side path to slip past the researchers cleaning up the main route . They encountered a Flandragora that chased them until they escaped and got themselves lost . Following advice from his father , Hope used a sharp rock to mark a boulder with an ' X ' to designate their starting position , and he , Elida , and Kai continued onward . Around noon they found a machine panel which Elida activated . After failing to use it and call for help , the trio continued along and came across a climate control orb Elida touched against Kai and Hope ' s protest , causing rainfall . They retreated in a rock tunnel for shelter , but Hope recalled a researcher saying certain monsters enjoy rain . He made a run for the orb to shut off the rain , but several Mud Frogs and Hedge Frogs appeared near him and Elida . The monsters approached them but turned away as someone stopped the rain . Thanks to Elida tampering with the panel , their airship found them . Kai ' s camera was returned to him as a researcher had found it while cleaning up the path and brought it back to the airship . Hope regretted suggesting to go look for it , and putting himself and his friends in danger . After returning to their seats Hope wanted to apologize to Kai , but the latter had enjoyed himself and was not angry . In the evening the airship prepared to leave Sunleth . At Elida ' s insistence , Kai took a picture for Hal as he promised : a night view of the Sunleth Waterscape . Dreaming of becoming a singer , Elida went to an all girls school with a special music program at age 13 . " Final Fantasy XIII - 2 " . Some time after Elida graduated , she became a singer with her popularity being prominent during the 10s and 20s of the first century after Cocoon ' s fall . In 12 AF , she performed during the opening of the New Nautilus Auditorium Opening Concert where she was given flowers by Hope .