Maker Maker is a term referring to the being that created the fal ' Cie in " Final Fantasy XIII " and is said to have created the worlds of Gran Pulse and Cocoon . The Maker departed the world , beginning the events leading up to " Final Fantasy XIII " . Hallowed Pulse is the name given to the Maker in certain Analects discovered on Gran Pulse , and the world is named after it . The term " Maker " does not refer to one deity in particular . For the fal ' Cie of Cocoon , their maker is Lindzei , while for Gran Pulse fal ' Cie , their maker is Pulse . It is implied both lots of fal ' Cie wish to be reunited with their respective makers . Another figure the term may refer to is Bhunivelze , the god who is said to have created Pulse , Lindzei and Etro , and thus Bhunivelze is the creator of the world and all things through his three offspring . The " Final Fantasy XIII Ultimania Omega " further confirms that the fal ' Cie are looking for their respective gods , further implying that " Maker " does not refer to a single being . Story . The main scheme of the Cocoon fal ' Cie , overseen by Barthandelus , is to destroy Cocoon to call the Maker back into the world . The fal ' Cie believe the Maker has gone past Etro ' s gate to the unseen realm where the dead depart to . By killing millions of people at once the fal ' Cie believe the surge of souls flowing through the gate would " throw it wide open " . While they attempted it in the past , the scheme was foiled by Etro ' s intervention . The fal ' Cie are said to have a common goal of finding the door to the invisible world , but the " Final Fantasy XIII Ultimania Omega " suggests that even if they found it they might not find their Maker ; the gods could have manipulated the fal ' Cie to make them want to meet them , and thus search for the gate because the gods themselves wish to find it . Lightning and her companions do not know about the Maker until they encounter Cid Raines in the Fifth Ark , who explains the fal ' Cie want to use Cocoon as a sacrifice to get the Maker to return . The fal ' Cie cannot destroy Cocoon themselves for they are bound to its creation and maintenance , so instead they use l ' Cie branded by Pulse fal ' Cie as tools with the Focus to destroy it in their place . Later , Barthandelus presents them with a choice — they can either allow Cocoon to destroy itself from within through the conflicts between the Pulsian beasts , the Cavalry and PSICOM , or confront Orphan , the fal ' Cie that holds Cocoon in place above Gran Pulse , and allow the world to die painlessly . Upon return to Eden they discover crystal dust in the air that signifies the coming of Etro ' s gate and Barthandelus sees it as a sign of the Maker ' s return . When the party destroys Barthandelus they awaken Orphan who forces them into destroying it . After Orphan ' s destruction , Fang and Vanille save Cocoon by becoming Ragnarok and erecting a crystal structure to stop Cocoon from crashing into Gran Pulse . Fang and Vanille remain in crystal stasis within the pillar and are safely removed from its core as the pillar shatters hundreds of years later and Cocoon is finally destroyed . Though his plan to open Etro ' s gate is similar to the fal ' Cie ' s , Caius Ballad ' s goal is to kill Etro , which he succeeds on by having his Heart of Chaos destroyed . The balance between the mortal world and the unseen world is broken , Etro ' s gate shatters , and the chaos of Valhalla bleeds into Gran Pulse , in time transforming it into Nova Chrysalia . This awakens the god Bhunivelze , the Maker of the fal ' Cie deities Pulse , Lindzei , and Etro . Like the fal ' Cie of Cocoon wished would happen by calling for their Maker , Bhunivelze plans to create a new world after Nova Chrysalia will be destroyed , but he needs the help of a savior to guide the souls of humanity to it .