Fragment / Quiz Mastery Captain Rygdea is a former Cocoon soldier . Following the catastrophe , he played a central role in running the provisional government . Quiz Rank : Private . Rygdea crushed the budding resurgence of the former administration by revealing the Sanctum ' s manipulation by the fal ' Cie , and their subsequent slaughter of innocent civilians during the Purge . He lent his support to the Academy scientists who sought to promote ' human independence , ' and encouraged the shift in authority from the government to this new institute . Elida Karmic is a singer hailing from Palumpolum , Cocoon , and was popular during the 10s and 20s following the catastrophe . Quiz Rank : Sergeant . 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 . Colonel Yaag Rosch was an officer in the Sanctum ' s elite PSICOM Division . Quiz Rank : Lieutenant . Along with PSICOM officer Colonel Nabaat , he acted as one of the primarch ' s staunchest supporters . During the catastrophe , however , he chose to abort the operation ordered by the fal ' Cie . Rosch redirected the military ' s efforts into evacuating citizens , and in doing so saved countless lives . His fate following those events is unknown , but it is assumed he was killed in action . Bartholomew Estheim was originally an economist for a Sanctum - affiliated institute . Following the catastrophe , the newly formed provisional government employed him as a financial advisor , where he was instrumental in the founding of the Academy . Quiz Rank : Colonel . He is the father of Hope Estheim , the director of the New Cocoon Project . Lieutenant Amodar was a soldier in Cocoon ' s Guardian Corps . Although he once retired from duty in disgust at the military ' s handling of civilians during the catastrophe , Amodar reenlisted to help protect people from the hostile creatures of Pulse . Quiz Rank : General . The lieutenant ' s unique appearance was used to create a duplicate — a 4D attraction code - named ' Captain Cryptic ' that proved incredibly popular with children . The original Amodar is said to also have been fond of quizzes and trivia . The deterioration of the crystal pillar supporting Cocoon continues , and it will only be a matter of years before a complete structural collapse occurs . Stoic Virtue . Academy scientists are moving forward with plans to create a ' metashield ' — an invisible cushion of force that will soften Cocoon ' s impact significantly , thereby minimizing the damage to Pulse ' s surface and preventing a catastrophic upheaval in the lowerworld ' s ecosystem . With our continuing progress into paradox research , we ' ve come to learn that the future can influence the past . Once events in the future are decided , the past is altered to support that outcome . Epicurean Song . For people in the future , the past is like an unopened box . Say , for example , at a certain point in time , someone makes a discovery in a set of ruins and learns a fact about the past . In that instant of understanding , past reality is defined . But then the question must be asked : who , along the entire span of history , is considered to be ' in the future ' ? The language of the human race has changed little since ancient times . Records show that the tongue spoken by the people of Paddra almost a thousand years ago is functionally identical to that used by the present citizens of Academia . Lyceum Knowledge . Although the language is much the same , it seems strange that the alphabets of Gran Pulse and Cocoon should vary so widely . Perhaps this variation stems from the fact that human language was not a naturally occurring phenomenon , but a tool given to us by the fal ' Cie . The last Primarch in Cocoon was the ill - fated Cid Raines , who was killed in a shortly after his rise to office . Academia Wisdom . The Cavalry , the military unit leading the rebellion , once followed him without question in their bid to overthrow the Sanctum . They considered his acceptance of the government ' s highest position as incontrovertible proof of his betrayal . Captain Rygdea , member of the Cavalry and instigator of the coup d ' etat , was the driving force behind the provisional government formed following the catastrophe . Although he spoke little of his former commander , he did have this to say of Cid Raines : ' He was exactly the sort of man we needed for this new age . '