Gadot Gadot is a temporary party member from " Final Fantasy XIII " , who also appears in " Final Fantasy XIII - 2 " . He is a member of the resistance group NORA under his childhood friend Snow Villiers , along with Lebreau , Maqui , Yuj , and others . Profile . Datalog . " A childhood friend of Snow , Gadot is one of the founding members of NORA . With his impressive frame , he sees himself as the group ' s shock trooper . " " Raised almost like a brother to Snow in a Sanctum facility , he knows the NORA leader better than anyone . Despite his often blunt comments and rough behavior , he is devoted to Snow ' s ideals of compassion . " Appearance . Gadot is a dark - skinned , muscular man with fiery hair and teal clothes . He wears a chain with the word " posse " engraved on it . His design is said to be inspired by NBA and hip - hop fashion . Character designer Nao Ikeda described Gadot as such in a " Dengeki PlayStation " interview : Personality . Gadot is brash and sometimes blunt , but overall carries a soft , and caring spot . He can also be temperamental and even confrontational at times , an example of him making two attempts to attack Noel out of distrust , and overtime has become very overprotective of Serah . He is Snow ' s best friend and right hand man whom he is very loyal to , calling him ' boss ' . Story . " Final Fantasy XIII " . Aiding Snow and the Purge es , Gadot survives when the bridge they were holding their ground on collapses . After giving Snow a scare by pointing his gun at him , Gadot joins him in acquiring rides to make their way to the rest of the team . As Snow leaves for the Pulse fal ' Cie , Gadot is placed in charge of the refugees shortly before having his air craft stolen by Hope and Vanille . " " tells the story of what happened to NORA after Snow left for the Pulse Vestige . NORA guided surviving Purgees to take refuge in a crevice in the ground . After breaking through PSICOM ' s defenses they escaped the Hanging Edge and hid inside an ancient Pulsian building inserted between the layers of Cocoon ' s outer shell during its construction , a large vestige that " shouldn ' t " exist and the perfect place for the Purge survivors to lay low and wait out the army ' s search efforts . Gadot led a combat team to ensure everyone ' s safety and food and supplies were sent through Lenora ' s Garage , a shop maintained by Maqui . By hacking the Sanctum ' s information channels through his own network , Maqui tapped into a live feed and projected a hologram of a broadcast from Palumpolum being captured by a military surveillance camera . The footage depicted a plaza turned into a war zone as a pillar of ice conjured by magic froze everything , and a Pulse l ' Cie . NORA recognized the l ' Cie as their leader , Snow . Having been worried about Snow since the Pulse Vestige plummeted into Lake Bresha , the news of his survival brings relief to NORA who begins planning their next step as Snow ' s appearance was the sign they needed to build a resistance movement to help him . As the Sanctum ' s troops are concentrated around Palumpolum , leaving holes in the security around the Hanging Edge , NORA and the refugees would be able to escape , and they leave their shelter and set out for Eden , the capital of Cocoon and the Sanctum ' s seat of power . When Snow and the party are making their way through Eden NORA opens a jammed door for the heroes . After wishing Snow well , Gadot and the others stay behind and help the civilians as they can as the party makes their way toward Orphan ' s Cradle . " Final Fantasy XIII - 2 " . After Snow left New Bodhum to look for Lightning , Gadot assumed the de facto leadership of the group and became overprotective of Serah . Years later , along with other NORA members , he defends the village when monsters attack the town . When Noel Kreiss saves Serah and offers to take her to Lightning , Gadot lashes out at him before Serah dissuades him . Gadot , like everyone else , believes Lightning to be dead and doesn ' t initially trust Noel . After Noel reveals the Time Gate Gadot finally believes that he truly is from the future . Serah and Noel embark to find an artefact to activate the gate , and during their quest come across Lightning ' s survival knife on the beach . When Serah , Mog , and Noel prepare to leave through the time gate after having found the artefact , Gadot , Maqui , and Yuj are caught eavesdropping by Lebreau . Gadot admits then that he sharpened Lightning ' s knife excusing himself by saying that " she would get mad over a ' poorly maintained weapon ' " . Serah and Noel can return to New Bodhum any time they wish , and the first time they do so they encounter Gadot who is astonished how fast the two returned . He puts it down to time travel , where mere hours for him means that days have passed for Serah and Noel , and tells the two they are welcome back any time . When Serah is defeated in the Void Beyond she enters a dream world composed out of her memories and wishes . A dream version of Gadot is met in this world , but after Serah begins to doubt the dream world he disappears along with every other dream inhabitant . After escaping from the dream worlds , and their reunion with Lightning , if Serah and Noel talks with Gadot and the rest of NORA in New Bodhum before the final battle with Caius in Academia 500 AF , they will reveal that they sense a final showdown about to take place , and lends them their support by wishing them luck . NORA members ' souls found their way to the new world where they were reincarnated and established a restaurant , the " Nora House " . One day , a reporter investigating the stories of people having memories of a past life in another world visits the restaurant and orders the Nora Special . The taste triggers a flood of memories , and the reporter recalls her past life : she was Aoede , a reporter caught up in the Purge who helped expose Sanctum ' s lies by airing Purge footage with the help of broadcast hacks by Maqui . The members of NORA remember Aoede and Lebreau tells her where to find Serah . Gameplay . Gadot is a temporary party member who fights with a machine gun . Unknown to the player , Gadot ' s Attack command cost three ATB segments to execute compare to the main cast where it only cost them one ATB segment . Due to him being a temporary character , his status , abilities , and inventory cannot be viewed on the main menu . His HP is shown as ? ? ? , but is fixed at 420 . Gadot leaves the party early in the story , so he doesn ' t receive an Eidolith . Other appearances . " Mobius Final Fantasy " . Gadot appears on an ability card . " Final Fantasy Trading Card Game " . Gadot appears in the " Trading Card Game " as part of the " Fire " set . " Triple Triad " . Gadot appears on a Triple Triad card in the version playable via " Final Fantasy Portal App " .