Oerba Yun Fang Oerba Yun Fang is a playable character in " Final Fantasy XIII " who appears as a non - playable character in " Final Fantasy XIII - 2 " and as a temporary party member in " " . Her full name stands for " Fang of the Yun clan , from the village of Oerba " . In " Final Fantasy XIII " , Fang is introduced as a Gran Pulse l ' Cie working with a division of the Sanctum ' s military under unknown pretenses . A strong woman surrounded by mysteries and driven by a personal agenda , Fang aims to complete her Focus to save her childhood friend from a fate worse than death . In " Final Fantasy XIII - 2 " , Fang appears alongside Vanille in Serah Farron ' s dreamworld . In " Lightning Returns : Final Fantasy XIII " , Fang is the leader of a guild of bandits based in the Dead Dunes called Monoculus , and in search of an important relic . Profile . Appearance . Fang has olive skin and wavy dark hair with a braid behind her left ear . Fang has green eyes , a beauty mark beneath her right eye , and wears purple claw - shaped earrings . She has scars on her right arm and shoulder , and wears a blue garb resembling a traditional Indian adorned with tribal accessories . Fang wears a black bra top , black sleeves over her forearms , tan leather open - toed knee high boots , and two fur pelts hanging from a cord beneath the belt that holds her spear . Fang has the l ' Cie brand on her right shoulder and a large tattoo on the other that somewhat resembles the two - pronged tip of her weapon , the Bladed Lance . Unlike the other l ' Cie whose brands are black and progress , Fang ' s brand is white and static . Personality . Fang is cocky , confident , and stubborn , and like Lightning , is sarcastic , determined , and independent , but insecure whenever talking about her past . She has a quick wit and a dry sense of humor and can be strict . Although she comes across as cocky and confident , Fang has a caring and compassionate side , especially towards Vanille , whom she would protect by any means . She cares greatly about her friends , willing to take extreme measures to protect them . In " Final Fantasy XIII Episode Zero - Promise - " , Lightning comments on Fang having a " wild fearlessness to her " , and indeed , Fang never backs down from a fight regardless of her opponent . She also has a belief in Lady Luck . In " Final Fantasy XIII - 2 " , Fang doesn ' t undergo any big change and remains largely the same . In " Lightning Returns : Final Fantasy XIII " , Fang still greatly cares about Vanille but seems to have become detached and resigned towards the world ' s condition and the new status quo . She now also comes across as hesitant at times as she looks unsure of what to do , not as sure of things as she used to be . Story . " Final Fantasy XIII Episode Zero - Promise - " . Fang and Vanille hail from the village of Oerba on Gran Pulse . During the War of Transgression between Pulse and Cocoon , Fang and Vanille lost their families at the hands of Cocoon ' s l ' Cie and fal ' Cie and befriended at Oerba ' s orphanage . Fang begrudged Oerba ' s patron fal ' Cie , Anima , for failing to protect the people of Gran Pulse , and agreed to the ceremony of being made Anima ' s l ' Cie as a way to get close enough to confront it . Fang had an outburst in Anima ' s chamber and was going to be put to death for blasphemy by the Oerba priests . Vanille , who was next in line to be branded a l ' Cie , shielded Fang and begged for her life to be spared , offering her own to complete their Focus together so that they would never be apart . Together , Fang and Vanille gained the power to become the beast Ragnarok to fulfill their Focus of destroying Cocoon . Vanille feared the power bestowed upon them and Fang became Ragnarok alone to complete their Focus . Fang ' s Ragnarok cracked Cocoon ' s shell and , taking pity on the people of Cocoon , the goddess Etro intervened and crystallized both Vanille and Fang before they could complete their Focus . Fang and Vanille ' s crystallized forms ended up in the Pulse Vestige , Anima ' s resting place , and in the war ' s aftermath , Cocoon ' s fal ' Cie raided Pulse for materials to fix the damage Cocoon had sustained , and the crystallized Fang and Vanille were brought into Cocoon . Hundreds of years later , Fang and Vanille awaken from crystal stasis . Fang awakens with no memory of the past events dealing with Ragnarok and Vanille lies about losing her memory as well , taking on the burden of Ragnarok to spare Fang the guilt . Fang finds her l ' Cie brand scorched and unchanging but Vanille ' s brand is still active , and over the next two days Fang tries to remember their Focus to prevent Vanille from becoming a Cie ' th , a crystalline monster a l ' Cie who fails their Focus transforms into . Within the Vestige , Fang and Vanille discover an unconscious Serah , a local Cocoonian girl , transformed into a l ' Cie . They take her outside and watch over her until she regains consciousness and leaves . Fang thinks their Focus has something to do with attacking Cocoon and two days later , using stolen ID cards , they board a train to Euride Gorge to see its fal ' Cie , Kujata . Fang proposes she and Vanille attack it to restore their memories , but before they can make their move Sazh Katzroy ' s son , Dajh , happens upon them . Kujata senses Fang and Vanille ' s threat and brands Dajh a Sanctum l ' Cie . Realizing the depth of the situation , the two flee before Sazh finds them . Sanctum troops flood the facility and Fang forces Vanille to escape alone . Fang fights off their pursuers and returns to the town of Bodhum , but is captured by the Cavalry the next day . She is brought aboard their airship , the " Lindblum " , and meets Sanctum official and Cavalry leader , Cid Raines , who explains the Cavalry stands apart from PSICOM , the army tasked with protecting Cocoon from Pulse . Captain Rygdea reveals the Cavalry helped her escape Euride Gorge and makes a deal with Fang to search for Vanille . When Rygdea returns from Bodhum empty - handed the following day , Fang is not surprised he did not find her . In the four days since the Euride Gorge incident , Fang stays on the " Lindblum " to avoid capture , but worries she is wasting Vanille ' s time by not resuming her search . Two days later Fang revisits the Vestige while still in contact with the Cavalry and unknown to her , just misses Vanille . Fang , warned of PSICOM ' s presence by Rygdea , retreats to the Bodhum beach café and watches the annual fireworks display . After she is called back to the " Lindblum " it is announced PSICOM has discovered Anima within the Vestige , and the Sanctum will Purge everyone in the quarantined area . Knowing Vanille will be herded onto a Purge train , Fang has Raines and Rygdea help her rescue Vanille in exchange for the promise she and Vanille will help them take down the Sanctum , the fal ' Cie - guided government of Cocoon . Two days later , after the last Purge train leaves Bodhum , the " Lindblum " lands on the surface of Lake Bresha and Fang rides in an airship with Rygdea to the Purge train ' s destination , the Hanging Edge . " Final Fantasy XIII " . During the Purge Anima and the Pulse Vestige are destroyed and Vanille and her newly branded l ' Cie companions : Lightning , Sazh , Snow , and Hope , are cast down to the now - crystallized Lake Bresha . As they escape PSICOM their conflict regarding their shared Focus splits the group up . Snow stays behind to dig out Serah ' s now - crystallized body , while Lightning leads the others out of the lake to outdistance PSICOM . When Fang arrives with Rygdea and several Cavalry troops , she only finds Snow guarding his crystallized fiancée from a PSICOM attack . After Snow tames his Eidolon , the Shiva Sisters , Fang orders the Cavalry to capture him and take Serah ' s crystal with them . Aboard the " Lindblum " Raines tells Snow of the Sanctum ' s plan to publicly execute the l ' Cie once they are captured , and leaves Snow no choice but to help him find the others . Fang explains to Snow she is hunting down the l ' Cie herself , but does not divulge her connection to Vanille . The " Lindblum " flies out to Palumpolum where Fang and Snow rescue Lightning and Hope from the Sanctum ' s attack . They split up as Snow leaves with Hope and Fang with Lightning , keeping in contact with wireless communicators . After deciding on Hope ' s home in Felix Heights as their rendezvous point , Fang reveals her origins to Lightning and that she and Vanille were indirectly responsible for Lightning ' s sister Serah being made a l ' Cie , as Anima sought for new l ' Cie after seeing Fang and Vanille were not heeding their Focus . Fang and Lightning realize Pulse and Cocoon are more similar than they had initially thought in how both worlds feared and hated the other , but Fang is willing to be an enemy of Cocoon if it will save Vanille . Fang explains how a l ' Cie ' s brand shows the time they have until they transform into Cie ' th , and how strong emotions can expedite the process . Fang reassures Lightning that Serah will come out of crystal stasis one day . Passing PSICOM Warmechs alert them that Snow and Hope are in trouble and find them just in time to help the latter fight an Ushumgal Subjugator . They go into hiding in Hope ' s home and take refuge with his father , Bartholomew Estheim . As they try to figure out how do deal with the Sanctum , the house is attacked by PSICOM forces led by Yaag Rosch , but Rygdea arrives with Cavalry troops disguised as PSICOM soldiers and saves them . The party is led onto the " Lindblum " where they learn Vanille and Sazh were captured in Nautilus and are being held captive aboard the " Palamecia " to be brought to Eden for a public execution . With the Cavalry ' s help , the group infiltrates the Sanctum airship to rescue the prisoners and Fang and Vanille are reunited . Fang checks the progression of Vanille ' s brand and is relieved she still has time left . They face the Sanctum Primarch , Galenth Dysley , who reveals his true form as the fal ' Cie Barthandelus , the true ruler of Cocoon . After defeating him they learn their Focus : to destroy Cocoon by transforming into Ragnarok and destroying Orphan , the fal ' Cie that sustains Cocoon . While the rest of the party is coming to terms with the gravity of their task , Fang is troubled by Barthandelus taunting her for forgetting her Focus . The party escapes using an airship Dysley left behind and crash into the Fifth Ark hidden beneath Eden . In the Ark the party ' s l ' Cie powers are fully awakened . They meet Cid Raines , revealed to have been a Sanctum l ' Cie branded by Barthandelus all along , with the Focus to help them destroy Cocoon . Raines explains the Cocoon fal ' Cie want Cocoon ' s destruction to call back the Maker and remake the world . To defy his fal ' Cie master Cid attacks the group intent on killing them to stop the fal ' Cie ' s plan . The party defeats Raines and he unexpectedly turns to crystal . While the rest are inspired by Raines ' s sacrifice and vow to fight their Focus as well , Fang turns on the party , willing to " smash Cocoon out of the sky " if it means saving her friends from turning Cie ' th . Her Eidolon , Bahamut , manifests , and after taming it , Fang relents and agrees to help search for a way to defy their Focus and wipe their brands clean . A path to the Ark ' s lowest level is revealed and they board an old Pulsian airship and fly through a gate to Gran Pulse . After emerging in Pulse ' s atmosphere a wyvern attacks the airship . With Lightning ' s help , Fang summons Bahamut and saves the others . With the Vallis Media as their base camp , the party spends days searching Pulse for answers but comes up empty - handed . Hope ' s brand advances and he falls unconscious . Vanille suggests returning to Oerba and after Hope comes to , he urges the others to go without him . His Eidolon Alexander appears and Fang and Lightning help him tame it . The party ' s hope is renewed and everyone decides to journey to Oerba together . In the ruins of Paddra in the Yaschas Massif , Fang and Vanille tell the others about their role in the War of Transgression . Fang remains puzzled over having entered crystal stasis despite not doing anything in the war , but Vanille continues lying to hide her guilt . The group crosses the Archylte Steppe and in the Font of Namva , Fang apologizes to Sazh for her part in what happened to Dajh . He forgives her , ultimately blaming himself for not watching his son . The group enters the Mah ' habara Subterra where they stop briefly in the Flower - filled Fissure . Fang lies to Vanille about remembering her Focus to coax a confession out of her , which signals the appearance of Vanille ' s Eidolon , Hecatoncheir , making Fang realize Vanille had always remembered their Focus . After taming the Eidolon , Fang reveals she had suspected Vanille ever since they awoke in Cocoon , but assures she is not angry with her and that they no longer just have each other : they now have a new family . After passing through the Sulyya Springs and climbing Taejin ' s Tower , Fang and Vanille are shocked to see Oerba abandoned and dilapidated . The party rides a capsule down to Oerba ' s outskirts and navigates its Cie ' th - infested ruins . They encounter Barthandelus who claims he has arranged for Cocoon ' s destruction even without the Pulse l ' Cie ' s help by resurrecting Raines as the new Primarch and tricking the Cavalry into going after Orphan . After defeating him again , the party heads to Eden to stop his plan . After Sazh pilots an airship into the Eden Grand Prix the party ambushes the city with their Eidolons and heads for Orphan ' s Cradle where they find members of the Cavalry turned into Cie ' th . As Fang falls under pressure , Vanille proposes they promise to protect Cocoon as their new home . After defeating Barthandelus in the Narthex , Orphan rises from its pool and tortures Vanille to make Fang become Ragnarok , claiming that calling back the Maker to remake the world is the only salvation available for them . Fang submits and Orphan releases Vanille . Fang tries to attack Vanille but the others stop her . Everyone except Fang and Vanille transforms into Cie ' th who attack Fang . Fang ' s brand re - activates and she transforms into an incomplete Ragnarok . She attacks Orphan , but only breaks the protective barrier around the fal ' Cie before reverting . To force Fang to become Ragnarok again and finish the job , Orphan tortures her in an agonizing cycle of being attacked and then healed . Fang begs Vanille to run but she refuses and prepares to face Orphan . The fal ' Cie is attacked by the others and sinks back into its pool . The rest of the party overcomes the illusion of being turned into Cie ' th with the help of the memories of everything they had gone through . Fang is released from Orphan ' s clutches and together they resolve to defeat Orphan once and for all , not to destroy Cocoon , but to save it , and with that promise all of their l ' Cie brands turn white . With Orphan ' s destruction Orphan ' s Cradle vanishes and the party is left floating over Eden as Cocoon begins to fall . As Lightning , Hope , Sazh , and Snow drift away , Fang and Vanille sacrifice themselves to save Cocoon by becoming Ragnarok . Ragnarok surrounds Cocoon with lava and summons the crystal dust from Oerba to crystallize Cocoon , the pillar of lava , and Fang and Vanille . The crystallized Cocoon is left erect over Pulse supported by an enormous crystal pillar . On Pulse , the others awaken from their brief crystal stasis to find not only their brands wiped clean , but Serah and Dajh safely returned to them . Fang and Vanille ' s crystallized bodies remain within the pillar ' s core , holding hands , in crystal sleep . " Final Fantasy XIII - Episode i - " . While in crystal sleep Fang and Vanille lament on the events . Seeing Dajh smile helps Fang forgive herself for the Euride Gorge incident . Fang wants Serah to forgive her and Vanille reassures she is a kind person and therefore she will . With the responsibility of supporting Cocoon , Fang does not mind wasting away in a deep sleep as long as Vanille is with her . They feel the goddess smiling at them , and Fang feels missing pieces of her memory returning , although she still cannot remember everything . Looking down upon her friends , Fang knows Snow and Lightning will want to save her and Vanille despite her trying to tell them not to . " Final Fantasy XIII - 2 " . Inside the pillar , Fang wonders why Lightning is protecting Etro in Valhalla , believing her to be a cruel goddess who sends the Eidolons to dispose of her l ' Cie . Seeing that Lightning has no way out of Valhalla , the middle world between the mortal world and the unseen realm of the dead , Fang urges Serah to listen to her heart as she might hear Lightning ' s voice that way . Fang sees Snow is determined on getting to the Coliseum for her and Vanille ' s sake , and wishes that instead of worrying about them he would help reunite Serah and Lightning . In Serah ' s dream in the Void Beyond Fang meets Serah and says she and Vanille have come to save her from being trapped in the endless dream Caius Ballad put her in . Fang creates a space - time distortion and tells Serah she needs to help someone else out before he becomes trapped in an endless dream himself . Vanille and Fang disappear , leaving the portal to lead Serah to Noel Kreiss . After missing her chance to apologize to Serah for her role in Serah ' s transformation into a l ' Cie , Fang does so and vows she and Vanille will repay their debts by holding up Cocoon . She tells Serah to help Lightning and deal with Caius . In the year 500 AF , Hope , Sazh and the Academy safely remove the crystal holding Fang and Vanille from the pillar just before Cocoon falls . " " . Four hundred and eighty - seven years later , Fang and Vanille awoke from crystal stasis in Nova Chrysalia , the world that formed after Valhalla merged with Gran Pulse . After being found by Lumina , a mysterious girl who resembles Serah , they were taken in by the Order of Salvation in Luxerion who revered Vanille as the " sacred one " they had been waiting for . After a few years of living under the Order ' s care , Fang grew to distrust those in the upper ranks , deeming the Order only interested in Vanille for her newfound ability to hear the dead . Fang learned of the Soulsong , a ritual to purify the dead at the cost of Vanille ' s life , but when she tried to get Vanille to safety , she was shocked to learn her friend was willing to sacrifice herself to give the dead peace . As Vanille stayed behind out of guilt for the deaths they had caused in the past , Fang escaped to the Dead Dunes where she took charge of a band of thieves called Monoculus to find the relic the Order needs for the Soulsong : the holy clavis . For the next four or five years Fang found herself competing with the Order ' s Secutors , who also seek the clavis . Thirteen years after Fang awoke from crystal stasis , the Apocalypse is fast approaching . Lightning comes out of crystal stasis and is chosen to be the savior by the god Bhunivelze . Fang reunites with her when she is brought to her by her associate Adonis as a new recruit , having kept tabs on Lightning since her arrival to the Dead Dunes . Due to Lightning ' s status as the savior , Fang enlists her aid to reaching the Temple Ruins beneath the desert . Fang and Lightning find murals depicting mankind being created by the deity Lindzei from Etro ' s spilt blood to be used as tools of the gods , like how Bhunivelze is using Vanille through the Order . Another mural shows Bhunivelze , who saves pure souls and banishes the dead , believing them to be tainted . Fang tells Lightning the Order wants the clavis for the Soulsong , revealing Vanille ' s motivation to seek atonement by saving the spirits of the dead from their suffering within the Chaos . Upon finding the clavis Lightning prevents Fang from destroying it and the two are ambushed by the Secutors . While Fang and Lightning deal with a Grendel the Secutors unleash on them , the Order ' s agents escape with the clavis . Fang tells Lightning the full story of Vanille ' s intent to sacrifice herself , along with how she wanted keep the clavis away from her while ensuring Lightning is not an agent of the Order . Lumina appears and taunts Fang for not trusting Lightning and using her , revealing she was the one who led the Secutors to their location . After Lumina reveals that the Soulsong will be performed on the world ' s final day and the dead will be destroyed , Lightning says only Fang can save Vanille . Fang decides to disband Monoculus while promising to meet Lightning at Luxerion on the final day . On the day of the Apocalypse , along with Noel and Snow , Fang infiltrates the Luxerion Cathedral to save Vanille before facing a Chimera . Joined by Lightning , she learns Vanille can guide the dead so they can be reborn in the new world Bhunivelze is crafting . The Order ' s true objective is to destroy the dead with the Soulsong and erase the living ' s memories of them , " purifying " them of their burdened pasts so they can start in the new world with a clean slate , which is what Bhunivelze wanted all along . Once Fang and Lightning find Vanille on the altar in God ' s Sanctum amid performing the ceremony , they reveal the truth the Order hid from her . After Vanille learns that the dead want to be reborn , Fang offers to help her guide the souls to the Ark . The Order ' s high priestess refuses to let the Soulsong be thwarted and commences the ritual , but Fang lends her spear to Snow to destroy the clavis and obliterate the high priestess . Once she and Vanille guide the dead to the Ark , Fang receives closure as her soul is saved . Bhunivelze uses Hope ' s body to capture Fang , Vanille , Noel and Snow , but Fang returns to aid Lightning in defeating the god . She witnesses the end of Nova Chrysalia before accompanying her friends to the new world to begin life anew . " " . Fang and Vanille stay together in the new world and move to an arid region near a remote village in an area full of cattle ranches and rocky wilderness . The pair makes their abode amid abandoned ruins as they " remind them of home . " A reporter named Aoede interviews the pair on her quest to uncover the truth behind people ' s latent memories of another world . Though Fang is initially cold toward her , the two tell the story of how they saved Cocoon and remained in crystal sleep for centuries , and how Hope had their crystal salvaged before the crystal pillar shattered and how the organization he had formed , the Conseil de Renaissance , safeguarded them . When they awoke Hope had disappeared and they fell under the Order ' s watchful eye . They spent the next few years under the group ' s care , which were as Fang puts it , " the easiest days of our lives . " The pair doesn ' t know why they awoke from crystal stasis , but speculate it to be the work of either Bhunivelze or Lumina , whom Fang describes as a brat who was " Chaos personified " and was attached to Vanille for some reason . Fang says that a number of the Order ' s followers were decent people who treated her and Vanille well but those in the upper echelons were rotten garbage who exploited Vanille ' s desire to help the suffering populace and atone for the past to control her . The Order told Vanille what she wanted to hear and made her believe that she could help everyone by doing whatever the Order wanted . Fang explains the Order would have erased everyone ' s memories of the past if Lightning hadn ' t saved them . When Aoede gets excited from hearing about Lightning ' s heroics , and expresses wanting to thank her in person , Vanille and Fang assure her Lightning ' s wish for the world has come true if everyone is content with living in the new world . Gameplay . Fang is a playable character in " Final Fantasy XIII " who also appears as a guest in " Lightning Returns : Final Fantasy XIII " . She is a strong physical attacker who also specializes in defending and inflicting status ailments on opponents . She wields a double - bladed spear and her signature attack is a jump - attack called Highwind . In " Final Fantasy XIII " Fang consistently has the strongest physical attack power , which makes her an excellent Commando . Fang ' s Eidolon is the non - elemental Bahamut that takes flight in his Gestalt Mode . In " Lightning Returns : Final Fantasy XIII " Fang aids Lightning in battle as an uncontrollable guest character . It is impossible to directly observe her stats and as she does not have an HP gauge , she cannot be KO ' d in battle . Creation and development . Fang was originally written as a male character . Early in development , Lightning was meant to be a flirtatious character with more sex appeal but these traits were transferred to Fang to make Lightning a more serious character . Character designer Tetsuya Nomura has stated that when compared to the other characters personality - wise , Fang is stronger than Lightning and more stubborn than Snow . Director Motomu Toriyama stated that since " Final Fantasy XIII " one of Fang ' s defining characteristics is her willingness to do whatever is necessary to protect Vanille . In " Lightning Returns " she seems resigned , which is the dark side of her heart . She is more hesitant , as though she fears the consequences of her actions . Voice . Fang ' s Japanese voice actress is Mabuki Andou while her English voice actress is Rachel Robinson . Robinson also provided voice for Holly Whyte from " Bravely Default " . Fang and Vanille speak with a different accent from the rest of the party . In the Japanese version this is the Okinawan dialect of Japanese , and in the English localization they speak with an Australian accent . The idea to cast two characters with Australian accent came from the localization team , who requested the voice directing team to look for either Australian or New Zealand sounding voices . The rationale was that the team wanted Fang and Vanille to sound like from another world , but more in a sense of having a different melody to their voices rather than a thick accent . Musical themes . In " Final Fantasy XIII " , " Fang ' s Theme " is a short and uplifting orchestral piece . It contains a small variant of the main battle theme , " Blinded By Light " , and plays at many points during the game . Two rearrangements of her theme include the second version of " The Pulse l ' Cie " , which plays during her flashback of the fifth day when she and Vanille separate at the Euride Gorge energy plant , and " Dust to Dust " , a melancholic theme with vocals that plays as Fang tells Lightning about her past in Palumpolum and as the background theme for Oerba . In " Lightning Returns : Final Fantasy XIII " , Fang has a new leitmotif titled " Fang ' s Theme ~ The Boss ~ " , an orchestral piece with a haunting chorus that plays during moments in the Dead Dunes ' underground maze . Other appearances . Fang has appeared in the following games throughout the " Final Fantasy " series : Merchandise . An action figure of Fang was released as a part of the Play Arts series . Etymology and symbolism . The Yun in Fang ' s name may refer to Zhao Yun ( or " Chou Un " in on ' yomi ) , a Chinese war general well - known during the era of the Three Kingdoms and is a popular character as portrayed in adaptations of the novel loosely - based on the said time period , " Romance of the Three Kingdoms " ; Zhao Yun in those instances was well - known for wielding a spear with great skill . The characters of Fang and Vanille are based on the Ragnarok myth of Líf ( " life " ) and Lífþrasir ( " eager for life " ) — the only humans who will survive Ragnarok . They sleep through the destruction of the earth and upon awakening will find the earth verdant again . will become the progenitors of a new race of humans , and their descendants will inhabit the world . This is congruent with the idea that Fang was originally envisioned as a male character .