Academy The Academy is a research and higher education institute that conducts scientific expeditions in " Final Fantasy XIII - 2 " . It was created by Rygdea and Bartholomew Estheim in the year 1 AF and is later led by the latter ' s son , Hope Estheim . The organization replaces the former governing system of the Sanctum and focuses on building a society independent from the fal ' Cie based on science and human technology . " " sheds light on the events after " Final Fantasy XIII - 2 " ending and how the Conseil de Renaissance was born out of the Academy . Datalog . " The Academy is the institute that governs the world ' s people , and has its headquarters in the city of Academia . It is a research - based organization founded with the aim of promoting human independence from the fal ' Cie , and has rebuilt society based on the pursuit of that ideal . " " The scientists of the Academy are currently moving forward with a plan to relocate the entire human race to a new , man - made Cocoon by the year 500 AF . For that purpose , the provisional government has granted the institute various administrative powers . " " Important policies are decided by a joint staff committee . Each person involved in the decision making , however , must gain a vote of confidence from the general populace . This system has proven popular with the great majority of citizens , and has contributed to the smooth running of society . " Story . The Academy ' s research mainly focuses on the histories of Gran Pulse and Cocoon to find an alternate power source for the people of Cocoon to replace its fal ' Cie as part of their philosophy of a future without any reliance on them . Some notable contributions the Academy has made to the world are the coining of the term " paradox " , the construction of the Augusta Tower , and gathering and sharing information via the Academy Datanet system . By the year 400 AF , thanks in part of Hope ' s attempt to change the fate of Cocoon ' s fall , the Academy becomes the new de facto government body of Gran Pulse with the city of Academia as their capital , while studying the Thirteenth Ark in their plan to save Cocoon . In an alternate timeline starting in 13 AF when the Augusta Tower was completed , Hope and Alyssa were murdered as a result of the looped distortion that produced the Proto fal ' Cie Adam , who took over the Academy and ruled Academia ; akin to the Cocoon fal ' Cie Barthandelus using its human disguise as Primarch Galenth Dysley and the fal ' Cie Eden to rule through the Sanctum . In 500 AF Cocoon ' s crystal pillar shatters with Fang and Vanille ' s crystal salvaged from it , but even if the damage is minimized by the Academy ' s Metashield as well as evacuating the populace to the manmade Cocoon Academy had built , Chaos still enters the world and erodes the border between visible and unseen realms as Caius ' s plan for having Etro killed had worked . As the world sunk into the Sea of Chaos and its remains became known as Nova Chrysalia , mankind stayed within the manmade Cocoon while Hope had the Academy analyze the situation . They discovered people had stopped aging and had become infertile , meaning humanity was heading toward extinction . To stop the populace from sinking in despair Hope set up Conseil de Renaissance to be the world ' s " hope " tasked with finding a way to reverse the Chaos ' s effects , and Academy transitioned into this new organization with Hope remaining the leader . A new fal ' Cie called Pandaemonium cultivated the lands for human habitation to lure people into abandoning their deteriorating manmade Cocoon , a decision Hope eventually made . A team of Academy scientists remained to make use of the state - of - the - art facilities to find a way to fight the Chaos . Their existence was highly - classified as Hope feared the fal ' Cie might object . Hope secretly oversaw the research and eventually discovered Chaos could be controlled via Antimatter Manipulation Principle , a technology once used in the original Cocoon . The scientists went missing with the only a the words spelling ' The woman with the rose - coloured hair takes us with her ' left behind . Hope started investigating and fell into depression beginning to see a pink - haired phantom and became obsessed with the illusion reliving the past in his dreams alongside the phantom until he couldn ' t separate dream and reality . This was Bhunivelze ' s work , as though he had no control over the hearts of men he could create illusions . Led by the phantom Hope was lured into the now deserted manmade Cocoon where he remained never to be seen again , and in his absence the Conseil de Renaissance fell apart . Some remains of the Academy persist until Nova Chrysalia ' s end , with the Academia main hall being a prominent landmark just south of Aryas Village , as the remaining Academy scientists set up the Research Camp on the Wildlands . Musical themes . The Academy has an eponymous theme , titled " Academy ' s Theme " , composed by Masashi Hamauzu .