Lebreau Lebreau is a character from " Final Fantasy XIII " and " Final Fantasy XIII - 2 " . In " Final Fantasy XIII " , she is a temporary party member , appearing in the first chapter . She fights with a rifle , and can heal in battles . Profile . Datalog . " Friends with Snow from a young age , Lebreau is one of the founding members of NORA . She runs the café they opened to fund NORA ' s operations , and her cooking is one of the best - kept secrets in Bodhum . " " With her brusque , no - nonsense manner , the young woman is treated just like one of the guys , and she would have it no other way . " Appearance . Lebreau has shoulder length black hair and light brown eyes . She wears a purple halterneck bikini top , and a loose sheer white blouse . She wears a gold chain necklace and a rainbow - colored bracelet , microshorts and a belt that matches her bikini top with a sash . She wears red shoes and thigh - high stockings with a lace trim at the top . She has a butterfly tattoo on her shoulder - blade . Personality . Character designer Nao Ikeda said , " She talks and acts much more mature for her age , and sometimes acts as if she ' s the mother of NORA , " giving insight into her personality . Lebreau is independent and upbeat , always ready to help others . Story . " Final Fantasy XIII " . Lebreau comes from the seaside town of Bodhum , where she tends a bar near to the beach . She also watches over members of the self - funded monster hunting group NORA , along with Snow , Gadot , Yuj , and Maqui . When the Purge was initiated to all Bodhum residents due to the discovery of a Pulse fal ' Cie at the Pulse Vestige ruins nearby , Lebreau joins NORA , which was turned into a resistance group against the Sanctum . " " 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 . Along with Gadot , Yuj , and Maqui Lebreau meets Snow and his party in Eden , where they declare their loyalty to him despite him being a l ' Cie . As Snow ' s party continues on toward Orphan ' s Cradle , NORA stays behind to evacuate Eden . " Final Fantasy XIII - 2 " . After Cocoon ' s fall many citizens move to Gran Pulse . NORA helps build the town of New Bodhum on the coast where Lebreau again opens a cafe . When a monster attacks Serah , Lebreau rushes in , shooting it down and saving her . She also tells the latter that she has to look after herself now as Lightning is dead , but she is knocked unconscious by another monster , terrifying Serah . After the battle , Noel lays her before the NORA house saying that she needs to rest . The next day , she catches Gadot , Maqui , and Yuj eavesdropping on Serah , Mog , and Noel when they are about to leave through a Time Gate . " " . After the destruction of the old world 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 . Lebreau is a temporary party member , and she has the exclusive Potion ability to heal all other characters during battle . Potion is shown in the ability menu to cost two ATB segments while during battle it costs only one segment . According to the " Ultimania " it costs 1 . 5 segments . She fights with a rifle . Unknown to the player , Lebreau ' s Attack command costs two ATB segments to execute compared to the main cast , where it costs one ATB segment . Due to her being a temporary character , her status , abilities , and inventory cannot be viewed on the main menu . She has the full ATB gauge , which is six segments . Her HP is shown as ? ? ? , but is fixed at 330 . Creation and development . According to the " Final Fantasy XIII Ultimania Omega " , Nao Ikeda was inspired by an unused piece of " Final Fantasy X - 2 " concept art when designing Lebreau . Her design was based on volleyball players inspired from the images of butterflies flying along an Asian beach resort . Lebreau ' s character design and costume is due to the beach location of NORA ' s base . Small differences exist between the pre - release model of Lebreau and the retail one , including some shading in her face and her breasts , the blue tassels hanging from her waist are slightly different , and the stockings are made darker in the retail version . Other appearances . " Mobius Final Fantasy " . Lebreau appears as a wind - element ability card in " Mobius Final Fantasy " . " Final Fantasy Trading Card Game " . Lebreau appears in " Final Fantasy Trading Card Game " .