Bresha Ruins

Bresha Ruins is a location in Cocoon in Final Fantasy XIII-2, and a returning location from Final Fantasy XIII, although the landscape is different: the area is not crystallized, the lake is no longer there, and so the ruins are just chunks of buildings from the Hanging Edge.
==Datalog==
During the catastrophe that befell Cocoon, the Bresha Ruins were the site of terrible casualties. The reason for this can be found in the Purge.
The Purge was the name given to the mass deportation of Bodhum's residents. The fal'Cie manipulated the actions of the Sanctum and the elite army known as PSICOM, sowing chaos and inciting conflict among Cocoon's populace.
Many civilians fled to Lake Bresha and its ruins to escape the Purge, but a great majority were crushed by ancient structures that collapsed when Cocoon's momentum was suddenly halted.
;Travel Guide: Bresha Ruins
;Area Information
The Bresha Ruins are the remains of an ancient city that once stood on the shores of Lake Bresha, one of the eeriest sights on Cocoon. During the events of the Purge that immediately preceded the fall of Cocoon, a Pulse fal'Cie turned the waters of the lake into crystal.
;From the Editor's Desk:
Even burning flames became crystallized, creating spectacularly evocative and unusual landscapes. However, because the waters of the lake are now frozen solid, the famous fish restaurants that once dotted the shore are sadly no more.
==Story==
Serah Farron, Mog, and Noel Kreiss arrive in the Bresha Ruins at 5 AF through a Time Gate after departing from New Bodhum at 3 AF. Serah introduces Noel to Cocoon before a giant arm emerges from a nearby rift and attacks. Noel protects Serah from the towering opponent, and they take it on together until military airships arrive and destroy the beast for good.
The travelers are taken into custody because they are civilians in an off-limits area. A few moments later, a woman called Alyssa Zaidelle, an Academy trainee, tells the soldier who guards the prisoners that they are special guests of the Academy, acting as observers. Alyssa tasks Serah, Mog, and Noel with defeating Atlas, who appears in the ruins because of a time paradox. They defeat a Cait Sith and Zwerg Scandroid, and recruit them into their party via the Paradigm Pack system, and Mog speaks for the first time, explaining Serah's ability to tame monsters.
Alyssa informs the party that a device which appeared alongside Atlas has been detected. Near the device, Atlas takes them into a Temporal Rift, within which they resolve an anomaly to escape. The party uses the mysterious device to weaken Atlas and slay it by destroying the crystal atop its head returning the Bresha Ruins to their former glory.
Noel approaches a gravestone and reads the epitaph dedicated to those 'cast out', which Serah explains must be a gravestone dedicated to the Purge victims. When Alyssa arrives at the Lamentable Rest, she searches the gravestone for her name and is relieved to not find it. She reveals a friend of hers died in the Purge while she survived, and that ever since she's dreamt of dying, her soul raising from her dead body, and seeing the aforementioned gravestone with her name on it. Noel says she seems real enough to him. Serah is wracked with guilt, believing the Purge was her fault for being made a l'Cie five years ago.
Fifteen years later at 20 AF, someone from an unknown anti-Academy terrorist organization tampers with the device responsible for controlling Atlas and summons horde of monsters in the ruins. The Academy abandons the site and offers money for dealing with the monster-infestation and mercenaries occupy the area. The gil offer drives Mog who says he has lots of space in his pockets, but when questioned what he would use the money for, he claims to need money to decide.
By traveling across the timeline Serah, Mog, and Noel find two passwords for the device. In year 100 AF they release Kalavinka that crossed through time, which they slay and free the Bresha Ruins from the monster-influx. By resolving the paradox, the party is given a toilet paper coupon, much to Mog's disdain.
==Areas==
* Excavation Site
* Echoes of the Past
* Lamentable Rest
There are numerous changes to the original areas in the five years prior to the visit of Serah, Mog, and Noel, just as there are changes in the hundreds of years after. The Excavation Site is the same as the Forgotten Commons from Final Fantasy XIII, but in Final Fantasy XIII-2 the south-eastern way has been "locked" by a wall, Atlas's hand protrudes from a deep gorge where the ruins of a fountain once lay, and there is a new tunnel in the north-eastern corner of the Excavation Site.
Echoes of the Past is an area previously known as A City No Longer with several entrances to the tunnels; in Final Fantasy XIII, A City No Longer had no indications of side entrances or tunnels, although it is possible the Academy made them to study the ruins' depths. The Lamentable Rest area is the smallest area covered in tombstones and houses a memorial dedicated to Purge victims; it resembles a part of the southern area of Echoes of the Past in the first game. There is no way to the northern parts of the old Echoes of the Past, as massive ruins block the passage.
In Final Fantasy XIII, the Pulse Vestige housing the fal'Cie Anima crashed into Lake Bresha's waters, and the resulting waves and spray crystallized as they formed. The lake cannot be visited Final Fantasy XIII-2, leaving no evidence of its current state.
==Treasure==
===005 AF===
Item 	Location 	Requirements
Librascope 	Excavation Site 	Moogle Hunt
350 Gil 	Excavation Site 	None
400 Gil 	Excavation Site 	None
'Leaving' Gate Seal	Excavation Site (Box)	None
Personal Notes 	Excavation Site (Box)	Moogle Hunt
Vitality Chip x10 	Excavation Site 	None
Holding Cell Key 	Excavation Site 	Moogle Throw
Black Belt 	Excavation Site 	None
Potion x2 	Echoes of the Past 	None
Orange Newsboy Cap 	Echoes of the Past 	Moogle Hunt
Phoenix Down 	Echoes of the Past 	None
Power Droplet x8 	Echoes of the Past 	None
Capsule x2 	Echoes of the Past 	None
Army Comm Device 	Echoes of the Past 	Moogle Hunt
Graviton Core Beta 	Echoes of the Past 	Moogle Hunt
Rune Bracelet 	Echoes of the Past 	Moogle Hunt
Star Pendant 	Echoes of the Past 	Moogle Hunt
Gysahl Greens x2 	Echoes of the Past 	None
Butterfly Bow 	Echoes of the Past 	None
Unicorn Horn 	Echoes of the Past 	None
===100 AF===
Item 	Location 	Requirements
Weapons Material 	Echoes of the Past	Advanced Mog Hunt
Palladium Ring 	Echoes of the Past	Mission
Monster Analysis Report	Echoes of the Past	Mission
Ruthenium Ring 	Echoes of the Past	Mission
===300 AF===
Item 	Location 	Requirements
'Labyrinth' Gate Seal	Echoes of the Past	Moogle Throw
Recording Device 	Echoes of the Past	Moogle Hunt (Mission)
Silver Petal 	Lamentable Rest 	Mission
Unicorn Horn 	Echoes of the Past	None
Old Device 	Lamentable Rest 	Mission
==Enemies==
;005 AF - Before Atlas
;Excavation Site
* Paradox Alpha (Boss)
;Echoes of the Past
* Zwerg Scandroid, Cait Sith (fixed encounter)
* Garchimacera x2, Uridimmu
* Hoplite
* Gremlin
* Meonekton, Nekton
* Pulsework Knight
* Dendrobium
* Atlas (Boss)
;005 AF - After Atlas
;Echoes of the Past
* Garchimacera x3
* Garchimacera x2, Uridimmu
* Gremlin x3
* Gremlin x2, Uridimmu
* Cait Sith x2
* Cait Sith, Uridimmu x2
* Uridimmu, Dendrobium
* Dendrobium
* Dendrobium x2
* Pulsework Knight, Cait Sith x2
* Pulsework Knight
* Hoplite x3
* Hoplite, Cait Sith
* Svarog
* Albino Lobo x2
* Amanojaku x3, Notsugo x3
;100 AF
;Echoes of the Past
* Munchkin x3
* Munchkin x4
* Munchkin x5
* Munchkin x2, Tempest x2
* Tempest
* Tempest x2
* Don Tonberry
* Purple Chocobo
;300 AF
;Echoes of the Past
* Munchkin x3
* Munchkin x4
* Munchkin x3, Circuitron x3
* Munchkin Maestro, Munchkin x2
* Purple Chocobo
* Circuitron x5
* Circuitron x6
* Tonberry
==Musical themes==
At 5 AF and 100 AF, the Bresha Ruins has two main themes: "Unseen Intruder" and its remix, "Unseen Intruder -Aggressive Mix-", the latter of which plays when monsters appear on the field. They are composed by Naoshi Mizuta, and in the Japanese version, the themes are accompanied with vocals from singer Aimee Blackschleger. "Unseen Intruder" was the first song Mizuta wrote for Final Fantasy XIII-2, and that it is a vocal song with rap makes it a piece that reflects director Motomu Toriyama's desire to have a sound unlike the typical Final Fantasy title.Meet Final Fantasy XIII-2's sound team
The North American and European versions removed the vocal work, making it a purely instrumental track, and added some extra instruments during the main choruses of the original song. In the localized version of the theme's Aggressive Mix, one lyric is included: "Time traveler". In the PC version, toggling the audio option to Japanese restores the vocals. The battle music for Paradox Alpha is "Worlds Collide". After Atlas is defeated, "Missing Link" becomes the new background theme. At 300 AF, the Bresha Ruins' theme is "Full Speed Ahead", a rearranged version of "Noel's Theme".
In an early demo, the "New Bodhum" theme plays in the Bresha Ruins.
==Other appearances==
===Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade===
===Final Fantasy Record Keeper===
===Final Fantasy Brave Exvius===
==Behind the scenes==
There were several different concepts of how the Bresha Ruins would appear in the game. In one of the concept artworks, Eden, the floating capital city of Cocoon, has collapsed into Lake Bresha that lies at the bottom of the crystallized Cocoon. The ruins of Bresha from 500 and 900 AF are also included within the artworks of Final Fantasy XIII-2 Ultimania Omega. By the time's passing, the area wouldn't change that much, but in 900 AF, the ruins would have been completely submerged by the lake.
In early materials, a Flandragora and Myrmidon are depicted as be enemies appearing in the ruins. However, Myrmidon was scrapped, while Flandragora were renamed Flanbanero and moved to the Sunleth Waterscape.
Lake Bresha is the only area where insignificant people communicate with the player directly in non-event cutscenes. In this case, it is when the talkative guard runs up to the player and Serah responds to his question.
Using a cheat engine to fly up high, it becomes apparent the background for Bresha Ruins is/features the crystallized lake from Final Fantasy XIII.
==Gallery==
;Artwork
Bresha-ruins-artwork-ffxiii2.png|Artwork from Final Fantasy XIII-2 Ultimania Omega.
Bresha-ruins-artwork2-ffxiii2.png|Artwork from Final Fantasy XIII-2 Ultimania Omega.
Bresha-ruins-artwork4-ffxiii2.png|Artwork from Final Fantasy XIII-2 Ultimania Omega.
;005 AF
XIII-2 Intruders.jpg|Soldiers take aim at Noel and Serah.
FF13-2-town.jpg|Excavation Site.
FF13-2-giant hand.jpg|Atlas's hand.
XIII-2 bresha echoes.jpg|Echoes of the Past.
FF13-2-underground docks.jpg|Underground Tunnels.
FFXIII-2 Bresha Ruins 005AF - Excavation Site.png|Excavation Site.
FFXIII-2 Bresha Ruins 005AF - Echoes of the Past.png|Echoes of the Past.
FFXIII-2 Bresha Ruins 005AF - Echoes of the Past (Underground).png|Underground Tunnels.
FFXIII-2 Bresha Ruins 005AF - Lamentable Rest.png|Lamentable Rest.
Bresha_Ruins_5AF_2.jpg|Bresha Ruins.
Bresha_Ruins_5AF_3.jpg|Bresha Ruins.
FFXIII-2 Atlas Bresha Ruins 005AF.png|Atlas in Bresha Ruins.
Bresha_Ruins_5AF_Map.jpg|Map.
;100 AF
Bresha_Ruins_100AF.jpg|Bresha Ruins.
Bresha_Ruins_100AF_Map.jpg|Map.
;300 AF
BreshaRuinsFuture.jpg|Bresha Ruins.
FFXIII-2 Bresha Ruins 300 AF - Echos of the Past.png|Echoes of the Past.
FFXIII-2 Bresha Ruins 300 AF - Lamentable Rest.png|Lamentable Rest.
Bresha_Ruins_300AF.jpg|Bresha Ruins.
Bresha_Ruins_300AF_Map.jpg|Map.
==Citations==
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Category:Locations in Final Fantasy XIII-2
Category:Ruins