Eden (location)



Eden (エデン), known as the "Seat of the Sanctum", is the capital city of Cocoon in Final Fantasy XIII. Named after its patron fal'Cie of the same name, it serves as the center of Cocoon's governing body, the Sanctum. Eden floats in the sky high over Cocoon and thus can only be reached by airship or a railway connected to Palumpolum.

Datalog
''This city, Cocoon's capital, shares its name with its fal'Cie patron. Host to the world's centers of culture and government, it functions as the heart of human society on Cocoon.''

''At the city's core rises the monumental Edenhall, seat of the Sanctum's administration. The fal'Cie Eden dwells deep within the structure's interior.''

Story
Little is revealed about Eden in the game's early portions other than the fact it is the seat of power for Cocoon's theocratic government. Initially, Lightning believes the fal'Cie Eden is manipulating the Sanctum and responsible for the Purge and all of the misfortune that has befallen her. She and Hope consequently spend a significant portion of the game attempting to reach Eden and exact revenge.

However, when the pair reach Palumpolum, Hope's observation that the fal'Cie treat humans "like pets" causes Lightning to realize the life she had under the fal'Cie's care was essentially meaningless, and that her plan for revenge is petty and foolish. Moreover, the party eventually discovers it is not Eden, but the Sanctum's Primarch Galenth Dysley who is manipulating the Sanctum, and that Dysley in turn is merely a disguised form of the fal'Cie Barthandelus.

Eden plays a key role later in the game due to the fact it houses the fal'Cie Orphan, whose destruction is revealed to be the party's "true" Focus. Because Orphan powers the entirety of Cocoon's infrastructure and its destruction essentially equates to Cocoon's destruction, the party attempts to flee to Gran Pulse to avoid their Focus, even knowing that the consequence is transforming into Cie'th.

However, Barthandelus is able to draw them back to Eden by inciting significant political and military uproar, chiefest among which is convincing the Cavalry that Orphan is the mastermind behind the recent Pulsian threats. This forces the party to return in an attempt to thwart the misguided Cavalry and put an end to Barthandelus once and for all.

The party end up returning to Eden in the middle of a grand prix race, and summon their Eidolons. While this is all happening Rygdea and the Cavalry storm Cid Raines's office and murder him, after which the entire building explodes. The fal'Cie summon Pulsian wildlife from the Fifth Ark and the oretoises and behemoths storm the capital. Yaag Rosch deploys PSICOM to fight the Pulse invasion, their target also to capture the rogue l'Cie.

The party make their way through the chaos, meeting NORA on their way. NORA go to help the civilians while the party continues onward towards Orphan. They end up fighting Yaag Rosch in his Proudclad, after which they convince him they are on the same side. Rosch commands the PSICOM forces to abandon the l'Cie operations, and instead help get the civilians to safety. He is then killed in an attack against King Behemoths, in which Rosch pulls out a grenade and blasts the Behemoths, as well as himself, to pieces.

Finally, after Orphan's destruction, Eden is shown to lose all power and large parts of it collapse. But when Ragnarok appears above Eden. all the Pulsian wildlife is sucked into it. After Ragnarok crystallizes Cocoon, the game's ending shows many citizens having managed to evacuate from Eden, while being aided by PSICOM and Guardian Corps forces alike.

Zones

 * Grand Prix Circuit
 * The Skywalk
 * Expressway
 * Bridge Pier Elevator
 * Ramuh Interchange
 * Siren Park
 * Leviathan Plaza
 * Edenhall Grand Foyer
 * Edenhall

Grand Prix Circuit

 * Anavatapta Warmech (Boss)
 * Varcolaci x2
 * Varcolaci x3
 * Bulwarker x1

The Skywalk

 * Corps Defender x5
 * Sanctum Archangel x1, Corps Steward x2
 * Adamantheron x4
 * Sanctum Seraph x2, Bulwarker x1, Targeting Beacon

Expressway

 * Behemoth King
 * Orobon x2
 * Orobon x4
 * Behemoth King x1, Orobon x3
 * Amphisbaena x1
 * Adamantheron x2
 * Corps Defender x2, Adamantheron x3
 * Proto-behemoth x1
 * The Proudclad (Boss)

Ramuh Interchange

 * Adamanchelid x1
 * Corps Defender x4
 * Humbaba x1
 * Corps Steward x3, Sanctum Archangel x1 VS Humbaba x1
 * Corps Defender x2, Sanctum Archangel x1 VS Humbaba x1
 * Varcolaci x2 VS Corps Steward x 3, Sanctum Archangel
 * Varcolaci x3
 * Corps Defender x2, Sanctum Archangel x1
 * Adamanchelid x1
 * Adamanchelid x1
 * Sanctum Archangel x1, Proto-behemoth x1

Siren Park

 * Sanctum Seraph x2, Sanctum Archangel x1 VS Vampire x2
 * Adamantheron x2
 * Vernal Harvester x1
 * Sanctum Inquisitrix x2
 * Adamantheron x2
 * Adamantheron x2, Sanctum Inquisitrix x2
 * Sanctum Inquisitrix x2 VS Orobon x2
 * Vampire x2
 * Sanctum Archangel x3 VS Vampire x3
 * Tyrant x1, Centaurion Blade
 * Orobon x3
 * Orobon x4
 * Vampire x3
 * Vernal Harvester x1 VS Tyrant x1, Centaurion Blade x1

Leviathan Plaza

 * Humbaba x2
 * Juggernaut x1
 * Humbaba x1
 * Juggernaut x1
 * Humbaba x2
 * Adamantoise, Left Foreleg, Right Foreleg
 * Sanctum Celebrant x1, Sanctum Archangel x1
 * Sanctum Celebrant x 1, Sanctum Archangel x1
 * Humbaba x1
 * Humbaba x1
 * Sanctum Celebrant x2, Sanctum Archangel x1
 * Sanctum Celebrant x2, Sanctum Archangel x2

Edenhall

 * Tyrant x1, Centaurion Blade x1
 * Juggernaut x1
 * Sanctum Archangel x3
 * Sanctum Archangel x1, Sanctum Inquisitrix x3
 * Sanctum Archangel x1, Sanctum Inquisitrix x2
 * Sacrifice x2
 * Sacrifice x2
 * Sacrifice x2 VS Vernal Harvester x1
 * Sacrifice x1
 * Sacrifice x1
 * The Proudclad

Creation and Development
In the early development for Final Fantasy XIII-2, Eden, the great floating city of Cocoon, has collapsed to Lake Bresha that lies at the bottom of crystallized Cocoon. Later, a different concept to the Lake Bresha version, Eden has been collapsed on Gran Pulse, at Archylte Steppe. The scene was to be in the distant future where the ancient capital of Cocoon would have been covered by different kinds of plants, flowers and other vegetation.

Music
"Start your Engines" and "Eden Under Siege" are the main tracks associated with Eden.

Theatrhythm Final Fantasy
Scenes from Eden appear in Theatrhythm Final Fantasy.

Trivia

 * It is mentioned in the web novelization Final Fantasy XIII Episode Zero -Promise- that Serah Farron was intending to attend Eden's university.
 * Jihl Nabaat talks to Sazh Katzroy about erecting a monument in Eden with the crystallized Dajh Katzroy as its centerpiece.
 * Eden is also the name of the final Guardian Force in Final Fantasy VIII. Additionally, its shape is strikingly similar.
 * Three of Eden's locations share their names with those of past summons (Ramuh, Siren and Leviathan).
 * Eden was the first location to be revealed, shown in the E3 2006 trailer. At that time it wasn't yet known it would be called Eden, though.
 * While standing on the Leviathan Plaza and looking at the Edenhall, there is number "13" on the left wall of the entrance.
 * A certain concept art was later used as a location in Serendipity in Final Fantasy XIII-2.
 * This concept art of Eden is seen in a wall portrait in the NORA house of New Bodhum in Final Fantasy XIII-2.