Lightning (Final Fantasy XIII)

Unreleased

Lightning, real name unknown, is a playable character in Final Fantasy XIII, and the main protagonist. Not much is known about Lightning, except she wields a gun-sword that can switch between its forms. She is shown to be an extremely cold person, and is often annoyed by the antics of Sazh Katzroy, whose warm empathetic personality is in many ways her foil.

She is part of Team Nora, an organization attacking Cocoon, with her rank specified on the armor on her left shoulder. Though it is lead by Snow Villiers, she is the main planner, and seems to have some authority over him. Lightning even goes as far as to slap Snow in the face after his actions made the organization fail their mission in her eyes. She has been chosen by one of the Crystals to "bring the end of the world".

She possesses incredible powers, like gravity control, called Gravity Bomb, activated by small imprints on her right thumb and index finger, which allows her to perform feats normally impossible, like flips, and even attacking while upside down in the air. She can also create an "electrical shield". There is not much else currently known. She is also adept in magic, using various spells and a limit break that seems to freeze enemies in time while she speeds up. She fights in a very fast paced manner, moving with great speed, as well as demonstrating fire and thunder magic.

Story
Lightning is the woman chosen by one of the Crystals to take down the city of Cocoon and its tyrannous Holy Government. However, some believe that her coming is a bad omen. She is an ex-soldier from the Cocoon Army, and now fights against it.

Trivia

 * Tetsuya Nomura wanted to include Lightning in Dissidia Final Fantasy, but felt that this could have affected Final Fantasy XIII in the process by locking down the image of the character's skills and so forth. Nevertheless, two mugshots of her appear as Player Icons, along with Icons featuring Noctis Lucis Caelum, representing Final Fantasy Versus XIII, and the card-wielding character of Final Fantasy Agito XIII.
 * Lightning's design is based from Cloud Strife as Tetsuya Nomura was asked to design a female version of him.

Lightning