Paddra Nsu-Yeul

Paddra Nsu-Yeul (パドラ＝ヌス・ユール) is a major supporting character from Final Fantasy XIII-2. She is Caius Ballad's traveling companion and a seeress hailing from the city-state of Paddra in the Yaschas Massif on Gran Pulse during the War of Transgression. Surrounded by mystery, Yeul has important connections to Caius, Serah, and the numerous paradoxes occurring in the world.

Her full name stands for "Yeul of the Nsu clan, from the city of Paddra".

Appearance and Personality
Yeul has a round face with green eyes and long, silver hair sometimes kept up in a bun, except for two long strands that frame her face. She has a lean, petite frame and wears a unique headdress with a semi-transparent veil that partially hides her face, though she sometimes does not wear the veil. She wears a white halter-like top with an opening in the center and a small crystal above her chest. She also wears a short wrap-around pleated white and pastel purple skirt with a fur pelt in the back, along with bright yellow boots. Her wrists are adorned with numerous bracelets, and she wears armbands on her biceps and beaded necklaces.

Yeul is a very reserved person, mostly keeping to herself. She speaks in a soft tone and in a mysterious sort of way, making her clairvoyant nature all the more present. Even though her age is unknown, Yeul acts in a mature manner well beyond her years.

Final Fantasy XIII
Paddra Nsu-Yeul is a seeress from the past on Gran Pulse and authored the fourth and ninth Analects, which are related to Etro's mythos, Ragnarok's attack on Cocoon, and the origins of Eidolons.

Final Fantasy XIII-2


In one of Serah's dream/memories she is able to see Noel's past. Sometime during the War of Transgression when Etro stopped Vanille and Fang from destroying Cocoon the door to the Historia Crux may have opened, allowing Yeul to travel to the end of the world to where Caius and Noel exist.

In the memory, it appears to be Yeul's birthday. Both Caius and Noel love and protect Yeul, but both appear to know that her time with them is limited due to her being from the past. Noel wishes to save Yeul from her fate by finding a way to travel through time. He tell's Caius of his wishes but Caius reprimands him. Caius sadly tells Noel that he must accept the destined future.

Yeul eventually dies in that time period, and Noel finds a way to use the Historia Crux. Along the way he somehow loses his memories, and ends up in Valhalla where he meets Lightning who had visions of him. Throughout the time period's that Serah and Noel visit, Yeul seemingly dies in almost every time line due to the Paradox's created by Serah and Noel tampering with time to set it to the way of the dawn. (Presuming that they want it where Yeul doesn't die. Lightning is returned to her time, and Fang and Vanille don't have to hold up Cocoon) A future... where everyone lives.

Yuel appears alongside Caius in New Bodhum, watching the members of NORA bid farewell to Serah, Mog, and Noel Kreiss as they leave through the time gate. When Caius appears in front of Serah and Noel in Oerba, Yeul appears behind them. She cryptically tells them that she and Caius have been watching over them. She has seen apparently comforting Caius as he kneels before her. In the TGS 2011 Xbox "Despair" trailer, Yeul and Caius stand in front of a time gate in the Sunleth Waterscape. Caius asks her if Noel and Serah will ever find the dawn, and she tells him that it depends on what lies in their hearts. Yeul points at Serah claiming that they are the same, as they can both 'show people the way'. In Augusta Tower, she also tells Noel about Caius being immortal, and that he is able to remember the entire timeline. She also says that history has been broken.

On the streets of Academia, Yeul is seen to be dying or in great pain. She is being held by Noel, while stating that she is a 'contradiction' to the timeline as long as she is alive. At the same time, Serah despairs over her and Noel causing a paradox to occur, therefore sealing Yeul's fate. Later, prior to fighting Lightning at Valhalla, Caius lays Yeul's lifeless body to rest in the nearby sea.

When Serah arrives to the ruins of Valhalla, a Chaos-based image of Yeul asks her why she seeks to change time and interfere with Caius. Then she tells Serah that she comes closer to death as she changes the timeline before the illusion scatters.

Creation and Development
Yeul's clothing was designed by Hideo Minaba.

Musical Themes
Yeul has her own leitmotif titled "Yeul's Theme", is an acoustic guitar tune composed by Naoshi Mizuta, with lyrics performed by Joelle. The two variants of her theme are "A Song for Time" and "Eyes of Etro". An orchestral version of "Yeul's Theme" is featured in the "Ending Credits".

Lyrics

 * Sooner than memories begin to fray
 * Everything from our past just slipped away
 * Remembering when all who have gone on are lost


 * Many paths, many seasons I have seen
 * Time has washed them away just like the sea
 * So many fates and dreams will become tragedies


 * To see you safe
 * To watch you grow
 * Visions of love, my only hope
 * Such loneliness is worth the price
 * I'll protect you with my life


 * Can't stop me guiding despite the cost
 * Hoping against fear when all is lost
 * Pity not my destiny, no
 * My sacrifice is worth this


 * To see you safe
 * To watch you grow
 * Visions of love, my only hope
 * This loneliness is worth the price
 * I'll protect you with my life


 * This burden I must bear alone
 * For many lives and more to come
 * My loneliness is worth the price
 * I'll protect you with my life


 * I'll protect you with my life

Etymology
"Yeul" is a Korean name.

Trivia

 * Yeul sitting in the Narthex resembles a piece of promotional art for Final Fantasy XIII that depicts Lightning in a similar position.