Fal'Cie

Unreleased The fal'Cie (ファルシ Farushi) are supernatural beings in Final Fantasy XIII. In the Famitsu magazine in June 2009, the fal'Cie were revealed to be formed from the crystals residing inside of them. The crystals act as energy sources to the beings. The director of the game, Motomu Toriyama, described the fal'Cie as "god machines surrounding the crystals". They are not real gods, though, because in the Fabula Nova Crystallis mythology, there is an even greater being that created the fal'Cie and sent them into the world. However, people worship the fal'Cie as gods because of the variety of thing they offer to the humans to improve their lives.

The fal'Cie have the power to brand people with the power of the crystals. These people, called the l'Cie, can be identified by a symbol somewhere in their bodies. Lightning and her companions are marked as l'Cies by a fal'Cie.

One of the fal'Cie is responsible for building the floating city of Cocoon over the world of Pulse. Another fal'Cie belonging to Pulse was discovered in Cocoon, which lead to the events depicted in Final Fantasy XIII.

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