Oerba Yun Fang

Oerba Yun Fang is a playable character from Final Fantasy XIII. She is described as a strong woman with many mysteries surrounding her.

Appearance and Personality
Compared to other females characters in the Final Fantasy series, Fang is a rather tall woman, standing at 5'10". She has wavy black hair, green eyes, and she wears blue clothing that closely resembles the traditional Indian, adorned with tribal accessories. Her clothing is very foreign, especially when compared to some of the clothes worn by other characters in the game. She also wears a short black top, tan leather, open-toed boots and two fur pelts hanging from a belt that holds her staff. Oerba Dia Vanille dresses in a similar style, as they are from the same tribe in Pulse. She and Vanille also share a similar Australian accent in the English version of the game. She has the mark of a l'Cie on one arm and a large tattoo on the other. Unlike the other main characters in the game whose marks are black, Fang's l'Cie mark is white.

Character designer Tetsuya Nomura stated that when compared to other characters personality-wise, Fang is stronger than Lightning and more stubborn than Snow Villiers. During the development, most of Lightning's sex appeal was transferred to Fang to make Lightning a more serious character. As a result, Fang is very flirtatious. Fang also has a compassionate side to her, especially when it comes to Vanille. Ever since losing their parents, Fang has looked after Vanille like she was her daughter, similar to the relationship between Lightning and her sister Serah.

Story


Fang is a resident of Pulse, along with Oerba Dia Vanille, and a l'Cie like the rest of the main cast. Centuries before the events of the game, during the Great War of Trangression between Pulse and Cocoon, Fang and Vanille both lost their families at the hands of Cocoon's l'Cie and fal'Cie and became close friends after meeting at Oerba's orphanage. Fang developed a deep grudge against Anima for failing to protect the people of Pulse and became a l'Cie to protect Pulse and Vanille, the latter becoming an l'Cie as well. As a result, Fang and Vanille both hold the power to summon Ragnarok to fulfill the Focus of destroying everything. But as Vanille was fearful of the power bestowed to them, Fang became Ragnarok all by herself to protect her. Though unable to destroy Cocoon as intended, Fang and Vanille were crystalized. Five-hundred years later, after Galenth brought her and Vanille to Cocoon, Fang revived with no memory of the events dealing with Ragnarok. Eventually, Fang manages to have Vanille escape from the Euride Gorge Energy Plant while she fought off their pursuers. Soon after, Fang meets Sanctum official Cid Raines who shows sympathy to her cause and offers to help her in finding Vanille.

Fang meets Snow Villiers in Lake Bresha after his battle with the Shiva Sisters and brings him aboard the Lindblum to meet Cid Raines. After helping him rescue Lightning and Hope in Palumpolum, Fang joins the party and goes off with Lightning. She talks to Lightning when she asks her who she is. Fang also explains to her how a l'Cie turns into a Cie'th. At some point within the Fifth Ark, she appears ready to fight the party and claims that she does not care if Cocoon is destroyed because it is better than seeing her friends turn into Cie'th. However, her l'Cie brand begins to glow and summons Bahamut, which Fang has to fight (with help from Lightning and Vanille).

Knowing Vanille wanted to never invoke Ragnarok again when Orphan demanded it, Fang decides to assume the form again and attempts to kill Orphan in a suicide attack. Fang's transformation turns out to be a failure and her l'Cie mark fades. As a way of forcing Vanille into becoming Ragnarok, Fang is subjected to torture by Orphan in an agonizing cycle of being killed painfully and then revived as Vanille has to see her closest friend suffer before her eyes. Right as Vanille is about to accept her destiny of destroying the world, the rest of the party, now humans again, manage to save Fang and prevent Vanille from becoming Ragnarok. After Orphan's destruction, only Fang and Vanille are left in a crystallized state after saving Cocoon from crashing into Pulse by successfully summoning Ragnarok together.

Abilities and Equipment
She wields a double-bladed spear that can be split into a three-section staff in battle. Fang's full ATB skill, Highwind, is a powerful Jump attack. Her Eidolon is Bahamut, who has no element. Bahamut takes flight in his Gestalt Mode. Stat wise, Fang has the highest Physical Attack power which makes her the best Commando, but can also learn all elemental blows as well as spells up to the ra level with Water and Wind being her ga specialty.


 * Blade Lance
 * Grave Lance
 * Dragoon Lance
 * Dragon Horn
 * Partisan
 * Rhomphair
 * Shamanix
 * Heretic Tusk
 * Punisher
 * Fatal Scissors
 * Pandora Spear
 * Calamity Shaft
 * Nimrod Spear
 * Venus Gospel
 * Gae Bolg
 * Gungnir
 * Kain's Lance

Musical Themes
In Final Fantasy XIII, Fang's Theme is a short, uplifting orchestral piece, something unusual for a character of the "strong, serious female" archetype. It contains a small variant of the battle theme and plays when Fang summons Bahamut for the first time.

Trivia

 * Before the script was completed, Fang was originally written as a male character. This was very early in development, as she is depicted on the game's logo which is one of the first artwork that was released for the game.
 * Fang's weapon turns into a three-section staff, and is known in some regions as a "coiling dragon staff", reflecting her control of Bahamut.
 * Fang's full-ATB skill, Highwind, is a reference to the Dragoons of earlier installments who bear the last name Highwind.
 * Fang's crystal has taken the shape of a fang.