Luxerion Cathedral

Luxerion Cathedral is the Order of Salvation's seat of power. A temple built to honor Bhunivelze, where the faithful go to pray on a regular basis, and where Vanille lives under the Order's protection. Underneath it lies the Temple of Light, accessed on the world's final day.

The Temple of Light portion underneath the cathedral is the game's penultimate dungeon.

Datalog

 * The Cathedral of Luxerion
 * Towering over the Luxerion skyline is the grand headquarters of the Order of Salvation.


 * During the day, a grand hall called the Hall of Devotion is open to the public, and believers come to hear the sermonizing of the priestess who leads the Order. Pilgrims stream to the cathedral, many of them hoping to catch a glimpse of the mysterious saint who lives deep within the cathedral—but few are rewarded.


 * Beneath the cathedral is God's Sanctum. This special chamber stands ready for the ceremony that the Order will perform on the last day of the world—only a select few are allowed to enter it.

Story
Oerba Dia Vanille resides in the cathedral, where she has remained for the last thirteen years being watched over by the Order of Salvation, not allowed to leave the cathedral. After she awoke from crystal stasis Vanille had gained the power to hear the voices of the dead, and was thus dubbed a saint whose task would be to perform the Soulsong on the eve of the Apocalypse and obliterate the dead and all memory of them from the living's memories. Vanille is unaware of this, however, thinking the Soulsong will grant the suffering souls respite in allowing them to fade.

When the end of the world looms near Lightning awakes from crystal stasis and is made Bhunivelze's savior tasked with saving the souls of humanity. After hearing of her exploits in the city, Vanille requests to see Lightning who speaks with Vanille's servant, Aremiah, who tells her a precious crystal shard has been lost. When Vanille awoke from crystal stasis, she was grasping a piece of crystal and it has been her precious possession ever since as it lets her glimpse the estranged Oerba Yun Fang. Lightning finds the crystal from a delivery company employee who claims someone high up in the Order gave it to them with no receiver's address, and Lightning thinks someone from the Order wanted to steal it from Vanille. Lightning returns the crystal to Aremiah and is granted passage into the cathedral at night time.

Lightning finds Vanille with Lumina, a mysterious girl who resembles a young Serah Farron, Lightning's late sister. Vanille leads Lightning underground to God's Sanctum and shows her a concentration of Chaos around the altar, which Lumina refers to as the "wind of sorrow", lost souls in suffering. Vanille explains the souls of those who died after Valhalla's Chaos burst through Etro's Gate were drawn to the cathedral and that she can hear every cry of their pain. The Order seeks the save the dead from their anguish and needs Vanille to call them to her. Lightning asks if she will be able to handle millions of souls at once, but Vanille answers she doesn't have a choice. Lumina says the souls have been building up for years, and if Vanille does not call them to her and they ever escaped, it would destroy the world as well as the future.

On the final day of the world Chaos advances into Luxerion, engulfing the city with Anubyses emerging from its depths, the cathedral remaining as the last safe haven as Vanille prepares to sacrifice herself in the Soulsong. Lightning has learned the Order seeks to use Vanille to destroy the dead and ensure their own salvation in Bhunivelze's new world. With help from Noel, Lightning infiltrates the cathedral and enters the Temple of Light beneath it.

Lightning is joined by Fang as they reach God's Sanctum where the ritual is being performed, and convince Vanille to stop and instead guide the dead to the Ark where they can be reborn. When the final bell tolls, Bhunivelze appears, using Hope as a medium, and captures the souls of Lightning's friends and invites her to witness the birth of his new world. After Mog arrives to help, Lightning goes through the Savior's Trials and forges the Ultima Weapon, and enters the last trial to confront Bhunivelze in the realm of Cosmogenesis.

Enemies

 * Anubys (on the plaza on the final day)
 * Set (Temple of Light)

Cathedral Plaza
On the world's final day only the cathedral is accessible and new shops appear on its premises.