Farseer

The Farseer tribe is one of the oldest clans on Gran Pulse, introduced in Final Fantasy XIII-2.

Datalog
''Centuries in the past on Gran Pulse, a people known as the Farseers built the prosperous city of Paddra. They flourished under the guidance of the seeress, whose predictions of the future guided the growth of their civilization.''

''After the War of Transgression that took place between Cocoon and Pulse, it is thought that the Farseer civilization died out. Another theory suggests that the people of Paddra became a nomadic tribe, and still roam the wilds of Gran Pulse.''

Story
Unlike the other residents of Gran Pulse, the Farseers and the Paddra nation worship Etro as their patron goddess. In every generation, a girl was born whose name was always "Yeul", and this girl had the "Eyes of Etro", an ability bestowed upon her by Etro which allowed her to see into the future. This "Yeul" would see a vision of the future, but would do nothing to change it as it would bring catastrophe upon humanity, and would store her vision in a device known as the Oracle Drive. Yeul was also a very well respected leader of the ancient city of Paddra in Yaschas Massif and was protected by her Guardian, one of many warriors marked by the Pulse fal'Cie with a Focus to protect Yeul.

The last Guardian, Caius Ballad, was freed from his l'Cie fate by Etro and placed her own heart within him, granting him eternity to protect Yeul's reincarnations until the end of time, while replacing the Oracle Drive in containing all of her visions of time and space.

When Yeul predicted the fall of Paddra 170 years before the War of Transgression, it caused a great disturbance in the city and Paddra fell due to the civil war that broke out. Shortly before the fall of the city, the remaining Farseers abandoned the city and went into the wild, avoiding the rest of mankind.

Etymology
"Farseer" is a word derived from two English words: "far" which describes a long distance, and "seer", a person who looks into the future.