New Bodhum



New Bodhum (ネオ・ボーダム) is a coastal town in Final Fantasy XIII-2, located on a shore of Gran Pulse, built by NORA and the residents of the original city of Bodhum in Cocoon, after which the town is named.

Datalog
''New Bodhum is one of the settlements built by immigrants from Cocoon on the shores of Gran Pulse. Many of its residents, are former inhabitants of Cocoon's seaside town of Bodhum.''

''Serah's fiance, Snow, chose the settlement's name. The members of his group, NORA, help work the fields and protect the townspeople from roaming monsters.''

Story
In the two years after Lightning's disappearance, NORA builds New Bodhum and teaches the former Cocoon citizens how to adapt to living on Pulse, Snow and Serah are living together though still unmarried, and she becomes a teacher, educating kids on how Cocoon fell. One day on the beach, Snow tells Serah that he believes her about Lightning being alive somewhere. Giving Serah his engagement necklace, he promises that he will find her sister and bring her home.

However, a whole year passes and Snow has gone missing as well, leaving Serah to live with the other members of NORA. One night, a crystal meteor falls from the sky and lands just outside of the town. Mysterious monsters appear and attack the residents. As NORA tries to fend them off, Serah gets caught in the middle of the chaos. Then a mysterious young man appears out of nowhere and saves her. With little time to talk, he hands Serah one of his weapons, enabling her to fight the monsters with him. The young man introduces himself as Noel Kreiss, and tells Serah that he has met Lightning and can take her to where she is. His claim leads to a confrontation with NORA, as they don't believe that he is telling the truth. After fighting Gogmagog, he eventually shows them the meteor that fell earlier is really a time gate.

The next day, Serah and Noel search for an artefact to unlock the time gate, while Serah reflects on the events after Final Fantasy XIII. Before they get to the time gate, they have a rematch with Gogmagog, and they finally reach the time gate.

NORA House

 * None

Town Square

 * Nekton
 * Meonekton

Beachfront

 * Gorgonopsid
 * Spiceacilian x3
 * Spiceacilian x4
 * Meonekton x2
 * Meonekton x2, Nekton
 * Meonekton, Nekton x3
 * Nekton x3
 * Pulsework Soldier

Winding Way

 * Gorgonopsid
 * Spiceacilian x3
 * Meonekton x2
 * Meonekton x2, Nekton
 * Meonekton, Nekton x3
 * Nekton x3
 * Pulsework Soldier
 * Gogmagog (Boss)

Tidal Shallows

 * Sarracenia x2
 * Spiceacilian x2
 * Spiceacilian x3
 * Spiceacilian x4

Meteorite Impact Site

 * None

Beachfront

 * Tabasco Toad x2
 * Tabasco Toad, Spiceacilian
 * Spiceacilian x2
 * Spiceacilian x3
 * Exoray
 * Gorgonopsid

Winding Way

 * Spiceacilian x2
 * Spiceacilian x3
 * Pulsework Soldier
 * Gorgonopsid

Tidal Shallows

 * Spiceacilian x3
 * Spiceacilian x4
 * Tabasco Toad, Spiceacilian
 * Tobasco Toad x2
 * Sarracenia x1, Spiceacilian x2
 * Sarracenia x2
 * Exoray

Music
There exists two tracks for New Bodhum, both composed by Mitsuto Suzuki and performed by ORIGA: "New Bodhum", and its remix, "New Bodhum -Aggressive Mix-". The regular song is a calm and slightly upbeat tune. The aggressive mix plays whenever enemies appear. "New Bodhum" and "New Bodhum -Aggressive Mix-" play in 3 AF, while "Dust to Dust" from the first installment plays in 700 AF.

Lyrics

 * Do you remember a touch of the wind on you?
 * Softer than whispers of angel that falls in love
 * Do you remember the sound of the ocean waves?
 * Breaking alone time after time, ah
 * Believing in magic can make you strong
 * Tell everyone that﻿ this is a place where you belong


 * Ah, everything looks shiny in the sun
 * A day in your life
 * Close your eyes to find yourself
 * In wonderful world
 * Ah, everything feels like your fantasy
 * A night in your life
 * Close your eyes to find yourself
 * In mystic timeline