Luxerion

a location from a game



Luxerion, the Divine City of Light is one of the main locations in Nova Chrysalia in Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII. A religious organization known as the Order is in charge of keeping the peace. The Order worships the deity Bhunivelze, and spreads his teachings to the people throughout the city, praying for the doomed world's salvation.

Story
A few years before the events of the game, Oerba Dia Vanille and Oerba Yun Fang awaken from their crystal stasis and join the Order. Vanille discovers that she now has the power to hear the voices of the dead, making the people of Luxerion give her the title of saint. She is put under the Order's protection in order to prevent people from exploiting her power. After some time, Fang comes to the conclusion that the Order is using Vanille as a tool of the gods and leaves the group, reluctantly leaving Vanille behind. Fang goes to the Dead Dunes and forms the Monoculus bandit group.

After the events with Snow Villiers and Lumina in Yusnaan, Lightning arrives in Luxerion from the monorail and soon after, a girl is murdered, with a doll resembling Lightning hanging from the clock tower. Lightning mentions three murders have occurred in Luxerion in the past three days and Hope Estheim suggests (via a communication device) Lightning look around for clues. Lightning agrees and interrogates some people. After meeting an Order member who asks her to report any findings regarding the recent murder to him, Lightning follows a group of white-robed individuals who she thinks are acting suspiciously. Lightning follows the group to their underground base and witnesses them perform a strange ritual. To enter, she requires a code and Lightning decides she will search for the code in the morning.

At around 8 a.m., Lightning starts her search and comes across an alley where people are gathered and finds the code is there. While Hope guides Lightning to unlocking the code, Noel Kreiss, the Shadow Hunter, sneaks up close to her. Lightning senses a presence and turns around, by which time Noel has vanished. Lightning leaves the alley and finds an injured person, claiming they were attacked by a monster. Lightning accepts a quest to kill a Reaver, the monster who supposedly injured the resident. Lightning traverses Luxerion in search of the Reaver and finds people screaming and running away, scared of an outbreak of monsters. She comes across the Reaver and fights and kills the behemoth, temporarily restoring peace.

Cathedral
A temple built to honor Bhunivelze, where the faithful go to pray on a regular basis, and where Vanille is being sheltered by the Order.

Warren
The downtrodden part of the city where crime is frequent and the Shadow Hunter makes his home.

Trivia

 * Luxerion's North Station and Business Street can be viewed in a 3D from the official Japanese website, however the point of view is set and the viewer can only rotate the image.