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==Story== {{spoiler}} The main scheme of the Cocoon fal'Cie, overseen by [[Galenth Dysley|Barthandelus]], is to destroy Cocoon to call the Maker back into the world. The fal'Cie believe the Maker has gone past [[Etro's gate]] to the [[unseen realm]] where the dead depart to. By killing millions of people at once the fal'Cie believe the surge of [[Soul (Fabula Nova Crystallis)|souls]] flowing through the gate would "throw it wide open". While they attempted it in the past, the scheme was foiled by Etro's intervention. The fal'Cie have a common goal of finding the door to the invisible world, but the ''Final Fantasy XIII Ultimania Omega'' suggests that even if they found it, they might not find their Maker; the gods could have manipulated the fal'Cie to search for the gate because the gods themselves wish to find it.<!--https://thelifestream.net/forums/threads/ffxiii-ultimania-omega-info.9425/ forum post talking about it--> [[Lightning (Final Fantasy XIII)|Lightning]] and her companions do not know about the Maker until they encounter [[Cid Raines]] in the [[Fifth Ark]], who explains the fal'Cie want to use Cocoon as a sacrifice to get the Maker to return. The fal'Cie cannot destroy Cocoon themselves for they are bound to its creation and maintenance, so instead they use [[l'Cie]] branded by Pulse fal'Cie as tools with the [[Focus (Fabula Nova Crystallis)|Focus]] to destroy it in their place. Later, Barthandelus presents them with a choice—they can either allow Cocoon to destroy itself from within through the conflicts between the Pulsian beasts, the [[Cavalry]] and [[PSICOM]], or defeat [[Orphan]], the fal'Cie that holds Cocoon in place above Gran Pulse, and allow the world to die painlessly. Upon return to [[Eden (Final Fantasy XIII location)|Eden]] they discover [[Crystal (term)#Final Fantasy XIII|crystal dust]] in the air that signifies the appearance of Etro's gate and Barthandelus sees it as a sign of the Maker's return. When the party destroys Barthandelus they awaken Orphan who forces them into fighting it. After Orphan's destruction, [[Oerba Yun Fang|Fang]] and [[Oerba Dia Vanille|Vanille]] save Cocoon by becoming [[Ragnarok (Final Fantasy XIII)|Ragnarok]] and erecting a [[Crystal pillar (Final Fantasy XIII)|crystal structure]] to stop Cocoon from crashing into Gran Pulse. Fang and Vanille remain in [[crystal stasis]] within the pillar and are safely removed from its core as the pillar shatters hundreds of years later and Cocoon is finally destroyed. Though his plan to open Etro's gate is similar to the fal'Cie's, [[Caius Ballad]]'s goal is to kill Etro, which he succeeds on by having his [[Heart of Chaos]] destroyed. The balance between the mortal world and the unseen world is broken, Etro's gate shatters, and the [[Chaos (Final Fantasy XIII)|chaos]] of [[Valhalla (Fabula Nova Crystallis)|Valhalla]] bleeds into Gran Pulse, in time transforming it into [[Nova Chrysalia]]. This awakens the god Bhunivelze, the Maker of the fal'Cie deities Pulse, Lindzei, and Etro. Like the fal'Cie of Cocoon wished would happen by calling for their Maker, Bhunivelze plans to create a [[New world (Lightning Returns)|new world]] after Nova Chrysalia will be destroyed, but he needs the help of a [[Savior (Lightning Returns)|savior]] to guide the souls of humanity to it. {{clear}} {{Endspoiler}}
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