Lake Bresha

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Lake Bresha
(ビルジ湖, Biruji-ko?, lit. Lake Bilge)
Background information
Type	Dungeon
Region	Cocoon
Affiliation(s)	Unaffiliated
Areas	The Waters Stilled Amid Timebound Waves A Silent Maelstrom Encased in Crystal The Frozen Falls The Mirrored Morass Gates of Antiquity Forgotten Commons A City No Longer Echoes of the Past
Gameplay details
Items	Items: 1,170 gil Begrimed Claw x13 Chipped Fang x7 Cie'th Tear x5 Deneb Duellers Digital Circuit x4 Enigmatic Fluid x6 Ferroelectric Film Insulated Cabling x3 Librascope x3 Magician's Mark Millerite Paraffin Oil x2 Pearlwing Staff Phoenix Down x2 Potion x3 Silver Bangle Spark Ring Strange Fluid x14 Wicked Fang x7
Enemies	Enemies: Alpha Behemoth Bloodfang Bass Breshan Bass Ciconia Velocycle Ghast Ghoul Garuda Interceptor (boss) Manasvin Warmech (boss) Nix (boss) Pantheron PSICOM Enforcer PSICOM Executioner PSICOM Ranger PSICOM Tracker PSICOM Warden Stiria (boss) Watchdrone Wight

This must be... Lake Bresha? I guess we fell from up there, and the lake turned to crystal? Help me out here! I mean, did the fal'Cie do this? How in the world did we end up here?

Sazh

Lake Bresha is a lake on Cocoon's outer-rim, directly underneath the Hanging Edge, in Final Fantasy XIII. Ruins are scattered around the shore. Lake Bresha is crystallized when the fal'Cie, Anima crash-lands there after being defeated by Lightning and her companions.

Lake Bresha is an unrevisitable location that comprises the third chapter. The Crystarium system is unlocked at the start of the chapter, and the party's base paradigm roles become available, and enemies now give CP.

Datalog

See also: Datalog (Final Fantasy XIII)/Locales/Final Fantasy XIII

Lake Bresha is located near Cocoon's outer rim, directly beneath the Hanging Edge. Once a bustling center of activity, this desolate area is now home only to monsters that lurk amongst the centuries-old remnants of civilization.

The final wave of power released by the falling Pulse fal'Cie has locked the waters of the lake in solid crystal form, creating a beautiful and unsettling landscape.

Story

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow. (Skip section)

Final Fantasy XIII

The party departs Lake Bresha on an airship.

The party falls down to the crystallized Lake Bresha after the Pulse Vestige is destroyed by PSICOM and discovers they have become l'Cie. They try to discern their Focus but only remember a shared vision of Ragnarok attacking the Sanctum capital of Eden. After finding Serah's crystal stuck in a bigger crystal structure, Snow decides to stay behind and dig her free while Lightning leads the others to outdistance PSICOM. They come across the Palamecia deploying troops to find them and Purge survivors. They eventually arrive at ancient ruins at the lake's edge, where they fight a Garuda Interceptor and find an airship to make an escape before it is shot down and they crash in the Vile Peaks.

Snow's desperation summons the Shiva Sisters.

As Snow continues to try and free Serah, PSICOM finds Snow and outnumbers him. Overwhelmed, Snow unwittingly summons the Shiva Sisters to wipe the soldiers out, but is forced to face the Eidolons in a battle to prove his worth to them. He defeats them but is apprehended by an unknown group of soldiers, and meets another Pulse l'Cie named Oerba Yun Fang who takes him captive along with the crystallized Serah. He departs Lake Bresha on board a Cavalry airship, the Lindblum.

Final Fantasy XIII Gaiden Shōsetsu: Yumemiru Mayu, Akatsuki ni Otsu

PSICOM chases the l'Cie in their airship close to the fal'Cie Phoenix.

A young freight air pilot and associate of Sazh Katzroy named Cielo is flying towards Eden to deliver packages when he spots a speeding military aircraft that appears to leave from the remote area around Lake Bresha, and receives an order to make an emergency stop. He sees unmanned PSICOM attack ships in pursuit of the unknown airship. Cielo figures the airship is being piloted by a person as he watches it outmaneuver the PSICOM ships by guiding them into the molten plasma of the fal'Cie Phoenix. He watches the spectacle from the edge of his seat, admiring the skills of the mystery pilot and secretly cheers for those being chased by PSICOM. The airship is struck by approaching reinforcements and falls towards the Vile Peaks, prompting Cielo to pray for the safety of those on board.

Spoilers end here.

Treasure

Item	Location	Item	Location
Pearlwing Staff	The Waters Stilled	Chipped Fang x7	The Waters Stilled
200 gil	The Waters Stilled	Cie'th Tear x5	Amid Timebound Waves
Silver Bangle	Amid Timebound Waves	Phoenix Down	Amid Timebound Waves
50 gil	Amid Timebound Waves	Strange Fluid x8	Amid Timebound Waves
Magician's Mark	Amid Timebound Waves	Strange Fluid x6	Encased in Crystal
240 gil	Encased in Crystal	Deneb Duellers	Encased in Crystal
Enigmatic Fluid x6	Encased in Crystal	Wicked Fang x7	Encased in Crystal
Librascope	Encased in Crystal	Digital Circuit x2	Encased in Crystal
Paraffin Oil x2	The Frozen Falls	50 gil	The Frozen Falls
Insulated Cabling x3	The Frozen Falls	30 gil	The Mirrored Morass
Begrimed Claw x6	The Mirrored Morass	600 gil	Gates of Antiquity
Digital Circuit x2	Gates of Antiquity	Begrimed Claw x7	Forgotten Commons
Spark Ring	Forgotten Commons	Potion x3	A City No Longer
Millerite	A City No Longer	Ferroelectric Film	A City No Longer
Phoenix Down	Echoes of the Past	Librascope x2	Echoes of the Past

Enemies

The Waters Stilled

• PSICOM Warden x7
• Wight x3, Ghast
• Ghoul x4, Ghast
• Ghast x3

Amid Timebound Waves

• PSICOM Enforcer x2, PSICOM Warden
• Pantheron x2
• Pantheron x4
• Wight x3, Ghast x3
• Breshan Bass x4 (two separate encounters)

A Silent Maelstrom

• Manasvin Warmech (boss)
• PSICOM Ranger x3
• Stiria, Nix (Eidolon battle)

Encased in Crystal

• Pantheron x4 (two separate encounters)
• PSICOM Tracker x2
• Bloodfang Bass x4, Breshan Bass
• Bloodfang Bass x5, Breshan Bass
• Watchdrone x3
• Breshan Bass x3
• Bloodfang Bass x7, Breshan Bass x3
• Alpha Behemoth

The Frozen Falls

• PSICOM Tracker x2, PSICOM Ranger
• Watchdrone x3
• Watchdrone, Ciconia Velocycle

Gates of Antiquity

• Watchdrone x3, PSICOM Ranger
• Alpha Behemoth

Forgotten Commons

• PSICOM Ranger x2, Crusader (two separate encounters)

A City No Longer

• Pantheron x2
• Pantheron x3
• PSICOM Tracker, PSICOM Ranger
• PSICOM Tracker x2, PSICOM Ranger
• Pantheron x2, PSICOM Tracker x2, PSICOM Ranger x2
• PSICOM Ranger x2, PSICOM Executioner
• PSICOM Tracker x2, PSICOM Executioner, PSICOM Ranger

Echoes of the Past

• Garuda Interceptor (boss)

Creation and development

Eden in Lake Bresha.

Lake Bresha does not make an appearance in Final Fantasy XIII-2, but Final Fantasy XIII-2 Ultimania Omega reveals concept art for a scenario where the late capital of Cocoon, Eden, would have crashed into Lake Bresha after Cocoon was crystallized.

The area in Final Fantasy XIII where Garuda is battled is only seen in a cutscene, but can be made playable via hacks.

Musical themes

"Lake Bresha"

For most of the area, the theme "Lake Bresha" is played. In the ruins found on the edge of the lake, the theme "Gapra Whitewood" plays.

This track is using all programmed sounds except the violin solo. By adding just one acoustic violin, it reduces the "wow factor" significantly. I really enjoy work like this. It was originally a 90 second piece, but just before the recording, I thought the loop was too fast for a field track, so I quickly wrote the development part.

Masashi Hamauzu on the theme "Lake Bresha".

"Lake Bresha" also plays in the dummied Seventh Ark location if it is hacked into.

Other appearances

Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade

Special background.

Special background (Echoes of the Past).

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Final Fantasy Record Keeper

Lake Bresha 1

Lightning and her party have fallen to Lake Bresha, a body of water turned to crystal by the magic of the fal'Cie Anima. Now branded l'Cie, they flee from their PSICOM pursuers.

Lake Bresha 2

Unable to abandon Serah's crystal, Snow finds himself surrounded by PSICOM forces. As they close in, his l'Cie brand blazes with light...

Gallery

Artwork

PSICOM ships flying above Lake Bresha.

Ancient ruins artwork.

Concept art.

Concept art.

Concept art of Serah's crystal.

Concept art of the ruins.

Concept art of a "frozen flame" in the ruins.

Concept art of the ruins.

Concept art of the ruins.

Screenshots

The Water Stilled.

A Silent Maelstrom.

Encased in Crystal.

The Frozen Falls.

Forgotten Commons.

A City No Longer.

Echoes of the Past.

Lake Bresha.

Lake Bresha.

Lake Bresha.

Snow digs.

Lightning in Lake Bresha.

Lightning in Lake Bresha.

The crystallized fire in the ruins.

Entrance to the Bresha Ruins.

The Bresha Ruins.

Inside the ruins.

The Sanctum Skyfleet flagship, the Palamecia, in Lake Bresha.

Lake Bresha in Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII Retro-spective trailer.

Trivia

• Lake Bresha shares several similarities to Lake Macalania from Final Fantasy X as both have ruins and both were solidified by mystical beings. Lake Bresha was turned to crystal by Anima's fall, and Lake Macalania is frozen due to the fayth at Macalania Temple.
• The architecture of the Bresha Ruins is similar to Hanging Edge, another ruined city abandoned in the aftermath of the War of Transgression.
• Uniquely in Cocoon, the entirety of Lake Bresha is a single map, making every previous area accessible until the chapter ends.