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Pulse, known as Hallowed Pulse in the Analects and sometimes referred to as the Maker, is a deity in Fabula Nova Crystallis: Final Fantasy mythology. Pulse is said to have created the world where Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy XIII-2 take place, and it used to be worshiped by many of the tribes inhabiting the world, who named the planet after it, calling it Gran Pulse. Cocoon inhabitants refer to the world of Gran Pulse simply as Pulse. In Final Fantasy XIII, though its appearance is brief, Pulse is a figure with a half covered face of a man.

The aspects Pulse represents are seen throughout the Fabula Nova Crystallis series. They hold an affinity to the earth and the material world, being tasked to delve and search through the universe by corporeal means to find Etro's gate. Pulse abides by the principles of Darwinism and the more primal aspects of nature, where only the strongest survive. Pulse's ways are often standalone, culminating into tests of might and will among each individual, and when he has given his blessing to the survivors, he will leave and let them fend for themselves. As a result people's perception of Pulse ranges: as a provider and hallowed god of the earth, to a tyrannical and dark deity representing savagery and barbarism.

Datalog

VII. Hallowed Pulse

It was the Great and Hallowed Pulse who, seeking to expand divine domain, parted the chaos and fashioned realm within; made fal'Cie, and charged them with this world's completion.

The fal'Cie, anxious to please the hand that shaped them, labored devotedly at the task they had been given. They made l'Cie of men so that they, too, might be able to aid the greater cause. Men, in turn, offered praise and prayer to Hallowed Pulse, naming their great land in honor of its architect.

Yet still the architect departed.

-- On the Nature of Fal'Cie

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Story

Mythology

According to the official Fabula Nova Crystallis mythology, the god Bhunivelze took control of the mortal world after banishing his mother, Mwynn, to the unseen realm. To find the gateway and take control of both realms, Bhunivelze created Pulse to search land, sea and sky for the gate to the unseen realm. Etro was created to aid Pulse, but her similarity to Mwynn caused her to be discarded, which led to her becoming the one who operates the gate between the realms. To aid in his duty, Pulse created multiple fal'Cie before vanishing from the world. Since Pulse's departure, humans came to revere the deity and he was often identified as the "Maker".

Final Fantasy XIII

Ff13-falcie3 — Pulse gives the new l'Cie their powers.

While the Pulse fal'Cie continued with their objective, the Lindzei fal'Cie, who oversee Cocoon, scheme to reveal Etro's gate by the means of a mass sacrifice to bring back their creators. The Cocoon fal'Cie use Pulse l'Cie to see that goal through and when Anima brands Lightning, Snow, Sazh and Hope as its l'Cie, they and Vanille are brought before Pulse in a Historia Crux-like dimension, referred to as the gods' domain in the Final Fantasy XIII Ultimania Omega. Emerging from his crystal, Pulse brands the l'Cie with its tendrils.^[1]

Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII

Great and mighty Pulse! From far-flung reaches come to me!
Bhunivelze summoning Pulse

Pulse is mentioned by Lightning and Fang when the latter states Pulse used the people of the world and threw them away similar to the way Lindzei treated the people of Cocoon. Pulse appears during Lightning's battle with Bhunivelze in the realm of the gods, transformed into a half of a twin scythe for his creator to wield. Pulse is presumably destroyed during the battle.

Final Fantasy Type-0/Agito

Pulse is the master of Arecia Al-Rashia, tasking her to find Etro's gate in Orience by picking out twelve people from the Akademeia and see if the quality of their souls is enough to become Agito and open the gate. Arecia created the Crystals of Orience, as evidenced by their chosen l'Cie bearing the brand of Pulse. The Crystals continue this function during the 600,104,971 cycles of war, which are spiritually depicted in Final Fantasy Agito.

The armistice in the the era of Final Fantasy Type-0, the 600,104,972nd repeat of the cycle, was proclaimed by three of Orience's major nations as "in the name of the Divine Pulse", noted by Celestia quoting from the Fabula Pact. During the coming of Tempus Finis, Class Zero, Arecia's chosen instruments, are given the option of becoming l'Cie to fight against the Rursan Army. While in the previous cycles the twelve accepted the role, the present group refuses it and defeats the Rursan Arbiter, freeing Orience from the cycle, as Arecia abandons the experiment to find Etro's gate with the Agito.

Spoilers end here.

Gallery

Trivia

Pulse-Playing-Card-FFXIII-2-Serendipity — Pulse playing card in *Final Fantasy XIII-2*.

The sound of church bells heard when the party enters the dark realm where they meet Pulse in Final Fantasy XIII is also heard in Final Fantasy XIII-2 whenever the world is engulfed by chaos; this is seen during the scenes where Lightning is taken to Valhalla, and in the end of the game. The bells toll thirteen times, an allusion to the number 13, a recurring theme in the whole of Final Fantasy XIII trilogy. In its concept art Pulse has church bells attached to its body.
Pulse has a playing card in the Serendipity card games in Final Fantasy XIII-2 (available in Sazh's Story: Heads or Tails?). It depicts Pulse as a man striding under what could be stylized Cocoon juxtaposed against Gran Pulse. The card reads in Etro script: "Gaze held aloft, his strides bring ruin," referring to Pulse's wish to destroy the world to open the way to the unseen realm. The playing cards are also used in Final Fantasy XV.
When Pulse brands the party as l'Cie in Final Fantasy XIII, Pulsian script floats in the air. When deciphered, the text reads words like "variable", "average", "multiplication" and "000 number".

References

↑ FFXIII Ultimania Omega info (Accessed: December 13, 2019) at The Lifestream.net forums

[1] FFXIII Ultimania Omega info (Accessed: December 13, 2019) at The Lifestream.net forums

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-[[File:Pulse Face FFXIII.png|thumb|Pulse as seen in ''Final Fantasy XIII''.]]
+{{infobox character
-'''Pulse''', known as '''Hallowed Pulse''' in the [[Datalog/Analects|Analects]] and also sometimes referred to as the [[Maker]], is a deity in ''[[Fabula Nova Crystallis: Final Fantasy]]'' mythology. It is the god that is said to have created the world where ''[[Final Fantasy XIII]]'' and ''[[Final Fantasy XIII-2]]'' take place, and it used to be worshiped by many of the tribes inhabiting the world, who named the planet after it, calling it [[Gran Pulse]]. The people living on [[Cocoon (Final Fantasy XIII)|Cocoon]] refer to the world of Gran Pulse, simply as Pulse. In ''Final Fantasy XIII'', though its appearance is brief, Pulse is a figure with a man's face with one side of his face covered.
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+'''Pulse''', known as '''Hallowed Pulse''' in the [[Datalog (Final Fantasy XIII)/Analects|Analects]] and sometimes referred to as the [[Maker]], is a [[Divinity in Final Fantasy|deity]] in ''[[Fabula Nova Crystallis: Final Fantasy]]'' mythology. Pulse is said to have created the world where ''[[Final Fantasy XIII]]'' and ''[[Final Fantasy XIII-2]]'' take place, and it used to be worshiped by many of the tribes inhabiting the world, who named the planet after it, calling it [[Gran Pulse]]. [[Cocoon (Final Fantasy XIII)|Cocoon]] inhabitants refer to the world of Gran Pulse simply as Pulse. In ''Final Fantasy XIII'', though its appearance is brief, Pulse is a figure with a half covered face of a man.
+The aspects Pulse represents are seen throughout the ''Fabula Nova Crystallis'' series. They hold an affinity to the earth and the material world, being tasked to delve and search through the universe by corporeal means to find [[Etro's gate]]. Pulse abides by the principles of Darwinism and the more primal aspects of nature, where only the strongest survive. Pulse's ways are often standalone, culminating into tests of might and will among each individual, and when he has given his blessing to the survivors, he will leave and let them fend for themselves. As a result people's perception of Pulse ranges: as a provider and hallowed god of the earth, to a tyrannical and dark deity representing savagery and barbarism.
-==Datalog==
+== Datalog ==
-{{See Also|Datalog/Analects}}
+{{See|Datalog (Final Fantasy XIII)/Analects}}
 ''VII. Hallowed Pulse''
+:''It was the Great and Hallowed Pulse who, seeking to expand divine domain, parted the chaos and fashioned realm within; made fal'Cie, and charged them with this world's completion.
+:''The fal'Cie, anxious to please the hand that shaped them, labored devotedly at the task they had been given. They made l'Cie of men so that they, too, might be able to aid the greater cause. Men, in turn, offered praise and prayer to Hallowed Pulse, naming their great land in honor of its architect.
+:''Yet still the architect departed.''
+::''-- On the Nature of Fal'Cie''
+{{spoiler}}
+== Story ==
-''It was the Great and Hallowed Pulse who, seeking to expand divine domain, parted the chaos and fashioned realm within; made fal'Cie, and charged them with this world's completion.<br>
+=== Mythology ===
-''The fal'Cie, anxious to please the hand that shaped them, labored devotedly at the task they had been given. They made l'Cie of men so that they, too, might be able to aid the greater cause. Men, in turn, offered praise and prayer to Hallowed Pulse, naming their great land in honor of its architect.<br>
-''Yet still the architect departed.''
-:''-- On the Nature of Fal'Cie''
-==Profile==
 [[File:Mythos6.png|thumb|left|The mythological Pulse.]]
-According to the official [[Fabula Nova Crystallis: Final Fantasy#Mythology|''Fabula Nova Crystallis'' mythology]] Pulse was the first deity created by [[Bhunivelze (Character)|Bhunivelze]] as part of his goal to reach the [[Valhalla|Unseen Realm]]. Pulse is called a "fal'Cie" in the myths and is said to have created the world and born many fal'Cie of its own that proceeded to terraform the land. The people of the world, puzzled by the fal'Cie's actions, interpreted their quest as a task to complete the world as per the god Pulse's orders, their explanation stated in the [[Datalog/Analects|Analects]] in ''Final Fantasy XIII''. However, the fal'Cie are actually tasked to search for [[Etro's Gate]] on land, in air, and under the sea.
+According to the official [[Fabula Nova Crystallis: Final Fantasy#Mythology|''Fabula Nova Crystallis'' mythology]], the god [[Bhunivelze (character)|Bhunivelze]] took control of the mortal world after banishing his mother, [[Mwynn]], to the [[unseen realm]]. To find the gateway and take control of both realms, Bhunivelze created Pulse to search land, sea and sky for the gate to the unseen realm. [[Etro]] was created to aid Pulse, but her similarity to Mwynn caused her to be discarded, which led to her becoming the one who operates the gate between the realms. To aid in his duty, Pulse created multiple [[fal'Cie]] before vanishing from the world. Since Pulse's departure, humans came to revere the deity and he was often identified as the "[[Maker]]".
+=== ''[[Final Fantasy XIII]]'' ===
-One day Pulse left the world, never to be seen again, and became only a myth by the time of ''Final Fantasy XIII''. The fal'Cie of Cocoon, who are of [[Lindzei]]'s breed, wish to bring the departed gods back to the world to have the world reborn anew, and, believing the gods to have departed to the Unseen Realm, come up with a plan to open Etro's Gate by the means of a mass sacrifice.
+[[File:Ff13-falcie3.jpg|thumb|180px|Pulse gives the new l'Cie their powers.]]
+While the Pulse fal'Cie continued with their objective, the [[Lindzei]] fal'Cie, who oversee Cocoon, scheme to reveal Etro's gate by the means of a mass sacrifice to bring back their creators. The Cocoon fal'Cie use Pulse l'Cie to see that goal through and when [[Anima (Final Fantasy XIII)|Anima]] brands [[Lightning (Final Fantasy XIII)|Lightning]], [[Snow Villiers|Snow]], [[Sazh Katzroy|Sazh]] and [[Hope Estheim|Hope]] as its l'Cie, they and [[Oerba Dia Vanille|Vanille]] are brought before Pulse in a [[Historia Crux]]-like dimension, referred to as the gods' domain in the ''Final Fantasy XIII Ultimania Omega''. Emerging from his crystal, Pulse brands the l'Cie with its tendrils.<ref>{{Refwebsite| page url = http://thelifestream.net/forums/showthread.php?t=9425| page name = FFXIII Ultimania Omega info| site url = http://thelifestream.net/forums/| site name = The Lifestream.net forums| access time = 16:44, December 13, 2019 (UTC)}}</ref>
+=== ''[[Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII]]'' ===
-[[File:Ff13-falcie3.jpg|thumb|250px|Pulse gives the new l'Cie their powers.]]
+{{Quote|Great and mighty Pulse! From far-flung reaches come to me!|Bhunivelze summoning Pulse}}
-''Final Fantasy XIII Ultimania Omega'' reveals that while it was fal'Cie [[Anima (Final Fantasy XIII)|Anima]] that selected the l'Cie, it was Pulse itself who did the actual branding. This is seen when [[Lightning (Final Fantasy XIII)|Lightning]], [[Snow Villiers|Snow]], [[Sazh Katzroy|Sazh]], [[Oerba Dia Vanille|Vanille]] and [[Hope Estheim|Hope]] end up in a [[Historia Crux]]-like dimension, referred to as the gods' domain in the ''Ultimania'', where Pulse emerges from a crystal and proceeds to brand its new l'Cie with its tendrils.<ref>http://thelifestream.net/forums/showthread.php?t=9425</ref>
+Pulse is mentioned by Lightning and [[Oerba Yun Fang|Fang]] when the latter states Pulse used the people of the world and threw them away similar to the way Lindzei treated the people of Cocoon. Pulse appears during Lightning's battle with Bhunivelze in the [[Cosmogenesis|realm of the gods]], transformed into a half of a twin scythe for his creator to wield. Pulse is presumably destroyed during the battle.
+=== ''[[Final Fantasy Type-0]]''/''[[Final Fantasy Agito|Agito]]'' ===
-In ''[[Final Fantasy Type-0]]'', though not appearing in the game's storyline, Pulse is referenced as the master of [[Arecia Al-Rashia]] and tasked her to find Etro's Gate in [[Oriense]] by picking out [[Class Zero]] and see if the quality of their souls is enough to complete their task. The armistice in the era of the game was proclaimed by the three major nations of Oriense "in the name of the God Pulse," as noted by Celestia quoting from the Fabula Conventions.
+Pulse is the master of [[Arecia Al-Rashia]], tasking her to find Etro's gate in [[Orience]] by picking out twelve people from the [[Akademeia]] and see if the quality of their [[Soul (Fabula Nova Crystallis)|souls]] is enough to become [[Agito (term)|Agito]] and open the gate. Arecia created the [[Crystal (Type series)|Crystals of Orience]], as evidenced by their chosen l'Cie bearing the brand of Pulse. The Crystals continue this function during the [[Spiral (term)|600,104,971 cycles of war]], which are spiritually depicted in ''Final Fantasy Agito''.
+The armistice in the the era of ''Final Fantasy Type-0'', the 600,104,972nd repeat of the cycle, was proclaimed by three of Orience's major nations as "in the name of the Divine Pulse", noted by [[Claes Celestia Misca Sancest|Celestia]] quoting from the [[Fabula Pact]]. During the coming of [[Tempus Finis]], [[Class Zero]], Arecia's chosen instruments, are given the option of becoming l'Cie to fight against the [[Rursan Reaver|Rursan Army]]. While in the previous cycles the twelve accepted the role, the present group refuses it and defeats [[the Rursan Arbiter]], freeing Orience from the cycle, as Arecia abandons the experiment to find Etro's gate with the Agito.
-==Gallery==
+{{endspoiler}}
-{{Gallery
-|File:Crystal emerging.jpg|In the "domain of the gods" Pulse's crystal emerges from dark water.
-|File:Crystal emerging2.jpg|The crystal rises up in the air.
-}}
-==Trivia==
+== Gallery ==
+<gallery>
-*The sound of church bells that is heard when the party enters the dark realm where they meet Pulse, is also heard in ''Final Fantasy XIII-2'' whenever the world is engulfed by [[Chaos (Final Fantasy XIII)|chaos]]; this is seen during the scenes where Lightning is taken to [[Valhalla]], and in the end of the game. The bells toll thirteen times, an allusion to the number 13, a recurring theme in both ''Final Fantasy XIII'' and ''Final Fantasy XIII-2''.
+L'Cie Mark Anima.png|The symbol of Pulse, forming the brand for Pulse l'Cie.
-*When Pulse brands the party as l'Cie in ''Final Fantasy XIII'' [[Language#Final Fantasy XIII|writing in Pulse script]] is seen floating in air. When deciphered, the text appears to read words like "variable", "average", "multiplication" and "000 number".
+Pulse FFXIII Concept Art.jpg|Concept art.
+Crystal emerging.jpg|In the "domain of the gods", Pulse's crystal emerges from dark water.
+Crystal emerging2.jpg|The crystal rises up in the air.
+LRFFXIII Double Deity.png|Pulse represented as the demonic half of Bhunivelze's scythe.
+LindzeiSummon.jpg|Bhunivelze summons Pulse.
+</gallery>
-==References==
+== Trivia ==
+[[File:Pulse-Playing-Card-FFXIII-2-Serendipity.png|thumb|Pulse playing card in ''Final Fantasy XIII-2''.]]
+* The sound of church bells heard when the party enters the dark realm where they meet Pulse in ''Final Fantasy XIII'' is also heard in ''Final Fantasy XIII-2'' whenever the world is engulfed by [[Chaos (Final Fantasy XIII)|chaos]]; this is seen during the scenes where Lightning is taken to [[Valhalla (Fabula Nova Crystallis)|Valhalla]], and in the end of the game. The bells toll thirteen times, an allusion to the number 13, a recurring theme in the whole of ''Final Fantasy XIII'' trilogy. In its concept art Pulse has church bells attached to its body.
+*Pulse has a [[playing card]] in the [[Serendipity (Final Fantasy XIII-2)|Serendipity]] card games in ''Final Fantasy XIII-2'' (available in [[Sazh's Story: Heads or Tails?]]). It depicts Pulse as a man striding under what could be stylized Cocoon juxtaposed against Gran Pulse. The card reads in [[Language#Etro script|Etro script]]: "Gaze held aloft, his strides bring ruin," referring to Pulse's wish to destroy the world to open the way to the [[unseen realm]]. The playing cards are also used in ''[[Final Fantasy XV]]''.
+* When Pulse brands the party as l'Cie in ''Final Fantasy XIII'', [[Language#Final Fantasy XIII|Pulsian script]] floats in the air. When deciphered, the text reads words like "variable", "average", "multiplication" and "000 number".
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