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{{Quote|Pulse fal'Cie and l'Cie are bad news. That's why Cocoon kicked them out. Live too close to the fal'Cie? One-way ticket to Pulse! That's the Purge in a nutshell.|[[Oerba Dia Vanille|Vanille]], describing the Purge to [[Hope Estheim]] inside the [[Pulse Vestige]]}}
  
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The '''Purge''' {{J|パージ|Pāji}} is a form of [[wikipedia:forced migration|forced migration]] and [[wikipedia:social cleansing|social cleansing]] in ''[[Final Fantasy XIII]]''. It is conducted by the [[Sanctum (Final Fantasy XIII)|Sanctum]], the [[fal'Cie]]-run government of [[Cocoon (Final Fantasy XIII)|Cocoon]], to expunge those believed to have been 'touched' by [[Gran Pulse]].
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The '''Purge''' {{J|パージ|Pāji}} is a form of {{w|forced displacement}} and {{w|social cleansing}} in ''[[Final Fantasy XIII]]''. The [[Sanctum (Final Fantasy XIII)|Sanctum]], the [[fal'Cie]]-run government of [[Cocoon (Final Fantasy XIII)|Cocoon]], conducts it to expunge those believed to have been 'touched' by [[Gran Pulse]].
 
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==Prelude==
  
==Prelude==
 
[[File:Bodhum Station.png|thumb|left|PSICOM loads the Purge train in Bodhum.]]
  
[[File:Bodhum Station.png|thumb|left|PSICOM loads the Purge train in Bodhum.]]
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After [[PSICOM]] discovered a [[Anima (Final Fantasy XIII)|Pulse fal'Cie]] within a [[Pulse Vestige]] in the town of [[Bodhum]], everyone in town at the time became tainted by association to Pulse, and the people of Cocoon cried out for their expulsion. PSICOM quarantined the town and rounded up the people, regardless of whether they were citizens or tourists. The deportees were forced to wear "Purge clothing" (traceable restraint garments fitted with a metal device that binds their hands, controlled by a remote held by a PSICOM soldier). PSICOM loaded them onto "Purge trains", and fired upon those who tried to resist or run.
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After [[PSICOM]] discovered a [[Anima (Final Fantasy XIII)|Pulse fal'Cie]] within a [[Pulse Vestige]] in the town of [[Bodhum]], everyone in the city at the time became tainted by association to Pulse. The people of Cocoon cried out for their expulsion, so PSICOM quarantined the town and rounded up the people, regardless of whether they were citizens or tourists. They forced the deportees to wear "Purge clothing" (traceable restraint garments fitted with a metal device that binds their hands, controlled by a remote held by a PSICOM soldier). PSICOM loaded them onto "Purge trains", and fired upon those who tried to resist or run.
   
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As told in ''[[Final Fantasy XIII Episode Zero -Promise-]]'', [[Lightning (Final Fantasy XIII)|Lightning]] quit her position in the [[Guardian Corps]] and volunteered to be Purged to save her sister [[Serah Farron|Serah]] whom Anima was holding captive. [[Sazh Katzroy]] infiltrated Bodhum and also volunteered to be Purged to save [[Dajh Katzroy|his son]] before joining Lightning in her mission to reach the fal'Cie before the Sanctum could take it to Pulse. Despite being from [[Palumpolum]] and only on vacation in Bodhum at the time, [[Hope Estheim]] and his mother, [[Nora Estheim|Nora]], were quarantined and forced to join the Purge. Believing the Sanctum's claim of the Purge being a forced migration to Gran Pulse, [[Oerba Dia Vanille|Vanille]] joined the Purge willingly, choosing to accompany Hope and Nora after meeting them in line for the train. While [[Alyssa Zaidelle]] visited her friend Nena Stein, they were subjected to the Purge together.
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As told in ''[[Final Fantasy XIII Episode Zero -Promise-]]'', [[Lightning (Final Fantasy XIII)|Lightning]] quit her position in the [[Guardian Corps]] and volunteered to be Purged to save her sister [[Serah Farron|Serah]], whom Anima was holding captive. [[Sazh Katzroy]] infiltrated Bodhum and also joined the Purge to save [[Dajh Katzroy|his son]] before joining Lightning in her mission to reach the fal'Cie before the Sanctum could take it to Pulse. Despite being from [[Palumpolum]] and only on vacation in Bodhum, [[Hope Estheim]] and his mother, [[Nora Estheim|Nora]], were quarantined and forced to join the Purge. Believing the Sanctum's claim that the Purge is a forced migration to Gran Pulse, [[Oerba Dia Vanille|Vanille]] joined it willingly, choosing to accompany Hope and Nora after meeting them in line for the train. While [[Alyssa Zaidelle]] visited her friend Nena Stein, they were sentenced to the Purge together.
   
 
[[File:FFXIII Purge Prisoners.png|thumb|Purge deportees on the Purge train.]]
  
[[File:FFXIII Purge Prisoners.png|thumb|Purge deportees on the Purge train.]]
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In ''[[Final Fantasy XIII Gaiden Shōsetsu: Yumemiru Mayu, Akatsuki ni Otsu]]'', it is revealed tens of thousands of traceable restraint garments were made for the Purgees to wear, as though everything was ready before the Sanctum's announcement. PSICOM also detained the [[airship (term)|airship]] crews that landed in Bodhum at the time of the Sanctum's report. Those with any relation to the Sanctum, the army, and their families were exempt from the Purge to quell the government's fears of soldiers inciting an armed rebellion. The soldiers stationed at the blockades placed around Bodhum allowed passage to people without checking if they were [[l'Cie]], like those who just left Bodhum on business and the trapped tourists' relatives. PSICOM essentially let in anyone who said they wanted to be Purged, including a reporter named [[Aoede]], who believed the Purge to be a sham and joined to secretly record footage that would expose the truth and use it to further her career.
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''[[Final Fantasy XIII Gaiden Shōsetsu: Yumemiru Mayu, Akatsuki ni Otsu]]'' revealed tens of thousands of traceable restraint garments were made for the Purgees to wear like everything was ready before the Sanctum's announcement. PSICOM also detained the [[airship (term)|airship]] crews that landed in Bodhum during the Sanctum's report. Those with any relation to the Sanctum, the army, and their families were exempt from the Purge to quell the government's fears of soldiers inciting an armed rebellion. The soldiers stationed at the blockades placed around Bodhum allowed passage to people without checking if they were [[l'Cie]], like those who just left Bodhum on business and the trapped tourists' relatives. PSICOM essentially let in anyone who said they wanted to be Purged, including a reporter named [[Aoede]] who believed the Purge to be a sham and joined to secretly record footage that would expose the truth and use it to further her career.
   
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The army confiscated the Purgees' belongings without checking them before loading them onto a different train car. The Purge trains were sent to the [[Hanging Edge]] on Cocoon's outskirts, supposedly to exile the Purgees to Pulse. However, as revealed in ''[[Final Fantasy XIII-2 Fragments Before]]'', the deportation was a ruse, with the Sanctum ordering that PSICOM secretly slaughter the victims within the unpopulated area.
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The army confiscated the Purgees' belongings without checking them before loading them onto a different train car. The Purge trains went to the [[Hanging Edge]] on Cocoon's outskirts to exile the Purgees to Pulse; however, as ''[[Final Fantasy XIII-2 Fragments Before]]'' revealed, the deportation was a ruse with the Sanctum ordering PSICOM to slaughter the victims within the unpopulated area secretly.
   
 
===Notable Purgees===
  
===Notable Purgees===
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[[File:NORA_and_Purgees.png|thumb|NORA recruits Purgees for the resistance.]]
  
[[File:NORA_and_Purgees.png|thumb|NORA recruits Purgees for the resistance.]]
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Answering Snow's call for volunteers, Nora and several other Purgees join NORA's cause while the rest evacuate to another location for their safety. NORA and its volunteers battle PSICOM and their militarized beasts but are defeated when a Skytank destroys the bridge they are on, killing many of those who fall off, including Nora. Amid the chaos, the ''[[Palamecia (Final Fantasy XIII)|Palamecia]]'' brings the Pulse Vestige into the warzone.
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Answering Snow's call for volunteers, Nora and several other Purgees join NORA's cause while the rest evacuate to another location for safety. NORA and its volunteers battle PSICOM and their militarized beasts but are defeated when a Skytank destroys the bridge they are on, killing many who fall off, including Nora. Amid the chaos, the ''[[Palamecia (Final Fantasy XIII)|Palamecia]]'' brings the Pulse Vestige into the warzone.
   
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Lightning and Sazh make their way to the Vestige while, having survived the fall off the bridge, Snow and [[Gadot]] rejoin the rest of NORA before Snow heads for the Vestige on an airbike to rescue Serah. Having witnessed Nora's death, Hope and Vanille steal Gadot's airbike and follow Snow. The rest of NORA saves Aoede from nearly being killed by an attack vessel, and she joins the group. Elsewhere, Alyssa and Nena flee the army with other fugitives and go into hiding. As PSICOM withdraws, the ceiling of their hiding place collapses; Alyssa is trapped under rubble and suffocates.
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Lightning and Sazh make their way to the Vestige while, having survived the fall off the bridge, Snow and [[Gadot]] rejoin the rest of NORA before Snow heads for the Vestige on an airbike to rescue Serah. Having witnessed Nora's death, Hope and Vanille steal Gadot's airbike and follow Snow. The rest of NORA saves Aoede from nearly being killed by an attack vessel, and she joins the group. Elsewhere, Alyssa and Nena flee the army with other fugitives and go into hiding. As PSICOM withdraws, their hiding place's ceiling collapses, rubble traps Alyssa, and she suffocates.
   
 
==Aftermath==
  
==Aftermath==
 
[[File:Palamecia_in_Bresha.png|thumb|left|PSICOM mobilizes to hunt down Purge survivors.]]
  
[[File:Palamecia_in_Bresha.png|thumb|left|PSICOM mobilizes to hunt down Purge survivors.]]
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Countless victims die in the massacre, the Hanging Edge is destroyed, and [[Lake Bresha]] crystallizes when the Vestige's remains fall into it. Lightning, Snow, Sazh, and Hope are turned into Pulse l'Cie, becoming targets for PSICOM, who also hunts Vanille and the other Purge survivors. In ''A Dreaming Cocoon Falls into the Dawn'', it is revealed that after escaping the Hanging Edge, Aoede, the members of NORA, and some Purge survivors, took refuge in an ancient Pulsian building located between the layers of Cocoon's outer shell. Later via newscast, the Sanctum announces the Purgees arriving at their new homes on Pulse, deeming the Purge a success and that more Purges may be needed in the future.
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Countless victims die in the massacre, the Hanging Edge is destroyed, and [[Lake Bresha]] crystallizes when the Vestige's remains fall into it. Lightning, Snow, Sazh, and Hope are turned into Pulse l'Cie, becoming targets for PSICOM, who also hunts Vanille and the other Purge survivors. ''A Dreaming Cocoon Falls into the Dawn'' revealed Aoede, the NORA members, and some Purge survivors, took refuge in an ancient Pulsian building located between the layers of Cocoon's outer shell after escaping the Hanging Edge. Later via newscast, the Sanctum announces the Purgees arriving at their new homes on Pulse, deeming the Purge a success and that more Purges may be necessary.
   
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When the Sanctum finds Lightning, Hope, Snow, and [[Oerba Yun Fang|Fang]] in Palumpolum, the army gathers civilians suspected of having any contact with the l'Cie. Snow's intervention saves them, but this doesn't deter the populace's outcry for the Palumpolum residents to be Purged. As revealed in ''[[Final Fantasy XIII-2 Fragments Before]]'', the act is never carried out despite the Sanctum approving it in advance.
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When the Sanctum finds Lightning, Hope, Snow, and [[Oerba Yun Fang|Fang]] in Palumpolum, the army gathers civilians suspected of contact with the l'Cie. Snow's intervention saves them, but this doesn't deter the populace's outcry for the Palumpolum residents' Purge. As revealed in ''[[Final Fantasy XIII-2 Fragments Before]]'', the Sanctum never carries out the act but approved it in advance.
   
 
[[File:Alyssa's_past.png|thumb|The gravesite dedicated to the Purge victims.]]
  
[[File:Alyssa's_past.png|thumb|The gravesite dedicated to the Purge victims.]]
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In ''[[Final Fantasy XIII: Reminiscence -tracer of memories-]]'', it is revealed that Aoede helped expose the Sanctum's conspiracy by airing Purge footage with the help of [[Maqui]] hacking the broadcast signals. Within six months after [[Catastrophe (Final Fantasy XIII)|Cocoon's fall]], the new provisional government confirms the truth behind the Purge to the public. PSICOM dissolves with its remaining members exiled to Pulse's frontier lands and their family names tarnished, while the remaining Sanctum members are arrested for the conspiracy.
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''[[Final Fantasy XIII: Reminiscence -tracer of memories-]]'' revealed Aoede helped expose the Sanctum's conspiracy by airing Purge footage with [[Maqui]]'s help hacking the broadcast signals. Within six months after [[Catastrophe (Final Fantasy XIII)|Cocoon's fall]], the new provisional government confirms the truth behind the Purge to the public. PSICOM dissolves with its remaining members exiled to Pulse's frontier lands and their family names tarnished, while the remaining Sanctum members are arrested for the conspiracy.
   
 
In ''Final Fantasy XIII-2'', the Lamentable Rest area of the [[Bresha Ruins]] has a cemetery with an epitaph dedicated to the Purge victims.
  
In ''Final Fantasy XIII-2'', the Lamentable Rest area of the [[Bresha Ruins]] has a cemetery with an epitaph dedicated to the Purge victims.
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The Purge robe is a Rarity 5 armor.
  
The Purge robe is a Rarity 5 armor.
 
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Fang is the only ''Final Fantasy XIII'' main character not involved in the Purge.
  
Fang is the only ''Final Fantasy XIII'' main character not involved in the Purge.
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In addition to "Purge", the terms "deportation", "relocation", and "migration" are used as euphemisms, with Dysley referring to the citizens involved as "brave Pulse pioneers". Coincidentally, the [[Final Fantasy XIII achievements and trophies|trophy]] granted to the player for taking 10,000 steps on Pulse is titled "Pulsian Pioneer". During ''Final Fantasy XIII'', some party members borrow the term for their own use. After the group decides to take on [[Galenth Dysley]] on the ''Palamecia'', Snow comments, "Time to Purge a Primarch!". Later, when the group faces several [[Berserker (Final Fantasy XIII)|Berserkers]] in the [[Fifth Ark]], if Sazh is in the party, he will say, "If you gotta Purge something, why don't you start with those?!"
 
In addition to "Purge", the terms "deportation", "relocation", and "migration" are used as euphemisms, with Dysley referring to the citizens involved as "brave Pulse pioneers". Coincidentally, the [[Final Fantasy XIII achievements and trophies|trophy]] granted to the player for taking 10,000 steps on Pulse is titled "Pulsian Pioneer". During ''Final Fantasy XIII'', some party members borrow the term for their own use. After the group decides to take on [[Galenth Dysley]] on the ''Palamecia'', Snow comments, "Time to Purge a Primarch!". Later, when the group faces several [[Berserker (Final Fantasy XIII)|Berserkers]] in the [[Fifth Ark]], if Sazh is in the party, he will say, "If you gotta Purge something, why don't you start with those?!"
   
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The electronic board in the Purge train displays the words "CHIBA", "INAGE", etc. {{Show image|Purgees.jpg}} in [[Language#Final Fantasy XIII|Cocoon script]]. These refer to the stations of a Soubu Main Line railway line in Japan.
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The Purge train's electronic board displays the words "CHIBA", "INAGE", etc. {{Show image|Purgees.jpg}} in [[Language#Final Fantasy XIII|Cocoon script]]. These refer to the stations of a Soubu Main Line railway line in Japan.
   
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The Purge is referred to in a question in the [[Brain Blast]] quiz in ''Final Fantasy XIII-2''. The airline providing flights between Cocoon and Gran Pulse came up with a special offer that proved disastrous because of its name: "Smile and say 'Purge'".
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A question in the [[Brain Blast]] quiz in ''Final Fantasy XIII-2'' refers to The Purge. The airline providing flights between Cocoon and Gran Pulse came up with a special offer that proved disastrous because of its name: "Smile and say 'Purge'".
   
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[[File:Hope&Vanille after Nora's death.png|Hope and Vanille in Purge attire.|thumb]]
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[[File:Hope&Vanille after Nora's death.png|thumb|Hope and Vanille in Purge attire.]]
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Purgees have varying amounts of blue rings and diamonds on their Purge robes' hoods. While not explained in the game, it could indicate a Purgee's threat level, as some have hoods with only one ring and no diamonds. The number of rings/diamonds may also depend on how close a person was to the Vestige around the time of its discovery; the more rings/diamonds a Purgee has on their hood, the more they're considered potentially 'tainted' and dangerous. The ''[[Final Fantasy XIII Scenario Ultimania]]'' reveals the Purge restraint garments have the purpose of "sealing the l'Cie curse" and serving as a way of identifying and discriminating the wearer.
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Purgees have varying amounts of blue rings and diamonds on their Purge robes' hoods. While it's never explained, it could indicate a Purgee's threat level as some have hoods with only one ring and no diamonds. The number of rings/diamonds may also depend on one's proximity to the Vestige around the time of its discovery; the more rings/diamonds a Purgee has on their hood, the more they're considered potentially 'tainted' and dangerous. The ''[[Final Fantasy XIII Scenario Ultimania]]'' reveals the Purge restraint garments have the purpose of "sealing the l'Cie curse" and serving to identify and discriminate the wearer.
 
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Lightning&Sazh_Purge_train.png|Lightning and Sazh prepare to hijack the Purge train.
  
Lightning&Sazh_Purge_train.png|Lightning and Sazh prepare to hijack the Purge train.
 
Ff13-ss-vanille1.jpg|Vanille watches the Pulse Vestige pass by.
  
Ff13-ss-vanille1.jpg|Vanille watches the Pulse Vestige pass by.
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Pulse fal'Cie and l'Cie are bad news. That's why Cocoon kicked them out. Live too close to the fal'Cie? One-way ticket to Pulse! That's the Purge in a nutshell.

Vanille, describing the Purge to Hope Estheim inside the Pulse Vestige

The Purge (パージ, Pāji?) is a form of forced displacement and social cleansing in Final Fantasy XIII. The Sanctum, the fal'Cie-run government of Cocoon, conducts it to expunge those believed to have been 'touched' by Gran Pulse.

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Datalog

Final Fantasy XIII

See also: Datalog (Final Fantasy XIII)/Cocoon Society

To the millions who call Cocoon home, the lowerworld of Pulse represents a constant source of fear. Suspected association with Pulse means stigmatization as an enemy of the state and all mankind—even for born and raised citizens of Cocoon.

The recent discovery of a fal'Cie from Pulse near the city of Bodhum caused widespread civil unrest. After placing the city's entire population under quarantine due to the possibility of contamination, the Sanctum then announced its intent to forcibly relocate the affected to Pulse in an emergency measure dubbed by authorities as the Purge.

Final Fantasy XIII-2

See also: Datalog (Final Fantasy XIII)/Locales/Final Fantasy XIII-2

During the catastrophe that befell Cocoon, the Bresha Ruins were the site of terrible casualties. The reason for this can be found in the Purge.

The Purge was the name given to the mass deportation of Bodhum's residents. The fal'Cie manipulated the actions of the Sanctum and the elite army known as PSICOM, sowing chaos and inciting conflict among Cocoon's populace.

Many civilians fled to Lake Bresha and its ruins to escape the Purge, but a great majority were crushed by ancient structures that collapsed when Cocoon's momentum was suddenly halted.

Prelude

Bodhum Station

PSICOM loads the Purge train in Bodhum.

After PSICOM discovered a Pulse fal'Cie within a Pulse Vestige in the town of Bodhum, everyone in the city at the time became tainted by association to Pulse. The people of Cocoon cried out for their expulsion, so PSICOM quarantined the town and rounded up the people, regardless of whether they were citizens or tourists. They forced the deportees to wear "Purge clothing" (traceable restraint garments fitted with a metal device that binds their hands, controlled by a remote held by a PSICOM soldier). PSICOM loaded them onto "Purge trains", and fired upon those who tried to resist or run.

As told in Final Fantasy XIII Episode Zero -Promise-, Lightning quit her position in the Guardian Corps and volunteered to be Purged to save her sister Serah, whom Anima was holding captive. Sazh Katzroy infiltrated Bodhum and also joined the Purge to save his son before joining Lightning in her mission to reach the fal'Cie before the Sanctum could take it to Pulse. Despite being from Palumpolum and only on vacation in Bodhum, Hope Estheim and his mother, Nora, were quarantined and forced to join the Purge. Believing the Sanctum's claim that the Purge is a forced migration to Gran Pulse, Vanille joined it willingly, choosing to accompany Hope and Nora after meeting them in line for the train. While Alyssa Zaidelle visited her friend Nena Stein, they were sentenced to the Purge together.

FFXIII Purge Prisoners

Purge deportees on the Purge train.

Final Fantasy XIII Gaiden Shōsetsu: Yumemiru Mayu, Akatsuki ni Otsu revealed tens of thousands of traceable restraint garments were made for the Purgees to wear like everything was ready before the Sanctum's announcement. PSICOM also detained the airship crews that landed in Bodhum during the Sanctum's report. Those with any relation to the Sanctum, the army, and their families were exempt from the Purge to quell the government's fears of soldiers inciting an armed rebellion. The soldiers stationed at the blockades placed around Bodhum allowed passage to people without checking if they were l'Cie, like those who just left Bodhum on business and the trapped tourists' relatives. PSICOM essentially let in anyone who said they wanted to be Purged, including a reporter named Aoede who believed the Purge to be a sham and joined to secretly record footage that would expose the truth and use it to further her career.

The army confiscated the Purgees' belongings without checking them before loading them onto a different train car. The Purge trains went to the Hanging Edge on Cocoon's outskirts to exile the Purgees to Pulse; however, as Final Fantasy XIII-2 Fragments Before revealed, the deportation was a ruse with the Sanctum ordering PSICOM to slaughter the victims within the unpopulated area secretly.

Notable Purgees

Battle

Hanging Edge - Aerorail Trussway 13-E

Lightning and Sazh fight PSICOM's forces.

As the Purge train enters the Hanging Edge, Lightning attacks the soldiers on board and frees the Purgees. PSICOM forces fire at the train and summon their militarized beasts to attack it and the rebelling deportees. When a Manasvin Warmech brings the train to a halt, Lightning and Sazh defeat it and fight through PSICOM's forces.

Elsewhere, after making their way to the Hanging Edge, Snow Villiers and his friends in the Bodhum neighborhood watch group NORA mount a resistance against PSICOM to protect the Purgees. They recruit those willing to help them drive PSICOM back and eventually find a group of deportees stranded on a bridge, including Nora, Hope, and Vanille.

NORA and Purgees

NORA recruits Purgees for the resistance.

Answering Snow's call for volunteers, Nora and several other Purgees join NORA's cause while the rest evacuate to another location for safety. NORA and its volunteers battle PSICOM and their militarized beasts but are defeated when a Skytank destroys the bridge they are on, killing many who fall off, including Nora. Amid the chaos, the Palamecia brings the Pulse Vestige into the warzone.

Lightning and Sazh make their way to the Vestige while, having survived the fall off the bridge, Snow and Gadot rejoin the rest of NORA before Snow heads for the Vestige on an airbike to rescue Serah. Having witnessed Nora's death, Hope and Vanille steal Gadot's airbike and follow Snow. The rest of NORA saves Aoede from nearly being killed by an attack vessel, and she joins the group. Elsewhere, Alyssa and Nena flee the army with other fugitives and go into hiding. As PSICOM withdraws, their hiding place's ceiling collapses, rubble traps Alyssa, and she suffocates.

Aftermath

Palamecia in Bresha

PSICOM mobilizes to hunt down Purge survivors.

Countless victims die in the massacre, the Hanging Edge is destroyed, and Lake Bresha crystallizes when the Vestige's remains fall into it. Lightning, Snow, Sazh, and Hope are turned into Pulse l'Cie, becoming targets for PSICOM, who also hunts Vanille and the other Purge survivors. A Dreaming Cocoon Falls into the Dawn revealed Aoede, the NORA members, and some Purge survivors, took refuge in an ancient Pulsian building located between the layers of Cocoon's outer shell after escaping the Hanging Edge. Later via newscast, the Sanctum announces the Purgees arriving at their new homes on Pulse, deeming the Purge a success and that more Purges may be necessary.

When the Sanctum finds Lightning, Hope, Snow, and Fang in Palumpolum, the army gathers civilians suspected of contact with the l'Cie. Snow's intervention saves them, but this doesn't deter the populace's outcry for the Palumpolum residents' Purge. As revealed in Final Fantasy XIII-2 Fragments Before, the Sanctum never carries out the act but approved it in advance.

Alyssa's past

The gravesite dedicated to the Purge victims.

Final Fantasy XIII: Reminiscence -tracer of memories- revealed Aoede helped expose the Sanctum's conspiracy by airing Purge footage with Maqui's help hacking the broadcast signals. Within six months after Cocoon's fall, the new provisional government confirms the truth behind the Purge to the public. PSICOM dissolves with its remaining members exiled to Pulse's frontier lands and their family names tarnished, while the remaining Sanctum members are arrested for the conspiracy.

In Final Fantasy XIII-2, the Lamentable Rest area of the Bresha Ruins has a cemetery with an epitaph dedicated to the Purge victims.

Spoilers end here.

Other appearances

Final Fantasy Record Keeper

Final Fantasy Record Keeper.

The Purge robe is a Rarity 5 armor.

Behind the scenes

Fang is the only Final Fantasy XIII main character not involved in the Purge.

In addition to "Purge", the terms "deportation", "relocation", and "migration" are used as euphemisms, with Dysley referring to the citizens involved as "brave Pulse pioneers". Coincidentally, the trophy granted to the player for taking 10,000 steps on Pulse is titled "Pulsian Pioneer". During Final Fantasy XIII, some party members borrow the term for their own use. After the group decides to take on Galenth Dysley on the Palamecia, Snow comments, "Time to Purge a Primarch!". Later, when the group faces several Berserkers in the Fifth Ark, if Sazh is in the party, he will say, "If you gotta Purge something, why don't you start with those?!"

The Purge train's electronic board displays the words "CHIBA", "INAGE", etc. Purgees in Cocoon script. These refer to the stations of a Soubu Main Line railway line in Japan.

A question in the Brain Blast quiz in Final Fantasy XIII-2 refers to The Purge. The airline providing flights between Cocoon and Gran Pulse came up with a special offer that proved disastrous because of its name: "Smile and say 'Purge'".

Hope&Vanille after Nora's death

Hope and Vanille in Purge attire.

Purgees have varying amounts of blue rings and diamonds on their Purge robes' hoods. While it's never explained, it could indicate a Purgee's threat level as some have hoods with only one ring and no diamonds. The number of rings/diamonds may also depend on one's proximity to the Vestige around the time of its discovery; the more rings/diamonds a Purgee has on their hood, the more they're considered potentially 'tainted' and dangerous. The Final Fantasy XIII Scenario Ultimania reveals the Purge restraint garments have the purpose of "sealing the l'Cie curse" and serving to identify and discriminate the wearer.

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Final Fantasy II Fall of Kashuan - Fall of Deist - Fall of Fynn - Liberation of Fynn
Final Fantasy III Saronia Civil War
Final Fantasy IV: The Complete CollectionFinal Fantasy IV First Battle of Mysidia - First Battle of Damcyan - First Battle of Fabul - First Battle of Eblan - First Battle of the Underworld - Battle of the Giant of Babil
Final Fantasy IV: The After Years Battle of Baron - Second Battle of Mysidia - Second Battle of Fabul - Second Battle of Damcyan - Second Battle of the Underworld - Second Battle of Eblan
Final Fantasy V Battle of Big Bridge - Battle on Xezat's Fleet
Final Fantasy VI War of the Triad - War of the Magi - First Gestahlian Campaign (Raid on the Esper World) - Second Gestahlian Campaign (Raid on Kohlingen) - Third Gestahlian Campaign (Siege of Maranda - Raid on Narshe - Battle to Protect Terra - Burning of Figaro Castle - Occupation of South Figaro - Siege of Doma - Battle for the Frozen Esper - Battle of Vector - Battle of Thamasa - Battle over the Floating Continent)
Compilation of Final Fantasy VIIFinal Fantasy VII Siege of Cosmo Canyon - Wutai War - Avalanche Insurgency - Jenova War (Siege of Fort Condor - Raid on Junon - Raid on Midgar - Great Sephiroth Plan)
Before Crisis -Final Fantasy VII- Avalanche Insurgency
Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII- Wutai War - Genesis War
Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII- Deepground War (Battle of Kalm - Battle of Midgar)
Final Fantasy VIII Timber War - Sorceress War - Siege of Dollet - Balamb Garden Revolt - Occupation of Balamb - Battle of the Gardens - Siege of Esthar
Final Fantasy IX Airship Revolution - Battle of Burmecia - Battle of Cleyra - Battle of Lindblum - First Battle of the Iifa Tree - Battle of Alexandria - Second Battle of the Iifa Tree
Final Fantasy X Machina War - Operation Mi'ihen - Siege of Home
Final Fantasy X-2 Pursuit of the Awesome Sphere - Occupation of Kilika Island - Infiltration of Chateau Leblanc - Infitration of Bevelle Underground - Defense of the Cactuar Nation - Raid on the Farplane
Final Fantasy XI Crystal War
IvaliceFinal Fantasy XII Invasion of Dalmasca and Nabradia (Nabudis - Nalbina Fortress) - Battle above Rabanastre
Final Fantasy Tactics Fifty Years' War - Battle of Ziekden Fortress - Battle of Riovanes Castle - War of the Lions (Battle of Lesalia Plain - Battle of Fort Besselat)
Lightning SagaFinal Fantasy XIII War of Transgression - The Purge - Assault on Palamecia - Siege of Eden
Final Fantasy XIII-2 War over Valhalla - Cie'th Outbreak at Academia - Raid on Academia
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII Infiltration of the Patron's Palace
Final Fantasy XIV Autumn War - Garlean campaign (Silvertear Skies - 1st Carteneau - Archon - Doman Revolt - Baelsar's Wall - Rhalgr's Reach - Nadaam - Doma Castle - Rhalgr's Beacon - Paglth'an - 2nd Carteneau) - Bloody banquet - Dragonsong War (Ishgard - Steps of Faith)
Final Fantasy XV Attack during Founder's Day - Fall of Insomnia - Great War - War of the Astrals
Final Fantasy XVI Night of Flames - Battle of Belenus Tor - Battle of Nysa - Fall of the Hideaway
Final Fantasy Type-0 Capital Liberation - Capture of Togoreth Stronghold - Operation MA Demolition - First Battle of Judecca - Clash on Big Bridge - Operation Endgame - Capturing the Imperial Capital
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within Phantom Cleansing Mission - Fall of the San Francisco Barrier City - Fall of the New York Barrier City
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