Character Notes: History: FINAL FANTASY XIII SPOILERS AHOY
Five hundred years before the main game, the War of Transgression raged between the two main human settlements of the world: Gran Pulse and Cocoon. Vanille lived in Gran Pulse when her parents were killed by Cocoon l'Cie (http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/L'Cie). She was sent to an orphanage in Oerba where she met another war orphan, Oerba Yun Fang. They form a close relationship quickly, eventually even promising that they'd never be apart.
Then Fang decided she wanted to become a l'Cie to protect Gran Pulse and Vanille in particular. Vanille tags along, deciding that becoming a l'Cie with Fang is more preferable than being alone. The Pulse fal'Cie (http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Fal'Cie) Anima granted the duo the Focus of becoming the monstrous Ragnarok and destroying Cocoon.
Which...didn't happen. Fang wished to do this but Vanille did not, being scared. So Fang became Ragnarok by herself and scarred Cocoon but wasn't able to destroy it. A goddess then drained the power of Ragnarok and turned both Fang and Vanille into crystal, Focus incomplete.
Fast forward five hundred years, Fang and Vanille wake up. In Cocoon. Fang's brand is scarred, her Focus complete. Vanille's--do to her cowardice--is still active. Lying to Fang that she can't remember what her Focus is, Vanille starts the chain of events that would ultimately lead to Serah and Dajh becoming l'Cie as well as the Purge that would result in Nora Estheim, Hope's mother, being killed.
Oops.
Anyways, Fang's upset at this news. She doesn't want her best friend becoming a monstrous Cei'th so they infiltrate the closest facility that houses a Cocoon fal'Cie. The fal'Cie wakes up, branding a young boy, and the two flee. They get separated, Vanille becomes frantic and returns to where they woke up: Bodhum Village.
Then the Purge happened and shit started to get real. Vanille ran into Hope and his mother, deciding that she would become a Cie'th, she would help the family survive in Gran Pulse. Which didn't come to pass because of Snow's rebel group, NORA, disrupting their train. This lead to Nora's death as she volunteered to fight with the rebels.
There's really a lot more to her history but it's even more spoilerly, so have a link (http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Oerba_Dia_Vanille#Story) to the rest of her history.
Oerba Dia Vanille | Final Fantasy XIII | 2/?
History: FINAL FANTASY XIII SPOILERS AHOY
Five hundred years before the main game, the War of Transgression raged between the two main human settlements of the world: Gran Pulse and Cocoon. Vanille lived in Gran Pulse when her parents were killed by Cocoon l'Cie (http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/L'Cie). She was sent to an orphanage in Oerba where she met another war orphan, Oerba Yun Fang. They form a close relationship quickly, eventually even promising that they'd never be apart.
Then Fang decided she wanted to become a l'Cie to protect Gran Pulse and Vanille in particular. Vanille tags along, deciding that becoming a l'Cie with Fang is more preferable than being alone. The Pulse fal'Cie (http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Fal'Cie) Anima granted the duo the Focus of becoming the monstrous Ragnarok and destroying Cocoon.
Which...didn't happen. Fang wished to do this but Vanille did not, being scared. So Fang became Ragnarok by herself and scarred Cocoon but wasn't able to destroy it. A goddess then drained the power of Ragnarok and turned both Fang and Vanille into crystal, Focus incomplete.
Fast forward five hundred years, Fang and Vanille wake up. In Cocoon. Fang's brand is scarred, her Focus complete. Vanille's--do to her cowardice--is still active. Lying to Fang that she can't remember what her Focus is, Vanille starts the chain of events that would ultimately lead to Serah and Dajh becoming l'Cie as well as the Purge that would result in Nora Estheim, Hope's mother, being killed.
Oops.
Anyways, Fang's upset at this news. She doesn't want her best friend becoming a monstrous Cei'th so they infiltrate the closest facility that houses a Cocoon fal'Cie. The fal'Cie wakes up, branding a young boy, and the two flee. They get separated, Vanille becomes frantic and returns to where they woke up: Bodhum Village.
Then the Purge happened and shit started to get real. Vanille ran into Hope and his mother, deciding that she would become a Cie'th, she would help the family survive in Gran Pulse. Which didn't come to pass because of Snow's rebel group, NORA, disrupting their train. This lead to Nora's death as she volunteered to fight with the rebels.
There's really a lot more to her history but it's even more spoilerly, so have a link (http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Oerba_Dia_Vanille#Story) to the rest of her history.