These are all the characters announced so far for Final Fantasy XIII. The game is still currently in production so many more will be revealed in the future. All information here will be updated when it is available.
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Name: Lightning
Age: Unknown
Weapon: Combined Firearm/Sword
Height: Unknown
BirthPlace: Unknown
Though she has forgotten her real name, she is known by the codename "The Lightning". Square-Enix at first announced she probably wasn't the main character of FFXIII in an interview with the developers in Gemaga magazine however she has now been confirmed to be the protagonist of the game. With energetic ariel, physical and magical attacks she is a formidable fighter and a valuable force to have control of. During the E3 2006 trailer she was attacking enemy soldiers but it isn't clear whether they were allied with Pulse or Cocoon. |
Very little information is known out about Lightning yet but Square-Enix has revealed that the two yellow stripes on the her left shoulder symbolise her Rank and Social status. This could mean she is or was a soldier at some point. Her armour also shows that she is some kind of combatant as seen in the E3 2006 trailer when she is fighting enemy soldiers.. Lightning's past is unclear at the moment because she is suffering from some form of amnesia.
One of Lightning's special abilities is being able to control gravity which is one of the main reasons why her fighting is so agile. She can control it by using the buttons on her finger and thumb. When she clicks them together she can perform gravity defying moves in the air. It is possibly an ability she can only perform while in Overclock mode as the gameplay in the trailer suggests. |
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Name: Unknown
Age: Unknown
Weapon: Rifle
Height: Very Tall
BirthPlace: Unknown
An unknown man was revealed at the end of the Jump Festa 2006 trailer. Almost nothing is known about him except his shoe size is 33cm which means he's a pretty tall guy. He appeared in the trailer riding in on a motorcycle when Lightning was surrounded by soldiers. His relationship with Lightning is unclear but Toriyama has described it as "unique" and it's unclear if the unknown man is an ally or an enemy. He is also described as having a funny style of fighting. |
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Name: Unknown
Age: Unknown
Weapon: Bow
Height: Unknown
BirthPlace: Unknown
This new female character was revealed in the Tokyo Game Show 2007 trailer, shown in the Closed Mega Theatre. Her picture was first shown in the January 2008 V-Jump scans. In the trailer she was seen standing on a cliff watching the sphere in the sky fall apart. CD like discs began to fall out of the sky, one of which she caught and turned into the summon Carbuncle. No further background information is known about her character yet. |
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