Lightning (Final Fantasy)
| Character | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Lightning Claire Farron |
| Occupation: | Bodhum Guardian Corps soldier (XIII) Knight of the goddess Etro (XIII-2) Bhunivelze's appointed savior (XIII-3) |
| Relationships: | Serah Farron (sister) Snow Villiers (brother-in-law) |
| Fandom: | Final Fantasy XIII; Dissidia |
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Lightning is a main protagonist of Final Fantasy XIII series. She is one of the playable heroes of Final Fantasy XIII, and she is the singular protagonist of Final Fantasy XIII: Lightning Returns.
Canon
Lightning originally is named Claire Farron. After her parents pass away, she decides to take charge in caring for herself and for her younger sister, Serah Farron, in Bodhum. She rejects "Claire", the aspect of herself that is sensitive and vulnerable, and assumes the name Lightning. She does not divulge her original name to anybody, a symbol of her desire to project a cool, collected, and distant personality that cannot be pierced by external threats.
In Lightning Returns, it is revealed that her soul was split into multiple pieces in order to preserve the memory of Serah at the end of Final Fantasy XIII-2. She awakens at the start of Lightning Returns as a hollow and emotionless shell; the rejected fragment of her childhood self manifests as a distinct personality in the dying world, a pink-haired girl named Lumina. At the end of Lightning Returns, Lightning regains her soul by accepting her vulnerabilities honestly. She absorbs Lumina's soul fragment to become whole again and regains the ability to feel.
Fandom
Shipping
Canonically, Lightning is never shown to be romantically involved with anybody. In fandom she is generally paired with Oerba Yun Fang (Fangrai) and Hope Estheim (Hoperai).
- Serah Farron & Lightning
- Oerba Yun Fang x Lightning (FangRai, FLight)
- Hope Estheim x Lightning (HopeLight, HopuRai)
- Lightning x Oerba Dia Vanille
- Snow Villiers x Lightning
- Caius Ballad x Lightning (CaiRai)
- Noel Kreiss x Lightning (NoeRai)
- Firion x Lightning
- Kain Highwind x Lightning
- Noctis Lucis Caelum x Lightning (NoctLight or Lightis)
Fan works
Fan art
- [1] by marinayeah
- [2] by fantalusy
- [3] by fantalusy
- [4] by raikoart
- 11.02.2016 morning warmup, Archived version by limbxr, 2016 -- i feel compelled to just shove lightning in different outfits she seems to be very good at workin everything
- "You’re not wrong about others having it worse, but that doesn’t mean you don’t have it hard[...]", Archived version by thecrowmaiden, 2019
- https://nikusenpai.tumblr.com/post/164933588075/square-enix-tribute-painting-lightning-from-final |title = |archiveurl = https://archive.ph/0qV1g}} by nikusenpai, 2017 (Deviantart, Artstation -- dead links)
- Aquanut and I were discussing what the Lightning Returns garb called “Heart Burglar” might look like., Archived version by brandylog and aquanut, 2013
- Lightning Returns-Custome costume-Contest, Archived version by limbonix, 2014
- LR:FXIII by Aureta, 2012
- ライトニング by ZOMAPHAMOZ, 2019
- lightning by diamond dust, 2015
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- [7] by nick-ian
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Meta
- Of Trauma and Facades: FFXIII Series Character Study-Claire “Lightning” Farron, Archived version by shadowpyxy, 2015
- Trail Of Broken Promises: “For Serah” Edition, Archived version by shadowpyxy, 2016
- FFXIII Analysis: Lightning is ASD, Archived version by rorvk, 2019
- Snow is the Ideal Lightning: an FFXIII Analysis, Archived version by rorvk, 2019