History Characters / LightningReturnsFinalFantasyXIII

* TrueFinalBoss: Defeating [[BonusBoss Ereshkigal]] on a NewGamePlus results in a fight with Bhunivelze+ on the Final Day of that cycle. It's ''much'' harder than the normal fight, with the first phase constantly alternating between what were the second and third phases of the original fight, more HP than those three phases put together, more durable Monads, Wings of Destruction coming in almost immediately once the Monads are on the field, Hypernova coming with no warning whatsoever, and the Doom timer being transplanted to the stagger-mandatory final phase. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Also]], the drop rate for Double Deity is raised from 5% to 15%, [[BraggingRightsReward but if you need that...]]

* OedipusComplex: A variant -- he killed his mother to supplant her as ruler of the world, but believed she didn't really die and became obsessed with finding her again. It gets fully sexual in ''Lightning Returns'', with the Japanese version having a lot of innuendo-laced dialogue about Lightning replacing Etro (who was said to look like Mwynn) by offering herself to him. This further goes to downright ShipTease when you connect it to Bhunivelze possessing Hope as a vessel and the implication that Hope's emotions are influencing him during this.

* ActionBomb: His second phase summons orbs called Monads. They don't do anything but offer targets until he uses Wings of Destruction, whereupon they'll close in on Lightning, interrupt any guard she's attempting to use, and detonate ForMassiveDamage.

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* RememberTheNewGuy: Despite being the TopGod of the ''Final Fantasy XIII'' universe, he was never mentioned before ''Lightning Returns''.[[note]]"The Maker" is mentioned several times in the first game, but in-context it's vague enough that the characters could just be referring to Pulse or Lindzei.[[/note]] Justified in that the myths of even his children are a bit distorted by time and mistruths passed down through generations, so knowledge of Bhunivelze was likely lost to humanity until this game where he made his presence known to them.

* EveryoneHasStandards: After a scare with ominous looking item spheres that she caused, a cleric of the Order of Salvation defends the act to Lightning. He says that Lumina just likes playing around and "knows her boundaries". Lightning has a hard time believing this.

** She also serves as one to Lightning, travelling Nova Chrysalis causing trouble as Lightning travels it trying to save souls. Her playful and joking demeanor also sharply contrasts Lightning's cold stoicism.

* AdaptationalVillainy: In the original Japanese, he originally possessed Hope so he could better understand humans and become a better god for them; however, his desire to purge them of negative memories including their memories of the dead was still wrong, thus why Lightning opposed him. The English version changed that into him wanting to remake humanity as his mindless puppets to live in his new world as blissfully ignorant servants, and Hope was his lab rat to figure out how to mold them to his liking. This moves him from AntiVillain to a more straightforward brand of villainy.

* LiteralSplitPersonality: [[spoiler:She's the manifestation of Clair Farron's repressed childhood emotions that she cast off when she "became" Lightning.]]

A list of characters from ''VideoGame/LightningReturnsFinalFantasyXIII''. For characters introduced in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'' go [[Characters/FinalFantasyXIII here]]. Characters introduced in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII2'' are [[Characters/FinalFantasyXIII2 here]].

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** ​In his first form he uses Ruin and Graviton spells, previously used by Barthandelus and Caius, the villains of the first and second games. He also opens the first battle by casting Doom on Lightning, just as Eidolons did in ''XIII'', and his fourth form is severely resistant to damage until staggered, as Orphan's final form was.
** His attacks across his various forms include Almagest, a signature attack of [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyV Exdeath]]; Wings of Destruction (an alternate translation of Havoc Wing) and Dancing Mad, alluding to [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI Kefka]]; Falling Star, a reference to [{VideoGame/FinalFantasyII Mateus']] Starfall; and Hypernova, which resembles [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Sephiroth's]] Supernova. He also has Heartless Angel, first used by Kefka but more famously associated with Sephiroth.

** His attacks across his various forms include Almagest, a signature attack of [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyV Exdeath]]; Wings of Destruction (an alternate translation of Havoc Wing) and Dancing Mad, alluding to [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI Kefka]]; and Hypernova, which resembles [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Sephiroth's]] Supernova. He also has Heartless Angel, first used by Kefka but more famously associated with Sephiroth.

* TheTrickster: She's unpredictable and mischievous, and enjoys playing with people like toys.

* ContinuityPorn: His boss fight is positively ''saturated'' in {{Mythology Gag}}s and {{Call Back}}s, both from the previous ''XIII'' games and ''Final Fantasy'' as a whole.
** He greets Lightning in Hope's body before showing his deific form, referencing [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyI Garland greeting the Warriors of Light before becoming Chaos]].
** In his first form, he attacks Lightning with Ruin and Graviton spells, favourites of Barthandelus and Caius, respectively.
** His first and third forms use Almagest, one of [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyV Exdeath]]'s favourites.
** In his second form, he becomes a ''Final Fantasy'' classic BarrierChangeBoss, with the same function as the [[SarcasmMode beloved]] Aster Protoflorian from earlier in the Saga; absorbing one element, using magic of that element, and acquiring a weakness to its direct opposite.
** His second form uses a charged attack that can be weakened by dealing enough elemental damage before it goes off, similar to Barthandelus' first battle. The incomplete version is [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyII Mateus]]' Falling Star, while the complete version is [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI Kefka]]'s Dancing Mad.
** In his third form, he one-ups [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Sephiroth]]'s infamous Supernova with a cinematic (and thus unblockable) ''Hypernova''.
** His fourth form takes a stance similar to the [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIII Cloud of Darkness]]; leaning forward, body angled back.
** In his fourth form, one of his attacks is an inconsistent BeamSpam like Barthandelus', though mercifully much less frequent.
** His fourth form must be staggered to deal any meaningful damage, just like Orphan's second form.
** Unlike most renditions of Heartless Angel, the HP to 1 effect can be nullified with sharp timing, similar to Sephiroth's [[Franchise/KingdomHearts most devastating use of it]].

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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YukiKaji (Japanese), Daniel Riordan (English)\\

* JerkassHasAPoint: Lumina spends most of her time harassing and taunting Lightning, but she often (if somewhat cruelly) points out reasoning for other characters actions in-game: such as Noel loving Yuel above all else (why he's willing to fight Lighting in the Warrens); that Dajh is upset by how depressed Sazh has become (why Dajh isn't waking up); or that while both Snow and Lightning have lost and are mourning Serah, Lightning has spent the past 500 hundred years in crystal sleep while Snow's been awake and running himself ragged trying (and failing) to keep the world from falling apart at the seams (Snow being so worn and broken-down emotionally).

* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Her outfit is primarily shades of black with some red details.

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KanaeIto (Japanese), Creator/JessicaDiCicco (English)

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YuuichiNakamura (Japanese), Erik Davies (English)

->'''Voiced by:''' David Lodge (English)

'''WARNING''' -- the following profile has all spoilers unmarked, including those for the end of the game.

[[folder:Bhunivelze]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YukiKaji (Japanese), Daniel Riordan (English)

* TrueFinalBoss: Defeating [[BonusBoss Ereshkigal]] on a NewGamePlus results in a fight with Bhunivelze+ on the Final Day of that cycle. It's ''much'' harder than the normal fight, with the first phase constantly alternating between what were the second and third phases of the original fight, more HP than those three phases put together, more durable Monads, Wings of Destruction coming in almost immediately once the Monads are on the field, Hypernova coming with no warning whatsoever, and the Doom timer being transplanted to the stagger-mandatory final phase.

** His second form uses a charged attack that can be weakened by dealing enough elemental damage before it goes off, similar to Barthandelus' first battle. The incomplete version is [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyII Mateus]]' Falling Star, while the complete version is [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI Kefka]]'s Forsaken.