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A Dying World (死にゆく世界, Shiniyuku Sekai^?) is a location in Final Fantasy XIII-2, and is the homeworld of Noel Kreiss. It was also the home of a nomadic tribe of Farseers.

DatalogEdit

See also: Fragment/Academic Reward.

Travel Guide: A Dying World

Area Information
One of the prophecies recorded on the Oracle Drive excavated from the ruins shows a mysterious place called the Dying World. It appears to be inhabited by descendants of the ancient Paddra Farseers, as well as refugees from Cocoon. Scientist believe that this world is our distant future.

From the Editor's Desk:
Frankly, we're not sure if anyone would actually want to visit the place. But "We'll take you to the ends of the earth!" is our motto, so we've sent our crack intern researcher to check it out. We'll let you know the moment we hear from him again.

StoryEdit

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Serah travels to the Dying World to save Noel from becoming trapped in the dream that Caius placed him in. She witnesses the events from Noel's past: Noel's lonesome hunt for a behemoth's meat for Yeul's 15th birthday party, a conversation between Noel and Caius that reveals in order to become the next Guardian, one must kill the other. Most of the villagers can be seen dying from hunger and illnesses.

After saving him, some of his lost memories are restored. At the Farseers' Relic, the Oracle Drive reveals that before her death, Yeul had seen Noel's journey through time. Then Mog informs Serah and Noel what he learned from Lightning during their separation: how Caius was once a Pulse l'Cie charged with a Focus to protect Yeul, but was freed from his l'Cie fate by Etro and granted immortality to watch over the seeresses throughout time.

In the secret ending of Lightning's DLC episode, "Requiem of the Goddess," Lightning can be seen in the Dying World, waking from her crystal stasis at the end of eternity.

Spoilers end here.

AreasEdit

A Dying world is arguably the largest area in the game, Academia is second. The area is a desolate land with no plants or water, and whitered trees. Ruins of the Farseer village are located to the east, while the mysterious relic to the north of those ruins.

Abyssal Fissure
Beaten Path
The Black Sands
The Farseers' Settlement
The Farseers' Relic
The Border
The Dead Sands
The Sandy Highlands

Enemy FormationsEdit

Abyssal FissureEdit

The Black SandsEdit

The Dead SandsEdit

Garganzola x3

The Sandy HighlandsEdit

Pantopoda x2, Pleuston x3
Gogmagog (Boss)

MusicEdit

The Dying World does not have a specific musical theme. "Noel's Theme ~Last Journey~", "Yeul's Theme", and "Countless Partings" play in the area, along with "Dust to Dust" from Final Fantasy XIII. During the boss battle against Caius, "Chaotic Guardian" plays. After the boss battle with Gogmagog, "Etro's Champion" acts as the area's main battle theme.

GalleryEdit

The Dying World in Noel's dream.

The Dying World's mountains.

Dying World 700 AF.

Dying World 700 AF.

Dying World 700 AF.

Lightning narrating in the Requiem of the Goddess DLC.

Lightning in the Dying World.

Dying World 700 AF Map.

TriviaEdit

A Dying World is the only location in Final Fantasy XIII-2 where normal chocobos appear alongside Rambunctious Chocobos mutated from the paradox, though only the Rambunctious Chocobos can be ridden in the area.
Some players have reported Mog getting stuck hovering or spinning in place in Dying World. Since Mog cannot be thrown in the area and the Historia Crux only allows the player to visit Serendipity and the Coliseum at the time, he remains unable to uncover necessary people and elements in the area, and the player cannot move forward in the story.