fal'Cie
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The fal'Cie (ファルシ Farushi) are supernatural beings in Final Fantasy XIII. In the Famitsu magazine in June 2009, the fal'Cie were revealed to be formed from the crystals residing inside of them. The crystals act as energy sources to the beings. The director of the game, Motomu Toriyama, described the fal'Cie as "god machines surrounding the crystals". They are not real gods, though, because in the Fabula Nova Crystallis lore, there is an even greater being that created the fal'Cie and sent them into the world. However, people worship the fal'Cie as gods because of the variety of things they offer to the humans to improve their lives.
The fal'Cie have the power to brand people with the power of the crystals in order to make them fulfill special missions called Focuses for them. These people, called the l'Cie, can be identified by a symbol somewhere in their bodies. Lightning and her companions are marked as l'Cies by a fal'Cie.
In the interview with the Official PlayStation Magazine in August 2009, producer Yoshinori Kitase revealed that there are various types of fal'Cie, their actual number being incalculable, although only a handful will appear in Final Fantasy XIII. One of the fal'Cie is responsible for building the floating city of Cocoon over the world of Pulse, and it represents the power of sun and light. Another fal'Cie belonging to Pulse was discovered in Cocoon, which lead to the events depicted in Final Fantasy XIII. The Pulse fal'Cie represents the power of nature and has a green glow. A possible third one is shown in the TGS trailer, as Lightning and her companions fly into the energy arcs it creates, to evade Sanctum aerial forces. Its energy arcs are yellow.
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