"This must be...Lake Bresha? I guess we fell from up there, and the lake turned to crystal? Help me out here! I mean, did the fal'Cie do this? How in the world did we end up here?"
—Sazh
Lake Bresha(ビルジ湖,Biruji-ko?, lit. "Lake Bilge") is a location in Final Fantasy XIII. It is a huge lake located on Cocoon's outer-rim, directly underneath the Hanging Edge. Lake Bresha was completely crystallized when the fal'Cie, Anima, crash-landed there after being defeated by Lightning and her companions.
Lake Bresha is located near Cocoon's outer rim, directly beneath the Hanging Edge. Once a bustling center of activity, this desolate area is now home only to monsters that lurk amongst the centuries-old remnants of civilization.
The final wave of power released by the falling Pulse fal'Cie has locked the waters of the lake in solid crystal form, creating a beautiful and unsettling landscape.
The characters arrive in Lake Bresha shortly after the events in the Pulse Vestige to discover that they have all become l'Cie. They try to figure out what their Focus is but only manage to discover they all shared the same vision of Ragnarok attacking the Sanctum capital of Eden.
After finding Serah'scrystal stuck in a bigger crystal structure, Snow desperately tries to break her free. Lightning leads the other team members away to look for another way out of the crystal lake, leaving Snow behind. They soon arrive at the Bresha Ruins city where they fight a Garuda Interceptor and find an airship to make an escape before their ship is shot down and they crash somewhere in the Vile Peaks.
Meanwhile, PSICOM finds Snow and outnumber him before the Shiva Sisters are summoned and wipe the soldiers out. Snow is forced to face them in a battle to prove his worth to the Eidolons. He defeats them but is apprehended by an unknown group of soldiers, and meets Oerba Yun Fang who takes him captive along with the crystallized Serah. He departs Lake Bresha on board a Cavalryairship.
For most of the area, the theme "Lake Bresha" is played. In the ruins found on the edge of the lake, the theme "Gapra Whitewood" plays.
"This track is using all programmed sounds except the violin solo. By adding just one acoustic violin, it reduces the "wow factor" significantly. I really enjoy work like this. It was originally a 90 second piece, but just before the recording, I thought the loop was too fast for a field track, so I quickly wrote the development part."
Lake Bresha does not make an appearance in Final Fantasy XIII-2, but Final Fantasy XIII-2 Ultimania Omega reveals concept art for a scenario where the late capital of Cocoon, Eden, would have crashed to Lake Bresha after Cocoon was crystallized.
Lake Bresha shares several similarities to Lake Macalania from Final Fantasy X as both have ruins - respectively caused by the War of Transgression and the Machina War - and both were frozen by mystical beings - Lake Bresha was frozen by Anima's fall, and Lake Macalania is frozen due to the fayth at Macalania Temple.
In Final Fantasy XIII, the Bresha Ruins are divided into two areas: "A City No Longer" and "Echoes of the Past".
The architecture of the Bresha Ruins is similar to Hanging Edge, another ruined city abandoned in the aftermath of the War of Transgression.
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Lake Bresha.
Lake Bresha.
Lightning in Lake Bresha.
Vanille awakens in Lake Bresha.
The crystallized fire in the ruins.
Entrance to the Bresha Ruins.
The Bresha Ruins.
Inside the ruins.
PSICOM ships flying above Lake Bresha.
Concept art.
Concept art.
Concept art of the ruins.
Concept art of the ruins.
