Maker

The Maker is the being that created the fal'Cie and humans. When the Maker was on Gran Pulse, it was peaceful for both species. However, at one point, the Maker left Pulse, beginning the events leading up to Final Fantasy XIII. The Maker is known as "Hallowed Pulse" in certain analects discovered on Pulse, and the world of Gran Pulse is named after her.

However, it is possible that 'The Maker' is a term which does not refer to one god in paticular. For Cocoon fal'Cie, their maker is Lindzei, while for Gran Pulse fal'Cie, their maker is Hallowed Pulse. It is implied that both lots of fal'Cie wish to see their respective makers again.

Story

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The world created by the Maker.

The Maker left Cocoon and Pulse long ago after creating the fal'Cie and humans. The main scheme of the game's villain, Barthandelus, is to destroy Cocoon to call the Maker back into the world. The fal'Cie are "orphans" without their maker and so they desire her return above all else. The fal'Cie believe the Maker has gone past the Door of Souls, the gateway to afterlife. By killing millions of people at once, the fal'Cie believe the surge of souls flowing through the Door would "throw it wide open".

The main cast in the game do not know about the Maker until late in Chapter 10. When they encounter Cid Raines in the Fifth Ark, Raines explains how the fal'Cie want to use Cocoon as a sacrifice so that they can get the Maker to return. However, the fal'Cie cannot destroy Cocoon themselves for they are bound to its creation and maintenance, so instead they use l'Cie as tools and give them the Focus to destroy it in their place.

The Maker's return is prevented by Fang and Vanille.

Later, Barthandelus presents them with a choice - they can either allow Cocoon to destroy itself from within through the conflicts between the Pulsian beasts, the Cavalry and PSICOM, or confront Orphan, the main fal'Cie that holds Cocoon in place above Pulse, and allow the world to die painlessly. Upon return to Eden, they discover strange crystal dust in the air that Barthandelus claims signals the Maker is soon to return and the great conflict taking place in Eden cannot be ignored by her for much longer.

Despite the fact that the l'Cie help to destroy Orphan, Fang and Vanille save Cocoon by becoming Ragnarok and erecting a huge crystal structure to stop Cocoon crashing into Gran Pulse. Thus, Cocoon is not destroyed and the return of the Maker is prevented.

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Trivia

• In the Japanese version, the characters talk about "God" rather than "the Maker."
• Pulse is often confused with the Goddess Etro, while they are supposed to be different characters.

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