FFXIII – Part 40: The Fourteenth Day

Summary: Some brief final thoughts on Final Fantasy XIII.

FFXIII – Part 39: The Miracle of Ragnarok

Summary: Orphan’s final form. Fang and Vanille’s heroism. The choices of Ragnarok. The end of Final Fantasy XIII.

FFXIII – Part 38: Orphan

Summary: Through the Tesseract to Barthandelus. Orphan. Fang, Vanille, and Ragnarok.

FFXIII – Part 37: Titan Victorious

Summary: More of Titan’s Trials. Completed all missions except Attacus before giving up. The end of my time on Gran Pulse.

FFXIII – Part 36: Lightning, Party of Six

Summary: Exploring my party’s abilities, roles, eidolons, and “ultimates” more fully. No story or mission progress this session.

FFXIII – Part 35: Attack on Titan

Summary: Back to Gran Pulse for Cie’th stone missions. Completed through #34 fully. Tonberry. Titan’s Trials.

FFXIII – Part 34: When the Bough Breaks

Summary: Edenhall. Cavalry’s Sacrifices. Rosch’s last stand.

FFXIII – Part 33: Eden Under Siege

Summary: Return to Cocoon. Pulse monsters swarm Eden. The brief reign of Primarch Cid. First glimpse of crystarium nine abilities.

FFXIII – Part 32: Oerba

Summary: Cieth Stone #28. Bhakti. A new section of Mah’habara. Barthandelus returns.

FFXIII – Part 31: The Cloven Tower

Summary: Taejin’s Tower. The Menhirrim. Dahaka.

FFXIII – Part 30: In Atomos’ Path

Summary: Through tunnels beneath Gran Pulse. Cie’th missions 18 and 19. Fang’s past, Vanille’s Eidolon.

FFXIII – Part 29: Yellow and Green

Summary: Chocobo riding and digging. Sazh and the cactuars. Cie’th stone missions through #17.

FFXIII – Part 28: Chocobo Lagoon

Summary: Completing through Cie’th stone #12. A glorious prize awaits me after defeating Geiseric the Profane.

FFXIII – Part 27: A Million Ways to Die on Pulse

Summary: Difficulty ramps up to 11 as I explore the massive Gran Pulse. Cie’th stone hunts. Slowly moving towards Oerba.

FFXIII – Part 26: Down Under

Summary: Fang and Bahamut. Flying to Gran Pulse. Hope and Alexander.

FFXIII – Part 25: It’s Raining Cid

Summary: The Fifth Ark. The fal’Cie’s goal. Cid’s stand.

FFXIII – Part 24: Lord of the Fal’Cie

Summary: Primarch Dysley uncloaked. Barthandelus. The l’Cie Focus and an unlikely supporter.

FFXIII – Part 23: The Gang’s All Here

Summary: The full party reunites aboard the Palamecia and pushes towards the bridge. Choosing members for my core party.

FFXIII – Part 22: Jailbreak

Summary: Vanille’s memory. The free l’Cie lead an assault on the Palamecia. Chocobo goes for the eyes.

FFXIII – Part 21: Enough

Summary: Brynhildr. One of the series’ more brutal encounters as Sazh confronts Vanille.

TW: Discussion and imagery of suicide.