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The other Cocoon fal'Cie share Orphan's desire to be with their creator and orchestrate an event where Pulse l'Cie can become Ragnarok and destroy Orphan. When Lightning leads the party into the final battle, announcing they will make the impossible possible and save Cocoon, Orphan shrieks in rage, perhaps alluding to a more infantile personality than that of Barthandelus. In its true form Orphan appears more immature and speaks with a higher pitched voice. Displaying some of Barthandelus's personality aspects, Orphan can be sadistic, as seen when it tortures Fang. Lightning states that Orphan had given up on life long before even being born. Orphan's desire to be reunited with the fal'Cie's Maker is the same as Barthandelus and the other fal'Cie's. Orphan's entire form when staggered resembles the Lindzei symbol with the white structure that replaces the golden wheel taking on its shape. A larger symbol of Lindzei is set on Orphan's forehead (or behind Orphan's head in the concept art), and above it the text Viator elamentabilis Ragnarok repeats with the symbol of infinity in the middle.
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Lindzei's symbol is emblazoned on Orphan's lower half, and the symbols hang on chains from each of Orphan's arms. When staggered the wheel disappears and Orphan gains arms. Ĭoncept art of Orphan's final form when staggered. Orphan's final appearance and name allude to the Ophanim (singular form: Ophan), a class of celestial beings described in the book of Ezekiel that guard the throne of God, and are depicted as fiery, eye-covered wheels. Orphan's true form is a cherubic face set in the center of a golden wheel with golden faces and Lindzei's symbol on the edge. Orphan originally residing in a pool inside a dimension created by the fal'Cie Eden in a state of unbirth, could symbolize a fetus in amniotic fluid.Įtro's gate looms behind the final form of Orphan, and when viewed from the front Orphan's body and the gate form the appearance of an eye.
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The theme of abandonment is present in the symbolic transition to its true form, and can be seen in Orphan's position as a fal'Cie, its infantile visage, and its boss themes, " Born Anew" and " Nascent Requiem". The parental figures disappear in Orphan's true form. The script engraved on the blade-like structure of Orphan's first form is a revised version of the lyrics to " Fighting Fate". This mirrors classical Renaissance art depicting the Biblical Madonna and Child, emphasized by the Holy Mother of Lindzei being the center of the great wheel, giving her a golden halo. Īs explained in Final Fantasy XIII Ultimania Omega, Orphan's first form represents an image of "parents" conceived by Barthandelus with the motherly figure representing Lindzei. When Orphan's first form is introduced, it refers to itself as "The Abandoned One". In this form, Orphan speaks through the faces of its shell, referring to itself with plural pronouns. The tail has Latin writing on it, that reads Viator elamentabilis Ragnarok ("Melancholy Traveler Ragnarok") in Cocoon alphabet. The feminine figure, the fal'Cie's impression of their creator, Lindzei, is white and gold with a large halo with crests of Lindzei's symbols on the edges, six golden wings reminiscent of a seraphim, and a long serpentine tail with Lindzei's crest at the end. The masculine entity, Barthandelus's remains, is purple with a glowing red eye. When it first appears, Orphan has assimilated the lifeless body of Barthandelus as a shell that resembles the image of parents cradling the child that is Orphan's face. Orphan is an angelic fal'Cie that has a cherub face with large eyes.