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NAME/HANDLE: Robyn.
PERSONAL JOURNAL: protostar
ARE YOU 16 OR OVER?: Yep!
CONTACT: aim; limitsbreaking
plurk; farrons
OTHER CHARACTERS: n/a, though I used to play Sayaka Miki (suffers) here.

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CHARACTER NAME: Oerba Yun Fang
SERIES: Final Fantasy XIII
CANON POINT:
❝ Listen, you're not alone anymore. We have a new family now. We stick together, you hear me? ❞

End game, Chapter 13. After the defeat of Orphan and before Cocoon falls. At this point in her canon development, Fang has accepted the other l'Cie as her family. She has banded with them to defeat Orphan, despite her earlier, single-minded intent on completing their Focus as it was laid out to them, and has made the decision (with Vanille's non-verbal agreement), to save Cocoon, the ultimate act of self-sacrifice. She will be taken from the point where she and Vanille float away from the others and are about to become Ragnarok.
AGE: 21 physically; 521 chronologically (due to crystal stasis)
APPEARANCE: ❝ Keep your pants on. ❞

PREVIOUS GAME HISTORY: n/a.

PERSONALITY: ❝ I've got a few screws loose, but I'm a l'Cie, same as you. ❞

To begin: Fang's not the sort of person who will mince words or sugarcoat things. She's very blunt and straightforward: if she's done something wrong, she'll own up to it, no questions asked. When she's officially introduced, she admits to Lightning that she is responsible for Serah's transformation into a l'Cie without fear, gives her a brief and not especially remorseful-sounding apology, and when Lightning hits her about it, she takes this punishment without complaint. In addition, if she thinks something is wrong, if someone is acting like an idiot, if she disagrees with anything...she's going to speak up about it, hurt feelings or proprieties be damned. Even her makeshift family of the other l'Cie aren't spared from this. She's very confident -- it shows from the words she speaks to her easy, almost lazy body language: it's clear that while she appears relaxed and almost overconfident at times, she is not easily shaken or intimidated by most things, and will get into a fight or a scuffle without much provocation. This isn't to say she's all brawn, however: Fang is very witty, and has a pretty sarcastic sense of humor. She's a smartass, in other words.

Speaking of proprieties, Fang's got very little awareness, or more accurately, she cares very little about people's personal bubbles. She's a tactile, physical sort of person, and very familiar with most people from the get-go -- she hits Snow in the back of the head to knock him out of his daydreaming, she asks to see Lightning's l'Cie brand almost as soon as they've met (and Lightning is clearly somewhat uncomfortable with this), pulls Hope into noogies, claps Sazh on the shoulder and checks Vanille's l'Cie brand in front of all the others, with little regard toward public decency. Fang does what she wants, when she wants to, and if some stiff's got a problem with it, well, they better speak up. She's notably more of a flirt than the other characters as well, and tends to playfully needle Lightning and Snow in particular.

She's an intensely determined, honest and brave person. She doesn't believe in running away from things, doesn't believe in lying or cover-ups. She'll fight for what she believes in, die for those she cares about, defy fate if it goes against what she believes and destroy anything if it means those she cherishes will be kept safe from harm. At the end of she and Vanille's first Focus, before they were prematurely frozen in crystal stasis, Fang instead took the brunt of their Focus and transformed into Ragnarok alone, although the Focus was meant for the both of them. The reason for this is because Vanille didn't want to fulfill their Focus -- as this would mean the destruction of Cocoon and the loss of countless lives, and so in that way, Fang was protecting her -- sparing her the pain of having so many deaths on her conscience. She's bothered later on, by her brand being frozen, and not remembering her original Focus, knowing that it is the key to saving Vanille, and although her memories are jumbled and unclear, she believes she has failed the Focus in some way, as Vanille's brand is still active. She's hard on herself about this, and often states that she is a "broken l'Cie." She states that her "brand is messed up, like the rest of me."

This leads us to her relationship with Vanille. In her canon, Vanille's l'Cie brand, unlike Fang's, is still progressing, meaning that unless they remember the Focus the fal'Cie has given them both, Vanille will inevitably turn into an undying monster called a Cieth. Fang is, throughout all of the game, very aware of this possibility, and is so devoted to Vanille she will do anything to prevent this. A good way to refer to her is "unforgivably loyal." She says it herself, to Lightning: "Cocoon and Gran Pulse can rot for all I care. I'll tear down the sky if it'll save her." This sentiment eventually extends to the other l'Cie, whom she refers to as family. This sort of dedication however, leads to desperation for Fang at certain points: she is clearly hurt and angry when it turns out Vanille has been keeping their Focus hidden from her, knowing that it must be finished to prevent Vanille's transformation into a monster. She turns on the party out of this desperation at one point, when it appears they have decided to give up on their Focus of destroying Cocoon -- thinking that even if she has to kill them herself, it is a better fate than watching them all turn into Cieth and suffer for all eternity, and at the end of the game, she does the same thing to Vanille, briefly, and for similar reasons: this time to spare her the suffering of becoming Ragnarok (again) and destroying Cocoon.

That said, because she loves and cares about her family so deeply, at the end she saves the world that she once hated, and one that hated her in turn, not for herself, but because that is their deepest wish.

ABILITIES: ❝ Back under your rock! ❞

In canon, after being branded by the fal'Cie Anima, the characters are given access to a wide range of abilities via the Crystarium menu. While every character can gain access to every role by the end of the game, each specializes in three particular roles, gaining the largest variety of abilities and being most effective in their specialist roles.

Due to her high Strength and Defense stats, Fang specializes in the Commando, Saboteur and Sentinel roles. She is said to be the best Commando in the game, and has the highest Strength stat by the end of the game, surpassing even Snow, the party's "tank." That said, while she's capable of using magic, she is by no means as adept as Vanille or Hope. She is capable of imbuing her weapon with the elements of fire, water, lightning or ice, and she gains the highest level (-ga) spells in the Water and Aero spells.

☄ Summon ✖ When a l'Cie experiences a moment of extreme emotional stress, or begins to lose sight of his or her way, a giant monster referred to as an Eidolon appears to beat the crap out of them until they either regain their senses, or to put them out of their misery. Once the Eidolon is bested in battle, the l'Cie then gains the ability to summon the creature into battle to assist. Fang gains the King of Dragons, Bahamut. He is able to transform into a second form (Gestalt Mode), where he gains wings and Fang rides on his back. Bahamut attacks with non-elemental and physical attacks, and is capable of shooting a frickin' laser beam out of its mouth to do a large amount of non-elemental damage.

In addition, she is very physically fit, able to travel long distances without rest (I assume, due to the nature of the journey in FFXIII), resistent to physical damage, and an excellent melee fighter. Given that she helped Vanille "fish" a massive dragon out of the sky, and that they are from a tribal culture, it's safe to assume she's a skilled hunter. She is very strong, as seen when she was apprehending Snow. She takes him down twice, with very little effort, despite the fact that he is a pretty big guy. She is the game's Dragoon, and thus fights with a variety of different spears. The spears are two-handed, and she able to split the weapons into a three-section staff referred to as a San Setsu-Kon for certain attacks. Here is a picture of all her spears, for reference.

HERE is a more detailed list of all of her l'Cie related abilities. (Just scroll down to the abilities section.) If it's required that I c/p the list here I will be happy to!

POSSESSIONS:
- Kain's Lance, her ultimate weapon.
- A potion or two.
- Her Eidolon crystal. This pinkish/purple, fang-shaped crystal summons her Eidolon, Bahamut.

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Hunting the King Behemoths in the wild, grassy plains of Pulse was more sport than danger to Fang, but she figured the others, save Vanille perhaps, found it less so. Still, the thing had been taken down easily in a flair of elemental magic from Vanille and the kid, well-timed gunshots from Light and the old man, and good old-fashioned muscle from Snow and herself. It was easier, Fang found, to work in a group like this, and something about it tugged at the pleasant memory of hunting groups, when she and the other hunters of Oerba would gather food for the community.

"Now comes the hard part," she said to the others, and grinned, yanking the sharp blade of her spear out of the sinewy, strong neck of the Bahamut in one quick, near-effortless tug. "Any of you ever skinned one of these things before?" Hope looked a bit green at the suggestion, and Sazh and Snow didn't seem to be taking it much better. Fang's grin widened. "Figured."

Lightning, however, crossed her arms, uncrossed them, turned her head to one side and scoffed, before taking out her survival knife.

"First time for everything," was all she said, before she knelt down beside Fang and Vanille to watch their meticulous, slow work and follow their lead. It was not long before Snow wandered over to help, and then Sazh and Hope shortly thereafter. Another team effort, Fang thought as they separated what pieces of the beast they could use from what should be thrown away. They were fine hunters, all things considered. She figured people from Cocoon would be softer. It was lucky for all of them that they weren't.

They made a good team.