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Hidden Depths:
Ere a guardian was responsible for securing a single yeul in mortal life. Each Yeul was reincarnated unceasingly in the Paddra, and each was issued a guardian that was managed by respected denizen, based on their reverence and powers, enabling of various tribes - anyone deemed superior to stand in their care. Pious monks, clergymen, priestess of remoter regions of Pulse perhaps formed a small bulk of Yeul’s retinue, but were never wholly close as the guardian. It is unknown if Paddra bears political or government system like other final fantasy such as FFXIV, moreover, they established the law of succession of guardian. A real guardian would only be designated unless both contenders formalised the ritual to the death - demanded by this law. Countless lives were ultimately lost by such ruthless laws, but it ancient rite had been upheld to secure the seeress - this law somewhat seemed strangely linked with the Goddess Etro’s law, that the weak adhere to the strong. What came to be of corpses were, by those ancient rites, mounted on heaps to fire burial. where their ashes were scattered from the foothills. There was a belief to sacrifice for much for the seeress, and those gigantic visions which never erroneous.
I think it was because of Yeul that many attempts were made on her life
Her power to see the future had made the city evoke law of the Farseers, is forbidden from changing history to save herself, and therefore risk dooming others to worse fates.
Etro created the rule that the weak should serve the strong.
The civil war did, however, section the populace into somewhat violent factions whose affiliations altogether doomed the city - more than that looming menacing star-spawn, Ugallu . This exacerbated or strained most of Caius alliances with an associate to opposite extreme; few saw to violent unrest against the Seeress, combined with those who determined to increase the cities artificial defences the latent menace by instituting immense numbers of men to this cause. Ultimately the destruction city left many nomadic or reclusive, and finally, Caius dropping the name entirely: Paddra-Ballad Caius to Caius Ballad, he still carries a lot of conflict with the past especially killing those familiar people out of self-preservation. It had left him greatly disquieted, betwixt days forth he discerned strange groupings and meetings. After the revolt erupted, a crucial decision had been made with certain few who used every ounce of persuasion to win him over- securing the Seeress or saving his friends. The archaeopolis abandoned upon morning broke through the horizon, and the Seeress had left under the careful guidance of her retinue. He left everything those horrors behind save the horrors that frequently visit during those nocturnal visions, which he mentions little of; wandering much Paddra to discover cold, lifeless bodies that ended their own life to the dreadful fear that approaching, whilst others killed in such primitive fashions. Indeed, the night was decorated by the effulgent glow of fire but did not wholly destroy the antiquated archaeopolis. Despite this keeps the fallen guardians last name in his honour but never honour to the city.
The heavens granted him a boon of immortality, by the Goddess,. Due to his preternatural nature, he severed that law of succession for future guardians and would be the task with frequently visit neighbouring settlements to secure the next Seeress in each aeon. One, who he would spend brief years until her preordained death, would be reincarnated once more that hideous cycle. A Seeress would only be taken away from their home by the mysterious guardian - until they can speak a word or have a vision, one novella depicts a Yeuls parent's painstaking efforts never to utter a word in front of the youth. The visions of seeress are powerful, shaping time-continuum for their words could precipitate more harm than good in advancing future. This bore too much of a toll on his mind, coping with this he learned deeply of each Yeuls vision in place Oracle Drives being a rarity. Having frequently seen each Yeul mature and perish in her youth, although each Yeul rebirth with uncanny familiar physical properties argued with the radical disposition of their nature. This exacerbated the events that shall come to pass. There is no doubt that he had tried end his life, but nature of the heart of chaos could not be rested by his own hands; death was but a temporary reprieve until his body was completely reconstructed - thus the original advent of the cycle of madness.
Life of Seeress isolates her from people due to her vision.
Villagers usually come to shun or find Caius repelling since now they know him through the land as the mysterious guardian. Caius has come to accept this lifestyle and usually lives outside the village mostly regarding the mutual antipathy towards. He usually comes to the family bearing the child to find her and take her. Many come to purport the notion of the guardian as an omen. Perhaps taking the children away from mothers and tribe families or perhaps from others who treat the child wrongfully - it is this perhaps the changes each Yeuls nature.
suggests legends of the Seeress still exist - perhaps even Paddra yet no tales exist of Caius beyond Paddra perhaps.
Lindzei created mankind from Etro's blood, and the first human created was Yeul. Moreover, it is suggested that Lindzei made Yeul in Etro's image
The Yeul of 400 AF is the "Yeul who liked to sing". Her Eyes of Etro awakened at seven years old, said to be the longest time for a seeress. Her first vision had been filled with singing and of Hope standing before Cocoon's crystal pillar. Her first vision had been filled with singing and of Hope standing before Cocoon's crystal pillar. The singing is coming from the "daughters of the goddess", Fang and Vanille, within the pillar, but it is mentioned that it cannot be heard by people's ears. Seeing the strength in Hope's eyes, Yeul aspired to be strong like him.
She soon foresaw the Cie'th outbreak in Academia and her own death. Spurred on by Hope's courage, she calmly decides to go there and meet her fate of her own volition.
Despite Caius immense loyalty to Yeul Caius being her guardian Caius immense plotting; beforehand Yeul opposed his interfering of Serah and Noels consist meddling of possibilities that advanced her many deaths. There came occasions where he could not bear it any longer, within 200 years, that he determined to end their cycle. Yeul perhaps knew of this but Caius longed to end this unceasing cycle of anguish and torment. Each plan he formed was not mutually exclusive, thus were linked to the other; either he had Noel kill him or he destroyed the pillar of Cocoon killing thousands to millions opening Etro’s gate. It is no surprised Caius able form gambits or formulates plans to undermine others for his own needs to benefits.
He so far as employed Alyssa to his plan due to her existence as a Paradox, even played on her desperation to advance his plans to isolate noel and hope, even so forth get Hope killed in the future.
He allowed Serah and Noel to solve Paradoxes being ignorant that they eliminated possibilities to one possibility. His future that he had made.
I honestly don't think Caius would lie about the truth but rather deceive and under people in their plans by forming plans that link or unhinge two possible ends.
Using Serah’s death to distract lightning to create an opening. It suggests Caius will exploit any weakness of person quite mercilessly to incapacitate a person.
I think after FF:LR certain while Caius could come to break one's body quite easily the mind and the spirit seems more willing to break. I think Noel after LR is perhaps an after effect of this once he comes to realise the gravity of his actions.
After having a vision of Noel And Serah,Yeul had come to pity them and forbade Caius from punishing Noel and Serah despite her visions. Despite this he ignores this
Henceforth began to go against her wishes, even after LR he seeks no satisfaction or joy from Yeul’s company - even beyond death. Perhaps he feels resentment towards which he does not display, however, understand Yeul is but a child. Yet despite Caius ruthless, calculative nature, he did come to honour wishes - such that of Yeul AF 500. A Yeul who desired a life of happiness, peace separated from the life of the Seeress and perhaps the wishes of other Yeuls.
This at the decline point where Caius saw the Goddess blessing as a curse
Upon entering Valhalla, Yeul's soul would never fade away unlike other souls, and taking pity on her, Etro would send Yeul back to the Mortal Realm so she wouldn't be lonely. It's also suggested that Yeul obtained the Eyes of Etro as a side-effect of being reborn.
It is suggested that fal'Cie might have an illusion of feeling emotions but don't understand them, such as Etro sending Yeul back to be reborn out of love but not seeing the suffering that she would cause Yeul to endure.
In FF13-2 the world ends in 700 AF, the Dying world, was Caius made it crucial to place his plants beforehand, before the natural end of the world. What happened after 700 AF the crystal Pillar of cocoon collapsed and crystal fragments had tainted the air affecting the land, waters with a malady to the extinction of all lifeforms save some few nameless beings.
The world was destined to end in 700 AF. But Caius massive destruction beforehand had forced the hand in LR. In some sense, he did in a strange inadvertently way to save the world.
Despite his plans Caius also the lifespans of many Yeuls as much as Serah and Noel did actually. In order to save her soul in the end.
In the dying world, he did abandon Yeul and Noel in the end to advance his plans. When Noel provides to be too weak wrest the heart from him. Though he saw Noel thing more than a means to end for his immortality - he had come to respect the boy in conclusion of LR.