Character: Hope Estheim
The planet of Cocoon revolved, the world full of conspiracy and full of lies.
The citizens of Cocoon, blinded by the true meaning of Purge, are led astray.
For the law of Purge, under the ruler of Cocoon, only means death.
The ruler of Cocoon, Primach Galenth Dysley, coated their shadowed beliefs with lies and secrets.
Face of the Sanctum, hidden beneath a face of a fal'Cie, for he stole his future, and stole the band of strangers' future.
The law of Purge took an innocent life.
An unjust law stole his mother
An unjust law robbed him of his fate and his future, and the ability to define himself, define his strength.
And for a thirteen year old boy who lost his mother, lost to the hands of Sanctum, not the hands of heroes, his only wish was to sink his teeth into them. Sink his teeth into revenge.
The road he takes is a dangerous one.
The road he takes with a band of strangers on a pointless journey.
A journey that begins a story
A story that opens a chapter
A story of a l'Cie
A story of fate
A story of doom
That sings with death
That sings with pain and sorrow
A story that begins with a family
A family that ventures into the seaside town of Bodhum
Their happy ending turning into a horrifying nightmare.
A Nightmare that takes the name of Purge
A mother and son who discover the true meaning behind the conspiracy
The law of Purge that delays their journey home
A mother and son aboard a train
A train that leads to death
The train that leads to Purge
The law of Purge
A story that unfolds another chapter lies within this place
Upon the Hanging Edge, NORA began their operation
Led by the hero of the day
Snow Villiers
The band's operations led to a mission to rescue an enemy, rescue a l'Cie
The l'Cie, his fiancé, Serah Farron
A two way operation that swept a band of citizens towards their unfortunate deaths
The unfortunate deaths that were caused by the hands of the Sanctum,
Not by the hands of the resilient group, the band named NORA
The Sanctum, the government that began the conspiracy
The band of citizens, hauled from a town, boarded onto the train, hauled into the hands of government, on a train that only leads to death
The band of citizens, united by the resistance of NORA, never made it home
A bridge that was blasted by the Sanctum
A bridge that wiped out a handful of innocent lives
A bridge that struck a life, a cost of life
The life of a mother
A mother that slipped from the hands of the hero, whose heart is burdened with the guilt
A mother, who wants the hero to bring her son home
The hero does not know where she belonged
The hero never knew her child, until revenge had taken his heart
Nora Estheim, the mother of Hope Estheim
The son who had ventured on a holiday
A holiday that turned to a nightmare
Nora Estheim, a name that was shared with a resilient group
With the band of NORA
The name of NORA was a painful reminder to Hope Estheim
A constant reminder of his mother's death
The loss of his mother drove him to sorrow
Drove him to the edge of insanity, thirsting for revenge, revenge that blackened his heart
Blinded by the truth, driven by anger, the grieving son soon lost his way to the path of darkness
Blinded by the truth, the grieving son was confused
Who was he to blame, when both truth and secrets stung his heart to the core?
Blinded by the truth, the grieving son fed on his vast anger.
Anger pointed his blame on the hero
The hero who was last in contact with his mother
Who witnessed his mother's death
Death that took his mother too soon
The death that darkened his future
Seeking revenge, no matter the price
For he ventures into the building of Pulse Vestige, after the man who names himself 'hero', and the man named Snow Villiers
The anger that coursed through his veins constantly led him astray
His heart, once pure, was lost within darkness
The building of Pulse is a face of a fal'Cie
The face of Anima
The Anima of doom
Blinded by the truth, blinded by anger, and blinded by a thirst for revenge upon Snow, the boy ignorantly ventured onwards, towards his goal of revenge
The doom of Anima swipes the band of strangers, spitting out a seed of l'Cie
For the boy who travels with a band of strangers
The boy who journey home is faded into a vast array of shadows
For a l'Cie, he knows, has no home to turn to
A l'Cie that dwells in the town of Palumpolum is the enemy of Palumpolum and enemy of Cocoon
The town of Palumpolum was once a refuge, once a shelter, and once a home
The town of Palumpolum is no longer a choice for Hope
For the l'Cie, who become the hunted prey
Upon the town of Palumpolum, close to home, he unleashes his anger of upon the one called a hero
Still blinded by the truth, the blame solely upon the hero, his darkness wakes.
His light wakes
The darkness that fed upon his heart flares away
The truth he was once blinded with had woken his humanity
The truth that stung, harsh as a whip
Now the truth in front of his eyes directes him to the heart of the Sanctum
For the revenge he took made him realise that his mother will not return from death
The revenge that rotted his heart was driven away by the truth of light
The hero, once a friend, once an enemy in his eyes, returns rightfully as a friend
The hero who fulfils the wish of a dying mother beneath the broken bridge wakes his guilt
The hero scarred by the knife, by the truth of Nora Estheim, stinging his pure heart
The boy the hero discovered, the child belonging to Nora
The boy who was permitted survival from the element of Light
The survival knife that scarred him, and almost his life
And the hero who gratefully took on his punishment for the revenge, the boy had fulfilled his revenge, hurting their hearts
The hero and the boy fell from the building
Their pain, blazing within their hearts, allowed their exhaustion of anger and guilt to carry them into a blissful dream
And the name of Hope locked within his heart slowly returns his soul. The revenge completed on his will faded his vast anger, and he fades into shadows and dreams.