Lulu (Final Fantasy X)
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is a character in the Square-Enix role-playing game Final Fantasy X. She is one of Yuna's guardians, and treats her like a younger sister. Her basic physical attacks are weak initially, but she is the only character to be able to use Black Magic at that stage of the game. As such, she can be classified as a member of the Black Mage character class.Lulu doesn't attack directly; instead, she sends dolls to attack by proxy. These include cactuar and moogle dolls, as well as various other types. The method that she uses to manipulate these dolls is unexplained within the game, but it can be assumed that she performs these actions by some virtue of her magical abilities. Her Overdrive attack is called "Fury" and enables her to repeatedly cast any Black Magic spell, the quantity of castings dependent on the strength of the spell and how fast the player rotates the right analog stick on the PlayStation 2 DualShock controller.
Character design
Despite Lulu's classification as a Black Mage, Character Designer Tetsuya Nomura has ironically expressed that he wanted her character design to break the connotation in players' minds of the traditional Final Fantasy Black Mage. (See Vivi Ornitier for an example of this classic design.) This was achieved through — in Nomura's words — Lulu's "eccentric" hair and dress. He's also mentioned that — as technology advances — the Final Fantasy games allow for a greater level of detail to be incorporated into characters' outfits, and that he makes a point of challenging the game's visual programmers with his designs. In Final Fantasy X, this challenge came in the form of the interlocking series of belts on the front of Lulu's dress. Nomura said that this design has a specific order to the belts and that each buckles in a specific manner. His challenge to the game's design team was for them to recognize the belts' pattern and keep it consistent throughout the game, from beginning to end.Biography
Lulu — born on the island of Besaid, where she grew up with Wakka, Yuna and Wakka's younger brother, Chappu — is often stern and scathing (particularly to Wakka), and doesn't smile very often. However, she is nonetheless kind-hearted and caring toward others. She is also highly intelligent, and is one of the few Yevonites who easily questions the Yevon religion on objective terms. Nonetheless, she is still shaken by the hypocrisy of the Yevon order, though she adjusts to this reality faster than some of the other former believers in her party. Before becoming a guardian to Yuna, Lulu guarded two previous summoners whose pilgrimages abruptly ended before reaching the Zanarkand Ruins. The pilgrimage of Father Zuke — the second summoner she served as guardian to — ended in the Calm Lands, as he chose not to continue his pilgrimage, a decision many summoners make when they reach those plains.Lulu: "The Calm Lands. Long ago, the high summoners fought Sin here. The road ends here. Beyond, there's no towns, no villages. Only endless plains." / Auron: "Many summoners stray from their path and lose their way here."(Final Fantasy X)Lulu: "The Calm Lands. Long ago, the high summoners fought Sin here. The road ends here. Beyond, there's no towns, no villages. Only endless plains." / Auron: "Many summoners stray from their path and lose their way here."(Final Fantasy X)Tidus: "Who was that?" / Lulu: "Until half a year ago, he was a summoner. Wakka and I were his guardians." / Wakka: "It was kind of a short pilgrimage." / Lulu: "He gave up halfway. Here, on this plain. Now, he is a monk at the Bevelle temple. This is my third pilgrimage as a guardian."(Final Fantasy X) The pilgrimage of the first summoner Lulu guarded, Lady Ginnem, ended only a short distance beyond that. Lady Ginnem's journey to the Final Aeon was cut short by her unfortunate death in the Cavern of the Stolen Fayth, taking place during an attempt to acquire the aeon Yojimbo.Wakka: "Hey. This where...?" / Tidus: "Where what?" / Lulu: "The summoner I guarded on my first pilgrimage... died here."(Final Fantasy X) This event still troubles Lulu's memories, but when Yuna and company detour to the valley where the cave is located, Lulu decides to follow and face her painful memories. At the back of the cave, the group meets the unsent form of Lady Ginnem, the human personality she once held all but completely buried in enmity for the living.Lulu: "It is...It's you, is it not, Lady Ginnem? Forgive me. I was too young. There is no human left in you now, is there? Very well, then. Allow me to perform my last duty to you. My last as your guardian."(Final Fantasy X) Lulu felt that she must fufill a last duty to Ginnem as a guardian in ensuring that her spirit would depart to rest peacefully on the Farplane. After fighting and defeating Yojimbo — the aeon having been summoned by Ginnem — Ginnem's spirit departs for the Farplane.Prior to his death at the hands of Sin, Lulu had been romantically involved with Wakka's younger brother, Chappu, and his passing left a deep wound in Lulu's heart. However, Wakka and Lulu find love for one another, and six months after the ending of Final Fantasy X, are wed. In Final Fantasy X-2 Lulu is pregnant with — and gives birth to — Wakka's child, a boy whom Wakka names "Vidina" (the Al Bhed word for "future").
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