▁Van ille ▁is ▁a ▁ 1 9 0 - year - old ▁l ' C ie ▁from ▁Gran ▁P ulse , ▁the ▁child hood ▁friend ▁of ▁O er ba ▁Y un ▁F ang , ▁and ▁the ▁narr ator ▁of ▁Final ▁Fant asy ▁XIII . ▁ ▁App ear ances ▁ 1 3 ▁days ▁before ▁the ▁start ▁of ▁Final ▁Fant asy ▁XIII , ▁she ▁and ▁F ang ▁w ake ▁from ▁cry stal ▁st asis ▁in ▁the ▁P ulse ▁V est ige ▁holding ▁the ▁fal ' C ie ▁An ima , ▁initi ating ▁the ▁chain ▁of ▁events ▁that ▁would ▁lead ▁to ▁the ▁San ct um ' s ▁Pur ge . ▁When ▁she ▁is ▁with ▁the ▁Pur ge es ▁of ▁C oc oon ▁along ▁with ▁N ora ▁and ▁Hope ▁Est heim ▁during ▁their ▁ex ile , ▁she ▁is ▁res cu ed ▁by ▁Snow ▁Vill iers ' ▁group , ▁N OR A . ▁However , ▁after ▁N ora ▁dies , ▁she ▁encourag es ▁Hope ▁to ▁follow ▁Snow ▁to ▁confront ▁him , ▁and ▁she ▁sees ▁them ▁become ▁l ' C ie . ▁After ▁the ▁party ▁spl its ▁up , ▁Van ille , ▁along ▁with ▁S az h , ▁resolve ▁to ▁run ▁away ▁from ▁their ▁fate . ▁However , ▁both ▁she ▁and ▁S az h ▁are ▁captured ▁by ▁Ji hl ▁N aba at . ▁After ▁Light ning ▁and ▁the ▁party ▁rescue ▁the ▁two , ▁Van ille ▁reun ites ▁with ▁F ang . ▁On ▁Gran ▁P ulse , ▁F ang ▁reg ains ▁her ▁memory ▁and ▁rem embers ▁it ▁was ▁she ▁who