Lightning's Contest History

Who is Lightning?
Lightning is the lead character of Final Fantasy XIII and a former soldier. She is only the second female lead in a Final Fantasy game. Her real name is Claire Farron but she ditched it after her parents died and became Lightning. The clever thing is that Claire is French and translates to "clear" and Farron is Gaelic for thunder. As the game progresses, she tells the party to call her "Light" which they do.

You are first introduced to Lightning on the train carrying the people to be Purged. Lightning fights her way through the PSICOM soldiers along with Sazh as they escape with the Purgees after the train is derailed. Lightning is searching for her sisters Serah and is joined by Sazh, Snow, Hope and Vanille. Lightning eventually finds Serah but she turns to crystal shortly after waking up because she completed her focus. In her rage, Lightning attacks Anima and is branded as a L'Cie. Lightning's L'Cie mark is located on her chest and naturally is the source of a couple of awkward scenes.

Lightning is a mix of Cloud Strife and Squall Leonhart. She has a very independent personality and she stays concentrated on her task. She can get annoyed easily. Especially when Snow calls her "sister" because he is Serah's fiancee and thus soon to be Lighting's brother-in-law. She even threw a couple of blows towards Snow because she blaims him for what happened to Serah. Despite being tough on Hope, she does allow him to follow her early on because she knows what it's like to lose a parent. Throughout the journey, Lightning eases up and becomes more friendly. In the days before the Purge, Lightning has the worst birthday ever when she finds out her sister is a L'Cie - enemy of Cocoon. Serah and Snow also decide this is the perfect time to tell Lightning they are getting married.

"Worst birthday ever."

Contest History
Win-Loss Record: 0-1

Winter 2010 Contest: Chaos Division - 16 seed
 * Chaos Round 1 --- Lost to (1) Sonic the Hedgehog, 19335 [36.14%] - 34159 [63.86%]
 * Extrapolated Strength --- 72nd Place [21.52%]

Despite Final Fantasy XIII being available in the rest of the world, Lightning was able to make the contest through the vote-in and put up a very respectable fight against Sonic. She won the match based on the Asia vote and should be a strong competitor in years to come.