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Hope is a young boy of thirteen, inexperienced in the ways of the world but also stubborn and hates asking for help.

Hope is a normal boy from a normal family whose childhood on Cocoon can best be described as uneventful. Inexperienced in the ways of the world, and won’t turn to his mother for protection, he is completely unprepared for the turmoil into which his life is thrown when he is unexpectedly caught up in the Sanctum’s brutal Purge.

Both Hope and his mother are caught up in the Purge, during which Nora is killed in battle. Then Hope is made a Pulse l’Cie and he chooses to journey with Lightning to become stronger and avenge his mother’s death.