Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Shauna View Post
Another example would be Orphan. in FF13, you are fighting Barthandalus throughout the game, but he again takes a sidestep to Orphan, who to my understanding appeared out of nowhere.
Orphan was not completely out of nowhere. In one of his pre-battle speeches (either Chapter 9 or Chapter 11), Barthandelus drops Orphan's name and a couple other bits of info.

So even if Orphan is unexpected, he wasn't completely and totally out of nowhere.