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The driving
force of Spira is the religion of Yevon.
Adherents of Yevon are fervently opposed to the use of advanced
technology (which they refer to as "machina"),
and lead the fight in the perpetual war against the entity known as Sin.
Although the
majority of Final Fantasy X's
story takes place in the world and era of Spira, it begins in Zanarkand,
the city that never sleeps. Tidus, a native of Zanarkand, is a
17-year-old blitzball star. When Zanarkand is suddenly attacked by an
evil force known as Sin, Tidus fights alongside the mysterious
character Auron against a fragment of Sin, a Sinspawn. While they are
victorious, they are both sucked into the vortex of Sin's power, and
Tidus wakes in the midst of ruins of a mysterious temple. Tidus learns
he has been teleported to Spira, a world different from, but connected
to, his Zanarkand.
Tidus is
picked up by a group of Al Bhed,
who speak a substitution cipher
of his language (which can be translated by collecting items in the
game), and who freely use machina
as they are exiled by Yevonites. He meets the energetic young Al Bhed
girl Rikku, who is the daughter of Cid, leader of the Al Bhed. Rikku
speaks his language, and informs Tidus that Zanarkand was destroyed a
millennium ago. Tidus is incredulous, and Rikku tells him since he was
in contact with Sin he must be suffering the adverse effects of Sin's
toxin. Tidus is brought aboard the Al Bhed ship, but after only a short
time is swept out to sea in another attack from Sin.
This time,
Tidus is washed up near the small town of Besaid, where he meets Wakka,
apparently a blitzball player and captain of the local team (the Besaid
Aurochs). Wakka takes Tidus with him to the town, where he is
introduced to most of the rest of the playable cast through various
levels of blundering explained away by Tidus's "amnesia". Yuna (of
Bevelle, and daughter of High Summoner Braska) has just completed her
initiation as a summoner of Yevon, one who is charged to defeat Sin.
She sets out on her quest, along with guardians Wakka, Lulu (also of
Besaid), and Kimahri Ronso (of the Ronso tribe). Later, the guardian
Auron (the one who fought alongside Tidus in Zanarkand) joins the
party, as does Rikku of the Al Bhed.
Tidus soon
learns that the Zanarkand he is from was destroyed some thousand years
in the past. Sin was forced into remission ten years ago, by a force
comprised of High Summoner Braska, the warrior Auron, and Jecht. Tidus
wonders if the Auron he knows could possibly be the same in this new
era, and if the man called Jecht could actually be his father, assumed
dead at sea ten years before (from Tidus's perspective of time).
Ultimately, the party must confront Sin, unravel the mysteries of its
perpetual return, and figure out exactly how Tidus and his father Jecht
fit into this mystery.
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