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Characters:

 

Yuna is a summoner, a champion of the people of Spira. She has taken on the duty as a summoner to defeat the immortal entity known as Sin; her task is ever more difficult because she is burdened with the fact that her father (Summoner Braska) was the man who defeated Sin ten years earlier; and so she is forced to take on his legacy being expected to achieve only perfection in her journey. Her class allows her to fit the traditional cleric/white mage role of the party, as well as being able to summon powerful magical entities (aeons). Her weapons are a variety of staves, with her ultimate staff being the Nirvana. It is Yuna's responsibility as a summoner to journey to every temple, acquire the aeon there, and ultimately summon the Final Aeon to defeat Sin; the other party members are merely there to safeguard her passage. Her Overdrive, Grand Summon, brings an Aeon in with a fully-charged Overdrive meter, regardless of what it had before.

 

Tidus is a skilled player of blitzball and belongs to the Zanarkand Abes - originally his fathers team - who ended up in the world of Spira thanks to Sin and becomes one of Yuna's guardians. Tidus is usually a cheerful and confident person, but mostly because he lacks the knowledge of the truth behind Yuna's journey. Throughout the story, Tidus is shown to have bad relations with his father. In battle, his weapon of choice is the Brotherhood, the blue-bladed sword seen on the front of the game's DVD case (given to him by Wakka, in rememberance of Chappu, Wakka's younger brother), and his particular prowess is in hitting agile foes. His ultimate weapon is the Caladbolg. His Overdrives, in Final Fantasy tradition, involve barrages of sword attacks, and their damage can be enhanced by split-second button inputs. His name is pronounced "teeda" in the Japanese version of the game, yet it is still spelled Tidus in romaji.

 

Lulu is one of of Yuna's guardians; the most protective out of Yuna's guardians, She is a gloomy person, but is kind hearted towards Yuna and her friends. Lulu is a black mage, and uses a variety of dolls as weapons. Her ultimate weapon is the Onion Knight (notable both for being a character from an earlier Final Fantasy game, and being the result of dodging a maddening 200 consecutive bolts of lightning on the Thunder Plains). She is initially very skeptical of Tidus' participation in the quest, and of his "amnesia", but even the grumpy Lulu ultimately accepts Tidus' involvement in the party. Her Overdrive, Fury, allows the player to cast multiple spells for free by quickly rotating the right analog stick.

 

The enigmatic Auron is a powerful warrior, attacking with his blades with stunning force. Ultimately, Auron can wield the Masamune, a frequently recurring weapon in Squaresoft games. Auron's quiet, mysterious, and dangerous nature helped make him very popular with fans. His Bushido Overdrives use arcade-style button inputs to increase damage. A while after the dissapearance of Tidus' father, Auron became Tidus' guardian, watching over him (claiming it as a returned favor for Tidus' father)

 

Wakka is a blitzball player from the isle of Besaid who meets Tidus after he washes ashore and serves as Tidus' first good friend. Wakka is fiercely loyal to the Yevon religion, and introduces Tidus to the teachings of the Yevonites. He is very distrustful of the Al Bhed, and is shown to have problematic issues with Rikku when they first meet. Wakka is like an older brother to Yuna, and is very protective of her. He also shows signs of affection for Lulu. His weapon is a blitzball, useful against aerial enemies, and his ultimate weapon is the blitzball World Champion. His Overdrive, Slots, can have varying effects depending on what kind of slot he uses (elemental, status-affliction and Blitzball are only three examples). His overdrives are obtained as Blitzball Tournament prizes.

 

 

 

Kimahri is Yuna's first and most faithful guardian. He has known and protected Yuna since she was a child. However, he was not well accepted by the other Ronso, who view him as inferior due to his short stature (although he still towers over the non-Ronso characters) and his broken horn. Kimahri doesnt speak much, and is very protective of Yuna. In Kimahri's class one can see echoes of the dragoons of older Final Fantasy games (weapon choice, a jump attack) and of blue mage classes (the lancet ability lets him learn enemy attacks, which he deploys in his Overdrive, Ronso Rage). Kimrahi's Spirit Lance is his ultimate weapon, and it can be noted that spear or lance weapons have been a staple of the dragoon class for some time. In terms of gameplay, Kimahri is the only character lacking a pre-determined course on the Sphere Grid, allowing the player to choose his abilities and talents from the beginning.

 

Rikku helps Tidus when he first arrives in Spira, but then disappears from the plot for a while, becoming the last character to join the team. Rikku has a variety of clawlike weapons, her ultimate equipment being the Godhand. Rikku's class is most similar to that of a thief from earlier Final Fantasys, combined with the Alchemist job of Final Fantasy V. Rikku's ability to steal, use a subset of items that no one else can, and, as her Overdrive, Mix two of any item for greater effect, makes her one of the most versatile characters in the party. Rikku has a fear of lightning, due to an accident involving Brother (His true name is never revealed) attempting to cast a lightning spell on a fiend, but accidentally hitting her. Her attitude is a bit childish but none the less cheerful and positive of things. Although she is an Al Bhed, she is Yuna's cousin. Her name is pronounced "ryukku" in the Japanese version of the game, though still spelled Rikku in romaji.

 

 

A half-Guado half-human, he is the son of Jyscal Guado, leader of the Guado. Seymour's supposed benevolence is exposed later in the game, as Seymour is actually an increasingly twisted character with a dark and tragic past. He intends to use Yuna to become the next Sin and thereby bring complete destruction to Spira. His human mother sacrificed herself to become the Aeon Anima. Seymour can be played once, during a battle in Operation Mi'ihen. During this fight, he gets AP that has absolutley no purpose whatsoever. This is also the only time to see his Overdrive attack.

 

Plot Summary:

NO SPOILER SO DON'T WORRY!

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.

Many of the characters in the world of Final Fantasy X appear in the sequel hinted at in the intermission video Final Fantasy X: Eternal Calm. The sequel, Final Fantasy X-2, features an exclusively female party which includes Yuna and Rikku.

 

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