Characters of Final Fantasy X and X-2

The tenth game of the Final Fantasy series, Square's Template:Vgy bestselling console role playing game, Final Fantasy X, revolves around a summoner and her guardians to defeat a creature known as "Sin" in the fictional universe of Spira. It is told through the eyes of Tidus, a dream of the Fayth. The characters were designed by Tetsuya Nomura, who continues the tradition of realistically proportioned characters, as the world of Final Fantasy X is rendered to scale relative to the characters in it; instead of a caricature of the character roaming around miniature terrain, as found in previous Final Fantasy games, every area is represented proportionally. The game's sequel, Final Fantasy X-2, takes place two years after the events in Final Fantasy X and uses almost the same cast of characters.

There are seven main playable characters in Final Fantasy X: Tidus, a skilled blitzball star, who is being summoned by Yu Yevon; Yuna, a reserved and soft spoken summoner; Kimahri Ronso, a member of the Ronso tribe; Wakka, the captain of the blitzball team in Besaid; Lulu, a black mage; Auron, a powerful warrior and an unsent; and Rikku, an Al Bhed and Yuna's cousin. Final Fantasy X-2 features Yuna, Rikku, and Paine as playable characters. Unlike other games in the series, there are no optional or secret playable characters.

Several non-playable characters (or "NPCs") important to the story are the parents of the main protagonists, such as Jecht (Tidus' father), Braska (Yuna's father) and Cid (Rikku's father). The primary antagonists of Final Fantasy X are Seymour Guado and the other maesters of the Yevon religion, while the malevolent creature known as "Sin" serves as the primary source of conflict. Final Fantasy X-2 features a new series of antagonists that alternate depending on how the player progresses the story. In addition, there is a vast supporting cast of named characters. Most of these characters feature voice talents complementing the principal roles.

Cast creation and influences

During the development of Yuna, Nomura based the overall costume design and appearance on Okinawan kimonos. When Nomura learned that the character was to perform the sending dance, he wanted her outfit to be able to flow with her movements. For this reason, the specific style of kimono he chose for her was a furisode, a kimono bearing long sleeves. Additionally, he adorned her dress and necklace with images of the flower also called Yuna (Hibiscus tiliaceus). Her name carries the meaning of "night" in the Okinawan language, a direct contrast with Tidus' Japanese name, Tīda, the Okinawan word for "sun". Nomura has explained that while all these subtle details may be unnecessary, he does not want his designs to be without explanation.

As for the minor characters, sub-character chief designer Fumi Nakashima's focus was to ensure that characters from different regions and cultures bore distinctive characteristics in their clothing styles, such that they could be quickly and easily identified as members of their respective sub-groups. For example, in her words, the masks and goggles of the Al Bhed give the group a "strange and eccentric" appearance; the attire of the Ronso lend to them being able to easily engage in battle.

Table of characters and actors

Character	Japanese voice actor	English voice actor
Tidus	Masakazu Morita Yūto Nakamura (young)	James Arnold Taylor Cree Summer (young)
Yuna	Mayuko Aoki	Hedy Burress
Wakka	Kazuya Nakai	John DiMaggio
Lulu	Rio Natsuki	Paula Tiso
Kimahri Ronso	Katsumi Chō	John DiMaggio
Rikku	Marika Matsumoto	Tara Strong
Auron	Hideo Ishikawa	Matt McKenzie
Jecht	Masuo Amada	Gregg Berger
Braska	Takuma Suzuki	Andy Philpot
Cid	Kōichi Sakaguchi	Michael McShane
Seymour Guado	Junichi Suwabe	Alex Fernandez
Bahamut's Fayth		Debi Derryberry
Yunalesca	Yōko Koyanagi	Julia Fletcher
Yo Mika	Hiroshi Iwasaki	Dwight Schultz
Kelk Ronso	Kōichi Sakaguchi	Corey Burton
Wen Kinoc	Hidenari Ugaki	Roger L. Jackson
Father Zuke	Jun Ishimaru	Andre Sogliuzzo
Shelinda	Miki Nagasawa	Sherry Lynn
Dona	Nanaho Katsuragi	Candi Milo
Barthello	Jun Ishimaru	John DeMita
Isaaru	Akio Suyama	Quinton Flynn
Maroda	Masataka Nakai	Robbie Rist
Pacce	Motoko Kumai	Candi Milo
Belgemine	Kayoko Fujii	Cree Summer
Biran Ronso	Kenta Miyake
Yenke Ronso	Jun Ishimaru
Jyscal Guado	Masaharu Satō
Seymour's mother(Anima's Fayth)	Kayoko Fujii

Main playable characters

Tidus

ENG	James Arnold Taylor, Cree Summer (Younger)
JPN	Masakazu Morita, Yūto Nakamura (Younger)

Main article: Tidus

Tidus (ティーダ, Tīda) is the main protagonist and a skilled seventeen year old blitzball player who is later discovered to be a dream of the Fayth. Though Tidus is his official name, the player has the option of naming him at the beginning of the game. For this reason, his name is never spoken in-game. He plays for the Zanarkand Abes – whom his father also played for – and washes up on the Spira mainland after being attacked by Sin during a blitzball game. He quickly becomes one of Yuna's guardians and is described near the end of the game as the greatest guardian of all time. Tidus is usually a cheerful and confident person. Throughout the game, he finds himself coming to terms with his father, Jecht; dealing with his increasing fondness for Yuna and the implications of her pilgrimage; and discovering how and why he is a dream of the fayth.

Tidus uses longswords, in contrast to Auron's two-handed swords – Tidus's are light and used with one hand; his armour consists of different small shields. His Celestial Weapon is "Caladbolg". Tidus appeared in the Kingdom Hearts series as a friend of Sora's on the Destiny Islands. He is a relentless fighter on that game and fights with a long red staff that looks similar to a broomstick. Wakka and Selphie (Final Fantasy VIII) are also on the islands with Sora. He will also appear in the upcoming game Dissidia: Final Fantasy for the PlayStation Portable.

Yuna

ENG	Hedy Burress
JPN	Mayuko Aoki

Main article: Yuna (Final Fantasy)

Yuna (ユウナ, Yūna) is the female protagonist and seventeen year old human summoner. Final Fantasy X's system has her use healing magic in the game, while also allowing her to summon powerful magical entities called "aeons." Already known throughout Spira as the daughter of High Summoner Braska – the man who, ten years earlier, brought a brief respite from Sin's destruction (The Calm) – Yuna has chosen to embark on the summoner's pilgrimage to become a High Summoner herself. The burden of this responsibility is expected to see Yuna journey to temples across Spira, acquire the aeon from each and ultimately summon the Final Aeon in a battle that will claim both its life and hers. Her weapons are a variety of staves, and she is able to summon ten aeons during the game. As Yuna's story progresses she gradually becomes more open and falls in love with Tidus. Because Yuna's mother was an Al Bhed she has heterochromia, so one of her eyes is green and the other blue, a reflection of her mixed heritage. Yuna returns in Final Fantasy X-2 (set two years after Final Fantasy X) as one of the lead protagonists, and is now nineteen, prominently featured as a Gunner.

Auron

ENG	Matt McKenzie
JPN	Hideo Ishikawa

Auron (アーロン, Āron) is a thirty-five year old unsent warrior, attacking with various blades that fit into the Katana category. Shortly after the disappearance of Tidus' father, Auron became something of a mentor for Tidus, watching over him from afar. In the game's present day, he – along with Tidus – becomes Yuna's guardian, as he was to her father. It is eventually revealed during the game that Auron attacked Yunalesca in a fit of rage after she revealed that Braska and Jecht needlessly gave their lives against Sin, and that she struck him down with a mortal wound that soon led to his death. Afterward, he became an unsent, and secretly held this status for nearly the entire duration of the game (but this is why Auron would not enter the farplane at Guadosalam in Final Fantasy X as he may not have been able to physically leave after entering). At the end of the game, when Yu Yevon is defeated, he is finally laid to rest.

Auron was also once a warrior monk for Bevelle, but he holds no connection to the teachings of Yevon during Final Fantasy X. Auron has a brief appearance in Final Fantasy X-2, where his voice helps Yuna during her battle in the Farplane with Vegnagun.

Auron appears in Kingdom Hearts 2 as a one-world ally in the Olympus Coliseum. In Kingdom Hearts 2 he is brought back to life by Hades in order to kill Hercules, but he refuses to help Hades (saying "This is my story. And you're not a part of it.") and joins Sora for a short period of time. A chibified version of Auron appears in Itadaki Street Special with Tidus and Yuna as playable Final Fantasy X characters.

He is ranked fifth on EGM’s Top Ten Badass Undead.

Wakka

ENG	John DiMaggio
JPN	Kazuya Nakai

Wakka (ワッカ) is a twenty-three year old professional blitzball player, characterized by a long reddish-orange quiff, muscular body, and a Besaid Island accent (the real-world equivalent of which would be a Pacific Islander accent). As such, he uses such speech-mannerisms as saying "brudda" for "brother" and sometimes finishing sentences with "ya?". His name means "water" in Ainu. In addition to being one of Summoner Yuna's guardians and childhood friends, he is captain of the Besaid Aurochs, a blitzball team that – as of the beginning of Final Fantasy X – went twenty-three years (One of the Luca Goers says 'At least you broke the twenty-three-year streak' if you lose to them in the Finals Round at the Tournament) without winning a single game. He uses blitzballs as his weapons in battle. Wakka is one of the three players that can fight underwater. He is very strong.

Wakka is one of the first people to befriend Tidus after his arrival in the mainland of Spira, due both to his blitzball prowess and his resemblance to Wakka's deceased younger brother, Chappu. Chappu, Lulu's former lover, was killed in battle while using a machina weapon provided by the Al Bhed, and for this reason, Wakka's religious distaste of the Al Bhed hardened into a more personal grudge. Wakka's hatred of the Al Bhed slowly transforms from racism into respect during the course of Final Fantasy X, as he closely befriends one of their number (Rikku), learns that Yuna is half Al Bhed, and realizes the irrational nature of his prejudice. Despite his former mistrust of machina and the Al Bhed, he takes to their airship with few misgivings and also fights unquestioningly in their defense during an attack on their city on Bikanel Island. Wakka and Lulu develop a deeper relationship of their own, marrying one another in the six months that follow the end of Final Fantasy X. In Final Fantasy X-2, Wakka stresses over the responsibilities of being the father of Lulu's soon-to-be-born baby, claiming it is "tougher than fighting Sin". He names their son "Vidina"—the Al Bhed word for "future"—after he is born.

A 15 year old version of Wakka has appeared as a non-playable character in Disney/Square-Enix's Kingdom Hearts series. First appearing in Kingdom Hearts, he is accompanied by Tidus and Selphie Tilmitt (from Final Fantasy VIII), who are both children. Wakka appears once again in Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, but this Wakka is only a fragment of Sora and Riku's memory within the walls of Castle Oblivion. He and Tidus are the only Final Fantasy X characters that appeared in the first Kingdom Hearts that don't make an appearance in its sequel. However, Selphie refers to them by name. In Kingdom Hearts, Wakka is voiced by Dee Bradley Baker in the English version and Kazuya Nakai in the Japanese version.

Lulu

ENG	Paula Tiso
JPN	Rio Natsuki

Lulu (ルールー, Rūrū) is a twenty-two year old black mage and one of Yuna's guardians. Lulu sends dolls—including cactuars, moogles, and other Final Fantasy creature types—to attack enemies by proxy. Lulu's Celestial Weapon is the Onion Knight, a homage to Final Fantasy III.

Born on the island of Besaid, where she grew up with Wakka, Yuna, and Wakka's younger brother, Chappu, Lulu is often stern and scathing (particularly to Wakka). However, she is nonetheless caring toward others. She is also highly intelligent, and is one of the few Yevonites who easily questions the Yevon religion on objective terms. She is well endowed, and is often compared to Tifa Lockhart in this regard. Before becoming a guardian to Yuna, Lulu guarded two previous summoners whose pilgrimages abruptly ended prematurely. Her second pilgrimage, that of Father Zuke, ended in the Calm Lands (a common decision among summoners). The pilgrimage of the first summoner Lulu guarded, Lady Ginnem, was cut short by her death in the Cavern of the Stolen Fayth. This event still troubles Lulu's memories, but when Yuna and company detour to the valley where the cave is located, Lulu decides to face her painful memories. At the back of the cave, the group meets the unsent bodily shell of Lady Ginnem. Lulu felt that she must fulfill a last duty to Ginnem as a guardian in ensuring that her spirit would depart to rest peacefully on the Farplane. After fighting and defeating Yojimbo – the aeon having been summoned by Ginnem – Ginnem's spirit departs for the Farplane. Lulu had been romantically involved with Wakka's younger brother, Chappu, and his death at the hands of Sin affected Lulu greatly. However, Wakka and Lulu fall in love and marry six months after Final Fantasy X, with her adopting his surname. In Final Fantasy X-2, Lulu gives birth to Wakka's child, "Vidina." She mothers Yuna and Rikku at points throughout the game and, although she does it more subtly, Tidus also. In the game at the city of Guadosalam, after the appearance of lord Jyscal who tried to come back from the dead, Lulu warns Tidus not to fall in love with Yuna. To this, the player can either reply "Okay.", "Too late", or "You are more my type Lulu." The player can decide if Tidus has romantic feelings for Lulu or not.

Character Designer Tetsuya Nomura has expressed that he wanted her character design that looked like the cross between as a fashion model and Black Mage to break the connotation in players' minds of the traditional Final Fantasy Black Mage. (See Vivi Orunitia for an example of this classic design.) This was achieved through – in Nomura's words – Lulu's "eccentric" hair and dress. He has also mentioned that – as technology advances – the Final Fantasy games allow for a greater level of detail to be incorporated into characters' outfits, and that he makes a point of challenging the game's visual programmers with his designs. In Final Fantasy X, this challenge came in the form of the interlocking series of belts on the front of Lulu's dress. Nomura said that this design has a specific order to the belts and that each buckles in a specific manner. His challenge to the game's design team was for them to recognize the belts' pattern and keep it consistent throughout the game, from the beginning to end.

Kimahri Ronso

ENG	John DiMaggio
JPN	Katsumi Chō

Kimahri Ronso (キマリ＝ロンゾ, Kimari-Ronzo) is a twenty-five year old Ronso and Yuna's first and most faithful guardian. He has known and protected her since she was a seven year old child. Even though he is seven feet tall he was not well accepted by the other Ronso, who view him as inferior due to his shorter stature and broken horn. Kimahri doesn't speak much, and is extremely protective of Yuna. In Kimahri's fighting class, one can see echoes of the Dragon Knights of older Final Fantasy games (due to his choice of weaponry and his Jump attack, although his Jump attack hits instantly with only a slight increase in damage, unlike most other Jumps) and of the Blue Mage character class, as well (the Lancet ability allows him to learn enemy attacks). Kimahri'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. Kimahri is the only character without a pre-determined course on the Sphere Grid, allowing the player freedom to choose Kimahri's abilities from the time of his initial stat growth.

The game's backstory reveals that Kimahri's guardianship of Yuna began long before she officially decided to become a summoner. After departing from Mt. Gagazet in shame ten years before the current events depicted in Final Fantasy X began, Kimahri discovered a dying Auron—who had managed to crawl all the way from the Zanarkand Ruins while wounded—outside Bevelle. Auron told Kimahri about the daughter of High Summoner Braska, Yuna, and asked him to fulfill a promise Auron had made to Braska in his stead: to remove Yuna from Bevelle and transport her to the island of Besaid, where she may grow up peacefully. Kimahri honored Auron's request and made sure that Yuna arrived at Besaid safely. When his task was completed, he prepared to depart, yet Yuna pleaded with him to remain with her, and he complied.

Kimahri's main character growth occurs when he finally returns to Mount Gagazet and is confronted by Biran and Yenke, who challenge him—and thus the player—to a 2-on-1 combat sequence as an obstacle to the player's progression through the Mt. Gagazet location. If the game player successfully wins the battle, the story depicts that Kimahri has proven his worth as a Ronso in defeating the two, and Biran is proud to see that Kimahri surpassed him which represents a major resolution to his character arc. Unfortunately, Seymour informs the party shortly thereafter that he has personally slaughtered nearly the entire Ronso tribe, with Kimahri swearing to avenge his fallen clansmen's demise while fighting the villain.

In Final Fantasy X-2, Yuna's Eternal Calm began, and a year later the current events depicted in the game start, Kimahri is strictly a Non-player character and is depicted as the new Elder of the Ronso tribe. His character is responsible for the game's inciting incident—discovering a sphere that gives the player a mystery to solve as they progress through Final Fantasy X-2. Furthermore, Kimahri's difficulties as chief comprise several playable missions, most notably involving a disagreement he has with a new character, a young Ronso named Garik, who desires to seek vengeance upon the Guado for the events depicted in the previous game. This allows Garik to serve as a dramatic character foil to Kimahri who is depicted as wanting to make peace with the Guado. Another notable mission in the game involves the player repeatedly encountering two Ronso pups (children), Lian and Ayde, who had left the mountain in search of adventure and a way to fix Kimahri's broken horn. Kimahri was faced with the plight of deciding a new path for the Ronso's future, as their way of life changed once the mountain was no longer considered sacred Yevon ground and summoners were no longer passing through on pilgrimages to the Zanarkand Ruins. Eventually, Kimahri realizes that all Ronso should follow the example of Lian and Ayde in trying to find their own individual paths while working together to forge a better future for one another, and that he alone can not provide a single answer to what the future of the entire group should be. As a result, Garik and Kimahri reconcile and the Ronso craft a statue in Kimahri's image, representing his status as the hero of the tribe.

Rikku

ENG	Tara Strong
JPN	Marika Matsumoto

Main article: Rikku

Rikku (リュック, Ryukku) is a fifteen-year-old Al Bhed who helps Tidus when he first arrives in Spira, but then disappears from the story for a while, becoming the last character to join Yuna's entourage of guardians. Rikku's character class is most similar to that of the Thief from earlier Final Fantasy titles, combined with the Chemist class. She can steal a large variety of items from fiends and bosses alike, many of which can only be acquired through theft. The ability to customize becomes unlocked only after Rikku permanently joins the party. Her attitude is somewhat childish, but is also quite cheerful and positive. An Al Bhed, she is also Yuna's cousin and loves her dearly, and, as such, wishes to prevent her from going through with her pilgrimage, becoming particularly insistent as the party climbs Mount Gagazet toward Zanarkand. She is also the one who informs Tidus that Yuna would die if she summoned her Final Aeon. In battle, Rikku uses a variety of claw-like weapons. Rikku returns in Final Fantasy X-2 as a main protagonist, now seventeen years old and prominently featured as a Thief.

Paine

ENG	Gwendoline Yeo
JPN	Megumi Toyoguchi

Paine (パイン, Pain) who only appears in Final Fantasy X-2, is designed by Tetsuya Nomura. The character is voiced by Megumi Toyoguchi in the Japanese language version and by Gwendoline Yeo in the English language localization. She is eighteen years old, and uses a sword for combat for she is prominently featured as a warrior.

As part of one of Final Fantasy X-2's side-quests, the player can collect from around the world of Spira Key Items called "Crimson Spheres". These spheres document Paine's experiences as a warrior-fighter for the Crimson Squad, which was intended to be an elite unit to surpass the Crusaders; the best members were to be assigned to lead Crusader chapters across Spira. These spheres reveal that Paine had been the recorder for a group of candidates named Nooj, Baralai, and Gippal, the game's present day leaders of the Youth League, New Yevon, and the Machine Faction, respectively.

Most of the Crimson Squad candidates died during the group's final field exercise, which took place in a cave beneath Mushroom Rock Road called "the Den of Woe". This followed as a result of the pyreflies in the cave overwhelming them with the despair of the unsent named "Shuyin", causing them to turn on one another. Only Nooj, Baralai, Gippal and Paine escaped alive, but later, Nooj – possessed by Shuyin himself – fired on his friends, effectively ending their friendship for two years. Just before Yuna joined the group, Paine enlisted in the Gullwings in the hopes of finding out more about why the Crimson Squad had been massacred – and because she had long desired to fly in an airship.

In Final Fantasy X-2 International+Last Mission, Yuna, Rikku and Paine reunited after being disbanded three months after the game ended. While exploring the Yadonoki Tower, it was later found out that Paine spends her time traveling independently. Rikku showed a bit of annoyance to Yuna and Paine, but it was because she felt she was cut off from them, and reluctant to consider that they may have lost their friendship in the times (Yuna living with Tidus, Lulu and Wakka in Besaid, and Rikku searching for sunken machina on the ocean floor). After realizing that they all share that sentiment, all three girls promised each other that they will write and keep in touch, ensuring that their friendship will never go away.

Paine appears in Kingdom Hearts 2 with an updated super deformed and fairy-like design, as do Yuna and Rikku.

Other major characters

Cid

ENG	Michael McShane
JPN	Kōichi Sakaguchi

Cid (シド, Shido) is the leader of the Al Bhed, Rikku's father, and Yuna's maternal uncle. He was responsible for bringing the Al Bhed together after it was scattered by Yevon years before Final Fantasy X, abducting summoners after Braska's Calm to ensure that the Summoners after him, especially Yuna, not sacrifice themselves to bring about the Calm. This attack ultimately resulted with the Guado attacking Home, with forced Cid to destroyed it to his people's dismay. Cid had a distinct lack of subtlety in his doings, and Rikku would urge him to learn some restraint. He used the Airship his children salvaged, the Fahrenheit, to aid in fighting Sin. After the events of Final Fantasy X, Cid is one of the few to receive a negative impact from Sin's demise, as his children left him behind to set their sights on the changing Spira rather than rebuilding Home like most of the other Al Bhed. In Final Fantasy X-2, he attempted to convert Zanarkand into a tourist attraction, only to make his way to the Thunder Plains after Yuna disapproved it. After being saved from an ancient Machina, Cid goes onboard the Celsius to Rikku and Brother's dismay.

Brother

Brother (アニキ, Aniki) is the son of Cid and older brother of Rikku, tending to be immature at times. The character is voice acted by David Rasner in English and Takayuki Yamaguchi in Japanese. Brother participated in the Al Bhed expedition to salvage an airship from the ocean floor, where he meets Tidus. Brother makes another appearance later on near Macalania as he attempts to kidnap Yuna to prevent her from completing her pilgrimage, sending a machina after her and her guardians. Eventually, he goes on to support Yuna's struggle against Sin and Yu Yevon as the pilot of the salvaged Fahrenheit. Brother is also an avid blitzball player, and can be recruited to play for the Besaid Aurochs. During Final Fantasy X-2, Brother became the pilot of his own airship, the Celsius, and is leader of the Gullwing sphere hunter group. Having fallen out with Cid after the events of Final Fantasy X, father and son frequently—and unsuccessfully—try to bury the hatchet and make up. He has a crush Yuna, and often makes passes at her. Rikku discourages Brother's pursuit of Yuna in-game on more than one occasion. But in the long run, Brother eventually resigns himself to an unrequited love, preferring the Yuna he knew her as two years ago compared to as she is now.

Jecht

Jecht (ジェクト, Jekuto) is Tidus' father, and a blitzball celebrity in his hometown of Zanarkand. Jecht is tall, muscular, surly, and has trouble with alcoholism. He is voice acted by Gregg Berger in English and Masuo Amada in Japanese. Jecht is from a magically summoned replica of Zanarkand (Dream Zanarkand), created one thousand years before the events of Final Fantasy X; when a war was waging between Zanarkand and Bevelle. It was created by the leader of Zanarkand, summoner Yevon, who used the memories of those living in Zanarkand – fayth. As a consequence, Jecht and his son Tidus are dreams of the fayth. Yevon also created a malevolent creature called "Sin" to protect him, the fayth and Dream Zanarkand.

Before Final Fantasy X, Jecht was taken to Spira by Sin. It is revealed throughout Final Fantasy X that Jecht (known as "Sir Jecht") and Auron accompanied Lord Braska (Yuna's father) as guardians on Braska's journey to defeat Sin. Jecht's tendency to drink led him into trouble, and he gave up for fear that his family would be ashamed of him. When they arrived at Zanarkand, Jecht gave up his life to become Braska's Final Aeon, which defeated Sin for 10 years. As a consequence, he became the new Sin. In Final Fantasy X, the protagonists gradually learn of Jecht's aforementioned actions, and also discover that Jecht is able to operate with free will when he hears the Hymn of the Fayth. Near the end of the game, they utilize this weakness to immobilize Sin. The group confront Jecht inside Sin and defeat him, Tidus finally making peace with his father. Yu Yevon is subsequently destroyed, sending Jecht and Tidus to the Farplane, where they reconcile.

Jecht has a small voice cameo in the final battles of Final Fantasy X-2 along with Braska and Auron, during which time they give Yuna encouraging words and advice on where to strike at the Machina Vegnagun. He also appears in a short flashback from the scholar Maechen.

Jecht will appear in the upcoming game Dissidia: Final Fantasy for the PlayStation Portable.

Braska

Braska (ブラスカ, Burasuka) is Yuna's father and the summoner who defeated Sin and brought the Calm ten years before the events in Final Fantasy X, earning him the title of High Summoner. Braska was married to Cid's sister. This relationship was first strongly disapproved of, especially by Cid, but when Yuna was born, these tensions faded. When his wife was killed by Sin, Braska decided to become a summoner and embarked on a pilgrimage with his guardians Auron and Jecht to defeat Sin. People were initially sceptical about his and his guardians' ability to defeat Sin, but against all odds Braska succeeded and brought the Calm to Spira, though giving his life after his final battle with Sin.

Braska does not appear as a character in the game, but he is often spoken of and can be seen as a statue in Besaid Temple and on several of the spheres the player can find throughout the game. On the spheres he is shown dressed in long flowing robes and a headdress. He has a calm and gentle nature and is unwavering in his determination to defeat Sin. He is voiced by Andy Philpot in English and by Takuma Suzuki in Japanese. In X-2, he is voiced by Dee Bradley Baker, making him the only returning character to not have his original voice actor.

Seymour Guado

ENG	Alex Fernandez
JPN	Junichi Suwabe

Seymour Guado (シーモア＝グアド, Shīmoa-Guado, formal titles: Maester Seymour Guado or Lord Seymour) is the leader of the Guado nation, a race of demi-humans in the world of Spira. He is also a maester of Yevon. He inherited both positions after the death of his father, Lord Jyscal Guado.

Seymour is actually half-Guado and half-human, as his father married a human woman, whose name goes unmentioned and is the fayth for the Aeon Anima, in an attempt to foster friendship between the Guado and human races. However, compared to Yuna, who is cared and loved by those who knew her in spite of her half Al-Bhed ancestry, Seymour was regarded as an abomination as Jyscal's decision to wed a human led to disunity in the Guado tribe. To avoid further strife amongst the Guado nation, Jyscal had his wife and son exiled to the island of Baaj. Afterwards, Seymour's mother – suffering from a terminal illness – gave her life in the Baaj Temple to become a fayth, believing that only in sacrificing herself for Spira's temporary peace (known as "the Calm") against the malevolent creature Sin would her son be accepted by the people. Horrified, Seymour refused the aeon and returned to Baaj, where he dwelled alone for years, becoming increasingly morose and cynical. In time, he came to believe that death was the only freedom from the suffering of life, and that it would be in everyone's best interests to die and thus developed a Messianic complex. But to achieve his aims, he had to have a power greater than Anima, whose power he eventually accepted, over even all the aeons combined.

At eighteen years of age, during High Summoner Braska's Calm, Seymour's exile was revoked and he was summoned back to Guadosalam, the capital of the Guado nation, where he was then ordained as a priest of Macalania Temple. Seven years later, he returned to Zanarkand to accept Anima's power, and then had its fayth statue transported to Baaj Temple, which he revisited several times while deciding if he should carry out a plan he had devised. Due to his years of loneliness and ever growing morbid philosophy, Seymour had concluded that his duty to Spira was to release its people from the painful prison which he believed life to be. As a result, he knew he would need a power greater than all the aeons combined; he saw Sin as Spira's only hope. Shortly before and during the events of Final Fantasy X, Seymour set in motion a plan to ascend the hierarchy of Yevon; his ultimate goal was to become the next Sin, so that he may kill everyone in Spira.

Two years later, just before Tidus washed up at Baaj early in Final Fantasy X, Seymour murdered his own father Jyscal, ascending to the position of leader of the Guado nation and inheriting his position as one of the four Maesters of Yevon. In Luca, his eyes fell on Yuna, daughter of High Summoner Braska, and immediately became interested in her. During the tournament, he orchestrated an attack of fiends, which were formed and released into the stadium by Guado warriors. He used the attack as a means to display his power as a summoner using Anima, to gain the trust of the people. Later, at Mushroom Rock Road, Seymour was present along with Maester Wen Kinoc to support Operation Mi'ihen, a joint Crusader-Al Bhed offensive against Sin using Al Bhed weaponry (machina), which was forbidden by the Yevon order. The operation failed, and many Crusaders and Al Bhed died at the hands of Sin. He is playable during this event, and even has his own overdrive attack, Requiem.

After the battle, Seymour returned to Guadosalam in anticipation of Yuna and her guardians. As revealed in Final Fantasy X-2, while waiting, he was visited by Baralai, who sought Seymour's aid after the Crimson Squad incident that occurred simultaneously with Operation Mi'ihen. Seymour agreed to help, allowing Baralai to go into hiding until such a time as it was safe for him to openly reveal himself. Once Yuna and her guardians finally arrived, Seymour used a sphere containing memories of Zanarkand collected from the Farplane to woo Yuna. He then asked Yuna to marry him, seemingly to further unite Spira, as they both had mixed parentage, being the offspring of a human and another race.

After Yuna's visit to the Farplane to seek guidance from her dead father concerning Seymour's marriage proposal, the party is shocked by the spirit of Jyscal who follows them out of the Farplane. Yuna sends him and retrieves a sphere that fell from Jyscal's unsent form. When she then goes to confront Seymour, she learns that he has already left for Macalania Temple. At Macalania, where he expected Yuna to accept his proposal of marriage, Seymour was surprised to find that she had come to stop him. The sphere Yuna received from the unsent form of Jyscal detailed Seymour's treachery and implored whoever saw it to stop him. He was then killed by Auron who led the group of guardians; Yuna wasn't able to send his spirit due to interference from his Guado retainer, Tromell. As a result, Seymour's spirit was able to remain in the living world and become an Unsent.

Yuna was soon kidnapped on Bikanel Island by a Guado attack squad sent by Seymour to decimate the Al Bhed's base, Home. They then took her to Bevelle, the capital of the Yevon religion. There, Seymour forced Yuna into marriage. After she tricked him into believing that she will marry him – a ploy intended to allow her to get close enough to him to send him – her guardians attacked Bevelle in a rescue attempt and were quickly apprehended, leaving Yuna with no option but to marry Seymour or sacrifice her guardians. Yuna and her guardians were soon put on trial and convicted of high treason, sentenced to death in the winding, fiend-infested halls of the Via Purifico. They soon escaped from this fate, however, and confronted Seymour, who revealed his murder of Maester Kinoc and his plans for Yuna – to turn him into the next Sin so that he may kill all living things and grant them what he believes to be the highest favor imaginable. He then assumes the form of Seymour Natus after Kimahri attempted to run the villain through with his lance. After his defeat by Yuna and her companions, Seymour retreated before Yuna was able to send him.

He then pursued them to Mt. Gagazet, slaughtering nearly all the Ronso tribe who dwelled there, and confronted Yuna and her guardians in battle once again in the form of Seymour Flux. He disappeared yet again before he could be sent, but this time, his component pyreflies were absorbed by Sin while Yuna's party were at Zanarkand. There, Seymour began seeking a means to control the creature from within. During this process, he was confronted a final time by Yuna and her guardians, who had fought Sin directly and managed to break their way inside the creature's body, seeking Yu Yevon, the spirit dwelling within Sin that ensured its survival. Seymour, refusing to allow them to harm Sin, used the monster's power to become Seymour Omnis. However, he was defeated and was finally sent to the Farplane by Yuna, departing with the ominous warning that Spira's sorrow will continue, which came true during the events of Final Fantasy X-2. It should be noted that Seymour does make a reference to his mother if Anima is summoned in his final battle.

Seymour's role in Final Fantasy X-2's story is small, appearing only in a flashback cut-scene accessed through the Key Item Baralai's Sphere. It is in this scene that Seymour's role in Baralai's escape from Wen Kinoc is revealed – though it does not fully support the claim that this ultimately led to Baralai becoming the praetor of the New Yevon Party. In Final Fantasy X-2 International, Seymour can be fought in the Battle Simulator tournament and also be added as a member of your party with the new Creature Create feature.

Sin

Sin (シン, Shin) is a giant whale-like fiend that has terrorized Spira for a thousand years. The summoner's task is to destroy Sin with the Final Aeon, sacrificing him/herself so that Spira can enjoy a decade of Calm until Sin is reborn. Unbeknownst to most of Spira, the Final Aeon is always made from the Fayth of one of the summoner's own guardians, and it is possessed by the spirit Yu Yevon to be transformed into a new Sin after Sin is destroyed. Sin contains a toxin that can give people amnesia for a short time, which can make people in the game appear crazy or idiotic.

During the course of the game, Jecht attempts to fight back his destructive urges as Sin by using the Hymn of the Fayth as a calming mechanism, finally allowing the party to enter Sin to destroy it. However, by the time Tidus and company reach Sin's core, Jecht is almost entirely under the control of Yu Yevon. Jecht is killed at the end of the game without use of the Final Aeon (though Yu Yevon does attempt to possess each of the party's aeons in turn), and thus Yu Yevon does not create a new Sin. This final death of Sin marks the beginning of the Eternal Calm, freeing Spira from its eternal spiral of death.

Yu Yevon

Main article: Spira (Final Fantasy) § Yevon

One thousand years before the events of Final Fantasy X, Yu Yevon (エボン-ジュ, Ebon-Ju) was a peerless summoner, the ruler of Zanarkand and the father of Lady Yunalesca. He is responsible for much of Spira's circumstances, first taking the lives of his own people to create "Dream Zanarkand," and then drawing on millions of pyreflies with Gravity spells to create Sin. Yu Yevon rebirths Sin by possessing the Final Aeon used to defeat it; this is how Jecht becomes Sin. The survivors of the events surrounding Sin's genesis adopted the Teachings of Yevon and built a religion around praising Yevon in the hopes that they may quell his wrath. In the end, Yuna and her guardians use her aeons to weaken the disembodied spirit of Yu Yevon, allowing them to destroy him and bring an end (the eternal calm) to Sin and the spiral of death that had consumed Spira for 1,000 years. Yu Yevon is Final Fantasy X's final boss battle.

Lenne and Shuyin

• Lenne (レン, Ren): appears only in X-2. A famous singer-summoner from Zanarkand during the age of the Machina War, and Shuyin's lover. She was forced to the front lines to fight along with the other summoners in the city. Both she and Shuyin expected that the hopelessly overpowered Zanarkand would fall and that she would die in battle. Thus, Shuyin would attempt using Bevelle's machina weapon, Vegnagun, to defeat Bevelle and save her life. However, she was unwilling to allow him to take the lives of many others for her sake and asked him to stop just as he was about to make of use the behemoth machina. He consented to her request, but the two were not shown the same mercy by their oppressors, and were promptly gunned down by Bevelle soldiers. Upon her death, her spirit was somehow crystallized into the Songstress Dressphere, which contains her memories. Over the course of the game, Lenne attempts to communicate with Yuna, whose Songtress outfit is identical to Lenne's attire. Yuna begins to feel Lenne's presence and feelings more and more until they explode on stage, showing Lenne's final moments alive. Because Yuna unknowingly served as Lenne's host, Shuyin only saw Lenne rather than Yuna herself whenever she donned her Songtress outfit. Using that fact, YRP attempt to reason with Shuyin by telling him Lenne's unsaid feelings. However, since Lenne's presence in Yuna had weakened, Shuyin became enraged and believed that Yuna and her friends had been deceiving him. After Shuyin is defeated, Lenne separates herself from Yuna and finally fades with Shuyin while thanking Yuna for helping her.

She is voiced by Cree Summer in English, and Kumi Koda in Japanese.

• Shuyin (シューイン, Shūin): A native of Zanarkand who had lived during the age of the Machina War between Zanarkand and Bevelle. He also is the main antagonist of Final Fantasy X-2. The lover of the songstress-summoner Lenne, he refused to accept her fate when she was ordered to the front lines – from which she would most certainly not return – and attempted to commandeer Bevelle's machina weapon, Vegnagun, in the hopes of using it to end the war and save Lenne. Both Shuyin and his love were gunned down in front of Vegnagun after she prevented him from using it to take many lives for her sake. Sealed in the Den of Woes, Shuyin's unsent spirit-filled with despair and self-loathing-cannot fade away and be free of his suffering. Shuyin desires to destroy all of Spira in the hopes that his agony may be able to end and that there can never again be a war like the one that cost him and Lenne their lives. On first seeing him in the sphere Kimahri found on Gagazet that began her new adventure, Yuna mistook him for her lost love, Tidus, due to their striking physical resemblances to one another. Unlike other Unsent, Shuyin can possess people, controlling those who are deep in malice as he is. He can also possess Fayth, using their Aeons to help him. He was eventually defeated and shortly reunited with Lenne as they faded. Like Tidus, he is voiced by James Arnold Taylor in English, and Masakazu Morita in Japanese. It is also believed that Shuyin's resemblance to Tidus is more than coincidental, and that the fayth summoning Dream Zanarkand "dreamed" Tidus in an attempt to recreate what they remembered of Shuyin, as they were charged with remembering and preserving every aspect of the city.

Groups introduced in Final Fantasy X

The characters of Final Fantasy X mostly belong to religious orders, military groups or civilian factions.

Blitzball players and teams

Main article: Minigames of Final Fantasy § Blitzball

Many non-player characters are free Blitzball players who can be invited to join the player's team, the Besaid Aurochs of Wakka. Biggs and Wedge, two characters whose names appear regularly in the Final Fantasy series, are among these players available to be scouted. The Besaid Aurochs are initially an inept team, having had a twenty-three-year losing streak before meeting Tidus; their motto is "Do our Best!". In Final Fantasy X, the player could choose characters in their lineup. In Final Fantasy X-2, the team are a successful Blitzball team as well as members of the Youth League.

Other Blitzball teams include the champion team of the Luca Goers. The Goers are arrogant and frequently mock the Aurochs and their motto. Bickson, the team captain, is voiced by Quinton Flynn, and Graav, the only other team member that speaks, is voiced by John DeMita.

Chocobo Knights

English Voice Actors: Candi Milo (Lucil), Julia Fletcher (Elma), Matt K. Miller (Clasko)

Japanese Voice Actors: Sayaka Oohara (Lucil), Sumomo Momomori (Elma), Takayuki Yamaguchi (Clasko)

The Chocobo Knights are a team of three Chocobo-riding soldiers: Lucil the captain, Elma the second in command, and Clasko, the only male of the group. They are first seen in the game guarding the Mi'hen Highroad from a Chocobo Eater monster. After Sin's counterattack during Operation Mi'hen, they are seen among the few survivors, caring for a lone Chocobo. In Final Fantasy X-2, Lucil and Elma have joined the Youth League while Clasko has left to become a Chocobo breeder.

Crusaders

English Voice Actors: John DeMita (Luzzu), Adam Paul (Gatta)

Japanese Voice Actors: Ryûzô Ishino (Luzzu), Hiroshi Kamiya (Gatta)

The Crusaders are a semi-military organization which role is to protect Spira's towns from Sin and other monsters. They were founded by Lord Mi'hen eight centuries before the events of Final Fantasy X, and have eventually been incorporated into the Yevon church. Members of the Crusaders include the high-ranked Luzzu and the younger, lower-ranked Gatta. When Luzzu confesses to Wakka and Lulu that he had convinced Chappu to enlist in the Crusaders, he is hit in the face and blamed for Chappu's death. Depending on the player's actions, either Luzzu or Gatta dies during Operation Mi'hen while the other one survives and returns to Besaid to rebuild the village's Crusader branch. Neither character reappears in Final Fantasy X-2.

Summoners

In addition to Yuna's own party, two other groups of summoners are encountered in the game. Dona (Candi Milo and Nanaho Katsuragi) is a female summoner and Yuna's rival, mocking her for having a large group of guardians while remarking that Lord Braska only needed two. Her unique guardian is Barthello (John DeMita and Jun Ishimaru), an admirer of Auron. When she is abducted by the Al Bhed, Dona shows a kinder side of her personality, sending the Al Bhed who died in the Guado attack. Dona eventually quit her pilgrimage, departing to Kilika with Barthello. In Final Fantasy X-2, Dona has joined the Youth League while Barthello has sided with New Yevon. Although they are on opposite sides of the conflict, they still have feelings for one another.

Isaaru (Quinton Flynn and Akio Suyama) is a summoner guarded by his younger brothers Pacce (Candi Milo and Motoko Kumai) and Maroda (Robbie Rist and Masataka Nakai). Since he was a child, Isaaru has always looked up to Lord Braska, and sets up a challenge with Yuna to see who will defeat Sin first. At Besaid, Isaaru's party gets kidnapped by the Al Bhed and are present at Home's destruction. He is later sent by Mika to prevent Yuna from escaping the Via Purifico, and reluctantly fights her with three Aeons. Defeated, he remains in Bevelle to preserve order along with Pacce and Maroda. The three brothers have parted ways in Final Fantasy X-2 but meet again at the Gagazet Springs.

Yevon Order

The Yevon Order is the unique religious organization in Spira. It has been ruled by Grand Maester Yo Mika (Dwight Schultz and Hiroshi Iwasaki) since fifty years before the events of the game. When Yuna asks Yo Mika to send the unsent Seymour during her trial in Bevelle, Mika reveals that he too is an unsent, having remained in Spira to guide its people even after death. Although Mika condemns Yuna as a traitor for killing Seymour and questioning Yevon, he eventually repeals the condemnation in an attempt to prevent order from breaking down. When he learns that the party has defeated Yunalesca, and thus placed the Final Summoning out of reach forever, he departs to the Via Infinito, believing that the end of Spira is near. Mika reappears in Final Fantasy X-2 as the fiend "Concherer" and can be put to rest by the party.

Another Yevon maester is Wen Kinoc (Roger L. Jackson and Hidenari Ugaki), the leader of the Crusaders and Warrior Monks. He once served as a Warrior Monk with Auron, and was promoted in Auron's place when the later refused it and left. Kinoc is killed by Seymour while accompanying him on a mission to stop Yuna from escaping Bevelle. When Seymour admits to Auron to killing Kinoc, Auron is visibly angry, despite acknowledging that Kinoc had been corrupted by power. Kinoc's unsent spirit appears in Final Fantasy X-2 as the fiend "Aranea".

Kelk Ronso (Corey Burton and Kōichi Sakaguchi) is a former Yevon maester and leader of the Ronso tribe. He is seen in Mt. Gagazet, having left Bevelle after learning that Seymour had committed a patricide. Kelk is eventually killed by Seymour while attempting to prevent him from pursuing Yuna past Gagazet.

Shelinda (Sherry Lynn and Miki Nagasawa) is a minor acolyte seen in the temples of Yevon. She eventually leaves the clergy after getting tired of being bossed around. She works as a journalist in Luca in Final Fantasy X-2 and is still bossed around, although she likes her new job.

Zanarkand unsent

During the course of both games, the player encounters memories or unsent from the Zanarkand of the past. Lady Yunalesca (Julia Fletcher and Yōko Koyanagi) is a legendary summoner and daughter of Yu Yevon from one millennium before the events of the games. In the backstory of the games, she was the first person to defeat Sin, using the process known as the Final Summoning, sacrificing her husband, Lord Zaon. Although she died in the battle, Yunalesca remained as an unsent to instruct her successors in their pilgrimage to defeat Sin's ever-regenerating incarnations. When the party refuses to sacrifice a person in the Final Summoning, Yunalesca fights the party but is defeated. She reappears in the Via Infinito in Final Fantasy X-2 as the fiend "Chac", while Zaon reappears as the fiend "Paragon".

Maechen (Dwight Schultz and Takuma Suzuki) is an elderly itinerant historian. Although he seems to be an ordinary inhabitant of Spira, he reveals himself in Final Fantasy X-2 to be an unsent from Zanarkand who used to live before the city was destroyed, and grew so engrossed in his studies that he forgot that he died of old age and is actually an unsent. His memories of his time in Zanarkand were rekindled when he shook Yuna's hand and realized her resemblance with Lenne.

Groups introduced in Final Fantasy X-2

Gullwings

The Gullwings are the group of sphere hunters to which Yuna, Rikku, and Paine belong. Brother is the founder of the Gullwings and the pilot of their airship, the Celsius. Other members include Buddy (Ogie Banks), co-pilot of the Celsius and old friend of Brother; Shinra (Pamela Adlon and Akeno Watanabe), a young Al Bhed technological prodigy, in the 'last mission' version shinra fuses himself with omega weapons pyreflies and turned in to a very powerful feind.; and the Hypello Barkeep (John DeMita and Junichi Suwabe). Interviews with scenario writer Kazushige Nojima and producer Yoshinori Kitase reveal that Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy X-2 share a plot-related connection, where the Shinra corporation of Final Fantasy VII is founded by descendants of the Al Bhed Shinra.

Leblanc Syndicate

The Leblanc Syndicate is a group of sphere hunters based in Guadosalam and rival to the Gullwings. Leblanc (Masasa Moyo and Satomi Yasuhara), the arrogant leader of the Syndicate, became a sphere hunter because of her infatuation with Mevyn Nooj. The syndicate is composed of Ormi (Sarge and Kiyotaka Furushima), Logos (S. Scott Bullock and Nobuo Tobita), and others who were all outcasts in some fashion until Leblanc helped them out. As a result, they follow Leblanc out of dependence and gratitude. After Vegnagun begins to stir and retreats from Bevelle, Leblanc becomes depressed and goes to search for Nooj; she eventually decides to team up with the Gullwings to get into the Farplane, find Nooj, and fight Vegnagun.

Machine Faction

The Machine Faction is an Al Bhed group that pioneers in machina research. While they possess heavy military power, they prefer to avoid interventions in politics. Their founder is Gippal, (Rick Gomez and Kenichi Suzumura) a former candidate for the Crimson Squad, who once served with Nooj and Baralai. Their friendship was broken on the day of their final candidate exercise, when they turned on each other while under Shuyin's control. Gippal dedicates himself to studying machina to subdue or destroy Shuyin's Vegnagun. During the game, he and his former comrades reunite to help save Spira from Shuyin. Another member of the Machine Faction is Nhadala (Daisy Tormé), an official in charge of an excavation in Bikanel Desert.

New Yevon Party

The New Yevon Party is an organization inspired by the defunct Yevon religion. Its founding leader, the mysterious Trema (David Rasner), originally led a group of sphere hunters called the Seekers, hoping to learn of Spira's true history, which he felt had been warped by Yevon. However, Trema hoarded spheres away when he founded New Yevon, departing soon after into the Via Infinito with the spheres.

Though New Yevon's goal is to make up for the former Yevon Order's transgressions and help those who feel overwhelmed by the rapid changes sweeping Spira, their ideals that a slow evolution of Spira's customs is the only way to prevent complete anarchy made them antagonized by the Youth League for being as furtive as the Yevon clergy before them. Their leader, Praetor Baralai (Joshua Gomez and Kenji Sobu), is a former Crimson Squad candidate who replaced the previous chairman who succeeded Trema and abused his power. A sphere recording that can be obtained by the player reveals that during the events of Final Fantasy X, Baralai asked Seymour Guado for help after his parting from his former comrades Gippal and Nooj. Other members of New Yevon include Isaaru and Barthello from Final Fantasy X.

Youth League

The Youth League is an organization which emerged in the wake of Sin's defeat and whose members advocate radical reform of Spira's society. Its progressive attitude has attracted former Crusaders and younger inhabitants of Spira to its ranks. However, its demographic makeup has earned its members a reputation as hot-headed and reckless. The League is led by the Meyvn Nooj (George Newbern and Nobutoshi Canna), a former Crusader who lost his left arm and leg during a battle against Sin and replaced them with machina prosthetics. Yaibal (Scott Menville and Masataka Nakai) is a recent recruit who continually tries to solicit Yuna's support for the organization; he first appeared in Final Fantasy X: Another Story, the epilogue featured in Final Fantasy X International. Beclem (Adam Paul and Shunsuke Sakuya) is a captain of the League assigned to oversee the Besaid Aurochs' training; it is revealed during the game that he once fought alongside Wakka's brother Chappu with the Crusaders. Other members include Dona, Elma, Lucil, and Maroda from Final Fantasy X.

Other characters

• Bayra, Donga, and Pukutak are musician spirits normally found in Macalania Woods, though their kin had appeared in other corners of Spira to provide their music for celebrations. They respectively play the harp, the drum, and the horn. Bayra and Donga are voiced by Phil Proctor and Pukutak is voiced by Grey DeLisle.

• Belgemine is an older and more experienced summoner who assists Yuna throughout the course of her pilgrimage by challenging her to battles of Aeons to hone the younger summoner's skills. It is eventually revealed that Belgemine is an unsent who perished when she failed to defeat Sin, taking refuge in the abandoned Remiem Temple. Following this revelation, Yuna sends Belgemine to the Farplane after she taught Yuna everything she knew of the Summoning Arts. Belgemine does not appear in Final Fantasy X-2. She is voiced by Cree Summer in English and Kayoko Fujii in Japanese.

• Benzo, appearing only in Final Fantasy X-2, is an interpreter of the Cactuar's language. Voiced by Dee Bradley Baker.

• Biran Ronso is the Ronso who quarrelled against Kimahri and broke the latter's horn when they were younger. He later regretted the deed. Biran is killed by Seymour along with his friend Yenke Ronso and most of their clansmen while trying to protect Yuna. The two are referenced in Final Fantasy X-2.

• Calli is a young girl seen on the Mi'ihen Highroad. She appears in Final Fantasy X-2 grown up and looking for Chocobos to ride. The player can assist her in a Chocobo hunt along the Highroad. Depending on the results, Calli may come aboard the Celsius and reveal that she likes Brother, noting that his Mohawk makes him look like a Chocobo. Voiced by Cree Summer and Rio Natsuki.

• Garik, appearing only in Final Fantasy X-2, is a Ronso who challenges Kimahri's authority and insists on making the Guado pay for their crimes under Seymour Guado. The player can choose to challenge Garik to a duel to decide whether he should attack the Guado. Even if he is defeated, however, he will still demand an answer from Kimahri on what is next for the Ronso. After some soul-searching, advice from Yuna, and an encounter with Ronso children Lian and Ayde, who had gone out in the world on their own and befriended a Guado, Kimahri forces Garik to realize that he must work to find his own answer for the future. Voiced by Jack Fletcher in English and Masatoyo Tetsuno in Japanese.

• O'aka XXIII is a merchant who sells weapons and items. Yuna reminds him of his late sister, who was also a summoner. He tells the party that he and his younger brother Wantz, referred as "O'aka XXIV", were not strong enough to become her guardians. O'aka is put in prison during the game for refusing to betray Yuna to the authorities. Wantz takes over his business during the imprisonment. But apparently he was able to escape the guards when Yevon was in chaos at the near end of FFX, since he can be found in front of sphere theatre in Luca. In Final Fantasy X-2, O'aka has bought a shop at Macalania but is filled with debt to the Al Bhed while Wantz disappeared, believing his brother called it quits. Though O'aka finally fulfilled his debt, he was unable to pay the Al Bhed before the Fiends from Macalania temple slaughtered them. Bent on honoring them, O'aka makes the shop into his new home as Wantz finally returns with O'aka making him his assistant. In the English version, the two are voiced by Dwight Schultz and Tom Kenny respectively; in the Japanese version they are voiced by Hidenari Ugaki and Takayuki Yamaguchi.

• Hana and Taro, appearing only in Final Fantasy X-2, are children who form with Paace the "Kinderguardians", a small group of sphere hunters. Voiced by Olivia Hack and Kath Soucie respectively.

• Rin is an Al Bhed travel agent entrepreneur, using his business to aid in the rebuilding of Home after it was destroyed. However, Rin scrapped that intent during the Eternal Calm to provide new entertainment to Spira in the form of "Sphere Break", as well as provide a positive image for machina and covering up their attacks. He is voiced by Tom Kenny in English, and Shunsuke Sakuya in Japanese.

• Tobli is a talkative event organiser, often in need of assistance in organizing entertainment productions along the Moonflow. Voiced by Rob Paulsen.

• Tromell is a Guado who serves as a vizier to Seymour Guado. In Final Fantasy X-2, he is the de facto leader of the Guado tribe and is trying to restore their relations with the rest of Spira following Seymour's crimes. He is voiced by Corey Burton in English and Ryûzô Ishino in Japanese.

• Zev Ronso is the only freelance recruitable Ronso for Blitzball. He can be recruited from Dock #4 on Luca.

Reception

The English release of Final Fantasy X-2 won the Seventh Annual Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences award in 2004 for Outstanding Achievement in Character Performance in recognition of the character Rikku.

External links

• Category: Final Fantasy X Characters at the Final Fantasy Wikia
• Category: Final Fantasy X NPC at the Final Fantasy Wikia