In Spira, FFX's Asian-themed world, the same spiral of death which warps ideals such as faith and hope also twists filial devotion into something sinister, creating a paradox where patricide becomes its replacement and what may have seemed right becomes wrong. In fact, the spiral which terrorizes the watery world finds both its beginning and end within the definition of patricide and piety.

[The Beginning: Yevon and Yunalesca]
When Yevon becomes Yu-Yevon and creates Sin to shelter him, it is his daughter, the summoner Lady Yunalesca, who steps forth to stop his reign of terror over the people of Spira. However, because it is her father, who she must have loved, she chooses to observe that devotion instead of indulging in true patricide; her pseudo-defeat of Sin is what sparked the start of the spiral, being the product of her inability to kill her own father, no matter how warped he may have become. Using her husband as her fayth, she created the illusion of destroying Sin while, in actuality, giving Yu-Yevon a way to be eternal. She helped spread the teachings about hope and sacrifice, thus giving reverence to her father's name as he was elevated to a god-like status by those who feared his power. In simple terms, it seems right: she placed filial piety above patricide and brought honor to her father's name. However, what she did was condemn the world to one thousand years of sorrow for the immortality of one man.

[The End: Jecht and Tidus]
A thousand years later, however, Tidus is the son faced with the dilemna of patricide: he has been brought to Spira with the sole purpose of murdering his father, Jecht, who has become Sin through the machinations instilled by Yunalesca. And, in the end, Tidus does just that: kills his father in his quest to ultimately defeat Yu Yevon. In the form of Braska's Aeon, Jecht is finally released from his ten years imprisionment -- just as he had wanted. Once again, the simple view offers the idea of the crime's inhumanity. Tidus kills his own father, a father he never claimed to like very much. In such terms, it strikes as revenge more than anything. But his actions not only free Spira from bondage but also Jecht. In killing him, Tidus is actually honoring his father's wishes -- Jecht is the one who wants his son to kill him. So, by indulging in one of the most serious crimes, Tidus fully meets his duty to his father.

[Conclusion]
Patricide is integral to the spiral of death in Spira -- it marks both its end and beginning; The act which seems more correct, the inability to committ patricide, is actually the wrong one, as it is the act which plunges the world into the false era where hope meets death and that which is 'light' is harsh and blinding. It is the seemingly wrong decision which is the true one -- freedom and sacrifice in its most pure form. Yunalesca did not kill her father and therefore sentenced Spira to death. Tidus killed Jecht - and freed them all.

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