Sin

When Braska summoned his final aeon for whom Jecht was the fayth, the summon defeated Sin...or so he thought. Unbeknownst to the Yevonites, Sin was not what they had always believed. While Braska did die from summoning his final aeon, but Jecht went on to live his final life.

[Sin's true story]
The Yevonites were taught that Sin was their punishment for using machina to make their lives easier. And supposedly when the people of Spira had been absolved of their sins, Sin would be vanquished eternally. The true story of Sin began 1000 years before, when the two cities of Bevelle and Zanarkand were at war. Bevelle was a great machina city, one which had numerous machines made for use in war. Zanarkand was not as technologically advanced, relying on their summoners and magic. Yevon, the leader of Zanarkand, knew that his city was going to be destroyed in the war, so he turned all the people of Zanarkand into fayths, for which he used to make a massive summon. He wanted great power, the ability to summon continually. This power which he sought made him immortal, turning him into Yu-Yevon; for protection, he summoned Sin, a beast which acted as an armor around him. In the Japanese version, it's the Yevon Curse -- the curse of the summoners of old to summon continually. The Zanarkand fayths were used to summon the dream Zanarkand, a frozen snapshot of their world immortalized in their dreams. It is from this Zanarkand that Jecht truly came; he, and Tidus, were simply dreams of the summoning fayths. When Sin was summoned, he destroyed the city, reducing it to the ruins which Braska and his guardians eventually face. The fayth were gathered on Mt. Gagazet.

Sin began to wreck havoc on Spira, and someone was needed to defeat it. Yunalesca, daughter of Yu-Yevon and a summoner herself, took the task upon herself. She had survived the city's destruction by Sin, along with her husband, Zaon. Yet since Yu-Yevon was her father, she didn't really want to kill him. Turning her beloved husband into a fayth, she summoned her final aeon to 'defeat' Sin. Despite the supposed destruction of Sin, the people in Bevelle still feared Yevon's power and revered him in hopes of pacifying them. So was born the temples of Yevon. Sin, however, was not destroyed; what actually happened was that Yu-Yevon simply possessed the new aeon -- Zaon -- and began to grow in power again. Thus Zaon became a new Sin. This cycle of false hope continued until Braska's time, each summoner choosing a guardian to become the final aeon, to only be the mechanism for Sin's rebirth. As Braska's final summon, this was Jecht's ultimate destiny : to become Sin.

[Tidus's Journey]
Jecht tried to fight against becoming Sin but slowly became the mindless sea-beast which brought such misery to Spira. Jecht, as much as anyone, wanted someone to kill him, to end his term as Spira's sorrow. He helped his unsent friend, Auron, cross into the dream Zanarkand where the old monk watched over Tidus. When Jecht thought the time was right, Auron and Tidus crossed over back into Spira. It was Tidus's destiny to kill the father he had claimed to hate for so long. Even while he fought against giving himself over to being Sin, some of Jecht still remained. His love for the Hymn of the Fayth remained strong, and the melody had a calming effect on the monster. Tidus could also communicate with his 'old man,' and was able to feel his prescence when Sin was near. Tidus, after learning the truth about himself, vowed to defeat Sin and stop the cycle of death in which Spira was caught.

[Jecht's end]
After defeating the unsent Yunalesca, Tidus and Yuna knew the full truth of Sin and decided that the only way to permanently kill Sin would be to defeat Yu-Yevon by killing whatever he possessed until they could face him diretly. They traveled deep inside Sin, through trials, even defeating Seymour once again. After another trial, Tidus and the group reached Jecht. The estranged father and son had a heart-felt reunion, and Jecht explained that he wouldn't be able to control himself once he was possessed. Both father and son were overcome with emotion, but the battle had to happen. Jecht allowed himself to possessed by Yu-Yevon and took on his form as Braska's final aeon. After he was defeated by his son, Jecht was free from the burden of being Sin. Despite his own condition, Jecht urged Yuna to do as Bahamut's boy-fayth told her and summon her aeons. After all of Yuna's aeons were defeated, they were able to battle Yu-Yevon. Upon his defeat, Spira was finally freed from Sin.

Yuna performed the Sending not only to release the souls of the fayths, but also Auron's. As a symbol of their release, the fayths' statues crumbled all over Spira. Tidus, too, made his farewell, and said his goodbyes while his comrades watched, confused and bewildered. Yuna watched broken-hearted as Tidus fell from the airship into the golden clouds, his physical body slowly fading away. Through the golden clouds, Tidus fell into the Farplane, into the heaven-like realm where Braska, Auron and Jecht were waiting for him. Tidus collapsed into their group, slapping his father's hand in a sign of victory.

[Beyond the Farplane]
While Yuna was giving her speech to the crowds at Luca, somewhere Tidus was underwater, curled into a tight ball as he floated in dark water. Lighting the darkness, three 'pyreflies'-- the floating shimmering orbs made of Moonflow -- appeared. They swirled around his floating body and suddenly, Tidus stretched his folded muscles, as if enjoying the sea around him. Then he began to swim, his face alight with joy, moving to the unseen surface...perhaps to swim in another sea.

Most see these ending scenes as evidence that through contact with Sin, both Jecht and Tidus became real, no longer merely dreams. And because of that, Tidus is able to return to life, through the help of Jecht, Auron and Braska. The three pyreflies represent the three men who sacrifice their own life-energy in order for Tidus to be reborn. If that is indeed the case, Jecht's story is completed with him achieving his dream. Tidus.

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