The AEONS of SPIRA - Final Fantasy X Lore
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- Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024
- Welcome back to the channel and to my next lore video, where we will be taking a closer look at the Aeons of Spira and try to learn more about them and how they came to be. Its been a few weeks since I have uploaded but I am back and ready to create more content so subscribe if you are enjoying the content so far and enjoy.
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Anima also portrays her as a mother's regret and pain of seeing her son become the monster he is. The lower half being the birthed monster.
I like this. To add on, one could also argue that the top half is restrained because as much as a mother wants to hold her son’s hand and guide him through the end of life, she knows that ultimately her children will choose their own paths and likely a path distant from mom, which hurts her.
I really love the concept and story behind the aeons in this game. And am I the only one who has come up with an own aeon? I think Leviathan would be an amazing addition, especially if you consider that water is the only element of the four elemental spells that does not have an aeon. And there are plenty of spots where a dark Leviathan battle could take place. Like Kilika forest, the lake in Macalania forest, maybe Baaj temple when visiting it a second time after obtaining Anima. Ahhh the possibilities
I remember when X first came out and I was a little disappointed that it was missing the OGs like Ramuh or Leviathan. I fiiiinally beat X yesterday after all these years. SO GOOD.
You would think that with a game like FFX where the setting is in archipelagic world, there would be more elements related to water in play. It would have been cool if Leviathan was like a secret aeon you could obtain deep in the waters of spira...like maybe near where the ruins of the airship were
But I think the reputation of Leviathan would give Sin a run for its money...maybe thats why it wasnt included in the game...
@@f2worldsXI read someone’s own theory that Tidus himself represents the water aeon, since he is summoned by a fayth. I really like that idea!
@@fadithedog Honestly thats an interesting connection and a plausible reason why there is no water aeon in the game.
I wish the cloister of trials incorporated more of the fayth backstories into the puzzles.
this would have been really good if they did this, like maybe have paintings about the fayth and their backstories
@@f2worldsX Yup, have paintings and murals and statues sort of hint at what happened to them, like a tribute to their life and sacrifice.
I plan on writing my own fantasy story so lore videos (about my favorite games, books and movies) are extremely helpful. Keep it going!
Keep me posted. I’d love to see it
You named the Magus Sisters with the Riott Squatt names!! This is so cool!!!
Someone got the reference. Love to see it
Awful that it sounds like MAGA as in Trump.
Bahamut is a platinum dragon, not a dark dragon. He (in most D&D lore where he originates from as a dragon) sympathized with humans and protected them from Tiamut, who despised humans. That would be why Bahamut has the light motif, and why he helps Yuna and Tidus defeat Sin for good instead of continuing the process of the sacrificial religion.
Dude, the idea for Bahamut did not originate from D&D. The concept of Bahamut has been around for a very long time. They are both inspired by the myth.
@@svenskanordarna4832 "originates from 'as a dragon'". think you missed that part.
Hey dude awesome content, not even a year ago you posted this and I am loving how the channel has grown since this video. Keep up the outstanding the work!!
Thank you very much. Its a late reply but i do appreciate your kind words. I will sometimes go back and forth with reading comments 😅
I saved you video to watch later. It looks really good.
Thanks man. Much appreciated
High Summoner Gandalf......
Im a huge FF fan. Great work bro!! telling me a storyline iv been addicted to for 20 years making it still seem new. You should try night time slower audio lore. Its a new trend videos to sleep too lol. Keep up the great work.
So are these types of videos people would listen to at night to help them sleep?
Hey just came across your channel, keep up the great work! Love the video
Thank you. Glad you loved the video :)
This was a really well done video. Thanks for your research
Thanks :) and anytime
Valefor’s fayth is a young woman, and I choose to believe she was a mother before she became a fayth, perhaps having lost her child- a daughter, maybe, to an attack from Sin. Valefor is both protector and nurturer, evidences by both her fierce dragon imagery and the gentle nature with which she interacts with Yuna, who never got to know her own mother. It also fits as Valefor is the aeon from the island that raised Yuna after Braska’s death. Valefor as a mother enhances Yuna’s escape from the Bevelle wedding. Fitting that a surrogate mother be the one that saves her, setting aside that Valefor was her only aeon that could fly.
Ifrit’s fayth well represents the island of Kilika. On Tidus’ boat trip from Besaid to Kilika, Sin attacks. Despite a summoner being on board, the crew did not hesitate to put themselves at risk to try to ward Sin off from Kilika. That fiery brashness is seen in Ifrit’s design, and I could easily see him being the Beast from which Kilika’s blitzball team honors with their name.
Ixion’s fayth comes across as a messenger. On the fayth revisits, when he becomes visible, it looks like he’s doing some exercises to prepare for a run. His message to the party also references running- twice. He may have been tasked with carrying news across Spira on foot, given the dangers of the sea. No stronger symbolism of a runner than a lightning horse aeon- a notable, though not the first, departure from Ramuh as the lightning summon.
Shiva is pretty straightforward for having been a priestess. She casts off her priestess shroud of her human form to show her inner strength and beauty. It’s no surprise that a priestess would offer to become a fayth. A lot about Shiva is probably shoehorned in as the series’ long-time ice summon.
Bahamut’s fayth was always the most striking to me. You have to wonder what sort of spirit did that child have, what had he gone through that gave him such conviction not only to become a fayth but to become THAT aeon. Bahamut has innate break damage limit, making him unquestionably the strongest of the required aeons. For how aeons carry so much visual symbolism of their fayth, what gives this child such a powerful aeon? That may be a question best unanswered.
Yojimbo may have been an unwilling fayth. He is “the blade of vengeance” whose name is only whispered. Yevon priests might have assumed that for as strong a warrior as a human, he’d be the strongest aeon- and they were right, for his ultimate ability, Zanmato, can one-shot even the uber-boss, Penance. However, if he was forced to become an aeon, this explains why he demands payment for his services. Anyone knowing that Yojimbo was forced into becoming an aeon would have reason to try to steal his fayth statue, maybe hoping for a way to free him. Notably, during the fayth revisits, he is the only aeon to appear facing the party. The other four appeared with their backs to Yuna.
Anima is full of symbolism. Some items that weren’t mentioned: she has to literally be dragged into battle, perhaps to show us her reluctance to be part of Seymour’s plans. The two small arms by her head hold a chain across, not around, her neck. Her suffering is something she brings upon herself.
As for the Magus Sisters . . . I got nothing for them.
What did the summoners summon before there were fayth that dreamed aeons? Like what were they doing inhtge war 1000 years before ffx? Summoners became fayth as a last ditch effort to defeat the machina right? But how were they summoners before there was something to summon?
Considering Final Fantasy’s Long line of games and their histories. It’s more than likely that The Summoners we’re all gathered for the Ritual that Created Sin!
The existing Summons at the time were probably Different Compared to what current Summons exist in the game.
But what Makes these summons so interesting is that they (and SIN) are Dream-like Beings manifested into reality!
It’s also should be remembered that Many Chosen People were Selected and Transformed into a Massive Fayth structure. This was probably ment to help with SIN at first. And afterward, possibly destroyed that Structure!
Its only when SIN ran Wild did they have to change the Mission and Nature of That conglomerated Fayth. Instead making one that would continue the Ritual in order to Keep Zanarkand’s Memory alive. Basically Trapping any and all forms of Dream-like Beings in a Memory.
Maybe they Zanarkand summoners were using Ramuh, Leviathan, Odin, etc.
You misinterpreted some minor details, but as a whole this is a good video, You have improved since your earlier videos. Carry on doing your thing bruv. I look forward to seeing your future uploads.
Ya I think thats going to happen, but at least theres improvement. Just gonna get better the more I do these videos. Thanks
So I have theorized that the faiths whom becomes Aaeons only occur when Sin awakens. Lord Zaeon lost his power as a faith long ago as of the time of Yuna and her party reaching Zanarkand. We learn the stories of the faiths as we go along. When Sin is defeated the souls sealed in the temple statues vanish, at least those of the main temples. When the calm is over and Sin comes back, new Faith volunteer and thus the cycle stars all over again. The faith must die to become an aeon, and Spira is the spiral of death.
I believe lord zaon lost his power as a fayth because he was absorbed by yu Yevon when he defeated sin 1000 years ago.
The fayth in the game only vanished because Sin was defeated permanently. When the other high summoners defeated sin, yu Yevon survived and proceeded to absorb the final aeons of the high summoner. This was not the case with yuna, as they infiltrated sin to get to yu Yevon directly
@@f2worldsX That’s a good point, I keep forgetting sun abosrbing the final Aeon. I stand by my theory, it’s also because I keep imagining a 10 prequel and of course if that would happen. Wouldn’t they bring new Aeons? Maybe shiva is replaced with Shivo from earlier games etc.
Lord Zaon wasn't made into a fayth. The figure shown in Zanarkand's ruined fayth is not recognizable as him, either to the party (who saw him in Seymour's sphere) or the player. Lord Zaon was the first of the faythless (temporary one-shot) FA summonings, just as was done with Jecht and Braska, using the process pioneered (?) by Yunalesca, possibly in communion with a (back then) still-coherent Yevon.
Underrated video
When you think about it, EVERY Aeon was once a Final Aeon, from Valefor to the Magus Sisters
Very early on, they may have been used by summoners to fight Sin to keep him away from cities. Each city would have had a resident summoner and fayth, though not one strong enough to defeat Sin. These are not Final Aeon-strength aeons, aside from Anima. Luca never needed a resident summoner and fayth to ward off Sin because Sin was always kept clear of that city to allow the people to have blitzball.
I was just looking for a video like this. Thanks
No worries. I’m glad you found it :)
Technically Jecht saved everyone
As a kid, when I first played ffx, I believed the fayth/aeons were final aeons of previous summoners that defeated Sin. I have no idea how that would work, but little kid me thought it was the coolest thing 🤭
Honestly, I wish we could have gotten even an inkling on what the other final aeons would have looked like. It would have been a cooler bonus post content set of fights after the dark aeons and penance.
Is it not speculated that the Magus sisters are Belgemines final aeon.
I just think that would be more plausible since she guards them. Only the ones who prove themselves may correspond with their fayth. It feels like they are important to Belgemine. We already know Anima was Seymours final aeon. So it wouldn't be surprising.
Although on the other why would the monster arena guy have the flower scepter/crest then. (I don't remember which he had)
Great video overall, I just think you should have mentioned more speculations.
9:07 “Cay-vern”? You mean cavern?
I believe the magus sisters are a throwback to ff4's trio under control of barbacia? I think that's her name?
I went and collected every single aeon in this game, the sisters are the best
You hit 50 subs congrats
Thanks, good to know there are people who like the content. Unfortunately I am at a long hiatus rn to finish up classes for the summer and changing the way I present content for the channel, but I do have lore topic videos ready soon
I still think ff10 bahamut is the best design to date
Thank you for this video!
Of course. Glad you liked it :)
So sad to think a child was a summoner guardian and then choose to sacrifice themselves to become an aeon its truly heartwrenching thinking about bahamut back story
awesome video
you now have a new subscriber
Thank you
you left out the meeting of Brook and the Laboon whale
Valefor has a seriously uncanny resemblance to a sin eater in FF14
Ixion resembles a kirin to me, not a unicorn, but that’s just a theory
Cave-ern?
I think they passed up an opportunity by not giving the Father's drastic different hair and clothing styles from current Spira to better give an idea of change and strengthen their backstories.
U forgot anima was actually Seymour's final aeon. Don't know why he didn't go through facing sin.. maybe he didn't want to part with his mom. But I feel U could've extended the lores much further for each of them
Yes there is a lot of lore that I could have definitely expanded on with seymours mother. I did actually make a video on her specifically, so that is an extension of her part in this video.
Seymour's mother explained it. Seymour obtained Anima and he was filled with anger and malice after losing her as a fayth and gained power from it, making him want to become Sin.
My lower half is a horned demon as well 😏
makes no sense to why theres only 5 aeons on the journey to getting the final aeon
tbh I feel like there's too much speculation in this.
Who the fuck is High Summoner Gandalf..? we didnt play the same game
Tidus is pronounced TEEdus.
You kind of glossed over the Magus Sisters a bit, and say Mandy when it is actually Mindy. It should have been mentioned about the NPCs’ human appearance when you revisit their fayth. They look like random young women from maybe the calm lands or Besaid. A huge thing is the way they attack based on their choices you encourage them to do. Perhaps they were argumentative sisters and do the opposite of what’s instructed sometimes. A closer inspection of their aeon appearance would suggest they were knights of some kind? Maybe they were all strong warriors too. Did they have symbols that meant anything or a particular element like you described the rest? Anyway, good job on the rest, just kind of glossed over the sisters I feel.
How did you determine that the faith of Besaid is a young girl from the village? I don't remember this being mentioned in FFX?
Was this something mentioned in an ultimania?
I believe after you enter sin in the story before you finish the game you can re visit the previous faith to get a short dialogue with the souls of the faith and receive a stat boosting sphere
After meeting Maester Mika, you are able to go inside each temple and go straight to the chamber of the fayth to talk to each fayth. The fayth of Besaid is a young girl.
I'm digging your videos, brother, but I really wish you wouldn't include X-2 into your lore videos. I despise X-2, I truly regret playing it as it has left a bad taste in my mouth after X having ended so beautifully.
Anyone coverimg ffx gets a sub
I honestly would buy and play an FFX that follows jecht' story. Even knowing how it ultimately ends, I think there so much story to be had in the gaps. To get a feel for his evolution from a pompous jerk who thinks solely of himself and was a terrible father to what we saw by the final chapter of FFX and the Braska spheres.