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Rescued by some divers in the area, Tidus is told that his city was destroyed 1000 years in the past. He has a small amount of time to dwell on the significance of this news before Sin attacks again. Tidus eventually washes up near the small island of Besaid, where he meets Wakka, captain of the local sports team. Impressed with Tidus' prowess in the fictional sport of "blitzball", Wakka asks Tidus to join his team in an upcoming tournament and suggests that he may meet someone he knows there.
During the voyage that follows, Tidus is introduced to Yuna, a young woman who was recently inducted into the summoner's art. She possesses the power to call upon magical creatures called "Aeons" to fight for her. Like all summoners, she is charged with the duty of defeating Sin, and is the daughter of High Summoner Braska, a man who temporarily vanquished Sin 10 years prior. Tidus learns that Yuna's father was aided by Auron, his missing mentor, and Jecht, Tidus' long-lost father, who was assumed dead at sea 10 years earlier. He also meets Lulu and Kimahri, who, along with Wakka, are to serve as Yuna's guardians after the blitzball tournament as she journeys on a pilgrimage to the ruins of Zanarkand. There, she plans to acquire the aid of an entity called "the Final Aeon" to defeat Sin. The party finds Auron in the city of Luca, and upon learning that Yuna is on a pilgrimage for the Final Aeon, he joins the party as her newest guardian. Soon after, they are joined by a young Al Bhed girl named "Rikku," who despite being an outcast deemed by society for her people's beliefs, joins the party.
As the pilgrimage continues, Tidus learns that the world of Spira centers around the temples of Yevon, a millennium-old and heavily influential organization. The "Maesters of Yevon" teach that Sin is a punishment placed upon the people for their use of machines (known as "machina"). As a result, the temples have forbidden the use of machina, and a culture of atonement for past sins is promoted in the hopes of defeating Sin. The only other method of defeating Sin deemed acceptable by the temples is the use of the Final Aeon.
Growing increasingly fond of Yuna, Tidus eventually discovers that if she completes her pilgrimage and uses the Final Aeon to defeat Sin, she will die. Aware of her fate, Yuna intends to give her life to provide the people of Spira with "the Calm," a brief period of peace that follows Sin's defeat. It is only for a short period of time because Sin always returns. Complicating matters further, Auron reveals to Tidus that his father Jecht is alive but no longer human, having now become the embodiment of Sin. Falling in love with Yuna, Tidus resolves to find a way to free his father and permanently destroy Sin without sacrificing Yuna's life.
As the party approaches Zanarkand, another fact is revealed: neither Tidus nor Jecht are ordinary human beings. They and Dream Zanarkand are "dreams," or summoned entities, the same as the aeons. Their city, Dream Zanarkand, was created 1000 years earlier, around the time of the original Zanarkand's destruction. At the time, a conflict known as the "Machina War" led to Yevon, Zanarkand's ruler, taking a desperate measure to preserve his city's memory. He had his city's surviving people became "Fayth", statues that provide a summoner with the means to summon, so that he could use their memories of Zanarkand to create a new city in its image. Yevon was able to save the memory of his city, even if he could not save the city itself.
Additionally, Sin was created at this time, given form by none other than Yevon himself. His intention was that the creature would protect him and the Fayth while he summoned Dream Zanarkand, and it would also prevent anyone in Spira from discovering the summoned city. While the creature performed this duty, Yevon, for his part, would become known as "Yu Yevon" (the Curse of Yevon) whose only purpose is to preserve the existence of Dream Zanarkand. Over the next 1000 years, Sin would constantly terrorize Spira's people, leaving only destruction in its wake.
Tidus and his companions also learn that the Final Aeon is created from the spirit of one whom the summoner is very close with. When Sin is defeated, the spirit of Yu Yevon takes over the Final Aeon that defeated it, creating it into a new Sin. It is also revealed that Jecht, believing there was no way to return to Dream Zanarkand, was chose to become the Fayth for Braska's Final Aeon, and, thus, he became Sin. With the false claims of Yevon's order being revealed, Yuna and her guardians defy claims that Sin can never be destroyed, fight against Sin directly, without the use of a Final Aeon. After successfully penetrating their way into Sin's interior, they free Jecht's imprisoned spirit and fight a much weakened Yu Yevon. By finally destroying him, the party succeeds in bringing an end to the rebirth of Sin, allowing the Fayth of Dream Zanarkand to rest after a thousand 1000 years. Dream Zanarkand then disappears, taking much to Yuna's grief and Tidus with it.