Yevon

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Yevon is a religion that features in Final Fantasy.

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History

Yevon was a religious faith that was established in the world of Spira by Yu Yevon.

A thousand years ago, there was a great war between the cities of Zanarkand and Bevelle. Yevon, Zanarkand's ruler, could see that his people would not be able to defeat Bevelle's machina, but he was unwilling to allow his city to be swallowed up into history. He devised a plan to preserve its memory for all eternity, even if he could not save the city itself. At Yevon's order, most of the surviving citizens of Zanarkand gave up their lives to become Fayth, who Yevon could then use to conjure a summoned form of Zanarkand based on the memories of its citizens. This summoned replica of the city was to be an ideal paradise, removed from conflict and those who may infringe upon this city of memories.

In order to accomplish this, Yevon manifested the city out at sea in an undisclosed location, far removed from the Spiran mainland and the warmongering Bevelle. Further, to prevent technology from allowing Bevelle or anyone else to easily locate his summoned city, Yevon used Gravity magic to surround himself with disembodied spiritual energy ([pyreflies]), and used them to create an invincible armor called Sin This armor would not only protect him while he summoned Dream Zanarkand, as the summoned form of the original is called, but he "programmed" it to attack areas with high populations and advanced technology, thus, bringing technological progress to a halt and keeping the people of the mainland from giving much thought to what may lay far out at sea.

Unfortunately for Yu Yevon maintained his summoned city and created Sin which was a greater strain on his human mind than even he who was considered peerless amongst Summoners could handle. His humanity faded from him and all that was left the instinct to maintain Dream Zanarkand's order, and to protect himself. Sin's first act as an instinctual beast, "programmed" to destroy advanced technology, was to decimate the original Zanarkand.

All of the Crusaders were excommunicated, however, when they set up Operation Mi'ihen, a joint Crusader-Al Bhed attempt to destroy Sin.

Overview

There were numerous positions within the hierarchy of the faith that included:

  • Grand Maester :
  • Maester : They had many duties within the church including making laws, presiding over Yevon’s High Court, and overseeing the church's civil, military, and spiritual affairs.
  • Priests of Yevon : Their job wasto attend to the temples throughout the land. Each temple has a High Priest who presides over the temple and its staff with them tending to wear multicoloured vestments of white, green and orange.
  • Summoners : Summoners were charged with the greatest responsibility of all, to journey to Zanarkand, obtain the Final Aeon and destroy Sin. Summoners also perform "the Sending," a ritual that guides the souls of the dead to peace on the Farplane. The title of "High Summoner" refers to Summoners who have defeated Sin.
  • Acolytes : They worked throughout Spira performing various duties for the church.

The Yevon Church maintained many militant arms that included:

  • Warrior Monks : protectors to the Maesters and the temples, seen primarily in the city of Bevelle.
  • Guardians : protectors of Summoners, but not directly related to the church. A Summoner chooses their Guardians and can choose non-Yevonites if they wish, though doing so is not only rare, but also looked down upon.
  • Crusaders : Formerly known as the Crimson Blades, the Crusaders were a loosely-knit army that existed to protect towns and temples from Sin. Unlike the Guardians, Crusaders are directly related to the church. No non-Yevonite is permitted to serve as a Crusader, although there are unofficial chapters comprised entirely of people who have been excommunicated.
  • Crimson Squad -- Around the time of Operation Mi'ihen, the Yevon chruch conducted a final selection process for a group called "the Crimson Squad," an elite unit to replace the Crusaders. However, there were only three surviving candidates from the excercise, all of whom were targeted for execution thereafter due to what they had learned of Vegnagun, a giant Machina of immense power; a relic of Bevelle's hidden past with power enough to destroy the whole of Spira if used improperly. With all of its candidates dead or in hiding, the group was never put into action. Unlike the Crusaders, non-Yevonites -- such as Gippal -- were allowed to train with the Crimson Squad.

Members

  • Yu Yevon : the male founder of the religion of Yevon in Spira.
  • Yo Mika :

Notes

  • Yevon was created by Square Enix that featured in the setting of Final Fantasy X.

Appearances

  • Final Fantasy X:

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