Auron Auron is a playable character in " Final Fantasy X " . He is a former warrior monk of Yevon , a guardian of summoner Braska , and Tidus ' s caretaker . He is , in many ways , the party ' s mentor , as the others come to him for advice or ask for his permission . Auron ' s mysterious past ties into the stories of Braska and Tidus ' s father Jecht . Profile . Appearance . Auron wears a red " haori " closed with a black and blue strap with two brown belts wrapped around it . Auron tucks his left arm into the front of his " haori " , making it look as though his arm is in a sling . He removes his left arm from the " haori " when fighting , but his right arm remains in its sleeve . This aspect ( along with the jug on his side ) is a tradition among " rōnin " , and is likely meant as homage : a " rōnin " is a samurai who does not serve a lord . He wears a black armored gauntlet on his right hand , and an armor brace on his left forearm . Auron wears a brown shoulder pad on his left shoulder intricately decorated with tan , green and blue patterns with a beaded ornament dangling from it . He wears black pants and shoes that have brown straps and triangular metal plating . Auron wears a black shirt with a high gray collar with intersecting brown straps . His hair is black with gray streaks held back by a gold ribbon , and he has some stubble on his chin . Auron has a scar over the right half his face and over his eye , which is always shut as a result . His left eye is amber , and he wears black sunglasses . On his right hip Auron carries a jug with the word " Nog " written on it ( in Spiran script ) , a term used to describe a number of beverages , including rum . The drink is featured in two of his Overdrives : when executing Banishing Blade , Auron takes a drink and spits it on the blade , and when using Tornado , Auron hurls the jug into the cyclone to ignite it . The former is likely a homage to Japanese samurai who would spit sake on their swords to " feed the spirit of the blade . " In " Final Fantasy X HD Remaster " , Auron ' s character model was remodeled so his skin would resemble more of a real - life mid - thirties man , his hair was made longer and more disheveled , his shades have better transparency , and the details on his clothing are sharper . Personality . Auron is a strict , no - nonsense warrior with a dry wit who carries himself with grace and dignity , maintaining many subtle mannerisms of a traditional samurai . He is the strong silent type , speaking when he feels it ' s necessary — usually offering his knowledge and insight in relevant situations , or sharing stories of his past experiences as a young guardian . As a result of his devotion to High Summoner Braska , Auron is idolized across Spira by many aspiring guardians . Auron proves his imperishable loyalty to Braska and Jecht , but , beneath the silence , he is outraged over the events of ten years ago . He has become cynical , having little - to - no respect for Yevon . Despite his normally collected attitude , Auron harbors feelings of self - loathing . He claims to Tidus and Wakka that though he is considered a great guardian , he considers his past self ( like them ) foolish and young . He even went so far as to attack the pyrefly memory of himself begging to Braska , breaking his calm demeanour for the only time due to shame . Auron exhibits some fatherly tendencies with Tidus and Yuna , due to the promise he made to Jecht and Braska that he would look after their children . Auron is patient towards Tidus ' s childish behavior and insists he be accepted as a guardian to Yuna much to to others ' surprise . Tidus reminds him of Jecht and points the similarities out to him much to Tidus ' s annoyance . Scenario writer Kazushige Nojima has compared Auron to Vincent Valentine of " Final Fantasy VII " , stating that , though the two are meant to be silent characters , they often have something important to say . Aside from personality , Auron is also dresses similarly to Vincent by wearing long red clothes and a collar that covers the mouth . " Auron ' s Story " in the " Final Fantasy X Scenario Ultimania " sheds some more light on his character . It is revealed Auron resents the adoration he receives as the " legendary guardian , " feeling it undeserved , as he never partook in Braska ' s pilgrimage to become famous , but to support Braska ' s sincere desire to rid Spira of sorrow . He is overcome with regret for their failure to save Spira and views Braska ' s sacrifice as futile , blaming himself for being unable to stop him . Story . " Final Fantasy X " . As a young man of twenty - five years , Auron was a devoted warrior monk of Bevelle , well - regarded by Yevon ' s upper echelons , and being groomed for a high - ranking position within the clergy . His personal convictions put a stop to any career ambitions he might have had when he refused to marry the daughter of a high - ranking priest . Auron fell out of favor with the Yevon elite , and the promotion went to his friend Wen Kinoc , who would eventually become a Maester of Yevon . Auron was enlisted by summoner Braska to serve as a guardian on his upcoming pilgrimage to fight Sin , the monster that has terrorized Spira for a millennium . Auron was drawn to Braska due to his noble character and honest intentions to vanquish Sin for the sake of Spira , developing a fierce devotion to him and his cause , addressing him with honor and defending him to detractors . Prior to departing Auron and Braska paid a visit to a Bevelle holding cell , having heard of a man claiming to hail from Zanarkand being kept there . The other monks dismissed Jecht ' s proclamations as the ramblings of a drunkard , but Braska took him seriously , telling Jecht that if he joined the pilgrimage he could go home . Though Auron protested and thought Jecht an unfit guardian , Braska thought it " delightful irony " that a disgraced monk , a summoner with a " heathen " Al Bhed wife and " half - breed " daughter , and a drunk from Zanarkand , would be saving Spira together . Auron relented , and the three outcasts began their pilgrimage . Contrasting with the patient Braska and the laid - back Jecht , Auron was focused , insisting the trip " is no pleasure cruise " when Jecht attempted to record a travelogue to show to his family back in Zanarkand , and reprimanded Jecht for his frequently reckless behavior . Over the course of the pilgrimage Auron grew to trust Jecht in spite of his flaws , and the three became close friends . After arriving at the ruins of Zanarkand , the three were debriefed by Lady Yunalesca , an ancient unsent summoner who bestows the Final Aeon to those who complete the pilgrimage . As with all previous summoners and previously unknown to the three , one of Braska ' s guardians would have to volunteer to become the fayth for the Final Aeon . Auron protested , claiming Sin will return and their sacrifices would be in vain , but Braska held onto hope that this time Sin would be gone for good . Jecht volunteered to become the aeon as he had accepted he would never return home , but asked Auron to find a way to his Zanarkand and look after his son Tidus in his stead . Jecht and Braska lost their lives fighting Sin , but brought forth a Calm . Auron returned to Yunalesca , outraged at the sacrifices Braska and Jecht had made , and attacked her . Yunalesca struck him down , scarring Auron ' s face and blinding him in one eye . Heavily wounded , Auron crawled down Mt . Gagazet to the Calm Lands , resting in a travel agency owned by Rin before continuing on to Bevelle . Auron landed on the outskirts of the city , and was found by the recently - disgraced Kimahri Ronso . Dying , Auron asked Kimahri to protect Braska ' s daughter Yuna and take her to Besaid , as Braska had deemed it a lovely place during his pilgrimage , hoping his daughter could grow up there . Auron died , but due to the promises he had made to Braska and Jecht , his loyalty bound him to the mortal realm and he remained as an unsent to complete these tasks . After Braska ' s Calm was over , Sin returned and the cycle continued with Jecht , as the Final Aeon , as the core of the new Sin . Being an unsent and thus composed of pyreflies , Auron rode Sin out to sea where he found the Dream Zanarkand Jecht hailed from . Dream Zanarkand is a summoned city modeled after the Zanarkand of a thousand years ago summoned into existence by the ancient summoner Yu Yevon who exists inside Sin . There he mentored and watched over Jecht ' s only son Tidus keeping the promise he made to his friend . Ten years later , Jecht , in the form of Sin , returns to Dream Zanarkand communicating to Auron to bring Tidus to Spira . Auron helps Tidus fight off Sinspawn as Sin destroys Dream Zanarkand and the two are drawn into the beast . Tidus surfaces in the ruins of Baaj , but Auron is nowhere to be found . Auron reunites with Tidus in Luca during a fiend outbreak secretly organized by Maester Seymour Guado , joining Braska ' s daughter Yuna on her pilgrimage . Tidus , who has joined Yuna ' s party , blames Auron for all that has happened and demands answers . Auron tells Tidus Sin is Jecht , but Tidus does not believe him . Tidus and Auron join Yuna as her guardians , and begin their trip toward Zanarkand . Auron conceals the truth of Yevon and the pilgrimage from the group , and while Tidus comes to accept Jecht ' s fate , Auron explicitly instructs him not to tell the others , especially Yuna . " Auron ' s Story " in the " Final Fantasy X Scenario Ultimania " reveals that Auron doesn ' t intend to let Yuna repeat the same mistakes as him and his friends had , but understands the resolve summoners possess . Auron knows that for Yuna , who has inherited Braska ' s will , Spirans ' happiness is her life ' s purpose . Even if Auron told her about his futile pilgrimage , it would be meaningless if Yuna doesn ' t learn the truth with her own eyes and doesn ' t pass judgment on it herself . Auron must also look after Tidus , the youth who , like Jecht , goes on the pilgrimage without knowing anything about Spira . In Dream Zanarkand life had been easy , but Auron knows Jecht didn ' t wish for his son to live that way . Thus Auron wanted to lead Tidus into Spira to weave his own story of no regrets , which Auron wasn ' t able to achieve , and devotes to assisting Yuna and Tidus as he does not want to " force the script of his design onto them . " This is the essence of the pilgrimage — discovering the truth about Spira . No one suspects Auron is an unsent , but as Yuna performs the sending for Jyscal Guado in Guadosalam , Auron doubles over in pain . Shortly before this , Seymour had remarked Auron smelled of the Farplane . During their trek through the Thunder Plains the party regroups in a travel agency and Rin , who treated Auron ten years ago , mentions he had doubted someone could walk with such a severe wound the next day . Upon learning Seymour had murdered his father to succeed him as Maester Yuna confronts him . The situation escalates as Seymour summons his aeon Anima against them and the party is forced to kill him . Seymour becomes an unsent and Yuna and her guardians are labeled traitors of Yevon . Auron encourages Yuna to continue her pilgrimage regardless , saying it is the fayth who grant summoners their powers , not the temples . When the party reaches Zanarkand the pyreflies in the air replay moments of Braska ' s journey through the ruined city . During a particularly painful memory Auron attacks the specter of his past self speaking to Braska . Confronting Yunalesca , now informed on the true nature of Sin and Yevon , Yuna refuses to use the Final Aeon , which would only continue Spira ' s spiral of death . Yunalesca prepares to engage the party as Auron spurs them on , exhorting them to " live and fight your sorrow . " After the group defeats Yunalesca and exits Zanarkand Dome , Auron tells Tidus he is an unsent , and that he was killed by Yunalesca . Having learned of Yu Yevon , the ancient summoner who uses Sin as his armor , the party comes up with another way to save Spira by invading Sin ' s innards with the Al Bhed ' s airship . Inside Sin Auron and Tidus meet Jecht one final time who transforms into Braska ' s Final Aeon . The party defeats him forcing Yu Yevon to emerge , and after the latter is vanquished , Yuna sends the fayth , but falters when she sees Auron fading into pyreflies . Auron tells her to continue , now able to rest peacefully with Braska and Jecht avenged and the cycle of Sin ' s rebirth broken . Auron dissolves into pyreflies and is sent to the Farplane . As Tidus fades from existence with the fayth no longer dreaming him , he leaps off the deck of the airship and is met by the spirits of Braska , Auron , and Jecht in the Farplane . " Final Fantasy X - 2 " . Auron ' s voice , together with those of Braska and Jecht , encourages Yuna in the final battle against Shuyin and Vegnagun . He also appears during a brief flashback when Maechen ' s memories flare outside Zanarkand , and in the " Gippal ' s Sphere " recording set during the events of " Final Fantasy X " when the party is separated in the Bikanel Desert . Auron is viewable in Shinra ' s Dossiers . " Final Fantasy X - Will - " . A year later , Tidus , Wakka , Lulu and Yuna meet a young woman named Chuami who claims to be Auron ' s long - lost daughter according to her deceased mother . Lulu claims she doesn ' t look like Auron and that many have claimed to be the children of Auron , Jecht , and Braska . Chuami says she takes after her mother , who would not have lied to her , but Lulu says Auron would have mentioned having children as he wasn ' t the type of person to hide such a thing . Gameplay . Auron has high HP and Strength , making him a strong physical attacker able to defeat the tougher fiends . He has low Agility making him slow and less reliable against fiends with higher Evasion . Auron ' s Sphere Grid path provides many Break abilities which weaken the defense and strengths of opponents . His Overdrive is Bushido , which provides various abilities which deal damage towards many or a single enemy depending on Auron ' s stats , and if buttons are correctly input , with more abilities unlocked by acquiring Jecht Spheres . His Celestial Weapon is Masamune , and he wears Bracers for armor . In the " International " and " HD Remaster " releases of " Final Fantasy X - 2 " , Auron can be fought as a boss during the Farplane Cup in the Fiend Arena . After defeating him and winning the cup , he can be recruited as a party member through the Creature Creator system . The abilities Auron can naturally learn are Full Break , Dragon Fang , and Shooting Star . Like all monster allies , Auron can use any of the common dressphere s and he is controlled by the game ' s AI . An Auron Sphere Break coin is available , won from the Bevelle Core Sphere player in the Luca Stadium . Creation and development . In the original plot draft for " Final Fantasy X " Auron was the acclaimed commander of the Crimson Blades in the present day . A plot twist involved Tidus being an undead , but due to the release of the film " " this was moved from the main character to Auron . Scenario writer Daisuke Watanabe considered having Auron be Jecht in disguise , watching Tidus all along , but the team did not want to make Jecht have a leading part in the story so they gave up on this idea . Voice . Auron is voiced by in the Japanese version . He shares his Japanese voice actor with Cait Sith from the " Compilation of Final Fantasy VII " , Squall Leonhart from " Dissidia Final Fantasy " and " Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy " ( and by extension , from the " " series ) , and Qator Bashtar from " Final Fantasy Type - 0 " . He is voiced by in the English version . McKenzie has not voiced any other video game characters . The localized versions did not re - animate the characters ' lip movements from the original Japanese version . As his mouth is covered , Auron ' s voice doesn ' t need to match mouth movements , giving him slightly more freedom in his delivery compared to most characters . Musical themes . " Auron ' s Theme " is featured on the , and is first heard when Tidus catches up with him in Luca and demands to know just who he is . It can also be heard after the final battle with Yu Yevon . For " Final Fantasy X HD Remaster " , " Auron ' s Theme " was remastered by Junya Nakano using real instruments . It is slightly more upbeat than the original . Other appearances . Auron has appeared in the following games in the " Final Fantasy " series : Non - " Final Fantasy " guest appearances . Auron has made key guest appearances in the following non - " Final Fantasy " games : Other media . Games . In " " , a costume based on Auron is available . Etymology . As Tidus ' s name derives from the Okinawan word for " sun , " Auron ' s name could symbolize his bringing of Tidus into Spira .