Cid ( Final Fantasy X ) Cid is a non - player character in " Final Fantasy X " . He is the leader of the Al Bhed faction and captain of the " Fahrenheit " , an airship excavated from the depths of the ocean . He is Rikku and Brother ' s father , and Yuna ' s maternal uncle . Cid is loud and boisterous , traits that passed onto his son , and is impulsive and quick to anger . He is proud of his machina airships and was responsible for building the Al Bhed base , Home , on Bikanel . According to the " Final Fantasy X Ultimania Omega " he is 37 years old during " Final Fantasy X " . Profile . Appearance . Cid is bald with the word " Love " tattooed in Al Bhed on his head . He has black eyebrows and some dark facial hair . He dresses like most other Al Bhed , in a yellow and brown dive - suit type outfit with green belts and a collar , with blue elbow - length gloves and blue shoes . He has goggles hanging around his neck but is never seen wearing them . Personality . Cid has a gung - ho type personality always ready to fight for what he believes . He was angry when his sister married a Yevon ite , Braska , and stopped speaking to her , but this changed after Yuna ' s birth . He is protective of his children and niece and is against Yuna being a summoner , even going as far as to say to Auron that allowing her to do the Final Summoning would be like killing her themselves . He goes to the extreme at times , even wanting to crash the airship into Sin killing them all , though Rikku stops him . Cid is also old - fashioned . He falls out with Brother in " Final Fantasy X - 2 " when his son refuses to see things as he does and focus on his own life . Cid disapproves of Yuna and Rikku ' s occupation as sphere hunters , believing the pair should seek to get married instead . Cid shows his entrepreneurial flair by starting up a tourism business in the Zanarkand Ruins , but seeing Yuna disapprove of what he had done makes Cid see the error of his ways and makes him temporarily depressed and wanting to seek time alone . Upon reuniting with his children , he is back in his bossy ways ordering the reluctant Brother and Rikku around . Story . " Final Fantasy X " . Cid and the Al Bhed were visited by a Yevonite , Braska , who fell in love with and married Cid ' s sister , a situation that proved disastrous for both : Braska was cast out of the clergy of Yevon , and Cid disowned his sister , though he relented after Yuna ' s birth and intended to welcome back his sister with open arms . However , Cid finds his sister killed during an attack by Sin with Braska embarking on a pilgrimage to defeat Sin with the Final Summoning . While having his children salvage the " Fahrenheit " airship , motivated by the loss of his sister and brother - in - law , Cid orchestrated the Al Bhed ' s abduction of summoners to stop them from sacrificing themselves to bring about the Calm . His daughter Rikku attempts to kidnap Yuna , now a summoner , but ends up joining her pilgrimage , albeit still adamant Yuna should quit . Cid ' s actions result in the Guado attack on Home , Cid ordering their base ' s destruction without a second thought as everyone escapes on the " Fahrenheit " . After a brief confrontation with Tidus , one of Yuna ' s guardians , Cid agrees to help the party rescue Yuna at Bevelle before flying off after the damage the airship received . Later , Cid picks up the party at Zanarkand after they end the Final Summoning tradition , hiding his feelings of finally meeting Yuna and seeing her safe and sound . Prior to the final battle with Sin when Wakka , another of Yuna ' s guardians , makes his apologies for his prejudice to the Al Bhed , Cid accepts from his own personal history . " Final Fantasy X - 2 " . At the beginning of the Eternal Calm Cid ' s inability to adapt to the new age causes him to have a falling out with his children as he works to restore Home . Two years after Sin ' s defeat , Cid makes Zanarkand a tourist attraction to fund Home ' s restoration . When the Gullwings find out about his business , Rikku tells him what he is doing was like turning the ruins of Home into an amusement park . Realizing that his people are more focused on their futures than Home ' s restoration , Cid shuts the tourism down and retreats to the Thunder Plains to spend some time alone . He decides to explore a cave that he came across only to get injured . The Gullwings save Cid with Brother forced to allow Cid aboard the " Celsius " , the Gullwings ' airship . Though he mainly stays in the engine room looking the airship over , Cid gets into a heated argument with Rikku and Brother over traditions before making himself at home in the airship ' s bar . Cid is mentioned to have started a new business with O ' aka at Mt . Gagazet ' s hot springs , another scheme to make money to rebuild Home . The business is in poor success , however . Gameplay . Cid partakes in a boss battle against Evrae where the player can use Trigger Command s to instruct him to move the airship and attack with Guided Missiles . Voice . Cid is voiced by Koichi Sakaguchi in the Japanese version . In the English version , he is voiced by Michael McShane . Cid is the only character in the English version of " Final Fantasy X " who called Sin by its Japanese name , . Etymology . Cid is a recurring name in the " Final Fantasy " series .