Baralai Baralai is a non - playable character from " Final Fantasy X - 2 " and the current Praetor of New Yevon . As their newly elected official , he is deeply respected by the other party members and the citizens of Spira . New Yevon takes a conservative approach , their motto being " one thing at a time " . However their furtive habits – including sphere theft – have earned them a general lack of trust . Profile . Appearance . Baralai is a dark - skinned young man with brown eyes and short silver hair styled in a quiff , held back with a blue headband . He wears clothing typical of a Yevon priest but with alterations ; rather than a robe he wears a yellow trimmed green coat with orange panels and glyphs on the chest and black - and - white panels bearing glyphs on the lower portion of the coat . The collar of the coat comes up to Baralai ' s chin and has a red rope running through silver eyelets , and he wears brown bands on the sleeves . An elaborate black and white strip extends down his back . Underneath the coat he wears a khaki wrap shirt , brown codpiece , khaki trousers , and brown boots . Personality . Baralai at first glance is soft spoken and polite , eager to take on the role of Praetor of New Yevon . He does not judge Yuna for her past crimes against Yevon , but asks her to have faith . Despite this , he harbors past hurts and betrayals and can be quick to anger . Story . " Final Fantasy X - 2 " . Baralai aspired to join the Crimson Squad , a new elite force of the Crusaders . Their final test was to enter the Den of Woe and investigate the rumored illusions said to appear within . Baralai ' s aim was to discover the true secrets behind Kinoc ' s orders while he attended to Operation Mi ' ihen . Baralai was grouped with Gippal , Nooj and their sphere recorder Paine . The four found the mission easy to begin with , but things started to look different as they continued through the den . When the squad reached the center of the cave it was revealed that other squad members had slaughtered each other . Unknown to everyone they had been possessed by a malevolent spirit residing in the den , Shuyin , who can control those who are as deep in malice . Shuyin possessed Nooj , Baralai , and Gippal to have them kill each other , but stopped when Paine pleaded with them to put an end to the madness . Shuyin remained latent in Nooj ' s body as they escaped the den . The four were the only surviving members of the Crimson Squad and Kinoc ordered them executed to cover up the failed mission . The four escaped and decided to part to draw less attention . Shuyin , still residing inside Nooj ' s body , took control of him to shoot his departing friends in the back . A wounded Baralai made his way to Guadosalam where Seymour Guado gave him refuge . Soon after the Eternal Calm began and the church of Yevon collapsed , Baralai emerged from hiding and joined the New Yevon party , eventually being elected Praetor . Baralai bore a grudge against Nooj , now leading the opposing Youth League with a mission to collect ancient sphere recordings and release them to the public , contrary to New Yevon ' s approach of cataloging them but not making all findings public in fear of rousing unrest . Yuna , Rikku and Paine , now members of a sphere hunting group known as the Gullwings , meet Baralai in Bevelle , and Baralai and Paine pretend to not know one another . After acquiring the so - called Awesome Sphere in Kilika , the Gullwings can decide whether to give it to the Youth League or the New Yevon ; if they give it to New Yevon they gain Baralai ' s trust , but if they side with the Youth League , Baralai will be cold toward them . The Awesome Sphere shows images of Vegnagun , an ancient machina weapon and one of Yevon ' s ancient secrets , and Yuna decides to head to Bevelle in hopes of taking out the threat posed to Spira . Vegnagun has an auto - counter ability , so Baralai attempts to keep Yuna from approaching it and possibly activating it by accident . The Shuyin - controlled Nooj activates Vegnagun , and it retreats into the far reaches of the Farplane . Nooj , Baralai , and Gippal gather within the depths of Bevelle to attempt to solve the Vegnagun crisis only for old wounds to be brought up . Baralai confronts Nooj about his betrayal and Shuyin reveals he was possessing Nooj by promptly leaving him to control Baralai , feeding off his hatred towards Nooj . Baralai , now under Shuyin ' s control , follows Vegnagun ' s trail to the Farplane with Nooj and Gippal in pursuit . During this time Yuna is busy running around Spira defeating the fiends that have appeared within the former temples of Yevon . After an incident with an Ixion possessed by Shuyin , she falls into the Farplane where she meets the Shuyin - controlled Baralai . Yuna is wearing the Songstress dressphere making Shuyin mistake her for Lenne , his former lover from a thousand years ago . After telling " Lenne " he wishes for both of them to defeat Spira by using Vegnagun Shuyin in Baralai ' s body opens a portal to enter deeper into the Farplane . Nooj and Gippal follow him asking for Yuna to keep things under control " topside " . Spira descends into chaos with the faction leaders missing and Yuna quells the populace ' s anger by performing a concert . She discovers Shuyin ' s true nature and that he is possessing Baralai , and decides to use Shuyin ' s love for Lenne to get him to leave Baralai ' s body and assume physical form . Nooj , Gippal , YRP and Leblanc , Ormi and Logos all destroy Vegnagun together and afterward Yuna confronts Shuyin still in Baralai ' s body . Shuyin abandons Baralai and assumes a physical form allowing the Gullwings to defeat him . Lenne ' s spirit emerges from Yuna ' s dressphere and the two fade away together . Baralai returns as the leader of New Yevon and settles his differences with Nooj and Gippal . The three give a speech at the Luca stadium and reassurance the people of Spira that the Calm will continue . " Final Fantasy X - Will - " . During the voice drama unlocked at the end of " Final Fantasy X / X - 2 HD Remaster " , it is revealed that Baralai becomes the leader of the Spiran Council . He has sent two Council members , Chuami and Kurgum , to Besaid to look for Yuna , as weird things have started happening and the dead are returning to Spira from the Farplane . Gameplay . Baralai is fought in " Final Fantasy X - 2 " and is encountered in Bevelle during Chapter 2 . An illusion version of Baralai , created by the pyreflies and Shuyin , is fought at Den of Woe during Chapter 5 . Baralai can also be fought in the Fiend Arena . Baralai is an agile fighter attacking quickly and relentlessly . In all fights , the player should watch out for the Drill Shot ( a Blue Bullet ability ) which in most cases will kill a girl , and the Looming Glacier which may result in a girl ' s complete uselessness as it can inflict Stop . In the Coliseum , Baralai can enhance his Strength and Magic . Voice . Baralai is voiced by Kenji Sobu in the Japanese version and Josh Gomez in the English version . His English voice actor is the younger brother of Rick Gomez , who voices Gippal .