Guado The Guado are a humanoid race in " Final Fantasy X " and " Final Fantasy X - 2 " . A race that lives amongst trees , they are the protectors of Spira ' s afterlife , the Farplane , and the Macalania Woods . The Guado ' s capital city is Guadosalam , from within which they guard the entrance to the Farplane . Profile . The Guado are wooden and elvish in appearance with long limbs , oversized hands with claw like nails , prominent veins on their faces , and hair resembling flora . Due to their role of overseeing and protecting the Farplane in Guadosalam , they are astute in determining unsent from regular people by their scent . Of all the races in Spira , the Guado are physically the fastest , able to run twice as fast as humans . Their high speed makes the Guado Glories an effective blitzball team . Unlike other races in Spira , Guado do not seem to leave behind bodies when dead , in the case of the Guado Guardian . However , that may be because of battle convenience . Also , the Guado tend to keep their problems to themselves as seen in cases of Jyscal Guado ' s sphere from " Final Fantasy X " , and when Tromell asks Yuna to forget about them in " Final Fantasy X - 2 " . Guado have a religious culture , which causes them to come across as arrogant . Their role as guardians of the Farplane have led to them looking down upon other races . The Guado were converted to the Yevon religion under their leader , Jyscal Guado , who was later appointed a Maester of Yevon . Despite their strict religious culture , they are generous and welcoming to guests . Story . Twenty - eight years ago Jyscal Guado had a child with a human woman in an attempt to foster friendship between the Guado and human races . Their child , Seymour , was viewed as an abomination by the humans , and Jyscal ' s decision to wed a human led to disunity in the Guado tribe . Three years later , Jyscal became the Guado leader and introduced them to the teachings of Yevon . When Seymour was eight years old , to avoid further strife among the Guado nation , Jyscal had his wife and son exiled to the remote island of Baaj . Two years later when Seymour was ten he and his mother embarked to Zanarkand to defeat Sin , as Seymour ' s mother knew she would soon die and feared her son would have no place to belong to in Spira , hoping that giving him the chance to defeat Sin would win Seymour acceptance . Seymour ' s mother knew of the mechanics of the Final Summoning through Jyscal , as the Guado possess their own records that tell of Spira ' s sealed histories in fragments . Jyscal was aware of Seymour and his mother going to the Zanarkand Ruins , and privately supported it . When his mother sacrificed herself to become his Final Aeon as Anima , Seymour was horrified and broke off the pilgrimage and returned to Baaj . With the arrival of Braska ' s Calm , the Guado ' s internal discord subsided , and Seymour ' s exile was revoked . He returned to Guadosalam and assisted his father as a priest . The childhood of rejection and loneliness had made Seymour nihilistic , and he developed a plan to become Sin and destroy Spira , killing all its inhabitants and " releasing " them from the suffering of existence . As the first stage of his plan , Seymour secretly murdered his father and took his place as leader of the Guado and a Maester of Yevon . Using his status as their leader , Seymour uses the Guado and has them discover and attack Home , a safe haven and retreat of the Al Bhed in Bikanel in an attempt to capture Yuna , succeeding and forcing the Al Bhed to destroy the city . Later , Seymour all but reduces the Ronso race to extinction , brutally slaying all who blocked his ascent of Mt . Gagazet . In " Final Fantasy X - 2 " , the remaining Ronso seek vengeance for the crimes committed by Seymour on their race . Fearing their retribution by association , the Guado flee their home and take refuge in the Macalania Woods . The Guado take responsibility for their role in Seymour ' s crimes , and become content to die with the forest for their sins . If the player makes the right choices during interactions with the Guado , Tromell becomes the official leader of the Guado and succeeds in restoring friendly relations with the rest of Spira . If Yuna ' s party does not make the right choices , Yuna will be told the Guado had been killed by the Ronso , having not done anything to save themselves . Gameplay . Guado Guardian s are fought in Macalania Temple and Lake Macalania . They can summon fiends to fight alongside them . Etymology . The name " Guado " may be inspired from the " Guede " . This is similar to how the Guado guard the Farplane .