Machina ( Final Fantasy X ) Machina ( FFX Original : ; FFXInt , FFX - 2 : ) is the term used for powered machines in " Final Fantasy X " and " Final Fantasy X - 2 " . Story . According to the " Final Fantasy X Ultimania Omega " official timeline , machina was invented over 3000 years ago and became powerful enough to surpass magic . According to the " Final Fantasy X Scenario Ultimania " the first development in Spira was brought about by the power of magic . The use of magic depended on individual factors and those who could use magic naturally had an advantage , while those who couldn ' t were discriminated against . Thus the age of the magic civilizations was an age of inequality . When machina was invented it was revolutionary and did away with the inequalities and spread throughout Spira . Machina developed quickly , and things once thought impossible became an aspect of everyday life . The endless supply of electricity made " cities that never slept " a reality . Machina was supposed to be an alternative for those who couldn ' t use magic , but when it surpassed it new problems arose . Some nations possessed outstanding machina technology , while others didn ' t , and a new age of inequality began . As told in " Final Fantasy X - 2 . 5 ~ Eien no Daishou ~ " there was once a mechanic called Alb who created a race called Bedohls , humans who could not use magic but excelled at wielding machina , and used them to combat a mage from Zanarkand . The term " Al Bhed " is a corruption of " Alb " and " Bedohls . " Their weapons were so powerful they were kept under surveillance at all times . It is speculated their power was the catalyst for the Machina War . When the Machina War broke out between Bevelle and Zanarkand , Bevelle using mainly machina for weapons while Zanarkand depended upon its summoners , Zanarkand was left devastated . Bevelle built the machina weapon of unspeakable power , Vegnagun , but deemed it too dangerous for ever to be used and it was sealed in Bevelle Underground . Near the end of the war Bevelle ' s superior machina gave them the upper hand and Zanarkand was about to lose . Zanarkand ' s survivors were made into fayth by the summoner Yu Yevon for a mass summoning . To protect himself amid the summoning Yu Yevon gathered millions of stray pyreflies around himself , forming an armor which would later became known as Sin . Not to become distracted from his summoning , Yevon " programmed " a series of guiding instincts into Sin : among them , to attack any larger human settlement , to attack any machina , and to respond to aggression with overwhelming force . Yu Yevon lost control of Sin and became trapped inside its instinctive behavior , from then on living only to summon . No longer under control Sin attacked the nearest human settlement destroying the real Zanarkand , and proceeded to decimate the incoming Bevellian army . From that point onwards Sin destroyed machina cities , becoming a terror to all Spirans and uniting Spira under a common fear . The citizens of Bevelle at that time thought that what Yevon had summoned from the Zanarkand fayth was Sin that was going around destroying everything as a sign of Yevon ' s anger . Yu Yevon ' s surviving daughter Yunalesca made her husband Zaon into a fayth for the Final Summoning and defeated Sin . The moment Sin ' s shell was cracked Yu Yevon possessed Zaon ' s aeon , and began building a new Sin around it . With Sin ' s " defeat , " a short period of peace settled on Spira , known as the First Calm , and the survivors began reconstructing Spira , focusing on Bevelle . Yu Yevon regenerated Sin using Zaon ' s aeon as a core , and the new Sin destroyed the remaining machina civilizations and thus machina use began to fall out of favor . The Yevon Temple was established in Bevelle and the teachings of paying homage to Yevon and Yunalesca , and preaching of machina prohibition , were adopted by the world at large . The new religion established Sin as a punishment for people ' s sins spreading the story that the Calm will arrive with the Final Summoning . After the Temple of Yevon was established the Al Bhed were blamed for the emergence of Sin and executed in numbers , thereby casting them out of society . Machina is forbidden by Yevon due to its potentially destructive nature , save for a few exceptions ( such as the blitzball sphere pool ) . Al Bhed continue to be considered heretics for their rebellion against Yevon ' s doctrine , as well as their salvage and use of ancient machina . Bevelle shows its duplicitous nature in its own secret machina use , knowing of Sin ' s true origin and that it cannot be banished by the Final Summoning . The Bevelle Temple is full of machina , and the armies of Bevelle wield machina weapons . By " Final Fantasy X - 2 " , machina has come into wider use due to the fall of Yevon as the main political force , although many are uncomfortable with its use . As a result , newly built machina are branded " machines . " Al Bhed are no longer viewed as heretics , and with the use of machines spreading through Spira hovers replace chocobos at Mi ' ihen Highroad . List of machina . Some of the more known machina seen Spira are : Enemies . In " Final Fantasy X " , using the Steal command on almost all machina enemies will instantly defeat them . Crawler , Extractor and Oblitzerator are the only exceptions . Other appearances . " Final Fantasy Record Keeper " . Some machina appear as enemies . Etymology . In the English localization , " machina " is always .