Lake Macalania Macalania Lake is a geographical area of Spira in " Final Fantasy X " and " Final Fantasy X - 2 " . It is a frozen lake where one of Rin ' s Travel Agencies can be found . A magnificent ice palace , Macalania Temple sits atop the frozen waters . The Temple is located north of the Macalania Woods . Constructed primarily of ice , it sits atop the frozen Lake Macalania . Both the temple ' s fayth and its aeon are female . The High Priest of Macalania Temple is Maester Seymour Guado . Story . " Final Fantasy X " . Yuna and her guardians arrive to the snowy reaches of the lake and meet with Seymour ' s servant Tromell . They are ambushed by a group of Al Bhed who want to kidnap Yuna to stop her summoner ' s pilgrimage . The group ' s leader is Rikku ' s brother , and when she confronts him in her native tongue , she reveals her true heritage to Wakka . Yuna and her guardians destroy the Al Bhed ' s machina cannon and the Al Bhed retreat , but Wakka is upset with the revelation of one of Yuna ' s guardians being a heretic Al Bhed , and how everyone hid this from him . Tromell takes Yuna away to see Seymour at the temple while the others , bar Wakka who decides to walk , ride machina sleds to the temple . If Tidus rides with Rikku , she reveals she is Yuna ' s cousin and articulates in a roundabout way that Yuna will die if she continues her pilgrimage , but Tidus does not realize this . If Lulu travels with Tidus , he asks her if a human can ever become Sin , and she finally believes he is not from Spira . " Final Fantasy X - 2 " . Following their banishment from Guadosalam , the diminished effect of the Guado ' s protection and the disappearance of the fayth caused the lake to melt , and the temple sank to the bottom of Lake Macalania . As such , the road ends at the Travel Agency and the temple is not accessible . Its aeon , Shiva , is fought in the Farplane rather than the temple as a result . O ' aka XXIII bought the travel agency from Rin with money he borrowed from the Al Bhed . After the temple sank he was left with no customers and unable to pay his debt . Al Bhed come looking for him at the travel agency and O ' aka escapes to the woods of Macalania . The Gullwings can chase him down and ask him to join them on the " Celsius " , or they can hand him over to the Al Bhed . If the Gullwings hand him over to the Al Bhed , O ' aka is seen digging in Bikanel in an effort to pay off his debt . If the Gullwings take him aboard " Celsius " , O ' aka sets up a shop and uses the money he makes to pay to the Al Bhed . If O ' aka manages to pay off his debt before Chapter 3 , he returns to the travel agency and reopens his shop , after the Gullwings save it from being taken over by fiends . His brother , Wantz , eventually joins him . Quests . " Final Fantasy X " . Affection mechanics . The character who rides the snowmobile with Tidus is decided by whoever has the highest value in the affection mechanics . Affection mechanics is a hidden gameplay element that governs certain cutscenes and Tidus ' s actions with party members throughout the game decide the values assigned to his comrades . In Macalania , Tidus can ride the snow mobile either with Lulu , Rikku , Auron or Kimahri . " Final Fantasy X - 2 " . Chapter Five . Secure the Agency ! " Rout the fiends that have attacked the Travel Agency ! There ' s no time to heal between battles , so you ' ll just have to withstand them all ! " Episode Complete . If the player took O ' aka onboard the " Celsius " and paid off his debt before the Chapter 3 mission in Lake Macalania , they can gain an optional Episode Complete in Lake Macalania and witness O ' aka and Wantz at the travel agency . This Episode Complete is optional and not a replacement for the main one , and does not affect the attainment of Mascot dressphere . Shops . " Final Fantasy X - 2 " . Travel Agency ( Al Bhed ) . This shop is only available before O ' aka and Wantz take over the Travel Agency . Musical themes . In " Final Fantasy X " , " Phantoms " plays in the Lake Macalania areas until the temple . " The Void " plays when Rikku reveals she ' s Al Bhed . " Hymn of the Fayth - Shiva " plays under the lake . In " Final Fantasy X - 2 " , the theme " Macalania Woods " plays at the lake .