Seymour Guado

"Pitiful mortals...your hope ends here...and your meaningless existence with it!"

- Seymour Guado "Well, if you're offering your lives, I will have to take them."

- Seymour Guado

Maester Seymour Guado is the main antagonist of Final Fantasy X. He is the leader of the humanoid Guado race, as well as one of the Maesters of Yevon, which is basically a high-ranking priest. Seymour lost his unnamed mother when she fought a monster known as Sin, sacrificing herself in order to destroy it and granting the world of Spira a period of peace known as "the Calm," before Sin re-formed and started its destruction once again.

He was voiced by Alex Fernandez.

Biography
In the game, Yuna sets off to defeat Sin, and Seymour tries to get close to her. His plan is that Yuna will use him to defeat Sin, and thus ten years later, Seymour would be reborn as the next Sin (though it is implied he really was in love with Yuna as it takes a bond of love to create the final Aeon). He reasoned that Spira was trapped in a never-ending cycle of death, and the only way he could stop it would to be to kill everyone, thus easing them from their pain.

When Tidus, Yuna, Wakka, Naz, Lulu, Kimahri, Chico, Auron, and Rikku first fight Seymour, they kill him. However, Seymour returns as an unsent, an dead person who wasn't "sent," largely because the other Guado (especially his most trusted advisor, Tromell) refuse to allow him to be sent. Now an unsent, he cannot be killed, but a summoner can still "send" him to get rid of his unsent form. He eventually kidnaps Yuna and takes her to Bevelle, where he is able to marry her, though she and her guardians escape after defeating his Natus form.

Throughout the game, Seymour tries to use people's emotions and beliefs to get them to join him. One example is when he tells Tidus that by defeating Sin, his father would be freed, because his father, Jecht, had taken the place of Sin ten years prior. Just prior to this, he also tries to get Kimahri to join him by informing him of the fact that he has slaughtered most of his race, the Ronso, when they tried to bar his path and prevent him from pursuing Yuna, and he offers to free him of pain by killing him. However, he is eventually defeated inside Sin itself and Yuna is finally able to send him. He accepts his fate, but warns that even after he is gone, Spira's sorrow would prevail. Tidus, however, assures him that "Sin [would] be right behind [him]," and indeed, soon after his defeat, Sin is defeated for good, as well.

Quotes
"Ah, of course. 'Protect the summoner even at the cost of one's life'. The Code of the Guardian. How admirable. Well, if you're offering your lives, I will have to take them."

- Seymour Guado.

"Very well. I will give you your death. You seem to want it so."

- Seymour to Kimahri Ronso after he spears him in Bevelle.

"I will learn to control it, from within. I have all the time in the world. Since you were gracious enough to dispose of Yunalesca...the only means of destroying Sin is forever gone. Now, nothing can stop us!"

- Seymour Guado.

"By all means, try! You should thank me. Your death means your father's life!"

- Seymour to Tidus right before the fight begins.

"You would oppose me, as well? So be it."

- Seymour to Anima if she is summoned during the fight.

"But there is no salvation for the damned! Rest in peace, in eternal darkness!"

- Seymour to the group before casting Dispel the first time.

"Let darkness take you!"

- Seymour to the party before casting Ultima.

"So it is you, after all, who will send me. But even after I am gone, Spira's sorrow will prevail."

- Seymour's last words to Yuna after his final defeat.

Theme Songs & Battle Music
Seymour has a number of tracks created specifically for him.

His primary theme is "Seymour's Theme" which is entirely orchestral. This track is both dramatic and calm at the same time, representing his dissonant serenity. This plays when he is first introduced as a character, before he is revealed as an antagonist.

His second theme, "Seymour's Ambition", plays during the first battle against him. After a dialog revealing that Seymour had murdered his father to gain political power and inherit the position of a Maester, this altered version of his theme plays as the battle music.

Later on in the game, a more eerie version of his theme, "They May Pass", will play. At this point, Seymour's insanity would already be known, but he uses his political power to let the party move on.

In a cut-scene where the Maesters meet together, "My Father's Murderer", an even more eerie form of his theme, will play. This is because that even the other religious leaders become aware that he had killed his own father.

Near the end of the game, in the third to final battle of the entire story, his most noteworthy theme plays. This song is called "Fight with Seymour" as it is the fourth and final battle against him. Many have regarded it as among the best boss themes of Final Fantasy X. Unlike his theme song, this is more upbeat and dramatic, while incorporating both orchestral instruments and synthesizers. He takes on his final form "Seymour Omnis" which is very fitting for the battle. Omnis is Latin for "Every" (similar to Latin word "omnes" meaning "all") which refers to both the fact that in this battle he controls the strongest of all elemental black magic including Ultima, and how this character's ultimate goal is to commit omnicide, murder of absolutely everything.

In his second and third battles, tracks not created specifically for him play.

In the fight with "Seymour Natus", "Enemy Attack", the standard Boss theme plays. Natus is the Latin word for "Birth." This name likely represents the fact that at this point, Seymour is pronounced dead, and is an unsent being, only to reappear as a powerful enemy.

In the fight with "Seymour Flux", "Challenge", the major Boss theme plays. This is often considered the most difficult fight against Seymour, and one of the most difficult fights of the entire game. The Latin word "Flux" refers to flowing, something being fluent, or continuous change/movement. This name makes sense, as Seymour is one of the most recurring and persistent villains in Final Fantasy.