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Poor creature. You would throw away hope. Well...I will free you before you can drown in your sorrow. It is better for you to die in hope than to live in despair. Let me be your liberator.
~ Lady Yunalesca preparing to battle and kill the party after Yuna rejects the reception of her Final Aeon.
Ah...Zaon...Forgive me...Spira has been robbed of the light of hope...All that remains is sorrow.
~ Lady Yunalesca, after the party defeat her, and before she fades from the living world.

Lady Yunalesca is the guardian of Zanarkand and a major antagonist of Final Fantasy X. She was the first summoner to defeat Sin and save Spira from its ravages long ago, as well as the daughter of Yu Yevon, after whom the Yevon religion was named, and now exists as a spirit involved in bestowing the Final Aeon for future summoners, requiring one of their guardians with whom they shared a strong, true bond to be sacrificed to become the fayth for the Final Summoning. Yunalesca actually sacrificed her own husband, Lord Zaon, in her case.

She was voiced by Julia Fletcher.

Appearance[]

Yunalesca has long silver hair that splays out around her in tendrils during battle. She wears a blue headband with four ribbons finished with blue beads and yellow tassels. The headdress has two long plumes that zigzag to make an "M" shape. She has yellow eyes.

Yunalesca wears a blue-and-black bra with a curlicue design linked in front by a yellow chain, and a black thong, a thin, yellow-tasseled belt, gold bracelets, blue armbands and wristbands, green sashes decorated with the Yevon symbols, silver anklets, and a blue garter around her left thigh. She wears a blue bead necklace resembles seashells or fangs. She is barefooted.

Personality[]

Yunalesca is frank and to-the-point. While she can be kind, she can also be quite merciless, as she cares primarily about upholding the teachings of Yevon, not hesitant to strike down those who dare to question them. She is not open to the ideas of others, viewing Spira as doomed without the service that she provides.

History[]

Prior to the game, Lord Braska went to Zanarkand and sacrificed Tidus's father, Jecht, to be the Final Aeon, but Auron protested against this practice and went back to complain to Yunalesca, who told him that Sin is always supposed to come back, and their journey is ultimately pointless. Auron then attacked Yunalesca, but was killed by her.

When the player's party arrives at Yunalesca's temple in Zanarkand, Yunalesca is initially kind to them, welcoming them to Zanarkand and specifically congratulating Lord Braska's daughter, Yuna (who is actually named after Yunalesca), on the completion of her pilgrimage. She then gives Yuna time to discuss with her guardians whom her sacrificial fayth will be, and after some debate, Yuna decides to ask Yunalesca whether or not there is an alternate option for defeating Sin, or if Sin will come back no matter what.

Upon finding out that Sin will, in fact, always come back no matter how many times it is defeated, Yuna realizes that her pilgrimage is futile, and she and the rest of the party see a vision of Auron fighting Yunalesca. Yunalesca says that the true purpose of "destroying" Sin is merely to give the people of Spira "hope" to carry on in spite of Sin's continued presence. When Yuna refuses to go through with the ritual upon hearing all of this, Yunalesca attacks the party, as she believes that she will "free" them of their Sin-caused suffering.

Lady Yunalesca at first fights in her beautiful human form, but as the battle with her rages on, she eventually reveals a giant Medusa-like monster attached to her body. After a long and difficult battle with all of her forms, she is defeated and destroyed, sending herself out of the land of the living, though not before dropping the name of her father, which ultimately sets in motion a chain of events that leads to the true defeat of Sin.

A now-purposeless Yunalesca returns in Final Fantasy X-2, however, as a guardian in the Via Infinito dungeon, where she takes the form of a giant basilisk called "Chac." After being defeated here by Yuna, Rikku, and their new friend, Paine, Yunalesca is finally put to rest and is sent to join Lord Zaon on the Farplane.

Appearances in other media[]

Yunalesca appears in Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade as an enemy during an event called "Showdown". In battle, Yunalesca uses Mind Blast.

Yunalesca's boss form made an appearance as an Ice-elemental card in Final Fantasy Trading Card Game.

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Trivia[]

  • Yunalesca's human form resembles artist Yoshitaka Amano's original design for Cloud of Darkness of Final Fantasy III.
  • In Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy, one of Yuna's exclusive weapons is known as Yunalesca's Staff, which raises start Bravery by 34 points and Attack by 62.
  • She is the only human female boss in Final Fantasy X.

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