- Besaid Village
- Phoenix Down: Chest by the first hut
- Potion x2: Ruins chest
- 400 Gil: Ruins chest
- Hi-Potion: Ruins chest
- Wakka: Besaid village.
- Tidus: They got any food there?
- Wakka (pointing to a hut): We'll get you something over there later. Take a look around first.
- Wakka points out the lodge.
- Wakka: The Crusaders Lodge is over yonder. Luzzu and Gatta are usually there.
- He goes to leave, but remembers something important.
- Wakka: Oh, right.
- Wakka: Over here!
- Tidus: Huh? What's up?
- He leads him out of sight.
- Wakka: You do remember the prayer, right?
- * I don't remember.
- Tidus, VO: I didn't know it in the first place, to tell the truth.
- Wakka: Man, that's like the basics of the basics. Alright, I'll show you.
- * I don't know any prayers.
- Tidus, VO: Of course I'd never prayed before in my life. Not that he would know that...
- Wakka: You...must have forgot or something. Here, I'll show you.
- He demonstrates the prayer.
- Wakka: Go ahead, you try.
- (Tidus): Hmm. Hm.
- He deliberately hams it up.
- Wakka: Hey, not bad.
- Wakka: Okay, now go present yourself to the temple summoner.
- Wakka leaves.
- Tidus, VO: Any blitzball player would know that prayer. It was the blitzball sign for victory.
- He looks at the village through the gap in his hands, then enters.
- * Guard: Fiends are around even during the day. Take care not to travel alone, ya?
- * Guard: You know it's too dangerous. Sorry, but you can't pass.
- * Old woman: Me favourite's Lord Ohalland, ya? Spitting image of me old hubby.
- * Boy: I can't figure out whether I'm gonna join the Aurochs or the Crusaders!
- * Boy: I'm pretty good at blitz, ya? I can hold my breath and everything!
- * Girl: Who are you, mister? Where you from?
- * Fabric dude: The Besaid fabrics they make here are famous all over Spira!
- Fabric dude: If I buy cheap and sell high, I'll be rolling in Gil in no time!
- * Fat guy: You should try praying. It worked for me--it'll work for you, too.
- * Purple woman: On a hot day like today, it's best to be in the shade, ya?
- * Yellow man: Is it true that Sin showed up near here?
- Man: Oh boy! And the S.S. Liki's scheduled to leave any day now.
- * Topless man: You're the guy from the sea, right? I heard about you from Sir Luzzu.
- * Guide: I heard the Sin toxin got to you. Took your memory, eh?
- Guide: Maybe if I remind you of some things, you'll remember who you are!
- * What's Sin?
- Guide: How could you forget Sin? I can't say I don't envy you, though.
- Guide: There's many who would give anything to forget the pain Sin has brought.
- Guide: Sin appeared a thousand years ago, a raging demon intent on reducing Spira to rubble.
- Guide: Everyone in Spira lives under Sin's black shadow.
- Guide: But to forget Sin...well, I'd consider yourself lucky, eh?
- Guide: Something else you'd like to know, eh?
- * What's toxin?
- Guide: The foul vapours that boil from Sin's hide are evil indeed...
- Guide: One breath, and it will taint the very core of your body.
- Guide: People who get too close to Sin forget even the most important things.
- Guide: Just like you, eh?
- Guide: Something else you'd like to know, eh?
- * What's Yevon?
- Guide: How wretched you must be, to have forgotten the teachings of Yevon!
- Guide: The teachings are the only salvation for those who suffer because of Sin.
- Guide: I'm sure you followed the teachings, before the toxin got to you, of course.
- Guide: Go pray at the temple, and all will return in time.
- Guide: Something else you'd like to know, eh?
- * What's Zanarkand?
- Guide: Zanarkand was once a great city in the far north of this land.
- Guide: Now it lies in ruin, destroyed by Sin a thousand years ago.
- Guide: Such was its punishment for relying too much on machina.
- Guide: Something else you'd like to know, eh?
- * No, thanks, gramps.
- * Dog girl: You're the talk of the town, you know? Word travels fast in a village this size.
- * Red man: Sin's toxin? Nah, you don't look sick.
- Red man: You must have not breathed in much of the stuff, ya?
- Red man: Guess being a blitz player means you can hold your breath pretty good.
- * Red man: I wanted to be a blitzer way back when. I just couldn't hold my breath.
- * Priestess: Besaid's devotion to the teachings of Yevon is commendable.
- Priestess: Still, there is much for a priestess such as I to teach them.
- * Ruins man: Sin's struck Besaid Village so many times I lost count.
- Ruins man: After this house got hit I guess the owner just let it be.
- * Ruins man: Sin will just come back and destroy it again. Sometimes I wonder why I bother.
- * Young woman: I travelled Spira looking for a land where nobody had heard of Sin.
- Young woman: I...I gave up looking. I think it's for the best.
- * White woman: Yevon's teachings are our staff and our guide in life.
- White woman: Without the teachings, we'd just live every day in fear of Sin.
- * White woman: It...It's like we were born to live in fear.
- Besaid - Shop
- * Yellow man: Seafaring is hard work. Gotta kick back sometimes. Get some R & R, ya?
- * Boy: Daddy doesn't play with me at all.
- * Topless man: I'm getting ready to go out fishing. There's fiends out in the sea, ya?
- * Keep: Welcome!
- Keep: Thank you! Come again!
- Besaid - House, right
- * Vilucha: Odd clothes you got. What land you from? This your first time to Besaid?
- * Vilucha: We don't get many strangers here. I remember every visitor we get.
- Besaid - House, Wakka's
- * Wakka: Go present yourself to the temple summoner before we eat, ya?
- * Wakka: A little praying might do your memory some good!
- Besaid - House, Weaver's
- * Weaver: Long as I'm around, Besaid's weaving will be known as nothing but the best!
- Besaid - Crusaders Lodge
- Al Bhed Primer II: Next to the entrance.
- * Boy: They say I gotta train in order to join the Crusaders...
- * Boy: Me and Sir Luzzu and Gatta will beat Sin, just the three of us!
- * Purple man: You the one they say came from the sea?
- Purple man: Toxin's still got to you, ya? You go ahead and rest up.
- * Priestess: I appreciate the Crusaders' zeal, but they must heed the teachings.
- * Fat guy: I had a run-in with Sin's toxin before you, you know?
- Fat guy: I'm a lot better now, but things were pretty bad for a while.
- Fat guy: Couldn't remember who I was or where I came from! Scary, ya?
- Fat guy: Man, I nearly cried, and that's the truth!
- * Fat guy: I got better, but only after praying at the temple a lot.
- * Dude: The Crusaders Lodge is open to guests. Take a rest?
- * I'd like a nap/Maybe later.
- * Crusaders
- Gatta: Hey, you! You were attacked by Sin...right? Recently was it?
- Tidus: I think so.
- Gatta: So, Sin can't be far, right?
- Gatta: You're not hiding anything, are you?
- Tidus: Why would I?
- Luzzu: If Sin's nearby, it'll attack the island for sure.
- Luzzu: But it hasn't. I wonder why?
- Tidus: I'm sorry. I really don't know anything.
- Tidus: To tell the truth, I don't even know what the Crusaders are.
- Gatta: You're kidding, right?
- Luzzu: Sin! The toxin!
- Luzzu: Gatta, tell him who we are!
- Gatta (stands): Yes, sir!
- Gatta (salutes): The Crusaders are sworn to battle Sin!
- Gatta: We have chapters throughout Spira, accepting all who wish to join our struggle!
- Gatta: The hero Mi'ihen formed the Crusaders eight hundred years ago as the Crimson Blades.
- Gatta: Later, our ranks grew and we called ourselves the Crusaders. We've been fighting Sin ever since!
- Tidus: What, you've been fighting eight hundred years and you still heavnt' beat it?
- Gatta stammers, and sits.
- Luzzu: Well, we've steered Sin away from towns many times!
- Luzzu: And that's all we can do. Nobody's ever been able to defeat it.
- Luzzu: Our mission as Crusaders is to protect the temples, towns, villages, and people of Spira.
- Tidus: So then whose job is it to defeat Sin?
- Gatta: Is Sin's toxin really this bad, sir?
- Luzzu: It does seem rather bad...
- Luzzu: We could just tell you, but I think it better for you to try and remember.
- Luzzu: Go pray at the temple. Perhaps Yevon will help you regain your memory.
- * Gatta: But soon, we may be able to finally defeat Sin.
- Gatta: We've got a plan--one that'll go down in Crusader history!
- * Luzzu: We've been excommunicated from Yevon.
- Luzzu: We must go, now. Everything is riding on our next...our last battle!
- Besaid - Temple
- Tidus looks around in awe.
- Tidus, VO: It was then, standing in that place.
- Tidus, VO: I began to realise how different this world was from my own.
- * Red guy: The village was attacked by Sin when I was just a little kid, ya?
- Red guy: The village was burnt to ashes. I still have nightmares of that day.
- * Green guy: Don't bother people when they're praying! It's against the teachings!
- * Purple woman: I am sure that Lord Braska is watching over our apprentice summoner.
- * Green woman: May the apprentice summoner return to us safely.
- * Statue
- Tidus examines it, and he is joined by the high priest.
- High priest: Ten years have passed since Lord Braska became High Summoner.
- High priest: And finally we receive a statue for our temple.
- Tidus: What's a high summoner?
- Gasps and murmurs come from the worshippers. Tidus looks around, embarrassed.
- Tidus: I...I got too close to Sin's, uh, toxin.
- More gasps, more understanding this time. The high priest prays.
- Tidus, VO: It was funny hearing myself make the same excuse over and over. Funny, and a little sad.
- High priest: The summoners are practitioners of a sacred art, sworn to protect the people of Yevon.
- High priest: Only a chosen few become summoners, who call forth entities of great power: the aeons.
- High priest: The aeons hear our prayers and come down to us. They are the blessing of Yevon.
- Tidus, VO: So what he meant...
- Tidus, VO: was that we should respect some kinda great men or something like that... I figured.
- * Topless man: High Summoner Gandof, give us your blessing, and watch over my family.
- * High priest: Pray hard, and the toxin will surely release its grip on you.
- * High priest: The high summoners, in order from the right: Lord Braska, Lady Yocun...
- High priest: Lord Ohalland, and Lord Gandof. Do you remember them now?
- * Boy: Please let the Aurochs score at least one goal.
- * Woman: The village where I was born is no longer there, thanks to Sin.
- * Guide: I heard the Sin toxin got to you. Took your memory, eh?
- Guide: I'd be happy to teach you anything you've forgotten, sonny.
- * What's a high summoner?
- Guide: One of the four summoners that fought Sin in the past.
- Guide: Lord Ohalland, Lord Gandof, Lady Yocun and Lord Braska, it was.
- Guide: Spira would have fallen to Sin long ago if the high summoners weren't around!
- * Seafarer: I sure hope we don't run into Sin on our next voyage.
- * Fat guy: I hope I get over the toxin quick. The big operation's coming up!
- * Priestess: With the statues' guidance, I'm sure our apprentice is doing fine.
- * Stairs
- High priest: Only sworn guardians may approach the Cloister of Trials.
- Monks' chamber
- * Monk: Even searching the Scriptures of Yevon, I have found no cure for Sin's toxin.
- Monk: May the blessing of Yevon guide you to health, friend.
- * Monk: I, too, will pray for the blessing of Yevon to shine upon you.
