"Now completely under its own control, Sin, as the beast became known, rested amongst the fayth. But then Bevelle's army appeared. The humans who led the group stood terrified at the sight of all the fayth gathered on Gagazet, and the haunting sound that could be heard coming from the many statues.

"Then Sin awoke and soared into the air. In fear, Bevelle's humans ran, leaving their machina on the slope. However Sin was not interested in the machina as they hoped. It pursued them down the mountain to the grasslands below, but soon lost interest in the few hundred souls below, and went off to find greater things.

"Months later, and after the destruction of many machina cities, Bevelle sent scout to brave the mountain. Working their way through the fayth, they found Zanarkand. A city in ruins, no one left alive.

"Thus was born Sin. Theories flew in Bevelle about the fayth on Gagazet summoning Sin, and that Yu Yevon was responsible, and thus the Yevonite church came into being in an attempt to lessen Sin's wrath.

"And that as they say is that," ended the old scholar, only now realising that his audience was asleep. Even the summoner and his two guardians, one a warrior, the other a man with an unusual, yet familiar mark on his chest, had fallen asleep, even though they seemed so interested in the scholars recollections when he introduced it as a tale about Zanarkand's last days.

As he left the Al Bhed shop and entered the perpetual thunderstorm outside, the old scholar said simply:

"Hmm… pity."