-About 10-
Spira was home to highly developed civilizations until 1000 years ago, when Sin first appeared. Sin is a tresspasser, a scourge upon the land. It falls only to rise again, bringing chaos and destruction to Spira's technological advances.
A group of travellers from different tribes and walks of life will set aside their own beliefs to save their crying world. Together they will guard a young Summoner determined to defeat Sin at all costs.
The party journeys to the very ends of the world, visiting temples and bonding with Aeons. As the Summoner gains new strengths, she prepares to recieve her 'Last Summoning', the only power that can defeat Sin and save the world.
-About 9-
Dark times have spread over the world of Gaia. Four separate governing nations, some blinded by their short-sighted greed, some persevering in the name of justice, are battling on and off in a deadly game for power. One kingdom, that of Lindblum, headed by the honorable and trustworthy Regent Cid, finally decides to take a stand against the unspeakable massacres by the troops of Alexandria.
Enlisting the aid of mere bandits to kidnap Princess Garnet of the Alexandria Empire, for information and interrogation, Garnet and her bodyguard actually join Cid's cause, knowing full well the outlandish recklessness of the governing Queen, who counterattacks with an onslaught of warriors. Thus begins a crossfire that would engulf the world in something far worse than political standoffs.
Out of the band of thieves, one boy along with his entourage must battle his way through several awe-inspiring challenges to restore order and peace.
-About 8-
In a time of both sophisticated technology and powerful magic, an evil sorceress corrupts the world's largest military power through manipulation and deception, enslaving mankind to do her bidding. Her goal is not something as simple as world domination; but to completely conquer all of space and time.
To counter the turn of events, various leaders head combat training schools, known as Gardens, that turn out elite fighting forces. Known as SeeDs, they defend, serve, and protect humankind from the sorceress. The sole purpose of these academies is to vanquish the sorceress and save humanity as we know it, although they take many other assignments for the right price.
A small, loose-knit group of SeeD graduates find themselves wrapped in a much bigger endeavor than simple military combat. Now, a gunblade specialist, together with a diverse group of young heroes, must set aside his fears, face the emotions he's run from, and become the leader that he never wanted to be.
-About 7-
A giant energy manufacturing company known as Shinra Inc. is harvesting the sheer life energy of the Planet as a simple fossil fuel. Processed and made into products known as Mako and Materia, these materials can work miracles, granting the wisdom of the Ancients to the user. However, this substance, like all other fuels, is finite in supply, and the Planet's lifeforce is being malevolently drained by the constant explotation of Mako by Shinra. Though aware of the harmful effects, they function without remorse.
However, the real battle lies not with a corporation, but a force much more competent from the distant past. A long-thought dead warrior bent on becoming more and more powerful, coupled with the Planet's drained energy, threatens the very existence of everything sacred.
Now a small rebel group eminating from the slums must quell the various dangers toward the innocent, and one mercenary for hire must look amidst the lies and deception and find the man he is within.
-About 6-
1000 years ago, the War of the Magi decimated most of the world's technology and all known magic. Today, technology has made an impressive and remarkable comeback, popping up almost everywhere on the face of civilization. The reigning Empire remains at war with various rebel factions, causing unrest among the related parties. Nonetheless, the world is striving successfully to rebuild itself from the perils of War.
However, the Empire has grown curious and power-hungry for the ancient power known only as "magic". Their leader and a slightly insane general crave this power, and are willing to destroy anything that comes in their way. With the finding of an ancient Esper, a seemingly vital source of "magic", the Empire is poised to take full control of this mysterious power.
Several warriors, from all walks of life, must band together despite their differences in order to save the world from one who would conquer it, and who would destroy it.
-About 5-
The entire cycle of life in the world is bound by four crystals, each providing their own source of power to mankind, from the wind blowing across lands to water flowing across seas, giving life, to burning hot fires to the very earth itself. The binding force of these beautiful crystals not only gives off this power, but imprisons a much more devastating force away from the world.
However, the power given off by these crystals has slowed considerably. Keeping with ancient prophecies, a sudden brutal meteor strikes rain over the landscape, causing the crystals to immiently shatter. The result cuts off the magical forces of the elements. Worse yet, as the crystals explode one by one, the very vile, evil force the crystals were made to restrain is released.
A unlikely group of warriors, from a princess to a pirate, to a young warrior to a wise old man, must find the courage and strength through the powers of the crystals and the trials they encounter in order to save not one world, but two.
-About 4-
The Red Wings, a once honorable forthcoming military unit wielding powerful majestic airships, has been commanded by the kingdom of Baron to snare and obtain the magical Crystals of Earth by any means necessary. The head of the Red Wings, a highly ranked Dark Knight, is demoted for questioning the barbaric nature of these attacks. Confused and astonished at this unorthodox action, he questions his loyalty.
Meanwhile, the world is slowly being engulfed in monster attacks for an unknown reason. And elsewhere, a being slowly manipulates the others for his own ends, masterminding every move, while others who know the truth await a hero's arrival, a holy knight to bring truth to the prophecies of old.
Thus begins the legendary journey of Cecil and his companions. Together with his friends, both new and old, one man vows to cast away the darkness within his soul in order to find the truth long denied him and to defeat the greatest evil of all.
