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Spira is the world in which the role-playing games Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2 take place. It is composed of one continent and several islands. Spira consists of many diverse climates: from the tropical seaside villages of Besaid, to the temperate locales in the Mi'ihen region, to the polar extremes of northern Macalania.

As befitting its name, Spira is characterized by cycles and repetition, such as the spiral of death that the world endures, the many spheres found in Spira, the blitzball sphere pools, the prayer to Yevon, the Sphere Grid, and Spira's cycle of life energy emerging from within the planet's core, granting life to all its living inhabitants, and then returning to the core when a life form dies.

Spira is one of the first Final Fantasy worlds to feature consistent, all-encompassing spiritual and mythological influences within the planet's civilizations and their inhabitants' daily lives. For more information, see Mythology of Final Fantasy X. Here are listed the various locales of Spira in the rough order of which Yuna visited them during her pilgramage, as seen in Final Fantasy X:

Besaid Island

A small tropical island on the southernmost end of Spira, famous for its fabrics and the clothes it produces. It was originally a city which heavily used machina until it was completely destroyed by Sin. It now remains as a monument to Sin's power, and still has remains of machina which house ancient weapons. Home to the blitzball team Besaid Aurochs. It was attacked by Sin shortly before Yuna's pilgrimage, depicted in Final Fantasy X.

Yuna was brought here by Kimahri Ronso at the request of her father, High Summoner Braska. Initially it was to be Auron who would bring her, but he was mortally wounded by Lady Yunalesca, and just before he died, he relegated the task to Kimahri. Yuna grew up here with Wakka and Lulu. The temple in Besaid was home to the fayth for the aeon Valefor.

Kilika Island

A medium-sized island north of Besaid and just south of Luca. Home to the blitzball team Kilika Beasts.

During Yuna's pilgrimage, its village was decimated by Sin and many people were killed. It was here that Yuna performed her first sending of the dead. Two years later, the village was rebuilt, but again became a setting for violence when tensions between the Youth League and New Yevon were at their worst. The temple in the forests of Kilika was home to the fayth for the aeon Ifrit.

Luca

Luca is the second largest city in Spira, home of the blitzball team Luca Goers. It also houses the only blitzball stadium in Spira. Because of this, the Crusaders, a group organized to protect the people of Spira from Sin, fought to the death in order to protect it. Blitzball was the only form of entertainment for the people of Spira during the time of Sin, and losing the stadium would have been a serious blow to their morale. Also of interest is the theater, where the player can listen to the music and view the full motion video sequences of the game.

After Sin's defeat, Luca began to host more entertainment. In Final Fantasy X-2, an Al Bhed entrepreneur named "Rin" starts up a game called "Sphere Break" here.

Mi'ihen Highroad

This road links the city of Luca to Mushroom Rock Road. It is also the road that Lord Mi'ihen, creator of the Crusaders (initially known as "the Crimson Blades"), walked on to face a trial of Yevon. The clergy thought that his organization was dangerous to the temples; however, he convinced them that he was no threat, and they made his group an arm of Yevon. Beyond the travel agency, the road separates into two different paths. The lower path is called the "Old Road" and may have been the path that Lord Mi'ihen traveled. It is a narrow path that is now used mostly when someone falls off the main highroad.

Before the defeat of Sin, the Mi'ihen Highroad was populated by chocobos, which could be hired from the travel agency by travellers in order to traverse the Highroad more quickly. Their presence attracted a particular type of fiend called "the Chocobo Eater," who would prey on them at any opportunity. After Sin was vanquished at the end of Final Fantasy X, machina hovers were used instead and chocobos became a rare sight on the Highroad.

Mushroom Rock Road

Notable chiefly for its mushroom-shaped rock formations and as the site of the ill-fated Operation Mi'ihen, where the Crusaders and the Al Bhed tried—and failed—to defeat Sin by using ancient machina, as seen in Final Fantasy X. It later became the base of operations and training ground for the Youth League in Final Fantasy X-2. The Den of Woe is located in a ravine here. The road is also the link between the Mi'ihen and Djose highroads.

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