Though a line of summoners have since brought Sin low many times, it inevitably returns in an unending cycle of destruction. However, around one thousand years before the present day, a colossal menace known only as 'Sin' appeared and sundered all before it. In ages past, the world of Spira experienced a golden age of perfection, brought about by an advanced civilization through the use of wondrous machinery called machina. Only a select few may be able to save it. The world lies on the brink of destruction.
