Quote Originally Posted by The Crystal View Post
And i still want to know why some people say Necron retreats, after being defeated. It seemed to me that he was... blowing up, exploding, being completely and utterly destroyed.
As he's diminishing, he says that he'll never truly disappear as long as there is death and doubt in the world. Words to that effect, anyway. I figure Necron's like the counterbalance to the Crystal. The Crystal is the source of all life and spiritual energy, while Necron is the source of death and ending.

I haven't completed FFIX in a while, so please correct me if I'm wrong... but after Necron is defeated, there's an FMV of his remains rising above the Tree and exploding, right? That explosion, combined with Kuja's Ultima and related antics, seem to be what killed off the Tree more than anything else.

I still don't think Necron was directly related to the Tree in any way. However, since the Tree was inextricably and powerfully tied to the cycles of life and death for Terra and Gaia, it seems logical that the events surrounding the Tree (like Kuja's attempt to destroy the Crystal) would draw Necron's attention.