Quote Originally Posted by ShivaBlizzard8
I think that the Fayth must have had a hand in maintaining the Unsents who were meant to help Yuna and her comrades defeat Sin - Auron wasn't the only unevil unsent - what about Belgamine? Her only purpose seemed to be to make sure Yuna was ready to defeat Sin before she went into battle.
Belgemine faded (allowed Yuna to send her) once Yuna was strong enough to defeat Sin, because her purpose had ended. Grand Maester Mika dissipated of his own accord, after learning of Yunalesca's defeat and the destruction of everything that supported Yevon's corruption. It's that strong sense of purpose that keeps an unsent from fading naturally. People who die will usually go to the Farplane of their own accord; but if someone dies an unclean death, such as being killed by Sin, their souls can't depart and must be sent. If somebody dies with "unfinished business", their soul can be bound to this world by the strength of that conviction. [q=Dante Wolfwood]Another theory, wht I belive is: When auron went to the dream world(zanarkand) to watch over tidus, the faith knew of this and having total control of the dream world, the allowed him to age so no one would get suspicious....[/q]I reckon that Auron's aging was a natural part of being in the 'dream world'. In that non-reality, Auron was basically truly alive again. The same 'rules' apply. Kind of like The Matrix, only without Keanu Reeves. Ten years in the dream city was like ten years of real life...
[q=Doomsday]Well then, if Auron is already dead ( Unsent, wtvr ), then how does he die in battle? They rekilled him or something?[/q]Unsents still have physical bodies, it's not like they're wraiths or ghosts. They can suffer harm, and even be destroyed - as Yunalesca demonstrated. If Auron suffered enough harm, his body would be damaged beyond use; he'd basically die all over again, and his spirit might then be cut loose, either going to the Farplane, dissipating into Pyreflies, or transforming into a fiend. It's kind of like how zombies and vampires can be killed in horror movies. They might be 'undead', but they still have a kind of life. They eat and sleep, expend energy, have biological processes running through their bodies. Only the Guado can spot an unsent, after all, so they must seem pretty close to a living person.