Brotherhood
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The Brotherhood (フラタニティ, Furataniti lit. Fraternity) is Tidus's signature sword in the game Final Fantasy X. It appears in several other games as well.
The Brotherhood is famous not only for being Tidus' weapon, but for its unique themed appearance also. It is one of the most recognizable swords in the Final Fantasy series, along with the Buster Sword, the Revolver, the Masamune, the Excalibur, the Ultima Weapon, and others.
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[edit] Appearances
[edit] Final Fantasy X
It used to belong to Chappu, who was Wakka's brother. Wakka gave it to him as a gift for when he fought as part of the Crusaders against Sin, which occured one year prior to the storyline of Final Fantasy X. However, on the day Chappu died, he didn't take his sword, but decided to fight with an Al Bhed machina weapon instead. This is what made Wakka despise machina, as well as the Al Bhed, on a personal plane, rather than on just a religious one. Wakka decides to give it to Tidus, because he reminds Wakka of Chappu.
When the party visits the Farplane and Tidus listens to Wakka speaking with the image of Chappu, the sword is enhanced, adding a total of Strength +15% (+10% and +5% stated on the weapon), Waterstrike, and Sensor. Even though the player gets this sword pretty much at the beginning of actual gameplay, it is arguably Tidus' strongest non-upgradable weapon, second only to his Celestial Weapon, Caladbolg. However, the Brotherhood has a disadvantage against certain fiends if they are immune to, or even worse, absorb Water-elemental attacks.
[edit] Final Fantasy X-2
The Brotherhood is the sword wielded by Warrior Yuna in Final Fantasy X-2. It notably lacks any sign of its Waterstrike ability.
[edit] Final Fantasy XII
Gilgamesh pulls out a replica of the Brotherhood sword, clearly a fake, as it has a hook on each side, unlike the original.
[edit] Non-specific appearances
Since the Brotherhood is Tidus' icon weapon, the non-specific appearance of this blade is directly related with the appearance of Tidus in other games, like Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy in Itadaki Street Special and Dissidia Final Fantasy. As it appears in Dissidia, the handguard near the handle of the blade has switched sides from the original design, onto the edged side.
