

Deathgaze drops the Bahamut magicite when defeated.

In the World of Ruin after the world was destroyed by Kefka, magicite is in abundance unlike live espers. The magicite of Bahamut dropped from Deathgaze's maw. More espers depart the Esper World through the Sealed Gate and fall into his trap as Kefka destroys them, gaining more power, claiming the magicite he harvests is warm to the touch. In Thamasa, when the Returners let their guard down after teaming up with a group of espers led by Yura found in the Esper Caves, the imperial general Kefka Palazzo kills them and transforms them into magicite during the Battle of Thamasa. Witnessing this, the empire learns about magicite. The Returners find many more espers who had been captured by the empire to extract their magic, all of whom are transformed into magicite. Ifrit and Shiva fight the Returners, but upon learning that Ramuh had entrusted them, they transform into magicite for the party to use. The Returners attack the empire's Magitek Research Facility, which holds several espers hostage.


Ramuh sacrifices himself to become a magicite, and gives the party the magicite of espers struck by the empire: Siren, Cait Sith and Kirin. When the Returners catch up with him, Ramuh explains that the empire's method of extracting magic from espers is flawed, and only through magicite is total transfer of an esper's power possible. When Terra went berserk after coming into contact with another esper, Valigarmanda, Ramuh summoned her to him. The Returners learn of magicite from Ramuh in Zozo. There are possibly many more magicite remnants that could later have been taken by the Gestahlian Empire. In time the castle was buried under desert sands. In the Ancient Castle a sorcerer petrified Odin who refused to turn into magicite and was left standing as a statue. The first known espers that left their remains in the world are the few who died in the War of the Magi, such as Phoenix and Ragnarok.
