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" An Ancient named Jenova was found in the geological stratum of 2000 years ago. The Jenova Project. The Jenova Project wanted to produce people with the powers of the Ancients...no, the Cetra. I am the one that was produced. Professor Gast, leader of the Jenova Project and genius scientist, produced me. "
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WARNING THERE IS SOME SPOILERS SO IF U HAVEN'T PLAYED THE GAME YET YOU SHOULDN'T READ SOME OF THIS INFO!!!
OK, well, I didn't give alot of infomation about Seph on the INFO. PAGE, so now I'm gonna tell u some more about one of my favorite bad guys! To start of, Sephiroth is one of the top ranking members in SOLDIER ( so don't mess with him ) he carrys around a wicked sword that could well, slaughter anything! He doesn't really care about anything...His mother's name is Jenova, and his father died when he was little! He doesn't have a home town, family or friends, he pretty well sticks to himself.
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Who the heck is Sephiroth?
You don't know who Sephiroth is???? Well, it simple really. He is the niftiest,
cutest, hottest, coolest, did I mention cutest?, and so dang evil it makes you wanna
love him all the more! He makes Darth Vador look like a little wuss. If you have a
soft spot for bad guys, then you'll ADORE our little friend Sephy. Trust me, he is
the best. Hehehe, don't you just think he has the most cool eyes?!
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Standing strong, cool, and resolute, Sephiroth was the epitomy
of SOLDIER. Possessing exceptional skills of swordsmanship
with his deadly Musamune companion blade, Sephiroth walked
the world on behalf of Shinra Inc. But his unnatural prowess
turned out to be just that, "unnatural" as he found out 5 years ago
in an expedition to investigate a malfunctioning Mako reactor in
the mountains of Nibelheim.
Along with Zack, a promising
member of SOLDIER, and Cloud, a bright Shinra escort guard,
Sephiroth enters the Mako reactor containing a large number of pods
occupied by living organisms being subjected to an entity known as
Jenova. Dumbstruck by the realization that the name coincided with his
mother's, Sephiroth for the first time begins to wonder who he really is.
Driven by this troubling revelation, he decides to make an investigation of his own into his past history by
entering Shinra Mansion and pouring over the volumes of notes and diaries left behind by Professor Gast in
the genius scientist's secret library and laboratory down in the basement depths.
From Gast's notes, a project was set up to research the powers of a
legendary race known as the Cetra, or Ancients. This superior race was
known to be associated with the Promised Land, a place where one can find
supreme happiness and where it is believed that it is brimming with raw Mako
energy that can be tapped for immediate use. Shinra, the maker of infamous
Mako reactors, was froathing at the mouth to get its hands on this pure source
of energy. 2000 years ago, a lifeform was found that was believed to be of Cetra descent and was named
Jenova, and thus Shinra's Jenova Project took life. Professor Gast was appointed chief scientist to head
the project.
Shinra, seeking to replicate the powers of the Cetra, commissioned Gast to
produce an elite fighting corp exhibiting powers of the Cetra. Thus specimens
were placed in the pods and infused and subjected to intense levels of Mako
radiation energy provided by Jenova's biological cells. These specimens, once
matured would later become the basic units of Shinra's much revered
SOLDIER regime. Sephiroth was Gast's prize creation and ultimate success
story from the Jenova Project. Sickened by the discovery that he himself was an artificial production
resulting from a demented scientific project, Sephiroth went into isolation within Gast's library and would
later become insane and engulf Nibelheim in flames. Entering the Mako reactor, he would confront his
mother, Jenova, that was placed inside the reactor to provide sustenance to
her incubating children in the pods. Zack, trying to halt Sephiroth's path of
destruction, was injured during combat against his former leader. But it was
Cloud who struck the fatal blow and fell the mighty Sephiroth. Shinra, flexing
its political prowess, managed to underscore the Nibelheim incident and
initiated a cover up, dismissing the possiblity that anything untoward occurred.
Seeking to improve on security measures, Jenova was shipped back to Shinra
headquarters where Hojo, Gast's protogé continued monitoring the Cetra's status.
While his physical body was damaged, Sephiroth's being was
not to be so easily destroyed. Armed with the power of Jenova,
he would bide his time and later manifest himself. Reclaiming his
mother's body, Sephiroth would thus begin his rage against the
world. Standing in his way was Aeris Gainsborough, the daughter
of Professor Gast and Ifalna, a true descendent of the Cetra.
Aeris, able to communicate with the Planet, discovered a way to
thwart Sephiroth's true plans. Entering the Ancient City, Aeris
would meet her death at the hands of Sephiroth, but in her death
was a way to save the world, for Sephiroth's motive had nothing
to do with the Promised Land, but rather to obtain the Black Materia and summon Meteor to destory the
land. If Meteor struck, Planet would gather all its Lifestream energy to heal the wound that would have
been caused by the collision. Sephiroth would draw on the entire Planet's energy by appearing at the
source of impact, where a vortex of intense Lifestream energy would gather.
Cloud and company, after retrieving the Black materia back for the second
time, approach the Mako crater located in the northern hemisphere, where
Sephiroth's physical body is stationed. Cloud, unbeknownst to himself, was
himself a creation of Hojo's, injected with Jenvoa cells. His inner being was
wrought with turmoil between his true self and the incessant urge to obey
Jenova's calling. Cloud loses the mental battle and thus hands the Black
materia over to Sephiroth, who then summons Meteor. But in the end, it was Cloud who would vanquish
Sephiroth once and for all after discovering his own true identity with the help of Tifa Lockheart.
Although Sephiroth's actions and manipulations were vile acts,
he himself was propelled by a devastating truth. He was living an
ultimate lie and never did discover his true past. Even when he
discovered Gast's notes, Sephiroth was living a falsified truth.
Jenova was not a Cetra, but an alien being that the Cetra referred
to as the original "crisis from the sky". It was Jenova who infected
the Cetra race with a deadly virus which virtually wiped out the
entire race, but not before the Cetra were able to band together
and confine Jenova in the stratum. But Jenova was later found
trapped within the ground, excavated, and mistakenly identified
as a Cetra. Jenova was not Sephiroth's mother, nor did Gast "produce" him. Rather, Sephiroth was the
bloodchild of Hojo and Lucrecia, Vincent's secret love. Hojo, in his demented quest to find scientific proof
to his Reunion Theory, gave up his own son while he was still in his mother's womb to Gast's Jenova
project.
One could say that both Cloud and Sephiroth were, in a sense, children of
Jenova, brothers bound by a common thread to serve their parent's bidding.
While Cloud managed to find himself, Sephiroth lost his way and sought
vengeance upon the world. To a certain degree, one can't help but feel sorrow
for this character. Sephiroth was a normal child, but was forced to live another
man's dream. Living a life not of his own choosing and given the powers of an
unnatural evil that would later drive him insane, Sephiroth is the ultimate tragic character
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