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Sephiroth is the main antagonist in Squaresoft's Final Fantasy VII. Sephiroth was the highest ranking member of SOLDIER, and was thought to be dead five years before the events of Final Fantasy VII. At the beginning of the game he is vaguely mentioned in some dialogue, but is later revealed in some flashbacks from the game's protagonist, Cloud. He is the child of Lucrecia and Hojo, and was injected with Jenova cells, which explains his extraordinary power. However, when Cloud asks about his parents, he laughs and says Jenova is his mother, not knowing of his own past.
The first actual appearance of Sephiroth in Final Fantasy VII is in the Shinra Headquarters. Cloud and the rest of the party have been captured and are awaiting execution, but after a night's rest, they awake to see the guards are dead and their cell door is open. Following the trail of blood left by the Shinra guards, they find the President of Shinra dead, with Sephiroth's sword thrust in his back. After seeing this, Cloud vows to kill Sephiroth, and settle the score in Nibelheim. During Cloud's flashback at the Kalm Inn, he, Sephiroth, and Tifa all go to a reactor deep within Mount Nibelheim. There is a brief battle with a Green Dragon (Sephiroth kills it quickly), where Sephiroth's power is shown for the first time.
Later at the reactor, he tells Cloud that the creatures in the tubes are actually people infused with a large amount of Mako, more than that of members of SOLDIER. He sees Jenova in a larger tube and begins questioning his past, and how he was created. He holds up in the basement of the Shinra Mansion in Nibelheim, where he reads about Professor Gast, and many experiments that have been done. He becomes obsessed with finding out how he was born, and finally goes insane. He burns Nibelheim to the ground, killing Cloud's mother in the process, and runs to the reactor in Mount Nibelheim to find Jenova. Cloud chases after him to find that he murdered Tifa's father. Tifa chases after him but is struck down, and is saved by Cloud, just as he promised during their childhood. Cloud rushes in to confront Sephiroth and that's where his story ends.
Cloud doesn't remember why he and Sephiroth are both alive, or what happened. Later in the story, the holes in Cloud's memory are revealed. In Nibelheim another charactor named Zack was the member of SOLDIER with Sephiroth, not Cloud. Cloud was never in SOLDIER and was embarrased to go back to his hometown, thinking Tifa would look down on him for being a normal Shinra soldier. Cloud was still there, however, but masked his appearance. At the reactor Zack actually rushes in to fight Sephiroth and is struck down.
As Sephiroth is leaving the reactor, Cloud confronts him and throws him into the lifestream, but is mortally wounded in the process. Much later in the game, it is revealed that Sephiroth plans to use the Black Materia that he manipulated Cloud into giving him to summon a powerful spell called Meteor. By summoning Meteor, he would gravely wound the planet, causing the Lifestream to rush to where the meteor hit, and giving Sephiroth an opportunity to merge with the planet itself, giving him god-like powers. Aeris tries to stop him by counteracting his Black Materia with her White Materia, and tries to summon Holy. Her plans are cut short as Sephiroth kills her before she can finish casting the spell. Sephiroth then retreats, barricading himself in the Northern Crater, where he continues to summon Meteor. At the climax of the story, Cloud and AVALANCHE proceed into the crater after Shinra destroys the barrier with their Sister Ray. Sephiroth tries to stop them with his multiple forms, but in the end falls to Cloud in a mental battle, after Cloud recovers his memory.
Sephiroth is the main villain in Final Fantasy VII. He wants to destroy the world by summoning a huge meteor and it is up to Cloud and his friends to try and stop him.
History
Sephiroth as he appears in Advent Children
The first actual appearance of Sephiroth in Final Fantasy VII is in the Shinra Headquarters. Cloud and the rest of the party have been captured and are awaiting execution, but after a night's rest, they awake to see the guards are dead and their cell door is open. Following the trail of blood left by the Shinra guards, they find the President of Shinra dead, with Sephiroth's sword thrust in his back. After seeing this, Cloud vows to kill Sephiroth, and settle the score in Nibelheim. During Cloud's flashback at the Kalm Inn, he, Sephiroth, and Tifa all go to a reactor deep within Mount Nibelheim. There is a brief battle with a Green Dragon (Sephiroth kills it quickly), where Sephiroth's power is shown for the first time.
Later at the reactor, he tells Cloud that the creatures in the tubes are actually people infused with a large amount of Mako, more than that of members of SOLDIER. He sees Jenova in a larger tube and begins questioning his past, and how he was created. He holds up in the basement of the Shinra Mansion in Nibelheim, where he reads about Professor Gast, and many experiments that have been done. He becomes obsessed with finding out how he was born, and finally goes insane. He burns Nibelheim to the ground, killing Cloud's mother in the process, and runs to the reactor in Mount Nibelheim to find Jenova. Cloud chases after him to find that he murdered Tifa's father. Tifa chases after him but is struck down, and is saved by Cloud, just as he promised during their childhood. Cloud rushes in to confront Sephiroth and that's where his story ends.
The Advent Children recreation of the iconic Final Fantasy 7 scene
Sephiroth being absolutely adorable.
As Sephiroth is leaving the reactor, Cloud confronts him and throws him into the lifestream, but is mortally wounded in the process. Much later in the game, it is revealed that Sephiroth plans to use the Black Materia that he manipulated Cloud into giving him to summon a powerful spell called Meteor. By summoning Meteor, he would gravely wound the planet, causing the Lifestream to rush to where the meteor hit, and giving Sephiroth an opportunity to merge with the planet itself, giving him god-like powers. Aeris tries to stop him by counteracting his Black Materia with her White Materia, and tries to summon Holy. Her plans are cut short as Sephiroth kills her before she can finish casting the spell. Sephiroth then retreats, barricading himself in the Northern Crater, where he continues to summon Meteor. At the climax of the story, Cloud and AVALANCHE proceed into the crater after Shinra destroys the barrier with their Sister Ray. Sephiroth tries to stop them with his multiple forms, but in the end falls to Cloud in a mental battle, after Cloud recovers his memory.
Sephiroth games
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Mainichi Issho |
PSN | Game Arts Co., Ltd., SCE Japan Studio |
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Itadaki Street Portable |
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Final Fantasy VII International |
PSN, PS1 | Square Co., Ltd. |
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Itadaki Street Special |
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Dissidia: Final Fantasy released on Aug. 25, 2009 |
PSN, PSP | Square Enix |
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LittleBigPlanet released on Oct. 27, 2008 |
PSP, PS3 | Media Molecule |
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Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII released on March 25, 2008 |
PSP | Square Enix |
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Kingdom Hearts II released on March 28, 2006 |
PS2 | Square Enix |
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Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII released on Oct. 24, 2004 |
Square Enix | |
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Kingdom Hearts released on Sept. 17, 2002 |
PS2 | Square Co., Ltd. |
| Character Name: | Sephiroth |
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| Gender: | Male |
| Birthday: | |
| Appears in: | 14 games |
| First appearance: | Final Fantasy VII |
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