When you go to the Icicle Inn right after Aerith’s death, Ifalna says that Gaia was wounded before Jenova’s arrival, and that the wound at the Northern Crater was causing the Cetra to leave the ’Knowlespole’ (AKA, the Northern Crater) because they were unable to cultivate the land and heal the 'wound’. Right as the Cetra were trying to leave the 'Knowlespole’ that’s when Jenova 'came from the skies’ and attacked the Cetra clans.
So the crater on the Northern Continent was there BEFORE Jenova arrived, it was not created by Jenova. This suggests that the Cetra race and the Crater is older than 2000 years. So what caused the crater? Or was Jenova hiding in the crater for thousands of years??? It says that Jenova 'fell from the sky' so Jenova couldn't have been the one that made the crater. So what's going on?
Here's the script:
So the crater on the Northern Continent was there BEFORE Jenova arrived, it was not created by Jenova. This suggests that the Cetra race and the Crater is older than 2000 years. So what caused the crater? Or was Jenova hiding in the crater for thousands of years??? It says that Jenova 'fell from the sky' so Jenova couldn't have been the one that made the crater. So what's going on?
Here's the script:
Gast: Camera's ready! Then, Ifalna, please tell us about the Cetra.
Ifalna: 2000 years ago, our ancestors, the Cetra, heard the cries of the Planet.
The first ones to discover the Planet's wound were the Cetra at the Knowlespole.
Gast: Tell us Ifalna... Where is the land called 'Knowlespole'?
Ifalna: Knowlespole refers to this area. The Cetra then began a Planet-reading.
Gast: Ifalna, what exactly does Planet-reading entail?
Ifalna: ...I can't explain it very well, but it's like having a conversation with the Planet... It said something fell from the sky making a large wound.
-She shakes her head.-
Ifalna: Thousands of Cetra pulled together, trying to heal the Planet... But, due to the severity of the wound, it was only able to heal itself, over many years.
Gast: Do the Ancients, rather, the Cetra, have special powers to heal the Planet?
Ifalna: No, it's not that kind of power. The life force of all living things on this Planet becomes the energy.
The Cetra tried desperately to cultivate the land so as not to diminish the needed energy...
Gast: Hmm, even here so close to the North Cave, the snow never melts. Is that because the planet's energy is gathered here to heal its injury?
-Ifalna lowers her head.-
Ifalna: Yes, the energy that was needed to heal the Planet withered away the land... then the Planet... The Planet tried to persuade the Cetra to leave the Knowlespole, but...
Gast: Ifalna... Let's take a break.
-She turns to him and shakes her head.-
Ifalna: I'm all right... When the Cetra... were preparing to part with the land they loved... That's when it appeared!
It looked like... our... our dead mothers... and our dead brothers. Showing us spectres of their past.
Gast: Who is the person that appeared at the North Cave? I haven't any idea.
Ifalna: That's when the one who injured the Planet... or the 'crisis from the sky', as we call him, came.
-She buries her face in her hands.-
Ifalna: He first approached as a friend, deceived them, and finally...... gave them the virus.
The Cetra were attacked by the virus and went mad... transforming into monsters.
-She drops to her knees.-
Ifalna: Then, just as he had at the Knowlespole. He approached other Cetra clans...... infecting them with... the virus...
Gast: You don't look well... Let's call it a day.
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