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It is actually interesting that One Winged Angel is not Sephiroth's theme song. Those chosen by the planet is and I actually prfer that song to OWA. Its sinistar low sounds the use of bells and it also had its own voice overs though nothing like OWA.

I lke Sephiroth because:

First the alturistic reasons, He does look cool his long silver hair, glowing green eyes, considerable height, excellent posture and stance, and his calm voice.

Other then that. His personality never stops intriging me he has been raised to be the perfect warrior, he has led a cold heartless existance because of this and yet he still retainst the ability to love. His feelings towards Jenova are nothing less then a sons love for his mother.

His training has made him cold heartless and totally ruthless. He is also the epitome of preffsionalism he never exerts himself beyond what he must but he never slacks of either.

He demonstrates considerable power and he does not activily pursue power as an end like some mre traditional villians. He understands power is a means to an end not an end in itself and he bahaves accordingly.

He is not traditional in any respect. He is truly unique among villians or heroes for he has been both in his life. As a hero he was a profesional soldier, who was something of an elitist. As a villian he strived to become a god and when that failed he insted tried o achieve his mothers goals.

His will is powerfull. Training, skill, power. All of that is useless by itself. "Taining is nothing will is everything." Sephiroth has the will to act, to achieve his goals, and to do what must be done. Sephiroth's will is truly absolute.
 
I'm going to cheat and answer both questions: what was his past like and why do I like him?

First question: I believe his past would have been a somewhat sterilzed life--in another words, he was not allowed to grow and flourish socially beyond that which his caretakers would want. He has neither loving parents to mold his personallity and his entire purpose initially was to be a super soldier--I highly doubt his youthful years were easy. As he got older I imagine he developed a isolated, detached persona to deal with the feeling of alienation from others. Training would probably make up most of life, with the trips to the labs and Hojo. It sounds like a very lonely life, though I doubt one as haughty as Sephiroth would admit it.

Second question: To explain that would take some time. There are many things that are appealing about Sephiroth--naturally his looks, his control, his intelligence, his will, his skill and his strength and power. Delving into his character is a challenging but rewarding experience for me, as a lot who he is is shrouded in mystery. There's just enough known about him to spark the imagination but not so much as to dull the mystery.
 
Love the new sketch Angelus. It looks incrdibly detailed for sketch aswell and very neatly done an all round excellent piece. Can I add it to the first post?

Mind if I ask what is the font you used for the name? It looks vaugely familier.
 
Yes, you can add it to the first post. Unless I specify, you're free to add my artwork to the first post.

That font is called "Abaddon", but it doesn't have special characters like the tilde in it. I had to use a different font for it.
 
To anyone in Project SS who enjoys the RPG please sign up for the S SOLDIER clan we need dedicated members if our clan is to be the best.
 
Thanks, everyone. I only wish my schedule were a bit less busy but as soon as I can I'll be looking into that.

Incidently, I have a topic idea! If you could ask Sephiroth a question, just one, what would you ask?
 
Alright stuff from the Reunion file I felt like copying out. Relevance to Sephiroth naturally. Major spoilers so do not read if you do not want to know.


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-Nomura had Cloud take down Kadaj without really grunting or showing any signs of straining himself so that when he was grunting a lot during his fight with Sephiroth and displaying lots of signs of fatigue it would emphasise how much more powerful Sephiroth was.


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-When designing Sephiroth for the film, they took various steps to make him seem like something other than an ordinary human, a supernatural entity. For his appearance, they gave him slanted eyes. In rendering him, they never showed him blink. For his lines, Nojima gave him a majestic style of speech that would suggest that his mentality had ascended beyond that of ordinary humans.


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-At one point, the development team was unsure of why Sephiroth would appear to fight Cloud, and were only certain that he must appear for a final battle with him. They considered various ideas, including Sephiroth only being visible to Cloud, but ultimately went with what we see in the finished film (Kadaj's fusion with Jenova's cells).


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-The original subtitle of the film was going to be "Reunion," but Nomura felt that the word didn't convey the sense of "coming back again" well enough, so he did some research and found the word "advent," which is often used to mean "second coming." Nojima, for his part, wanted "children" in the title, so the two words were combined. Nojima says he feels that the title does a good job of expressing that FFVII is back and that Sephiroth is going to come back during the film.



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Kadaj, Loz, and Yazoo are referred to as physical manifestations of Sephiroth's spirit and will three times in the English text, with the specific wording used in Japanese being something akin to "will bodies of Sephiroth's thoughts" on one of those occasions and "phantoms of Sephiroth" on another. Also, Kadaj is said to represent Sephiroth's cruelty, while Yazoo represents his allure and Loz represents his strength.


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-It's confirmed that the silver-haired men's desire to find Jenova's remains and merge with them is due in part to Sephiroth's desire to be restored goading them without them knowing it.



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-It's stated that Sephiroth and Kadaj are left-handed. Most likely Yazoo and Loz are as well since -- like Kadaj -- they are physical manifestations of Sephiroth's spirit and feature some of his attributes. That in mind along with the fact that Loz's Dual Hound weapon is on his left arm and being that Yazoo chooses to use his left hand to fire his Velvet Nightmare when fighting with only one gun, we have reason to believe this is true.


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-It's said that the SHM concluded that the remains of Jenova were under the Meteor monument and commanded the kids to surround it as human shields. Apparently when the children's Reunion instinct led them to Edge, the SHM concluded that the remains of Jenova must be under the monument because Rufus had built it.


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-An in-universe explanation for why Loz often moves with a blue blur behind him is not given. It's simply said that because he's so big and bulky, they wanted to off-set his girth by making him look really fast and used the blue blur only for him to emphasise that he's fast. It's not suggested -- despite how often people think so -- that it has anything to do with his Dual Hound.


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-No explanation for where the SHM got their bikes is offered, but Takeyuki Takeya said that he designed the SHM's bikes with the impression that they're very generic and that there might be tons of bikes just like them. They probably stole them from somewhere.


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-No explanation for the SHM's cell phones is offered either. However, I bet they stole them from Elena and Tseng since they had to get the other Turks' numbers somehow.



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-It's mentioned that after Sephiroth jumped into the Lifestream back in
Nibelheim, his body dissolved, but because of his powerful will, he reformed it at the Northern Crater, where his life energy and Jenova's head were washed to. This most likely is why he only seemed to have a torso when he cast Meteor (he was still reforming his original body), and why the Ultimania Omega says that he was regenerating in the Northern Crater.
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This is all from the Ultima Omega Guide.


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***Sephiroth's will and Jenova's will*** (Page 53)
The Sephiroth clones seen in various locations continue gathering for the
Reunion. Seemingly, the will of Jenova as a human is the result of it
consuming Sephiroth's spirit; in actuality, Sephiroth is controlling Jenova.

(Accompanying screenshot caption)
Sephiroth's voice is heard through his "mother," Jenova, as applied through
its cells in the Sephiroth Clones.

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[Analysis: This section confirms that Sephiroth was in control of Jenova.]


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-Hojo-
Places of appearance: Shin-Ra headquarters and various other places

Void of good sense and humanity, he is a typical mad scientist. As a novice,
he participated in the Jenova Project with Gast, an expert, but after he
[Gast] left, direction of the project fell to him [Hojo]. Gast and
collaborative research had bore the SOLDIERs, but 5 years ago, he [Hojo] began
the Sephiroth Clones experiment on his own. Company employees keep watch over
its progress and keep him informed.

(Accompanying screenshot caption)
Steeped in an inferiority complex in regard to Professor Gast, he repeatedly
reacts with inhumane experiments. He's actually Sephiroth's father, but never
introduced himself [as such].


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***Enigma of the voice*** (Page 68)
As Cloud is trying to place the bomb, a mysterious voice speaks to him. Later,
this same kind of mysterious voice resounds in Cloud's head in the scene where
he and a voice have a conversation, and it offers him reminders. These voices
are the original Cloud, as -- due to Hojo's Sephiroth Clones experiment --
Zack's personality merged with his, creating the present day Cloud, producing
a conflict of multiple personalities(-->P.11).

During the scene in the first mako reactor, what [the voice] says is it
[trying] to point [Cloud] toward the memory of Sephiroth five years ago in
Nibelheim's mako reactor, as the two places were similar. However, Cloud is
not able to listen to the words of the memory.

(Accompanying screenshot caption)
"Open your eyes!" [the voice] calls out, as it does when the scene at the
Temple of the Ancients comes and the words of Sephiroth make use of Cloud as a
puppet.

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[Analysis: This section confirms that the voice that often talks to Cloud
during the first disc of the game is his subconscious, that part of him that
was buried under the false identity he formed.]


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***The open cell door*** (Page 94)
Indicating the brutality of Jenova, a bloodstain leads from the open cell door
-- which was opened previously without [anyone] noticing -- to the top floor.
It would seem that after awakening, Jenova intentionally opened specifically
Cloud's door, leading [him] to the top floor. As he's a person who carries
Jenova cells [inside him], was it trying to help Cloud......?

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[Analysis: This section confirms that Sephiroth -- using Jenova's main body
(see below passage entitled "Jenova inside the ship") -- opened Cloud's cell
door during the massacre in the Shin-Ra headquarters.]


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***[From the Story Playback segment of the book]*** (Page 102)
Hojo was the cause of the malfunctions at the mako reactor. Hojo had placed
humans in the devices used to form materia, and -- being drenched in
high-density mako -- they turned into monsters.

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[Analysis: This small segment tells us that the humans who had been placed in
the pods inside the Mt. Nibel mako reactor were not only placed inside devices
used to create materia, but that they were, indeed, transformed as a result of
exposure to an unhealthy quantity of mako. This is relevant, as some fans in
the past have often wondered if, perhaps, Jenova cells were added to the mix.
This passage would seem to indicate that this was not the case, and that the
mako exposure alone was the cause of their mutations. In other words, this
section confirms that mako can cause mutations.



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***Jenova inside the ship*** (Page 112)
Cloud confronts "Sephiroth," the murderer of the ship's crew in the bottom of
the ship. In truth, Jenova began moving away from the Shin-Ra building on its
own, and took on the form of Sephiroth.

(Accompanying screenshot caption)
This [that Jenova was being carried by Sephiroth] was a misunderstanding. The
arm was not carried, but rather was detached here.

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[Analysis: This section -- together with the accompanying screenshot where
Tifa can be seen asking if this means that Jenova was being carried -- reveals
that the main body of Jenova was not carried out of the Shin-Ra headquarters
by a Sephiroth Clone, as has often been thought in the past. In truth,
Sephiroth assumed control of the main body and had it force its way out of its
confinement, assume his form, slaughter the Shin-Ra personnel -- as well as
President Shinra himself -- open Cloud's cell door and then escape. It is this
main body of Jenova that AVALANCHE pursues from Midgar.

This section further reveals that the tentacle of Jenova that transformed into
Jenova-BIRTH on the Shin-Ra cargo ship was detached from the main body during
the confrontation with AVALANCHE in the bottom of the ship.]


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***The Sephiroth of the water altar*** (Page 157)
Immediately after the tragedy surrounding Aerith takes place, the battle with
Jenova-LIFE begins, doing so such that it interrupts Sephiroth's words;
they're continued after the battle, but the title of whom they're credited to
changes from "Sephiroth" to "Jenova." The reason for this is that the
confrontation on the altar occurs with Jenova while it's displaying
Sephiroth's mimed form. It then changes to a more accurate display of its true
nature.

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[Analysis: This section reveals that the Sephiroth encountered in the City of
the Ancients (the one that murdered Aerith) was -- yet again -- Sephiroth
manipulating a part of Jenova's body in his form. Being that this form
transforms into Jenova-LIFE and gets destroyed, however, this piece was not
the main body, like that seen on the Shin-Ra cargo ship (which flew away after
leaving its "arm"/tentacle); this was a previously seperated but unidentified
part of the main body that was utilized to take Sephiroth's form.]


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***As for those which have been chased so far*** (Page 163)
Before the battle with Jenova-DEATH, the words of one of the Sephiroth Clones
in line for the Reunion offers an indication of the truth: those who carried
Jenova's cells were given the mission of bringing the Black Materia to their
master, Sephiroth. The fact of the matter is that the "Sephiroth" Cloud saw in
various places was not Sephiroth himself, but rather the body of Jenova from
the Shin-Ra building mimicing his form.

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[Analysis: This is just more of the previous confirmations: that the forms of
Sephiroth AVALANCHE has been seeing are not his real body (which has been in
the Northern Crater all this time), but Jenova's main body -- and seperated
pieces of it -- in his form. Like the piece that became Jenova-LIFE, that
which becomes Jenova-DEATH is just another unidentified piece of the main body
of Jenova, seperated from the main body and given Sephiroth's form while under
his control.]


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***Jenova-SYNTHESIS*** (Page 204)
The forms of Jenova that have been fought up to this point (BIRTH, LIFE,
DEATH) were parts of the body which escaped from the Shin-Ra building. In
regard to Jenova-SYNTHESIS, this form that was arranged to be fought inside
the Planet, it is the head of Jenova that Sephiroth had in hand five years ago
and the other parts Shin-Ra had, their Reunion complete. As such, its
appearance differs from the previous forms: the image of this form's upper
body has become strong, it being the closest to perfection.

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[Analysis: This section tells us that Jenova-SYNTHESIS is the combination of
Jenova's main body and its head. It's also implied -- since Sephiroth killed
all the Sephiroth Clones but Cloud and sent them down into the Northern Crater
-- that the cells Hojo injected into the Sephiroth Clones are part of this
merged form of Jenova.]


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***Cloud's final battle*** (Page 204)
After fighting Bizarro Sephiroth and Safer Sephiroth, Cloud has a final 1-on-1
battle with Sephiroth in the spiritual realm. Although the ego of this
Sephiroth Clone was stricken with an inferiority complex in the past, Cloud
fights on and achieves victory in the end.


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***Jenova*** (Pages 210-213) (005.1)
An intelligent lifeform from somewhere in space. Approximately 2000 years ago,
it crashlanded at the North Pole ["Knowlespole" in the English localization of
the game] (the vicinity of Icicle Lodge's ["Icicle Inn" in the English
localization] present location), negatively affecting the Planet; it came to
be feared as "the Calamity from the Skies" by the Ancients, who still existed
in great numbers at that time.

Vicious, extremely aggressive and cunning. Having no thoughts of creating
anything following bringing destruction, it only follows its instincts to
incite ruin, utilizing its mimic ability (-->P.211) to infect other living
organisms with its virus. In addition, due to its abnormal resilence, even if
dismembered, its cells will call out to one another, seeking to reunite into
their original form (-->Reunion/P.211).

The scar Jenova's landing left on the Planet remains even to the present day,
being now known as "the Northern Crater."

(Accompanying screenshot caption)
The parts that are seperated from the main body are still able to function as
extensions. That is what those monsters called "Jenova" are that Cloud and
company fight during the journey.

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[Analysis: This section informs us of a few things we already knew and a few
we may not have. Jenova came from an unidentified point in space, and --
though quite intelligent and cunning -- is nothing more than an instinctual
monster made up of viral cells, which it seeks to spread to other lifeforms.
This instinct to infect other lifeforms -- and its desire to rejoin when its
cells get seperated -- are the only things this creature lives to do.

This section also further confirms that the Jenova-BIRTH, LIFE, and DEATH
bosses are merely seperated parts of Jenova's main body.]


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*Professor Gast and the Jenova Project*
Approximately 2000 years ago, Jenova collided with the Planet, and although
the Ancients were nearly reduced to extinction, some Ancient survivors
managed to seal Jenova underground in a deep sleep. However, Jenova would
awaken because of Gast's guidance of Shin-Ra's Science Department.

Approximately 30 years ago, the mummified form of Jenova was excavated and
Jenova mistakenly identified as an Ancient; the Jenova Project then began.
Hojo was a member of the project; the body of his colleague and lover,
Lucrecia, was utilized for experimental purposes, injected with Jenova cells
prior to her giving birth. Thus, Sephiroth was born.

After several years, Gast became wracked with guilt, and -- in regret of the
use of humans for such an abnormal experiement -- gave Shin-Ra his
resignation. He then removed himself to Icicle Lodge, which lay in the
vicinity of where he had discovered Jenova, and began new independent
research. There, he would make the acquintance of a local woman with the
name of "Ifalna," a survivor of the Ancients; interviewing her, he would begin
to arrive at the truth about the history of the Ancients, Jenova's mimic
ability and the WEAPONs (-->P.215), things which Shin-Ra knew nothing about.
In the meantime, a love between he and Ifalna would form, and together they
would make a home and have a child: Aerith. However, he would be shot under
Hojo's orders and the results of Gast's research fell into Hojo's hands.


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*The product of the project: Sephiroth*
While in Lucrecia's womb, Jenova's cells became part of Sephiroth's growth.
While he's the biological son of Hojo and Lucrecia, with regards to his role
in the project as an unnatural product of "Jenova of the Ancients," one could
say that he is "the son of Jenova." Simultaneously, he was the first to have
the role of a SOLDIER (-->P.217). However, mass production of SOLDIERs
required adults of sound mind and body who could be injected with Jenova's
cells and exposed to mako, as this simplification of the process used on
Sephiroth would result in vast differences from how their bodies had been
before.

(Accompanying screenshot caption)
The staff of Shin-Ra -- who did not know the true nature of Jenova -- believed
Sephiroth to be an Ancient.


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*Successful work, failure work*
As for the mentally and physically strong, carrying Jenova's cells inside
their bodies will not cause them to receive Jenova's influence, and they will
not become a puppet of Jenova like the Sephiroth Clones, but will instead
become a SOLDIER possessing strength far beyond that of a normal human being.

In Zack's case, he had already successfully received the SOLDIER procedure
previously, and undergoing experimentation as a Sephiroth Clone did not make
him into a puppet of Jenova; he retained his normal human behavior to the
end. However, unlike Zack, the residents of Nibelheim were perfect in the role
of Sephiroth Clones for Hojo's experiment. As for Cloud, like the other
residents of Nibelheim -- [who all became perfect] Sephiroth Clones -- being
unable to withstand the SOLDIER treatments, he could not retain himself and
his mind completely collapsed. When reunited with Tifa in Midgar, though, the
coherence of being normal would return to him and he would gain a personality
that essentially let him be his own person, even if confusion would come of
it.

Also noteworthy is Sephiroth's unique case. Until the secret of his birth was
known, he had legendary strength of which he was proud, but 5 years ago, he
began walking a different road from that of humans. However, he was unwilling
to be placed under Jenova's control and became the leader himself, with its
actions falling under his control in the end. This fact resulted in Sephiroth
gaining a new sense of strength.

(Accompanying screenshot caption)
Even without awareness of the Reunion as a Sephiroth Clone, Cloud was still
drawn to it like the other Clones.

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[Analysis: As mentioned in the previous analysis section, Cloud was a
successful Sephiroth Clone, having the exact results Hojo had hoped for; he
wasn't the failure at all, and instead, Zack -- who freed Cloud before he
could get a number -- was. Zack could handle the SOLDIER/Sephiroth Clone
treatments just fine, and this made him a failure for the purposes of Hojo's
experiment.

This section also reiterates the notable fact that Sephiroth's will and
ambitions were too powerful for him to be controlled by Jenova, and that he
became its ruler instead.]


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***The Ancients*** (Page 214) (005.2)
The race also called "the Cetra," these people lived on the Planet in ancient
times. The Forgotten Capital and the Temple of the Ancients along with nature
and a single woman are their only remaining traces.

They spoke with the Planet and helped to cultivate it, channeling the
Lifestream to many places, inciting an abundant cycle of life. When Jenova
came from outer space, some of them moved to the North Pole in an attempt to
ease the Planet's wound which had come as a result of the collision [between
the Planet and the meteor Jenova had been riding]. Using its mimic ability,
Jenova got close to the Cetra and released its virus upon them, nearly
driving them to extinction.

Only two Ancients appear in the [game's] story: Aerith and Ifalna. Ifalna is
Aerith's mother and the last pure ancient. Due to her mixed heritage, Aerith's
ability to converse with the Planet is comparitively lower than her mother's
was.

(Accompanying screenshot caption)
As seen in situations with Aerith, the Ancients had a special ability to
speak with the Planet. They called it a "Planet reading."

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[Analysis: This section indicates that while normal humans can gain some of
the Cetra's abilities despite their lost heritage -- such as hearing the
Planet's cries (AVALANCHE and Bugenhagen) and even the ability to understand
it (Bugenhagen) -- genetics can play a role in the matter, as well. Due to
all humans on the Planet (Cetra and the normal humans) being descended from
the Cetra of the past, and because some ordinary humans gained some abilities
reminiscent of the Cetra (AVALANCHE and Bugenhagen gained the ability to hear
the Planet's cries, and Bugenhagen even interpreted words in the air at the
Forgotten Capital), it can be concluded that being a Cetra is a lifestyle or
culture, but that those who are directly descended from "practicing Cetra"
are more easily attuned to the abilities of the Cetra.

In other words, whereas normal humans have to actively pursue the rekindling
of their lost heritage, a child of one with Cetra abilities will likely be
experiencing those abilities whether they want to or not (as Aerith did). In
other words, being a Cetra is apparently both genetic and cultural.]


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**The Ancients Relation 1: The Promised Land** (005.2A)
The aim of the Cetra was to find the land where supreme happiness awaited.
Passed down as an oral tradition, what the land of supreme happiness is
supposed to be was never concretely identified.

The Shin-Ra interpreted that a land of supreme happiness must be somewhere
where they could find abundant mako [as it would make them even more wealthy],
and wished to use an Ancient to help them find it, while Sephiroth considered
the Promised Land to be a place in which he could draw the power to use the
Black Materia in his aim to become a "god." Though both of them had different
goals, they both got the idea that the Northern Crater was the place they were
looking for.

The theory of one of the Planet Life scholars [in Cosmo Canyon] is that the
Cetra's mission to find the land of supreme happiness is equivalent to the
peaceful sleep [of dying and returning to the Planet] (a line delivered [in
the game]). According to this theory, the Lifestream -- to which everyone
returns -- is itself the Promised Land, but this is not something that one can
assert to be true for everyone. Therefore, it is in each person's hands to
take their own interpretation.

(Accompanying screenshot caption)
For one with the conception that the Promised Land is a place where energy
swells up from inside the sleeping earth, the Northern Crater -- where the
Lifestream breathes forth -- may be it.

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[Analysis: Here, we're pretty much told that there's no correct take on what
the Promised Land is, and that it could be any number of different things for
any number of different people. It can even be the same thing that another
person would consider the Promised Land, but for entirely different reasons.
Sephiroth and Shin-Ra both considered the Northern Crater to be the Promised
Land; Sephiroth because he knew he could use the energy there to help him
use the Black Materia in his plans to become a "god," and Shin-Ra because they
saw it as a land where "the abundant Mako will just come out on its own,"
allowing them to bypass the costly maintenance of mako reactors and just
reap profits.

The basic conclusion is that there is no conclusion: the Promised Land is not
one thing, and is something specific to each individual. This idea is brought
up again in the "Maiden who Travels the Planet" novella at the back of the
Ultimania Omega, in which Aerith refers to the Lifestream as the Cetra's
Promised Land, while the Northern Crater is referred to as Sephiroth's
Promised Land.]


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**The Black Materia: Meteor** (005.3A)
It is the Ultimate Destructive Magic; it calls to planets [-- meaning
meteor-like rocks --] drifting in outer space and pulls them down to the
Planet. It was one of the magicks given to the Ancients, but due to it
harnessing enough power to destroy the Planet itself, the Ancients feared it
could prove dangerous and sealed it away by their own hands.

After falling into the Lifestream, Sephiroth learned of Meteor from the
Cetra's firsthand knowledge of it, and set into motion a plan to gain mastery
over the life of the Planet.

(Accompanying screenshot caption)
When the Planet is hurt, the spiritual energy that is the Planet's very life
will automatically gather in that spot. Sephiroth planned to make use of this
by intentionally harming the Planet and gaining dominance over its energy.


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**The White Materia: Holy** (005.3B)
The only means of opposing Meteor, the Ultimate White Magic was passed down
amongst the Ancients. It is said that when an Ancient learns of Holy in the
Forgotten Capital, prays at the water altar and their mind then links to the
Planet, Holy is thereby put into operation. Passed down through the Ancients'
generations, the White Materia came to Aerith from her mother, Ifalna, and she
kept it hidden in a ribbon in her hair.

How exactly Holy applies its power once invoked and in operation is not
definite. It is simply known that "all that is bad for the Planet will
disappear."

(Accompanying screenshot caption)
As evidence of the Planet accepting Aerith's prayer, the White Materia laying
on the water bed shines a pale green color. However, Holy's movement was being
held back by the wicked will of Sephiroth, who had called Meteor.

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[Analysis: This section confirms what many who played the game believed: that
Aerith knew nothing of Holy until she got to the City of the Ancients -- to
which she felt herself being drawn -- and learned of it there, the same way
that Bugenhagen later would.]
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*Mako poisoning*
The Lifestream is the place to which all life returns, and, as a result, it is
overflowing with knowledge. Consequently, when one falls in the Lifestream,
the surge of information entering their head exceeds their brain's tolerance
level and the danger of their mind shattering becomes high. The state in which
one's mind has collapsed like this is called "mako poisoning," and doesn't
happen only by falling into the Lifestream, but also through being exposed to
mako. Cloud has suffered from this condition on 2 occasions.

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[Analysis: This section is basically saying that the knowledge of those who
die returns to the Lifestream with their spirits, and there it combines with
all the other knowledge; so the Lifestream is a big sea of spirit energy
filled with knowledge and memories, and when someone else falls into that sea
-- or is exposed to it through mako infusion -- that knowledge fills their
brains. If they're not capable of handling all that extra knowledge that
doesn't belong to them, it can cause their mind to "break," resulting in them
going into a vegetative state (mako poisoning). Members of SOLDIER like Zack
can handle this without losing their own place among all the extra knowledge,
but people with inferiority complexes (most people, including Cloud) can't.]


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*Materia and postwar society*
When Mako Energy condenses, it becomes materia. In places where the energy is
abundant, materia has formed naturally, but these are rare instances and it's
more practical for Shin-Ra to manufacture it by way of artificial production.

It is said that the knowledge of the Ancients is within materia. By bringing
out this knowledge [through contact with the materia], one can interact with
the Planet and even an ordinary person can gain the powers of the Ancients, as
it is the condensed [spiritual energy which contains their] knowledge that is
implemented as a link [to the Planet]......This allows for the presentation of
abilities [associated with the materia].


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***Lifestream Relation 3: SOLDIER*** (005.5C)
Shin-Ra's elite soldiers. The Turks scout to gather those who would be capable
of handling being injected with Jenova's cells and exposed to mako; those who
are gain a massive artificial increase in strength and ability. It is not
common to impose this procedure on one against their will, as the resulting
changes to their mind and body can be large, and they must be able to bear the
experiment's process in order to become a SOLDIER.

Those who are selected to become these elite soldiers will join SOLDIER in
either 1st, 2nd, or 3rd Class, as based on their capabilities. The superior
class is 1st Class, but those who reach this rank are few in number. Each
class has its own respective uniform, but only those who are 1st Class are
allowed to also wear civilian clothes.

(Accompanying screenshot caption)
Sephiroth bloomed on the battlefield and many boys yearned to join SOLDIER.
Sephiroth was instrumental in Cloud and Zack having their eyes on joining
SOLDIER.
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Hey :)

I'm "The Sephiroth Gene" or TSG for short. I am interested in joining this club :) Why? I am a great fan of Sephiroth, this fanatical obsession beginning the first time I fought Bizzaro Sephiroth. I have all of the versions of the "One-Winged Angel". As you can see in my signature and my picture, I am still a loyal fan to this day.

Do I qualify for entrance?
 
I'm not the club leader but I sincerely believe you do qualify, TSG. I'm sure Tethar will be happy to see you; I know I am. Welcome! :)
 
TSG you are welcome her and I shall add you to the members list momenterily.
If you like the RPG then sign up with the job SOLDIER and you can join S SOLDIER the project SS clan.
 
You are free to join al that you need is to be a Sephiroth fan. As such I am glad to have you here.
 
Besides Jenova, you mean?

His will, his anger and hatred motivate him. He's also been trained by the military, so of course he is strong. And unnaturally so because he was Hojo's pet project gone wrong.
 
Can I join?

I think Sephiroth is so powerful for a few reasons. One is the Jenova cells. Another is because he was trained by SOLDIER. Third, because his anger and hatred towards humanity helpped him. And fourth, the Masamune is a really powerful sword.

To answer another question, I like Sephiroth because he's cool. He has athe Masamune sword. He's evil(and I think the evil people are always cooler). He has god-like strength. And he's mysterious. A, I don't know if you know this, he is, in fact, Jewish. He doesn't act that way, but Sephiroth are the ten attributes that God created through which he can project himself to the universe and man in the Torah. And Sephiroths final form, Safer Sephiroth, is supossed to be Seraph Sephiroth. A Seraph is a jewish angel with 6 wings, 2 that cover their face, 2 that cover thier feet, and 2 that they use to fly. Sephiroth has 7 wings, the seventh, however is his right arm, which was transformed into a wing. That gave him the title, the One Winged Angel. And his song is cool.
 
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