Kadaj

Kadaj

Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children

Whisper Rubrum

Dissidia

“	So what if I’m a puppet? Once upon a time... you were too!	„
	~ Kadaj to Cloud Strife

Background

Kadaj is the leader of the Remnants of Sephiroth, who serves as the personification of Sephiroth’s will and cruelty. Following Sephiroth’s defeat at the hands of Cloud Strife at the end of the original Final Fantasy VII, he decided to return in the form of three distinct avatars, who would adopt different parts of his personality.

Born as a puppet alongside two other brothers (Loz and Yazoo), Kadaj’s main goal on the mortal world was to not only spread the terrible plague of Geostigma, but also locate and join with the head of his “mother,” Jenova; doing so would allow for a final Reunion, that would bring Sephiroth back to the living.

Kadaj holds a terrible grudge against the one who he considers his “older brother,” Cloud Strife, and thus tracks him down and attacks him as many times as possible during his search for Jenova. After a large-scale fight through the planet against Cloud and his friends, Kadaj was finally able to recover Jenova’s head within Midgar.

After a brief fight with Kadaj, the young Remnant lept from a tower and finally combined himself with Jenova’s head; rebirthing the former SOLDIER, Sephiroth. However, much to the dismay of those who fought for Jenova, Sephiroth was once again defeated by Cloud.

With Sephiroth defeated, he shed his body and died, seemingly for good; transforming back into Kadaj. Cloud held Kadaj as the boy died, listening to the voice of Aerith Gainsborough (who he believed to be Jenova) calling him into the Lifestream. Eager to join his mother, Kadaj faded away into the Lifestream once and for all, alongside Loz and Yazoo.

Powers and Stats

Tier: 3-B

Name: Kadaj

Origin: Final Fantasy VII

Gender: Male

Age: Around 2 years old, mentally a teenager

Classification: Remnant of Sephiroth, Embodiment of Sephiroth’s Will

Attack Potency: Multi-Galaxy level (Is stated by Nomura to be just as powerful as Sephiroth during the original game; Sephiroth can use Super Nova, which has him create a dimension containing one galaxy with room for dozens more)

Dimensionality: 3-D

Travel Speed: Athletic Human (Is comparable to Cloud Strife, who can run at similar speeds to a Chocobo; Chocobo are said in the Dissidia Final Fantasy Museum to run at 20 mph), Subsonic with Motorcycle (The average motorcycle can reach speeds between 80 and 165 mph)

Combat Speed: Massively FTL+

Reaction Speed: Massively FTL+ (Is stated by Nomura to be comparable to Sephiroth during the original game; Sephiroth could react to the comet of his Super Nova)

Lifting Strength: Unknown

Striking Strength: Multi-Galactic Class

Durability: Multi-Galaxy level (Is comparable to Sephiroth, who can use Super Nova, which has him create a dimension containing one galaxy with room for dozens more)

Stamina: Superhuman (Kadaj was able to enact his plan over several days, and even fight against incredibly powerful people such as Cloud Strife, without looking the least bit tired; to the point where he was still able to consider everything a game)

Range: Standard melee range, far higher with Materia and Geostigma

Powers and Abilities:

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Weapon Mastery (Kadaj is proficient with his Souba blade), Acrobatics, Incorporeality (As an extension of the Negative Lifestream, Kadaj can become intangible if he chooses), Vehicular Mastery (Kadaj can ride a motorcycle), Summoning (Kadaj can summon Shadow Creepers), Shapeshifting (Kadaj can turn into black smoke), Creation (Kadaj is able to materialize things from the Negative Lifestream), Mind Manipulation (Kadaj can control the minds of those infected with Jenova cells), Telepathy (Kadaj is able to read the minds of those he touches), Perception Manipulation (Kadaj can appear to others as if he is someone from their memories, in order to trick them), Fear Manipulation (Kadaj can instill fear on others), Healing and Biological Manipulation (Kadaj can take bodily pain away from people), Pain Manipulation (Kadaj can give pain back to those he took it away from), Telekinesis (Kadaj can move things with his mind), Teleportation (Kadaj can teleport), Resistance to Memory Manipulation and Empathetic Manipulation (Despite being diffused into the Lifestream, Kadaj was able to return to his normal self)

Fire Manipulation (Fire, Fira, and Firaga magic materia has Kadaj attack with flames), Electricity Manipulation (Thunder, Thundara, and Thundaga magic materia has Kadaj attack with lightning), Summoning (Summon Materia allows for Kadaj to summon powerful beasts; in particular, he has the Materia to summon Bahamut SIN)

Standard Equipment:

Weapons/Vehicles

• Souba: This is Kadaj’s primary (and only known) weapon. It is a bladed weapon that resembles a katana, although it had two blades parallel to one another. Kadaj materialized this weapon from the Negative Lifestream.
• Motorcycle: Much like his brothers, Kadaj has a motorcycle that he uses to travel through the planet. Also much like his brothers, Kadaj is able to perform incredibly bombastic and reckless stunts that would be virtually impossible for a normal person.
• Shadow Creepers: Vicious and unsympathetic quadrupeds who were created from the Negative Lifestream, and can be summoned by Kadaj through waves of black smoke. These creatures are so vicious, that even if they are seriously injured or mutilated, they will continue chasing their target. Furthermore, anyone in contact with these creatures will be infected with Geostigma.

When Loz made his way into the Sector 5 church and faced off against Tifa Lockhart, he was able to acquire a box containing all of Cloud Strife’s Materia, which he brought back to Kadaj and Yazoo. Kadaj absorbed a few of these Materia into his body, with these being the Materia we know he absorbed:

Fire Materia: A small green orb of magic materia that gives Kadaj access to the spells; Fire, Fire2, and Fire3. This allows for him to shoot blasts of fire.

Lightning Materia: A small green orb of magic materia that gives Kadaj access to the spells; Bolt, Bolt2, and Bolt3. This allows him to shoot bolts of electricity.

Bahamut SIN Materia: A small red orb of summon materia that gives Kadaj access to summoning the gigantic dragon, Bahamut SIN. As the second most powerful of the Bahamut summons, it has access to the devastating Petaflare attack.

Intelligence: Genius (Kadaj is able to proficiently understand and use different types of Materia through just absorbing it into his body. He is also able to keep up with Cloud Strife in combat for a good while, who has been fighting for years at this point)

Weaknesses: Kadaj is very arrogant and single-minded, ignoring basically anyone or anything in order to secure Jenova’s head. He is also incredibly prone to outbursts of anger, due to his jealousy of Jenova “favouring” Sephiroth.

Notable Attacks/Techniques:

• Geostigma: Also called Jenova’s Memetic Legacy, Geostigma is a horrible plague that Kadaj can inflict on others. Those infected with Geostigma will become infected with S-Cells and thus be subject to the Reunion. Those infected with Geostigma become extremely physically weak, and experience intolerable pain in the affected area that secretes a black ooze.

Battle Records

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