Sephiroth

Sephiroth

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“	Do not worry. Soon the girl will become part of this planet's energy. All that is left is to go North. The Promised Land waits for me over the snowy fields.	„
	~ Sephiroth to Cloud Strife

“	... Over... It's over... Everything... everyone... everything... It's all over... Now everything will begin with me!!	„
	~ Safer∙Sephiroth

“	Tell me what you cherish most. Give me the pleasure of taking it away.	„
	~ Sephiroth to Cloud Strife

“	Mother, let's take back the planet together. I... I had an epiphany. Let's go to the Promised Land.	„
	~ Sephiroth to Jenova

“	Seven seconds till the end. Time enough for you. Perhaps. But what will you do with it? Let's see.	„
	~ Sephiroth to Cloud Strife

Background

Sephiroth is the main overarching antagonist of the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII. Once a legendary SOLDIER and unrivaled swordsman who served as the inspiration for countless SOLDIER candidates across the years, Sephiroth found out about the truth behind his unnatural birth and was driven insane. He grew to hate the planet and sought to destroy it, only to be opposed by Cloud Strife and his friends.

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Sephiroth, having been raised inside of the Shinra Power Electric Company and trained his entire life, was viewed as unstoppable in combat even as a young boy. Thanks to his unrivalled levels of skill, he was instrumental in ending Shinra's war with Wutai, and was promptly hailed as a hero. Several young boys from around the world, including Cloud Strife, were inspired by Sephiroth as a result. During his glory days as a SOLDIER 1st Class, Sephiroth was best friends with Angeal Hewley and Genesis Rhapsodos, fellow SOLDIERs who constantly served as sparring partners for him. With Genesis and Angeal's departure from Shinra, however, Sephiroth was sent down a long spiral of figuring out his true identity. On a mission to Nibelheim alongside Zack Fair, Sephiroth discovered the ancient alien, JENOVA, who shared the same name as his mother. After countless days of obsessive research inside the Shinra Mansion, Sephiroth learned the truth; he was a lab experiment created by Shinra, using JENOVA's DNA. Because of this, Sephiroth viewed himself as a monster who was wronged by the planet, and fell into insanity. Growing enraged with the planet, Sephiroth murdered the people of Nibelheim and reunited with JENOVA. However, he was opposed by Zack and Cloud Strife, who managed to fatally wound Sephiroth and send him tumbling into the Lifestream. From then on, Sephiroth's anger grew to extreme levels, and he developed an obsessive hatred towards Cloud Strife. Having been partially diffused into the Lifestream, Sephiroth acted from a distance and would use the JENOVA DNA within Cloud to control him and do his bidding; eventually leading to Cloud delivering the Black Materia to him. Using the Black Materia, Sephiroth would call upon Meteor to destroy the planet. He was once again opposed by Cloud, however, and seemingly killed for good. Two years passed, and a horrible plague known as Geostigma infested the planet. This was the doing of Sephiroth and JENOVA, who still existed within the Lifestream as they could not be completely diffused into it. Sephiroth used his will to develop three remnants of himself, Kadaj, Loz, and Yazoo. These remnants scoured the planet for JENOVA's head, eventually finding it and bringing Sephiroth back to the living world. After a long and arduous final battle against Cloud, however, he was once again killed. With his final words, he claimed that he would never only be a memory.

Statistics

Key: Before Crisis/Crisis Core | Final Fantasy VII | Advent Children

Tier: 3-B | 3-B | 3-B, likely far higher

Name: Sephiroth

Origin: Final Fantasy VII

Gender: Male

Age: 21 - 23 years old | 27 years old | 30 years old

Classification: Ex-SOLDIER 1st Class, JENOVA Experiment, One-Winged Angel

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: Multi-Galaxy level (Was confirmed by Hojo to have known Super Nova during this time; Super Nova has Sephiroth create a dimension, containing one galaxy with room for countless more) | Multi-Galaxy level (Can use Super Nova) | Multi-Galaxy level, likely far higher (Was so much more powerful than before, that he could casually deflect the move that killed him previously)

Durability: Multi-Galaxy level | Multi-Galaxy level | Multi-Galaxy level, likely far higher

Striking Strength: Multi-Galaxy Class | Multi-Galaxy Class | Multi-Galaxy Class, likely far higher

Lifting Strength: At least Athletic Human

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) | Athletic Human, Superhuman with flight (Should have similar flying speed to his futre self) | Athletic Human, Superhuman with flight (Has a wing and thus scales to Genesis Rhapsodos, who can fly this fast)

Combat Speed: FTL+ | FTL+ | At least FTL+, likely far higher

Reaction Speed: FTL+ (Was confirmed by Hojo to have known Super Nova at the time of their fight, meaning he could react to the comet of his Super Nova) | FTL+ | At least FTL+, likely far higher (Was so much faster than before, that he could casually deflect the move that killed him previously)

Stamina: Superhuman (Sephiroth is able to fight for incredibly long periods of time, while using large amounts of Materia, without any signs of fatigue. He was able to fight both Zack Fair and Cloud Strife with no trouble, only showing signs of tiring after receiving a fatal wound. He was about to fight Genesis and Angeal for prolonged periods of time without tiring) | Limitless (Sephiroth has transcended the flesh and likely will never tire if left to his own doings. He was able to plague Cloud along his entire journey without need for rest) | Limitless (Comparable to before)

Range: Standard Melee, Extended Melee with Masamune, far higher with Materia and within Negative Lifestream

Intelligence: Extraordinary Genius (An extremely experienced and prodigious SOLDIER, who became a legendary war hero in the Wutai War at the age of 12. He was noted to be the first SOLDIER 1st Class, and inspired several others. Sephiroth, even before learning of his JENOVA heritage, could take on both Genesis Rhapsodos and Angeal Hewley at the same time, who each have several years of experience. Later, he was able to gain extreme amounts of knowledge of the thousand-year old alien, JENOVA, and gain knowledge through the Negative Lifestream)

Tier: 2-C

Name: Sephiroth

Origin: Final Fantasy VII Remake

Gender: Male

Age: Unknown

Classification: Ex-SOLDIER 1st Class, JENOVA Experiment, One-Winged Angel

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: Complex Universe level (Absorbed the Whispers into himself, and could contend with Cloud Strife who had previously defeated the Whisper Harbinger; the Whispers connected to all of time and space)

Durability: Complex Universe level

Striking Strength: Complex Universal Class

Lifting Strength: At least Athletic Human

Travel Speed: Athletic Human, Superhuman with flight (Has a wing and thus scales to Genesis Rhapsodos, who can fly this fast)

Combat Speed: Extra-Temporal

Reaction Speed: Extra-Temporal (Absorbed the Whispers into himself, and could keep up with Cloud Strife who had previously kept up with the Whisper Harbinger; the Whispers connected to all of time and space)

Stamina: Superhuman

Range: Standard Melee, Extended Melee with Masamune, far higher with Materia and within Negative Lifestream

Intelligence: Extraordinary Genius

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Powers and Abilities

Spirit Energy Physiology, which includes: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Blessed (Everyone born into the world is blessed with Spirit Energy), Sheer Will (Willpower alone can be enough to fight off Mako poisoning, and the will of Jenova. Those with a strong enough will can retain their sense of self after dying and returning to the Lifestream), Memory Manipulation, Energy Manipulation, Rage Power, & Aura (Limit Breaks are born of memories, are comprised of Spirit Energy, and are unleashed when the user's anger is pushed to the limit. They give off an aura when used), Non-Physical Interaction (Characters can interact with the souls of the Gi Tribe), Regeneration Negation (Mid-High; Jenova can regenerate itself fully so long as its cells remain, as Cloud Strife participates in Jenova's Reunion despite only containing her cells. Despite this, pieces of Jenova defeated by the heroes were unable to enact the Reunion), Immortality Negation (Type 3; Can completely kill pieces of Jenova, preventing them from regenerating), Accelerated Development (When Sephiroth fought the party far earlier than he was supposed to, the main characters could still contend with him, even after Sephiroth absorbed the Whispers and became stronger than he had ever been)

Human Achievements (Sephiroth became a SOLDIER 1st Class), Acrobatics, Weapon Mastery (Sephiroth is extremely skilled with the Masamune), Teleportation (Sephiroth can teleport), Energy Projection (Sephiroth can launch blasts of energy with the Masamune), Life Manipulation (Heartless Angel will leave opponents at the brink of death), Magic, Regeneration Negation (Mid-Low; The wound Sephiroth dealt Tifa could not be healed with Cure Materia), Portal Creation (Was able to create a rift into Ifrit's pocket dimension), Damage Boost (All attacks from the Masamune are critical hits), Summoning & Life Manipulation (Heartless Angel summons an angel that lowers the opponent's health to near-death)

All previous abilities, Flight (Sephiroth can freely fly with and without the one-wing), Clairvoyance (Sephiroth can sense the emotions of anyone on the planet), Pocket Reality Manipulation & BFR (Type 1; Sephiroth can draw others into his pocket dimension where he uses Supernova), Damage Reduction (Wall and MBarrier lower the damage taken on physical and magic attacks), Soul Manipulation & Absorption (Sephiroth can consume the souls of those overcome with negative emotions), Immortality (Type 1, 2, & 8; Sephiroth will always return so long as people's memory of him remains), Disease Manipulation (Can inflict the plague of Geostigma), Shapeshifting & Transformation (Sephiroth and JENOVA can take on different forms), Telekinesis, Illusion Creation

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

Resistance to:

Fire Manipulation & Heat Manipulation (Was unaffected by the heat and fire of Ifrit's dimension), Mind Manipulation & Memory Manipulation (His mind was prevented from collapsing within the Lifestream), Absolute Zero (Can withstand Shiva), Paralysis Inducement (Sephiroth is resistant to Stun), Poison Manipulation, Death Manipulation (Sephiroth is resistant to Instant Death)

Resistance to:

All previous resistances, Deconstruction & Matter Manipulation (After rebuilding his body, he was resistant to the Lifestream's ability to dissolve matter), Corruption (Types 1 & 2; Despite being infused with Mako within the Lifestream, Sephiroth never became a Makonoid), Information Analysis (Is unable to be read by Cloud's party), Elemental Manipulation, Time Manipulation (As a spirit of the Lifestream, time holds no meaning to Sephiroth), Telepathy & Mind Manipulation (Sephiroth is unaffected by Jenova's influence), Radiation Manipulation (Sephiroth is unaffected by his own Supernova), Power Mimicry & Power Absorption (Limit Breaks are manifestations of a user’s Spirit Energy, which cannot be copied by others. The only exception is from Zack Fair, who is noted to be an exception), Spatial Manipulation (Can withstand Knights of the Round, who destroys his own spatial dimension during the attack)

Statistics Amplification (The Gold Armlet increases Sephiroth's durability), Resurrection (Revive Materia will resurrect an ally), Healing (Restore Materia recovers some health), Earth Manipulation (Earth Materia summons a pillar of stone), Fire Manipulation (Fire Materia attacks with flames), Ice Manipulation (Ice Materia attacks with ice), Electricity Manipulation (Lightning Materia attacks with electricity)

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Standard Equipment

*Masamune: A katana, so extremely large that the blade measures at around eight feet long. Sephiroth has wielded his blade from his time in SOLDIER all the way up until his return during Advent Children. He usually uses this blade to impale others, shown twice during his fights with Cloud.

*Magic Materia: Small green orbs of crystalized Mako energy that Sephiroth can use to enable the use of magic spells. He has magic materia for Revive, Restore, Earth, Fire, Ice, and Lightning.

• Black Materia: This is Materia that was gifted upon the Cetra by the Planet, which wields incredibly powerful magic within. The Black Materia was used as a way to summon the magic, Meteor, which calls upon incredible destructive power to destroy the entire planet.

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Notable Techniques

• Energy Blade: Sephiroth can use giant crescent beams of energy that are launched from swings of his Masamune. He's used this previously to cut through a giant Mako Cannon during his fight with Genesis Rhapsodos.
• Energy Shockwave: Sephiroth gathers a massive amount of energy into the Masamune, which he then stabs into the ground to unleash a huge shockwave.
• Octaslash: Sephiroth's most iconic move, which has him use the Masamune to quickly slash the opponent eight consecutive times.
• Heartless Angel: Summons a small angel that sprinkles magic on the opponent, which leaves them with 1 HP.
• Supernova: Sephiroth's ultimate attack, which has him create his own pocket dimension where a gigantic meteor of energy collides with the sun. The sun is detonated, expanding into a massive supernova that engulfs the entire solar system and destroys each planet individually.
• 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.

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Other

Weaknesses: Sephiroth is extremely arrogant in his own abilities, to the point where he viewed Cloud overpowering him as impossible, which then led to his death. His hatred of Cloud has grown to obsessive levels, and can oftentimes impede on his own goals, as he will sometimes go out of his way to try and make Cloud suffer.

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