| “ | If this world seeks my destruction... It goes with me. | „ |
| ~ Genesis Rhapsodos |
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Genesis Rhapsodos
From The Codex
| “ | It is not yet time for slumber... We still have much work to do, my brother... | „ |
| ~ Genesis Rhapsodos |
| “ | Hello, Zack. You miserable mutt. | „ |
| ~ Genesis Rhapsodos |
Background
Genesis Rhapsodos is the primary antagonist of Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, who later becomes a mysterious and overarching character of the entire Compilation of Final Fantasy VII. Once a SOLDIER 1st Class and best friend of both Sephiroth and Angeal Hewley, Genesis soon became hyper-aware of his destiny, as a degrading lab subject fated to die, and sought to change it. Genesis abandoned Shinra as a result, and began what was known as the Genesis War, in which he would see himself be opposed by Zack Fair.
| This dropdown contains the synopsis of Genesis’s story. Read at your own risk as you may be spoiled otherwise! |
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Genesis Rhapsodos was a young boy raised in the small town of Banora, alongside his best friend Angeal Hewley. Although they grew up fairly normally, unbeknownst to both of them, they were both lab experiments created by the Shinra Power Electric Company, as part of the elusive Project Gillian. With cells of the parasitic alien, Jenova, being implanted within the womb of a woman named Gillian Hewley, both Genesis and Angeal were born from it. As they grew up, the two boys decided to head to Midgar, where they were enlisted into the Shinra infantry. Only a few years passed before Genesis and Angeal’s skills were recognized, and both were brought into the SOLDIER program. There, they met Sephiroth, a SOLDIER 1st Class who would soon join them as a trio of friends. When the 2nd Class SOLDIERs were out, the trio would often train together using a holographic projection room. Eventually, Genesis was injured during a spar against Sephiroth, which left a massive gash across his shoulder. As the days passed, Genesis noticed that his wound was refusing to heal at an ordinary rate, which brought him to Professor Hollander. There, Genesis learned of his origins in Project G, and the cellular degradation that came with it. As time went on, the knowledge of his existence as a “monster” drove Genesis to insanity, and with that insanity came a newfound obsession with a poem he used to simply like; LOVELESS. Genesis grew so obsessed with this poem that he believed it to be real, and thought enacting it would cure his degradation. With these new revelations, Genesis left the Shinra Army and was labelled MIA. Years passed, and the end of the Wutai War would mark the beginning of the Genesis War. Genesis discovered that he could create an army of clones by planting his DNA onto others, and attacked Shinra with it. Soon later, he revealed Angeal the same revelations that he had come to, and made him his ally. Genesis caused immense havoc in his Genesis War, which lasted several years. Eventually, he found himself back in Banora, where he discovered and was empowered by the Goddess Materia, and became one of the Planet’s WEAPONs. Minerva, the Goddess of LOVELESS that he had been searching for, appeared to him, and rebirthed him as a being of pure Mako. In the coming years, Genesis would turn over a new leaf and vow to protect the planet as per Minerva’s wishes. He sealed himself away in a camp beneath Midgar, where he would only be awoken later by the defeat of Weiss the Immaculate and Omega Weapon. Genesis awoke, picking up Weiss, and flew off to complete an unknown task. |
Codex Statistics
Key: Genesis Rhapsodos | Genesis Avatar | Dirge of Cerberus
Tier: High 3-A | High 3-A | High 3-A
Name: Genesis “G” Rhapsodos
Origin: Final Fantasy VII
Sex: Male
Age: 21 - 27 years old (Crisis Core), 31 years old (Dirge of Cerberus)
Classification: Ex-SOLDIER 1st Class, JENOVA Experiment, WEAPON, Champion of Minerva
Species: Human/Alien Hybrid
Occupation: Shinra SOLDIER (formerly)
Status: Alive, briefly Deceased (Genesis's degraded body was deconstructed in the Lifestream in order to be reconstructed by Minerva)
Alignment: Chaotic Evil (Genesis is entirely selfish and self-serving, to his very core. After learning of his place in the world, and his inevitable death, he was driven mad and became completely obsessed with preserving his own life. He states plainly that if he is to die, he seeks to bring down the entire world with him, as he has become frustratingly vengeful towards fate itself. All alleigances he forms are only to further his own selfish desire of stopping his cellular degradation) | Chaotic Evil | Lawful Good (After meeting Minerva and being judged by her, she completely recreates him and repurposes him into a Weapon for the planet. He now dutifully serves the will of the planet and lies in wait for it to call upon him, doing whatever it takes to protect the planet from destruction)
Dimensionality: 3-D
Attack Potency: Multi Supercluster level (Can hold his own against Sephiroth, who can create a dimension containing starry skies and multiple galaxies. He is also consistently stated to be the strongest character in the series, placing him above Bahamut Fury, who can also create a dimension with a starry sky, and Knights of the Round, which can destroy its own dimension containing a galaxy cluster) | Multi Supercluster level (Is far stronger than before due to being empowered by the Red Orb) | Multi Supercluster level (Took on Zack Fair who had just defeated his previous form)
Durability: Multi Supercluster level | Multi Supercluster level | Multi Supercluster level
Striking Strength: Multi Supercluster Class | Multi Supercluster Class | Multi Supercluster Class
Lifting Strength: Athletic Human | At least Class K (Can lift his sword which has grown to nearly the size of a building) | 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), Superhuman with flight (Genesis can fly this fast with his wing) | Unknown (Genesis Avatar has not shown the ability to move) | Athletic Human, Superhuman with flight
Attack Speed: FTL+ | FTL+ | FTL+
Reaction Speed: FTL+ (Was able to keep up with Sephiroth’s attacks; Sephiroth 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+ (Should be around the same speed as before) | FTL+ (Should be faster after being amplified by Minerva)
Stamina: Superhuman (Genesis is able to fight for several days at a time, much like his other peers in SOLDIER. Even despite suffering from severe cellular degradation, Genesis was able to engage in several fights, including against Zack Fair, who is highly trained)
Range: Standard Melee, Extended Melee with Genesis' Rapier, Far Higher with Materia
Intelligence: Genius (Genesis is extremely smart and was able to coordinate an entire war against Shinra, with his entire army being clones of himself. He was able to give a good fight to both Sephiroth and Zack Fair, who have several years of fighting experience)
Powers and Techniques
Equipment
Weapons
- Genesis’ Rapier: An extremely long, red-bladed rapier that houses a blue orb in the center of its hilt. When Genesis becomes Genesis Avatar, his Rapier grows to absurd sizes to accommodate for his new body.
Notable Techniques
- Black Flurry: Genesis charges magical energy within his hand, before covering them in a swarm of black feathers. This inflicts a Curse upon the target.
- Apocalypse: Genesis’ Limit Break, which has him summon a large red glyph of light in the sky, before unleashing powerful electricity and energy down on his opponents.
- Purgatorial Wave: Genesis Avatar gathers a large amount of Lifestream within his rapier, before unleashing it in a large beam of energy.
Other
Weaknesses: Genesis suffers from cellular degradation, which slowly kills him by giving him an inability to naturally heal from wounds he sustained. He grows physically weakened and his hair turns grey, as the cellular degradation slowly kills him. This weakness is removed once he becomes Genesis Avatar, and after he meets Minerva.
Battle Records
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