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The Story Of Final Fantasy 7 - Who is Sephiroth? [AWESOME FF7 Retrospective] - Part 4

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Channel: FuzzfingerGaming · 2017 · Gaming

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The Story Of Final Fantasy 7 - Who is Sephiroth? Part 3
 - History of Sephiroth

Sephiroth was the leading villain in 1997’s fan-favourite Final Fantasy VII. He has since become one of the most iconic antagonists in gaming history. But who was he really? Please subscribe for more videos like this!

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Cloud himself is shocked to witness the trail of destruction that occurs in the Shinra building and the president of the company himself murdered by Sephiroth’s own blade. So, what truly happened five years ago?

Sephiroth was not killed at Nibelheim. Instead, he discovered that he could travel through the Lifestream which contains the memories of all those who have died before.

He grew in his knowledge and began to reform his physical body piece, by piece, within a cave inside the Northern Crater.

When our party has been captured by Shinra, Sephiroth puts out a call to the dispersed Jenova cells. This includes the decapitated body in the Shinra building, as well as the clones that are scattered around the planet. It also includes Cloud, though we will come back to that point a little later. Sephiroth wishes to consume the entirety of Jenova, and so his plan is that the Reunion will now occur at his body within the Northern Cave.

Cloud decides he wants to find Sephiroth to avenge his home town of Nibelheim. Although, this is certainly a valid motive on Cloud’s part, little does anyone know, that his true desire to reach Sephiroth is due to the Jenova cells inside him responding to the Reunion call.

Our party makes way for the Temple of the Ancients. Home of the most powerful magic known to exist – the Black Materia. Also, known as the ‘ultimate destructive magic’, the Black Materia can be used to summon Meteor which has the power to destroy all life on Gaia.

Jenova, still under Sephiroth’s control approaches Cloud and after taking control of the Jenova cells within Cloud’s body, manipulates him into handing the Black Materia over.

Aeris attempts to take matters into her own hands with a plan to summon Holy by using her White Materia – the only means to stop Meteor. Sephiroth isn’t too happy about this and after failing to manipulate Cloud into killing Aeris, Jenova does the job in his form.

Cloud and his friends recover the Black Materia while traversing the Whirlwind Maze. Unfortunately, Sephiroth again takes control of Cloud after manipulating his fragile mind and again forces him to hand over the Black Materia – this time, literally right into his hands.

With possession of the Black Materia, Sephiroth summons Meteor and begins waiting for the destruction it will bring. Meteor’s impending havoc causes the planet to awaken the WEAPONS; ancient creatures created to protect Gaia from grave threats.

Sephiroth is also strong enough to hold back Holy, even though Aeris summoned it successfully before her death. This means that for the planet to be saved, Sephiroth must be destroyed.

After Shinra removes Sephiroth’s barrier using their powerful Sister Ray cannon, Cloud and his party embark on their mission with one objective – to kill Sephiroth.

After making their perilous journey through the Crater, Cloud and his friends destroy another manifestation of Jenova before finally encountering Sephiroth himself at the planet’s core.

Three boss battles occur. In the first, Sephiroth has manifested himself in a grotesque form. For the second, Sephiroth takes on an angelic form. Sephiroth now believes himself to be a god but interestingly he has a lot in parallel with the devil. In the Bible, an Apostle named Paul warns a Church that ‘Satan himself masquerades as an Angel of light’.

Once this Angelic form of Sephiroth is defeated, Cloud is pulled into the Lifestream, for the third and final encounter. Cloud’s limit gauge fills up virtually instantly and the anger in Sephiroth’s eyes is all but apparent.

Cloud is easily able to beat Sephiroth in a battle that the player cannot lose.

With Sephiroth out of the way, Holy is released as Meteor is causing destruction. When it seems that Holy arrives too late to counter Meteor’s effects, the planet’s Lifestream, led by Aeris, joins in the battle. As a team, Holy and the Lifestream push Meteor back and even though Midgar has been lost the planet has been saved.

Let us know in the comments if you have enjoyed these four episodes and if so, what it is you would like to see next. There are so many complex characters and story elements in the Final Fantasy franchise that there is probably a life time of potential future episodes I could make.

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