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[CANON] Sephiroth || Final Fantasy VII || reserve || 2 of ?
Although very intelligent, Sephiroth would probably be classed psychologically as borderline psychotic with a god complex but he would never allow anyone close enough to obtain such an insight. He is cold, ruthless, vengeful and fiercely confident of his own abilities and skills; nothing can stop him and this is encouraged by his solid belief that he has evolved to be a higher being. This belief is demonstrated throughout OGC & in following canon (AC/C, OTWTAS Novella's) but it is specifically referred to in Advent Children when Sephiroth refers to sailing the cosmos as Jenova did; Jenova being a celestial being which arrived to the Planet the same way. Though most of the time, he generally appears as calm, collected and in complete control of himself. He has a great deal of pride about himself and his achievements and is egotistical to the point of megalomania. That being said, Sephiroth would be the one who would listen to what everyone else had to say if it helped further his own ends, take it all in to form his own opinion; never to be shared with anyone else unless he was already in a superior position to them. Sephiroth is professional in execution of his goals and efficient with his skills to the point of arrogance, and egotistical enough to love a challenge in which to show off his talents. He is not one to lie or cheat like your typical villain but will more likely use the truth, or some interpretation thereof, to his own advantage; as displayed when Cloud finally reaches the Northern Crater in OGC and Sephiroth reveals the truth about Nibelheim and Cloud's fake memories - using the same a tool to break his enemy.
He is quick to anger and often most resolutions to situations are dealt with violently. He works better on his own at tasks than in groups; preferring to trust himself first and foremost. He craves control over everything, be it his own actions, destiny or even the actions of others should they be in any way affecting his future or goals. He must never be kept in the dark and utterly detests being spoken down to, or in any other way made to feel inferior and he would easily react violently to make his feelings known in this regard. Betrayal also is a deal-breaker for him, having been handed the short end of the stick for most of his history (even if he can't remember much of the specifics) even the slightest suspicion that anyone may be blackmailing, lying to or otherwise using him to further something he didn't sign up for is a sure way to make an enemy.
Beneath his solid, smooth facade there are a lot of never-before-explored, or mostly forgotten emotions that usually manifest in fits of rage when he is faced with a situation that he hasn't had to deal with on an emotional level before. Either that or he will just ignore the problem completely and shut it out of his mind, classing it as irrelevant. That being said, Sephiroth can be a strong, dependable ally to anyone he considers to be on his side, but be warned - any genuine emotion of his can be extreme and therefore beyond what is comfortable for most people to accept. For example, compassion may come across as obsessive or over-protective at best; this is a partly head-canon assumption based on his complete-supplementation of Jenova as 'Mother', and his then-obsession of her prior to his merging within the Lifestream, in the absence of a real Mother.
[CANON] Sephiroth || Final Fantasy VII || reserve || 3 of ?
Wiki Link (here)
Additional: OTWTAS Novella: Case of Lifestream - Audiobook courtesy of TLS
Sephiroth is the main antagonist throughout Final Fantasy VII and Advent Children/Complete though he was not always the villain. After being raised within ShinRa as part of the top-secret Jenova project he was the legendary hero of the Wutai war, the best General in SOLDIER; before the truth was discovered about his origins and he went 'insane'. It's complicated in that it could well have been the intention of the Jenova project (once taken over by Hojo i/o Gast) to have turned him into the villain that he became. Rather than his own conviction that he was fulfilling his own destiny by attempting the planetary take-over Jenova had failed to do whilst also taking revenge on those responsible for lying to him and/or stopping Jenova in the first place (aka the entire human race).
It all started with the events just prior to the 'Nibelheim Incident', in which Sephiroth started to look into ShinRa's G-Project following Genesis' defection. This was soon to be followed by Angeal's defection as well and as if it wasn't bad enough to have his best/only friends betray his entire life of being loyal to ShinRa, Sephiroth's world started to unravel around him as he dug deeper into research on the G-Project. He'd even hinted to Zack, that he might be leaving SOLDIER. All this tension came to a head at Nibelheim, where Sephiroth learned of the truth of his own origins and his sanity cracked - hence the Incident. After taking Jenova's power into himself within the Lifestream afterward, Sephiroth had no intention of stopping there. Enlightened with Jenova's power and the vast knowledge absorbed from the Lifestream directly, Sephiroth went about his Reunion and would use the Ultimate Destruction Magic: Meteor to propel him into that God-status with which he could complete his destiny/revenge. Only to be stopped by the same one who had sent him into the Lifestream the first time. His 'failed clone', his 'puppet' - Cloud. Revenge for all this betrayal, added to the revenge to-be-taken against those that have stopped him twice already (especially Cloud) forms a large part of Sephiroth's drive especially in post-OGC canon.
There is further canon back story available on wiki's/derived from FAQ's etc but it's not many of the the events pre-Nibelheim matter very much considering this canon pull-point.
(Refer to Memory weakness) A great bulk of Sephiroth's memories are shattered/missing, though through use of the remnants in Advent Children/Complete - picking up memories of himself from other still-living people within the canon whom the remnants came across, some of them are at least partly recovered. Details such as his appearance, skills and key aspects of his personality had to have been recovered in this way; though it's not ever stated in canon which memories Sephiroth did recover this way but it must have been sufficient for him, coupled with the vast amount of Lifestream he'd managed to gain influence over with Geostigma, to will himself back into being through Kadaj when reunited with the last remaining Jenova cells. This canon pull-point is just after he's been forced into retreating his will back into the Lifestream after being defeated by Cloud in the ensuing fight - though losing the battle might not mean he might lose the war. As long as Cloud continues to remember him, his presence will still be within the Lifestream.
[CANON] Sephiroth || Final Fantasy VII || reserve || 4 of ?
Strengths
-Physical strength, endurance, agility, instincts/intuition and above all Sephiroth's incalculable power/strength in his own (conscious) willpower are capable enough to be classed as superhuman, (almost) god-like. A balance of natural gift (his altered genetic makeup), lifelong training (as a Mako-enhanced super SOLDIER) and his evolution into a higher being (merging with Jenova). Demi-god is a fairly accurate label, considering he was (mostly) human to start with.
-Wildcard. It could be a strength or a weakness but in terms of others' controlling his intentions/reactions it's very much a strength, and he sees it as one as well! Due to Sephiroth's compounding psycho/pathological issues it's very hard in general to know how he would react to any particular situation/circumstance. He's near-impossible to read both physically and psychically. Even if anyone could get past/be let in past his metaphysical defenses they'd be likely deafened/blinded by the strength of his willpower/consciousness - that is, unless they'd been willingly invited in.
-Strength of Will. Though touched on in other sections already, it's worthwhile to add here that he puts 110% (plus some) into whatever pursuit he takes up, and will never give up on something he's put his mind to. In fact, talking him down from doing anything he thinks is the 'right' thing to do isn't suggested.
Weaknesses
- Sephiroth is a very driven, focused man and as such, nothing tends to divert him from a goal once he has it in his sights; this can be a weakness as it can lead to narrow-mindedness especially if said goal was more power/elevation above his current position amongst others. Megalomania all the way! Coupled with his over-inflated ego, he can be made to spill his plans prematurely especially if he thinks he's already victorious.
-Holes in/missing/shattered memories: As highlighted in the On The Way to a Smile (OTWTAS) novella: Case of Lifestream; in order to prevent dissipation into the Lifestream after Meteor, Sephiroth decided to make his memories of Cloud the core of his being (similarly to how he had made his core out of Jenova the first time he was killed) so that he could continue to function as a separate entity outside of the Planet's system. As a consequence, almost all other memories about his past, even his own appearance, became part of the Planet's weapon against Meteor and so were lost. A necessary sacrifice of inconsequential memories.
-(See Personality) Emotionally under-developed, though he would probably class it as post-developed - not being human anymore he has no need for human emotions/feelings/considerations. This extends into severe anti-socialism, he wouldn't naturally engage with others unless it was necessary in order for him to gather intel/knowledge, if they were in his way or if he needs to take revenge on them. He has a particular distaste for failure, especially when it's his own.
-Some powerful, nature-based Holy magic would be his kryptonite - though bear in mind it would have to be suitably powerful. Sephiroth is an invading alien entity/parasite evolved into something near-God like. By adding/merging with Jenova (the 'Dark' harbinger'), 'Black' Materia and then later 'darkening hearts' through Geostigma he's aligned himself firmly on the darker side of the spectrum.
[CANON] Sephiroth || Final Fantasy VII || reserve || 5 of ?
-Sephiroth is most known as an expert swordsman, and while he specializes in combat with his legendary Masamune - it's not by any means the only way that he can fight. He uses just-as-lethal hand-to-hand techniques when in close enough (ref: Advent Children final fight w/Cloud) and could most likely handle spears/pole-arms with relative ease. Sephiroth was a master at Materia fusion/usage and could still cast powerful magic if given the means (I don't intend for him to arrive at Ruby City with any Materia, but there are other ways to cast magic.) - after all, he was arguably the only one on the Planet powerful enough to actually be able to summon meteor with the Black Materia. From which he retains his Limit Break: Supernova (link)
-Physical Manifestations. Sephiroth can manifest his signature weapon - Masamune, and one large black feathered wing on his right side; at will and can also be dismissed to nothing as easily. Whilst manifested, they are as real as any other part of him.
-Telekinesis, triggered without much more than a thought. Though movement of objects is unfocused and geared more toward moving large objects in reaction to a situation (he'd be more likely to throw a table across a room than pick a spoon up from it). It's unknown if this is simply lack of experience with this power or if it's more reflexive and/or is just an extension of his strong willpower which could be refined if he worked at it. This ability extends into levitation; Sephiroth's flight more a delicate balance of telekinesis for balance and levitation which gives the appearance of flying.
-Jenova infection/tainting. If Sephiroth wanted to he can turn himself into the source of/spread a contagion. Once Jenova cells are 'activated' in a person their sole purpose is to overrun that persons base genetic structure and take it over - tainting them forever as a part of Jenova's whole (See: Reunion). This is what resulted in Sephiroth in the first place; direct infusion at the correct foetal stage. In adults, Jenova cells alone aren't able to do very much at all unless somehow charged with energy (for example, with Mako) or if specifically targeted/influenced by Sephiroth's power over them for a particular reason. In minors, it's easier for the Jenova cells to infiltrate into the genetic structure - in both cases, the natural body fighting the cells can produce Geostigma as a symptom. As highlighted in many of the OTWTAS Novellas (and below in Psychic ability part), successful contraction of these cells/Geostigma depends also on the individuals' state of mind (their 'darkened heart'). Whilst it's worth noting that Jenova has never been specifically referred to as airborne as a contagion in canon, it has been (black) water-based.
-Psychic ability: Illusion projecting, mind control, mind reading, telepathy or otherwise 'forcing his will' upon other (especially) weaker-minded/psychically open individuals. Sephiroth's willpower can extend to making people perceive things that aren't real and in extreme cases he can control them directly. This extends also into mind reading and telepathy. Those 'infected' with Jenova cells are most susceptible, but weak-minded individuals or those with a negative perception of their own identity (or depression) may also be vulnerable to less extreme interference. By the same token, any attempt to tap into his mind psychically would be met with a solid wall.
-Improved regeneration & self-preservation. Due to the Reunion being a base instinct of Jenova cells, Sephiroth's self-preservation is hardwired into his DNA as a priority. To the point where other abilities, or even his focus/consciousness would be dampened and/or shut down if there were a serious issue threatening his life. This extends into a natural lessening of certain so-called 'human' needs, such as needing to eat, sleep etc - excepting if he were in need of the energy for rejuvenation purposes. He regenerates from wounds/injuries at a faster-than-human rate by default but this can be sped up/slowed down at will.
-Reunion. Although it might not be particularly playable within Ruby City, it's worth a note here. If Sephiroth dies, his cells and spirit do not. Jenova cells have an innate ability to force themselves to reunite and once this is achieved enough to anchor his spirit again Sephiroth can force it to happen at an increased rate. He's enough of a psychic will to influence any help he can get with this goal. Note: this takes a lot of time and/or energy to perform, in canon it took 5 years to re-grow for himself a body and that was with the Planets energy lingering at the Northern Crater - he intended to use a huge surge of the Planet's own energy to 'finish it off' as well (ie, the impact of Meteor) - though reconstructing for himself a not-so-omnipotent, 'human' form such as his current one might not take as much time/effort.
[CANON] Sephiroth || Final Fantasy VII || reserve || 6 of ?
(Sample Taken from recent event at Animus)
"The game starts tonight! Remember to check under the bed for monsters. Have fun! ♥"
[He remembers your last game, Ruana. He imagines you must have a heart-shaped stamp you use lovingly on every note you leave for everyone. He'd quickly set fire to that note and left it's ashes on the bed stand. He's not to be goaded by you.
Monsters hm, he wonders what twist there will be this time. Monsters generally aren't a problem for him on a night to night basis so Sephiroth isn't too concerned. The fact that these are bound to be different monsters is more exciting than terrifying; though that odd notion for him to stay away from his Dormitory tonight raises a few hairs on the back of his neck. He usually monster hunts of an evening regardless, with little thought to the reasons he's driven to do so.
Clearly they are all to be forced from their beds tonight.
Logically then, the dormitory levels, which do not usually harbour much threat on a usual night should be for Sephiroth's attention tonight. At least so that he can get some idea of the nature of this game. There are Hallways, doorways to dodge in, out and around corners of should the need arise so strategically, there are worse floors to stick to. He patrols systematically, the glinting green of his Fire Materia in Masamune's hilt.]
[CANON] Sephiroth || Final Fantasy VII || reserve || 7 of 7
(Sample Taken from intro-post written for Entrance Way)
He'd failed. Again.
Every time, a variation of the same maneuver, seemed to guarantee his defeat. A chain of 13 unstoppable, unblock-able attacks that he'd not even been able to move to dodge. The damage to his vessel, which he had willed into being from the Lifestream itself, was irreparable and if he continued to force his will over his creation then he himself could be forced back into the Lifestream with its death. Better to let go, and preserve the core of his being, retaining that sense of self outside of the system of the Planet. Especially since he'd worked so hard to recover so much. His black-feathered wing was wrapped around and he dissolved away from the feet up in a thick flurry of smoking feathers.
Sephiroth landed from a few feet in the air, with a similar flurry of black feathers preceding his arrival, leather-clad knees and then face first into freshly mown grass. Then there was utter stillness, any moment then he expected the attack of the Lifestream, as it had on every one of his defeats. He imagined the way it would flow around and through him, ripping his entire being apart. Or it would try, Sephiroth had already guaranteed his future; this was retreat into the Lifestream, not a banishment.
There was something about the wet smell of the grass though, that brought him around to consciousness. The thick aroma of Spring assaulted his senses the moment he pushed up from the ground and back up onto his knees. A leather-gloved hand ran back through one side of his long silver hair, freeing a few loose blades of grass and the last small black feathers before they smokily dissolved away into the air. Green eyes expanded to their fullest and delicate silver eyebrows raised as Sephiroth took in his new surroundings; well he wasn't expecting to end up here that's for sure. Where ever here was.
He had skid a little down this particular Hill but other than that there didn't seem to be anything wrong with him. That feeling of his energy hemorrhaging from every pore of his being that he'd experienced just moments before, gone. Sephiroth still felt a little dazed but he wasn't sure anymore if that was due to that retreat he'd induced (and had clearly gone wrong!) or if it was simply the warm, bright sunlight from this pleasant Spring day burning his eyes due to the contrast with the polluted Midgar skies.
His polluted Midgar sky. On His Planet.
Where Am I? He thought as he hauled himself steadily to his feet. Still taking in the view looking down towards the mansion and idly brushing the odd blade of grass from leather-ed arms where it hadn't just fallen away when he'd stood up. It was then that his thoughts were caught by the very action of brushing down his leather attire. This felt different. No, that wasn't it. After a couple of pats down his front and stretching of arms out in front, it came to him. It was the very fact that he was feeling at all. He had mostly forgotten what it felt like, how constrained it felt, to have a physical form to call his own again. His consciousness bound to all the intricate fibers of the same.
He sunk his consciousness inward, as if for further verification. Like a wildfire which started within his chest, at a single thought all of the Power that Mother had bestowed upon him was awakened and ready in an instant. As he would have expected it to be, as empowered as he deserved to be. It felt even more complete than he had in a long time, though now perfectly contained within one physical being rather than swarming around inside the life of the Planet infecting humans. Sephiroth's mouth curled into a smirk as he came to this realization and opened his eyes again.
This had been his goal.
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