Final Fantasy 7 Remake Sephiroth’s Origins Explained

Final Fantasy 7 Remake: Sephiroth’s Origins Explained

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Sephiroth is one of the most iconic villains ever, and there’s a bit of background on the characters to know before the Final Fantasy 7 Remake.

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Final Fantasy 7 Remake Sephiroth’s Origins Explained

Final Fantasy 7 created one of the most infamous video game villains of all time with Sephiroth. The legendary hero is instantly recognizable, for both his brilliant silver hair and his absurdly long sword.

With the Final Fantasy 7 Remake Sephiroth is set to take center stage once again, for both new players and returning ones. The first part of the Remake only covers the Midgar section of the original, which only gave a few small details on Sephiroth.

Considering the trailers, the Remake will introduce Sephiroth much earlier, but the villain has a complex backstory that’s a big part of what makes him so insidious. Here’s everything about Sephiroth’s history and origins.

The Jenova Project and Sephiroth’s Creation

Final Fantasy 7 Remake Sephiroth’s Origins Explained

Sephiroth was the greatest hero Shinra’s army had ever seen, and it wasn’t just a coincidence. Thousands of years before the beginning of Final Fantasy 7 an alien life form named Jenova crash-landed on the planet. Jenova is a parasitic lifeform that destroyed life on planets, then uses the empty husk of the planet to travel the cosmos. When Jenova crashed on Gaia, the lifeform used its ability to mimic its prey to get close to the ancient race known as Cetra, then kill them. The dead Cetra mutated and turned into monsters.

Flash forward to Final Fantasy 7 and Shinra has discovered the remains of Jenova in the Northern Crater. Members of Shinra’s science department, including Professor Hojo and Dr. Hollander, started using Jenova’s body and cells for experiments. Known as the Jenova Project, the series of experiments injected SOLDIER recruits with Jenova cells as test samples. Hojo, unhinged in his relentless pursuit to evolve humanity, impregnated a researcher named Lucrecia Crescent, who was also one of the only remaining descendants of the Cetra. He then injected Jenova cells into the unborn fetus, which resulted in Sephiroth being born and mutating with the Jenova cells. Hojo would continue to monitor the child, and Sephiroth always felt that there was something different about him from others.

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Sephiroth’s project was known as Project S, but there was a Project G also in development, according to the prequel game Crisis Core. It’s unclear if this will remain canon in the Remake, but Project G was headed by Hollander who, like Hojo, implanted Jenova cells into a pregnant woman. Project G resulted in the creations of Genesis and Angeal, failed experiments that degraded because of the Jenova cells, whereas Sephiroth flourished with them.

Sephiroth and SOLDIER

Final Fantasy 7 Remake Sephiroth’s Origins Explained

At a young age, Sephiroth joined SOLDIER, the elite fighting force of Shinra’s military. He quickly rose through the ranks and because of his incredible power ended up becoming a hero. The people of Midgar and Shinra idolized Sephiroth, and he was the defining factor in Shinra winning the Wutai War. During this time Sephiroth came to befriend other members of SOLDIER, like Zack Fair, as well as Genesis and Angeal. Again, to be clear, it’s not currently known if Genesis and Angeal will remain canon with the Remake, although a Crisis Core Easter Egg seems to indicate they will.

Sephiroth continued to serve as Shinra’s muscle, and the company became reliant on his power to quell emergencies, including the rise of the Avalanche resistance group. Young children, like Cloud Strife, are inspired by Sephiroth’s heroism and dream of joining SOLDIER, resulting in even more manpower for Shinra. However, everything isn’t perfect for the company. Alongside Avalanche and other forces, Sephiroth’s loyalty starts to waver as Shinra demands more and more of him. This comes to a head before the Nibelheim mission, where Sephiroth tells Zack he’s thinking about retiring from Shinra.

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Sephiroth’s Story of a Fallen Hero

Nibelheim is the event that changed everything in the world of Final Fantasy 7. It started as a simple mission that had Sephiroth and Zack traveling to the Nibelheim reactor to investigate a monster outbreak. While investigating the reactor, the two stumble upon a series of incubation tanks containing horrific monsters that used to be humans. Investigating further Sephiroth discovers the remains of Jenova, which he knows is the name of his mother.

This sets off a chain reaction in Sephiroth’s psyche, making him obsess about his own origins. Sephiroth locks himself away in the Shinra Mansion in Nibelheim, combing through research records and books for days on end. In the mansion, Sephiroth learns about the Cetra and begins to believe that Jenova, his mother, was one of them. He concludes that humans betrayed the Cetra and left them to die at the hands of an alien invader. This motivates him to set Nibelheim on fire, and go to retrieve Jenova’s remains at the reactor. Sephiroth seeks to reunite with his mother and enact his revenge on the human race and on Shinra, who’s used him.

Tifa and Zack attempt to stop him but they’re both cut down. Finally, Cloud confronts Sephiroth and ends up throwing him into the Mako pool, almost dying in the process. This now sets the stage for the Final Fantasy 7 Remake with Cloud and Zack tested on by Shinra, and Sephiroth presumed to be dead. Of course, time shows that Sephiroth is anything but dead, and his now twisted ideology will push him further than ever.

Final Fantasy 7 Remake launches on April 10 for PS4.

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