Sephiroth
Prior to the series' time frame, Lucrecia Crescent was a scientist who worked for the Shinra electric power company. She was the assistant to Professor Hojo (Sephiroth's father). Lucrecia had agreed to enlist in the Shinra experiment called the Jenova Project. The Jenova Project was meant to give birth to a child whose mother was injected with Jenova cells. During her pregnancy Lucrecia had premonitions where she saw the destruction that Sephiroth would cause, but decided to continue the experiment.
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII reveals Sephiroth's character before the events in the first game. It is explained that Angeal and Genesis Rhapsodos, two of Sephiroth's friends, along with Sephiroth himself, were experimented on at the fetal stages with Jenova cells that gave them great power. The three became First Class SOLDIERs, with Sephiroth being portrayed as the hero. Eventually Genesis, annoyed with the public view of Sephiroth, challenges him during training. Sephiroth easily wards off his attacks, and Genesis, during his final attack, gets a shoulder injury when Angeal tries to stop him. After Genesis left SOLDIER, Sephiroth ended up working with Zack Fair several times and began to develop a friendship with him, which continued after Angeal left SOLDIER as well. Sephiroth goes insane soon after Zack conquers Genesis while on a mission in Nibelheim with Zack and his infantryman friend, Cloud Strife. Sephiroth severs Jenova's head at the mako reactor and defeats Zack but is stopped by Cloud, who stabs him with Zack's sword. Sephiroth impales Cloud with the Masamune, but is thrown into the reactor core by Cloud.[edit] Final Fantasy VII
Sephiroth kills Aerith in an iconic scene from Final Fantasy VIINotions of Sephiroth's apparent death are put into question when Cloud and his company AVALANCHE are detained in Shinra's headquarters. On the eve before a public execution, their cell doors are opened. A trail of blood leads the group to discover that President Shinra has been impaled by Sephiroth's sword. Cloud and his friends decide to pursue him. Sephiroth's plan, revealed later in the Temple of the Ancients, is to drain the planet of its energy with the aid of the black materia and its cataclysmic power referred to as "Meteor." Aerith Gainsborough, the last Cetra, attempts to stop him with the white materia and its power, Holy. Aerith succeeds in summoning Holy, but Jenova, while in the appearance of Sephiroth, kills her before it can be activated. The white materia remains active, but unused. Later, Cloud procures the black materia, but is manipulated against his will into surrendering it to Sephiroth, who then summons Meteor and barricades himself inside Northern Crater, waiting for its arrival. In the story's climax, the Northern Cave barrier is penetrated by Shinra's mako cannon, allowing Cloud and his party to descend into the crater for a final confrontation. Sephiroth manifests himself as "Bizzaro Sephiroth" and attacks. Upon being weakened, he transforms again into "Safer Sephiroth", a bizarre angelic figure. After being defeated again, Sephiroth's spirit makes a final mental assault upon Cloud within the Lifestream. However, Cloud has already rediscovered himself and Sephiroth is unable to attack. Cloud easily dispatches Sephiroth and leaves the Lifestream.[9]
