The One Winged Angel

Lord Sephiroth, son of JENOVA. (FFVII)
Image courtesy of thelifestream.net xD

For those who have never heard of Sephiroth, what can i say... you are fools! Nah i'm joking, but seriously, ask any Final Fantasy fanboy about Sephiroth and prepare yourself to be barraged by a long and monotonous lecture about how he is the most supreme and hardcore badass villain to come from any video game in history. In a nutshell, Sephiroth was concieved by two scientists who genetically altered him while he was in the womb and infused him with JENOVA cells, thereby giving him mako infused energy, and effectively become an "Ancient" or Cetra. However, what the scientists didn't realise was that JENOVA was actually a foreign alien from another world, not the supposed lost Ancient they had thought that she was. So instead, they had effectively infused their child with alien matter which would in the future corrupt him and make him feel isolated and alien from the rest of civilisation.

After learning the truth of his heritage many years later whilst on a trip to the Nibelheim Mako Reactor, Sephiroth cut all ties with his humanity and instead embraced JENOVA's desires and dreams - namely to destroy the planet and become a god. Sephiroth's rein of terror ended abruptly after he was killed by Cloud Strife, but instead of dying, Sephiroth fell into the Lifestream (the planet's life energy river) and instead was crystallised and became a part of the pillar concealing the WEAPONs within their sleepy chamber. However, utilising his unique powers, he managed to force his fellow soldiers and civilians (who had been injected with JENOVA cells) into becoming his disciples and summon them on a long and perilous journey to the Promised Land where his physical body was kept. After gaining control of Cloud, he was set free after acquiring the Black Materia and both Cloud and Sephiroth fell into the Lifestream together.

However, while Cloud washed up in Mideel, an island to the far south of the planet, Sephiroth released the WEAPONs to wreak havoc across the globe, and concealed himself within the Northern Crater, where he summoned the Meteor to crash into the planet and destroy it. However, Cloud and his friends managed to defeat the WEAPONs, destroy the barrier at the Northern Crater, and kill Sephiroth in the planet's core. However, with the last ounce of his strength, he summoned Cloud's spirit into a final duel with him in the very heart of the planet where Cloud finally silenced his former hero and commander.

Wow, that was a lot of writing. So much for a brief summary. Anywho, that is the basis of Sephiroth's story and if you know that much, you will be prepared for an interesting and lengthy debate with your gamer friends. Just don't go calling him a whiney bitch in front of the die-hard Sephiroth lovers (or you may just get beaten!) Sephiroth fans don't joke about him.