At some point, the human race is formed by the Cetra, who settled and
did not wish
to continue on the long journey to The Promised Land.
Jenova, the "Calamity from the Skies," crashes to earth and creates what
becomes known as the Northern Crater. Many Cetra gather there to help the Planet
heal its wounds.
The Planet warns the Cetra to flee the area, but not in time.
A spectral figure, Jenova in disguise, approaches the Cetra, and infects
them with a virus that transforms them into monsters. Jenova continues its plan and
infects Cetra worldwide.
Jenova is stopped by a few surviving Cetra, who seal it away until it is
discovered by
Shinra aeons later. The Planet also creates Weapons to destroy Jenova,
but they are
not needed because of the surviving Cetra's vigilance.
( ν ) εуλ -0019
~ Final Fantasy VII: Northern Crater
Dr. Gast of Shinra discovers Jenova, incorrectly identifying it as an
Ancient. Jenova is taken to Nibelheim.
( ν ) εуλ -0018
~
Final Fantasy VII: Midgar
Shinra starts the Jenova Project, with the goal of producing humans with
the powers of
the Cetra. Dr. Gast and his assistants, Hojo and Lucrecia, are assigned
to the
project. Vincent, now a member of the Turks, is assigned to protect the
scientists. He has
also fallen in love with Lucrecia, although it is not known whether he knew
her
beforehand.
Vincent proposes to Lucrecia, but she tearfully declines. She leaves
Vincent for Hojo,
feeling the need to protect and stand by the inferior scientist.
Hojo and Lucrecia have a child. Vincent protests as they infuse
Lucrecia's embryo
Jenova's cells. When Lucrecia's child, Sephiroth, is born, her body is irreversibly damaged
by the
Jenova cells, and she collapses. Upon finding her, Vincent furiously pursues
Hojo,
finally encountering him in Shinra Mansion's library. Hojo, shoots
Vincent, no
longer willing to tolerate his interference. Hojo then alters Vincent's
body, and seals him in the mausoleum in Shinra
Mansion's
basement.
( ν ) εуλ -0017
~
Final Fantasy VII: Midgar
Sephiroth is taken away from his mother by Shinra, and never realizes that
Lucrecia and Hojo are his parents.
( ν ) εуλ -0012
~
Final Fantasy VII: Icicle Inn
Dr. Gast, apparently disgusted with Shinra, moves to Icicle Inn. He has met
Ifalna, an
Ancient, and learns the truth about Jenova and the Calamity from the Skies.
( ν ) εуλ -0010
~
Final Fantasy VII: Icicle Inn
Aeris is born to Ifalna and Gast. 20 days later, Hojo tracks down Dr. Gast after two years of searching, desiring Ifalna and
Aeris for his experiments. Dr. Gast resists, and is shot, while Ifalna and
Aeris are taken to Midgar.
( ν ) εуλ -0003
~
Final Fantasy VII: Midgar
Ifalna and Aeris escape from the Shinra aboard the train. Drained, likely
from
Hojo's experiments, Ifalna dies. Elmyra Gainsborough finds them and adopts
Aeris.
( ν ) εуλ 0000
~
Crisis Core: Wutai, Midgar
SOLDIER 1st Class, Sephiroth becomes a hero. While taking part in operations in Wutai, to bring an end to the war, Sephiroth joined up with Zack, who was part of an additional unit dispatched to the field. Genesis and Angeal, SOLDIER operatives, go missing after the operation in Wutai.
Sephiroth tracks down Genesis' mutation inside a Midgar Mako Reactor and learns that Dr. Hollander, a genetic researcher, had used both Genesis and Angeals as part of Project G, an attempt to clone human beings.
( ν ) εуλ 0001/2/30
~
Before Crisis: Junon
Received a request to mobilize from the Shinra President, and eliminates the members of AVALANCHE who had seized the Mako Cannon. Crossed swords with Elfe, the AVALANCHE leader.
( ν ) εуλ 0002/6/18
~
Before Crisis: Midgar
In a single stroke Sephiroth cut down the helicopter stolen by the old AVALANCHE group from the Shinra Building, and returned to Shinra with Hojo, who was almost kidnapped by them.
9/22
~
Final Fantasy VII: Nibelheim
As part of an investigation of the Mako Reactors after a monster outbreak, Sephiroth is deployed to Nibelheim with Zack and Cloud. Seeing the monsters that were created inside the Mako Reactor caused him to doubt his own birth.
Sephiroth uncovers records in the Shinra Mansion library, of the discovery of
Jenova, and
locks himself in the basement, reading. He finds records of his creation at
the hands of
Dr. Gast, but the report he reads only informs him that Jenova is an Ancient,
and gives no information on Jenova's true nature.
10/1
~
Final Fantasy VII: Nibelheim
Sephiroth,
convinced he is an Ancient, plans to take back the Planet with his mother,
Jenova. He sets fire to Nibelheim, and kills its residents. Cloud is
left wounded
outside, trying to protect his mother. Zack attempts to rescue
survivors from
the flames. Tifa's father pursues Sephiroth, who has continued on to the
Mako Reactor.
Zack follows after them. Cloud rises from the flames of Nibelheim and follows the others.
Sephiroth kills Mr. Lockheart at the threshold of Jenova's chamber. Tifa
follows after
him, and attempts to kill Sephiroth with his discarded Masamune.
Sephiroth
overpowers Tifa and gashes her with his Masamune before continuing into Jenova's
room.
Zack pursues Sephiroth, and is also defeated. Both are left helpless as
Sephiroth unlocks Jenova's chamber.
Cloud confronts Sephiroth. Sephiroth, unable to take all of Jenova with him, severs its head. Cloud pursues him over the bridge of the reactor,
and Sephiroth gouges him with his Masamune. Cloud pulls the sword out, and throws
Sephiroth, along with Jenova's head, off the bridge into the Mako stream below. Some say Sephiroth actually threw himself into the Mako stream, aware of how much influence he would have in death.
Shinra arrives, and Sephiroth is presumed dead. Hojo starts the
"Sephiroth Copy Program", and gathers the bodies of Nibelheim for his experiment. The remains
of Jenova are transported to Midgar. Shinra recreates Nibelheim, and covers up details of the Sephiroth incident.
Sephiroth washes
through the Lifestream and ends up in the Northern Crater. In the Lifestream, he
learns the
truth about himself and Jenova. Having gained the knowledge of the Cetra,
he learns how to diffuse his will through the Lifestream. He soon discovers that he can manipulate the Sephiroth Copies by controlling their Jenova cells. He also begins to create a new body.
( ν ) εуλ 0007 ~ Final Fantasy VII: Northern Crater
Sephiroth calls for the Reunion to Jenova, contained in the Shinra Building, and to the Sephiroth copies around the
world.
( ν ) εуλ 0007 ~ (Jenova) Final Fantasy VII: Midgar
Upon heeding the call of the Reunion, the headless form of Jenova contained inside the Shinra building awakens. Jenova takes the form of Sephiroth and kills President Shinra. Cloud, seeing Sephiroth's Masamune left at the scene of President Shinra's death, suspects he may be alive.
( ν ) εуλ 0007 ~ (Jenova) Final Fantasy VII: Grasslands
Sephiroth killed the Midgar Zolom while crossing the marshland, and headed for the Mythril Mines.
( ν ) εуλ 0007 ~ (Jenova) Final Fantasy VII: Transport Ship
Killed several Shinra troops in Junon, and infiltrated from the harbor. Sehiroth confronts Cloud’s party in the ship’s hold, and transfors his arm into Jenova BIRTH and goes into battle.
( ν ) εуλ 0007 ~ (Jenova) Final Fantasy VII: Nibelheim
In the basement of the Shinra Mansion, Sephiroth urges Cloud to the Reunion, informing him about Jenova and that he will head north. The Sephiroth Copies start to make their way to the Northern Crater.
( ν ) εуλ 0007 ~ (Jenova) Final Fantasy VII: Temple of the Ancients
Sephiroth invades the Temple of the Ancients in search of the Black
Materia, used to
summon Meteor. With the help of Aeris and Cait Sith, Cloud obtains the Black Materia, but
Sephiroth
controls him as a Sephiroth Copy and forces him relinquish it. Aeris
pursues Sephiroth
past the Sleeping Forest.
( ν ) εуλ 0007 ~ (Jenova) Final Fantasy VII: The Forgotten City
Aeris prays to the Planet to summon Holy, the only power able to counter Meteor, using the White Materia given to her by mother. During her attempt, Sephiroth descends from above and impales Aeris with his sword, killing her. After an emotional exchange between Cloud and Sephiroth, Jenova LIFE goes into battle with Cloud’s party.
( ν ) εуλ 0007 ~ (Jenova) Final Fantasy VII: Whirlwind Maze
Cloud and his party follow Sephiroth to the Northern Crater, where he
reveals that he
has merely been controlling the Sephiroth Copy they pursued. Sephiroth Copy #1
vanishes, and the party goes into battle with Jenova DEATH.
( ν ) εуλ 0007 ~ Final Fantasy VII: Northern Crater
Sephiroth creates a mirage around Cloud and
Tifa, and
attempts to undermine Cloud's sense of self by showing pieces of the true
past. Cloud
loses confidence and control, and gives the Black Materia to the real
Sephiroth, encased
in crystal in the center of the Northern Cave. A massive earthquake takes
place as the
Weapons of the Planet are freed, and Sephiroth summons Meteor while creating a barrier
around the
Northern Cave.
( ν ) εуλ 0008/1
~
Final Fantasy VII: Northern Crater
Cloud and his party arrive at the Northern Crater and battle Jenova SYSNTHESIS,
after which they plummet deep into the Planet. Sephiroth has already begun his assent to
divine status, and
becomes Bizarro Sephiroth, and then his final form, Safer Sephiroth.
Cloud ascends deep into his subconscious for a final battle with Sephiroth. Once Sephiroth was defeated, he was absorbed into the Lifestream but his consciousness did not diffuse, and he continued to harbor hostility towards the Planet.
( ν ) εуλ 0010 ~ Advent Children: Midgar
Jenova cells spread around the entire planet, infecting those who come into contact, and manifested as the plague Geostigma.
Sephiroth called for another Reunion through his remnants, Kadaj, Loz and Yazoo, who are trying to obtained their mother, Jenova. Kadaj fuses the Jenova remains into his body, thus transforming into Sephiroth. Sephiroth reveals he wants to control the Lifestream, and use the Planet as a vessel to travel space in search of a new Planet for him to rule. After a tough battle, Cloud defeats Sephiroth, who dissipates.
