Sephiroth

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Character Name: Sephiroth
Series: Final Fantasy VII
Age: 29
From When?: When Cloud kills him near the end of Advent Children

Inmate/Warden: Inmate. Sephiroth burnt down an entire village after learning the truth about his origin. And then later attempted to destroy the planet in order to become a god. He hates everything and every aspect of humanity. He's rejected that part of himself to the point that he no longer even remembers a lot of his past. Though he doesn't remember it, he never had much of a childhood. Before his loss of sanity he was very socially awkward and introverted. He didn't really fit in with anyone and as a result only ever had a few friends.

No one ever told him who his real parents are either. The only name he has is Jenova who he was told was his mother who died in childbirth. In reality that's the name given to the alien lifeform that scientists took the DNA from and injected into him while still in the womb. He does know all about that part but has latched onto the whole Jenova-side of things.

At the point he's coming in his mind actually has refocused around his nemesis, Cloud. Who he has an extreme obsession over and wants nothing more than to torment him. Forever.

Arrival: Against his will.

Abilities/Powers:

Super Human - Due to being enhanced at birth he is stronger and faster than normal humans. Thus he is able to move and wield a weapon no one else is said to be able to use effectively. This also aides him in hand-to-hand combat against regular humans though he rarely goes for that method of fighting.

Sword - He is an excellent swordsman, wielding a nodachi known as the Masamune - a blade that is very long (estimated at maybe around 7 feet). He can empower this sword with energy to increase its strength. Though he can do this and also manifest the weapon out if thin air the sword itself holds no magical abilities.

Flight - He can manifest a single large black wing from his left shoulder that he can use to fly … and actually he can fly without it as well. But he does pop the wing out for the most part when he usually goes to fly around.

Telekinatic - After falling into the lifestream he gained some psychic abilities such as communicating telepathically or creating illusions. He can move objects. It is most likely because of these abilities that he can fly without a wing.

Magic - Before losing his mind and falling into the lifestream he had to use the physical objects known as Materia to cast spells such as Fire or Blizzard. After his death he absorbed an incredible amount of knowledge within the lifestream and no longer needs physical materia to use these abilities. The main magical abilities he uses encompass the elements of: fire, ice, air, lighting.

Fire - Can toss a hand sized fireball an a target that explodes into a burst of flames upon impact. This does not seem to cause the area around to catch on fire though or burn anything to death.

Ice - Creates a small projectile of ice that expands into a larger (a few feet bigger than a person in diameter) ball of ice upon hitting something. After it expands it'll hang in the air for a few seconds until it explodes sending ice shards everywhere. It does not freeze a target in place, however.

Air - Sends a ball that explodes into a small whirlwind after a second. This can lift a normal sized human into the air, but the ability doesn't last long enough to do much else beyond knocking someone off their feet.

Lightning - Simply sends a bolt of electricity out at an intended target. Nothing too dramatic here, it'd be much like getting struck by lightning only not powerful enough to fry a person in place. It'd hurt though.

While normal materia type abilities have three levels of power, Sephiroth casts them at the highest level by default. Lower levels would simply be a smaller ball of fire, the ice projectile does not expand as much, the whirlwind barely becomes noticeable, lightning being a much smaller bolt of electricity.

All of the abilities have a casting time of a few seconds and can be interrupted. He has to concentrate for those seconds in order to use them. He also can't really move around during it either.

Shape-shifting - Due to the alien (Jenova) cells in his body he can shape-shift himself or anyone else with with them. He can also force his own mind into those with similar genetics but his control depends on the person’s willpower and his own proximity at the time. (He cannot do this effectively from a great distance).

Personality: Before Sephiroth’s mind fractured into insanity he was actually a relatively caring individual though he did not always outwardly show it. He held a bit of a reputation for being stoic and cold, but in reality he just did not fit in very well with other people. Sephiroth always felt as though he were different. That he stood off to the side from most. He did have friends, but those were few. The ones who managed to get close to him he held in high regard even to the point of outright refusing to go on a mission to hunt them down.

For the most part he respects intelligence or otherwise anyone who can match him in some way. While he himself can be arrogant that is mostly due to his overbearing sense of confidence. He’s a calm, collected individual who rarely falls to frustration and otherwise seemingly cannot be annoyed. This is not completely true, but he’s the type of person who manages to keep themselves under control and does not show much to the outside world. Which is what originally earned him his reputation. What others don’t see is that he actually has a very dry sense of humor, can smile, and does occasionally enjoy the company of others.

Now after he learns the truth surrounding his birth, the experiments involved in his creation, everything changes. Gone is the calm and caring individual only to be replaced with one filled with hate and vengeance. He despises humanity after this point wishing to destroy them all. The arrogance and sense of superiority people thought he held in the past comes to full fruition as he tosses aside any connection he felt to humans -- something he does not really consider himself any longer. Scientists used DNA from an alien creature they called Jenova in his creation, the only name he was ever given when growing up. The person he believes is his mother (when in fact he does have a human mother he does not know about). She is the only one she considers of any worth despite being an ancient long-dead corpse by this point.

When he first learned of the experiments he was actually horrified at the idea that he might not be human, but the more he read about it, the more he learned -- he leaned into the idea and fully accepted it as something he should be. With that he developed a god complex and felt that he was above everyone else. He’s vastly superior to everyone else and should rule high above them all. Like Jenova he feels he’s some sort of god-like being destined to rule the planet. No one can stand against him. No one can defeat him. Therefore he should be able to reshape things as he wishes.

One person does manage to best him though (Cloud), he manages to do so three different times, and as a result Sephiroth develops a complete and utter obsession with the man. He wants nothing more to break, torment, and otherwise terrorize him -- though at the same time he also makes Cloud the very center of his existence to a point where he actually relies on the other’s memories to keep himself going. This gives him something of tunnel vision later where he cares very little for those around him except for Cloud to a point where nothing else seems to matter. Humanity started out as the object of his hate and then it evolved into orbiting around one singular person.

Now despite all of this, he does still retain his calm and collected demeanor. He still cannot be easily (outwardly) angered, frustrated or otherwise annoyed. The air of arrogance and superiority to others never seems to leave though.

Barge Reactions: Sephiroth actually isn't phased by most things. Considering he believes he's above everyone else, nothing anyone really says to him will get much of a reaction. He might, however, be highly curious about the other worlds people come from. He did want to travel the cosmos and find a new planet at one point. He has no real interest going out of his way to harm others, but he may verbally push buttons of those who interact with him.

There's magic in his world and he almost became a god so other strange happenings won't bother him. He might even help others out if he decides it suits him in some way. Despite being mostly crazy it's not impossible to reason with him if the end goal also lines up with what he wants.

Path to Redemption: Sephiroth holds onto a lot of delusions about himself. He hates pretty much everything for what was done to him (being the result of experimentation). He's never really coped with learning about the truth about himself. He instead refocused into believing he was better. First it was thinking he belonged to an ancient race and then after that wasn't true he decided that he's god-like instead.

He needs to realize that despite everything about himself he still had very human parents and that he's also still partly human himself. He tried to walk away from his humanity so much that he even gave up his memories of the time he used to consider himself human and had friends/those he cared about. Basically he needs to find a way to cope with being a victim that doesn't involve murdering everyone and declaring himself god.

Also since he's become completely obsessed with Cloud he needs to realize that in a way he's made himself dependent on the one person he claims to hate above all else. He practically defines himself using Cloud's memories. He can call him a puppet all he wants but he kind of needs his hate in order to not let the lifestream consume him.

History: Wiki Link

Sample Journal Entry: First thread in this TDM link
Sample RP: Second two threads

Special Notes: Fully okay with him being nerfed into the ground as he is ridiculously overpowered.