Xeogaming Forums -- Gaming Discussion: Oh yeah, this is why I'm playing FFVIII again (big SPOILERS)

Spoiler:
Cloud was a nobody, he became a somebody by force of will. People think that Cloud's evasion of personal questions early in the game was simply poor writing, it was an expert amount of foreshadowing that many games cannot accomplish. He was nothing, a lowly soldier in some padded armor, carrying a gun. He was injected with 'Mako' when he became a lowly foot soldier, though this is not entirely true. It is elaborated later that he was injected with some cells of Jenova, Hujo's attempt at continuing to make a perfect soldier, to make another Sephiroth.

Sephiroth was a somebody who became a nobody, a person who was as famous as a warrior could get for his time. But what happens? He becomes obsessed with being created, his life not being his own, so to speak, that his mental functions break down, almost as though he was being controlled by the very 'mother' from whom he was created.

Cloud plays a backseat in the storyline as he is a nobody at this point, chronologically that is, and the true emphasis on the early timeline is what Zack did. Though Zack met his end at the hands of Sephiroth, who at this point and time had gone insane to so speak. But I like to believe he was being controlled by the incomprehensibly powerful Jenova, who was able to control Sephiroth because he had her genetic code within, since he was essentially built from her genetic material. Sephiroth kills Zack(who also has Jenova's genetic material within, but to a lesser extent) and almost kills Tifa, he tries to escape, being met by Cloud. Cloud(who has genetic material of Jenova within him, get the jump on Sephiroth, who stabs Cloud through the stomach, Cloud in his pain(and possibly as a side-effect of being near Jenova) musters an incredible amount of strength to throw Sephiroth off of the small platform they are on, killing him. Cloud manages to survive and carry Tifa to safety(probably as a side-effect of being near Jenova).

Now this is where the story is a tad convoluted and simply more compelling. Jenova's head was in a ditch with Sephiroth's body. She used this to her advantage, essentially powering herself and taking the form of Sephiroth(possibly because he was in close proximity, or because Jenova knew that Sephiroth would be a form she could use to exalt a terrifying revenge cake against the Shin-Ra organization. Who kept Jenova captive for many years.

Now, Jenova(as Sephiroth) did what she needed to do, bringing about destruction to her former captives, killing all who got in her way, and eventually retreating to the site where she crashed. (The Northern Crater, Jenova was an alien from another world that crashed into the planet, forming the Northern Crater) Here, Jenova attempted to summon a Meteor, the likes of which caused the Northern Crater before, to strike the planet in the same spot, hoping to draw more of the planet's life-force for which she could feast.

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