Final Fantasy VII.
Sephiroth is a fictional character and main antagonist in the Square Enix role playing game Final Fantasy VII. He has had — relative to Final Fantasy VII's continuity — four non-canonical appearances in other games: Ehrgeiz, Kingdom Hearts, Kingdom Hearts II and Itadaki Street Special. Within the continuity of Final Fantasy VII, Sephiroth has also made appearances in the mobile game Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII, the CGI film Final Fantasy VII Advent Children and the midquel OVA Last Order: Final Fantasy VII. He was also briefly mentioned in Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII. Tetsuya Nomura designed his appearance.
Sephiroth appears as a tall man with long silver hair, bright emerald-green cat-like eyes, a long black coat, white metallic pauldrons and belted black boots. He carries the sword Masamune, which is designed more as an extra long katana than the nodachi it is most commonly referred to as, a weapon that has appeared in each installment of the Final Fantasy series. It appears as if he is dominantly left-handed, as both he and his 'remnants' use their weapons with their left hands. In Final Fantasy VII, Sephiroth was the most famous member of SOLDIER, a paramilitary branch of the Shinra corporation, until he mysteriously disappeared five years prior to the beginning of the game. He then returns to enact a plot which threatens the game's world, bringing him into conflict with the game's protagonists, and particularly with its main character, Cloud Strife, who shares a past with Sephiroth. He is also responsible for the death of a major protagonist within the game, the topic becoming the subject of one of the most popular video game spoilers in history.
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