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Post by GENESIS RHAPSODOS on Jan 7, 2014 8:57:31 GMT -5
GENESIS RHAPSODOS
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Alias: G
Sexuality: Goddessexual
World: Gaia (FFVII)
Job: Ex-SOLDIER; self-proclaimed herald to the goddess Minerva
Alignment: Serves some sort of "higher calling" to the goddess; Neutral
APPEARANCE
HEIGHT: 6'1"
WEIGHT: 180 lbs
EYE COLOR: Green
HAIR LENGTH, STYLE AND COLOR: Just above his neck; swept down to both sides of his face and spiky on the ends; auburn-red
ACCESSORIES: None of note
ATTIRE: His attire has almost always consisted of a modified version of the SOLDIER uniform - he wears black pants and combat boots, plus a variation on the black shirts worn by SOLDIER members. The most striking part of his outfit that makes him recognizable is the crimson trenchcoat he wears over the rest of the outfit. He rarely, if ever, wears anything else.
OTHER: Nothing of note
PERSONALITY
DESCRIPTION: Genesis is an ambitious and eloquent man, so filled with the romantic ideals of heroism and the horrors of his origins that he was driven to what many might define as madness previously. In reality, Genesis sought self-preservation more than anything, though he went about it in a very elaborate way. That Genesis does go about things in such an elaborate way may be what best defines him - he views himself as a character in a play, essentially, and does the same to those around him. Despite this actor-like persona, though, and his appreciation of people who admire him for his heroism, Genesis tends to only open up his true self to certain individuals, making him quite difficult to read to anyone aside from the likes of his old, closest friends within SOLDIER.
Genesis is a very, very complicated man morally. While he does strive to achieve what he would define as heroism, that heroism can be...a little different from the traditional idea every now and then. He's been shaped by experiences in SOLDIER, his genetic composition, LOVELESS, and the discovery of his origins, and as such, he can be a little...overboard when it comes to purging the world of corrupt individuals, as he believes the goddess would wish for him to do. He paints a calm figure, sure, but he'll set something on fire at a moment's notice to make quite a show of acting the hero. He's certainly an anti-hero in the truest sense of the word, but still more than likely a hero nonetheless, given that he really does fight the corrupt.
LIKES: LOVELESS; Banora whites; admirers; swordplay
DISLIKES: Knowledge of his origins; his wing; Shinra; the loose use of mako
FEARS: He's essentially faced his fears already, in a "past life."
OTHER: Nothing of note
RELATIONSHIPS AND HISTORY
MARITAL STATUS: Single
FAMILY: Jenova ("mother"); Gillian Hewley ("mother"); Adoptive father (deceased); Adoptive mother (deceased)
FRIENDS: Angeal Hewley (childhood friend); Zack Fair (tentative associates); Dr. Hollander (ally)
LOVE INTEREST: Genesis has an uncanny connection to and affection for the goddess Minerva.
History: Genesis was born from the result of Jenova Project G, lead by Dr. Hollander. Gillian Hewley was injected with Jenova's cells, and her cells were transplanted into Genesis to grant him Jenova's abilities. After Genesis's birth, Professor Hojo's "Project S", which created Sephiroth, was deemed superior, and Project G was shut down. Unknown to Hojo and Hollander, however, the Project G research would continue in Deepground. Genesis was labeled a failed experiment and given to a wealthy landlord in Banora to be raised.
Genesis and Angeal were close friends in Banora and despite Angeal's family being poor, the two grew up happily. During the Wutai War, Genesis became envious of Sephiroth's fame, and he and Angeal left for Midgar to join SOLDIER. The two became 1st Class and were close friends with Sephiroth, the only two he socialized with in the company on a personal level. During a training exercise between the three Genesis challenged Sephiroth to a one-on-one duel. The fight got out of hand and Angeal intervened. Genesis broke Angeal's SOLDIER sword with his Rapier and the top sliced into his shoulder as it shattered.
Genesis assured the two it was a minor wound, but the wound worsened rather than healed. The wound had triggered Genesis's flawed genetic structure to begin to degrade, and Hollander, knowing the secrets of Genesis's birth, told Genesis he could heal him. Secretly, Hollander desired vengeance on Hojo and Shinra, and wanted to prove Genesis was the superior product of the Jenova Project.
Under Hollander's orders, Genesis took a large force of 3rd and 2nd Class SOLDIERs and went rogue during the closing stages of the Wutai War. Hollander vanished, taking with him the technology to produce Genesis Copies - by transplanting Genesis's cells into the SOLDIER members who had followed him, Hollander would grant them Genesis's appearance and abilities, and the two began to build their army.
One month later SOLDIER director Lazard sends Zack and Angeal to Wutai to assist in the siege of Fort Tamblin, and to investigate Genesis's disappearance. During the attack Angeal vanishes, and Zack is assaulted by Genesis Copies. Returning to Shinra, Zack is dispatched with Tseng to Banora to locate Genesis's parents and question them. The town is full of Genesis Copies as well as Shinra robots stolen from the company, and during the investigation Tseng finds a fresh grave with Genesis's parents, killed by their foster son.
In a warehouse outside of town, the two find Genesis, who incapacitates Tseng. Angeal appears and stops Zack from striking him as Genesis leaves, then follows him. Zack returns to the village and finds Angeal's mother, Gillian Hewley, dead, thought to have been killed by Angeal. In reality, she killed herself in shame for taking part in the Jenova Project. Genesis tells Zack and Angeal that Angeal cannot live in their world anymore, and trips Zack as he tries to chase after Angeal.
Genesis summons Bahamut to fight Zack, and after Zack defeats it Genesis unfurls a large wing from his left shoulder. He tells Zack that he and Angeal are monsters, and flies away leaving Zack and Tseng to evacuate as the town is destroyed to cover up Genesis's actions. Shortly after, Genesis and Angeal are declared killed in action by Shinra.
In Midgar, Lazard tells Zack (now promoted to SOLDIER 1st Class) and Sephiroth that Shinra plans to continue to fight Genesis and his forces out of the public's eye with the ultimate intent to kill Genesis himself, when alarms sound an intruder attack. The security drones in the building have malfunctioned, and Genesis Copies are attacking the Shinra Building. As Zack helps fight off the army, Sephiroth contacts him and tells him Angeal has been spotted in the Sector 5 Reactor. The two find Hollander's lab in the reactor where evidence of his hand in creating the Genesis copies is found, and information on Project G. Hollander and Genesis arrive, and Zack chases Hollander as Genesis speaks to Sephiroth, claiming Sephiroth's glory and fame ought to be his.
He cites a passage from LOVELESS and asks Sephiroth which of them would be the Hero spoken of in the story. He claims his true desire is to obtain the "gift of the goddess" that LOVELESS speaks of. Angeal interrupts Zack's pursuit of Hollander and reveals two white wings of his own. Wishing to be returned to normal, Angeal knocks Zack into the Sector 5 Church in the slums below, having allied with Genesis and Hollander to be cured.
As the attack on Shinra continues and Zack returns to the plate to help defend the city, Angeal reappears with a change of heart, and flies him to the Shinra Building. Sephiroth and Angeal go to fight off the Genesis Copies and send Zack to protect Hojo from Genesis. Genesis, Angeal and Zack congregate in Hojo's lab, where Genesis quotes from LOVELESS and the group discuss the poem's missing fifth act that leaves the result of a climactic battle between friends uncertain. Genesis flees and Zack and Angeal follow. Angeal abandons Zack to fight Bahamut Fury summoned by Genesis, who has also taken his leave once Zack defeats it.
News of a base used by Genesis in Modeoheim comes in. Zack and Tseng, accompanied by another Shinra infantryman and Cloud, investigate, and find Genesis in a Mako excavation facility. Zack finds Genesis confronting Hollander, now degraded to the point his clothing and hair have begun to turn white. Genesis has decided Hollander is useless, failing to help his condition, and declares he will seek Jenova cells to cure him. Hollander protests that no one knows where Jenova is, and Genesis says he will destroy the world along with himself then. Genesis duels Zack and is defeated, and throws himself into the depths of the reactor to his apparent demise.
Several months later the Genesis army resurfaces and attacks Shinra across the Planet. Zack and Sephiroth assist in the defense of Junon where Hollander is being held captive. During the attack he escapes with the assistance of two Genesis Copies. Though unseen by Shinra, Genesis observes the events from atop the Mako Cannon, alive but still degrading.
When Sephiroth and Zack are dispatched to Nibelheim to investigate the Nibelheim Reactor, Genesis appears to Sephiroth at the reactor's core. He tells Sephiroth about the two Jenova Project branches, G and S, and that as Angeal was the perfect "monster" of Project G, Sephiroth is the product of Project S. Knowing that Sephiroth only knows his mother is named Jenova, Genesis tells him the origins of Jenova and her hand in their creation. Claiming that Sephiroth is the perfect product of Jenova's cells, Genesis says this means his cells will never degrade and asks Sephiroth to give him his cells as a means of curing his degradation. Sephiroth, confused and angry, refuses, and Genesis departs. His words, combined with what Sephiroth learns about his origins in the Shinra Manor, spark his descent into madness, and he burns Nibelheim to the ground and is seemingly killed by Cloud within the reactor.
After four years of captivity in the aftermath of Nibelheim's destruction, Zack and Cloud break free from Shinra and escape, but are pursued by two Genesis Copies. As Zack prepares to face off with them, the real Genesis soars down from the sky. Genesis explains he heard Zack was being used for one of Hojo's experiments, Project S, so Zack holds Sephiroth's cells that can cure him. One of the Genesis copies consumes a lock of Zack's hair, but it mutates into a horrible monster and Genesis leaves.
When Zack makes his way back to Gongaga, more Genesis Copies attempt to kill him, but are stopped by Genesis and Hollander, now also a Genesis Copy suffering from degradation. Believing Zack's body rejected Sephiroth's cells due to being in SOLDIER, they now seek Cloud and the cells he carries. Genesis declares he has discovered the true final act of LOVELESS and flies away as Hollander and the copies search for Cloud. Zack dispatches Hollander and meets Lazard, an Angeal Copy, who directs him to Genesis's final lair - the underground caverns beneath Banora.
In the caverns, Zack finds the journal of a younger Genesis before his days as a SOLDIER that describes his invention of Banora White apple juice, along with his desire to share his accomplishments with Sephiroth by having him eat a Banora White. Deeper in the caves Zack finds Genesis before a statue of Minerva, presumably the "goddess" spoken of in LOVELESS. Certain that the Goddess Materia in the statue's grasp is the "gift of the goddess", he quotes LOVELESS again - with Zack's arrival, having inherited Angeal's Buster Sword and Sephiroth's cells, the three friends are reunited and LOVELESS is fulfilled.
Believing himself the Hero who has received the goddess's protection, Genesis absorbs the Materia's power to become Genesis Avatar and engages Zack. When defeated Genesis is returned to human form, fully restored with no signs of his degradation. Zack figures out that all Genesis ever wanted was to regain his pride as SOLDIER, and be healed of his degradation. Gathering the last of his strength, Genesis challenges Zack to a final duel as a SOLDIER, and is struck down.
Genesis is sent flying back with Zack's final attack, and lands on his feet to find himself in a place flooded with Lifestream. The goddess statue in the distance morphs into Minerva who sees his desire to complete his duty as SOLDIER, and as the will of the Lifestream, she allows him to continue living. Weak but alive, Genesis is carried out of the cave.
Zack lays him down and retrieves three Banora Whites, taking a bite out of them to fulfill Genesis's dream, though he apologizes for not being "the real thing". Zack questions Genesis as to the apple being the "gift", but Genesis shakes his head. Thanks to his battle with Zack, Genesis is able to see what the gift really is: the pride of a SOLDIER. Content with his pride restored and his dream fulfilled, Genesis passes out, and Zack and Cloud move on.
Shortly after Zack and Cloud leave, a Shinra helicopter lands near Genesis, and two 1st Class SOLDIERs with Deepground symbols on their belts jump out. They question if Genesis would be willing to join them and carry him into the helicopter. Genesis's voice can be heard a final time, creating his own fifth act of LOVELESS.
Genesis was brought to Deepground, and the two SOLDIERs, Weiss and Nero, attempted to persuade him to join in their rebellion against the Restrictors, current leaders of Deepground. Genesis declined and sealed himself in a flooded cavern beneath Midgar, awaiting the day he would be needed to protect the world in Sephiroth and Angeal's stead. Vincent discovers that according to Scarlet's private files, the Tsviets were spliced with Genesis's cells and subjected to various experiments to see how they reacted.
Collecting the three "G Reports" unlocks an extra ending. Following Omega's destruction, Weiss's body lays in the flooded cavern, which sends out a shock wave that awakens Genesis. Genesis approaches Weiss and tells him it "is not yet time for slumber" and that they have much work to do. He picks up his "brother", spreads his wing, and flies off into the night.
In the Crisis Core Ultimania, it is explained that Genesis has reappeared to protect the Planet, and his final lines in Crisis Core explain his return, but in more of a riddle. Because Dirge of Cerberus is the last chronological entry in the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, save for the final scenes of Advent Children Complete, Genesis's current status is unknown.
[CREDIT TO FF WIKI!]
WEAPONS, ABILITIES AND MAGIC
WEAPON(S): +Rapier: Genesis wields a light, lengthy crimson blade that, while not as long as Masamune, is still a pretty imposing weapon. He typically uses it one-handed so he can utilize magic in the other hand, but he does occasionally wield it two-handed. The rapier can be enhanced with magic. He is immensely skilled in its use.
ABILITIES:
+Superhuman Physical Traits: Due to the cells and mako that have enhanced his physical makeup, Genesis possesses superhuman strength, speed, reflexes, agility, equilibrium, durability, and stamina that are only matched or outmatched by other former 1st Class SOLDIERS. Like others in the Jenova projects, he also has a single wing, his being black and on his left shoulder, that allows him to fly. He can also make copies of himself that have his appearance but that are not nearly as strong as he is.
+Swordsmanship: Genesis is a master swordsman with Shinra training, experience from dueling the likes of Angeal and Sephiroth, and extensive combat experience. Few can outmatch him in a duel, with Zack Fair and Sephiroth being among those few. He's elegant, quick, and extremely disciplined in his fighting style.
+Magical Talents: Genesis' strongest trait as a fighter might be his powerful grasp on the use of magic. He incorporates it seamlessly into his fighting style and can prove quite a destructive and fearsome force when he's using it in combination with his skills as a swordsman.
STRENGTHS: Genesis, as stated, is as potent of a warrior as one can find due to his origins in the G Project and SOLDIER. His superhuman traits would give him an advantage over most even without his skills in swordsmanship and magic. He's a fearsome foe, equally capable of fighting large beasts, other superhumans, large contingents of troops, and other threats.
WEAKNESSES: Genesis can be overconfident, without a doubt, due to knowing he's quite a fearsome fighter. Additionally, he's not a perfect specimen - while he's undoubtedly powerful regardless, he's not as powerful as other 1st Class SOLDIERs, and outside of direct intervention from someone like the goddess, he could degrade again.
MAGIC:
SUMMONS: He can utilize summon materia.
IT'S ALL ABOUT YOU
NAME: Kent
HOW DID YOU FOUND US: I registered this beach!
ROLEPLAY EXPERIENCE: 5 years; Mass Effect, Final Fantasy, Dragon Age over 25 sites; I do English stuff
OTHER CHARACTERS: I listed them so often.
OTHER NOTES: I'm a pretty pony.
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