Post by Genesis Rhapsodos on Oct 4, 2010 16:50:15 GMT -5
This is Rufus here, though I was hoping to go in the direction of RPing Genesis, so I threw up a bio.
Name: Genesis
Alignment/Affiliation: The Planet
Age: 25
Race: Formerly Human
Appearance:
Personality:
At first Genesis appears as a deserter, arrogant and childish. He even plays a trick on Zack after they meet in Banora. At first, he seems to be a simple character, but as time progresses, the conflict within Genesis becomes increasingly visible.
Genesis was adopted, causing him to feel betrayed by both his true and false parents, one of the reasons for his departure from SOLDIER. His main source of turmoil comes from the secrets of his birth he discovers after the injury he sustains during training, that leads him to resent Shinra and all those associated with it. Genesis is considered to have a narcissistic and destructive personality.
Abilities:
Genesis is a 1st Class SOLDIER whose combat abilities rank on par with Sephiroth, Shinra's greatest SOLDIER. Instead of mostly relying on his sword in battle, Genesis has a tendency to fight with magic as well as his weapon, sometimes even combining them and charging up his sword with magic. In this regard, he is akin to a Mystic Knight or Red Mage.
As a product of Project G, Genesis is able to copy his genetic material onto other people, and create clones of himself. However, his degradation is passed onto them, as he is not a perfect product as Angeal is. He is unable to transfer his genetics to any non-human creature, as Angeal can, and is not a two-way conduit of Jenova's power, so cannot absorb the qualities of monsters.
Although Genesis only has one wing, which often loses feathers and withers as his degradation worsens, he is able to fly quite well, and appears to be able to use the feathers of his wing as an attack.
Limit Break:
Flaming Whisper - Genesis slides his blade to his hip, placing both hands around the hilt. The blade becomes covered in flames, and in a sudden burst of speed and power he appears on the other side of his foe, leaving a large flaming cut down their body. He slides his rapier back to his hip.
Scarlet Light - While repeatedly slashing his rapier, Genesis forms a series powerful ranged magical strikes that fly towards all his enemies, allowing him to cut them down from a distance.
Avatar - A mimic of his final form in Crisis Core appears behind him in battle, and whatever attacks he does the Avatar form copies to a more destructive extent. This lasts for a short period of time.
LOVELESS - Genesis focuses all his power into a single attack, lanuching himself to the air and becomnig incased in flames. With a sudden burst of speed he fires towards the earth and creates an explosion of a significant area, engulfing everything around him in fire as well as the shockwave of the impact.
Weapons:
Genesis's weapon of choice is the rapier. Though the blade itself resembles more of a broadsword, the hilt takes the appearance of one.
Materia List:
Fire - Fira - Firaga
Flare
Meteor
Seal
Revive
Time
Cure - Cura
Summons:
Knights of the Round
History:
Genesis grew up in a quiet village called Banora, home of the famous 'dumbapples' and his best friend Angeal Hewley. He happened across a copy of LOVELESS whilst in his parent's study, and thus sparked his obsession towards the piece of literature. He presumably joined SOLDIER some time during his teenage years along with Angeal, Genesis decided to join SOLDIER because he craved for the respect Sephiroth had. At one time Genesis, Sephiroth, and Angeal were all teammates and allies in Shinra's special unit of supersoldiers, the 1st Class of SOLDIER. Their relationship was a complex one. Genesis, jealous of Sephiroth's fame, was often prone to losing control; however, all he wanted was to become a hero.
During a hologram training exercise between Genesis and Sephiroth, Angeal accidentally wounded the former while trying to stop the match, which had become a duel to the death. Genesis assured the two it was a minor wound, but the wound began to worsen rather than heal. This was the start of a long degradation that would slowly kill Genesis during the next seven years until he was healed by the "goddess" after having absorbed Lifestream into his body.
Unable to accept he was both inhuman and a failure, Genesis set out to accomplish the goals of a monster, which are, according to Angeal, "Revenge and world domination". Soon after Genesis is wounded, he is taken to be treated by Dr. Hollander. While being treated, he learns about his birth and the secrets of his body, and seeking to remedy his degradation, allies himself with Hollander. Only a few months after Genesis learns about his origins, he suddenly disappears with Hollander and a large number of 2nd and 3rd Class SOLDIERs. This is known as the "Mass SOLDIER Desertion Incident". During this period of absence, Genesis creates an army of Genesis Clones, similar to the later Sephiroth Clones, only much more violent. These clones suffered from the same degeneration as their master. It is seen that showering the clones with Mako seemed to halt the degradation for a short period of time.
In their quest to find the rogue SOLDIER, Zack and Tseng make their way to Genesis's hometown of Banora. It would turn out that Genesis had converted the village into a stronghold for his army. When they find him in a warehouse, Genesis recites a part of LOVELESS. Angeal enters the scene, pointing his blade at Genesis. Genesis asks Angeal if he can live in the world where he killed his friend, and then retreats, Angeal following close behind. Banora is shortly destroyed by an air strike at the hands of Shinra and both Genesis and Angeal are presumed dead.
During the day Zack becomes 1st Class, parts of Midgar are suddenly attacked by Genesis clones, but are stopped by the Turks, Sephiroth, Zack, and many members of SOLDIER. After this conflict is resolved, Zack meets with Sephiroth in Dr. Hollander's study. As they speak, Sephiroth talks about the day Genesis got wounded. During the flashback, Genesis challenged Sephiroth to a fight in the Training Room due to the antagonism he feels, but got hurt. As his wound was being treated, he learned the secret of Sephiroth and himself.
Zack and Sephiroth find Hollander's reports on a project known as "Project G", and learn of Genesis's degrading condition. As Hollander enters, Genesis swoops down, and speaks more lines from LOVELESS. After listening, Sephiroth tells Genesis he has not changed a bit, reading LOVELESS and quoting it. Angeal enters, and Genesis speaks the three friends are now here, and that one becomes chased, one takes flight, and the last remaining friend becomes the hero. The idea itself came from the story of LOVELESS, and the idea being that Angeal was the one being chased, Genesis being the one who takes flight, and finally Sephiroth being the one who becomes a hero. Sephiroth comments on his short quote, and Genesis questions who is the hero — himself, or Sephiroth. Sephiroth says Genesis can be the hero, and Genesis states that Sephiroth's fame should have originally have been his.
Moving onto the next stage of his plan, Genesis and Angeal arrive in Professor Hojo's laboratory where both Hojo and Zack are. Genesis plans to kill Hojo, but Angeal tells him to stop. Genesis again quotes from LOVELESS. As Genesis states the quote was from Act 4, Hojo comments that he, too, remembers LOVELESS, and says it is an old story. Angeal asks if there was an end to it, but Hojo tells them it is unknown whether there is or not. However, Genesis claims there is an end. He asks them what they think the "Gift of the Goddess" means for them, and then flies off. Angeal and Zack chase after him, and eventually catch up to him, only to have Zack fight the summoned beast, Bahamut Fury, as Angeal follows Genesis.
Genesis moveed onto a warehouse in Modeoheim. His appearance during this time shows he had been degrading, and his belief that to stop it, he'd need Jenova cells. Genesis began to search for the "Gift of the Goddess" by recreating the world of LOVELESS. He is found holding his sword to Dr Hollander's neck, angry how he has not managed to stop his degradation. Zack quickly swings, and knocks Genesis's sword out of his hand, allowing Hollander to escape Cloud Strife catches him. Hollander breaks free, and knocks Cloud down and explains to Genesis he does not know where the Jenova Cells are stored, so he is useless to him. Nevertheless, Genesis tells him he will keep on degrading, and he will keep living that way until he finds them. Dr. Hollander runs off, and so Cloud runs after him, leaving Genesis and Zack alone to duel. Instead of summoning a beast, this time Genesis decides to test out his skills against Zack. However, Zack manages to win the duel. Genesis quotes a few lines of LOVELESS before letting himself fall down to the darkness underneath the warehouse to a presumed death.
However, Genesis is not finished. His army resurfaces and attacks Shinra across the Planet. At the end of Zack's battle in Junon, Genesis, clearly alive, is standing at the end of Junon Cannon with his wing out, and holding a Banora White Apple in his right hand. After quoting another line from LOVELESS, he watches the sunset before moving onward.
Genesis asks Sephiroth for his cells, which he believes can cure his condition, and finally quotes a line of LOVELESS. Confused, Sephiroth questions all of this as being something Genesis had thought up, or the truth he had been searching for. Genesis, in an act denoting his desire for Sephiroth to join him offers him a Banora Apple, apples being the classic symbol for seduction. The "perfect monster's" response, however, is rejection. Sephiroth casts the apple aside and tells Genesis to rot away elsewhere. Genesis claims he now knows that Sephiroth truly is the perfect monster, and walks out. After finding Genesis spoke the truth, Sephiroth loses his mind and destroys Nibelheim. In the incident's aftermath Sephiroth ends up falling into the Mako pit below the Reactor, while Zack and Cloud get captured and are used for scientific experiments for the next four years.
After four years of captivity, Zack and Cloud finally break free from Shinra Mansion's laboratory and escape, but are pursued by two Genesis Clones. As Zack prepares to face off with them, the real Genesis soars down from the sky, and knocks Zack down. Genesis explains he heard Zack was being used for one of Hojo's experiments, Project S, so Zack holds S Cells. Genesis tells him those cells are the "Gift of the Goddess", and with them, his deterioration will stop. However, the attack ends in failure after one of the Genesis copies consumes a few strands of Zack's hair and mutates into a hideous monster.
When Zack eventually makes his way back to Gongaga, more Genesis Clones attempt to kill him, wanting S Cells, but are stopped by Dr. Hollander, and the real Genesis. The villain is now after Cloud, knowing that Zack's cells are useless because his body rejected the S Cells, while Cloud's body had successfully absorbed them. Zack soon realizes this, and runs towards the pair in hope of taking one or two of them down, but Genesis stops him as they take flight. Genesis asks Zack if he knows what the last four phrases of LOVELESS are, but Zack does not care about the story. Genesis states the final chapter is lost and with it exists dismissals of its existence, but claims that the correct version is his own interpretation. Zack, fed up with LOVELESS and Genesis, dives at him, but Genesis flies away, leaving Zack with a Banora Apple.
Upon discovering Lazard and learning of Genesis's hideout, Zack travels to Banora and investigates the abandoned Mako mine that leads him underground. He discovers the journal of a younger Genesis before his SOLDIER days that describes his invention of the Banora apple juice, along with his desires to share his accomplishments with Sephiroth by having him eat a Banora White. Deeper in the caves Zack finds the degrading Genesis and the Goddess Materia, which Genesis is certain is the real "Gift of the Goddess". He quotes another line from LOVELESS, and tells Zack he had inherited Angeal's will, and received a part of Sephiroth, thus LOVELESS has been reproduced. Zack shouts to Genesis telling him he is wrong, and to open his eyes to reality and that he has come to save him from himself. Genesis continues to quote more lines from LOVELESS and Zack questions one of the quotes, and Genesis explains that a gift was born of the nature that surrounds Banora, which is a reference to either the Banora Whites, or the Goddess Materia. A confused Zack inquires whether the gift is really the Jenova Cells, but Genesis tells him there are several interpretations. Zack begins to tell Genesis he does not understand it all, but is interrupted, and told the feelings that surround Zack are also the gift. Genesis's plan to re-create the world of LOVELESS slowly comes into action as he begins to gather the Lifestream from the Goddess Materia, which surrounds him, and transforms him. Seeing as the Lifestream is the Planet's protection, Genesis, in his own way received its Divine Protection, furthering his belief that he represents the hero of LOVELESS.
Zack defeats Genesis Avatar transforming Genesis back into his human form, but this time reborn, showing no signs of his degradation. Zack finally figures out that all Genesis ever wanted was to regain his pride. Gathering up the last of his energy, Genesis charges at Zack, wanting to have one last battle with him after regaining his pride as a SOLDIER, and they face off for the final time.
Zack strikes Genesis down and he appears to land on his feet, but finds himself in a place flooded with Lifestream. As he looks around, he sees the Goddess statue in the distance which begins to morph into a female figure, Minerva, a physical manifestation of the Lifestream and its will. As Genesis stands in front of her, Minerva sees his strong desire to complete his duty as SOLDIER, a desire he feels so strongly for, he is willing to defy death and degradation to complete it. Thus the Lifestream accepts his desire to live on, halting his degradation. Minerva turns her head from Genesis, as if to tell him he still has much left to learn, then disappears.
ack carries Genesis — his body free from signs of degradation — out of the cave on his back, and finds Lazard. On the next day, Zack decides to find three Banora apples: one each for himself, Cloud, and Genesis. As Zack takes a bite from the "dumbapple", Genesis asks if it tastes good. Zack compliments the apple, and Genesis questions it as to being the "Gift of the Goddess". 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 truly see what the gift really is: The Pride of a SOLDIER. This about the Banora apple is interesting because the general theory about receiving the "Gift of the Goddess" is youth and longevity which in turn is connected to theories regarding the health benefits of Banora Whites. He tells the lifeless Lazard (whom he thinks is Angeal) that the dream has been fulfilled, which is in fact Genesis's childhood dream: to eat an apple with Sephiroth. But since Sephiroth is gone and Zack and Cloud both hold Jenova Cells inside them, they were the next best thing. Genesis has accepted Zack as a hero in the role of Sephiroth. Zack shared the apple with him as he desired that Sephiroth would, alluding to his actions in Nibelheim. Content, Genesis passes out.
Shortly after Zack and Cloud leave, a Shinra helicopter lands near Genesis, and two 1st Class SOLDIERs in their black uniform with Deepground symbols on their belts jump out of the helicopter, Nero and Weiss. They question if Genesis would join them and carry him into the helicopter.
Years passed, and Genesis refused to assist the Deepground society and sealed himself away, though his own agenda eventually took over him and he returned to his own mission in life. While no longer drenched in revenge and desire to end the world, he instead fights to protect it yet with a sour taste in his mouth from his old actions. While he still has the dream of the Hero, he no longer strives to be labelled as such. Now a new threat has appeared on the world, from an old enemy, Genesis considers making his own move for the planet or remaining in his own pit of despair.
Name: Genesis
Alignment/Affiliation: The Planet
Age: 25
Race: Formerly Human
Appearance:
Personality:
At first Genesis appears as a deserter, arrogant and childish. He even plays a trick on Zack after they meet in Banora. At first, he seems to be a simple character, but as time progresses, the conflict within Genesis becomes increasingly visible.
Genesis was adopted, causing him to feel betrayed by both his true and false parents, one of the reasons for his departure from SOLDIER. His main source of turmoil comes from the secrets of his birth he discovers after the injury he sustains during training, that leads him to resent Shinra and all those associated with it. Genesis is considered to have a narcissistic and destructive personality.
Abilities:
Genesis is a 1st Class SOLDIER whose combat abilities rank on par with Sephiroth, Shinra's greatest SOLDIER. Instead of mostly relying on his sword in battle, Genesis has a tendency to fight with magic as well as his weapon, sometimes even combining them and charging up his sword with magic. In this regard, he is akin to a Mystic Knight or Red Mage.
As a product of Project G, Genesis is able to copy his genetic material onto other people, and create clones of himself. However, his degradation is passed onto them, as he is not a perfect product as Angeal is. He is unable to transfer his genetics to any non-human creature, as Angeal can, and is not a two-way conduit of Jenova's power, so cannot absorb the qualities of monsters.
Although Genesis only has one wing, which often loses feathers and withers as his degradation worsens, he is able to fly quite well, and appears to be able to use the feathers of his wing as an attack.
Limit Break:
Flaming Whisper - Genesis slides his blade to his hip, placing both hands around the hilt. The blade becomes covered in flames, and in a sudden burst of speed and power he appears on the other side of his foe, leaving a large flaming cut down their body. He slides his rapier back to his hip.
Scarlet Light - While repeatedly slashing his rapier, Genesis forms a series powerful ranged magical strikes that fly towards all his enemies, allowing him to cut them down from a distance.
Avatar - A mimic of his final form in Crisis Core appears behind him in battle, and whatever attacks he does the Avatar form copies to a more destructive extent. This lasts for a short period of time.
LOVELESS - Genesis focuses all his power into a single attack, lanuching himself to the air and becomnig incased in flames. With a sudden burst of speed he fires towards the earth and creates an explosion of a significant area, engulfing everything around him in fire as well as the shockwave of the impact.
Weapons:
Genesis's weapon of choice is the rapier. Though the blade itself resembles more of a broadsword, the hilt takes the appearance of one.
Materia List:
Fire - Fira - Firaga
Flare
Meteor
Seal
Revive
Time
Cure - Cura
Summons:
Knights of the Round
History:
Genesis grew up in a quiet village called Banora, home of the famous 'dumbapples' and his best friend Angeal Hewley. He happened across a copy of LOVELESS whilst in his parent's study, and thus sparked his obsession towards the piece of literature. He presumably joined SOLDIER some time during his teenage years along with Angeal, Genesis decided to join SOLDIER because he craved for the respect Sephiroth had. At one time Genesis, Sephiroth, and Angeal were all teammates and allies in Shinra's special unit of supersoldiers, the 1st Class of SOLDIER. Their relationship was a complex one. Genesis, jealous of Sephiroth's fame, was often prone to losing control; however, all he wanted was to become a hero.
During a hologram training exercise between Genesis and Sephiroth, Angeal accidentally wounded the former while trying to stop the match, which had become a duel to the death. Genesis assured the two it was a minor wound, but the wound began to worsen rather than heal. This was the start of a long degradation that would slowly kill Genesis during the next seven years until he was healed by the "goddess" after having absorbed Lifestream into his body.
Unable to accept he was both inhuman and a failure, Genesis set out to accomplish the goals of a monster, which are, according to Angeal, "Revenge and world domination". Soon after Genesis is wounded, he is taken to be treated by Dr. Hollander. While being treated, he learns about his birth and the secrets of his body, and seeking to remedy his degradation, allies himself with Hollander. Only a few months after Genesis learns about his origins, he suddenly disappears with Hollander and a large number of 2nd and 3rd Class SOLDIERs. This is known as the "Mass SOLDIER Desertion Incident". During this period of absence, Genesis creates an army of Genesis Clones, similar to the later Sephiroth Clones, only much more violent. These clones suffered from the same degeneration as their master. It is seen that showering the clones with Mako seemed to halt the degradation for a short period of time.
In their quest to find the rogue SOLDIER, Zack and Tseng make their way to Genesis's hometown of Banora. It would turn out that Genesis had converted the village into a stronghold for his army. When they find him in a warehouse, Genesis recites a part of LOVELESS. Angeal enters the scene, pointing his blade at Genesis. Genesis asks Angeal if he can live in the world where he killed his friend, and then retreats, Angeal following close behind. Banora is shortly destroyed by an air strike at the hands of Shinra and both Genesis and Angeal are presumed dead.
During the day Zack becomes 1st Class, parts of Midgar are suddenly attacked by Genesis clones, but are stopped by the Turks, Sephiroth, Zack, and many members of SOLDIER. After this conflict is resolved, Zack meets with Sephiroth in Dr. Hollander's study. As they speak, Sephiroth talks about the day Genesis got wounded. During the flashback, Genesis challenged Sephiroth to a fight in the Training Room due to the antagonism he feels, but got hurt. As his wound was being treated, he learned the secret of Sephiroth and himself.
Zack and Sephiroth find Hollander's reports on a project known as "Project G", and learn of Genesis's degrading condition. As Hollander enters, Genesis swoops down, and speaks more lines from LOVELESS. After listening, Sephiroth tells Genesis he has not changed a bit, reading LOVELESS and quoting it. Angeal enters, and Genesis speaks the three friends are now here, and that one becomes chased, one takes flight, and the last remaining friend becomes the hero. The idea itself came from the story of LOVELESS, and the idea being that Angeal was the one being chased, Genesis being the one who takes flight, and finally Sephiroth being the one who becomes a hero. Sephiroth comments on his short quote, and Genesis questions who is the hero — himself, or Sephiroth. Sephiroth says Genesis can be the hero, and Genesis states that Sephiroth's fame should have originally have been his.
Moving onto the next stage of his plan, Genesis and Angeal arrive in Professor Hojo's laboratory where both Hojo and Zack are. Genesis plans to kill Hojo, but Angeal tells him to stop. Genesis again quotes from LOVELESS. As Genesis states the quote was from Act 4, Hojo comments that he, too, remembers LOVELESS, and says it is an old story. Angeal asks if there was an end to it, but Hojo tells them it is unknown whether there is or not. However, Genesis claims there is an end. He asks them what they think the "Gift of the Goddess" means for them, and then flies off. Angeal and Zack chase after him, and eventually catch up to him, only to have Zack fight the summoned beast, Bahamut Fury, as Angeal follows Genesis.
Genesis moveed onto a warehouse in Modeoheim. His appearance during this time shows he had been degrading, and his belief that to stop it, he'd need Jenova cells. Genesis began to search for the "Gift of the Goddess" by recreating the world of LOVELESS. He is found holding his sword to Dr Hollander's neck, angry how he has not managed to stop his degradation. Zack quickly swings, and knocks Genesis's sword out of his hand, allowing Hollander to escape Cloud Strife catches him. Hollander breaks free, and knocks Cloud down and explains to Genesis he does not know where the Jenova Cells are stored, so he is useless to him. Nevertheless, Genesis tells him he will keep on degrading, and he will keep living that way until he finds them. Dr. Hollander runs off, and so Cloud runs after him, leaving Genesis and Zack alone to duel. Instead of summoning a beast, this time Genesis decides to test out his skills against Zack. However, Zack manages to win the duel. Genesis quotes a few lines of LOVELESS before letting himself fall down to the darkness underneath the warehouse to a presumed death.
However, Genesis is not finished. His army resurfaces and attacks Shinra across the Planet. At the end of Zack's battle in Junon, Genesis, clearly alive, is standing at the end of Junon Cannon with his wing out, and holding a Banora White Apple in his right hand. After quoting another line from LOVELESS, he watches the sunset before moving onward.
Genesis asks Sephiroth for his cells, which he believes can cure his condition, and finally quotes a line of LOVELESS. Confused, Sephiroth questions all of this as being something Genesis had thought up, or the truth he had been searching for. Genesis, in an act denoting his desire for Sephiroth to join him offers him a Banora Apple, apples being the classic symbol for seduction. The "perfect monster's" response, however, is rejection. Sephiroth casts the apple aside and tells Genesis to rot away elsewhere. Genesis claims he now knows that Sephiroth truly is the perfect monster, and walks out. After finding Genesis spoke the truth, Sephiroth loses his mind and destroys Nibelheim. In the incident's aftermath Sephiroth ends up falling into the Mako pit below the Reactor, while Zack and Cloud get captured and are used for scientific experiments for the next four years.
After four years of captivity, Zack and Cloud finally break free from Shinra Mansion's laboratory and escape, but are pursued by two Genesis Clones. As Zack prepares to face off with them, the real Genesis soars down from the sky, and knocks Zack down. Genesis explains he heard Zack was being used for one of Hojo's experiments, Project S, so Zack holds S Cells. Genesis tells him those cells are the "Gift of the Goddess", and with them, his deterioration will stop. However, the attack ends in failure after one of the Genesis copies consumes a few strands of Zack's hair and mutates into a hideous monster.
When Zack eventually makes his way back to Gongaga, more Genesis Clones attempt to kill him, wanting S Cells, but are stopped by Dr. Hollander, and the real Genesis. The villain is now after Cloud, knowing that Zack's cells are useless because his body rejected the S Cells, while Cloud's body had successfully absorbed them. Zack soon realizes this, and runs towards the pair in hope of taking one or two of them down, but Genesis stops him as they take flight. Genesis asks Zack if he knows what the last four phrases of LOVELESS are, but Zack does not care about the story. Genesis states the final chapter is lost and with it exists dismissals of its existence, but claims that the correct version is his own interpretation. Zack, fed up with LOVELESS and Genesis, dives at him, but Genesis flies away, leaving Zack with a Banora Apple.
Upon discovering Lazard and learning of Genesis's hideout, Zack travels to Banora and investigates the abandoned Mako mine that leads him underground. He discovers the journal of a younger Genesis before his SOLDIER days that describes his invention of the Banora apple juice, along with his desires to share his accomplishments with Sephiroth by having him eat a Banora White. Deeper in the caves Zack finds the degrading Genesis and the Goddess Materia, which Genesis is certain is the real "Gift of the Goddess". He quotes another line from LOVELESS, and tells Zack he had inherited Angeal's will, and received a part of Sephiroth, thus LOVELESS has been reproduced. Zack shouts to Genesis telling him he is wrong, and to open his eyes to reality and that he has come to save him from himself. Genesis continues to quote more lines from LOVELESS and Zack questions one of the quotes, and Genesis explains that a gift was born of the nature that surrounds Banora, which is a reference to either the Banora Whites, or the Goddess Materia. A confused Zack inquires whether the gift is really the Jenova Cells, but Genesis tells him there are several interpretations. Zack begins to tell Genesis he does not understand it all, but is interrupted, and told the feelings that surround Zack are also the gift. Genesis's plan to re-create the world of LOVELESS slowly comes into action as he begins to gather the Lifestream from the Goddess Materia, which surrounds him, and transforms him. Seeing as the Lifestream is the Planet's protection, Genesis, in his own way received its Divine Protection, furthering his belief that he represents the hero of LOVELESS.
Zack defeats Genesis Avatar transforming Genesis back into his human form, but this time reborn, showing no signs of his degradation. Zack finally figures out that all Genesis ever wanted was to regain his pride. Gathering up the last of his energy, Genesis charges at Zack, wanting to have one last battle with him after regaining his pride as a SOLDIER, and they face off for the final time.
Zack strikes Genesis down and he appears to land on his feet, but finds himself in a place flooded with Lifestream. As he looks around, he sees the Goddess statue in the distance which begins to morph into a female figure, Minerva, a physical manifestation of the Lifestream and its will. As Genesis stands in front of her, Minerva sees his strong desire to complete his duty as SOLDIER, a desire he feels so strongly for, he is willing to defy death and degradation to complete it. Thus the Lifestream accepts his desire to live on, halting his degradation. Minerva turns her head from Genesis, as if to tell him he still has much left to learn, then disappears.
ack carries Genesis — his body free from signs of degradation — out of the cave on his back, and finds Lazard. On the next day, Zack decides to find three Banora apples: one each for himself, Cloud, and Genesis. As Zack takes a bite from the "dumbapple", Genesis asks if it tastes good. Zack compliments the apple, and Genesis questions it as to being the "Gift of the Goddess". 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 truly see what the gift really is: The Pride of a SOLDIER. This about the Banora apple is interesting because the general theory about receiving the "Gift of the Goddess" is youth and longevity which in turn is connected to theories regarding the health benefits of Banora Whites. He tells the lifeless Lazard (whom he thinks is Angeal) that the dream has been fulfilled, which is in fact Genesis's childhood dream: to eat an apple with Sephiroth. But since Sephiroth is gone and Zack and Cloud both hold Jenova Cells inside them, they were the next best thing. Genesis has accepted Zack as a hero in the role of Sephiroth. Zack shared the apple with him as he desired that Sephiroth would, alluding to his actions in Nibelheim. Content, Genesis passes out.
Shortly after Zack and Cloud leave, a Shinra helicopter lands near Genesis, and two 1st Class SOLDIERs in their black uniform with Deepground symbols on their belts jump out of the helicopter, Nero and Weiss. They question if Genesis would join them and carry him into the helicopter.
Years passed, and Genesis refused to assist the Deepground society and sealed himself away, though his own agenda eventually took over him and he returned to his own mission in life. While no longer drenched in revenge and desire to end the world, he instead fights to protect it yet with a sour taste in his mouth from his old actions. While he still has the dream of the Hero, he no longer strives to be labelled as such. Now a new threat has appeared on the world, from an old enemy, Genesis considers making his own move for the planet or remaining in his own pit of despair.