Northern Crater · playing as Cloud
The Northern Crater and Holy
In this chapterThe party travels to the Northern Crater, where Sephiroth waits in the Planet's core.
The party descends into the Northern Crater to face Sephiroth. After defeating Jenova and Safer Sephiroth, Holy rises, but cannot stop Meteor alone. The Lifestream rises to join Holy and the Meteor is destroyed. The epilogue jumps five hundred years to show that life continues.
The final battle is a battle against a god in the making, and the game explains that Sephiroth wanted to merge with the Lifestream and rule it. Holy was released by Aerith's prayer, which means her death was not in vain. The story is built so that sacrifice and renewal are connected. The five-hundred-year epilogue shows Midgar overtaken by nature, a symbol that the Planet has survived Shinra.
What unfolds
- They defeat Jenova and then Safer Sephiroth, a final form of Sephiroth.
- Holy, called by Aerith's prayer and held back by Meteor, is released as the Lifestream rises.
- The Lifestream and Holy together destroy Meteor and save the Planet, and Cloud and the party survive.
- Five hundred years later, Red XIII and his cubs look out over the ruins of Midgar, which has been overgrown with greenery.