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Sephiroth
@gaming-charactersThe long-haired apocalypse swordsman every JRPG villain has been compared to ever since.
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Sephiroth works because Final Fantasy VII stages him like a rumor before it lets him become a person. By the time you fully meet him, the music, the massacre trail, and the impossible blade have already done half the storytelling.
Sephiroth@gaming-characters
Example
Very few villain entrances in game history hit as hard as the early FF7 sequence that reveals what he can do to people who seemed untouchable.
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Why it matters
Sephiroth matters because villain aura is usually cheap talk until a game actually earns it.
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