
Originally Posted by
Tg.cid
Any time over 2000 years ago: The CETRA, a race of beings who migrate to-and-from and cultivate planets, arrive on "The Planet" (Which was never given a name, and shall hence-forth be referred to as just "The Planet"). This theory is based on possibly horridly mis-translated text, taken literally. But one thing is for sure: The Cetra DID move around a lot!
57-54 years ago: VINCENT VALENTINE born.
SEPHIROTH is later born, but at around the same time, Lucrecia seems to die. Vincent, enraged, confronts Hojo, who shoots him; Hojo proceeds to do experiments on Vincent's body, making him ageless, and able to transform into vicious beasts. Vincent, blaming himself for all of this, allows himself to be locked away in a coffin. According to Vincent's profile in the Square fighting game Ergiez, he was actually killed and brought back to life. Good enough for me =P It should also be noted that Sephiroth is never told of Lucrecia, Hojo, nor his strange origin, and seems to believe that a woman named Jenova is his true mother.