6 things you may not have known about FFVI

[Sephiroth]

Never heard that Ex-Death was 300 years old though, but I guess we might be talking about the tree itself.

Gill says it. He's talking about the souls (which are shown as Neo X-Death) which were sealed in the forest for 300 years and have possessed a tree (who is shown as X-Death's "first final form"). Since the souls are...well...souls and I don't know if a tree has souls and the souls are X-Death as well, X-Death is at least 300 years old. Of course there is no official number that he is 318 years and 6 months old. I just take the numbers which are mentioned in Final Fantasy V. About Sephiroth: Sephiroth's age was mentioned in an interview almost 15 years ago. I don't know if someone has some magazine in english here were it is mentioned as well, but I live in germany and there was some magazine about the interview and Final Fantasy VII and it was talked about the 24-years old Sephiroth (during Nibelheim) who was a hero et cetera. Now add 5 years - of course I don't have a birth date of Sephiroth but so you know at least that he is about 29 in Final Fantasy VII. Is he physically 29? Well, since his body was destroyed in the lifestream and has regenerated and since he doesn't physically age after becoming an adult because of the cells, you will not see him aging - at least if it will not be changed. And even if he would age physically - which doesn't happen because Lucrecia doesn't age and the "JENOVA inside her", so the JENOVA cells don't let her die like she says (not to mention the fact that you see her body than in Dirge of Cerberus and three years before she wasn't even in that crystal) - even if he would age physically, he would still be able to shapeshift. About his age - I don't hope it won't be changed. Some things were slightly changed in Final Fantasy VII but if his age will be changed then of course I have to accept it. But as it is now, Sephiroth is 29 in Final Fantasy VII (of course only ~; as already mentioned there is no official birthdate I just don't know why Sephiroth's age and/or birth date is not mentioned these days, maybe they forgot it, lol xD) - if you don't look at his physical age, like I have explained, so only the years of how many years the character Sephiroth already exists in Final Fantasy VII. Meanwhile he is older, of course. At least Dirge of Cerberus is 3 years after Final Fantasy VII. Does he have a body at the moment? No. But as explained I talk about his existence and as we all know Sephiroth still exists and can fully control himself in the lifestream.

Which Ultimania? I have the original character guides for VI and they give no inclusion of his age, hell, the VI timeline conflicts with another guide given on Gestahl's age, so I wouldn't be surprised if a few things got retcon out over the years.. I've also heard that the Thamasa orphanage thing is unreliable cause the source is from a fan-fiction site. So if you can give a source I would be appreciative as it would help in another thread I'm working on.

I don't know how I should give you a source since I read japanese and I don't use an internet site to inform myself - except it is an official statement of Square, of course. It is possible that I am a bit confused by some Kefka fans at the moment or something like that, but I always use Final Fantasy, the Ultimania, et cetera. And in the Ultimania his age, height, birth date, et cetera is mentioned.

EDIT: Ah, okay. I have checked that with google because I didn't know what you have meant with the fanfiction thing. It seems so that some people were writing garbage about Kefka and Celes or whatever. But that's about it.