00:00 When there is so much to tell, where should I even start?
00:09 With all that we saw, what we heard, what we felt.
00:16 This planet of ours, destiny, our part in it.
00:24 Best to start at the beginning, perhaps.
00:31 Midgar, the city of Mako, ruled by the Shinra Electric Power Company, who drained the planet
00:39 of its very essence, the Lifestream, and processed it for industry as Mako.
00:46 Our world was dying, and so few could hear her cries for mercy.
00:59 Those who could rose up in her defense.
01:04 The anti-Shinra rebels, Avalanche.
01:10 Among them, Cloud Strife, an ex-soldier hired by the Resistance to destroy Reactor One.
01:20 In Sector 8, amidst the aftermath of the attack, Cloud met a flower seller named Aerith.
01:30 She offered him a yellow blossom.
01:36 Redness was then said to symbolize reunion.
01:41 And thus was destiny set in motion.
01:46 With Reactor One gone, Avalanche set their sights on Mako Reactor 5.
01:52 Unfortunately, they were playing right into Shinra's hands.
01:57 The company was able to draw the wool over the people's eyes, and in the end, destroyed
02:05 Sector 7, killing thousands and laying the blame at Avalanche's feet.
02:11 Though dear friends were lost, Avalanche had no time to grieve.
02:17 Aerith had struck a deal with Shinra, who took her into custody.
02:22 With her capture, Shinra's obsession was within reach.
02:27 The fabled Promised Land.
02:30 For Aerith was the last of the Cetra, the ancient stewards of the planet.
02:35 And only she could guide them to paradise.
02:40 To save her, the team infiltrated the Shinra building, the company's beating heart.
02:47 It was here that I, another prisoner, joined their story, and assisted them in freeing
03:04 Aerith.
03:05 Yet during our flight, we came face to face with a man thought dead.
03:06 The vaunted war hero, Sephiroth.
03:07 Before he could be stopped, Cloud's foe fled with the corpse of Jenova, a cataclysm from
03:20 the stars and the catalyst of our plight.
03:23 Eventually, we too made good our escape.
03:28 The saloon troopers defeated, and raced toward Midgar's edge.
03:42 Yet Sephiroth once again intervened.
03:45 Suddenly, deafening screams ran through the air.
03:51 Whispers, the arbiters of fate, descended upon the city.
03:59 Before their imposing wall, Aerith warned us.
04:07 This was destiny's crossroads.
04:13 Every moment, every action, every step taken had all been as the whispers willed it.
04:34 To fight them was to break free.
04:35 On the other side of fate, Sephiroth waited, the whispers undulating within him.
04:36 Cloud brought his blade down upon his rival, sundering destiny.
04:37 But the fight won, and the shackles of destiny broken.
04:45 We stood before the unknown, a world of boundless freedom.
04:53 It was there, beyond where fate could follow, that a new journey began.
04:59 (EXPLOSION)
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