Musings on Necron

by Uncle Pervy 

First, Necron may be exactly what he claims to be, the personification of entropy. If this is true, Necron’s presence makes a lot of sense. The embodiment of decay would be most interested in witnessing the destruction of the one artifact the makes life, if not all molecular existence, possible. It would also be natural that he would try to destroy any that tried to stop this from happening. In fact, it would be natural for him to try and destroy Zidane and his friends simply because they exist.

Another theory is that Necron is the Iifa Tree. If Garland created the Iifa Tree to destroy and dissolve souls, the power of a creature devoted to spreading non-existence would be required. It is possible that Garland bound Necron to the Tree to destroy souls, but Kuja’s actions allowed Necron to free himself. This would explain why the Iifa Tree ceased to function after the Crystal was saved.

My third theory is farfetched, and perhaps born entirely of my own madness. It could be that Necron is Sephiroth. I know that it sounds insane, and maybe it is. Still, look at Necron. Perhaps it is the way that he holds himself; disdainfully erect with arms crossed over his chest. Maybe it the way that he gazes down upon the heroes. It could be because of his four wings, or the claws that bring to mind Sephiroth’s bladed wing. Perhaps it is his face, I don’t know, but something about him says Sephiroth to me. I am looking at him as I type this, and I want to say it is his face, but I cannot say what it is. It just looks like Sephiroth to me somehow. Maybe the shape of his face; his chin perhaps, or his eyes.

It makes a kind of sense when one thinks about it. Sephiroth was infamous for shifting his will between the bodies of those who had reacted to the injections of Jenova’s cells. The final battle with Sephiroth is fought entirely in Cloud’s mind, and it can be interpreted as Cloud removing the last of Jenova’s taint from his psyche, or as battling off a final attempt from Sephiroth to dominate him; I believe in the latter. Sephiroth loses the battle, but what happens to him after that?

Left with no physical form, but still invested with the vast amounts of power he took from the Lifestream, what would become of Sephiroth? If nothing else, Sephiroth is vengeful, and could easily fall into the trap of desiring nothing but revenge upon all existence for being denied his apotheosis. Such hate and anger, over time, could have twisted him from his angelic form to something darker. Having no contact with any world in his ethereal state, his desire would become an obsession, consuming everything else in his mind. Thus, he becomes Necron, devoted only to destruction in revenge for a defeat he may well have forgotten after so long with only thoughts of retribution to keep him company.

But as I stated earlier, this may just be another manifestation of my insanity. The only reason I have even written this is because something about Necron reminds me of Sephiroth. Also, I want to say that whatever Necron may be, there was no reason to simply tack him on to the end of the game. He had, at best, very little to do with the plot. Square should have put in a final enemy was a little more relevant to the story. I had hoped to see Garland reappear and thank the heroes for removing his penultimate obstacle to the reawakening Terra, then say all that is left is to remove the final obstacle.

Anyway, I welcome any other theories you may have on the subject, or any confirmations that I am not alone in my madness. Please email me if you have anything to contribute.

Uncle Pervy

uncleprvy@netzero.net