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Parts of the original game emphasize the recent rise in monsters.
So the general reference to monsters doesn't have to include Midgar Zolom (or "Midgardsormr", whatevs), but I'm still curious. Keep in mind also there is an unused battle where you fight the Midgar Zolom inside the Shinra HQ. Hojo's creation or just the snake captured from the wild?
Has Midgar Zolom existed for a long time in the FFVII-verse or is it a product of Shinra's activities? Is there, in the narrative, only one snake, in contrary to the gameplay which has an infinite number for you to fight?
If there was only ever one sample, then it must be assumed that Sephiroth (again, "in the narrative") killed the last and only one.
I suspect that the story around the Midgar Zolom is limited to what the game gives us and that the details are left up to interpretation. But what *should* be true about the Zolom? It seems to me that if the Mythril Mines were to be reopened, then removing the Midgar Zolom(s?) completely would be of high priority, even though the mines have more than one entry.
(Man in Kalm Pub)
“Me? I used to work in a mine
down south called Mythril Mine”
“But, awhile back,
monsters started appearing.”
“After that, business went to pot
and now I spend the days here drinking.”
{TIFA}
“…Who would have ever
thought the Mako Reactor
held such a secret.”
{RED XIII}
“That would seem to explain the increase
in the number of monsters recently.”
“I think we should listen carefully
to {CLOUD}.
Don't you think so {BARRET}?”
So the general reference to monsters doesn't have to include Midgar Zolom (or "Midgardsormr", whatevs), but I'm still curious. Keep in mind also there is an unused battle where you fight the Midgar Zolom inside the Shinra HQ. Hojo's creation or just the snake captured from the wild?
Has Midgar Zolom existed for a long time in the FFVII-verse or is it a product of Shinra's activities? Is there, in the narrative, only one snake, in contrary to the gameplay which has an infinite number for you to fight?
If there was only ever one sample, then it must be assumed that Sephiroth (again, "in the narrative") killed the last and only one.
I suspect that the story around the Midgar Zolom is limited to what the game gives us and that the details are left up to interpretation. But what *should* be true about the Zolom? It seems to me that if the Mythril Mines were to be reopened, then removing the Midgar Zolom(s?) completely would be of high priority, even though the mines have more than one entry.