Despite all of that, you might still have been asking yourself who the heck Glenn Lodbrok even is.
Cissnei’s background is shrouded in mystery, so who is she?
Where Does Glenn First Appear?
It was a series of simulations and training grounds for Shinra’s military.
Glenn made his first, albeit very brief, appearance in this game.
These friends share another trait, however.
In many ways, Glenn and his friends were dead-weight to Shinra, being a obsolete model.
This mission to Rhadore was just using up their time.
In the years before, he was the famed SOLDIER by the time of the main game.
Sephiroth was misguided, ruthlessly murdering civilians because such thoroughness was strength in his eyes.
This shocked Glenn, whomentored Sephiroth during the course of the mission to show compassion to others.
There is no one it’s crucial that you prove your strength to on the battlefield.
This was a breaking point, and he did not see Sephiroth for years afterwards.
Yet after all of this,Glenn was killed.
He was shot in the back by Rufus Shinra, now president of Shinra.
This is everything that was revealed about Glenn prior to his role in Rebirth.
So if he’s dead, how exactly does he appear in Rebirth?
What Is Glenn’s Role in Rebirth?
When we see Glenn Lodbrok in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, it is never as the party.
In fact,Cloud and company never come face-to-face with Glenn even onceacross the whole length of the game.
This is exactly as blatant as it seems.
Yet despite the oddity of the situation, Rufus works alongside Glenn.
It is at this point Glenn reveals that, indeed,he is another clone of Sephiroth.
Or rather, that Sephiroth was the one acting as Glenn throughout all his meetings with Rufus.
Rufus is left alone, another pawn in Sephiroth’s grand plan.
AndGlenn has died yet again.
Is Glenn Alive Or Dead?
Death is a difficult concept in Final Fantasy 7.
So is Glenn dead?Physically, absolutely.
The first time Rufus shot him in the back was also the last.
The man he meets throughout Rebirth was always just another clone of Sephiroth.
This includes SOLDIERs suffering degradation and many of those experimented on after the Nibelheim incident.
What’s more curious in this regard is the appearance of the Glenn that Rufus sees.
Like Jenova herself, Sephiroth can manifest through the Black Robes and appear as whoever he wants.
“Those you fear, those you love.”
as Sephiroth himself says.
When Cloud sees Sephiroth in the Black Robes, it makes sense.
He doesn’t know what has happened to Sephiroth, so his appearance is genuinely tangible to him.
But Rufus killed Glenn.
Glenn is dead, undeniably.
Sephiroth is just using another Black Robe to project Glenn’s appearance to Rufus.
Well, that was a lot to process in a short amount of time.
