One year before Final Fantasy VII begins, former SOLDIER 1st Class, Zack, is able to break free of his confinement within Shinra Company, Zack accompanied Sephiroth, Shinra's elite SOLDIER, in the investigation of a malfunctioning mako reactor. During that mission, he bore witness to Sephiroth's descent into madness and the merciless slaughter of the village at Sephiroth's hands.
