▁Little Big Plan et ▁ 2 ▁as ▁a ▁character ▁model ; ▁Media ▁M ole c ule ' s ▁Alex ▁Evans ▁felt ▁" hon ored " ▁that ▁Se phi ro th ▁was ▁allowed ▁to ▁appear ▁in ▁the ▁games . ▁He ▁is ▁referenced ▁in ▁Super ▁Sm ash ▁B ros . ▁for ▁N intendo ▁ 3 DS ▁and ▁W ii ▁U ▁during ▁Cloud ' s ▁reve al ▁tra iler , ▁and ▁in ▁an ▁in - game ▁tro phy ▁description . ▁ ▁Con cept ▁and ▁creation ▁ ▁Se phi ro th ▁was ▁designed ▁by ▁Final ▁Fant asy ▁VII s ▁character ▁designer ▁T ets u ya ▁Nom ura . ▁His ▁name ▁came ▁from ▁the ▁Kab bal ah , ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁ten ▁se phi rot ▁on ▁the ▁Tree ▁of ▁life ▁ ▁represent ▁the ▁ten ▁attributes ▁through ▁which ▁God ▁ ▁reve al ▁himself . ▁His ▁character ▁existed ▁from ▁the ▁earliest ▁stages ▁of ▁development , ▁as ▁originally , ▁Nom ura ▁thought ▁that ▁the ▁game ' s ▁plot ▁would ▁deal ▁exclus ively ▁with ▁Cloud ▁Str ife ▁purs uing ▁Se phi ro th , ▁who ▁was ▁always ▁the ▁game ' s ▁main ▁ant agon ist . ▁Nom ura ▁wanted ▁Se phi ro th ▁to ▁appear ▁early ▁in ▁the ▁game , ▁and ▁then ▁have ▁the ▁plot ▁dealing ▁with ▁the ▁protagon ists ▁following ▁him , ▁so ▁that ▁gam ers ▁would ▁not ▁meet ▁the ▁final ▁b oss ▁until ▁extremely ▁late ▁in ▁the ▁game . ▁Se phi ro th ▁was ▁initially ▁going ▁to ▁be ▁Aer ith ▁G ains borough ' s ▁sib ling , ▁as ▁indicated