
Looking into his soul and seeing his unselfish desire and will to "complete his duty as a SOLDIER" she revives him as a reflection of the Lifestream's will. When Zack defeats Genesis in the Banora Underground, Minerva shows herself to Genesis in a vision in the Lifestream. After fighting Zack, Genesis realizes the "Pride of a SOLDIER" is his gift of the goddess. Genesis attempts to recreate the conditions of LOVELESS to come to the Gift. Given the nature of materia, she may be summoned directly from the Lifestream.Īn avid fan and studier of LOVELESS, Genesis Rhapsodos believes the object the three heroes are searching for in the text, the gift of the goddess, could cure his degradation. Despite this, Minerva is not shown to be associated with a materia shard as other summons are. In the mission chaining leading up to her, Shinra corporation detects her as "an incredibly strong summon signal", and the Crisis Core Complete Guide says Minerva is similar to a summon in substance. The nature of Minerva's existence is unclear. Her visage is covered by a golden helmet in her superboss appearance. Though her suit of armor is massive, she is light on her feet and appears to glide rather than walk. The breast of her suit of armor has a large ornament in the shape of white bull's horns, and under it is a large red orb-perhaps a gem, crystal or a materia. She wields an ornamental spear and a colossal round shield with golden ornamentation. Minerva's attire has numerous angel-wing motifs, and large golden wing ornaments with white fabric hanging down, giving the silhouette of flowing wings.


In her human form, Minerva has pale green eyes, like the color of the Lifestream itself, and wears a detailed gold and blue headdress on her forehead. Minerva appears to both Genesis and Zack as a blonde-haired woman wearing elaborate gold and blue armor with a flowing white dress, but the mysterious goddess statue is also taken to represent her.
