Loz

==Summary==
Loz is one of the Remnants of Sephiroth and the personification of his physical might and violent streak. Childish, emotional and impulsive, he follows his brother, Kadaj, along with Yazoo in his search for Jenova's remains, which they refer to as "Mother". Unbeknown to him, Sephiroth's will has been influencing his and his brother's actions, making them little more than puppets for the fallen SOLDIER. Fitting as Loz never questioned his purpose or the future that will come after they find Jenova, holding the belief that an answer will simply come once the time of their reunion is at hand.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: , likely 
Name: Loz
Origin: Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
Gender: Male
Age: Around two weeks old
Classification: Remnant of Sephiroth, Personification of Sephiroth's Might
Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics; Master Martial Artist; Skilled Marksman; Acrobatics; Enhanced Reflexes; Electricity Manipulation (via the Dual Hound); Statistics Amplification (Of Speed. The Warp Tool allows Loz to move around much faster than usual); Magic; Explosion Manipulation (via the Explosion Spell); Ice Manipulation and Time Stop (via Freeze); Earth Manipulation and Petrification (via Break, the former effect is also achieved by a move where Loz punches the ground with enough force to create a shockwave); Wind Manipulation and Confusion (via Tornado); Matter Manipulation (via Flare); Summoning (of small meteorites via Comet and of Shadow Creepers); Disease Manipulation (the Shadow Creepers can infect people with Geostigma when hurting them); Creation (his clothes and weapons are materialized from Negative Lifestream); Incorporeality (like his brothers, Loz is an extension of Sephiroth's will made out of Negative Lifestream). Resistance to Disease Manipulation; Corruption (Types 1 and 2).
Attack Potency: Multi-Galaxy level (Matched Tifa in a fight when simply playing around and easily defeated herFinal Fantasy VII: Advent Children (2005) once he got serious. Though Tifa had grown weakerFinal Fantasy VII: Advent Children (2005) in the last 2 years, Loz still compares to Kadaj, whom was Stated to beFinal Fantasy VII: Advent Children -Reunion Files- (2006) as strong as Sephiroth was in the original game), likely Multiverse level+ (Repeatedly fought Cloud, who took part in Ramza Beoulve's army during his stay in Ivalice, as an equal to Balthier and Luso Clemens, the former whom had defeated Gilgamesh twice alongside Vaan, and the latter who had teamed up with Vaan on his own adventures. Though in their battles Cloud was weakened by Geostigma, he had become far more powerful since the events in Ivalice)
Speed: Massively FTL+ (Can casually keep up with a Cloud weakened by Geostigma and with Tifa while just playing around, though Tifa had grown weakerFinal Fantasy VII: Advent Children (2005) in the past 2 years), higher with the Warp Tool (This ability allows Loz to move much faster, seeming asFinal Fantasy VII: Advent Children (2005) if he was teleporting. It allowed him to completely ovewhelmFinal Fantasy VII: Advent Children (2005) Tifa in their fight once he got serious. Loz compares to Kadaj, who is as strong asFinal Fantasy VII: Advent Children -Reunion Files- (2006) Sephiroth was in the original game) 
Lifting Strength: Stellar (Grappled with Tifa and proved to be far stronger when serious. Despite Tifa having grown weaker in the last 2 years, she's still far stronger than Typhon)
Striking Strength: Multi-Galaxy level, likely Multiverse level+
Durability: Multi-Galaxy level, likely Multiverse level+ (Was completely unharmedFinal Fantasy VII: Advent Children (2005) by Tifa's attacks, which included being hit with her Limit Breaks. Endured Cloud's strikes, who, even if he was weakened by Geostigma, could still keep up with Loz, Yazoo and Kadaj competently and had kept his strength much better than Tifa and his other allies)
Stamina: Superhuman (Despite fighting several battles against very strong opponents such as Cloud, the Turks or Tifa, all in a short period of time, Loz never showed any sign of exhaustion, despite taking quite a few hits in many of his battles as well)
Range: Standard Melee Range with the Souba, several Tens of Meters with Materia.
Standard Equipment:
Dual_Horn00.jpg|Loz's Dual Hound
Dual_Hound_Concept_Design.jpg|Concept Art of the Dual Hound
Velvet_Nightmare_Loz and Yazoo.jpg|Yazoo and Loz firing their Velvet Nightmares
Velvet_Nightmare_Concept_Design.jpg|Concept Art of the Velvet Nightmare
Remnantbirth.jpg|Remnant's Birth and Materiallization
Shadow_Creeper.jpg|Shadow Creeper
MateriaAC.JPG.jpg|Cloud's Materia collection in Advent Children
Kadaj-absorbing-a-Materia-FFVIIAC.jpg|Kadaj, a remnant of Sephiroth, absorbs Materia directly in his arm
*Dual Hound Loz's main weapon, a mechanical gauntlet equipped with a retractable function to deliver incredibly powerful strikes and delivering electrical discharges with varying intensity, effectively functioning like a taser. When retracted, the Dual Hound can serve as a protective arm piece of gear that covers Loz's left forearm. When activated, a handle moves to the wearer's hand which can be used to trigger the extraction of the two prongs that release the electric discharge.
*Velvet Nightmare: Like Yazoo, Loz carries one of these guns, but using it as a backup weapon instead by virtue of being primarily a brawler. The Velvet Nighmater is a gun, more precisely a Gunblade variant, designed with blades on the slide of the cannon, not meant to attack but which can be used to defend against other weapons, just like how Yazoo did against Cloud's Fusion Swords. When Yazoo's own was destroyed during a fight with Cloud, Loz lent Yazoo his own which he used until his final appearance.
*Motorcycle Like his brothers, Loz rides a large motorcycle with three large pipes on the rear, and smaller ones covering the middle, facing front. The Remnants are shown to be incredibly skilled at maneuvering with these vehicles, performing stunts that would normally be impossible and be perfectly capable of engaging in combat and competent teamwork while riding them at high speeds.
*Cloud's Materia: When Loz arrived at Aerith's church looking for Jenova, he came across a box containing several Materia, which were confirmed in the Reunion Files and Advent Children Staff Commentary to be Cloud's. After defeating Tifa, Loz kidnapped Marlene and took the Materia with him, which Kadaj and Yazoo proceeded to use as well. Due to Remnants being made of Negative Lifestream and Materia being condensed Spirit Energy from the Lifestream, containing the wisdom of the Cetra to use the powers of the Planet, they can simply absorb them directly into their bodies to use them. While Yazoo and Loz were not explicitly shown using Materia, the English Script included in the Collector's Set for the Advent Children movie reveals that Yazoo and Loz used Flare, Comet and a spell called Explosion in their suicide attack against Cloud at the end of the movie, meaning they had the following Materia in their possession:
**Contain: A Materia originally found in Mideel, grants the Freeze, Break, Tornado and Flare spells to the user. Given Yazoo and Loz used Flare, would mean the Materia was mastered and had access to all of its spells.
**Comet: A Materia originally found in the Forgotten Capital and grants the Comet and Comet2 spells.
**Explosion: Presumably the Materia that teaches the Explosion spell. A Materia like this is never found in the original game, though it's possible that, like Bahamut SIN, Cloud acquired it between the original story and the events of Advent Children.
Intelligence: Above Average in combat (While Loz has been described as a brawns over brains type of character and his childish nature is quite evident, he is still a very skilled fighter that can coordinate very efficiently with his brothers, Kadaj and Yazoo, when fighting together, as well as display a very proficient use of his weaponry and tools to adapt the different combat situations he finds himself in)
Weaknesses: Skill and technique aside, Loz is very simple-minded, impulsive and childish, many times looking to have fun in battle rather than winning. Provoking him is not particularly difficult and his style and strategy are very straightforward beyond occasional distractions to flank his opponents. Also, by being made of Negative Lifestream, Loz is very vulnerable to purification, just like his brothers, as seen how Kadaj was physically hurt by Aerith's rain when she cured Cloud's Geostigma.
Notable Attacks/Techniques: Being a martial artist equipped with a rather peculiar weapon, Loz has various moves at his disposal to use in battle, as well as abilities he shares with his brothers due to his nature as a Remnant of Sephiroth, along with the spells granted by the Materia stolen from Cloud:
*Personal:
**Dual Hound - Impact: The complete offensive function of the Dual Hound, once active, a handle is moved to the hand of the user, which triggers a pair of prongs to extend towards the opponent, along which a very powerful electric current is discharged, effectively working as a taser.
**Warp: While the origin of this ability is unknown, if it's achieved by Materia, equipment or is an ability possessed, Loz can suddenly accelerate dramatically his speed, which causes his body to glow and leave a trail of afterimages behind him, allowing him to easily overwhelm opponents he was even in speed before. While this ability doesn't have a proper name, in the Reunion Files it is mentioned that the development team required a special tool, called the "Loz Warp Tool", to properly animate Loz movements.
**Shockwave: Loz delivers a powerful strike to the ground, while making a very goofy face, that creates a shockwave on the earth that advances towards his opponent, strong enough to cancel out Cloud's Blade Beam Limit Break.
**Geostigma: A fatal disease caused by Jenova Cells in the body. The parasitic presence of Jenova causes an internal conflict between the cells and the patient's natural Spirit Energy, this leads to the body overworking itself trying to purge the cells, which causes symptoms such as physical weakness, extreme fatigue, seizures, hallucinations, depression, dark sores on the skin which emit a black pus and, eventually, death. However, the severity of the symptoms may vary from patient to patient, some may die within a couple of hours while others may simply have occasional bouts of pain.Those who die of Geostigma won’t join the Lifestream but rather will become part of the Negative Lifestream Sephiroth created. Given Geostigma injects Jenova Cells in those suffering from it, they may have their Reunion instinct awakened and are vulnerable to Sephiroth enforcing his will through them. Geostigma can be contracted by contact with Jenova Cells scattered in the Lifestream, direct contact with Negative Lifestream or being wounded by a Shadow Creeper, as they are made of Negative Lifestream.
**Shadow Creepers: Big quadrupedal monsters of vicious nature, materialized from the Negative Lifestream, reason why they can be summoned without Materia. While they aren't particularly strong, they are quite fast and persistent, and even if they are injured or mutilated they will keep chasing their target. However, what's truly dangerous about them is that due to being made of Negative Lifestream, those who are injured by a Shadow Creeper will be infected with Geostigma, something made worse by the fact they can be summoned in large numbers at once.
*Materia:
**Comet and Comet2: The user summons a meteorite or a shower of meteorites to crash into the opponent. These spells cannot be reflected.
**Freeze: A sudden cold surrounds an enemy and then they’re instantly encased in ice, freezing its surrounding area as well. May inflict Stop.
**Break: Rock is materialized around the opponent and proceeds to crush them, turning them into stone as well. May inflict Petrification.
**Tornado: A spell that creates a powerful twister on an opponent. May inflict confusion.
**Flare: The user causes a nuclear reaction by making the atoms of the target collide with each other, resulting in a powerful explosion of extreme heat to completely incinerate an opponent.
**Explosion: While the exact effects of this spell are unknown, it seems this ability simply triggers a massive blast of magical energy, very indicative of its name.
==Notable Matchups==
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