Lucrecia Crescent

Lucrecia is a non-playable character from Final Fantasy VII.

She was once a Shin-Ra scientist working as an assistant to Vincent's father Grimoire Valentine and after that on the Jenova Project along with Gast and Hojo. Flashbacks strongly imply that she was at one time romantically involved with Vincent Valentine, then a member of the Turks. However, she eventually rejected Vincent as a result of the guilt she held for her role in the death of Vincent's father. She then entered a relationship with the insane Hojo. Lucrecia had become pregnant, and Hojo used her (apparently with her consent) as an experiment subject, injecting her with Jenova cells. She subsequently gave birth to Sephiroth, but the child was taken away without Lucrecia even being allowed to hold him. Thereafter, due to the Jenova cells in her body Lucrecia was unable to truly die, and she lingered on in the Crystal Cave until the events of Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII.

Trivia

 * Lucrecia's name is an apparent reference to the mythical Roman figure Lucretia, who was infamously raped by Sextus Tarquinius. It is a matter of some debate among fans whether this allusion is a hint that Lucrecia's relationship with Hojo was less consensual than it appeared, or is simply meant to emphasize the perverse nature of Sephiroth's conception.


 * Lucretia can be the name of a Viera character in Final Fantasy Tactics Advance. Names for most characters are chosen at random from a pool of names.