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===Before ''Final Fantasy VII''=== [[File:FFVII Natural Materia.jpg|thumb|left|182px|Sephiroth, [[Cloud Strife]], and [[Tifa Lockhart]] observe natural materia at a mako spring.]] Thousands of years before ''Final Fantasy VII'', the Cetra (also known as the "Ancients") first discovered the reservoir of mako energy beneath the planet surface. They were able to harness the energy and bend it to their will, creating materia. Much of the materia that lived on since was passed on from the Cetra civilization,{{cite|FFVIIR|script=Playing the Tourist|name=Playing the Tourist}} while others formed through many years of mako energy condensing naturally, such as around [[Mt. Nibel]].{{cite|FFVII|script=The Tragedy of Five Years Ago|name=The Tragedy of Five Years Ago}}{{cite|VIICC|script=Sephiroth DMW scene 5|name=Sephiroth DMW scene 5}}{{cite|FFVIIR2|script=The Mission Continues|name=The Mission Continues}} [[File:Mako processing to make materia from FFVII Remake.jpg|thumb|Materia being made in the Shinra Building in ''Final Fantasy VII Remake''.]] In addition to the natural materia, two unique materia also formed: the [[White Materia]] and the [[Black Materia (Final Fantasy VII)|Black Materia]]. The White Materia was passed down through generations, before eventually reaching [[Ifalna]] and then [[Aerith Gainsborough]], though Aerith did not know what it could be used for.{{cite|FFVII|script=The Woman at the Church}}{{cite|FFVIIR|script=Second Chance Meeting}} The Black Materia was sealed away as the [[Temple of the Ancients]].{{cite|FFVII|script=Within the Temple of the Ancients|name=Within the Temple of the Ancients}} The [[Shinra Electric Power Company]] proliferated the use of materia. [[Professor Hojo]] specifically objected to referring to the powers coming from materia as "magic".<ref name="The Tragedy of Five Years Ago"/><ref name="The Mission Continues"/> Shinra also developed materia through fusion, particularly under [[Scarlet]].{{cite|FFVIIR|script=Reach for the Skyview Hall}}
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