Gilgamesh (FF V) is immortal, wields legendary weapons, and appears in multiple FF games as a swordsman on a quest for perfection. Sephiroth (FF VII) is a powerful villain with godlike speed ...

Locked within the characters lay the Epic of Gilgamesh—now considered by many to be the world’s oldest epic poem, but hidden to scholars at that time. The tale of the demigod Gilgamesh could ...