Characters of the Final Fantasy VII series
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Square Co., Ltd.'s Final Fantasy VII was one of the first major computer role-playing games released for the Sony PlayStation and was Square's largest game at the time. Since then, Square has expanded the storyline by adding new games and other content, all set in the same fictional world. This work in progress is called the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII and so far fills four video games, two animated movies, and two books. This expanded Final Fantasy VII storyline has featured a cast of dozens of major and minor characters.
Main playable characters
Cloud Strife
Cloud Strife (クラウド・ストライフ, Kuraudo Sutoraifu): The game's hero. A self-proclaimed ex-SOLDIER-turned mercenary employed by AVALANCHE. Cloud is portrayed as a confused and conflicted individual with an occasionally arrogant attitude. He wears a purple SOLDIER uniform and is distinguished by his glowing blue eyes, which are a sign of having been exposed to mako. He also sports spiked blonde hair for which he is often made fun of by his peers — particularly Barret. He wields a giant Buster Sword in combat. Initially a cold-hearted mercenary who refuses to aid AVALANCHE for any reason except money, Cloud eventually comes to take up the cause of the planet whole-heartedly, largely as a result of Aerith's (and Sephiroth's) influence. Before the events of Final Fantasy VII he was a member of the Shinra grunt force and best friends with Zack, a first class SOLDIER.
Barret Wallace
Barret Wallace (バレット・ウォーレス, Baretto Wōresu): The leader of AVALANCHE, Barret is a man with a powerful build and a deep-seated hatred of everything Shinra. Barret mistrusts Cloud at first because of the mercenary's past affiliation with the corporation. He lost his right forearm during an encounter with Shinra (that also destroyed his hometown) and had it replaced with a powerful gun prosthetic. He is also very fond and sympathetic of nature and the planet, and it is because he believes Shinra is killing the planet that he brings AVALANCHE together. His drive to save the planet is only surpassed by the love for his adopted daughter Marlene.
Tifa Lockhart
Tifa Lockhart (ティファ・ロックハート, Tifa Rokkuhāto) (originally romanized as Tifa Lockheart): A childhood friend of Cloud and a skilled martial artist in her own right. As one of the lead members of AVALANCHE, it is Tifa who convinced Cloud to work for the group. She has had feelings for him since childhood but won't admit it. She has long brown hair tied back in a loose pony-tail and brown eyes. Tifa is the only one able to help Cloud unravel the secrets of his past during the course of the game.
Aerith Gainsborough
Aerith Gainsborough (エアリス・ゲインズブール, Earisu Geinzubūru) (romanized as Aeris Gainsborough in the original Final Fantasy VII game but retconned as Aerith in subsequent publications): A young woman who sells flowers on the streets of Midgar and is sought after by Shinra's research department. She asks Cloud to be her bodyguard after a run-in with the Turks, and subsequently joins AVALANCHE.
Aerith has long brown hair she keeps in a braid with pink bows and vivid green eyes, and wears a red mini-jacket with a pink dress. Aerith is the last Cetra and can communicate with the Planet itself. Even after her death, she helped save the planet by summoning Lifestream with the help of many.
Red XIII
Red XIII (レッドXIII, Reddo Sātīn) (also known as Nanaki): Strong, fierce, and coated with fire-red fur, Red XIII is a large and powerful creature with a strong intellect and warm heart to match. His species is possessed of great longevity, which surprises the party when they learn that his 48 years only amounts to adolescence by his species' standards. Though his real name is Nanaki, he is given the name Red XIII by Hojo, and the name sticks when the party rescues him from Hojo's laboratory. Red XIII believed his father, Seto, was a coward who had fled in the face of battle until he discovered Seto's petrified body at the Cave of the Gi. Red XIII then learned that Seto sacrificed himself to protect Cosmo Canyon.
Cait Sith
Cait Sith (ケット・シー, Ketto Shī): Appearing as a stuffed, talking cat, Cait Sith is friendly, but often unreliable. He rides on the back of a stuffed moogle, which does all of the pair's fighting. Cait Sith is eventually revealed to be an animatronic robot that Reeve Tuesti, Shinra's head of Urban Development, used to infiltrate AVALANCHE. However, over time, Reeve came to care for his new friends and their cause, and used Cait Sith as a way for him to help them. Cait Sith sacrifices himself at one point in the game to aid the group, but a second Cait Sith immediately shows up to replace him. "Cait sith" is gaelic for "fairy cat", alluded to by the (often derided) Scottish dialect of Cait Sith in Advent Children.
Cid Highwind
Cid Highwind (シド・ハイウィンド, Shido Haiwindo): A rather grouchy and foul-mouthed (but nonetheless warm-hearted) character, Cid is a pilot who dreams of travelling into space. He lives with Shera, an assistant who forced Cid to abort his past chance of launching his rocket into space, saving Cid's life by checking oxygen tanks she correctly feared were faulty during the lift-off sequence. Cid designed the airship Highwind and also owns the Tiny Bronco, a small plane which Cloud and the others use as a boat in the game after it is downed by Shinra.
Yuffie Kisaragi
Yuffie Kisaragi (ユフィ・キサラギ, Yufi Kisaragi): The spunky young ninja of Wutai and Godo's daughter. A self-proclaimed "Materia Hunter", Yuffie is in fact a pickpocket and thief who joins the party hoping to steal their Materia, with the intention of restoring her country, Wutai, to its former glory. Although Yuffie is a skillful ninja, she has her weaknesses: namely, she is prone to sea and air sickness and shows signs of kleptomania. She has short black hair and brown eyes.
Vincent Valentine
Vincent Valentine (ヴィンセント・ヴァレンタイン, Vinsento Varentain): A dark, brooding, and sardonic young man whose heart has been numbed by a tragic love. Vincent is a former Turks gunman who was experimented on by Hojo approximately thirty years before the start of the game[1], and consequently developed superhuman abilities and characteristics. Cloud and the others eventually discover him sleeping inside a coffin in the basement of the Shinra Mansion, where he joins them in their quest. Vincent also recently starred in his own game, Final Fantasy VII: Dirge of Cerberus for the Playstation 2. The game was released on August 15, 2006 in North America. The game reveals further events of the story, and more of Vincent's past.
Other major characters
Sephiroth
Sephiroth (セフィロス, Sefirosu): Sephiroth is known to be the most powerful member of SOLDIER ever, and rose to a prominent rank at an early age. After a traumatic incident in which he learned of what he assumed to be his true origins, he left SOLDIER and indeed civilisation altogether with plans to become a god-like power by wounding the Planet with Meteor and absorbing the entirety of the Lifestream sent to heal the damage. He manipulates Cloud (and the party, by extension) over the course of the game, as well as killing Aerith.
Sephiroth is also a member of the party for a very short period, however he is totally controlled by the computer during combat and the player cannot change his equipment and materia. Sephiroth is also personified by his primary weapon the powerful Masamune sword which he uses to inflict large amounts of damage.
Sephiroth is destroyed by Cloud at the end of the game, however, he returns for a short time in the sequel Advent Children where he takes over the body of Kadaj only to be defeated by Cloud again. However he warns Cloud that he will "Never be a mere memory" indicating that he will return once more to challenge Cloud.
Zack Fair
Zack Fair (ザックス・フェア, Zakkusu Fea) is a non-player character from the game Final Fantasy VII, and the protagonist of its prequel, Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII-. He appears only in flashback sequences, which portray him as almost identical to Cloud Strife (the game's main playable character) in physical appearance except for his black hair. When strung together, the sequences explain a great deal about Cloud's past and his connection to Sephiroth, the game's arch-villain. He also wielded the Buster Sword before Cloud.
Zack was born in the town of Gongaga until he left to join Shinra's militant force SOLDIER. Years later, he went to Nibelheim to investigate the nearby Mako reactor which had been malfunctioning. However, during the investigation Sephiroth discovered the truth behind his origins and went on a rampage destroying the Nibelheim village. Zack eventually confronted Sephiroth in a duel only to be defeated easily. Following the battle both he and Cloud were used by Hojo as test specimens. However Zack managed to escape after four years and carried the incapacitated Cloud with him to freedom. While on the run Zack is shot to death by Shinra soldiers, while Cloud is left for dead just outside Midgar. Throughout most of the game, Cloud adopts Zack’s memories and character traits as his own.
Zack met Aerith five years before the game began, and was her first crush. It's possible that they may have been dating for as much as two years, however, the specifics of their relationship are still unknown.
Zack re-appears in Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children mostly in flashbacks but later as a part of the lifestream alongside Aerith.
AVALANCHE
AVALANCHE (アバランチ, Abaranchi?, always fully capitalized) is an eco-terrorist group dedicated to defeating the Shinra Company and saving the planet from destruction. In the Final Fantasy VII game, AVALANCHE is a small terrorist organisation led by Barret. In Before Crisis, AVALANCHE is led by Elfé and is dedicated to defeating the Shinra Company and saving the planet.
Biggs
Biggs (ビッグス, Biggusu) is a member of AVALANCHE in the game. Although slightly cocky and arrogant at first, he ends up respecting Cloud. Biggs shares his name with Luke Skywalker's childhood friend, Biggs Darklighter, of the Star Wars series. Biggs is killed along with other members of AVALANCHE, when Shinra try to collapse the Sector 7 tower.
Wedge
Wedge (ウェッジ, Wejji) is a member of AVALANCHE in the game. Close friends with Biggs, Wedge is very warm-hearted and kind to others, but he easily loses his composure when nervous.[2] Wedge is named after Luke Skywalker's wingman, Wedge Antilles, of the Star Wars series. Killed by Shinra after falling off the Sector 7 tower.
Jessie
Jessie (ジェシー, Jeshī) is a member of AVALANCHE in the game. She is an explosives technician that fakes IDs for herself and fellow members so they could pass through Shinra's security checkpoints without being detected. She has a fascination with gadgetry, explosives and other "flashy stuff"[3], and gives Cloud a lesson on the Midgar rail system and the structure of the city itself. The player is given the option to have Cloud flirt with her a few times. She is eventually killed by Shinra in the bombing of Sector 7.
Elfé
Elfé is a member of AVALANCHE in Before Crisis. Raised from a young age by AVALANCHE, she was chosen to be their leader after the founder died. Elfé is somewhat quiet, decidedly taciturn, and surprisingly non-charismatic. She is eventually revealed to be Felicia, the daughter of Verdot, leader of the Turks prior to Tseng. Furthermore, she is revealed to be getting gradually weaker despite her superhuman strength, both of which came as a result of the presence of a mysterious summon materia — called "Zirconiade" — within her body.
Shears
Shears is a member of AVALANCHE in Before Crisis. A powerful field leader of AVALANCHE and second strongest member of the organization in physical terms (second only to Elfé), he had excellent hand-to-hand combat skills and often took charge of executing operations and formulating battle strategies. He is completely devoted to Elfé and even once asks the player-controlled Turks member to defend her if he should die. His and Fuhito's respective personalities clash frequently, and they are very unfond of one another.
Fuhito
Fuhito is a member of AVALANCHE in Before Crisis. The intellectual force behind AVALANCHE, Fuhito excels in scheming. Highly knowledgable in not just matters of science, but also in terms of tactical warfare, he is helpful with conceiving tactical solutions and providing support from a strategic vantage. Fuhito creates the genetically enhanced AVALANCHE force known as "the Ravens," who serve as his personal attack squad, and he is shown to have no tolerance for failure, casually killing one of his subordinates for being beaten by the Turks. However, he is very treacherous, planning to not only destroy Shinra, but he's also been using Elfé in a plot to summon a creature called "Zirconiade" to fulfill his true ambitions: killing all life on the Planet so as to remove all potential threats to it, while also revitalizing it. Once Zirconiade was summoned, Fuhito absorbed the summon into his body. But despite having the power to wipe out all life, Fuhito/Zironiade was defeated.
Shinra executives
President Shinra
President Shinra (プレジデント神羅, Purejidento Shinra): Head of the Shinra Company (the "King VERMIN!", as Barrett puts it). He hopes to use Aerith's Cetra knowledge to find the 'Promised Land', which is a mako-rich environment.[4] He is discovered dead, with Sephiroth's Masamune still in his back. His last name is the same as a young Al Bhed child in Final Fantasy X-2 who mentions finding a source of energy that could be harvested in the Farplane.
Rufus Shinra
Rufus Shinra (ルーファウス神羅, Rūfausu Shinra): The son of President Shinra, and the vice president of Shinra, he becomes the president after his father's death. Unlike his father, he plans to control the people with fear rather than with money.[5] He is a ruthless entrepreneur who will stop at nothing to achieve his goals. Eventually, he and Cloud's group put their differences aside to fight their common foes, Meteor and Sephiroth. Rufus is thought to have died when his office in the Shinra headquarters was hit by an energy blast from Diamond WEAPON. In Final Fantasy VII Advent Children, however, Rufus returns with the intention of repairing the damage his company had caused to the world, despite being in a wheelchair due to the disease Geostigma (although it was revealed that the wheelchair was just a facade, as he was easily capable of standing to toss Jenova's head off the side of a building, then leaping off as Kadaj dived after it). He plays a significant role in the story, having come into possession of Jenova's remains. In his intent to repay the planet, Rufus is hinted as being the main funder for the WRO.
Heidegger
Heidegger (ハイデッガー, Haideggā, IPA: [ˈhaɪ.də.gɐ]): Head of Shinra's Public Safety Maintenance Department, which is simply a euphemism for Shinra's military, the elite SOLDIER unit and the Turks. He died when the Proud Clod (a mecha he and Scarlet were riding in) exploded after a battle with AVALANCHE. Nicknamed as "Gya ha ha" by Reeve, for his horse-like laugh. He often punches any unlucky soldier nearby whenever he is angered. Possibly named after the German philosopher Martin Heidegger (1889-1976), or after the protagonist of the same name in Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment."
Scarlet
Scarlet (スカーレット, Sukāretto): Head of Shinra's Weapons Development Department. Aspires to make the perfect weapon, but doesn't trust Heidegger to use it properly. The Shinra executive responsible for the destruction of Barret Wallace's home town of Corel and for the loss of Barret's forearm. Helps in creating a large mako cannon, Sister Ray, used to fight WEAPON. Like Rufus, she is both cunning and ruthless. Nicknamed as "Kya ha ha" for her peculiar laugh by Reeve. She died along with Heidegger in the explosion of the Proud Clod.
Reeve Tuesti
Reeve Tuesti (リーブ・トゥエスティ, Rību Tuesuti, IPA: [ɹiv tuɛsti]): Head of the Urban Development Department, he used Cait Sith as a way for him to spy on — and later aid — AVALANCHE. Along with Mayor Domino, he is one of the few officials in Shinra who has a genuine concern for the common people. He is briefly arrested by Heidegger's men after the apparent death of Rufus. Reeve later founded the World Regenesis Organization (WRO), an organization devoted to the environmental reclamation of the planet after the collapse of the Shinra Company. Reeve plays a significant role in Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII and has a voice-over cameo in Advent Children provided by Jamieson Price (English) & Banjō Ginga (Japanese).
Palmer
Palmer (パルマー, Parumā): The incompetent head of Shinra's failed Space Exploration Department, Palmer is a bouncy, overweight man with some childlike behavior. He goes with Rufus to Rocket Town to steal Cid's plane, the Tiny Bronco. Although he is hit by a truck as he tries to escape Cloud and company, he — along with Reeve and Rufus — is one of the few Shinra executives to survive the events of Final Fantasy VII. However, he has yet to make any further appearances in the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII.
The Turks
Tseng
Tseng (ツォン, Tson): The stern but polite and calm leader of the Turks. He has known Aerith since she was a child and shows affection towards her. He was grievously wounded after a confrontation with Sephiroth in the Temple of the Ancients. He returns in Advent Children with the other Turks.
Elena
Elena (イリーナ, Irīna): The newest member of the Turks, she is a young woman with short blonde hair, enlisted to make up for Reno's leave of absence when he sustains injuries in a fight with AVALANCHE. She takes her job very seriously, but is the most naive and incompetent member of the group. She has a crush on Tseng and temporarily blames Cloud for his injuries received at the hands of Sephiroth. She is one of the Turks sent to the Northern Crater to find any vestiges of Sephiroth or Jenova in the beginning of Advent Children and is captured and tortured by Kadaj, Loz and Yazoo.
Reno
Reno (レノ, Reno): A member of the Turks, he is a lanky man with unkempt bright red hair and a ponytail. He has bright light blue eyes enhanced by mako, and always wears goggles on his forehead. He is quite laid-back and doesn't take his job very seriously, but he is nonetheless very good at what he does and takes pride in it. He wields an electromagnetic rod (EMR). He has been Rude's partner, on and off, for six years as of Final Fantasy VII. In Final Fantasy VII, he is portrayed as a serious, dangerous man, being single-handedly responsible for the destruction of Sector 7, by way of dropping the plate. In Advent Children, Reno is the comic relief, much like his role in the Japanese version of the game. He is strong in his own right (being able to jump, fight, and take damage far beyond that of a normal human), but his strength in battle lies in his agility and dexterity.
Rude
Rude (ルード, Rūdo): A member of the Turks, he is a tall, naturally bald[6] man with a goatee, many piercings in his ears, light brown eyes, who is never seen without his sunglasses, for the most part (it is revealed in Advent Children that he had numerous pairs, as Reno stepped on his glasses, and in the next scene, Rude is seen donning another pair). He is labeled as a 'sniper' and 'assassin' for the Turks, but usually uses his hand-to-hand prowess. He usually appears with his friend and longtime partner Reno. Rude is somewhat taciturn and usually lets Reno do the talking. He prefers to fight with his fists (using a sort of grappling/boxing style as opposed to Tifa's Eastern style martial arts) and has a crush on Tifa, though nothing ever develops of it. His abilities are also far beyond that of a normal person, much like Reno. In Advent Children, he was able to endure being hit on the head by a billboard and suffering only a temporary stun.
Shinra researchers
Professor Hojo
Hojo (宝条, Hōjō): The head of Shinra's Science Department at the time of the game. He was a mad scientist with a God complex, undertaking radical experiments without any regard for ethics or the potential consequences of his research on his test subjects. Hojo regards the subjects of his experiments as mere "specimens," though most are human or otherwise sentient. He was Sephiroth's father. Hojo's insanity and experiments are the reason for the meteor crisis in FF7, and thus he could be considered a major villain. He was voiced by Paul Eiding (US) & Nachi Nozawa (Japan) in Dirge of Cerberus.
Hojo's notoriety begins approximately thirty years prior to the start of the game in Nibelheim, where he was sent by Shinra to assist Professor Gast and Lucrecia with the Jenova Project, a project headed up by Gast and intended to produce modern day humans with the abilities of the Cetra, which Jenova - in actuality, a world-devouring alien entity - was mistakenly believed to be a member of. It was believed that this goal may be realized by testing the effects of Jenova cells on an unborn child. Thus, the three Shinra scientists — with Lucrecia and Hojo's complete cooperation — injected some of Jenova's cells into the womb of Lucrecia, who was pregnant with Hojo's child at the time. The child that would come of this experiment was Sephiroth. Once Meteor began to decend toward the planet, tired of experimenting on others and injected himself with Jenova cells to prepare himself for Omega WEAPON as a super-being. However, Hojo succumbed to Jenova and mutated into a monster as he willingly attempted to give Sephiroth the power of the Planet so that he could witness his most esteemed experiment reach its ultimate stage of development. While attempting to carry out this process, he was mortally wounded by AVALANCHE and was left for dead.
However, as revealed in Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII, Hojo managed to barely return into his body for a brief moment to upload his mind into the World Network as a backup before it was destroyed during Meteorfall. However, due to Meteor, his conscious mind was fragmented. It would be three years before Hojo's mind was able to have its "reunion" upon the World Network's restoration. Deciding to finish what he started, Hojo took over the body of the 'in-stasis' Deep Ground SOLDIER commander Weiss. However, upon Weiss' defeat, Nero appeared and merged into Weiss's body, "defiling" Hojo's host and forcing Hojo to leave Weiss' body as all traces of himself were eliminated.
Professor Gast
Gast (ガスト・ファレミス, Gasuto Faremisu): The former head of Shinra's Science Research Department and Aerith's father. Gast seems to be a noble man who pursues knowledge for its own sake, rather than for the power it can bring. Gast finds Jenova during an excavation in the Northern Crater. After Jenova is transported to Nibelheim for further study of her origin and nature, Gast comes to the incorrect conclusion that the creature is a Cetra, and Shinra sends Hojo and Lucrecia to assist him. Believing that they may be able to produce a modern-day Cetra, the scientists inject Jenova cells into the womb of the pregnant Lucrecia, who was carrying Hojo's child.[7] At some undisclosed point in time, Gast leaves the project with a guilty conscience, although he doesn't officially leave Shinra. Gast continues his research on the Ancients alone and meets Ifalna — one of the last surviving members of the Ancients' race — at Icicle Lodge. There, Gast carries out a series of interviews with Ifalna, and in time, they fall in love and have a child together: Aerith.[8] However, shortly after Aerith's birth, Hojo killed Gast during the attempt to capture both Ifalna and Aerith for further study.
Although Gast is known to English-speaking fans only as "Professor Gast", he officially has a full name (in Japanese romaji): Gasuto Faremisu. Unfortunately, there is no official romanization of "Faremisu."
Lucrecia Crescent
Lucrecia Crescent (ルクレツィア・クレシェント, Rukuretsia Kureshento): Lucrecia is a female scientist who worked on the Jenova Project, alongside Professor Hojo and Professor Gast. She was Vincent’s love interest and was mother of Hojo's child-Sephiroth.
Lucrecia is estimated to have been born around 60 years before the events of the game. She worked as a Class A biotechnologist for the Shinra Electric Power Company under the direction of Grimoire Valentine, Vincent Valentine's father. Her thesis on Omega and Chaos had suffered much criticism and she was anxious to prove her collegues wrong. During one of her investigations she happened upon the suspected location of the dormant Omega.
During the events before Final Fantasy VII Lucrecia was assigned as an assistant to Professor Faremis Gast alongside Professor Hojo in the town of Nibelheim. They were to investigate the excavated specimen (later known as Jenova) from the Northern Crater which was suspected to be an Ancient (Cetra). Upon analysis they falsly believed it to be a Cetra and attempted to extract its cellular DNA in order to artificially produce soldiers with the Cetra's abilities. She used her unborn child as the subject of the Jenova Project's first in vitro experiment despite objections from Vincent Valentine. During pregnancy, Lucrecia began receiving visions of the horrors her unborn son would commit, and in an untimely encounter, discovered Vincent shot by Hojo. Fearing for his life, Lucrecia exposed him to the stagnated mako which had been named "G Substance," causing the being known as Chaos to be absorbed into his body. Though his life was saved, he was left in a feral madness. Disgusted with all that she had done to those she cared about and the changes Jenova's cells had wrought in her own body, she attempted to kill herself. However, she was unable to easily die because of the presence of Jenova's cells in her body, and, thus, she isolated herself in a cave and trapping herself within mako crystals located in a remote location. During the events of Final Fantasy VII she is discovered by Vincent and the others, and she asks if Sephiroth had died yet. Vincent hoping to help her rest in peace falsely tells her that he had died.
Supporting cast
Bugenhagen
Bugenhagen (ブーゲンハーゲン, Būgenhāgen), Red XIII/Nanaki's adoptive grandfather[9], is an eccentric old man who moves about, floating on a green ball. Formerly a Shinra worker, he retired to his home of Cosmo Canyon — where he is the elder of the Bugah Tribe[10] — to pursue the Study of Planet Life, and where he finds a peaceful harmony between technology and nature. He has an observatory at the top of Cosmo Canyon, and provides vital information to AVALANCHE regarding how to stop Sephiroth and Meteor. Bugenhagen dies [citation needed]during the later stages of the game.
Like Heidegger, Bugenhagen is also apparently named after a German philosopher, Johannes Bugenhagen (1485-1558).
Don Corneo
Don Corneo (ドン・コルネオ, Don Koruneo) is a perverted crime-boss of lower Midgar who resides in Wall Market. After being confronted by Cloud, Tifa and Aerith — who all threaten to neuter him — he reveals Shinra's plan to destroy Sector 7's support pillar. He then becomes a target of Shinra for having released this information. Later, after hiding out from the Turks who were ordered to kill him, Corneo kidnaps Yuffie and Elena in Wutai with the intentions of forcing one of them to be his bride. After a brief alliance between AVALANCHE and the Turks, he is killed by Reno. The Don had two "pets", Aps and Rapps, both of which he set against AVALANCHE.
Dyne
Dyne (ダイン, Dain) was Barret's best friend and the father of Marlene. He was believed dead after Shinra attacked his hometown of Corel, though he survived, and similarly to Barret, had his severed left forearm replaced with a gun prosthetic. Going insane, Dyne blamed Barret for the death of his wife and the destruction of his town, eventually becoming the "Boss" of Corel Prison beneath the Gold Saucer. He had become a twisted, self-loathing man with a lust for killing. Several years later, he was finally reunited with Barret in the prison and insisted upon a duel with him. Afterwards, he made Barret promise to take care of Marlene and — unable to live with what he had become — committed suicide by falling off a cliff. Also the name of Zidane's Trance actions in Final Fantasy IX.
Elmyra Gainsborough
Aerith's adoptive mother, Elmyra Gainsborough, or Elmina Gainsborough (エルミナ・ゲインズブール, Erumina Geinzubūru), discovers Aerith and the dying Ifalna after their escape from Shinra headquarters. Ifalna asks Elmyra to care for her daughter before dying, and Elmyra adopts Aerith as her own, raising her and becoming aware of the young girl's developing Cetra abilities. Elmyra later takes care of Marlene while Barret is pursuing Sephiroth, but both are subsequently taken into custody by Reeve Tuesti and relocated to Kalm. Reeve, however, ensures their safety and they are later released. He later has the sad duty of informing them of Aerith's death at the hands of Sephiroth.
Ifalna
Ifalna (イファルナ, Ifaruna) is Aerith's birth mother and the last full-blooded Cetra. Found by Professor Gast in Icicle Lodge, they recorded a series of interviews together. The two fell in love, resulting in the birth of Aerith. Twenty days after Aerith's birth, Hojo had Gast shot and Aerith and Ifalna apprehended, and then taken to the Shinra headquarters in Midgar. Ifalna escaped seven years later with Aerith, and they managed to get as far as the Sector 7 train station in Midgar. Exhausted and wounded, Ifalna entrusted Aerith's care to Elmyra Gainsborough and died.
Jenova
Once incorrectly believed to be an Ancient, the remains of Jenova (ジェノバ, Jenoba) were found by Professor Gast and became the subject of extensive research and experimentation by Shinra. The creature is, in actuality, an extraterrestrial life form that crashlanded on the Planet some 2,000 years before the events of Final Fantasy VII. The creature is an instinctual being that seeks to destroy.[11] The few Cetra that survived succeeded in sealing Jenova deep within the Northern Crater, where it would be discovered two thousand years later.
Marlene
Marlene (マリン, Marin) is the young daughter of Barret's friends, Dyne and Eleanor. Adopted by Barret after Eleanor's death during the burning of Corel and left with Elmyra during the game, she is kidnapped by Reeve. At the end of the game, she has been sent to Kalm by Reeve to keep her safe. She is voiced by Miyu Tsuzurahara in the Japanese version of Advent Children and Grace Rolek in the English version. In Advent Children, she appears to live with Cloud, Tifa and an orphan named Denzel, while Barret is away searching for new power sources. Her hair in Advent Children is styled similarly to Aerith's.
Shera
Shera, or Sierra (シエラ, Shiera) in the original Japanese, is a soft-spoken and calm methodical scientist working on the Shinra No. 26 who ultimately caused Cid to cancel its launch: she feared one of the oxygen tanks was malfunctioning and refused to leave when Cid ordered her to. To save her life, Cid stopped the launch, but resented her for this, believing that she had cost him his dream of being the first man in space. However, he later came to have great respect for her after finding out that she had been right all along about the oxygen tank. Shera also saved his life on the later successful rocket launch by helping to remove debris trapping Cid on the rocket, as well as by repairing the emergency escape pod so that the party could escape the doomed rocket. Cid named the airship seen in Advent Children after her and is revealed in Dirge of Cerberus to have also married her.
WEAPON
The WEAPON (ウェポン, Wepon) are immense, biomechanical entities created by the Planet as a defense mechanism against threats to its survival. Each WEAPON serves to exterminate everything that threatens the planet, including humans.[12] Though the WEAPON have specific official names (Diamond, Ultimate, etc.), these names appear in Final Fantasy VII only during battle. "WEAPON" is both a singular and plural term.
Zangan
Zangan (ザンガン) is Tifa's martial arts instructor, and rescued her after she was wounded by Sephiroth. In Final Fantasy VII, his letter to Tifa (found in her piano) shed light on the events following the burning of Nibelheim and the coverup that ensued. Zangan was quite active and possessed some ability with magic, using Cure spells on Tifa as he transported her to Midgar.
Minor characters
- Big Bro (兄貴, Aniki): Cross-dressing owner of the gym in Wall Market, he offers a wig as a prize for a squatting competition. His name in the Japanese version, Aniki, carries a yakuza connotation not apparent in the English term used, though it literally has the same meaning.
- Chocobo Sage: A mysterious — and rather forgetful — old man who lives in the north. He periodically offers advice on Chocobo breeding and sells the most expensive greens. The Chocobo Sage bears great resemblance to the Ghost from the original Dragon Warrior for NES.
- Cloud's Mother: Her name is not revealed in the game, but during the fake flashback in Nibelheim and in Cloud's dream as he slept in Aerith's house we see his mother. Their relationship is not explained clearly because of Cloud's mixed up memories.
- Cloud's Father: His name and appearance are not shown. Very little is known about Cloud's father, except that he died when Cloud was very young. He appears once in the game in the form of a memory.
- Dio (ディオ): Manager of the Gold Saucer. When he hears that reports of a man with a gun for an arm has murdered several Shinra soldiers in the Gold Saucer, he arrests Barret's group and places them in Corel Prison, but releases them after learning that Dyne was at fault instead. Later, he lends the Keystone to them that will open the Temple of the Ancients. His favorite attraction in the Gold Saucer is the Battle Arena, where he makes Cloud fight for the Keystone. He often calls Cloud "boy", which could be a reference to Looney Tunes character Foghorn Leghorn. He also bares a strong resemblance to legendary pro wrestler Jimmy Snuka.
- Domino (ドミノ): The mayor of Midgar by title only; he's actually a figurehead and holds no real power over the city. Despite appearances and the belief of Shinra, Domino is actually shrewd and strongly anti Shinra.
- Elder Bugah (長老ブーガ, Chōrō Būga): An elder in Cosmo Canyon who explains a brief history of Professor Gast, his discovery of Jenova and his subsequent resignation from Shinra.
- Elder Hargo (長老ハーゴ, Chōrō Hāgo): Details some information regarding the Lifestream and the Promised Land.
- Eleanor (エレノア, Erenoa): Dyne's wife and the birthmother of Marlene; she died when Corel was burned to the ground.
- Ester, or Esuto (エスト) in the original Japanese: Chocobo Racing manager assigned to Cloud.
- Godo Kisaragi (ゴード・キサラギ, Gōdo Kisaragi): Yuffie's father, and the leader of Wutai. Wutai was the enemy Shinra fought in a war that occurred around the time of Sephiroth's early life. As a condition of its surrender, Wutai was not allowed to possess any materia and was reduced to a tourist town. Like his daughter, Yuffie, Godo has a bit of an obsession with materia.
- Chocobo Bill, or Gurin (グリン) in the original Japanese: Owner of the Chocobo Farm.
- Chocobo Billy, or Guringurin (グリングリン) in the original Japanese: Choco Bill's grandson, he sells greens and deals with Chocobo mating. His and his sister's parents died, leaving Chocobo Bill to take care of the two.
- Chole, or Kurin (クリン) in the original Japanese: Choco Billy's younger sister, who helps out in the stables. She also writes down the Chocobo Sage's notes about breeding.
- Hart: The mayor's assistant.
- Holzoff (ホルゾフ, Horuzofu): Once a resident of Icicle Inn, he now lives at the base of Gaea's Cliffs and tells the party how to overcome the "biting cold."
- Joe (ジョー, Jō): Chocobo Jockey. Rides Teioh, a Black Chocobo that will always have better stats than the player's.
- Johnny (ジョニー, Jonī): A young man from Sector 7 who has had a crush on Tifa since their childhoods in Nibelheim. He leaves Midgar and moves to Costa del Sol. In the short story "The Case of Denzel", a part of the novella On the Way to a Smile, Johnny decides to open his own cafe in Edge City, Johnny's Heaven, after being inspired by Tifa's decision to build a new Seventh Heaven pub in the city. He would often tell his customers about how Tifa inspired him and would unknowingly lose most of his potentially regular customers to Seventh Heaven by doing so.
- Kalm Traveler: An old man in Kalm looking for a Guidebook, Earth Harp, and Desert Rose. Willing to trade Underwater materia, Master Magic, Master Command and Master Summon materia — as well as a Gold Chocobo — for the items.
- Kotch & Skotch, or Kocchi and Socchi (コッチとソッチ, Kocchi to Socchi) in the original Japanese: Two of Don Corneo's lackeys. Their names, taken together, essentially mean "Here & There." Possibly due to the fact that this joke would go over the heads of an English-speaking audience, Sony changed them to "Kotch" and "Skotch."
- Mr. Coates (コーツ, Kōtsu): Runs the prisoner racing program in Corel Prison but is really a subordinate of Dyne.
- Mukki: A homosexual bodybuilder first encountered in the Honeybee Inn. He makes his way to the Costa del Sol bar. He flirts occasionally with Cloud, who seems bemused and embarrassed by him.
- Myrna, or Mena (ミーナ, Mīna) in the original Japanese: Barret's wife, who died when Corel was burned to the ground.
- Priscilla (プリシラ, Purishira): A young girl living in Junon that Cloud rescues by performing CPR. Helps the party by gifting Cloud the Shiva materia and helping him get into the upper levels of Junon with her trusty friend, Mr. Dolphin. By the time Cloud visits Junon for the second time, Priscilla has decided she wants to marry him - as soon as she gets older.
- Seto (セト): Red XIII's/Nanaki's father. Was believed to be a coward by Red XIII but later revealed to be a great hero who sacrificed his own life for the safety of Cosmo Canyon by keeping the Gi Tribe at bay. The poison arrows of the Gi Tribe turned Seto's body to stone. As Red XIII and Buganhagen visited his body, amazingly, tears fell from Seto's stone eyes.
- The Shinra Manager: A middle manager in the Shinra company, who is mistreated and trodden upon by higher-ups such as Heidegger and Rufus. He is dedicated to the company, but his life is miserable. He wears a burgundy business suit and is encountered in the two train rides in Midgar, then sleeping in a bed in Junon. Later he visits Costa Del Sol, and in the end, he is back at the bed in Junon. Near the end of the game, if the player speaks to him, he will reveal that if all of the corporate heads indeed died when AVALANCHE attacked the Sister Ray, essentially, he would now be the president.
Crisis Core characters
- Angeal Hewley (アンジール・ヒューレー, Anjīru Hyūrē): Zack's mentor, and the Buster Sword's previous owner. In recent trailers, he has been seen with two white wings over the right side of his body.
- Lazard (ラザード, Razādo): The head executive of SOLDIER. He appears to be in charge of SOLDIER's operations during the war with Wutai, including missions, strategy, and even promotions. It is Lazard who promotes Zack to 1st Class and dispatches him on the mission to recover the rogue SOLDIER, Genesis.
Advent Children characters
The villains of the story are the "Sephiroth Remnants"; the remains of Sephiroth's will and spirit in physical, "larval" form. They seek out Jenova's head, unknowingly spurred on by Sephiroth's will with an obsession to be with their "mother", through which Sephiroth can be reborn. They each reflect an aspect of Sephiroth's character, and refer to Cloud as their Big Brother. They are able to summon monstrous embodiments of "tainted lifestream" called Shadow Creepers to their aid and apparently are weak against the effects of Lifestream-influenced water. The trio are also all left-handed.
- Kadaj (カダージュ, Kadāju): The leader and youngest member of the Sephiroth Remnants, Kadaj has medium-length silver hair and uses a reinforced double katana called "Souba" as his primary weapon. He embodies Sephiroth's cruel childish nature and his boundless determination for vengeance. He refers to anyone with the Geostigma or Jenova cells as his "siblings", and Jenova itself as "Mother". Using the materia he embedded in his arm, he summoned Bahamut SIN to ravage Edge, a city formed just around Midgar, in search for Jenova's remains. Though the summon was defeated, Kadaj obtained Jenova's head after they were dropped from a building by Rufus Shinra and was pursued by Cloud to the ruins of Midgar. Once he absorbed Jenova's cells, Kadaj transformed into Sephiroth, who took over the fight from there until he abandoned Kadaj's body after the fatal injury dealt on him. Kadaj died in Cloud's arms as his spirit energy was purged of Sephiroth's will and guided into the Lifestream by Aerith's voice, whom he accepted as the mother that he and his 'brothers' had been longing for.
- Yazoo (ヤズー, Yazū): The long-haired remnant, as well as the one with the calmest demeanor. He is the embodiment of Sephiroth's enigmatic allure, taunting his victims as he battles them. Yazoo also has a habit of sarcastically criticizing others, even calling Loz on his cell phone to see if he was crying while fighting Tifa. Yazoo specializes in firearms, wielding a gun called "Velvet Nightmare". He shot Cloud, intending to bring him to the Promised Land with them, before he and Loz meet their end in an explosion of excessive materia atop the Shinra headquarters.
- Loz (ロッズ, Rozzu): The short-haired remnant. He embodies Sephiroth's violent streak, masculinity, and sensitivity. He upsets easily, crying at the thought of never finding 'mother' and referring to Reno as "meanie". Nonetheless, he displays extreme feats of brute strength and speed compared to his 'brothers', as exhibited during his confrontation with Tifa in Aerith's church. Loz is the brawler of the group. He has short silver hair with a more broad frame. He wields a pile bunker called the "Dual Hound" most of the time, though he uses a Velvet Nightmare like Yazoo's. He and Yazoo managed to make it to Cloud's location, arriving after Kadaj's death. Wounded from the explosion Reno and Rude had commenced on them earlier and smoldering from the purifying rain, Cloud was shot by Yazoo who stated "We'll go together," followed by Loz saying, "Together we'll play." Cloud rose to his feet and charged at them. Yazoo and Loz met their end by using an excessive amount of Materia to perform an explosive kamikaze attack that met with Cloud's assault.
- Denzel (デンゼル, Denzeru): Denzel was the only son of Abel, a worker at Shin-Ra and Chloe. The three of them lived in a Shin-Ra owned residence in the Seventh Sector of Midgar. Both Denzel’s parents perished when the Shin-Ra Company destroyed the Seventh Sector to get rid of AVALANCHE. Having been notified beforehand of the incident, Abel, before his death, had safely sent Denzel with a man named Arkham to the Fifth Sector. He was taken under the care of a woman named Mrs. Ruvi, who happened to be Reeve Tuesti’s mother. When the lifestream burst out of the planet to help Holy overcome Meteor, Mrs. Ruvi died, trying to protect Denzel from harm. Having lost shelter, Denzel spent his time with a new found friend, Rix, in the Midgar slums, helping to collect steel pipes, bulbs and screw’s for the new town that was being built at the east of Midgar known as “Edge”. Rix then left Denzel behind after having made comments on how he thought slum boys fed off rats. All alone, Denzel found a church in the ruins of Midgar. He found a handphone in a bike outside the church and started desperately dialing the phone number of his house in the Seventh Sector. After several tries, he eventually gave up, tears trickling down his eyes. Denzel later passed out and found himself in the arms of Tifa, with Marlene and Cloud next to him.
Dirge of Cerberus characters
- See Article Dirge of Cerberus Characters
Shalua Rui
A female WRO scientist with a prosthetic left arm, that serves as her life-support system, and a missing left eye. Shalua is a workaholic who is actually searching for her sister, Shelke. Upon meeting her, she was heart-broken over how little of her sister there was left and blamed herself for it. In order to make up, she helped Shelke escape the clutches of Azul, who had turned on her, in exchange for her life. Shalua originally appeared in Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII. She is the one who made Barret's gun arm.
Genesis
Originally known only as "G", Genesis is a mysterious character who appeared in both Crisis Core and Dirge of Cerberus. He appears to have exceptionally bright mako eyes, and he bears a single wing on his left side, in contrast to the one Sephiroth bears on his right. His link to the Deepground organization suggests that his origins lie with the research performed by Lucrecia Crescent and Grimoire Valentine, rather than the later Jenova Project which produced Sephiroth. If one talks to one of the personnel aboard the Shera later in the game, he reveals that according to Scarlet's private files, the Deepground Soldiers are a result of his evolution. The "G Reports" also state that the Tsviets are the spawns of his evolution. Genesis was said to be pursued and taken down by a 1st-class SOLDIER whose identity is yet to be revealed. But in the Secret Ending of the game, Genesis is shown to be still alive and reclaims Weiss's lifeless body, proclaiming that their work is not done. Screenshots and promotional art indicate he will have a central role in Crisis Core, possibly as a high-ranking member of SOLDIER, like Sephiroth once was. He is seen to wear SOLDIER gear beneath a long red overcoat. Though it has been rumored that the popular Japanese singer Gackt has been a model for many characters in the series, this is the first that is confirmed to be modeled after him.
Grimoire Valentine
Vincent's father and Lucrecia's mentor. A computer consol classified him as a Discoverer. With his knowledge of Chaos' location beneath a sacred fountain, Lucrecia and he went forth to test her thesis. However a dire mistake during an experiment lead to Dr. Valentine's death as he pushed Lucrecia out of the way from the rupturing capsule. His death resulted in Lucrecia distancing herself from Vincent and upon Vincent discovering her professional relationship with his father her guilt led her to Hojo's arms. Vincent shares the similar eye color of his father and their outfits seems bare some slight similarities as well, mainly the cloak, gun holster, and buckles throughout the design. He wrote the first 5 Omega Reports found in the story play through.
The Restrictors
Members of the 14th SOLDIER force, "Lost Force", and the former leaders of the Deepground before Weiss took over. The Restrictors destroyed "Ragnarok", the 13th and previously strongest force of SOLDIER, in a single night. Their weapons are two short gunblades. The Restrictors' leader governed over Deepground, implanting chips into the brain stems of all DGS recruits so they cannot turn against the group. The player character in the multiplayer mode is the exception to this, who was part of Weiss' plan to take control of the Deepground. At the end of the multiplayer mode, the entire Tsviet group managed to defeat Restrictor and take his place as the ruling force of the DGS. Though they succeeded, Restrictor's leader attempted to kill Weiss with the virus implanted within him. It is said that there were four Restrictors, one for each area of Deepground.
Omega WEAPON
The "harvester of souls." The final WEAPON that activates whenever a huge calamity eliminates a large amount of life. Following such an event, Omega then would emerge and absorb all of the Lifestream from the planet and carry it into the universe. The Planet itself would then be reduced to a lifeless ball of dirt and crumble. Dr. Lucrecia Crescent has researched Omega and Chaos, along with Grimoire. Hojo attempted to use Lucrecia's research on two occasions (the first leading his mutation after injecting himself with Jenova cells), with the second attempt gathering all non-Geostigmatic people to serve as a sacrifice to trick the planet into awaken Omega. Hojo intended to use Weiss as his host to merge with Omega, but Nero's intent to be one with his brother ruined Hojo's plans and exposed Omega to the tainted Lifestream. The result of this made Omega hostile and a bringer of destruction. Omega's body seems to vaguely resemble the Greek character Omega, a frequent symbol for an end.
Usher
A mysterious orange haired SOLDIER who aids the player several times throughout the multiplayer mode. In the ending of Multiplayer Mode, Shelke deactivates her Synaptic Net Dive with the player character and Usher disappears, because he was a simulation created by Shelke to guide the player into helping with their plan to overthrow the Restrictors.
Tsviets
The Tsviets are the highest ranking elite squad within Deepground and its chain of command. All of the members of the group are named after colors, hence the group's name, which is based on Zvet, the Russian word for color. Five members appear in the single player mode, and at least one more member appears in the online mode. All but two of the Tsviets (Shelke and Argento), were slain by Vincent Valentine.
Azul
A member of the Tsviets, known as "Azul the Cerulean". He is 33 years old. His name means blue in Spanish and Portuguese. He first appeared in Before Crisis as a normal man who wanted to be a SOLDIER. Though it's not known how he joined the Deepground, Azul was promoted very quickly as the final member of Tsviets. He uses a large cannon as his weapon, which suits his hulking form. He was one of three Tviests subjected to the Metamorphose experiment, assuming the form of the Behemoth-like Arch Azul (真・アスール, Shin Asūru, True Azul) and killing his fellow guinea pigs to test their worth to the Deepground. He also appears to possess something similar to the "final attack-revive" materia combination within his body, as at least once per battle, he is revived from a fatal wound. He fought with Vincent three times and was finally killed when Vincent, in Chaos form, impaled him with his own cannon. Azul smirked that Vincent was more of a beast than he was.
Shelke Rui
A young girl who wields two energy EM sabers, she is 19 and is the 4th recuit in the Tsivets, where in she is known as "Shelke the Transparent." Her name means orange in Urdu, a reference to her amber-colored eyes. She is Shalua's younger sister. Commonly seen along with Azul, as she is helping him hunt down Vincent. She is the only member of the Tsviets that remains "colorless", a plot point which is detailed in the storyline of the game's multiplayer modes. Her ability's call SND (Synaptic Net Dive or Sensitive Net Drive in Japanese version) which allow her to create her residual image and dive into the network to negotiate with data on the subconscious planes of sentient life forms. At first, she has almost no emotions and feels little compassion. As Dirge of Cerberus progresses she becomes linked with the personality data of Lucrecia, and begins to feel and say what Lucrecia feels. She can move extremely fast as seen in the boss fight with her and during the Engine room event on the Shera airship. However, she loses most of her strength if she is not showered with Mako regularly.
Rosso
The 3rd recuit of the Tsviets, known as "Rosso the Crimson".Her name means red in Italian. She is 25 years old and was born in Deepground, Rosso wields a double bladed weapon which is also capable of bursts of gunfire. Rosso is dangerously psychotic as a result of her involvement with Deepground, and takes great pleasure in inflicting pain and violent death upon those she encounters. She scuffled with Cloud during the WRO's assault on Midgar before finally encountering Vincent atop the ruins of the old Shinra building. Overconfident and egomaniacal to the end, Rosso denied Vincent 'the pleasure of killing Rosso the Crimson' (in her own words) by collapsing the portion of the building she was standing on, causing her to plummet to her death. She speaks with a noticeable Russian accent in the English version.
Nero
The 2nd member of the Tsviets at age 23, called "Nero the Sable." His body is always covered in darkness, and the player can not see his figure clearly. The darkness Nero controls draws in everything like a black hole, and it is possible for only him to take them out of it. Later, Vincent is revealed to be the only person capable of entering and leaving Nero's darkness, for his own darkness is apparently far deeper. It is said that the restraint like outfit he wears is to keep his power under control. His name means black in Italian. Nero is the biological younger brother of Weiss, the only successful experiment from G-Subtance injection while in the fetal stage, with his mother sucked into the darkness upon his birth. He is the one who secretly lead Deepground under Weiss’ name after the unification of Deepground when Weiss’ state became unclear to the remaining Deepground Soldiers. When facing Vincent a second time, he took Vincent to his world where he appeared as Arachnero (ネロ・ラフレア, Nero Rafurea, Nero Raw Flayer) attached to a spider-like machine. Once defeated, he returned to his brother, only to be stabbed by Weiss under Hojo's control. After Weiss was beaten, Nero appeared and merged into Weiss, never wanting to be separated from him again. This, in turn, destroyed Hojo and his control over Weiss.
Weiss
A mysterious SOLDIER who commands Deepground, declaring a hunt on the world three years after the Meteor crisis. Weiss means white in German. Called "Weiss the Immaculate" he received the title of emperor as he is the strongest Tsviet as well as the first, making all Deepground soldiers fear his power, and follow him, but it's said that they rarely see him directly. He has spiky gray/silver hair and wields two katana-rifle hybrids (sometimes referred to as "gunblades" by fans, though they're notably different from the Final Fantasy VIII weapons that are officially referred to by that name). He has all of the other Tsviet members' abilities (including Shelke's SND) within himself. At the time of the revival festival of Kalm, the worldwide network that broken since the meteor disaster is fully restored. The fragments of Hojo’s digitized mind that got spread over before were about to reform a simulation of Hojo himself. He then invaded Weiss' body when the man was in SND to find the cure to the time released virus the Restrictors had infected him with to control him, set to kill him within 3 days if the Restrictors' signal disappears. Hojo, through Weiss's body, had the Deepground abduct those not under the effects of Geostigma to serve as incubators of enough pure Mako to enable Weiss to absorb Omega as well as trick the Planet into summoning it. The Mako-influence gave Weiss abilities far beyond Vincent's and was easily able to overcome him. But Vincent was able to turn the tables by using his Chaos power to defeat Weiss. Once defeated, Nero, who had been watching, wanted to merge with his "brother." Hojo vainly ordered Nero to stop, knowing he wouldn't be able to control Omega with an impure being inside him. Neither Weiss nor Nero cared and Hojo was finally destroyed as Nero integrated into Weiss, who then envoked Omega's power. Weiss was later killed by Vincent in Chaos form. However, Weiss's body was carried off by an awakened Genesis who told his "brother" that they "Still have much work to do."
Argento
One of the members of Tsviet seen only in the Japanese multiplayer mode, her color is "silver". Her job is not to fight, but rather to "watch and observe" as an instructor. It is said that she conceals her true strength, which makes her appear to be weak. She carries a large sword as her weapon. She conspired with Weiss to overthrow Restrictor. She has an eye-patch over her left eye. Argento means silver in both Latin and Italian.
References
- ^ Studio BentStuff, ed. (2005). Final Fantasy VII Ultimania Ω (in Japanese). Square-Enix. p. 46. ISBN 4-7575-1520-0.
- ^ Studio BentStuff, ed. (2005). Final Fantasy VII Ultimania Ω (in Japanese). Square-Enix. p. 60. ISBN 4-7575-1520-0.
- ^ Jessie: "I like this kinda stuff. Bombs and monitors... you know, flashy stuff."(Final Fantasy VII)
- ^ President Shinra: "It's been said the Promised Land is very fertile. ...If the land is fertile..." / Barret: "Then there's gotta be Mako!" / President Shinra: "Exactly. That is why our money sucking Mako Reactor is a necessity. The abundant Mako will just come out on its own. That is where Neo-Midgar will be built. Shinra's new glory..."(Final Fantasy VII)
- ^ Rufus: "...Old man tried to control the world with money. It seems to have been working. The population thought that Shinra would protect them. Work at Shinra, get your pay. If a terrorist attacks, the Shinra army will help you. It looks perfect on the outside. But, I do things differently. I'll control the world with fear. It takes too much to do it like my old man."(Final Fantasy VII)
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