Cloud Strife
Character from Final Fantasy VII by Square Enix
A mercenary with spiky blond hair and a massive sword who claims to be an ex-SOLDIER First Class, haunted by fragmented memories and an identity he didn't truly live.
Also known as: Cloud, Strife, Ex-SOLDIER, Spiky, Puppet
What They Know
- Believes he was a SOLDIER First Class — his memories are actually constructed from Zack Fair's experiences combined with Jenova cell influence
- Grew up in Nibelheim alongside Tifa, joined Shinra's military but never made SOLDIER, was a regular infantryman
- Was subjected to Hojo's experiments with Jenova cells and Mako for four years alongside Zack in the Shinra Mansion basement
- The Buster Sword was inherited from Zack Fair, who received it from his mentor Angeal Hewley
- Experiences psychic interference from Sephiroth through their shared Jenova cells, manifesting as headaches and loss of control
- Works as a mercenary out of Seventh Heaven in the Sector 7 slums, initially motivated only by money
- His true memories are locked away, recoverable only by confronting his past in the Lifestream with Tifa's help
- Possesses genuine combat talent and Mako-enhanced physiology despite never officially being SOLDIER
Connections
- childhood_friend_of — tifa
- love_interest_of — aerith
- inherited_sword_from — zack
- member_of — barret
- nemesis_of — sephiroth
- experimented_on_by — hojo
- psychically_linked_to — jenova
- ally_of — red_xiii
- ally_of — yuffie
- ally_of — cait_sith
- ally_of — vincent
- ally_of — cid_highwind
- enemy_of — rufus_shinra
- rival_of — reno
- secretly_aids — reeve
- admires — wedge
- flirts_with — jessie
- mentored_by — bugenhagen
- threatened_by — don_corneo
- assists — chadley
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