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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