Rufus Shinra

Character from Final Fantasy VII by Square Enix

The young, white-suited heir to the Shinra empire who seizes power after his father's death, ruling through fear rather than money and proving far more dangerous than the old man.

Also known as: Rufus, Rufus Shinra, Vice President, President Shinra

What They Know

• Son of President Shinra who assumed control of the company immediately after his father's assassination by Sephiroth
• Openly declares his intention to rule through fear rather than money, a philosophical break from his father's approach
• Was secretly funding AVALANCHE before the game's events to undermine his father's control — a detail revealed in supplementary materials
• Personally fights Cloud on the Shinra building rooftop, wielding a shotgun alongside his guard hound Dark Nation
• Mobilizes the Sister Ray cannon against Sephiroth's barrier at the Northern Crater, nearly destroying Midgar in the process
• Survives Diamond Weapon's attack on Midgar, though badly injured, and goes into hiding during Meteorfall
• Founds the World Regenesis Organization (WRO) in the aftermath, funding planetary restoration and Geostigma research
• Commands the Turks' absolute loyalty — they follow Rufus through the company's fall and into his covert rebuilding operations

Connections

• son_of — president_shinra
• commands — tseng
• commands — reno
• enemy_of — cloud
• enemy_of — barret
• opposes — sephiroth
• leads — shinra_hq
• spy_for — cait_sith
• commands — rude
• visited_by — junon

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