Zack Fair

Character from Final Fantasy VII by Square Enix

A cheerful, heroic SOLDIER First Class whose friendship with Cloud and love for Aerith defined their lives, and whose death on the cliffs outside Midgar passed his legacy to an unconscious survivor.

Also known as: Zack, Zack Fair, SOLDIER First Class, The Puppy

What They Know

• SOLDIER First Class who trained under Angeal Hewley and inherited the Buster Sword upon Angeal's death
• Was Aerith's boyfriend — he built the flower cart for her and promised to return to Midgar, a promise his death prevented him from keeping
• Befriended Cloud during their shared deployment to Nibelheim, where Cloud was a regular Shinra infantryman
• Captured alongside Cloud after the Nibelheim Incident and subjected to four years of Hojo's Jenova cell experiments
• Escaped the Shinra Manor lab carrying the catatonic Cloud and fought across the continent to reach Midgar
• Made a last stand against the Shinra army on the cliffs outside Midgar, killed while protecting the unconscious Cloud
• His dying words to Cloud — 'You are my living legacy' — and the transfer of the Buster Sword shaped Cloud's false identity
• His memories, mannerisms, and combat experiences were unconsciously adopted by Cloud due to Jenova cell contamination and psychological trauma

Connections

• best_friend_of — cloud
• love_interest_of — aerith
• mentored_by — angeal
• experimented_on_by — hojo
• killed_by — shinra_hq
• wielded — buster_sword
• protected_by — cissnei
• rival_of — sephiroth
• enemy_of — genesis
• oversees — lazard
• hometown_of — gongaga

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