Final Fantasy VII Characters

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Reeve

Vital Statistics

Occupation	Shinra Management
Birthdate	Unknown
Hometown	Midgar

Biography

Reeve is an ambiguous Shinra executive in charge of Urban development. Though a fairly high exec in the company, he often disagrees with its methods. His first appearance of the game is a scene in which he protests to President Shinra about the plan to destroy Sector 7 and frame its destruction on the AVALANCHE rebels.

Additional Information

Reeve is not only an executive at Shinra, but he also controls Cait Sith, the stuffed moogle riding, fortune telling, robotic cat that joins Cloud and the party at the Gold Saucer.

At first it would appear that Reeve has ulterior motives in joining the party as seen through his use of Cait Sith to steal the Keystone from Cloud and give it to Tseng, a Turk. This view changes, however. As the storyline advances, one begins to question what Reeve’s true motivations are. After his seeming betrayal, Reeve continues to stick with the party through Cait Sith. He even eventually saves Tifa and Barret from execution by Scarlett and Shinra.

Why would the Shinra executive double-cross his company? As clichéd as it may sound, it appears that Reeve just cares about the people of Midgar. There are numerous examples that support this position during the course of the game. The first has already been mentioned: Reeve’s objections to Shinra’s plan to destroy Sector 7. Another example can be seen through this section of dialogue in particular:

Cloud: The new weapon should stop him, right?
Cait: I don't know if it's ready or not...
Barret: Hey! What's gonna happen to Marlene!?
Cait: Doncha worry none, Marlene's in a safe place. She's with Aeris's mama.
Cait: Barret!! What was that scratching just now!? As long as Marlene is safe, who cares what else happens, right? I been itchin' to say this to ya fer a while now! When ya blew the Midgar No. 1 up, how many folks d'ya think died?
Barret: ...that was for the life of the planet. Ya gotta expect a few casualties.
Cait: A few? Whaddya mean 'a few'? What may be a few to y'all is everything to them who died...... Protect the planet. Hah! Y'all sure sound good! Ain't no one that'd go against ya. So ya think ya can do whatever y'all want?
Barret: I don't wanna hear that from no one in Shinra...
Cait: ......nuthin' I can do 'bout that...
Cloud: Stop it!
Tifa: Cait Sith...... Barret, he knows what he did. What we did in Midgar can't be forgotten no matter what the reason. Right? We haven't forgotten, right? I know you. You can't quit the company because you're worried about the people in Midgar, right? ......Cloud?

Reeve agrees with protecting the planet, but he disapproves of AVALANCHE’s previous methods of doing so. But the best way to help the people of Midgar now is to join forces with them to stop Hojo, Scarlett, Heidegger, the Sister Ray, Sephiroth, Jenova and basically anything else that stands to threaten the people of Midgar.

Reeve is a Shinra executive. He is also helping Cloud and the gang through Cait Sith. But his true loyalty belongs to the people of Midgar.