Final Fantasy VII Characters

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In gameplay terms, Final Fantasy VII's characters are only really differentiated by their weapon types and limit breaks, since any character has the potential to equip any materia and, eventually, have their statistics manipulated in any way desired. However, as far as plot is concerned, they are an interesting crowd — much more so, in our opinion, than FF7, FF8, and FF10 character designer Tetsuya Nomura's later creations.

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Cloud Strife

Vital Statistics

Age	21
Height	173cm
Occupation	Mercenary
Weapon	Sword
Birthdate	19 August
Hometown	Nibelheim

Biography

Cloud is apparently a former SOLDIER, first class, who left the Shinra elite fighting force following an incident in his hometown five years ago, involving Sephiroth, which left his childhood friend Tifa at death's door. His initially casual attitude makes him no friends at eco-terrorist group AVALANCHE, who hire him at the beginning of the game to help in a raid on one of Midgar's Mako reactors.

There is, however, a lot more to Cloud than meets the eye. Far from being the emotionless mercenary he perhaps wishes he could be, a complicated past causes him deep inner turmoil throughout the story. Does he even know himself exactly what happened on that day, five years ago? His account of events is certainly flawed, as you may well observe.

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Limit Breaks
Weapons, sorted by materia slots attack power materia growth name

Limits

Braver	Level	Requirements	Filmstrip
	1.1	(initially learned)
	Description
	Attacks one opponent
Cross-Slash	Level	Requirements	Filmstrip
	1.2	Use Braver 8x
	Description
	Attacks and paralyzes one opponent
Blade Beam	Level	Requirements	Filmstrip
	2.1	Kill 120 enemies
	Description
	Diffuses after hitting one opponent
Climhazzard	Level	Requirements	Filmstrip
	2.2	Use Blade Beam 7x
	Description
	Attacks one opponent
Meteorain	Level	Requirements	Filmstrip
	3.1	Kill 320 enemies
	Description
	Attacks all opponents
Finishing Touch	Level	Requirements	Filmstrip
	3.2	Use Meteorain 6x
	Description
	Blows away all opponents
Omnislash	Level	Requirements	Filmstrip
	4	Use the item Omnislash after acquiring all of Cloud’s other limit breaks.
	Description
	Slices up all opponents