QUICK LIST OF TAKEN CHARACTERS

• Aerith Gainsborough
  
• Biggs
  
• Cloud Strife
  
• Jessie
  
• Marlene Wallace
  
• Professor Hojo
  
• Rude
  
• Rufus Shinra
  
• Sephiroth
  
• Tifa Lockhart
  
• Wedge
  
• Zack Fair
  

If a character DOESN'T appear above then they are free to make.

Italics means the character's player is inactive/missing, so you may apply for the character anyway. The current accounts will be deleted within a week if they do not post.

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The following is a list of needed characters with a description of personality types/ strengths etc. If you're applying for a canon character be sure that the character isn't already in play and that you're allowed (some characters come into the game later in the story and in some cases can only be played by staff). Please note that this RPG is an Alternate Universe, the descriptions are taken from the Video Game, and are not necessarily what will happen in the RPG.

NOTE: Any Member playing a Canon Character is required to post AT LEAST once every two days.

Since ages aren't featured in the descriptions, you can either estimate or leave blank in the Profile Application.

• Cloud Strife: A self-proclaimed ex-SOLDIER-turned mercenary employed by AVALANCHE. Cloud is portrayed as a confused and conflicted individual with an occasionally arrogant attitude and a cool disposition. That is, until a potentially traumatic experience helped him to discover his true self, and become more mentally relaxed. He wears a purple SOLDIER uniform and is distinguished by his glowing blue eyes, which are a sign of having been exposed to a large amount of mako. He also sports spiked blond hair, a trait that is meant to clearly separate him from the game's primary antagonist, Sephiroth. He wields a giant Buster Sword in combat. Beginning as a cold-hearted mercenary who refuses to aid AVALANCHE for any reason except money, Cloud eventually comes to take up the cause of the planet whole-heartedly, largely as a result of Sephiroth's influence. Before the events of Final Fantasy VII he was a private in the Shinra Army and best friends with Zack, a First Class Member of SOLDIER.
  
  
• Barret Wallace: The original leader of AVALANCHE, Barret is a man with a powerful build and a deep-seated hatred of everything made by Shinra. Barret mistrusts Cloud at first because of the mercenary's past affiliation with the corporation, but eventually comes to respect and trust him. He lost his right forearm during an encounter with Shinra (that also destroyed his hometown) and had it replaced with a powerful gun prosthetic in order to take revenge. He is also very fond and sympathetic of nature and the planet, and it is because he believes Shinra is killing the planet that he brings AVALANCHE together. His drive to save the planet is only surpassed by the love for his adopted daughter Marlene.
  
  
• Tifa Lockhart(originally romanized as Tifa Lockheart): A childhood acquaintance of Cloud and a skilled martial artist in her own right. As one of the lead members of AVALANCHE, it is Tifa who convinced Cloud to work for the group. She has had strong feelings for him since childhood but won't admit it and thus displays caring emotions towards him. She has long brown hair tied back in a loose pony-tail and brown eyes. Tifa is the only one able to help Cloud unravel the secrets of his past during the course of the game.
  
  
• Aerith Gainsborough (romanized as Aeris Gainsborough in the original Final Fantasy VII game but retconned as Aerith in subsequent publications): A young woman who sells flowers on the streets of Midgar and is sought after by Shinra's research department. She asks Cloud to be her bodyguard after a run-in with the Turks, and subsequently joins AVALANCHE, while develops strong feelings for Cloud and vice versa. Aerith has long brown hair she keeps in a braid with pink bows and vivid green eyes, and wears a red mini-jacket with a pink dress. Aerith is the last Cetra and can communicate with the Planet itself. However, she was eventually killed by Sephiroth. Even after her death, she helped save the planet by summoning the Lifestream to destroy Meteor with the help of other souls.
  
  
• Red XIII (also known as Nanaki): Strong, fierce, and coated with fire-red fur, Red XIII is a large and powerful creature with a strong intellect and warm heart to match. His species is possessed of great longevity, which surprises the party when they learn that his 48 years only amounts to adolescence by his species' standards. Though his real name is Nanaki, he is given the name Red XIII by Hojo, and the name sticks when the party rescues him from Hojo's laboratory. Red XIII believed his father, Seto, was a coward who had fled in the face of battle until he discovered Seto's petrified body at the Cave of the Gi. Red XIII then learned that Seto sacrificed himself to protect Cosmo Canyon.
  
  
• Cait Sith (a.k.a. Reeve Tuesti): Appearing as a stuffed, talking cat, Cait Sith is friendly, but often unreliable. He rides on the back of a stuffed moogle, which does all of the pair's fighting. Cait Sith is eventually revealed to be an animatronic robot that Reeve Tuesti, Shinra's Head of Urban Development, used to infiltrate AVALANCHE. However, over time, Reeve came to care for his new friends and their cause, and used Cait Sith as a way for him to help them, for instance by providing AVALANCHE with secret Shinra information. Cait Sith sacrifices himself at one point in the game to aid the group, but a second Cait Sith immediately shows up to replace him. "Cait Sith" is gaelic for "fairy cat", alluded to by the (often derided) Scottish dialect of Cait Sith in Advent Children.
  
  
• Cid Highwind: A rather grouchy and foul-mouthed (but nonetheless warm-hearted) character, Cid is a pilot who dreams of travelling into space. He lives with Shera, an assistant who forced Cid to abort his past chance of launching his rocket into space, saving Cid's life by checking oxygen tanks she correctly feared were faulty during the lift-off sequence. Cid designed the airship Highwind and also owns the Tiny Bronco, a small plane which Cloud and the others use as a boat in the game after it is downed by Shinra.
  
  
• Yuffie Kisaragi : The spunky young ninja of Wutai and Godo's daughter. A self-proclaimed "Materia Hunter", Yuffie is in fact a pickpocket and thief who joins the party hoping to steal their Materia, with the intention of restoring her country, Wutai, to its former glory. Although Yuffie is a skillful ninja, she has her weaknesses: namely, she is prone to sea and air sickness and shows signs of kleptomania. She has short black hair and brown eyes.
  
  
• Vincent Valentine: A dark, brooding, and sardonic man whose heart has been numbed by a tragic love. Vincent is a former Turks gunman who was experimented on by Hojo approximately thirty years before the start of the game, and consequently developed superhuman abilities and characteristics. Cloud and the others eventually discover him sleeping inside a coffin in the basement of the Shinra Mansion, where he joins them in their quest.

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OTHERS

• Rufus Shinra: His appearance is marked by neatly-groomed blonde hair, blue eyes and a white three-piece suit with a distinctive double-breasted jacket. In Final Fantasy VII, Rufus is depicted as callous, cold-hearted and ruthless. His views on how Shinra should conduct its rule over the world — through fear and intimidation rather than money — were considered dangerous by his father, and great care was taken to prevent them from influencing the company's inner workings. But by Advent Children it seems Rufus has reformed and is dedicated to helping the regeneration of the planet. He appears to enjoy subterfuge as much as he finds it useful, with his concealment of Jenova's head and use of deception in an attempt to overthrow his father.
  
  At the beginning of Final Fantasy VII he is the Vice-President of the Shinra Electric Power Company, a monopoly corporation and "de facto" world government. After his father's death, he becomes the president of the company. He begins running his company through fear and intimidation whilst very sure that Shinra is capable of solving the various crisis facing Gaia. However, towards the close of the game he has a change of heart so he and Cloud's group put their differences aside to fight their common foes, Meteor and Sephiroth. Rufus' actions led to many positive things towards the end of the game, actions that benefited the world, such as removing Sephiroth's energy barrier and destroying two Weapons. However, Rufus is thought to have died when his office in Shinra Headquarters was hit by an energy blast from Diamond WEAPON.
  
  Rufus as he appears in Advent Children: In Final Fantasy VII Advent Children, however, Rufus returns with the intention of repairing the damage his company had caused to the world, despite being in a wheelchair due to the disease Geostigma (although it was revealed that the wheelchair was just a facade, as he was easily capable of standing to toss Jenova's neck off the side of a building, then leaping off as Kadaj dived after it). He plays a significant role in the story, having come into possession of Jenova's remains. In his intent to repay the planet, Rufus is hinted as being the main, but anonymous, funder for the World Regenesis Organization.
  
  Rufus also makes sporadic appearences in Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII where Rufus is seen supplying funding and information to AVALANCHE as an "anonymous benefactor," while suggesting to the Turks that there may be a leak in the company. He intended to use AVALANCHE to kill his father so that he could become President of the Shinra Company. The plan failed, though Rufus continued scheming. Another instance of Rufus in Before Crisis shows him in attendance at Rocket Town with his father, he and the President argue about Shinra's direction causing serious tension within the company.

Other possible canons:

Shinra Employees

• Professor Hollander
  
• Professor Laylee
  
• Heidegger
  
• Scarlet
  
• Palmer
  
• Mayor Domino
  
• Hart
  
• Shinra Manager
  SOLDIER
  
• Lazard Deusericus
  
• Angeal Hewley
  
• Genesis Rhapsodos
  
• Kunsel
  
• Luxiere
  
• Essai
  
• Sebastian
  Deepground SOLDIERs
  
• Weiss the Immaculate
  
• Nero the Sable
  
• Rosso the Crimson
  
• Azul the Cerulean
  
• Shelke the Transparent
  
• Argento
  
• Restrictor
  The Turks
  
• Verdot (Veld)
  
• Tseng
  
• Elena
  
• Player Character A (Female - Handgun)
  
• Player Character B (Male - EMR)
  
• Player Character C (Female - Shotgun)
  
• Player Character D (Male - Handgun [x2])
  
• Player Character E (Female - Fistfighter)
  
• Player Character F (Male - Fistfighter)
  
• Player Character G (Female - Shiruken) a.k.a. Cissnei
  
• Player Character H (Male - Katana)
  
• Player Character I (Female - Knife)
  
• Player Character J (Male - Nunchaku)
  
• Legend Turk
  AVALANCHE
  
• Elfé
  
• Shears
  
• Fuhito
  
• Chelsea
  
• Tears
  
• Kainyuu
  
• Tynes
  Wutai
  *please contact the admin or a mod if you'd like to play any of these characters
  
• Gorky
  
• Shake
  
• Chekhov
  
• Staniv
  Civilians/NPCs
  
• Gillian Hewley
  
• Elmyra Gainsborough
  
• Zangan
  
• Shera
  
• Denzel
  
• Shalua Rui
  
• Johnny
  
• Mukki
  
• Dio
  
• Ester
  
• Dyne
  
• Bugenhagen
  
• Deneh
  
• Prescilla
  
• Holzoff
  
• Chocobo Sage

Since there are SO many Canon Characters in FFVII, Not all will be listed, however if you wish to choose an unlisted CC, PM a staff member, and they will update this list accordingly.