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Role in AC: Wheelchair Person
Role in FFVII: Non-playable (enemy)
Son of President ShinRa, Rufus was Vice-President until the sudden death of his father at the hands of Sephiroth. Rufus was then promoted to President of ShinRa Inc., and immediately made clear his desire to rule by fear rather than money. He pursued Sephiroth in an attempt to find the Promised Land -- a journey that led him to face down the Diamond Weapon as it tried to destroy Midgar. The Weapon shot a powerful blast that destroyed the ShinRa tower, but Rufus survived due to timely rescue by paramedics.
Two years after FFVII, Rufus was infected by Geostigma and received treatment at the Healin Lodge, his sores covered by bandages (although in a wheelchair, Rufus was able to walk and only confined himself to it as part of his "performance"). He attained Jenova's head from the Northern Crater, and sought Cloud's services as a bodyguard to protect it from Kadaj, Yazoo and Loz. His request was turned down, and Rufus was later kidnapped by Kadaj, which led to a showdown between the two.
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Birthday: N/A
Height: N/A
Role in AC: Turk
Role in FFVII: Non-playable (enemy)
Loud, reckless and laid-back, Reno was put in charge of the Turks after Tseng was injured, belying his seniority despite his slacker appearance. He is usually seen fighting alongside Rude.
He fights with an electric rod and communicates easily with his supposed enemies, AVALANCHE, as shown when he called Tifa to request for Cloud's services in Advent Children. Reno and Rude also brought Cloud and Tifa's unconscious bodies back to the Seventh Heaven after Tifa's battle with Loz. Although refusing to follow Cloud's wishes to rescue the children in the Sleeping Forest, Reno and Rude assisted in battling Yazoo and Loz respectively in Edge.
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Birthday: N/A
Height: N/A
Role in AC: Turk
Role in FFVII: Non-playable (enemy)
The complete opposite of his boisterous partner, Rude is the quiet, composed other half. He fights bare-fisted and is always seen wearing dark sunglasses, although they were accidentally broken by Reno in the fight with Yazoo and Loz. Nevertheless, Rude always has an extra spare should that happen.
He has admitted to having a crush on Tifa, and assisted Reno in bringing Cloud and Tifa's unconscious bodies back to Seventh Heaven. He also accompanied his partner in facing off against Yazoo and Loz in Edge.
Age: 27
Birthday: October 13
Height: 6'0"
Role in AC: Returning Party Member
Role in FFVII: Playable Character (hidden)
A former Turk, Vincent was charged with protecting the group of scientists involved in The Jenova Project: Gast, Lucrecia Crescent and Hojo. He fell in love with Lucrecia, but it went unrequited when she chose Hojo instead. After the birth of Sephiroth, Vincent confronted Hojo, only to be shot and put in a state of permanent agelessness by the mad scientist. He was discovered locked in a coffin by Cloud under the ShinRa mansion in Nibelheim.
Vincent apparently kept tabs on the development of Kadaj, Yazoo and Loz -- as he was able to inform Cloud of their origins after saving him from a disastrous battle at the Sleeping Forest. Vincent surprised Cloud when admitting that he had never tried to find forgiveness for his sin of failing Lucrecia, the woman he loved, which spurred the swordsman to pick himself up. He was also the only member of AVALANCHE not to have a cellphone, which shocked Marlene so that she almost scolded him for it.
Vincent traveled to Edge to, thus, buy a phone -- and also assist his former comrades in battling Bahamut Sin.
Age: 25†
Birthday: February 22
Height: 5'3"
Role in AC: Provides Guidance to Cloud
Role in FFVII: Playable Character
Aerith was the last of the Cetra, a group of people closely attuned to the Planet. A half-Cetra, she was the daughter of Professor Gast and Ifalna. The Shinra believed she held the secret to the Cetra's Promised Land -- but Aerith also held the key to saving the Planet from Sephiroth, for she was the only one capable of activating the White Materia, summoning Holy to counter the effects of Meteor. Aerith died while praying for Holy in the Forgotten City of the Ancients, by the blade of Sephiroth's Masamune. Her death enraged Cloud, and continued to haunt him despite his defeat of Sephiroth at the end of FFVII.
Aerith returned in Advent Children, assisting Cloud from the afterlife, reassuring him of his guiltlessness in her death. She also provided the rain that healed the Geostigma disease that had infected Cloud, Rufus and many children; and saved Cloud after he was shot by Yazoo. She provided comfort in her departure, walking through her church doors, framed by light.
Age: 37
Birthday: December 15
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eight: 6'4"
Role in AC: Returning Party Member
Role in FFVII: Playable Character
Hailing from Corel, Barret swore revenge on ShinRa Inc. when his hometown was destroyed by their malfunctioning Mako Reactor. He lost his best friend, Dyne, his wife, Eleanor and in his right arm in the ensuing conflict; all that he had left was Marlene, Dyne's young daughter whom he adopted under his care. Barret formed AVALANCHE with Tifa, Jessie, Biggs and Wedge and fought against the ShinRa in Midgar by bombing their Mako Reactors.
Barret helped Tifa and Cloud rebuild the Seventh Heaven bar in Edge, but left soon after its opening to look for a new source of energy. On the last day before his departure, he spent the night talking with his precious daughter. He regularly called back to speak to Marlene, but only returned to Edge when Bahamut Sin was attacking the city to battle alongside his former comrades.
Age: Unknown
Birthday: Unknown
Height: 3'2"
Role in AC: Returning Party Member
Role in FFVII: Playable Character
Cait Sith was a talking black cat perched atop a giant, white moogle. It was actually a robot controlled from elsewhere by Reeve, a top employee of ShinRa. Inc. While originally a spy who gave Tseng the Key to the Temple of the Ancients, Cait Sith continued traveling with AVALANCHE and eventually turned to their side, redeeming himself by sacrificing his puppet body to gain the Black Materia.
While Reeve continued to rebuild Midgar by forming the World Regeneration Organization, he sent Cait Sith (sans the white moogle) to assist AVALANCHE in their battle against Bahamut Sin in Edge. He fought alongside Red XIII, perched on his back.
Age: 34
Birthday: February 22
Height: 5'8"
Role in AC: Returning Party Member
Role in FFVII: Playable Character
Cid Highwind was originally an aspiring astronaut under the ShinRa Space Program, but his dream of going to space was crushed with the cancellation of the project as the ShinRa chose to delve into Mako energy instead. Cid, himself, pushed the abort button when Shera refused to leave the rocket before her repairs were done. Coarse and brash, Cid continued to live in Rocket Town until joining AVALANCHE to fight Sephiroth. The Highwind, his airship, was destroyed when the group escaped from the crumbling Northern Crater.
Cid returned two years later in his new ship, the Sierra (named after Shera) to assist Cloud and Tifa in protecting Edge from Bahamut Sin's attacks.
Age: Unknown
Birthday: Unknown
Height: 3'7"
Role in AC: Returning Party Member
Role in FFVII: Playable Character
Originally known as Nanaki, Red XIII was the last of his species, a wolf/dog hybrid capable of human speech. He was imprisoned as an experimental subject by Hojo of ShinRa Inc., who attempted to cross-breed him with Aerith in an attempt to create a Cetra with a longer lifespan. He escaped when Cloud, Tifa and Barret broke into ShinRa Headquarters to rescue Aerith.
Red XIII had always lived believing his father was a coward, but a trip to Cosmo Canyon proved that his father had been protecting their homeland all along. He continued to accompany Cloud in pursuit of Sephiroth, and returned two years later to assist AVALANCHE in battling Bahamut Sin in Edge.
Age: 18
Birthday: November 20
Height: 5'2"
Role in AC: Returning Party Member
Role in FFVII: Playable Character (hidden)
Daughter of Godo, Lord of Wutai, Yuffie Kisaragi was a spunky, headstrong ninja adamant about recovering her hometown's lost glory in the war with ShinRa. She embarked on a trip to collect (or steal) materia, which led her to meet with AVALANCHE and eventually join them (for their materia). After the battle with Sephiroth, Yuffie surprisingly entrusted the group's materia to Cloud, who left them idly on the floor of Aerith's church.
Yuffie has called Cloud before to inform him of the missing children from Wutai, but made her return by parachuting into Edge to assist the group in their fight against Bahamut Sin. Her landing showed that Yuffie had yet to get over her motion sickness, something that plagued her during her travels on the Highwind.
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Birthday: N/A
Height: N/A
Role in AC: Turk
Role in FFVII: Non-playable (enemy)
Leader of the Turks, Tseng served President ShinRa and, later, Rufus directly. Although he cared for Aerith, he kidnapped her under President ShinRa's orders and later traveled to investigate the Temple of the Ancients. It is there that he was severely injured by Sephiroth, but was able to recover and return to duty.
He and Elena investigated the Northern Crater in the later half of the two years preceding Advent Children, but they were caught and tortured by Kadaj, Yazoo and Loz. Their bloodied identity cards were presented to Rufus as proof. Tseng made another comeback as he and Elena were present to support Rufus after the ex-President's showdown with Kadaj.
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Height: N/A
Role in AC: Turk
Role in FFVII: Non-playable (enemy)
A rookie Turk, she was promoted to join her seniors when Reno was injured during the plan to destroy Sector 7. A bit light-headed, with the tendency to reveal core information to the enemy, Elena was nevertheless extremely loyal to her boss and focused on carrying out her duty as a Turk. She harbored feelings for Tseng, and took his injury at Sephiroth's hands extremely personally.
She accompanied Tseng to investigate the Northern Crater after FFVII, only to be defeated, caught and tortured by Kadaj, Yazoo and Loz. She made her return to back Rufus up after the latter's showdown with Kadaj.
