Post by strife on Sept 27, 2009 10:59:09 GMT -5
[ - Cloud Strife - ]
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Name:Cloud Strife
Age: 24
Race: Human
Gender: Male
Weapon: First Tsurugi
Fighting style: Close Range
Appearance:
Cloud Strife is by no means a big guy --
at just under six feet, most of the male characters tower over him --
but he's a strong guy. He's small, but he's lean. Although no one will
ever be able to lift that sword realistically, Cloud's small, muscular
build makes the wielding of such weapons and the acrobats in battle
slightly more believable. He's not some slender pretty boy forced to
save the world--he's a warrior! Cloud is trained and ready for such
intense face to face combat.Aside from his physical build, Cloud's most
defining features -- those that are often addressed in the game itself
-- are his distinct blue eyes and spiky blond hair. The eyes -- and
perhaps the hair, as it refuses to obey the conventional laws of
physics -- are enhanced by Mako injections required of SOLDIERs and
commonplace in Hojo's experiments. These injections presumably heighten
his senses, and they give his eyes an eerie glow as a side effect.One
thing that has remained constant is his smile. Cloud's smile -- aside
inspiring a musical piece -- is rare enough that it's considered
something really special; it's a completely unguarded and true
expression of his emotions.When revisiting two years later, we see that
Cloud has finally changed his clothes; he has shed his SOLDIER uniform
for a new look not too dissimilar from the former. Although he still
favors a navy, sleeveless turtleneck, he has traded in his old one for
a slimly cut alternate with a zipper down the front. His clunky gloves
and shoes have also been replaced by sleeker models, giving his new
look an all together darker feel. Gone are the bandages, as well,
though it is to be noted that both his left arm and pant leg are
sheltered by a cloth. By the end of the film, we learn that Cloud's
Geostigma has developed on his left arm, so it is hardly a stretch to
say that the sleeve was attached to hide his horrible scar from his
family, his friends, and himself.
History:
Cloud is the main protagonist of the
game. He is introduced as a mercenary and former member of SOLDIER.
During a mission in which he worked with the anti-Shinra organization
AVALANCHE, he encounters a young woman by the name of Aerith
Gainsborough, who is wanted by the Turks. Cloud was born in the sleepy
mountain village of Nibelheim, along with Tifa Lockhart. He grew up
isolated from the rest of the village children. However, when Tifa and
the others attempted to climb Mt. Nibel, Cloud followed them, Tifa fell
from a bridge and her father blamed Cloud. He resolved to join ShinRa's
elite SOLDIER force, hoping to prove to the others that he could be as
strong as the well-known SOLDIER 1st Class Sephiroth.
Early in
the game, however, Cloud's past is a mystery. He claimed that he was in
the village of Nibelheim when Sephiroth went berserk and massacred the
local population. After finding Tifa wounded, Cloud confronts
Sephiroth. Yet, when examined closely, Cloud's memories of these events
and others are filled with empty plot-holes that prevent them from
making sense. It all comes together later in the game. As it turns out,
Cloud suffers from a mixture of amnesia and mind control. Although he
had been in Nibelheim during Sephiroth's rampage, he was not there as a
top ranking member of SOLDIER, but a regular ShinRa guard under the
command of both Sephiroth and another man named Zack. Following the
incident, Cloud and Zack were captured by ShinRa and experimented on
with Jenova cells for several years. The two escaped but were chased
down. Zack was killed after trying to protect Cloud from the many
Shinra foot soldiers, Cloud crawls to Zack a few minutes before he
dies. Zack barely states "Live... You're the evidence that I lived," to
Cloud who answers "I won't forget," showing the two's friendship. Cloud
leaves in a stupor, then is again seen on a train.Where he says, "I'm
Cloud. SOLDIER 1st Class.", this is where they leave off for Final
Fantasy VII to begin.
Cloud lives with Tifa in the city of Edge.
Staying with them is Marlene, Barret's adopted daughter, and Denzel, an
orphan with the geostigma disease. Cloud works as a courier for the
"Strife Delivery Service" that Tifa set up in her new tavern. Over
time, Cloud began suffering symptoms of the geostigma, keeping his left
arm cloaked to hide the symptoms. Since the end of Final Fantasy VII,
Cloud grew apart from the others out of the guilt for Aerith's death,
and as result, he moved out of the tavern and took refuge in the old
church in which Aerith once raised flowers.
Cloud is attacked by
a mysterious trio of young men; Kadaj, Loz, and Yazoo. The three are
remnants of Sephiroth left behind before Sephiroth himself could
diffuse into the Lifestream completely. The three begin luring and
kidnapping children that possess geostigma, intending to have the
children lead them to the remnants of Jenova. Upon confronting them for
a second time, Cloud finds himself outmatched by the trio and is
rescued by Vincent Valentine. Cloud confronts them once again and
defeats Loz and Yazoo. In confronting Kadaj, the battle takes them back
to Aerith's church, where the Lifestream-influenced water cures Cloud
of his geostigma. Kadaj later merges with the remnants of Jenova,
causing Sephiroth to be reborn. The two battle until Cloud clinches the
battle with a Limit Break attack. When Sephiroth is once again
defeated, he dissipates, leaving a dying Kadaj in his place.