FF7 Advent Children

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Final Fantasy 7 Quotes

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Final Fantasy VII by Squaresoft - Suggested by Icy Brian:
These days, all it takes for your dreams to come true is money and power.
- President Shinra

Final Fantasy VII by Squaresoft - Suggested by Andrew At The Arcade:
No one lives in the slums because they want to. It's like this train. It can't run anywhere except where its rails take it.
- Cloud

Final Fantasy VII by Squaresoft - Suggested by Ghostgal:
A little fear will control the minds of the common people
- Rufus

Final Fantasy VII by Squaresoft - Suggested by Lardlad:
People are ignorant. They'll feel better as long as someone is punished.
- Rufus, before sending Tifa and Barret to be executed.

Final Fantasy VII by Squaresoft - Suggested by Icy Brian:
You can't give up now! There ain't no gettin' off of this train we on!
- Barret Wallace

Final Fantasy VII by Squaresoft - Suggested by GokuSuperSayjin4:
What I have shown you is reality. What you remember... that is the illusion.
- Sephiroth

Final Fantasy VII by Squaresoft - Suggested by Dino Pollard:
I don't care if it's science or magical power. No, come to think of it, if I had to, I'd put my faith in science. Because of science, humans who used to crawl around on the ground can now fly, and soon we're about to go into space!! I've earned my living thanks to science, so to me, there's nothing greater.
- Cid

Final Fantasy VII by Squaresoft - Suggested by Cain & Kaitou:
I don't care what you are doing, so much as the idiotic way that you are doing it.
- Vincent Valentine

Final Fantasy VII by Squaresoft - Suggested by James Torres:
Then I'll be going now. I'll come back when it's all over.
- Aeris' last words (in Cloud's vision/dream at the Forgotten City)

Final Fantasy VII by Squaresoft - Suggested by Jed Blue:
Final Fantasy VII, better known to true Final Fantasy Fans as just VII...
- An editorial from PC Gamer Magazine.

Final Fantasy VII by Squaresoft - Suggested by UltimaEnd:
Barret: What's going to happen to Midgar? We can't let that happen!
Red XIII: Forget Midgar, we've gotta worry about the Planet.
- Barret & Red XIII

Final Fantasy VII by Squaresoft - Suggested by Daniel Wilson:
...she smiled till the end.
- Cloud

Final Fantasy VII by Squaresoft - Suggested by Magician X:
Barret: Little by little the reactors'll drain out all the life. And that'll be that.
Cloud: It's not my problem.
Barret: The planet's dyin', Cloud!
Cloud: All that I care about is finishing this job before security and the roboguards come.
- Barret And Cloud

Final Fantasy VII by Squaresoft - Suggested by Bahamut:
You are just a puppet. You have no heart and cannot feel any pain.
- Seiphroth

Final Fantasy VII by Squaresoft - Suggested by Ghostgal:
The gate of tomorrow is not the light of heaven, but the darkness in the depths of the Earth.
- Vincent

Final Fantasy VII by Squaresoft - Suggested by Bahamut:
A pro isn't someone who sacrifices themselves for a job. That's just a fool.
- Reno

Final Fantasy VII by Squaresoft - Suggested by SchalaWlf:
Too much hope is the opposite of despair... An overpowering love may consume you in the end.
- Vincent

Final Fantasy VII by Squaresoft - Suggested by Chris29221:
I wasn't pursuing Sephiroth; I was being summoned by him.
- Cloud

Final Fantasy VII by Squaresoft - Suggested by NeoLitHero:
Strength without determination means nothing, and determination without strength is equally useless.
- Godo

Final Fantasy VII by Squaresoft - Suggested by Mike Work:
If you need something else...talk to my secretary.
- President Shinra after throwing you in prison

Final Fantasy VII by Squaresoft - Suggested by OmegaKnight:
Just when you thought he was smart, he'd go off and do some damned fool thing.
- Cid, talking about Cloud

Final Fantasy VII by Squaresoft - Suggested by Sinque:
If this is all a dream, don't wake me up.
- Cloud

Final Fantasy VII by Squaresoft - Suggested by ZeroJ13:
Words aren't the only way to tell someone how you feel.
- Tifa

Final Fantasy VII by Squaresoft - Suggested by Echo:
Looks like Kya ha ha ha and Gya ha ha ha are up to something agian.
- Cait Sith talking about Scarlet and Heidegger on the Highwind

Final Fantasy VII by Squaresoft - Suggested by LAllas3099:
I hear her voice... Elenor's voice... begging me... not to hate your rotten guts.
- Dyne

Final Fantasy VII by Squaresoft - suggested by Tanya:
Oh! Cloud! You're hair looks like a Chocobo!
- Tifa (birds nest on the Corel Train tracks)

Final Fantasy VII by Squaresoft - Suggested by Ghostgal:
Escape from a world of illusions... Hmph... I wonder which is better.
- Vincent after hearing about Cloud's true past.

Final Fantasy VII by Squaresoft - Suggested by Atma Weapon:
Shut up Elena. You're making me sober.
- Reno (When you find the Turks in Wutai)

Final Fantasy VII by Squaresoft - Suggested by Tiger 5210:
I was frozen in time, but I feel as if my time is just beginning...
- Vincent Valentine

Final Fantasy VII by Squaresoft - Suggested by Dweeb99:
Yuffie: Cloud, sign this.
Cloud: What is it?
Yuffie: It's a contract that says when the war is over, the materia will belong to me.
-Yuffie talking to Cloud on the Highwind

Final Fantasy VII by Squaresoft - Suggested by Bahamut:
Elena, you talk too much.
- Reno

Final Fantasy VII by Squaresoft - Suggested by Hyper Angel:
Something big's going on outside, and we're all too smashed to do anything about it...
- Drunken Junon Resident

Final Fantasy 7 Characters

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___Main Characters___

Cloud Strife

Age: 23
Birthday: August 11†
Height: 5'7"

Role in AC: Main Charactern Character
Role in FFVII: Main CharacterII: Main Character

A failed experiment of The Jenova Project, Cloud Strife led AVALANCHE to

defeat Sephiroth at the end of FFVII. In the two years following, he establi

shed the Strife Delivery Service to ferry goods across the lands using his

bike, Fenrir. Cloud was also infected with Geostigma that covered his left

arm in sores, which he hid under a long, black sleeve. The loss of Aerith

during their travels weighed heavily on his mind, and the combination of

all these drove Cloud to leave Seventh Heaven and stay in her church

With the emergence of Kadaj, Yazoo and Loz, Cloud was forced to fight again

when they kidnapped children from Edge. With the encouragement of his

friends, and the otherworldly reassurances of Aerith, he was able to battle

his inner demons to emerge victorious in a final battle with Sephiroth. His

Geostigma was healed by Aerith's rain, and Cloud closed his story in

Advent Children with a soft glimpse of a peaceful smile.

Tifa Lockhart

Age: 22
Birthday: May 3
Height: 5'4"

Role in AC: Main Female Character
Role in FFVII: Playable Character

Cloud Strife's childhood friend from Nibelheim, martial artist Tifa Lockhart
was the owner of the Seventh Heaven bar in Midgar and an original member
of rebel group, AVALANCHE. She fought against Shinra Inc. with Barret and
later accompanied Cloud on his journey to defeat Sephiroth. Tifa hed the key
to unlocking Cloud's true past, and continued support him two years after FFVII.

She rebuilt the Seventh Heaven bar in Edge with the help of Barret and Cloud,
and continued to look after Marlene in Barret's absence. She was regularly
frustrated by Cloud's condition and his insistence at segregating himself from
his friends, culminating in a desperate, exasperated argumen in Advent Children
after Marlene was kidnapped by Loz. Tifa later joined the rest of the regrouped
AVALANCHE in battling Bahamut Sin in Edge.

Marlene

Age: Child, unknown
Birthday: Unknown
Height: Unknown

Role in AC: Helps Tifa care for Denzel
Role in FFVII: N/A

Marlene is the daughter of Dyne, a close friend of Barret. After Dyne's death
in FFVII, Barret took responsibility for Marlene and raised her as his own
daughter.

Marlene is a bright and intelligent child who is more mature than most children
her age. She lives with Tifa at Seventh Heaven while Barret is away looking
for a new energy source. Here she helps Tifa care for Denzel. She looks up
to Tifa as a role model.

Although personality wise, Marlene is more like Tifa, appearance wise she is
more like Aerith. She has a connection to Aerith, shown firstly at the end
of FFVII when she hears Aerith's voice, and during Advent Children when
she is able to sense her presence.

Denzel

Age: Child, Unknown
Birthday: Unknown
Height: Unknown

Role in AC: Orphan infected with Geostigma
Role in FFVII: N/A

After the destruction of much of Midgar by Meteor, Denzel was left without
parents. As an orphan he learnt to fend for himself and was involved in the
rebuilding of Edge, gathering materials from the old city.

In Advent Children, Denzel has contracted the disease Geostigma. He lives
at Seventh Heaven under the care of Tifa who has taken him in. However,
it is Cloud who Denzel looks up to the most. When Cloud is away, Denzel
awaits his return.

Like many other children, Denzel is lured away from Edge by Kadaj and
his group.

___The Enemy___

Sephiroth

Age: Unknown, possible 30s
Birthday: Unknown
Height: Unknown

Role in AC: Enemy, Returned through Kadaj
Role in FFVII: Main Enemy

The legendary member of SOLDIER, Sephiroth goes insane when he learns
of Jenova and plans to take the planet back for his mother. However when
confronted by a rookie Cloud, he jumps into the lifestream, taking Jenova's
head with him.

Sephiroth's body drifts via the lifestream to the Northern Crater, where he is
able to return years later due to his strong will. Armed with the knowledge
of the lifestream, he is able to manipulate Cloud as well as manifest himself
to the group throughout the game.

After obtaining the black materia, he is able to summon meteor in which he plans
to destroy the planet and become a god. Ultimately he is defeated by cloud in
a battle that exists in both the physical and mental planes.

Advent Children centers around the Reunion occurring. For Kadaj, Loz and Yazoo,
that is their ultimate goal. But they do not realize that they are actually doing
Sephiroth's bidding. For him to return and to continuenwhat he was unable to do
at the end of FFVII.

When Kadaj merges with Jenova, Sephiroth is able to return and Cloud is face to
face with his nemesis. Sephiroth never forgave Cloud for the problems he had
caused him, and for the defeat he was given and is focused on setting things right.

Although Sephiroth is once again defeated, his final words "I will not re main a
memory" hint that perhaps we haven't seen the last of him.

Kadaj

Age: Teens
Birthday: Unknown
Height: Unknown

Role in AC: Main Enemy. Leader of SHM
Role in FFVII: N/A

One of the three Silver Haired Men [unofficial name], Kadaj is the leader of the
group. He is evil, cruel and manipulating, showing no remorse for his actions
and not letting anyone get in the way of his goal.

Along with Loz and Yazoo, Kadaj is searching for 'Mother' [Jenova]. However
little does he realize that he is actually doing Sephiroth's bidding, through
the desire that Sephiroth has to return.

Although Sephiroth is the ultimate enemy in Advent Children, Kadaj is the main
enemy. Kadaj's plan is to use the children to bring about the Reunion.
Enticing them to do his bidding by offering them a new existence, and telling them
of the planet making the children suffer by affecting them with Geostigma.

Kadaj's ultimate showdown is with Cloud, the enemy of Sephiroth, also being the
enemy of the three men.

Character note: the three SHM all represent aspects of Sephiroth's character.
Kadaj represents Sephiroth's cruel side.

Loz

Age: 20s
Birthday: Unknown
Height: Unknown

Role in AC: Enemy, one of the SHM
Role in FFVII: N/A

One of the three Silver Haired Men, Loz is the person who will always use brawn
over brains. Preferring to fight rather than use other methods to get things done.
He doesn't appear to think for himself too much, usually just following the orders
given to him by Kadaj.

Loz can be seen like a child who never grew up. He likes to play games, have fun
and joke around. He is emotional and is prone to emotional outbursts, crying easily.

Loz's role in the movie is fairly limited. Although he is seen often, it is
usually in an action or fighting scene, whether it be trading martial arts kicks
with Tifa, or pursuing Cloud on motorbike. Loz uses a weapon called the Dual
Hound which is attached to him left arm and has extremely fast reflexes and
techniques in battle.

Character note: the three SHM all represent aspects of Sephiroth's character.
Loz represents Sephiroth's physical and violent side.

Yazoo

Age: 20s
Birthday: Unknown
Height: Unknown

Role in AC: Enemy, one of the SHM
Role in FFVII: N/A

One of the three Silver Haired Men, Yazoo is cool, calm and collected. Although
outer appearances are deceiving, under that cool exterior is a cold and brutal
person who will stop at nothing to get what he wants.

The opposite of Loz, Yazoo shows very little emotion. However depending on his
mood,he will occasionally he will play along with Loz's jokes or will snap at
him.

Yazoo is charged with the task of gathering children as part of Kadaj's plan
to use them for the Reunion.

A master of a gunblade called the Velvet Nightmare, it is Yazoo who makes a last
effort attempt to end Cloud's life.

Character note: the three SHM all represent aspects of Sephiroth's character.
Yazoo represents Sephiroth's allure.

___Other Character___

Rufus ShinRa

Age: N/A
Birthday: N/A
Height: N/A

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 Shin
Ra 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 wheel
-chair, 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.

Reno

Age: N/A
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.

Rude

Age: N/A
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.

Zack

Age: Unknown
Birthday: Unknown
Height: Unknown

Role in AC: Flashback, Appears at End
Role in FFVII: Flashback

Zack was a SOLDIER 1st class who gave his life to save Cloud. After the two
escaped from the Shin-Ra Mansion Basement, they were caught up with just
outside of Midgar. Zack was shot trying to save Cloud. Cloud manag
ed to escape, taking Zack's Buster Sword as his weapon.

After the events of FFVII, Cloud returned to the place where Zack was shot and
placed Zack's Buster Sword in the ground as a memorial. A wolf can be seen
around this area, which is speculated to be the spirit of Zack.

Zack's role in Advent Children is mainly limited to flashbacks and which indi
cate Cloud's inspiration that he takes from Zack. However at the end of the
film, Zack is seen with Aerith as the two look over the happy Cloud.

___Cloud's Friends (party member)___

Vincent Valentine

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. Af
ter 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 disas
trous 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 shock
ed 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.

Aerith Gainsborough

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, reas
suring him of his guiltlessness in her death. She also provided the rain that
healed the Geostigma disease that had infected Cloud, Rufus and many chil
dren; and saved Cloud after he was shot by Yazoo. She provided comfort in
her departure, walking through her church doors, framed by light.

† indicates her age if she were to be still living, as she was 23 in FFVII

Barret Wallace

Age: 37
Birthday: December 15
Height: 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.

Cait Sith

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 Shin
Ra. 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.

Cid Highwind

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.

Red XIII (Nanaki)

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 subj
ect 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.

Yuffie Kisaragi

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.

___Enemy's Creatures___

Shadowcreepers

Shadowcreepers are creatures who can be summoned by Kadaj who appear to
materialize [and dematerialize] out of clouds of thick black smoke.

The creatures usually appear in packs, attacking with their teeth or claws. They
are around the size of a jungle cat, although they appear to have a more scaly,
reptilian skin and a head that resembles a dragon-type.

They appear twice in the movie. At the beginning when Cloud is attacked out
side Midgar. And before Bahamut Sin is summoned, when they are used to
move the crowd away from the Meteor Monument.

Bahamut Sin

In the tradition of Final Fantasy VII [and all Final Fantasies], the great sum
mon creature Bahamut makes a return in Advent Children.

This manifestation, known as Bahamut Sin is summoned by Kadaj after he
gains the use of the groups materia and by using the children he has manipulated.

Kadaj summons the creature initially to destroy the Meteor Monument where
he believes that the remains of 'Mother' are buried after Loz and Yazoo have
no luck in pulling it down. However, when nothing is found, the creature conti
nues to rage havoc upon Edge when Rufus Shinra does not tell him what he
needs to know regarding the true location of 'Mother'. Bahamut Sin ravages
down on the city, taking innocent lives along with doing damage.

Bahamut is ultimately defeated by Cloud, after a battle with the original party
members from FFVII. He is able to reach the beast far up in the sky through
the help of his friends.

Final Fantasy 7 Photos

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Final Fantasy 7 : Advent Children Movie

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