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Headcanons: Even after beating Sephiroth multiple times, he still has a fear of him returning. The "I'll never be a memory." Line stuck with him. But seeing and being around his family (Tifa, Marlene, and Denzel) helps him focus on them more than his fear. He wants to be the father for Denzel that he didn't have so he likes teaching him about how to work on machines like Fenrir. When they were kids, at night Cloud would enjoy listening to Tifa playing the piano and fall asleep to it. He listened to her so often he was able to memorize the song she played. When Cloud was little he didn't like being referred to as a Chocobo but overtime as he got older it bothered him less and less. He actually really likes it when Tifa calls him her chocobo since it reminds him that she can depend on him to be there for her.
basic information
full name: Cloud Strife.titles: Mercenary for Avalanche.
aliases: Ex-Soldier.
nicknames: Merc, Spikey, Chocobo Head.
date of birth: August 11, 1986
age: 14-21 (Before Crisis and Crisis Core) 21 (Final Fantasy VII) 23 (Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children) 24 (Dirge of Cerberus)
origin: Nibelheim
allegiance: AVALANCHE.
occupation: Mercenary
culture: Nibel Area.
height: 173cm (5'8)
Family: Father (Deceased) Claudia Strife (Mother, Deceased)
Relationship Status: Single.
personality
On the surface, Cloud Strife presents himself as a hardened warrior, cocky and headstrong, coldhearted and disinterested in anything beyond completing the hired job at hand. He tells others, often dismissively and with snark, that he has no interest in larger causes, such as the plight of the planet, and appears unshaken by the devastation the bombings he helped carry out cause. He is cool-headed, and mostly carries himself as an expert and professional. Beneath the surface, Cloud is socially awkward, being well-intentioned but unsure how to carry himself in conversations, having difficulties to express himself. Many who are close to him begin to see through the cracks in his hardened persona, recognizing he is softer deep down. Through it all, Cloud is steadfastly loyal to his friends, harboring guilt if he feels he has let them down, and strives to be a hero. He is willing to go through any lengths, from fighting off powerful enemies alone, to crossdressing despite the discomfort to don a disguise, to keep them safe. This, too, does not fool some of his friends, who in turn look out for him when they believe he is out of his depth.Though most traits core to Cloud โ battle-hardened attitude, awkwardness, loyalty to his friends, and striving for heroism โ do not change, Cloud's surface-level presentation and warmth shifts drastically throughout his life, based on his own yearning for a true identity. Many of these traits began to form as a child (depicted in Final Fantasy VII flashbacks), as seclusion from the others children and guilt at being unable to help Tifa at Mt. Nibel motivated him to better himself and become a hero, inspired by Sephiroth. While serving in Shinra's military (as depicted in Crisis Core), Cloud had a shy but happy-go-lucky attitude, eager to prove himself, and often got excited when Zack, who became a mentor to him, noticed him.
Following Hojo's Sephiroth Clone experiments which led to his sense of self being completely shattered, Cloud as a mercenary (depicted in Final Fantasy VII and Remake) developed an arrogant personality, where he presented disinterest in a broader cause beyond collecting a paycheck (though interest in a common good occasionally slipped through and he harbored vengeance toward Shinra). Around this time, he also suffered many mental breakdowns upon being reminded about his past, up to the point of doubting he was even a real person, submitting to being a puppet for Sephiroth. After Tifa repaired his mind, Cloud was finally a fully-formed person, accepting who he was, resolving to being a hero not out of being special, but having a cause to believe in. He became warmer and more open-minded towards others, as well as a more confident leader, though the awkwardness would still shine through at times.
Due both to Cloud's awkwardness and his tough presentation, Cloud struggles in forming interpersonal relationships. This is particularly evident with Barret; though Biggs, Wedge, and Jessie take more kindly to Cloud, Barret initially dislikes his attitude and questions his loyalties, leading the two to be rude to one another. After Barret sees through Cloud and gains respect for him, he begins to be able to open up with him and connect with him emotionally. Cloud was also not close with Tifa when the two grew up, although he felt an obligation to protect her. The two became closer and more reliant on one another after losing their home and reconnecting following the Nibelheim Incident. Cloud tried to atone for his perceived failure to protect her at Nibelheim, and Tifa in turn protected him as the last reminder she has of her home, looking out for him when she felt he is out of his depth. Cloud opened up more easily around Aerith, who was more flirtatious and playful with him from the start, though he would often respond stiffly and awkwardly to her advances. He still showed his softer side around her, more willing than others would to entertain her antics when she communicated with her flowers. Cloud is very protective of her and wishes to keep her out of trouble, though this grates on her. By contrast, Cloud trusts Tifa more to handle herself, confident in her combat ability, though he is still concerned for her well-being. It is implied that Cloud may have romantic affection for both Tifa and Aerith, but the extent of his feelings for either is left up to player interpretation.
Cloud is greatly haunted by Sephiroth, a man he once idolized who became his bitter enemy. After the Nibelheim Incident, Cloud envisioned Sephiroth mocking him and urging him to make the wrong decision. This led up to Cloud giving in and believing he was little more than a puppet for Sephiroth, though after Tifa repaired his mind, Cloud resolved to rid himself and the world of Sephiroth. Following Sephiroth's defeat, Cloud, as depicted in Advent Children, became a surrogate father to Denzel and Marlene, but had become detached. His guilt at his own perceived failures to save Aerith and Zack, and trauma following his plight against Sephiroth, led him to feel helpless, becoming somber and brooding as he isolated himself from his new family, in contrast to his younger self before where it had fueled him to strive to do better. However, with encouragement from the friends and family he had tried to let go, he came to forgive himself and moved on.
biography
EX-SOLDIER, I quit.
I don't think the stairs are talking.
Let's Mosey.
In "The Destruction of Mako Reactor 1", Cloud helped Barret, Biggs, Wedge, and Jessie Rasberry plant a bomb by escorting them in and battling Shinra's security forces. Biggs, Wedge, and Jessie were enthusiastic about his involvement, though Cloud disappointed them in claiming it was a "onetime gig" and that he had no intention of joining Avalanche's cause.[30] Cloud remained indifferent over the plight of the planet angering Barret. Though Cloud had been hired to do all the fighting, Barret joined against ranged targets, and because he did not trust Cloud.[31] Unbeknownst to them, Shinra watched their every move via security cameras and the bomb they detonated did minimal damage; instead, Shinra set up a chain reaction in the mako storage. Cloud and the others successfully fled the exploding reactor.Cloud and the group went through a chaotic Sector 8 on their way back, with civilian casualties and destruction caused by the explosion of Reactor 1, thus commencing "Fateful Encounters". The group split up to regroup at the train station, though Cloud was separated after an encounter with an apparition of Sephiroth. Sephiroth taunted Cloud, reminding him of the destruction of Nibelheim that he had caused, and told him to run away for the sake of the planet.
After the illusion ended, Cloud ran into Aerith Gainsborough, seeing her attacked by the invisible Whispers. Aerith offered him a flower and thanked him for "scaring those things away", confusing Cloud. He warned that he was involved in dangerous things, but she seemed unfazed. The Whispers returned and Aerith grabbed Cloud's hand, allowing him to see the mysterious beings. Aerith ran away when Cloud was attacked by Shinra Public Security Division soldiers. Cloud fought his way through Shinra to reach the train.
Cloud returned to the Sector 7 slums, commencing "Home Sweet Slum", and met with Tifa. Cloud gave her the flower, much to her surprise, and she showed him to a room she had secured for him at Stargazer Heights. Cloud's room was next to Tifa, but also an ill man named Marco who kept Cloud up; upon investigating, Cloud saw another vision of Sephiroth and pulled his sword on Marco, before Tifa intervened and asked him to check up on Marco later. The next day, Tifa gave Cloud a tour of the slums while collecting money to pay Cloud's fee, and urged him to make a name for himself as a mercenary by helping out the locals. Cloud and Tifa completed many requests before returning to Tifa's apartment to relax. She asked Cloud about what happened after he left Nibelheim, but Cloud gave ambiguous answers and was uncomfortable, prompting her to change the subject and they decide to celebrate in fancy dress soon.
While out in the slums, Cloud and Tifa saw Shinra arrest a local named Johnny, and pursued the matter to stop him from talking about Avalanche to Shinra. After rescuing Johnny, Cloud pulled a sword on him, terrifying Tifa as she pleaded for him to spare Johnny. Shortly after, Barret called for a meeting, excluding Cloud. Afterward, Tifa told Cloud that she felt trapped, as she disagreed morally with the bombings but firmly believed Shinra should be opposed. Cloud advised her to stand down if it felt wrong. Because Barret did not want to hire Cloud for the next mission, Cloud left, and was confronted by hoodlums asking after Barret, but refused to disclose any information and fought them off. Later, Jessie appeared by his apartment to hire him for a personal mission.
In "Mad Dash", Cloud helped Jessie travel to upper Sector 7 to procure a new blasting agent for her next bomb, Jessie still being under belief she had accidentally made the previous bomb more devastating than intended. Cloud fought a Third Class SOLDIER, Roche, who enjoyed battling Cloud. Cloud recalled the promise he had made to Tifa at the water tower in Nibelheim years ago, where she had asked him to help her should she ever be "trapped or in trouble"; Cloud realized she had indirectly been asking for him to fulfill this promise when she had told him earlier she felt trapped with Avalanche. After returning to the slums, Jessie asked Cloud out on a date, promising to make him pizza if he came over the following night.
The next morning, Whispers attacked the Sector 7 slums, and Cloud and Tifa attempted to fight them off, but Jessie was injured. This prompted Barret to hire Cloud for the mission to attack mako reactor 5, which Cloud agreed in exchange for a raise. In "Dogged Pursuit", Cloud, Barret, and Tifa boarded the train to Sector 4, though an ID scan forced them to abandon the train mid route. The trio made their way through the Corkscrew Tunnel to the underside of the Sector 4 plate, commencing "Light the Way", in which they operated machinery to make their way through the plate to reach the reactor.
In "A Trap Is Sprung", Cloud infiltrated the reactor with Barret and Tifa. The path to plant the remote bomb was smooth sailing, but Cloud briefly flashed back to seeing Tifa despair at the Nibel Reactor years earlier, but did not bring it up with her. Shortly after planting the bomb, Shinra executive Heidegger revealed cameras were broadcasting them on live TV, and that they were to be publicly executed by one of his robots, the Airbuster. Cloud and the others sabotaged the deployment of the mech and worked together to escape before being confronted by a hologram of President Shinra outside the reactor. The president took notice of Cloud's mako eyes, concluding he must be a SOLDIER, and therefore his property, before telling the others he planned to smear Avalanche as a proxy group funded by Wutai. Tifa reacted in disgust and remarked "I'm sick of this", which caused Cloud to recall the flashback he had earlier, and remark internally that it was when he had failed her. Cloud and the others destroyed Airbuster, though Cloud was separated from the group; Barret admitted he was wrong about him, before Cloud fell from the railings.
Cloud landed in the Sector 5 slums church, commencing "Budding Bodyguard", where he met Aerith again, who this time formally introduced herself. The Turk Reno arrived to kidnap her, and Aerith asked Cloud to be her bodyguard, offering one date in exchange. Cloud defeated Reno and attempted to kill him, before the Whispers guided their escape from the church. The two journeyed to Aerith's home, where she lived with Elmyra Gainsborough, and Cloud helped Aerith by doing odd jobs for the locals and saving her from Rude, another Turk who was after Aerith. They met another delirious man in a dark cloak whom Cloud momentarily hallucinated as Sephiroth. That night, Elmyra allowed Cloud to stay, but asked him to leave Aerith, fearing he was dangerous as an ex-SOLDIER.
In "The Town That Never Sleeps", while leaving to the Sector 7 slums, Aerith waited for Cloud, anticipating he was going to leave without her. She gave him a tour through the Sector 6 slums while guiding him to Sector 7, and took him through the Collapsed Expressway. Cloud reminded Aerith of her first love, who was in the same rank in SOLDIER as him, but Cloud's vision went blurry and his ears rang as she said his name. Just as they were about to leave, Cloud saw Tifa on a chocobo cart headed to Wall Market, and caught up with her. Tifa was relieved to see Cloud and told him she planned to see Don Corneo, encouraging Cloud to return to the others. Cloud obliged at first, confident in Tifa's ability to take care of herself in a pinch, but Aerith warned him that Corneo was incredibly dangerous and Tifa would need his help, convincing him to look for her.
Chocobo Sam had arranged for Tifa to be Corneo's next "bride" in tonight's audition, warning Cloud and Aerith would likely not see her again. They learned from Leslie Kyle that the Don only accepted entrants endorsed by the influential slum dwellers who run Wall Market, known as the "trio", one of which was Sam who was uninterested in helping them. The two won an endorsement for Aerith from Madam M by winning the Corneo Cup tournament at the Corneo Colosseum, Madam M promising to give Aerith an outfit in exchange for the prize money. Cloud attracted the attention of Andrea Rhodea with his battle prowess, who wished to meet him in person; Cloud performed at Rhodea's Honeybee Inn, and Rhodea gave Cloud a makeover to disguise him as a woman much to Cloud's discomfort but to others' admiration.
Cloud and Aerith met up with Tifa, agreeing that if all three were candidates to Corneo's audition, he had to choose one of them, guaranteeing they could interrogate him. Corneo chose Cloud based on Cloud's disgust of him. While Cloud was taken to Corneo's bedroom, Aerith and Tifa defeated Corneo's lackeys and rushed the room, bringing their weapons and clothes. Corneo revealed that Shinra planned on abandoning Midgar anyway, and would bring the Sector 7 plate down on the slums to crash Barret's group and blame it on Avalanche.[51] He dropped them to the sewers, commencing "Rough Waters", where they fought Corneo's pet Abzu and several monsters with Tifa navigating the route to Sector 7. They ended up in the Train Graveyard, commencing "Haunted", where they made their way through the haunted junkyard to return to the slums.
In "Fight for Survival", Cloud, Tifa, and Aerith arrived at the Sector 7 slums just as a skirmish broke out at the pillar between Shinra and Avalanche. Though slowed down by the Whispers, they reached the pillar's gate as Wedge fell, surviving with the grappling gun catching his fall. Cloud asked Tifa and Aerith to stay with Wedge while he raced up the pillar himself. Along the way, he ran into Biggs on the verge of death, who asked Cloud to visit the kids at the Leaf House orphanage, and told Cloud he had "so much in common" with them, before wishing him luck. Cloud was pinned down by helicopter fire from Reno before Tifa arrived. They ran into a badly injured Jessie who considered herself lucky that Cloud could hear her last words, believing she deserved this fate as she had blood on her hands, lamenting she was not able to have Cloud over for pizza as she had promised, before passing out. Cloud and Tifa joined up with Barret and fought Reno and Rude to save the pillar, but were unable to stop the plate separation procedure, as Tseng revealed he had taken Aerith captive. The three barely made it to safety using a zip wire.
In "A Broken World", Barret mourned the loss of the sector and of his friends. As Cloud believed Aerith had saved Barret's daughter, Marlene, Barret and the others agreed to return to Aerith's house. On the way, Cloud encountered yet another apparition of Sephiroth, mocking his failure to save Sector 7. At Aerith's house, Barret reunited with Marlene, and Elmyra told them about Aerith's heritage as a Cetra. Cloud wished to search for her, though Elmyra strongly objected for the sake of Aerith's safety, feeling Shinra may not harm her. Tifa agreed and Barret urged they look through the Sector 7 ruins again. The trio found Wedge in an underground laboratory where Cloud was separated from the others, reuniting with them at the last minute after following Barret's trail of bullet holes. They glimpsed several test subjects in pods before the Whispers took them away.
In "In Search of Hope", the group returned to Elmyra, who agreed to house them and nurse Wedge to health. Having seen the underground lab, Cloud tried to convince Elmyra again to let them look for Aerith, but she needed time to think it over. That night, Cloud met either Barret, Tifa, or an apparition of Aerith in the gardens. The following morning, Cloud, Tifa, and Barret were united in agreeing to try to rescue Aerith from the Shinra Building, with Elmyra this time reluctantly agreeing.[56] As the city was locked down due to Avalanche's bombings, they opted to return to Corneo for information on how to reach topside.
Cloud, Tifa, and Barret completed various odd jobs around the slums before meeting Leslie Kyle in Wall Market, the only occupant of the Don's palace. Kyle promised to help them reach the Shinra Building in exchange for a favor: helping him exact revenge on Corneo in his sewer hideout. Though they were unsuccessful in stopping Corneo, Kyle was reasonably satisfied with their help escorting him, and gave the group grappling hooks to reach the top of the plate. Barret thought Cloud being a mercenary suited him, and that he had learned Cloud was good deep down, which Tifa agreed. In "The Day Midgar Stood Still", Cloud and the group used their grappling hooks to navigate the ruined Sector 7 plate and reach the Shinra Building, evading Shinra forces along the way.
In "The Belly of the Beast", at Cloud's suggestion, the group infiltrated the Shinra Building through the parking garage, before making their way through the building as tourists. Unbeknownst to them, Mayor Domino was securing their safety with the hopes they were going to assassinate President Shinra. Cloud almost compromised the mission when a Public Security Division soldier recognized him, prompting them to leave in a hurry to eavesdrop on Shinra's executive meeting. The group followed Hojo out to his lab where Aerith was being held, and rescued her and Red XIII, a talking canine being whom Hojo was also keeping in captivity. Hojo told Cloud he had never made SOLDIER, before the Whispers carried him away. Cloud broke down on his way toward an elevator down to Jenova's chamber, and passed out.
Cloud awoke in Aerith's room within Hojo's lab, commencing "Deliverance from Chaos". Aerith told the group about her history as an Ancient and Shinra's plan to use her to locate the promised land to build Neo Midgar. Domino and Wedge contacted them to inform that Avalanche HQ were attacking the building and that they could escape via helipad. In front of Jenova's containment tank a cloaked man appeared, whom everyone saw as Sephiroth. Cloud charged at him, but was sent plummeting the depths of Hojo's secret research lab, the Drum, and was separated from the others. Hojo followed their progress and made them defeat his creations and complete puzzles in order to escape.
After escaping from Hojo's lab, the group followed a trail of fluid left by the remains of Jenova that has gone missing from the tank. They found President Shinra whom Sephiroth killed before transforming into Jenova Dreamweaver, whom the group defeated. Cloud saw Sephiroth outside carrying Jenova's body, though this was just another robed man who fell off the building with Jenova. The Turks gunned down Avalanche's helicopter as Rufus Shinra, the late president's son, arrived to take the reins of the company. Cloud stayed to duel Rufus and buy the others time, but nearly fell to his death after the duel. Tifa caught him, herself staying behind to watch after him, scolding him for playing the hero.
The two stole Shinra vehicles, Cloud riding the Hardy-Daytona while Tifa drove a pick-up truck with the others on board, to escape via the Midgar Expressway, commencing "Destiny's Crossroads". At the end of the expressway, the group saw Sephiroth waiting for them, as he cut a path to "another future" and asked Cloud to follow. Aerith stopped Cloud and explained that Sephiroth was a greater threat to the planet than Shinra. After some hesitation, she agreed they should follow him in, but warned they would be changing fate. Cloud and the others entered a portal and fought colossal Whispers across a surreal terrain of flying debris, before facing Sephiroth himself.
Cloud chased Sephiroth further, who pulled Cloud to what he called the "edge of creation". Sephiroth said the world would become a part of it, unless Cloud joined with him so the two could defeat destiny together. Cloud refused, and Sephiroth disarmed him and said Cloud had "seven seconds till the end", asking what Cloud would do with that time. Cloud reunited with the party back in the normal world, and they prepared to pursue Sephiroth.
The Whispers' defeat altered the timeline. Zack survived his "last stand" and was last seen taking Cloud to Midgar, but his present fate and how much Cloud remembers of him remain unknown.
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