
Cloud leaves in a stupor, then is again seen on a train (just like Zack in the beginning of Crisis Core) where he exclaims, "I'm Cloud. You're the evidence that I lived," to Cloud who answers "I won't forget," showing the two's friendship. Zack was killed after trying to protect Cloud from the many Shinra foot soldiers, Cloud crawls to Zack a few minutes before he dies. Following the incident, Cloud and Zack were captured by Shinra and experimented on with Jenova cells for several years. 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. As it turns out, Cloud suffers from a mixture of amnesia and mind control. Yet, when examined closely, Cloud's memories of these events and others are filled with empty plot-holes that prevent them from making sense. After finding Tifa wounded, Cloud confronts Sephiroth. He claimed that he was in the village of Nibelheim when Sephiroth went berserk and massacred the local population. 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.Įarly in the game, however, Cloud's past is a mystery. Nibel, Cloud followed them, Tifa fell from a bridge and her father blamed Cloud.

However, when Tifa and the others attempted to climb Mt.

He grew up isolated from the rest of the village children. Cloud was born in the sleepy mountain village of Nibelheim, along with Tifa Lockhart. 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.

He is introduced as a mercenary and former member of SOLDIER. In Final Fantasy VII, Cloud is the main protagonist of the game. This character-player dynamic is reflected by the many opportunities the player is given to choose Cloud's way of interacting with other characters in the game's story, particularly where potential romantic-interests are concerned. Scenario writer Kazushige Nojima has expressed that the dynamic of the relationship between the player and the main character in a Final Fantasy title is something that he always puts thought into, and that with Final Fantasy VII, Cloud's subdued nature led him to write scenes with the character in such a way that the players would be placed in the position of deciding for themselves what the character was thinking. Nevertheless, Nomura used the concept years later for Angeal in Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII. It would seem that the original black hair was given to Zack instead. This depiction was to serve as a contrast to the long, flowing silver hair of the game's lead antagonist, Sephiroth however, to make Cloud stand out more and emphasize his role in the game as the lead protagonist, Nomura altered Cloud's original design to give him spiky, bright, blonde hair. to have the build he has.Īnd it’s wild to think about in comparison to our beloved blonde main protagonist, who is canonically around 5’7” and about 135 lbs.The game's character designer, Tetsuya Nomura, has revealed that the original parameters of Cloud's character design called for slicked-back, black hair with no spikes. He’s listed as 6’3” and, again, from real life comparisons, probably clocks in at around 175-185 lbs.

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