Below you’ll find the a summary of the Before Crisis – Final Fantasy VII Special Episode featuring the Legendary Turk. Enjoy reading up on the legendary badass of the Turks. A big thanks to S & G for bringing us this summary!
Today, the next profile we will cover is Aerith Gainsborough’s character profile for Advent Children Complete, from the Dengeki PS3 April issue. Once again, big thanks to hitoshura for this! Enjoy!
A young woman who lived in Midgar’s slums, selling flowers. She was a descendant of the Cetra, an ancient race who were said to be able to hear the voice of the planet, and for this reason she was continually monitored by Shinra from a very young age. According to legend, the Cetra would lead the way to the “Promised Land”, abound with supreme happiness, but by then no pure blood Cetra existed and Aerith, the sole survivor, was only a half-blood. However, the Shinra Company sought after the Promised Land and kept on relentlessly pursuing her.
Despite these harsh circumstances, Aerith never gave up hope and lived optimistically, and finally the day came when she left Midgar with Cloud, who she had met in the church. During her long journey she learned her destiny, and gave herself to stop Meteor.
She joined the Lifestream, but even then she carries on watching over the planet and Cloud. At all times, her first love Zack is always by her side.
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Below is an extended summary of the exclusive special episode of Before Crisis, featuring Reno. It takes place during the events of Crisis Core. Enjoy!
Special Episode of Reno
Midgar (01/04/01)
Mission 1
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And last, but certainly not least, is Cloud’s translated character profile from the FFVII 10th Anniversary Ultimania. With Cloud, it is finished! Enjoy all the translated information from the various FFVII guidebooks and remember that other translations will be posted in the feature here as well! Happy Thanksgiving!
Cloud Strife
Compilation of FFVII: FFVII – AC – BC – CC – DC – LO
Character Profile
Sex: Male
Height: 173cm
Blood Type: AB
Date of Birth: 8/11
Birthplace: Nibelheim
Weapon: Sword
First Person Pronoun: 俺 [Ore]
Voice Actor: AC, CC, DC, LO – Takahiro Sakurai
A young man who hides his introverted personality behind a cool facade. He admired the hero Sephiroth and aimed to be part of the ShinRa Company’s elite army “SOLDIER” like he was, but his hopes were dashed along the way, and he fell victim to one of the experiments of Hojo, a ShinRa scientist. Due to the influence of the Jenova cells implanted in his body he acted out a false persona, but with the support of his friends he regains his true self and grows as a person.
Sephiroth’s translated character profile from the FFVII 10th Anniversary Ultimania is now up. Enjoy!
Sephiroth
Compilation of FFVII: FFVII – AC – BC – CC – LO
Character Profile
Sex: Male
Height: Unknown
Blood Type: Unknown
Date of Birth: Unknown
Birthplace: Unknown
Weapon: Masamune
First Person Pronoun: オレ [ORE]*, 俺 [Ore]°, 私 [Watashi]†
Voice Actor: AC, CC, LO – Toshiyuki Morikawa
* ORE – Original game, sane pronoun. Male-only, coarse-sounded pronoun.
° Ore – CC and LO, sane pronoun. Male-only, not as coarse as オレ.
† Watashi – All titles, post-insanity pronoun. Genderless, normal politeness.
A SOLDIER: First Class who possessed outstanding merits, was admired as a hero, and after he learned of his birth, began a series of murders in his quest to be become ruler of the Planet. Though he was killed twice, his spirit will not return to the Lifestream, and remnants of his aggression continue to exist on the Planet. For Cloud, he is the foe that destroyed his hometown, a symbol of the past he must break away from.
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On the eve of Thanksgiving in the US, let us give thanks for the translated character profile of Zack Fair from the FFVII 10th Anniversary Ultimania.
Zack Fair
Compilation of FFVII: FFVII – AC – BC – CC– LO
Character Profile
Sex: Male
Height: 185cm
Blood Type: O
Date of Birth: Unknown
Birthplace: Gongaga
Weapon: Sword
First Person Pronoun: 俺 [Ore]
Voice Actor: AC, CC – Kenichi Suzumura
A SOLDIER brimming with kindness, he treasures the bonds between people and would sacrifice his life without hesitation for a comrade facing a crisis. He was Aerith’s first love and close friends with Cloud and Sephiroth. Becoming one of Hojo’s samples as a result of the Nibelheim incident, he met with the last moments of his untimely death whilst escaping with Cloud. Zack’s personality had a heavy influence on the formation of Cloud’s personality when he was under Jenova’s control.
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And here is the 10th Anniversary Ultimania profile translation of the man behind the cat, Cait Sith. Reeve Tuesti. Enjoy!
Reeve Tuesti
Compilation of FFVII: FFVII – AC – BC – DC
Character Profile
Gender: Male
Ages: FFVII (35), AC (37), BC (31-35), DC (38)
Height: 180cm
First Person Pronoun: 私 [Watashi] (polite, non-gender-specific)
Voice Actor: AC, DC – Banjō Ginga
The man who controls Cait Sith, and the peace-loving head of the WRO.
The head of the Urban Development Department. Involved in the construction of Midgar from the very beginning, he watches over the town’s development like that of a child. By utilizing his special ability, “Inspire”, he is able to cause inorganic things to emit life; his “child”, the “cat”-shaped robot, Cait Sith can be controlled from a great distance. After Meteorfall, he became the director of the World Regenesis Organization (WRO), which is devoted to the purpose of restoring life to the planet.
「President! Are you really gonna do this?! 」
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Today we feature the FFVII 10th Anniversary Ultimania profile translations of the new Turks of Before Crisis that were released when Before Crisis came to Yahoo and EZ Web phones in Japan. Enjoy!
Legend (Legendary) Turk
Appears in: BC
Gender: Male
Weapon: Bomb
Place of Origin: Junon
First Person Pronoun: 俺 [Ore] (boastful)
Uses bombs as his weapon, he is an agent who loves women. At one time he belonged to an Anti-ShinRa Organization, and from the people of ShinRa he was feared as “The Death God of the Battlefield,” but he was bought by Verdot for his first class ability as an operative and joined the Turks. His actual ability can instantly bury large crowds of enemies, and even though he is lax in his duties, because he is in fact a very capable person he hasn’t been punished for it in his unique career, he is called “The Legend of Turks.”
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Barret Wallace’s character profile translation from the FFVII 10th Anniversary Ultimania rounds off our releases for the day. Enjoy!
Barret Wallace
Compilation of FFVII: FFVII – AC – BC – DC
Character Profile
Sex: Male
Height: 197cm
Blood Type: O
Date of Birth: 12/15
Birthplace: Corel Village
Weapon: Gimmick Arm
First Person Pronoun: オレ [Ore] (male-only, coarse-sounding.)
Voice Actor: AC, DC – Masahiro Kobayashi
A muscular soldier who fights for the planet, Barret comes from the coal mining town of Corel. As a result of the Mako Reactor explosion, the ShinRa army burned the town to the ground. Because he lost his right arm, he now has a prosthetic. The surgical operation performed changed his arm into a literal gun. He is fighting against ShinRa because both his wife and his hometown were taken away by them. He is raising his best friend, Dyne’s daughter, Marlene, as his own child, and is surprisingly doting.
And here is Red XIII’s FFVII 10th Anniversary Ultimania character profile translation.
Red XIII
Compilation of FFVII: FFVII – AC – BC
Character Profile
Sex: Male
Height: Unknown
Blood Type: Unknown
Date of Birth: Unknown
Birthplace: Cosmo Canyon
Weapon: Hair Ornaments
First Person Pronoun: オイラ [Oira, derivative of Ore],
私 [Watashi] (initially used in front of Cloud and the rest.)
Voice Actor: AC – Masachika Ichimura
He is the survivor of a tribe that protects the planet, living in Cosmo Canyon. His real name is Nanaki. Due to the rare traits that he possessed, such as an extraordinarily long lifespan of a few hundred years, his command of human speech despite being a beast, and his advanced intellect, he became an experimental sample of Hojo. Though he was fearful since he was but an adolescent, in reality he harbored the need to “become an adult as soon as possible in order to protect the hometown’s valley”, a feeling that bordered on impatience.
Tonight we’re featuring two character profile translations from the FVII 10th Anniversary Ultimania, starting with Cid Highwind. Now drink your goddamn tea and read it.
Cid Highwind
Compilation of FFVII: FFVII – AC – BC – DC
Character Profile
Sex: Male
Height: 178cm
Blood Type: B
Date of Birth: 2/22
Birthplace: Rocket Town
Weapon: Lance
First Person Pronoun: オレ [Ore-sama]
Voice Actor: AC, DC – Kazuhiro Yamaji
A famous pilot, who possesses exceptional piloting skills. Recognized for his abilities, he was selected as the pilot for the world’s first space flight. His conduct can be coarse and rude, but he is single-minded in his dislike of wrongdoings, and has a child-like innocence in his pursuit of his dream of going into space. While he continually claims to be bad at leading people, he is in fact very attentive to people and well-liked by many.
The Tsviets of Dirge of Cerberus and Shalua Rui are the focus in these translations from the FFVII 10th Anniversary Ultimania. Enjoy!
Shelke Rui
Appears in: DC
Gender: Female
Height: 137cm
Age: 19
First Person Pronoun: 私 [Watashi]
Voice Actress: DC – Fumiko Orikasa
One of the Tsviets, the elite group of DG SOLDIERs. Among the Tsviets, who take colors as their name themes, hers represents “colorless”, and she is named “Shelke the Colorless”. Showing SOLDIER aptitude at the young age of 9, she was whisked away by ShinRa and lost all of her emotions in the ensuing experiments and training. However, in the company of Vincent and his companions, they have started to return, bit by bit.
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| Shelke’s special ability [Synaptic Net Drive]. Because of this Shelke obtained Lucrecia’s memories and incorporated them into herself. | She appears to look like she’s still in her teens although this was caused by the severe treatments she received that also caused a harmful influence on her life. She requires Mako to be injected into her body everyday otherwise she cannot go on living. |
