Vincent Valentine

Vincent-FFVIIArt — Key art of Vincent Valentine from *Final Fantasy VII.*

Vincent Valentine is a recurring character in The Compilation of Final Fantasy VII video game series created by Square Enix, appearing in almost every game and movie in the series -- Final Fantasy VII, Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII, Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII (As the main protagonist), Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children and Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis; in Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, Zack Fair finds Vincent sleeping in his coffin. Since Final Fantasy VII Remake specifically focuses on the city of Midgar portion of the original 1997 video game, he does not appear in the first part of the remake, however, he appears in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth as an accompanying character at the beginning of chapter 12 and the yet to be named third title of the Final Fantasy VII Remake trilogy as a playable character. He is a member of Cloud Strife's party and is a fan favorite in the Final Fantasy VII segment of the Final Fantasy metaverse, but also one of the favorite playable characters in the entire franchise.

Appearance[]

Vincent is a pale skinned, red eyed man with what looks like a cybernetic arm (it is in fact a gauntlet), He wears all black clothes with a red cape, a red bandanna, golden shoes and he has long black hair. In the original Final Fantasy VII game, he wields a gun called the Quicksilver, however in later instalments, his Cerberus shot gun became his weapon of choice. Vincent is considered as mysterious as he is interesting.

Characteristics[]

He notably sleeps in a coffin and possesses other vampiric traits although he is revealed to not be a vampire, much to the party's relief, though he is easily the oldest member of the party, because he was born on October 13, 1950 (which was on a Friday the 13th), making him 57 years old during the events of Final Fantasy VII, but he has the physical appearance of a 27 year old man. This is due to his immortality and because he was 27 years old when he first became a creature that can take on horrific forms. He was also in love with the woman who would come to be Sephiroth's mother, a scientist named Lucrecia Crescent. Vincent wasn't always like this though.

Events of the Compilation games[]

While he was a member of Shinra's general affairs department (also known as The Turks), he became the way that he is after confronting Professor Hojo (The biological father of Sephiroth) since Hojo plans on making experiments on his unborn son with Jenova cells, an experiment known as, "Project S" (or Project Sephiroth). In retaliation, Hojo takes out a gun to shoot Vincent and experiments on his half dead body, turning him into an immortal mutant.

30 years later, Cloud and his party find Vincent sleeping in a coffin in the basement of the Shinra manor in Nibelheim, Cloud Strife and Tifa Lockhart's hometown. Vincent at first requests that Cloud should let him sleep so he can atone for all his sins, but after Cloud mentions Sephiroth and what he plans to do, Vincent agrees to join Cloud when he asks if he'll encounter Hojo, which Cloud responds, "Yes". Near the end of the game when Cloud Strife and his party return to Midgar to stop Hojo from using the sister ray cannon infused with mako in order to make Sephiroth more powerful, Vincent finally gets revenge on Hojo by fighting and defeating the evil scientist in battle. Vincent later joins the party in their decent into the Northern Cave to defeat Sephiroth.

In the movie Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, Vincent goes to the Forgotten Capital and rescues Cloud from Kadaj, one of the three remnants of Sephiroth along with Yazoo and Loz. Vincent later joins the rest of Cloud's party in Midgar Edge to fight Bahamut Sin, a powerful dragon summoned by Kadaj. Vincent, along with Tifa Lockhart, Yuffie Kisaragi, Barret Wallace, Cid Highwind, Red XIII (also known as Nanaki), and Cait Sith watch Cloud's one on one fight with Sephiroth in the ruins of the Shinra building from Cid's airship the Shera.

In Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII, Vincent is the main protagonist. In this title, Vincent battles the soldiers of Deepground, where their leaders Weiss the Immaculate and his brother Nero the Sable plan to unleash a monster known as Omega Weapon. Vincent teams up with one of the members of Deepground known as Shelke Rui. Vincent eventually defeats Weiss and destroys the monstrous Weapon in his Chaos form.

As a Sephiroth Clone like other heroes such as SOLDIERs Cloud Strife and Zack Fair, Vincent has the genes of the alien creature Jenova inside of him; in his case this allows him to transform into vicious beasts in combat when his Limit Break is activated; unfortunately, he loses all sense of holding back and he will go berserk in all forms. Many of these forms relate to Halloween: While his Galian Beast form is based on the series' Behemoth monsters and his Chaos form appears to be based on Final Fantasy I's final boss (although is also a Demon), his Death Gigas is based on Frankenstein's monster and his Hellmasker is a combination of Jason Voorhees and Leatherface.

Final Fantasy VII Remake trilogy[]

FFVII REBIRTH CC VIncent 1200x1500 Body — Vincent's render in *Final Fantasy VII Rebirth.*

In the Final Fantasy VII Remake trilogy, Vincent first appears in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, the second game of the trilogy. In this title during chapter 11, Cloud and company once again find Vincent in the basement of the Shinra Manor in Nibelhiem, with his coffin having the Cerberus emblem. When Vincent emerges from his coffin, Cloud tells Vincent that Sephiroth is their foe, then Vincent grants them access to the locked room in the basement but goes back in his coffin feeling he has one more sin to atone for.

While there, Cloud stumbles upon Hojo's old laboratory, a room that Vincent didn't want them to see. Angered, Vincent transforms into the monstrous Galian Beast and fights Cloud. After Cloud and his party defeat Vincent, he turns back to normal. Cait Sith tries to convince Vincent to join them, but he refuses to go. Later when Cloud and company board Cid's Tiny Bronco plane in order to reach the Gold Saucer, Vincent finally decides to join Cloud's party saying he has history and unfinished business with Sephiroth.

External links[]

See the article on Vincent Valentine on Fandom's FinalFantasy wiki.

See the article on Vincent Valentine on Fandom's Hero wiki.