Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-26817192-20160411220448/@comment-3463132-20160411230412

Ah now I've just the thing- let me tell you about the true villain of Final Fantasy VII- Cloud Strife.

After lying to Tifa in order to get into her good graces, Cloud joined SOLDIER and proceeded to sabotage two 1st Class SOLDIERS- Zack Fair and Sephiroth. In no small part due to his own actions, both 1st Class fighters were slain and lost. Proof of this can be seen in the weapon Cloud still drags around to this day- stolen from Zack.

But his villainy does not end there! Upon reaching Midgar Cloud joined the terrorist organization known as AVALANCHE. Together with these rogues Cloud destroyed a reactor with a massive explosion- killing potentially hundreds and endangering thousands of lives- not to mention costing 1/8 of the total power available to the entire city. But he still wasn't satisfied, through his actions the plate above Sector 8 was weaked and dropped, causing untold devastation. Cloud even attacked the authorities who tried to capture him- Shinra HQ was left with hundreds of bodies in the wake of Cloud's capture and subsequent escape. Cloud fled the city afterwords along with his associates, fearful of being brought to justice!

Worse still, Cloud then managed to locate and recover the Black Materia, a weapon of incredible power! After this discovery Cloud then passed this weapon over to Sephiroth- who Cloud had caused to be corrupted! Meteor was then summoned- a masssive catastrophe that would most certainly decimate the planet once struck. At this point Cloud also summoned WEAPONS- ancient creatures that were nigh-unstoppable and rampaged across the planet. Not content with the harm done already- Cloud then purposefully set out to hinder any and all attempts to stop Meteor- waylaying Shinra troops and preventing the use of the HUGE materia to try and save lives! Thankfully- through the actions of Rufus Shinra- the WEAPON and Sephiroth were defeated in a single blast!

But was that enough for Cloud? Heavens no! Even with Sephiroth's defeat the Meteor was still coming. Content to let his cruel joke play out- Cloud unleashed the Holy materia- leaving ruin in its wake! It took intervention from the planet itself to save us all- despite Cloud's best efforts to impede us!

But at what cost? Thanks to Cloud a plague sprang up almost overnight, Geostigma, an incurable disease that rendered all touched by it weak and delirious. Cloud recruited three new cohorts and convinced them to kidnap the children of Edge! They wear the same uniform he does and wield the powers many saw Cloud use with their own eyes! Who else has such powerful materia at their disposal?! Fortunately, there was a falling-out amongst the members and they turned on one another- killing themselves- including Cloud- in a duel atop Shinra HQ.

But Cloud survived- through some black arts yet not understood he lived! And he had one more defiling act left in him! Soldiers began abducting and murdering wantonly, sacrificing those they took to the planet and bringing about the apocalypse! Cloud was last seen in the thick of the fighting- but he was allied with the rogues I tell you! The red one fought him but no sooner did she engage her foe than she fled- she knew Cloud was on her side!

But despite all of Strife's efforts, humanity has prevailed and still clings to its existence. But he's still out there somewhere... waiting for another chance to cause new evils to rise...