final fantasy 7 rebirth rpg

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth continues the overarching narrative first introduced in Final Fantasy VII Remake (2020), which reimagines the plot, world, and cast of the original Final Fantasy VII (1997). The game takes place on "The Planet" and centers on the journey of the main characters as they seek to end the tyranny of the Shinra Electric Power Company, which controls the megalopolis of Midgar by weaponizing the Lifestream, and defeat Sephiroth (Tyler Hoechlin/Toshiyuki Morikawa), a legendary veteran of Shinra's elite SOLDIER unit who was presumed dead and seeks to summon Meteor to wound the Planet, enabling him to attain godhood by uniting with the Lifestream. Rebirth spans the events from leaving Midgar to the Forgotten Capital; however, the order in which locations are explored is changed from the original game. For example, the visit to Wutai will be saved for the third installment.[8]

The protagonist and leader of the party is Cloud Strife (Cody Christian/Takahiro Sakurai), a former member of SOLDIER's 1st Class who now works as a mercenary assisting the eco-terrorist group AVALANCHE, which opposes Shinra's exploitation of the Planet and its resources. Accompanying him are two of its members: Barret Wallace (John Eric Bentley/Masato Funaki), its brazen but empathetic leader, and Tifa Lockhart (Britt Baron/Ayumi Ito), Cloud's compassionate but shy childhood friend who works as a bartender at the 7th Heaven in Midgar and is a practicing martial artist. They are joined by Aerith Gainsborough (Briana White/Maaya Sakamoto), a flower merchant who previously lived in Midgar's Sector 5 Slums and is the sole survivor of the ancient Cetra; Red XIII (Max Mittelman/Kappei Yamaguchi), an intelligent quadruped from Cosmo Canyon who Shinra held captive as a lab rat; and Yuffie Kisaragi (Suzie Yeung/Yumi Kakazu), an expert Materia thief and ninja from Wutai who resolves to join the team to realize Shinra's downfall after losing her partner Sonon Kusakabe in a failed attempt to extract the "Ultimate Materia" from their headquarters.[9] Supporting characters play roles throughout the story, including Zack Fair (Caleb Pierce/Kenichi Suzumura), Aerith's boyfriend and the previous wielder of the Buster Sword, who escaped with Cloud after Shinra experimented on them using the cells of the extraterrestrial life-form JENOVA; Cait Sith (Paul Tinto/Hideo Ishikawa), a robotic cat remotely controlled by Shinra's Head of Urban Development Reeve Tuesti (Jon Root/Banjō Ginga); Vincent Valentine (Matthew Mercer/Shōgo Suzuki), a former member of the Turks who Professor Hojo (James Sie/Shigeru Chiba) experimented on; and Cid Highwind (J. Michael Tatum/Kazuhiro Yamaji), a grizzled pilot from Rocket Town and an ex-Shinra rocket scientist who is dedicated to achieving spaceflight.[10][11][12] Other characters include Bugenhagen (Frank Todaro/Yōhei Tadano), the elder of Cosmo Canyon; AVALANCHE member Biggs (Gideon Emery/Shūhei Sakaguchi), who, unlike in the original game, survives the Sector 7 Plate's collapse in Midgar and now seeks revenge against Shinra for the deaths of his friends;[13] Dyne (Dave B. Mitchell/Kenjiro Tsuda), a childhood friend of Barret from Mt. Corel and the biological father of his adopted daughter Marlene;[14] and Elena (Piper Reese/Megumi Toyoguchi), a new recruit of the Turks who seeks to apprehend Cloud and his allies.[15]

Synopsis Following the events of the previous game, Zack Fair reaches Midgar with a comatose Cloud, and it is revealed that he resides in a timeline where the end of the world is imminent as a result of the Planet's mako having been completely depleted. Shinra has captured Barret and Tifa, while Red XIII sacrificed himself to free a comatose Aerith. Zack takes Cloud and Aerith to Aerith's mother Elmyra's house to hide out and tracks down Biggs, the last survivor of AVALANCHE who is revealed to be from the original timeline, having been transported to Zack's timeline due to the Whispers' intervention. After Shinra troops kill Biggs and Marlene gives an ominous prophecy that Sephiroth will kill Aerith, Zack is left conflicted on whether to focus on saving Cloud or Aerith.

Back in the original timeline, Cloud and his friends rest in Kalm, and he tells them about his past with Sephiroth. Five years earlier, Cloud and Sephiroth were posted to Cloud and Tifa's hometown of Nibelheim to investigate its mako reactor. There, Sephiroth went insane after discovering that he was actually an artificial being created from Jenova's cells and set fire to Nibelheim, killing many of its inhabitants, including Cloud's mother and Tifa's father. Cloud pursued Sephiroth to the reactor where Jenova's body was stored, but has no memory of what happened afterwards. Later, Tifa confides in Aerith that while the events five years ago did occur, she has no recollection of Cloud being present.

The next day, Shinra forces raid Kalm in search of the party, forcing them to flee. They decide to follow the trail of the mysterious "black robes", former Shinra test subjects who Cloud believes are congregating towards Sephiroth's location. The party follows their trail through various locations, including the Shinra-occupied port city of Junon, the resort city of Costa del Sol, Barret's hometown of Corel, the Gold Saucer amusement park, Zack's hometown of Gongaga, Red XIII's hometown of Cosmo Canyon, and a rebuilt Nibelheim. They also meet and recruit new members into their party: Wutai ninja Yuffie Kisaragi, remote-controlled fortune-telling robot cat Cait Sith, freelance pilot Cid Highwind, and ex-Turk supersoldier Vincent Valentine.

During their journey, the party discovers that the Planet has manifested its guardians, the Weapons, to protect itself, and that with the absence of the Arbiter of Fate, a schism has formed between the Whispers, with one side aiding Sephiroth and the other trying to protect the Planet. Rufus is inaugurated as Shinra's new president and continues the company's search for the Promised Land in a bid to surpass his father, as diplomatic relations between Shinra and Wutai begin to fall apart, threatening war. Eventually, the party discovers that Sephiroth's ultimate plan is to use the Black Materia to summon Meteor to destroy the Planet. The party races Shinra to an ancient Cetra Temple and obtains the Black Materia, only for Sephiroth to mind-control Cloud into handing it over. He tells Cloud and Aerith that countless alternate worlds were created following the destruction of the Arbiter of Fate, allowing him to carry out "Reunion" by forcibly fusing them together to create the paradise he seeks to rule over.

Aerith finds that the Whispers have depleted her ancestral White Materia, which can counter the Black Materia. An alternate Aerith summons Cloud to her world, where she gives him her White Materia as a replacement after confessing her feelings for him. As she returns him to his world, Sephiroth arrives to kill her. Aerith attempts to perform a Cetra ritual to thwart Sephiroth's plans, but he ambushes her. Although Cloud blocks his sword and disarms him, reality distorts into one where he succeeds in killing her as the White Materia falls into the water. As Cloud and the party fight Sephiroth, Cloud and Zack's timelines briefly converge and they fight Sephiroth together. Sephiroth banishes Zack back to his timeline, only for Aerith's spirit to arrive to aid Cloud. Sephiroth is defeated and retreats as Zack is confident that he and Cloud will cross paths again. Meanwhile, Rufus realizes that Sephiroth caused the recent tensions between Shinra and Wutai to distract him as more black robes begin to congregate in Nibelheim. The party is left despondent by Aerith's death, with Cloud seemingly unaware that he is the only one who can perceive her, though Red XIII briefly senses her. As the party prepares to pursue Sephiroth further north, Cloud fuses the Black Materia into the Buster Sword and parts ways with Aerith's spirit, who says she will stay behind to find a way to stop Meteor. (in this timeline cloud dies and they find you)