(FINAL FANTASY AU)

Cloud (26) is a handsome young man of average height, he has broad shoulders and a toned muscular physique, he has blonde spiky hair and blue eyes, which glow due to the Mako flowing through his body. Because "Mako eyes" are an icon of SOLDIER, Cloud is often mistaken as one. Presumably it is this Mako that allows him to wield his iconic Buster Sword, which is seemingly too heavy for non-SOLDIER members to use. Cloud was, however, capable of using it to great effect as a Shinra guard with no special abilities

When Cloud was nine, Tifa's mother died, and Tifa insisted that she could meet her mother again by crossing Mt. Nibel. Cloud followed, and when Tifa was injured, the townsfolk believed the whole expedition up the mountain to be Cloud's fault, and Tifa's father forbade Cloud to come near Tifa. Cloud blamed himself for what happened to Tifa, thinking that it was because of his own weakness that he failed to save her. As a result, Cloud developed a bit of an anger problem, always getting in fights, not even caring who it was with. Yet in spite of this new show of aggression, Cloud was still just a quiet kid who rarely had much of anything to do with the other kids in the Village

Nibelheim was a quiet and unremarkable village but Nibelheim’s tranquility was shattered a few years ago when Sephiroth discovered Professor Hojo's failed experiments with Mako soldiers as well as where Shinra had interred Jenova, which Sephiroth mistakenly believes to be his mother. Falling into madness, Sephiroth immersed himself in Professor Gast's research and discovered his own dark past and creation. He came out of the basement of the Shinra Mansion in Nibelheim and set about destroying the village. In the chaos Cloud’s mother and the people he knew were killed

He is a former Shinra soldier who became a mercenary for hire in the Midgar undercity which led to him join AVALANCHE, the opposing the forces of Shinra and his tormentor his archrival Sephiroth

He is in Midgar waiting for his new partner