Lucrecia suffers from an extreme guilt complex due to her actions that have directly and indirectly caused harm to many. Though she has a kind and caring soul, she tends to ignore the realities of life and convince herself to believe only what she wants to believe, leading her to making brash and detrimental choices. Being a scientist, she is prepared to take risks for her research and engage in unethical pursuits for her studies, something she, albeit to a lesser extent, shares with Hojo.

Chadley is a mature and intelligent teenager dedicated to his studies. He possesses impressive analytical and scientific skills. Doubting Shinra's current policies, he wants to help the people of the slums resist and overthrow the corporation using materia.He also wishes to "break free of his chains" as Hojo forced obedience and robbed him of free will.