The SOLDIER of Garreg Mach

Bio

Name: Cloud Strife

Age: 25

Occupation: SOILDER First Class (Formerly) Mercenary (Formerly), Member of Avalanche (Formerly), Member of Jeralt's Mercenaries (Formerly), Professor at Garreg Mach

Height: 5'8 (176cm)

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About Cloud

In his early life, Cloud lived in the small village of Nibelheim in the world of Gaia. There Cloud lived in peace with his close friend, Tifa Lockhart. A young kid with big ambitions, Cloud dreamed of becoming a part of the renounced SOLDIER Program, just like his hero and biggest inspiration... Sephiroth. Following him becoming a SOLDIER, Cloud and his close friend, Zack Fair had taken a mission in Nibelheim, there, everything would come crashing down for the young SOLDIER... After the fall of Nibelheim, Cloud became a mercenary, taking Zack's legendary Buster Sword in hand, and soon found himself working alongside a resistance group known as Avalanche. There he once again faced Sephiroth again, this time making sure he keeps Sephiroth down for good, making sure he stays a memory...

Weapon: Buster Sword

Personality: Distant, aloof, stoic, slightly reserved, selfless, overprotective of Byleth, a little cocky, slightly arrogant with his abilities, cares for those close to him deep down

Likes: Training, getting paid, spending time with his students, taking oddjobs around the monastery, learning about the world, sparing with his students and Byleth

Dislike: Not getting paid, boastful nobles (I.E. Lorenz), Sephiroth, people keeping secrets, losing those closest to him

Relationships

Byleth Eisner: Little Sister Figure

After arriving the the world of Fódlan, Cloud was taken in by the legendary Blade Breaker, Jeralt and his mercenaries for a while. There he met his young daughter, Byleth. As Cloud worked with Jeralt, Byleth, and their mercenaries, he and Byleth grew rather close, Byleth seeing him in an almost big brother light. While Cloud isn't the biggest fan of being a big brother to her, he's grown to accept his role as her big brother and now takes it in stride. Though, there is a strange tension between the two of them from time-to-time, almost as if there was someone else standing in Byleth's place that Cloud saw...

Claude von Riegan: House Leader

Upon recognizing that the students in the Golden Deer were a bunch of "unruly brats", Cloud joined the Golden Deer as its professor. Over time, Claude began to grow on Cloud, given his love for finding secrets intrigued Cloud so much he wanted to join in on his investigations into the mysteries of Fódlan.

Shamir Nevrand: Lover

An odd pairing at first glance, Shamir and Cloud ended up growing rather close to each other due to their time as mercenaries. From their similar personalities and backgrounds, one would assume they would be a one-time partnership and then be done. However, once Cloud started working at Garreg Mach, the two of them connected again, the two enjoyed explaining their stories and histories as mercenaries and before their time. During their time together, Shamir ended up gaining a small romantic attraction to Cloud, finding him very attractive and similar to her first love of her past. Unfortunately, because of her attraction to him, it's given Catherine multiple opportunities to tease her in an attempt to make her jealous.

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A/N: With the release of Three Hopes, I decided to make this new story. Now, fair warning, I won't be uploading that much on here until one of my other stories is finished. So, until then, there won't be too many updates on here. But, I'm super excited about this, hope you guys also enjoy it, and I'll see you all later. Oh! One more thing, I want to give a big shout out to my friend Hydra1996 for helping me with this, trust me when I tell you, my stories would not be as good as they are without their input. So please check them out, they're really incredible and a great friend of mine, anyways, see you all later!