Vincent Valentine From Final Fantasy 7 is one of the best written Side Characters in Gaming

Vincent Valentine made his debut in Final Fantasy 7 where he can be found resting in a coffin in the Shinra Manor. After speaking to him and exiting the area Vincent will ask the party if they are going to see Hojo, and then join them. From the get go Vincent’s character is shrouded in mystery. His personality is rather dark, and he’s never afraid to assess a situation truthfully despite hurting the feelings of others. Regardless of his dark nature, Vincent remains a valuable asset to Cloud and the gang well after they defeat Sephiroth and save the planet at the end of the game. Through an optional side quest in Lucrecia’s cavern its possible to find out more of Vincent’s backstory.

As it turns out Vincent was a Turk who worked for Shinra years prior to the start of the game. Vincent was assigned to supervise the Jenova Project in Nibelheim. Working as a turk Vincent then met and fell in love with a Scientist named Lucrecia, whom had a work driven relationship with Professor Hojo. When it was decided that the Professor Hojo would inject Jenova cells into a pregnant Lucrecia, Vincent objected heavily. This objection ended up getting him killed and Hojo conducted experiments on him to raise the endurance and strength through transforming into a monster.

Unfortunately, Hojo was unable to fully resurrect Vincent. It was at this point that Lucrecia made the decision to inject Vincent with the Chaos materia to resurrect him. As a result of the previous experimentation Lucrecia was able to bring back Vincent. Unfortunately for Lucrecia, she soon found herself miserable and depressed due to her having her infant child Sephiroth taken away from her before she could even hold him. Lucrecia attempted to commit suicide, but was unable to due to the Jenova Cells in her body. Her unending misery from not being able to see her child caused her to go to Crystal Cave and crystallize herself.

Upon seeing Vincent Lucrecia immediately asks the whereabouts of her son Sephiroth, whom she claims she has seen commit atrocities in her dreams. Vincent decides to lie to Lucrecia and tells her he is dead instead of telling her the truth of his evil deeds.

Following this conversation Lucrecia proceeds to self imprison herself in the Crystal once again.

Vincent is shown to blame himself for the experimentation done on Lucrecia, despite him never having done anything wrong. His inability to save her has caused him decades of suffering and guilt that he didn’t think he could ever undo. Thankfully, after avenging Lucrecia’s demise by defeating Hojo Vincent is presumed to find some closure. Everything about Vincent is so intriguing to me. His design and attitude are that of a villian, yet he is actually a protagonist. His design appears to be a manifestation of his own guilt. Although Vincent is an optional character, his backstory is excellently fleshed out. Everything about Vincent from the way he looks, talks, and his theme are fascinating. Not to mention, Vincent is quite a bad ass who I always use as my Black Mage in the End Game.

Vincent has yet to appear in a trailer for the remake yet, and I can not wait until they reveal him to the public. Seeing how Vincent’s story is implemented into the first part of the remake is one of the things I am looking forward to most when the first part of the remake hits in April.

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