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Tifa Lockheart Age: 20 Date of Birth: May 3 Birthplace: Nibelhiem Hair: Dark Brown Eyes: Wine colored brown Height: 5'4 Bloodtype: B Weapon: Martial Arts (gloves) Job: Bar Hostess Tifa and Cloud were childhood friends, but parted ways when Cloud left his hometown of Nibelheim to join SOLIDER. When her parents died, Tifa also left Nibelheim and headed for Midgar. Soon after opening her bar, Tifa's Seventh Heaven, she met Barret and joined his ragtag group of rebels known as AVANANCHE. It's her goal to make sure Cloud remains with AVALANCHE after his first mission with the team. When fighting, Tifa lets her fists do the talking. Her attacks are generally weaker than Cloud's and Barret's, but from early on her chain of Limit Breaks is by far the best thing going. Instead of selecting a single Limit Break, each new attack adds to the chain for a total of seven devastating hits. If she can score "Yeah!" on the twirling slots, che causes extra damage. If she stops a lot on "Miss", she misses with that part of the combo. Tifa should always be a frontline fighter, but may have trouble contributing during some boss fight. The following paragraph was written by Sleepyfantasy Tifa Lockheart was born in the small town of Nibelheim. She was very popular growing up, and by the time she was a preteen she was becoming a beautiful young woman, always sought after by the other boys in town. But she only had feelings for Cloud. Cloud and Tifa were not incredibly close when they were young, but she was probably the only person who treated Cloud kindly. When Tifa was about thirteen, her mother died. She was terribly distraught, and her group of friends gathered at her house to console her. Cloud also stopped by. Many people in Nibelhiem believed that when a person died, their soul pasted throught the Nibel Mountains. Tifa ran into the mountains to "find" her mother, her friends and Cloud running after her. However, she continued deeper into the mountains, and soon all of her friends ran back except for Cloud. He continued to walk with her, but the bridge connecting to mountain ranges broke and they both fell. Cloud scarred his knees, but Tifa was in a coma for seven days. The towns people blamed the accident on Cloud, and Tifa's father forebade her to ever see Cloud again. He even began signing her up with martial arts lessons with Zangan for protection. After this, Cloud became even more withdrawn, and would get into fights over anything. A while later, Cloud called Tifa out to the well in the center of town. He told her he was going to Midgar to join SOLDIER. Tifa made him promise that if she was ever in trouble, he'd come and save her. Tifa missed Cloud terribly after he left, and realized she had deep feelings for him. She even checked the newspapers everyday for a little bit of info on him. Two years later, when Tifa was fifteen, Sephiroth and a SOLDIER named Zack came to Nibelhiem to inspect the Mako reactor. She ran off crying when she discovered Cloud was not there, but the truth was he was there the whole time, only as a regular Shin-Ra guard, because he did not make it into SOLDIER. When Sephiroth went insane and burned down the down a few days later, Tifa ran to the reactor and found her father slain at the hands of Sephiroth. She grabbed his sword and tried to kill Sephiroth, but he over powered her and slashed her across the chest. Cloud saved her and removed her from harm's way, and killed Sephiroth. Zangan then brought Tifa to Midgar to safety. Tifa ended up working in a bar in Midgar, which she later took over, Tifa's Seventh Heaven. A few years later, Barret Wallace and his rebel group AVALANCHE walked into her bar and asked her if she had any ties with the Shin-Ra. When she answered, she quickly joined and made her bar the group's hideout. Later, Tifa found Cloud at the train station, ill and confused. Tifa noticed the change in Cloud's behavior... he was much more with drawn and apathetic before. Tifa was worried about this, but didn't say anything at first. He became a mercenary, and began working with AVALANCHE.... and the story begins.... Personality Although she tries to appear optimistic, inside Tifa feels depressed and confused. She often feels overshadowed by Aeris, and deals with other personal issues that haunt her. She makes several mistakes before she finally begins to figure herself out.