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Vincent Valentine Age: 53 Date of Birth: October 13 Birthplace: Junon Hair: Black Eyes: Red (originally blue) Height: 6'0 Blood Type: A Weapon: Gun Job: Unemployed Talk about a dark presence, Vincent sends chills down the toughest person's spine. Although he may look evil at first, there's a good soul trapped beneath his dark exterior. Vintent's plight is yet another example of Shinra's warped experimentation; however, there's more to this story than just bungled scientific research. Cincent is a strong fighter, much like Barret. He's also quite competent with Materia and makes good use of it from the back row. His Limit Attacks are powerful, but sometimes unpredictable. Once be transforms, you'll no longer be able to control Vincent. Make sure you're familiar with your enemy's strengths and weaknesses before Vinvent transforms, or you may end up helping your enemies more than hurt them. Vinvent will not join your party on his own. Refer to the section on how to find Vincent Valentine for more information. The following paragraph was written by Sleepyfantasy Vincent Valentine was born in Junon City to wealthy parents. When in his twenties, he moved to Midgar and joined the Turks. His stoic and coldhearted personality made him an excellent canidate and one of the best. Vincent ran into a lab assistant named Lucrecia one day on an elevator. He was intriguied by her and wanted to get to know her better. After meeting with her several times, he found himself falling in love with her. Professor Gast, Shin-Ra's top scientist, had sometime before found a 2,000 year old alien lifeform which was given the name JENOVA. The JENOVA project became very important, and Professor Gast and Hojo were the leading scientists on the project. However, many attacks by rebel factions were being focused on the lab, and Professor Gast demanded the research work be taken out of Midgar. Shin-Ra moved Gast, Hojo, the science team working on the JENOVA project (including Lucrecia) to a mansion in Nibelhiem, where the research was continued. Vincent was sent there also to offer protection to the scientists. Lucrecia and Vincent grew closer over time and intended to marry. Hojo, however, had his own plans. He wanted to use JENOVA's cells in a unborn child to produce a super strong, god like being. He decided to be the father, and began scanning for a woman that would be most compatible. And Lucrecia was it. Some say Hojo raped Lucrecia, others say he seduced her with a chemical and forced her to marry him, still others say that she willingly went along with the project, knowing what was going on the whole time. Lucrecia became withdrawn from Vincent, and when he got wind of what was going on, he wanted to kill Hojo. He tried to stop what was happening, but Lucrecia pleaded with him, and decided to keep the baby. Vincent decided to let her make her own decisions. Lucrecia soon gave birth to Sephiroth, but the baby was taken away from her immediatly. She was never given the chance to even hold the child, she just saw him faintly as they snatched him away. Lucrecia died several days later from poisoning, in Vincent's arms. Hojo had injected her body with so much of JENOVA's cells her body became completely polluted by them. Vincent, in a rage, angry at Hojo as well as himself for letting this happen to the only person he loved. He stormed into the lab and shot at Hojo. However, Hojo was prepared for the attack and managed to shoot Vincent instead. He then kept Vincent alive, and performed countless, horrible, torturing experiments. He gave him those horrible transformations Vincent has as limit breaks, such as the horrible Chaos beast. He made his once blue eyes a blood red color, and added the hideous claw to his right arm. He also injected a new chemical into Vincent that prevents aging... so although he'll grow older, Vincent will never age physically. He wouldn't be able to die of old age. After this, Hojo locked Vincent in a coffin and tossed him in the basement of the Shin-Ra mansion, which is why many people believe he's a vampire, even though he is not. Vincent remained there for 26 years, until you find him and get him to join your party. Lucrecia never went to the Lifestream. Because of the abundance of JENOVA cells in her body, she wasn't accepted byt the planet, and was exiled to a cave near a waterfall, now known as Lucrecia's Cave. Personality: Vincent is dark and stoic. He doesn't speak much, as he doesn't have much to say anyway. He spends most of his time dwelling over his past mistakes and his lost love. There is a deep hatred festering inside of Vincent, ready to be unleashed.