Squall is a poker-faced, short-spoken man who carries a unique sword known as the "Gunblade." That is, unless the subject at hand is one he's interestesd in, at which point he's known to become quite lively and outspoken. He's a bit of a loner (according to Square he has "little sense of comradship for the people around him"), and he wears a necklace that bares a strange griffon-like symbol (the same one that can be seen near the barrel on the Gunblade). According to character designer Tetsuya Nomura, he wanted the characters name to have the meaning of a passing shower, which is how he came up with the name Squall. His last name, Leonhart, was the name of one of the main characters from an earlier 8-Bit Final Fantasy (for the Famicom) which never came to the United States. This isn't the first time Square has brought back names from earlier games in the series.
