Cloud Strife's Origins Explained (Birth to Hero) ► Final Fantasy 7 Lore

Hey guys! You asked for us to look at the lore of Cloud Strife, so here it is...! We hope you guys enjoy! He's a pretty complex character, with many, many layers - hopefully we did the guy justice :) ~Darryl

you forgot the part where cloud obsessively breeds and races chocobos on his hunt for the legendary golden chocobo.

Cloud's struggle with identity is probably the most influential factor in FF7s success. He constantly struggled with self identity and despised himself so much that he subconsciously became someone else. It really speaks to humanity as a whole that self love is a powerful force that, in Cloud's case, led him to saving the world and fixing his mistakes. So next time you feel like shite for something you did or are feeling like you are worthless, give yourself some love and find it in yourself to forgive. Own your weaknesses and find strength in the acceptance of that. Be you with all your goofed up splendor and just do it. Thats what cloud symbolizes.

"I am Cloud - a master of my own illusionary world". After all these years I still remember this quote.

It gives me chills that Square is going to tell this story again, and plan to flesh it out further.

Cloud is a depressed badass. That’s the short detail.

You forgot one vital piece of information about his back story. Cloud’s memories were not entirely distorted by trauma. His state of mind was the culmination of the Jenova cells inside of him, along with his trauma. As quoted by Cloud in the Highwind (after recovering from mako poisoning in Mideel): ‘The combination of Jenova Cells, Sephiroth’s strong will, and my own weakness are what created me.’

This video helped solidify my belief that Cloud is the best written Final Fantasy character. Despite all of the supernatural scenarios and abilities, Cloud to me comes off as a very relatable human being with flaws and goals much like our own and watching him eventually realize who he is as a person is truly touching. Great video.

Such an interesting character with his development and yet so many people simply label him as "emo" I sometimes forget that the whole part with Cloud being impaled and proceeding to lift Sephiroth up and throw his ass into the reactor happened BEFORE he was infused with Mako. That's how you know he's a fucking beast.

Cloud seems to suffer from post traumatic stress disorder, and dissociative identity disorder.

This is why Cloud is the most complex and iconic character for this franchise

Cloud literally came back from being brain dead twice

Cloud is my favorite male FF character of all time. He's a very complex character with such a tragic backstory. He's very well written and I'm happy you made a video about him!

Despite all of the shit Cloud went through , people in the mid 2000's still wrote him off as simply being an emo character.

I feel Cloud paved the way for many modern video game protagonists, especially ones who struggle with identity, or have amnesia be a driving mystery in their story.

I think that "inner power" that cloud taps into in moment's of desperation is supposed to be like his "limit break".

I never realized how genius Cloud is as a character until this analysis. I don't think I've ever related to a character more.

Sometimes I forget how brilliant FF7's story was. Very deep inner strife with your own individual being

I played this game and almost beat it at 7. Watching this video now made me realized Cloud is legit an actual hero. Watching his friends and family die, then watching Zack die in front of him, mako poisoning, and then Sephiroth's torment? Jesus this guy can win the mental illness olympics

Cloud's story portrays the tragedy of being human and the hero's tale of mastering yourself, and taking responsibility for your own life and all the mistakes you make that come with daring to live. You're there with him from beginning to end and together you endure all of the struggles he has in between. Great video! I loved how you edited the crisis core and ff7 scene of Cloud getting stabbed by Sephiroth, that was a nice touch :]