


As Aeris looks up to smile at Cloud, Sephiroth appears and kills her by impaling her through the torso. Cloud and his companions give chase, eventually finding her praying at an altar. Aeris then joins them in the pursuit of Sephiroth, while embarking on a journey of self-discovery.Īfter a failed attempt to foil Sephiroth's theft of the Black Materia, Aeris ventures alone into the Forgotten City for an unknown purpose. She is eventually apprehended, but once again rescued by Cloud and company. Aeris asks Cloud to be her bodyguard for the cost of one date.

The two later meet in Aeris' church in the Sector 5 slums, where she is faced with the possibility of being captured by the Turks. Aerith and the events surrounding her death in Final Fantasy VII have met with an overall positive reception from critics and fans.Īeris Gainsborough is introduced as a flower seller, when she briefly converses with Cloud Strife, a mercenary who is fleeing from the bombing of a Mako reactor by himself and AVALANCHE.
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Her voice actors are Maaya Sakamoto in the Japanese versions of the Kingdom Hearts series and Final Fantasy VII Advent Children, singer and actress Mandy Moore in the English version of Kingdom Hearts, actress Mena Suvari in the English versions of Kingdom Hearts II and Advent Children, and Andrea Bowen in Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII. Aerith has also appeared in the later-released Compilation of Final Fantasy VII and Kingdom Hearts series. As the story progresses, AVALANCHE begin to pursue the antagonist Sephiroth, and the player learns that Aeris is a Cetra, or "Ancient", one of the planet's oldest races. In Final Fantasy VII, Aeris is a 22-year-old woman who joins AVALANCHE. She was designed by Tetsuya Nomura with influence from Yoshinori Kitase, Hironobu Sakaguchi and Yoshitaka Amano. Mena Suvari ( Kingdom Hearts II and Final Fantasy VII Advent Children)Īndrea Bowen ( Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII and Dissidia 012: Final Fantasy)Īerith Gainsborough ( エアリス・ゲインズブール, Earisu Geinzubūru ?) - spelled Aeris Gainsborough in the English releases of Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy Tactics - is a player character in Square's (now Square Enix) role-playing video game Final Fantasy VII. Template:Active editnotice Aerith GainsboroughĪerith Gainsborough artwork by Tetsuya Nomura
