Aerith Gainsborough

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Aerith Gainsborough
Aerith Gainsborough's artwork from Final Fantasy VII.
Universe	Final Fantasy
Debut	Final Fantasy VII (1997)
Smash Bros. appearances	Ultimate
Most recent non-Smash appearance	Final Fantasy VII Remake (2020)
Console/platform of origin	PlayStation
Species	Cetra/Human hybrid
Gender	Female
Created by	Yoshinori Kitase Hironobu Sakaguchi
Designed by	Tetsuya Nomura
Article on Wikipedia	Aerith Gainsborough

Aerith Gainsborough (エアリス・ゲインズブール, Aerith Gainsborough; formerly translated as Aeris prior to Kingdom Hearts) is a character from the video game Final Fantasy VII.

Origin

Aerith first appears in Final Fantasy VII as a girl selling flowers in the slums of Midgar. Initially encountering Cloud after his first mission with AVALANCHE, Aerith offers him a flower before he goes on his way. Cloud next meets Aerith when he falls through the roof of the church where she gets her flowers from. Learning that she is menaced by Reno of the Turks, Cloud becomes Aerith's "bodyguard" with his payment being the offer of a date. From then on, Aerith and Cloud flee Shinra's pursuit, and ultimately leave Midgar to pursue Sephiroth. After a failed attempt to foil Sephiroth's theft of the Black Materia, Aerith ventures alone into the Forgotten City for summoning Holy, the only force capable of repelling the ultimate destructive magic, Meteor, which has been summoned by Sephiroth. Cloud and his companions give chase, eventually finding her. As Aerith looks up to smile at Cloud, Sephiroth appears and kills her by impaling her through the torso. Cloud carries Aerith's body out into a lake in the Forgotten City. Although Aerith successfully cast Holy before her death, it is held back by the power of Sephiroth's will. When Sephiroth is finally defeated, Holy is released, though Meteor had fallen too close and Holy's energy was unfocused by its gravity. Within the lifestream, Aerith commanded the lifestream itself to emerge from the planet and push Meteor back, allowing Holy to focus its energy and finally destroy the meteor.

Aerith's role is largely the same in the remake. However, Aerith appears to have deeper knowledge of unfolding events. She emphasizes a wish to live in the moment and cherish the present.

Aerith focuses on casting magic with her high magical stats, as well as having healing abilities and buffs as her Limits. She wields various rods and staves in battle.

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

File:AerithMiiCostumeAnn.png

The Aerith Mii costume in Ultimate.

Aerith appears in Round 8 of DLC as a paid Mii Swordfighter costume. In said costume, she uses both her design and her weapon from Final Fantasy VII, wielding her initial weapon, the Guard Stick. She was revealed during the Mr. Sakurai Presents "Sephiroth" presentation on December 17, 2020. She is planned to be released alongside the other Round 8 Mii Fighter costumes on December 22nd, 2020.

Trivia

• In the video introducing the Mii Fighter costumes of Challenger Pack 8, the Aerith Mii Fighter is seen holding a Fire Flower, in reference to her selling of flowers, and offering one to Cloud during their first encounter. The Aerith Mii Fighter and Cloud also re-enact the escape from the Sector 5 church, with Roy standing in for Reno, and Temple and Garreg Mach Monastery serving as the church.

External links

• Article on the Final Fantasy Wiki