Zack Fair
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| Zack Fair | |
 Zack in Crisis Core as a SOLDIER 2nd Class | |
| Age: | 16 (at the beginning of CC) 23 (at time of death) |
| Birthplace: | Gongaga |
| Gender: | Male |
| Height: | 5'11" |
| Weapon: | Katana/Buster Sword |
| Job: | SOLDIER |
| Birthdate: | unknown |
| Blood Type: | O |
Zack Fair is one of the main protagonists of the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII. Originally a minor character that appeared only in flashbacks, Zack is the main focus of Crisis Core, exploring his story which leads into Cloud's story of the original Final Fantasy VII.
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Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core
Zack is introduced as a SOLDIER 2nd Class during a virtual training session with his mentor Angeal Hewley, the original owner of the Buster Sword. Shortly after, Kunsel informs Zack that one of the SOLDIER 1sts has left Shinra and taken some of the 2nds and 3rds with him. During a meeting with Director Lazard where Zack and Angeal are to be sent to Wutai, Zack learns that Genesis is the missing 1st. Angeal also tells Zack that he has recommended him for 1st Class. After Zack shows off his skills in Wutai for the director, they encounter strange soldiers that Sephiroth identifies as Genesis copies. Upon realizing that Angeal has gone missing, Sephiroth concludes that he, too, has abandoned Shinra. Even though Sephiroth is his hero, Zack denies his notion, claiming that Angeal would never abandon them.
Later, Zack is sent with Tseng of the Turks to investigate Genesis and Angeal's hometown of Banora. There, Zack meets Angeal's mother, Gillian, who reveals the history of the Buster Sword. After fighting through a secret facility and meeting Genesis, Zack returns to the village to find Gillian dead and Angeal holding his sword over her.
Upon Zack's return to Shinra HQ, Lazard promotes him to 1st Class and gives him an assignment with Sephiroth. However, their meeting is interrupted when Genesis' army swarms Midgar, sending both heroes to defend the city. During his sweep of Sector 8, Zack meets Cissnei, a young Turk that wields a shuriken. When he tries to help her, however, he is stopped by Reno and Rude. After he successfully defeats the Genesis copies, Cissnei poignantly tells him that wings symbolize freedom, not monsters.
Zack and Sephiroth continue their mission to the Sector 5 Reactor where they find Professor Hollander's lab. During investigation, Zack learns a bit about Project G before Hollander happens upon them. Zack chases Hollander throughout the facility, but is stopped by Angeal, who reveals his single white wing and compares himself to a monster. Angeal attempts to get Zack to fight him, but Zack refuses and falls to the slums below.
Zack wakes up in a church and meets Aerith Gainsborough, who he initially believes to be an angel. Zack offers to repay her for saving his life with one date. When he sees the flowers that Aerith is caring for, he suggests that she sell them, filling Midgar with flowers and her wallet with money.
Inside the abandoned bathhouse at Modeoheim, Zack learns from Hollander and Angeal that Gillian was Project G, resulting in the birth of Angeal. Hollander refers to Angeal as the perfect soldier. Angeal then fuses with copies of himself to become Angeal Penance, forcing Zack to fight him. Upon his defeat, Angeal passes the Buster Sword on to Zack. Zack returns to Aerith’s church where he is comforted by her after the death of his mentor.
A short time later, Zack changes his hair (to how it is shown in the original game) and encourages Cloud in his attempt to join SOLDIER. He then passes on the words of his mentor to a group of 2nds, who later come to regard him as their own personal hero.
Later, Zack helps Aerith build a flower cart and begin selling flowers in the Sector 5 Park. When Aerith tells him that she has twenty-three wishes, he tells her to write them down so he doesn't forget. Zack is then called back to Shinra for another assignment. When he arrives, he finds that he will be working with Cloud once again. Sephiroth then tells them that they are going to Nibelheim, Cloud’s hometown, to investigate the reactor.
When the group arrives, Cloud keeps his helmet on to hide his identity. Zack meets Tifa Lockhart who inquires about the SOLDIER members. She starts to say something else, but runs away instead. The next day, they learn that Tifa is to be their guide to the reactor. At the reactor, Sephiroth insists that Tifa stay outside and orders Cloud to guard her. Inside, Sephiroth and Zack find pods with monsters and a locked room with the sign "Jenova", the same name as Sephiroth's mother. Sephiroth begins to break down, but is interrupted by Genesis who tells him that he is indeed a monster and asks him to join his cause. Sephiroth refuses to help Genesis and returns to the village. After escorting Cloud and Tifa back to the village, Zack finds Sephiroth in the basement of Shinra Manor, pouring over the research papers concerning the Jenova Project. Sephiroth then locks himself in the basement and continues his feverish research.
When Sephiroth finally emerges, he burns Nibelheim and heads to the reactor. Zack follows him and finds Tifa badly injured by his hand. Zack initiates combat with Sephiroth, but is eventually defeated and thrown out onto the stairs. Cloud arrives and takes up the Buster Sword to fight Sephiroth, who falls into the mako pool below. Severely injured, Cloud collapses on the steps near Zack. The two are later taken by Hojo to the Shinra Mansion’s basement, where they are kept as test subjects in Hojo's experiments.
After a vision of Angeal, Zack is able to break free from his tube. He releases Cloud who has become afflicted with mako addiction as a result of the experiments. Here, he replaces Cloud's infantry uniform with that of a SOLDIER 1st Class and fights his way out of Nibelheim.
Coming across Cissnei, she gives Zack a motorcycle to aid his escape. Zack decides to return to Midgar to find Aerith, but is stopped by Genesis, who orders one of his copies to eat Zack's hair. Due to exposure to Jenova cells, however, the copy turns into a monster and Zack is forced to fight. Happening upon Gongaga, Zack once again runs into Genesis and Hollander, who now seek out pure S cells, only possessed by Cloud. Zack, aided by Lazard who has turned into an Angeal copy, defeats Hollander while Genesis escapes.
Zack returns to Banora seeking Genesis. When he finds him, he is forced to battle him. After defeating Genesis, Zack carries him back to the surface and joins up with Cloud and Lazard. While enjoying a dumbapple, he notices the Angeal copy that had been protecting Aerith. After it disappears into the Lifestream, Zack finds a letter from Aerith which states that it has been four years since she has seen him and that this will be her 89th and final letter. Zack takes Cloud and heads off for Midgar, leaving behind Genesis who is recovered by two SOLDIER 1sts.
Final Fantasy VII
Zack's name is first uttered when the party arrives in Gongaga. There, they meet Zack's parents who question Cloud of their son's whereabouts. Cloud learns that Zack was Aeris' first love and that he reminds her of Zack.
Later, upon finding Sephiroth, Cloud is shown that it was Zack, not him, that was the SOLDIER 1st Class in Nibelheim. Zack is again shown in flashbacks during Cloud and Tifa's sequence in the Lifestream where she helps him piece together his memories. Cloud reveals the true events of Nibelheim and Zack's death.
A special cinema can be seen by re-entering the basement of Shinra Mansion whereby Zack is shown with Cloud on the back of a truck during their escape. He resolves to become a mercenary with Cloud before being gunned down by the Shinra army.
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
Zack is once again shown in flashbacks when Cloud visits the Buster Sword, which he has placed as a memorial marking the site of Zack's death. Zack also appears in a flashback sequence, along with Aerith, Tifa, and the children, when Sephiroth asks Cloud what he cherishes most. Later, Cloud gets caught in an explosion with Loz and Yazoo and ends up in the Lifestream.
Final Fantasy VII: Last Order
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Quotes
| "Yeah, yeah, I'm a country boy." (Crisis Core) |
| "This is a symbol of my dreams and honor." (about the Buster Sword - Crisis Core) |
| "I thought we could outrun the army, but the Turks are a different story." (Crisis Core) |
| "If we pull this off, we'll all be heroes! At the very least, I'd feel like one!" (Crisis Core) |
| "Live. You'll be my living legacy. My honor, my dreams...They're yours now..." (to Cloud - Crisis Core) |
| "Hey....Would you say I became a hero?" (Crisis Core) |
| "We're friends, right?" (to Cloud - FFVII & Advent Children) |
| "Mercenaries, Cloud. That's what you an' me are gonna be. Understand, Cloud?" (FFVII) |
| "Tough luck, friend. It seems you don't have a place here." (to Cloud – Advent Children) |
| "So what if it seems hopeless? If it were me, I still wouldn't give up. Embrace your dreams. And, whatever happens, protect your honor as SOLDIER. Well, okay, you never made SOLDIER, but its what's in here that counts." (to Cloud - Advent Children Complete) |
| "You already beat him once, didn't you? This should be a cinch!" (to Cloud about Sephiroth - Advent Children Complete) |
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