Final Fantasy 7 - Barret Wallace

Name: Barret Wallace Job: Leader of AVALANCHE Age: 35 Weapon: Gun-arm Height: 6 ft 5 in Date of Birth: December 15th Birthplace : Corel Village Blood Type: O For the majority of his life Barret lived in Coral, where he worked as a coal miner with his best friend Dyne. Upon discovering Mako Energy in the town, however, Shin-Ra entered and compelled the town to turn to Mako Energy. Barret and Dyne were convinced to follow the plan, however when they traveled to view the construction of the Mako Reactor, Coral was set ablaze by Shin-Ra. As they attempted to escape Shin-Ra forces, Barret was wounded in his right arm which he decided to replace with a gun. Barret moved to Midgar where he created AVALANCHE, an small anti-Shin-Ra group. Tifa's 7th Heaven became AVALANCHE's base of operations. Cloud would later join the group and later Barret would assist Cloud in defeating Sephiroth and protecting the Planet from destruction. Barret: “I don't got any answers. I wanna be with Marlene... But I gotta fight. 'Cause if I don't, the planet's gonna die... So I'm gonna keep fightin'!” Barret may be realized as the man who is obsessed with taking vengeance on Shin-Ra for the loss of his wife many years prior to becoming the leader of AVALANCHE. He acts as a brotherly figure to Tifa and is often times her emotional support. Barret, like Tifa, is deeply devoted to protecting the planet and shows strong compassion towards his teammates. He ultimately comes off as loud and dirty-mouthed, (which he is! Nothing wrong with that...) But is a sincere and loyal man to his comrades and to those he loves. “Vermin! You Shinra the ones that are the damn vermin. And that makes you the KING Vermin!” - Barret [re President Shinra] Official Biography (From the official guide book): Head of the underground resistance movement, AVALANCHE. He's fighting the mega-conglomerate, Shinra, Inc. which has monopolized Mako energy, building special reactors to suck it out of the planet. Barret depends on brute strength and his "Gun-arm" to see him through. His wife died in an accident several years ago, and he now lives with his daughter Marlene.