The SOLDIER

Name: Zack Fair
Game: Final Fantasy VII-Crisis Core (also appeared in FFVII-Advent Children)
Coolness Level: 9.8/10

He is the main protagonist of the game Final Fantasy VII- Crisis Core. He is a SOLDIER 2nd Class at start, which later he got promoted as a First Class SOLDIER. His mentor is Angeal Hewley. He became the owner of Angeal's Buster Sword. His mission considered of hunting down Genesis Rhapsodos. Together with Sephiroth along with 2 SOLDIER Infantries (one of them was Cloud Strife at that time), he went on the mission. On the very bridge of their mission, they arrived at Nibelheim, Cloud Strife's hometown. That is where he met Tifa Lockheart, Cloud's childhood friend and sweetheart which became their tour guide which led them to the Mako Reactor and the abandoned ShinRa mansion. Days after, Sephiroth became curious about his own identity. He wanted to be alone and research in the old mansion (which was creepy to walk on). Days after, Sephiroth came out totally insane and burned Nibelheim then led to the Mako Reactor. Zack then followed to knock Sephiroth's senses out of him, but did the entire opposite. Cloud then saw Tifa lying down on the floor, and vengeance filled his eyes as he charged towards Sephiroth. They defeated Sephiroth but they were also knocked-down. 4 years later, Zack woke up only to find himself locked in a tube. They became experimental purposes for Professor Hojo, so he escaped along with the unconscious Cloud Strife. Later then, Zack met Genesis which is now withered, and a ShinRa experiment that he took care of when he was still in Midgar, the experiment was holding a letter which came from Aerith Gainsborough, Zack's girlfriend, saying that it is her 98'th letter to Zack which she had no reply and it will be the last letter she will write. After reading that he ran off to Midgar still carrying the unconscious Cloud, eventually they got tracked down by ShinRa Soldiers and Zack was the only one to fight them, since Cloud was still dozed with Mako Energy. Zack died later, leaving Cloud with what he wanted to do. Saying that Cloud would be his living legacy and he gave Cloud the Buster Sword. He then closed his eyes as Cloud said goodnight to him, and then walked away.

On Final Fantasy VII, Aerith mentioned Zack as her first boyfriend and that somehow Cloud resembles him, since Cloud has acquired all of Zack's abilities and even his own memories were filled of Zack's.

"Hey, would you say I became a hero?"

—Zack Fair