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Aerith Gainsborough (Japanese: エアリス・ゲインズブール, Earisu Geinzubūru; also known as "Aeris Gainsborough"), is a fictional character from the role playing game Final Fantasy VII . She has green eyes, long brown hair which she ties in a braid with pink ribbons, and wears a pink dress. She fights with a metal quarterstaff; however, her physical attacks are relatively weak, and she is better utilized as a mage. Her Limit Breaks are used to heal or protect the party. In the original Japanese versions of Kingdom Hearts series and Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, she is voiced by Maaya Sakamoto; in the English version of Kingdom Hearts, she is voiced by singer Mandy Moore. In the English versions of Kingdom Hearts II and Advent Children, she is voiced by actress Mena Suvari.

Aerith is often referred to as "Aeris," due to translation issues. The problem may have originated due to the fact that the foreign sounds "s" (as a stand-alone consonant) and "th" are both represented in Japanese syllabary by "su" (ス), or it may have been a deliberate aesthetic change on Sony's part. The alternative spelling was subsequently used in the English translation of Kingdom Hearts. However, both "Aerith" and "Aeris" may possibly be pronounced the same (as "Air-ris").

"Aerith"—and, consequently, "Aeris"—is a Japanese transliteration of the English word "Earth" (confirmed by the Final Fantasy VII: Kaitai Shinsho guide). In katakana (the Japanese alphabet used for words that are not of Japanese origin), the name is written as "Earisu". Syllables in the Japanese language are normally open, that is, they normally end in a vowel ("n" being the only consonant allowed in syllable codas; thus, the "i" after "r") and the Japanese language has no "th" sound, instead using "su". It became "Aeris" as a result of writing it in romaji (Latin characters representing Japanese sounds) to represent how it sounds when spoken in Japanese ("Air-ris").

"Aerith," the actual official romanization of the name, would rarely occur in the romaji system due to the lack of a "th" sound in Japanese, though "th" is a valid, if not somewhant antiquated rendering of "su" (ス). Regardless of the rarity of this syllable's usage, "Aerith" is nonetheless the official romanization chosen by the creators of Final Fantasy VII.

Biography

Early life

Aerith was born to the last true Cetra, Ifalna, and her researcher, Professor Gast Faremist. Prior to this, Ifalna had been captured by the Shin-Ra to be researched by Gast, their top scientist. The two fell in love, however, and eloped, though Gast continued his investigation into the Cetra's history with Ifalna's voluntary cooperation at Icicle Lodge to the north. Within two years, Aerith was born to them.

When Aerith was only 20 days old, her family was attacked by Shin-Ra soldiers under the command of Professor Hojo—another Shin-Ra scientist, and Gast's former assistant—killing Gast and capturing Aerith and Ifalna so as to provide further research for Hojo. Seven years later, in Midgar, Ifalna was able to escape from the Shin-Ra headquarters with Aerith, the mother and daughter fleeing as far as the train station in the Sector 7 slums before a dying Ifalna entrusted Aerith to the care of Elmyra Gainsborough, a childless widow.

As time went on, Aerith's Cetra heritage would reveal itself in various ways, most notably the ability to hear the souls of the dead wandering the Planet. However, she was uncomfortable with these abilities and refused to acknowledge them or her ancestry. Throughout the rest of her childhood and young adult life, Aerith would be a constant target of the Shin-Ra, who were seeking to recover her. At the age of sixteen, Aerith dated her first boyfriend, Zack—a young man closely linked to Final Fantasy VIIs protagonist, Cloud Strife
—and also helps her adopted mother with their livelihood by growing and selling flowers, a profession which results in her meeting Cloud during Final Fantasy VII.
Compilation of Final Fantasy VII
Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII
In Before Crisis, several years before the main events of Final Fantasy VII, Aerith becomes the target of AVALANCHE
, who seek to prevent the Shin-Ra from being able to make use of the last Cetra. They also intend to learn the whereabouts of the Promised Land from her for their own purposes. It is then up to a member of the Turks
to protect her.
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