Final Fantasy VIII Remastered - Characters
The cast of Final Fantasy VIII: the six SeeD operatives who make up the playable party, their rival and the sorceresses who drive the war, the Laguna dream trio, and the supporting figures at Balamb Garden and Esthar.
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| Name | Description | Role | Faction | Abilities | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Squall Leonhart | A seventeen-year-old gunblade specialist at Balamb Garden, withdrawn and blunt to the point of rudeness, who hides a fear of depending on anyone behind routine and silence. | Protagonist | Balamb Garden / SeeD | Gunblade combat with the trigger mechanic Renzokuken limit break Guardian Force junctioning Party command in SeeD operations | Starting party member |
| Rinoa Heartilly | The daughter of Galbadian general Caraway and the late singer Julia Heartilly, Rinoa leads the small Timber resistance group the Forest Owls before joining the party. | Ally / Deuteragonist | Timber Forest Owls / Balamb Garden | Angelo limit break commands Blaster Edge ranged weapon Angelo Search and Angelo Recover support Sorceress power in the late campaign | Joins during the Timber mission |
| Quistis Trepe | A teenage prodigy who became a Balamb Garden instructor at seventeen and is idolised by her students, Quistis is the one who authorises Squall's field exam. | Ally / Instructor | Balamb Garden / SeeD | Blue Magic limit break Whip combat Instructor authority at Balamb Garden Guardian Force junctioning | Starting party member and instructor |
| Zell Dincht | A loud, restless martial artist from Balamb Town who talks with his fists and eats hot dogs on a dare, Zell is the party's comic energy and its fastest attacker. | Ally | Balamb Garden / SeeD | Duel limit break with timed inputs Fist and knuckle combat High speed and evasion builds Guardian Force junctioning | Starting party member |
| Selphie Tilmitt | A bubbly transfer student from Trabia Garden who joins Balamb Garden just before the field exam, Selphie is the party's messenger and morale, and the missile strike on Trabia gives her one of the game's heaviest personal beats. | Ally | Balamb Garden / SeeD (Trabia transfer) | Slot limit break Nunchaku combat Full-cure and support magic Guardian Force junctioning | Joins at the start of the SeeD field exam |
| Irvine Kinneas | Galbadia Garden's star sniper, brought in as the sharpshooter for the Deling City operation against Edea. | Ally / Marksman | Galbadia Garden | Shot limit break with special ammunition Rifle marksmanship Long-range damage builds Guardian Force junctioning | Joins for the Deling City assassination mission |
| Seifer Almasy | Squall's rival at Balamb Garden, a talented gunblade fighter with a romantic idea of what a knight should be, whose refusal to follow orders costs him his SeeD candidacy. | Rival / Antagonist | Balamb Garden (former) / Sorceress Edea | Gunblade Hyperion Sorceress knight power Repeated rival boss encounters Galbadia Garden cadet training | Rival character, fought across multiple discs |
| Edea Kramer | The sorceress who declares war through Galbadia in the first half of the game, and the matron who raised Squall, Seifer, Zell, Quistis, Selphie and Irvine at the orphanage Edea's House. | Antagonist / Sorceress | Sorceress of Galbadia / Balamb Garden founder | Sorceress magic Possession by Ultimecia Founder of Balamb Garden Guardian Force junctioning | Primary antagonist of discs one and two |
| Laguna Loire | A Galbadian soldier who deserts after a mission in Centra, becomes a journalist in the quiet village of Winhill, and eventually rises to president of Esthar. | Supporting / Dream Sequence Protagonist | Galbadian Army (former) / Esthar | Machine gun with grenade launcher Desertion and journalism background Presidency of Esthar Dream sequence viewpoint | Playable in the Laguna dream sequences |
| Kiros Seagill | Laguna's calm, dry-witted companion who follows him out of the Galbadian army and later serves beside him in Esthar. | Supporting / Dream Sequence Ally | Galbadian Army (former) / Esthar | Paired katal blades Dream sequence combat Esthar administration | Dream sequence party member |
| Ward Zabac | The largest and most direct of Laguna's companions, a harpoon fighter who loses his voice after a cliff fall during the Centra mission and communicates by gestures afterwards. | Supporting / Dream Sequence Ally | Galbadian Army (former) / Esthar | Harpoon combat Heavy physical damage Dream sequence combat | Dream sequence party member |
| Ellone | Laguna's adopted daughter, raised in Winhill after her parents were killed, who possesses the power she calls Unlimited: the ability to send another person's consciousness back into the past. | Supporting / Plot Catalyst | Esthar / Winhill | Unlimited: sending consciousness into the past Dream sequence transmission Esthar and Winhill ties | Central to the dream sequence plot |
| Cid Kramer | The headmaster of Balamb Garden and Edea's husband, Cid founded the Garden with her as a refuge for the orphaned children they had raised. | Supporting / Mentor | Balamb Garden | Headmaster of Balamb Garden SeeD administration Garden mobilisation during the war | Balamb Garden NPC |
| Ultimecia | The sorceress from a distant future who possesses Edea and later Rinoa, hunting Ellone's power so she can compress all of time into a single moment and rule it. | Antagonist / Final Boss | Future sorceress | Time compression Possession of other sorceresses Multi-stage final boss battle Guardian Force stealing in the final fight | Final antagonist, Ultimecia's Castle |
| Adel | The sorceress who ruled Esthar with an iron hand and was sealed away in space after her defeat, remembered as the tyrant whose war shaped the modern world. | Antagonist / Sorceress | Esthar (former ruler) | Sorceress magic Sealed containment in space Boss encounter after the Lunar Cry | Boss encounter in the Lunatic Pandora sequence |
| Julia Heartilly | A pianist and singer at the Galbadia Hotel who wrote and performed Eyes on Me, the song that gives the game its theme. | Supporting / Backstory | Galbadia | Pianist and singer Composer of Eyes on Me Laguna dream sequence romance | Backstory figure in the dream sequences |
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