Name: Aeris Gainsborough
Age: 23
Ethnicity: Cetra (aka Ancients)
Height: 5'3"
Background: Belonging to a race of people known as the Ancients, or Cetra, Aeris is the sole survivor of her people. Her true mother, Ifalna Gast (wife of Professor Gast), also an Ancient, was captured by the Shinra and used as a lab sample for their experiments on the Ancients. She escaped them, but was already dying. She gave her daughter to Elmyra Gainsborough and asked her to care for her, and then she died. Aeris was raised in Sector 5, therefore, was under the eyes of the Shinra, who were looking for another Ancient test subject to take Ifalna's place. She sells flowers on the streets for a living, and manages to grow them in the dark slums of Midgar's lower plate. The Shinra actually knew about her, and have made several attempts to capture her, but she eluded every time. She is also the "mother" figure of the party, trying to take care of everyone and not getting them involved in her affairs (problems, not sexual affairs you perverts :P). She has probably the most important role in the entire game that also jerked a tear or two out of me when I first played FF7.