Yuffie is a 16 year old ninja from the land of Wutai. Her passion is gathering different sorts of materia to help Wutai prosper. She encounters Cloud while wandering through the many forests in search of materia. She first tries to steal all of the materia in Cloud's possession, but soon becomes very good friends with him. Yuffie is extremely arrogant. She thinks she can whoop anybody's ass. She is an excellent fighter, and a hilarious comic relief to the whole darkness of Final Fantasy VII.