Top 10 Final Fantasy Characters of All Time

#2 – Aerith Gainsborough – Final Fantasy VII

The iconic scene of Aerith caught the hearts of many people during its heyday, and even today it still surprises many. As an influential and upbeat character, Aerith seemed to provide Cloud with glimmer of hope through his dark, stressing times and assists Cloud to realize the true evil of Sephiroth.

After her untimely demise, Cloud ends up in a condition of eternal depression, and he was saved again by Aerith from the life stream itself. She gets involved as the White Mage of the game just to ensure that everyone used her the first time they played. However, if there existed a video game scene whose cultural fame has popularized, then Aerith's death is always topping that list. Besides, whose idea was it to give the little girl an umbrella to fight back with? Perhaps, she deserved her fate after all.