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Aerith Gainsborough

Flower seller and Cetra descendant · Midgar

Story spoilers: This profile discusses character history and events in the game.

Aerith Gainsborough is featured in Final Fantasy VII — Flower seller and Cetra descendant. This profile covers their background, appearance, personality, story role and practical gameplay details.

Edition covered

Original Final Fantasy VII and ports of that game; not Remake or Rebirth.

Biography

Aerith grows up in Midgar but is tied to the ancient Cetra and the planet’s deeper history. Shinra’s interest in her makes her ordinary life unusually precarious.

Appearance

Aerith’s pink dress, red jacket and braided hair are defining features of her original appearance.

Personality

She is lively, perceptive and more assertive than her gentle visual design may suggest. Her warmth coexists with a growing understanding of a difficult responsibility.

Role in the story

Meeting Cloud draws her into the wider party journey, where her heritage becomes essential to the struggle against Sephiroth. Her later story contains some of the game’s largest spoilers.

Gameplay and encounters

Her magic-oriented strengths and supportive Limits are valuable while she is available. Materia can be reassigned, so build a party capable of sharing recovery rather than making one character the sole healer.