Red XIII (or Nanaki)

Age: 48 (15 or 16 in human terms)
Blood Type: Unknown
Height: 3' 9"
Birthday: Unknown
Birthplace: Cosmo Canyon
Weapons: Claws and Teeth
Occupation: Beast
Likes: Cosmo Canyon, Bugenhagen, his mother
Dislikes: His father (at first), extreme heat

When you first meet him in Shinra HQ, he is being used in Hojo's sick experiments. It's easy to see why; despite his appearance, he is extremely intelligent, and his kind have incredible longevity. He tries to act mature at all times, because he wants people to see him as an adult, not the teenager he is. As a result of this, some people see him as a cold, unfriendly person. In truth, he is loyal, friendly, and very honorable.

In battle, he is a well-balanced fighter and magic-user. Once you get through Cosmo Canyon, he becomes one of the strongest characters on the first disc, because of the high attack power of the Seraph Comb. He only has one long-range weapon, and it has no Materia slots, so keep him on the front line. He has some okay Limit Breaks, but they can't compare to some of the other characters'.

Read the Red XIII FAQ!

Read his bio here!
Note: this is not official Square material, and I didn't base my fics on it. It's still neat, though.

See his timeline here!

Find out about his Limit Breaks here!

Look at pictures of all his weapons here!

Some quotes:

"I'm Nanaki, son of Seto.....it's all right, all right. I'm Nanaki, son of the brave warrior Seto..... I'm not afraid of Sephiroth...."
"An informed question. But difficult to answer. I am what you see."
"It's quite difficult standing on two feet."
"My mane got messed up. I'm going to go lie down somewhere cool."
"Any way you look at it, I'd say I make a fine human being."
"Would you kindly hurry?  The heat here is drying my nose."
"Cloud... I'm number 13. Am I going to go mad too?"
 

The STUPIDEST Red XIII quote of all time:
"ZOUNDS! GRRRRGH! GRRRRRGH!! GRRRRRGH!!!"
(When Yuffie steals all your Materia in Wutai)
I'm going to try and get some pictures of this...
 Please don't... it's the most embarrasing thing I've ever said.

Have you tried:
Kicking the soccer ball at him in Costa del Sol? You can only do this if he didn't participate in the battle against Jenova-BIRTH. Also, if he's in your party, you can make him faint from the heat! Just go and talk to Hojo. He'll keel over (Poor Red.... he doesn't like heat, it dries his nose).
That's RIGHT! Poor Red. It hurts! Graham's sadistic! He kicks it at least 20 times during each game!

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