Main Characters
Rufus Shinra (Ex-ShinRa President)
Reno (The Turks)
Rude (The Turks)
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children chooses to focus on the events of Cloud Strife primarily, but other characters do also have prominent roles throughout the film. Rufus Shinra
makes a rather surprising return as a Geostima sufferer who is wheel-chair bound and many fans before the films release hypothesised that this was infact Sephiroth.
Aside from these two, Tifa Lockhart, Vincent Valentine, Rude and Reno are the four characters which receive more limelight than the rest and have their own fight scenes away from
the rest of the action - as well as more dialogue.
Villains
Sephiroth
Bahamut SIN (Summon)
The main villains in Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children are completely new to the franchise and they are the Remnants (Silver Haired Men) who are lead by Kadaj. They are searching for something which they hope will bring back Sephiroth. During their quest for this, they are involved in numerous fights and at one point, they even use the summon Bahamut SIN.
Minor Characters
Returning Main Characters
Barret Wallace
Red XIII
Cait Sith
Cid Highwind
Yuffie Kisaragi
Reeve Tuesti (WRO)
Aeris Gainsborough (Lifesteam)
Zack Fair (Lifesteam)
Advent Children sees the return of every character that was playable in Final Fantasy VII, with a few notable extras. Zack Fair and Aerith Gainsborough both make appearances, while Tseng - who many believed to be dead - also returns alongside Elena.

