Barret Wallace

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Do-Gooder
Full Name	Barret Wallace
Alias(es)	Boss Techno-freak Daddy Varvados The Dragon King
Origin	Final Fantasy VII
Occupation	Head of AVALANCHE Eco-Terrorist Land surveyor (formerly)
Powers / Skills	Marksmanship Hand-mounted firepower Charisma Minor technical know-how Materia Immense strength High resilience Superhuman Durability Intimidation
Hobby	Relaxing in 7th Heaven. Playing with his daughter. Target Practice.
Goals	Protect his daughter. Destroy Shinra. Save the planet. Get revenge on Scarlet and kill her for her attempt to execute him and Tifa. Avenge Aerith's death (all succeeded).
Family	Myrna Wallace (wife) † Marlene Wallace (adoptive daughter)
Friends / Allies	Dyne (formerly) Cloud Strife Tifa Lockhart Aerith Gainsborough Biggs Wedge Jessie Rasberry Cait Sith Vincent Valentine Cid Highwind Yuffie Kisaragi Elmyra Gainsborough Ester Dio Bugenhagen Shera Zangan Priscilla
Enemies	Dyne Sephiroth Jenova Professor Hojo President Shinra Rufus Shinra (formerly) Heidegger Palmer Scarlet Reeve Tuesti (formerly) Elena (formerly) Reno (formerly) Rude (formerly) Tseng (formerly) Kadaj Loz Yazoo
Type of Hero	Vengeful Extremist

“	You gotta understand somethin'... I don't got an answer. I wanna be with Marlene... but I gotta fight. 'Cause if I don't... the planet's gonna die. So I'm gonna keep fightin'!	„
	~ Barret Wallace

Barret Wallace is a major character in Final Fantasy VII. He is the leader of an eco-terrorist group called AVALANCHE, trying to prevent Shinra Electric Power Company from using Mako, the planet of Gaia's life source, as a form of energy. His seemingly benevolent cause of fighting for the Planet is a cover for his personal vendetta and anger, which he later must come to terms with. Despite his brash and sometimes violent attitude, Barret has a good heart and is torn between fighting and caring for his daughter Marlene.

He was voiced by Masahiro Kobayashi in Compilation of Final Fantasy VII and Masato Funaki in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth in the Japanese version, and by Beau Billingslea in Compilation of Final Fantasy VII and John Eric Bentley in Final Fantasy VII remake in the English version.

Appearance

In his original appearance, Barret is a heavy-set, muscular dark-skinned man with a dirty brown vest, green pants and large brown boots. His right arm was mangled in the loss of his hometown, and has been replaced with his weapon, the gun-arm, which lets him interchange various weapon attachments to it. Barret has several bands of metal around his waist and his remaining arm, and a tattoo on his left shoulder.

History

Barret is first viewed as the leader of the eco-terrorist organization AVALANCHE. Situated in the city of Midgar, his group opposes the ruling company, Shinra, and their use of "Mako" energy as a power source, believing it to be killing the Planet. To this end, AVALANCHE bombs their Mako reactors, with the specific goal of saving the Planet. When the game begins, they have just hired the mercenary Cloud Strife at the behest of his childhood friend and AVALANCHE member Tifa Lockhart, nicknaming him "Spiky" in reference to his hairstyle. After the deaths of several members of AVALANCHE, Barret follows Cloud out of Midgar in pursuit of the game's villain, Sephiroth.

Along the way, he encounters a former friend of his, Dyne, armed in a manner similar to him, who forces Barret to fight him. Upon Barret defeating Dyne, Dyne kills himself. Through flashbacks, it is revealed that Shinra had wanted to build a Mako reactor in his hometown of Corel, an idea Barret advocated. However, due to an accident at the plant, Shinra razed the town, killing Barret's wife in the process, and causing Barret and Dyne to flee with Dyne's daughter, Marlene. Cornered, Dyne slipped off a cliff and Barret grabbed his hand, but Shinra soldiers opened fire, and destroyed Barret's and Dyne's right and left hands respectively, causing the latter to fall to his presumed death. Barret adopted Marlene as his own daughter, had an "adapter" graft to his arm to interface with prosthetic weapons to aid in his combat against Shinra, and founded AVALANCHE. Dyne's death causes him to admit his grudge with Shinra is solely for revenge, with his earlier claims of "saving the world" meant only to convince himself he was fighting for the greater good. Barret eventually shifts his goal to actually wanting to save the Planet, doing so for Marlene's sake, and he helps Cloud and his allies defeat Sephiroth to prevent the Planet's destruction.

Personality

Barret is characterized early in Final Fantasy VII as a brash, gruff man with a short temper and a tendency to curse. He is prone to firing his gun-arm into the air in fits of rage catching the attention of everyone around him. He founded the eco-terrorist group called AVALANCHE in order to hinder Mako technology, which he believes to be killing Gaia. Initially, he distrusts and dislikes Cloud, believing him to be nothing more than a heartless mercenary-for-hire, but eventually changes his opinion of him for the better. After AVALANCHE disbands, Barret chooses to continue his mission to save the Planet by trying to find a new energy source to replace Mako.

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