Red XIII

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Do-gooder
Full Name	Nanaki
Alias(es)	Red XIII Son of Seto Garm The Hellhound King of the Forest
Origin	Final Fantasy VII
Occupation	Subject of Professor Hojo's experiments (formerly)
Powers / Skills	Longetivity Brute strength Magic High intelligence
Hobby	Unknown
Goals	Escape Professor Hojo and Shinra. Defeat Sephiroth and other villains (both succeeded).
Family	Seto (father) † Unnamed mother † Unnamed cubs Bugenhagen (adoptive grandfather)
Friends / Allies	Cloud Strife Tifa Lockhart Aerith Gainsborough Barret Wallace Cait Sith Vincent Valentine Cid Highwind Yuffie Kisaragi Ester Dio Bugenhagen Shera Zangan Priscilla
Enemies	Sephiroth Jenova Professor Hojo (archenemy) 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	Anthropomorphic Warrior

“	You asked what "it" is. Hmm... I am that which you see before you. Nothing more. I'd appreciate it if we simply left it at that. Agreed?	„
	~ Red XIII introducing himself to the party.

Nanaki, better commonly known as Red XIII, is a major character in Final Fantasy VII. He is a red lion-wolf-like creature that was held captive and experimented on by Professor Hojo, receiving the specimen designation of Red XIII.

He was voiced by Masachika Ichimura in Advent Children and Kappei Yamaguchi in Final Fantasy VII Remake, and by Liam O'Brien in Advent Children and Max Mittelman in Final Fantasy VII Remake.

Origin

Red XIII is a sapient four-legged creature that closely resembles a large wolf or lion, however distinguished by his red fur and dark red mane. He was born in Cosmo Canyon, his father would seem to abandon him at some stage, causing resentment from Red XIII towards him. His mother would also pass on at some stage as well, eventually Red XIII would come to be cared for, by a human elder in Cosmo Canyon, Bugenhagen, who he would come to refer to as grandfather.

A corrupt and unethical Shinra scientist Professor Hojo, would desire a member of Red XIII's species so would send the Turks to capture a member. Red XIII would sacrifice himself in order to preserve the only other living member of his species, Deneh. The Turks would escort Red XIII to Hojo in Midgard, where he would be branded and experimented on, and be kept in containment until rescued and released by Cloud, Tifa, Aerith, and Barret.

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