Name: Vincent Valentine
Job: Gunman
Age: 27
Weapon: Gun
Height: 6'0"
Date of Birth: October 13
Birthplace: Unknown
Blood Type: A
Vincent Valentine was formally a member of the Turk, and during an assignment to overlook a project led by his father Grimoire, he fell in love with Lucrecia, a scientist that assisted his father. When Grimoire died saving Lucrecia's life, Vincent and Lucrecia parted ways until they met again when Vincent was sent to supervise the Jenova Project in Nibelheim. His attempts to court Lucrecia failed again, since she felt too guilty for his father's death. Instead Lucrecia started a relationship with Hojo and was impregnated in order to supply a test subject for an experiment to see what effect Jenova cells had on an unborn child.
Vincent was against the use of humans as guinea pigs, and when Lucrecia suffered harmful effects from the experiment Vincent confronted Hojo. Following a heated argument Hojo shot and killed Vincent, placing his body in a capsule to use for experiments based on Lucrecia's research of the Lifestream. Due to the experiments, Vincent acquired Galian Beast, Hell Masker, and Death Gigas as part of his body, which he had the power to transform into. Lucrecia also brought Vincent in contact with the G-Substance, a contaminated form of Mako, that resulted in Vincent becoming Chaos, which was to pave the way for the Omega WEAPON.
Due to Chaos, Vincent become overwhelmed with ferocity and escaped his capsule, although Lucrecia calmed him with a materia that could control Chaos and she placed him into a deep sleep. When he awoke Lucrecia and Hojo were gone, and Vincent was infuriated by this transformation. When Cloud's party discovers him in the Shin-Ra Mansion's underground basement he had been sleeping for 23 years, a self-inflicted punishment due to his inability to stop the Jenova Project, which he refers to as his "sin." He decides to join AVALANCHE to aid in the destruction of Sephiroth.
Vincent is an enigmatic and mysterious character. As a Turk, he was a compassionate and humane individual, however following the various experiments applied to his body he slowly changed, growing more vicious and hateful. When Cloud's party finds him, he had been in a slumber for 23 years. He remains vengeful but more serene, and portrays himself as a type of loner/gunslinger.
