Cid Highwind

Cid Highwind (voiced by Chris Edgerly) is a playable character in Final Fantasy VII who also appears in other titles of the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII. He is part of a long tradition of Final Fantasy characters named Cid, and owns an airship, the Highwind.

Cid is a former mechanical scientist who has an unfulfilled dream of sending a rocket to space. Cid mistrusts the Shinra Electric Power Company, and when one of its executives attempt to steal his plane, the Tiny Bronco, he joins Cloud and his allies to fight Shinra. Cid is the most uncouth of the protagonists: he swears, is short-tempered, and chain-smokes cigarettes. However, he has a good heart, and is voted as a temporary party leader during Cloud and Tifa's absence.

Cid wields spears in battle, and his Limit abilities make use of him jumping and landing on enemies with his spear to hit multiple enemies, or hit enemies multiple times, potentially dealing devastating damage.