Elfé Elfé is the leader of AVALANCHE , an eco - terrorist organization dedicated to the preservation of the Planet and the destruction of the Shinra Electric Power Company in " Before Crisis - Final Fantasy VII - " . A skilled warrior who wields an unnamed katana in battle , Elfé ' s most notable trait is the broken Materia embedded in her arm which gives her the power to take on warriors such as Sephiroth . However , unbeknownst to her , the Materia drains her life energy to compensate for its broken state and will eventually kill her if it is not removed . Profile . Appearance . Elfé has short brown hair and blue eyes . She wears a frayed white cape and a green jacket and cropped trousers fastened with many belts and buckles . She wears combat boots and blue gloves . Personality . Surprisingly non - charismatic for a leader of an eco - terrorism organization , Elfé is reserved , although this might be due to the lethargy caused by the Materia draining her energy . Elfé cares deeply for the well - being and morale of the organization ' s members . Her attachment to the organization is due to her amnesia preventing her from recalling anything before being taken into the group , and as such she regards AVALANCHE as her only remaining family . Story . Elfé was born as " Felicia " , the daughter of Turk member , Veld , and an unnamed woman in Kalm . Living in a happy family , Felicia loved her father and played with him during his visits home . During a bombing operation north of Kalm , a communications error resulted in the bombing of Kalm itself . Felicia and her mother were among the victims and Felicia ' s mother was killed . Because of his job , Veld became responsible for the cover - up surrounding the incident , which included the transportation of all of the town ' s injured to Nibelheim where they were to be " treated " by Professor Hojo in the Shinra Manor . Unbeknownst to Veld , Hojo took this opportunity to experiment on the injured , including Felicia , whom Hojo reported to have died . Experimenting with embedding Materia into humans , Hojo implanted the Zirconiade Materia into the back of her hand . Unable to get the results he wanted , Hojo declared the experiment a failure and ordered Felicia ' s body to be destroyed . Still alive but suffering from amnesia , she was saved by Fuhito and brought to Cosmo Canyon where she took on the name " Elfé " and became a member of AVALANCHE . Despite Hojo ' s designation of the experiment as a failure , the procedure granted Elfé enhanced physical capabilities , and she became a powerful warrior . After the leader of AVALANCHE died , Elfé was elected to take his place , with Fuhito acting as her intelligence commander . Some time later , after moving operations to Midgar , Elfé and Fuhito were accosted by a gang of thugs led by a man named Shears . After seeing Elfé take on one - hundred of his men easily , Shears , admiring her strength and beauty , had himself and his men join Elfé on her mission to destroy the Shinra Electric Power Company . As time went by , Shears became Elfé ' s battle logistics commander and devoted himself to looking after her well - being . Conflict with Shinra . Elfé is first encountered by the Player Turk during AVALANCHE ' s first attack on Junon . Following a series of attacks against Midgar ' s Sector 8 Mako Reactor , and an assassination attempt on President Shinra himself , Elfé leads an attack on Junon ' s Mako Cannon intending to use it to destroy Midgar . Discovering a dozen AVALANCHE members slaughtered within the facility ' s halls and believing the Player Turk responsible , Elfé attacks to avenge her comrades , but she is stopped by Sephiroth , who had been sent by President Shinra to personally wrest control of the cannon from AVALANCHE . After briefly clashing , Sephiroth complements Elfé on her strength while Elfé questions him on his motivations for fighting . Considering Sephiroth ' s presence too risky to the lives of her men , Elfé orders AVALANCHE to withdraw from Junon and leaves while Sephiroth ponders his reasons for fighting for Shinra . While Fuhito continues his projects , which involve furthering his research into creating AVALANCHE super - soldiers known as Ravens , Elfé remains behind until it is learned a living descendant of the Cetra is living in the Midgar Slums . Infiltrating the Sector 5 slums to meet her , Elfé , Shears and Fuhito attempt to persuade her to divulge the location of the " Promised Land " only to have the meeting interrupted by an eavesdropping Player Turk . Having to withdraw after suffering a sudden bout of weakness due to the Materia within her , Elfé is troubled by how the Cetra descendant had mentioned an ancient voice emanating from within her and how Fuhito had attempted to deflect the conversation . Elfé , Fuhito and Shears are later encountered as the Player Turk infiltrates their base in Wutai , and , after the Turk demolishes the pagoda , the trio is seemingly defeated . The defeated trio turned out to be disguised Ravens and the commanders used Shinra ' s false sense of security to infiltrate the construction site of Shinra ' s new Mako Reactor in Mt . Corel . Luring the Turks into the facility , Fuhito attempts to not only kill the Turks but also AVALANCHE ' s financial benefactor and informant , Rufus Shinra . As Elfé informs Fuhito of the troops ' readiness , Veld , who had followed Rufus to the facility to arrest him , recognizes her voice as his daughter ' s and triggers a memory relapse in her , which causes the Materia within her to become erratic , weakening her further . As Fuhito takes Elfé away , Veld abandons the Turks to chase after her . As three years pass and the Player Turk awakens from a coma induced by the incident in the Corel Reactor . Elfé has become gradually weaker to the point she has deferred leadership to Fuhito . Veld , assisted by Shears who had been betrayed and left for dead in the reactor by Fuhito , has been searching for information on Elfé ' s whereabouts and on her ailment , which seems to be coming from her Materia . Intending to cure her in loyalty to their chief , the two men are assisted by the Turks in spite of their fugitive status . This assistance causes Shinra to label the Turks as traitors and security risks , inciting their own fugitive status and execution orders . It is by chance that the Turks see Elfé , now limp and weak due to the Materia , when Fuhito comes to Midgar to summon Zirconiade . Stealing the support Materia the Turks were gathering to save her , Fuhito combines them with the Materia in her hand to awaken the summon . As the Player Turks turn to stop the summoning , Shears attempts to take Elfé some place safe , but she wants to return in spite of her physical weakness to fight the monster she had caused to be created . Shears offers to achieve this repentance for her and sets her back to rest before following the Turks to fight Fuhito and Zirconiade . Having had to rescue Veld after he was captured by Scarlet , The Turks Tseng , Reno and Rude arrive with Veld to where Elfé lay . As father and daughter are reunited , the group is ambushed by Shinra troops . Faced with the potential execution of all Turk operatives , Tseng is offered the choice of executing Elfé and Veld to save the lives of his comrades . Drawing his gun , Tseng shoots down first Elfé , and then Veld , in front of the Shinra troops . Believing them dead the Shinra troops let the shocked Turks go and Elfé and Veld are gathered in the back of a truck where Tseng , claiming to wish to be with his chief until the end , accompanies them back to Midgar to be disposed . In actuality , thanks to the machinations of Rufus Shinra after he made a deal with Tseng , Elfé and Veld are secretly attended to and dispatched away from Midgar ' s reach to live a peaceful life together away from the conflict . Gameplay . Elfé is fought as a boss in " Before Crisis " Chapters 3 and 14 . Musical themes . " Theme of Elfé " has three different releases ; one as a soundtrack without vocals and two vocal variations , " Theme of Elfé ( Angel ) " and " Theme of Elfé ( Devil ) " . While the theme is set to represent Elfé , it also plays during heartache scenes in the game ; such as when Chelsea decides to no longer see Rude and when Zack ' s friends , Essai and Sebastian , are laid to rest . " Theme of Elfé ( Angel ) " is also used during the game ' s initial ending following the final boss battle . Other appearances . " Final Fantasy Trading Card Game " . Elfé appears as an Ice - elemental card .