Edge ( Final Fantasy VII ) Edge is a city built to the east of the remains of Midgar , after it was destroyed by Meteor . It appears in " " and " Dirge of Cerberus - Final Fantasy VII - " . It was built on the outskirts of Sectors 3 and 4 by surviving inhabitants of Midgar after Meteorfall , who were trying to rebuild their homes and businesses , using reconstruction material found in the Midgar ruins with the help of some children orphaned by Geostigma and Meteorfall , who salvaged useful items in return for food and money . Denzel was among these children . Story . " On the Way to a Smile " . Following Meteorfall and the destruction of Midgar , there were many people who traveled to the town of Kalm to take refuge . Residential houses became emergency shelters and the inn offered free rooms to refugees , but the sheer volume them forced some people to live on the streets . The near - immediate introduction of a new disease that began to plague the populace made matters worse . Under a threat from an unhappy public blaming the Shinra Electric Power Company for Meteorfall , Rufus Shinra , now residing in Kalm , concocted a plan to redirect the populace ' s energies toward rebuilding their homes . Using the wreckage from Midgar they built a new town on the eastern - side of the former metropolis . Employing volunteers , Rufus manipulated his then capturer , Mutten Kylegate , into beginning the town ' s construction , with Kylegate naming the town " Edge " , before Kylegate ' s death at the hands of Kilmister . The town continued to grow , with Reeve Tuesti , now commissioner of the World Regenesis Organization ( WRO ) , contributing additional machinery and human resources from Junon . As the town grew , Cloud Strife , Tifa Lockhart , Barret Wallace , and Marlene moved into the city , building a new 7th Heaven bar . Barret left to settle his past , leaving Marlene in Cloud and Tifa ' s care . Cloud began operating the Strife Delivery Service out of the bar , delivering packages around the world , and the orphan Denzel came to live with them after Cloud found him collapsed at the Sector 5 Church . Eventually however , Cloud abandoned the home , the three unaware where he went or why . The Remnants of Sephiroth come to Edge seeking the remains of Jenova . Lacking a Reunion instinct to detect her presence , they kidnap the city ' s orphaned children who have been infected with Geostigma , promising to cure them and be a family together . Yazoo takes the children to the Forgotten Capital , where Kadaj activates their Reunion instincts so they can sense Jenova . The Remnants return to Edge and stake a claim at the Meteor Monument in the center of town , believing Shinra has hidden Jenova ' s remains inside . Kadaj takes Rufus Shinra to a skyscraper under construction and summons Bahamut SIN to attack the city , destroying the Meteor Monument . As Reno and Rude battle Yazoo and Loz , Cloud and his old comrades defeat Bahamut SIN . Rufus reveals he has been keeping Jenova ' s remains under his cloak , and hurls them off the building . The enraged Kadaj attacks Rufus and leaps off the building to catch the container . He and the other Remnants ride onto the Midgar Highway and into the ruins of Midgar as Cloud gives chase . " Dirge of Cerberus - Final Fantasy VII - " . Following the disappearance of 1200 people from Junon under unexplained circumstances , Edge ' s citizens began hearing shrieks and screams emanating from Midgar . Not long after , Edge comes under attack by an army known as Deepground , headed by the Tsviets Rosso the Crimson and Nero the Sable . After disrupting a Deepground raid at Kalm , Vincent Valentine is recruited by Reeve to assist the WRO in freeing Edge from the Deepground attack . After receiving a message from Weiss the Immaculate , declaring Deepground is going to purge the world , the WRO convoy on route to Edge is attacked and Vincent is forced to traverse the Midgar Wasteland to reach the city . Arriving to an empty city , Vincent searches the fog - filled streets and meets Shalua Rui in search of her sister , Shelke Rui , one of the Tsviets . Finding an escaped kid Vincent discovers the majority of the city ' s remaining populace had been taken to a warehouse . In the warehouse Vincent is confronted by Rosso the Crimson who reveals Vincent is carrying a Protomateria that unlocks the secret to controlling Omega . As she attacks him to obtain the Materia , Vincent inadvertently transforms into Chaos , driving off Rosso but soon passing out . He is discovered by Shalua , who brings him to the WRO Headquarters to recuperate . A week after Vincent defeats Weiss and Omega in the Battle of Midgar , Shelke is now living with Cloud and Tifa and 7th Heaven . Location . Edge is located in the northwest of Gaia ' s eastern continent , directly to the east of Midgar . Layout . The central plaza of Edge , some time after the establishment of Cliff Resort as a care center for those stricken with Geostigma , Rufus Shinra suggested that Shinra build a monument within the plaza to " commemorate how the planet repelled the Meteor " , and to also claim Edge as being owned by Shinra . While some people protested the building of the monument , seeing Shinra ' s true motives behind its construction , the protests were quickly silenced by the Turks and construction of the monument was carried out . One year following the memorial ' s destruction by Bahamut SIN during the incident surrounding Sephiroth ' s remnants , the soldiers of Deepground occupy the plaza as part of their siege of the city . Vincent Valentine traverses the empty plaza , where the Meteor Monument is still under reconstruction , while searching for surviving residents and remaining WRO soldiers . A public bar owned and run by Tifa with help from Cloud and Barret before their departures . Originally a derelict highway , the WRO uses this highway to transport materials between Midgar ' s remains and Edge . The Highway is a massive toll - paid highway that stretches through the center of the city . While still under construction , a vast portion of the highway was destroyed by the Turks in their pursuit of Yazoo and Loz as the Remnants in turn were chasing Cloud who was chasing Kadaj . A warehouse located on the outskirts of the city , those captured during Deepground ' s occupation of Edge were brought to this warehouse where they were contained and moved to Midgar to be sacrificed to awaken Omega . Defended by Rosso , Vincent inspects this warehouse and is confronted by Rosso , who reveals to him the Protomateria used to control Chaos under his possession . The warehouse was also available as an arena in the Play Online Multiplayer portion of " Dirge of Cerberus - Final Fantasy VII - " in Japan . Other appearances . " Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call " . Edge appears in a Battle Music Sequence .