Chapter 1 (Dirge of Cerberus)

Chapter 1, titled Chapter 1: Kalm in the Event Viewer, is the first chapter of Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII-. The chapter comprises the opening events to the game, from the prologue to the invasion of Kalm by Deepground.
The chapter contains the gameplay stage Sea of Flames, and is divided into six subchapters, with the final boss of the chapter being Dragonfly GL.
==Story==
During the events of Meteorfall, the conclusion of the Jenova War, and the confrontation between Cloud Strife's party and Sephiroth at the North Crater, Vincent Valentine and Yuffie Kisaragi stayed behind to help evacuate Midgar. In the middle of the evacuation, Vincent and Yuffie detect a life sign in the ruins of the Mako Cannon. Vincent rushes to the sign and finds what appears to be Hojo on a computer. Before he can shoot him, lightning strikes the building and Hojo disappears.
Three years later, Vincent is in Kalm at the request of Reeve Tuesti, former Head of Urban Development at Shinra Electric Power Company. He dreams of Lucrecia Crescent apologising to him. Three weeks prior to his stay there, a volunteer organisation and news agencies attempted to investigate the area beneath the mako reactor in Sector 0, where experiments were said to have been carried out by Shinra, but the search party disappeared. As Vincent sees this news report during a festival, the town is invaded by Deepground, a secret military group originally formed by Shinra. Deepground begins deploying their SOLDIERs, separating the people of the city, massacring those they identify as contaminated and kidnapping those they consider untainted.
Vincent helps the people of the city, saving citizens as he exterminates the invading SOLDIERs, while also searching for Reeve. During this, Vincent encounters Azul the Cerulean and Shelke the Transparent, members of the Tsviets, an elite cadre of soldiers leading Deepground. The Tsviets demand Vincent hand over the "Protomateria" and as Vincent and Azul prepare to face off, Shelke faints and World Regenesis Organization members approach, forcing Azul to escape with her. Reeve arrives alongside the members of the WRO, which he now leads as Commissioner and asks for Vincent's help. Reeve gets shot by a remaining Deepground SOLDIER, but it is revealed that "Reeve" is actually Cait Sith inside a Reeve suit, who requests that Vincent help the WRO run Deepground out of the city.
After securing Kalm, Reeve asks Vincent to help the WRO in securing Edge, which is also under attack. Meanwhile, as the WRO faces Deepground in Edge, WRO combatants are slaughtered by Rosso the Crimson, another member of the Tsviets, while simultaneously absorbed by darkness.
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Category:Chapters in Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII-