Seifer Almasy

**Seifer Almasy** is one of the main antagonists from *Final Fantasy VIII* and the longtime rival/archenemy of Squall Leonhart. Like Squall, he was once a SeeD mercenary who went to Balamb Garden before his former homeworld got devoured by darkness. He is voiced by Will Friedle.

Seifer also made an appearance in *Kingdom Hearts II*, in which he resides in Twilight Town. Seifer is always seen with his posse Fuu, Rai, and Vivi. He shares a rivalry with Hayner and his gang, and often picks fights with them.

Much like the original Seifer of *Final Fantasy VIII*, he is cocky, sarcastic, and a self-proclaimed protector of order, or at least, his idea of order, which is just bullying people into following what he says.

In Sora's Adventures, he, Rai and Fuu have moved to Radiant Garden, but no longer have Vivi in their posse as he is with his own gang. He still has his rivalry with Squall and often serves as an antagonist.

## Appearance

Seifer has short blonde hair, blue-green eyes and a scar across his forehead and nose received from Squall as retaliation during a duel. He wears a blue vest with a cross design lined with white, a gray coat with an emblem resembling the symbol of the Cross of St. James on the sleeves, black sweatpants, black gloves and boots and a silver chain with a tag. The coat hem has frayed. This outfit is worn in both *Final Fantasy VIII* and Sora's Adventures. The cross is Seifer's symbol as the Griever is Squall's and the angel wings are Rinoa's.

Being Squall's rival, Seifer's appearance is directly opposite his in many ways. His hair color is light as opposed to Squall's dark brown, he has a square jawline as opposed to Squall's oval, the color scheme of their outfits is inversed, as is their coat lengths. Their scars are actually mirrored from each other.

Seifer's clothes in *Kingdom Hearts II* are slightly based on his *Final Fantasy VIII* original version, but redesigned to match with his age and new style, that includes a black tuque with the "Ore" kanji (which is a distinctly masculine and sometimes vulgar way of referring to oneself). He wears a blue crop-top vest with white lining underneath a floor-length white jacket. This jacket resembles the one he wore in *Final Fantasy VIII*, though it lacks sleeves and the red crosses it originally had. He has baggy, aubergine colored pants, with the legs tucked into black combat boots with light blue laces. Seifer's eyes are blue-green and his hair, partially visible under his hat, is blond.

The scar Leon gave him in *Final Fantasy VIII* is also shown in the game, and it is the mirror of Leon's. It is unclear why Seifer has the scar here. In *Kingdom Hearts II*, Seifer's gunblade "Hyperion" is replaced with a Struggle Bat which he uses for all battles, but wields it in a similar stance to how he wielded Hyperion. In Sora's Adventures, however, he wields his Hyperion once again.

## Personality

There are many parallels between Squall and Seifer. Even though the two are rivals, they have a great deal of respect for each other's prowess. Seifer is a loud and outspoken rebel, while Squall is a calm and collected rule follower. Both are skilled with Gunblades, but Seifer's attitude often leaves him losing to Squall. Seifer often has Fujin and Raijin hanging around him as his "posse," while Squall is a lone wolf. Seifer appears as very brash, rude, and taunting. He signifies himself as the "protector of the town". Seifer's personality contrasts in small ways from his personality in *Final Fantasy VIII* where he played as Leon's rival. His personality is more childish and a lot more brash than in his *Final Fantasy*version. This is probably reflective of his age. Although he often seems like a bully, he is shown to care about the town and is nice to Roxas or Sora when he sees fit.

Seifer often makes allusions to his character in *Final Fantasy VIII*. For example, Seifer calls Roxas a **chicken wuss**; this is a reference to his derogatory nickname for the character Zell Dincht on various occasions in *Final Fantasy VIII,* and still does in Sora's Adventures. There also is an alternate cutscene if you lose the first battle with Seifer. This is likely a reference to him and Leon (Squall), because of how there was an alternate cutscene for Leon also. The fact that he is the leader of the Twilight Town Disciplinary Committee also could be considered a reference to his original game, where he was the leader of the Balamb Garden Disciplinary Committee.

## Powers and Abilities

Like Squall, Seifer totes around a Gunblade that he uses to destroy his foes; specifically, his is the Hyperion. His Limit Break, Fire Cross, allows him to destroy enemies by setting them on fire using fire magic and then delivering a flurry of Gunblade slashes.

## Role in Sora's Adventures

Seifer is a minor antagonist in the series. Rather than wearing his KHII outfit, he wears his FFVIII attire, as do Selphie, Fuu, Rai and Squall. He and Squall often get into fights like they usually do, often for bets against Sora's group. His past form also makes an appearance as one of the main antagonists of Sora's Adventures in Balamb, where his relations with Squall are delved into.