Cid Highwind

**Cid Highwind** is a playable character in *Final Fantasy VII,* and is the last of the main party members that joins Cloud's group. He is one of many Cids in the Final Fantasy series.

Cid is a former mechanical scientist who has an unfulfilled dream of sending a rocket into space. He mistrusted the Shinra Electric Company, and when his plane, the *Tiny Bronco,* nearly gets stolen, he joins up with Cloud's group.

Cid is also a supporting character in the Kingdom Hearts series and Sora's Adventures cartoon, where he is a Gummi pilot and mechanic as well as a machinist.

## Appearance

Cid has short, spiky blonde hair and steel blue eyes. His main outfit is a navy blue jacket over a dark shirt eith green cargo oants. He wears a white pilot's scarf thst covers most of the shirt, a pair of goggles and a dog tag necklace. Cid is a very heavy smoker and always lights a cigarette after his victory. This is how he looks in *Final Fantasy VII* and Sora's Adventures.

Cid's appearance in the *Kingdom Hearts* only vaguely resembles his look in the *Compilation* media. He retains his goggles and wears a necklace with a rectangular charm that resembles one he wore in *Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children* (though it is made of wood and secured by a rope here, whereas in *Advent Children* it was metal and secured by a thin chain, rather resembling a military dog tag). Cid's short hair is blond, albeit styled a bit differently and much brighter than his original incarnation's platinum blond hair.

His eyes are blue and he has some stubble on his chin. Cid chews on a toothpick instead of his normal cigarette due to the younger demographic of the *Kingdom Hearts* series. He wears a white T-shirt with two buttons descending from the neck. His baggy pants are blue and have a very wide, orange waistband with thin, vertical stripes on it. Cid's pants are worn rather high, with the waistband coming up to just under his ribcage, similar to the way he wore them in the *Final Fantasy VII* games. Cid also wears grey socks and black shoes.

## Personality

Cid is the most uncouth of the Final Fantasy VII gang, and is notorious for his extremely foul mouth, as he curses a blue streak at several points in various media. A majority of his swears are censored, however, and in Kingdom Hearts he does not swear at all. This was reinstated for Sora's Adventures, however, albeit lightly, and was in full effect for the Heart of the Keybearer series. He speaks in a Southern accent.

Despite his foul mouth, Cid is very kindhearted. It is revealed that his rude behavior and sailor mouth are a result of his dream of going into space shot down. He does not always mean his insults in a bad way, as he once called Cloud and his allies "numbskulls" for opposing the Shinra Electric Company, but admits he likes the idea.

## Powers and Abilities

Cid's main weapon is various spears he uses in combat, and his Limit abilities usually involve him using Jump commands, being he is a Dragoon. He is also capable of summoning Bahamut and Phoenix, as these Materia were given to him by Cloud during their journey. Cid also uses dynamite to explode foes if he has to for a Limit Break of his.

## Role in Sora's Adventures

Cid is a supporting protagonist in this series, and a member of the Radiant Garden Town Defense Committee's Squadron Ramuh. He has gone back to his original outfit and smoking cigarettes, but most of his swearing is beeped except for certain words.

## Jiminy's Journal App Entry

Final Fantasy VII

Age: 32

Place of Birth: Rocket Town

Currently Resides: Radiant Garden

Laterality: Left-handed

Favorite Color: Steel Blue

Favorite Food: Biscuits and Sausage Gravy

Favorite Holiday: Maple Mornings

"A mechanical scientist and Gummi Ship expert. He is a heavy smoker and has a sailor mouth, but is a friendly guy.

Sora and friends know who he is from their adventures."

## Trivia

* Cid is one of the few characters to smoke, the others being Captain Hook, Professor Ratigan, Bill Sykes, Peter Pan (briefly), Lampwick, John Darling (briefly) and Pinocchio.
	+ He is also one of the characters who is able to drink adult beverages.
* He is one of the few left-handed characters.