Ifalna Naimah

**Ifalna Naimah** was the last remaining pure Cetra and the mother of Aeris Gainsborough and Yuna Naimah. She was married to the late High Summoner Braska, and her death at the hands of Sin was what prompted him into becoming a summoner.

 History

Between TIME FRAME, Professor Gast Faremis set out on a pilgrimage to search for information on Jenova and the Cetra, otherwise known as the Ancients. On this journey, he met Ifalna, one of the last Cetra, and took her to Icicle Inn on the Northern Continent for further study. Ifalna entrusted her knowledge of Cetra, Weapons, and Jenova, also known as the "Calamity from the Sky", to Gast, who taped these conversations. The two fell in love and conceived a daughter, unbeknown to the Shinra Corporation. They remained hidden for the duration of the pregnancy, and Gast named his daughter Aerith. Twenty days after her birth, Professor Hojo located the family and demanded Gast hand over Ifalna and their daughter. When Gast resisted, he was shot by Hojo's henchmen and Ifalna and Aerith were relocated to a Shinra lab.
The pair were held as prisoners for five years, during which time Ifalna gave two things to her daughter: the White Materia and the knowledge of how to use it to summon Holy. Ifalna escaped with Aerith but was wounded. On the steps of the Sector 7 Slums station, thinking herself on the brink of death, she entrusted Aerith to a nearby woman, the recently widowed Elmyra Gainsborough. However, Ifalana did not die but was found by Braska Naimah. Braska took the severely injured Ifalna on his journey back to Spira with him, during which time he nursed her back to health.

## Personality

Ifalna was an unfailingly kind woman; despite the hardships, persecutions, and abuses that she faced, she never lost her optimism and generous heart. She viewed with the world with awe and affection, seeing beauty and goodness everywhere. But whilst quick to love, Ifalana was by no means naive; she knew that the world had its faults and was well aware of the target above her own head. Above all, she loved her daughters and wished for them to be safe in a world that wanted to exploit them. The wellbeing of Aerith and Yuna was her utmost priority and she would have done anything to keep them safe.

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Thus, was the contrasting nature of Ifalna. Both gentle but hard and unyielding. She had endless reservoirs of love and forgiveness, but she was also pragmatic, knowing that forgiveness did not necessarily mean acceptance. She could forgive her abusers without condoning their actions.

Her unusual upbringing shaped her into a thoroughly independent woman undaunted by rough living conditions and physical danger. She is an eminently sensible person, though her considerable personal freedom from a young age shows through in her stubborn aversion to taking orders without questioning them.

## Image

Ifalna resembled both of her daughters with her curly hair and emerald eyes.

Her hair, when unfettered by pins or ribbons, was wildly large and curly and frequently broke free of its bonds when she was agitated or engaged in physical activity.

Her eyes were the deep, emerald green characteristic of all those with Cetra blood. She had a naturally pale complexion, often described as so white as to be translucent, though her skin tanned to a soft light brown after long periods of time spent outdoors. She was of an average height at five feet, six inches.

## Trivia

* Aerith states she could hear her mother's voice as a child and that, though she expected this to go away, it "never stopped".

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