Seifer Almasy
Seifer Almasy, as depicted by Tetsuya Nomura
Game series	Final Fantasy series
First game	Final Fantasy VIII
Character designer(s)	Tetsuya Nomura
In-Universe Information
Weapon	Gunblade
Limit Break	Fire Cross
Age	18

Seifer Almasy (サイファー・アルマシー, Saifā Arumashī^?) (the first syllable is pronounced with a long "i" sound) is both a playable character and an antagonist in Squaresoft's (now Square Enix) role-playing game Final Fantasy VIII. He has short blond hair, green eyes, and a scar across his forehead mirroring Squall Leonhart's. Aside from the game's main protagonist, Squall Leonhart, Seifer is the only other student at Balamb Garden to wield a gunblade; Seifer's particular model is the Hyperion. He and Squall have an intense rivalry, although both respect each other's abilities. Seifer and Squall are virtually mirror images of each other. Squall is a strict follower of orders, duty, and rules in order to complete his missions. Seifer, on the other hand, disregards authority and takes a reckless approach in order to reach his goals. Each of them bears an unprecedented skill with the gunblade and, in battle, they are very much equally matched, though Seifer is slightly better in power and speed. In the end, it is his inability to control his emotions that gives Squall the upper hand, as Seifer's lack of emotional control is the root of most of his problems throughout the game. Both of them being the mirror image of the other is also suggested numerically through the card game Triple Triad: The numbers on Squall's card are positioned to form the mirror image of the numbers on Seifer's. Image File history File linksMetadata Ff8-seifer. ... Tetsuya Nomura (野村哲也; Nomura Tetsuya, born October 10, 1970), is a game and character designer at Square Enix. ... Final Fantasy ) is a series of computer and console role-playing games produced by Square Enix (originally Square Co. ... Final Fantasy VIII ) is a console and computer role-playing game created by Square Co. ... Tetsuya Nomura (野村哲也; Nomura Tetsuya, born October 10, 1970), is a game and character designer at Square Enix. ... Squalls Gunblade, Revolver. ... Limit Breaks (sometimes shortened to Limits) are powerful combat moves featured in Squaresofts (now Square Enix) Final Fantasy series. ... Square Co. ... SQUARE ENIX (Japanese: スクウェア・エニックス) is a Japanese producer of popular video games and manga. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Final Fantasy VIII ) is a console and computer role-playing game created by Square Co. ... Squall Leonhart ) is the main protagonist from Squaresofts (now Square Enix) role-playing game Final Fantasy VIII. He was designed by Tetsuya Nomura with heavy influences coming from game director Yoshinori Kitase. ... The protagonist or main character is the central figure of a story. ... Squall Leonhart ) is the main protagonist from Squaresofts (now Square Enix) role-playing game Final Fantasy VIII. He was designed by Tetsuya Nomura with heavy influences coming from game director Yoshinori Kitase. ... Garden is a group of elite military academies in Squares computer role-playing game Final Fantasy VIII. There are three Garden schools, including Balamb Garden, Galbadia Garden, and Trabia Garden. ... Squalls Gunblade, Revolver. ... A foil character is either one who is opposite to the main character or nearly the same as the main character. ... Several games in Square Enixs Final Fantasy series have featured minigames, games found inside of the main game. ...

Seifer Almasy

Although Seifer is a gifted warrior, he has a stubborn, arrogant, reckless and unpredictable nature. He has taken the SeeD exam multiple times, and he has failed on every attempt. At the beginning of the game, he once again fails the SeeD field exam in the city of Dollet after ordering his squad to abandon their assigned post, refuses to follow orders to withdraw, and leaving his squad behind to fend for themselves once the messenger gives him the message to withdraw. Squall and Zell Dincht, who are both assigned to his squad, both pass on account of being loyal to their immediate chain of command (Seifer). Image File history File links Seifer Almasy Final Fantasy VIII This work is copyrighted. ... Image File history File links Seifer Almasy Final Fantasy VIII This work is copyrighted. ... Garden is a group of elite military academies in Squares computer role-playing game Final Fantasy VIII. There are three Garden schools, including Balamb Garden, Galbadia Garden, and Trabia Garden. ... Zell Dincht ) is a playable character from Squaresofts (now Square Enix) Final Fantasy VIII. Like Squall Leonhart and Seifer Almasy, Zell is a student at Balamb Garden. ...

Seifer is the head of Balamb Garden's Discipline Committee, despite his disobedient ways. The other committee members are Fujin and Raijin, who are named after a Japanese wind god and thunder god, respectively. Fujin is a woman who has very pale skin and wears an eyepatch. Although never explicitly stated, it is likely that Fujin is an albino, as evidenced by her pale skin, red eyes and white hair. In the Western language localizations, she almost always speaks in terse one- or two-word sentences expressed in all caps - for example: "DECISION. HELP SEIFER?", "RAGE!" However at the end of Disc 3 of the game, Fujin speaks a few sentences without any caps. In the original Japanese version, her dialogue is written in kanji throughout most of the game. Raijin is a large dark skinned man who ends most of his sentences with the phrase, "ya know?" In the Japanese version, his sentences end in "ne?" Contents 1 Main playable characters 1. ... Contents 1 Main playable characters 1. ... The Japanese wind god Fujin, 17th century. ... Raijin surrounded by drums to make thunder. ... Localization can mean any of the following: Generally, localization is the determination of the locality (position) of an object. ... Japanese writing Kanji Kana Hiragana Katakana Hentaigana Manyōgana Uses Furigana Okurigana Rōmaji Kanji (Japanese:  ) are the Chinese characters that are used in the modern Japanese logographic writing system along with hiragana (平仮名), katakana (片仮名), and the Hindu-Arabic numerals. ...

Both Fujin and Raijin are extremely loyal to Seifer and consider themselves a "posse." Other members of Balamb Garden consider them a "gang" more interested in exercising their "disciplinary" powers than actually keeping students in line.

Background and character development

Seifer taunting Squall Leonhart during a training duel

Seifer enrolled in Balamb Garden at a very young age (while the exact age is unknown, most believe it was at 6 or 7). Seifer had previously been living at an orphanage on the southern continent of Centra along with many other player characters. Image File history File links Final Fantasy VIII Seifer Almasy This work is copyrighted. ... Image File history File links Final Fantasy VIII Seifer Almasy This work is copyrighted. ... An orphanage (historically an orphans asylum before the latter word took on its modern insane asylum connotation) is an institution dedicated to caring for orphans (children who have lost their parents) and abused, abandoned, and neglected children. ...

Although the characters have lost most of their memories, subsequent flashbacks reveal that many of Seifer's present-day attitudes were caused by their time together in the orphanage. For example, his disdain for Squall and tendency to bully Zell Dincht all started when they were children.

Seifer also has what he terms a "romantic dream", that of serving as a knight to a sorceress (this concept appears to derive from the medieval tradition of a knight protecting a lady). As early as childhood, he wore a symbol that is a cross between the emblems of the Knights Templar and the Knights of Santiago, and he continues to wear it into adulthood; which seems to justify or signify his 'romantic' dream of becoming a Sorceress' Knight. Also, a book entitled "The Sorceress's Knight" was shown as having been checked out from the Balamb Garden Library, most likely, by Seifer. A sorcerer (from Old French sorcier; fem. ... The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times. ... The Seal of the Knights Templar This article is about the medieval military order. ... This article deals with the Spanish Order of knighthood. ...

Seifer attacks Galbadian president Vinzer Deling and is almost executed before being recruited by Sorceress Edea (though his loyalities were to Ultimecia). But when Edea was freed, Ultimecia used Rinoa to order Seifer (now the de facto leader of Galbadia) to bring the Lunatic Pandora from the sea as part of her plan to free Sorceress Adel as her new vessel. Seifer does just that in a full FMV sequence and that is the last he is seen until the end of the game. Contents 1 Main playable characters 1. ... Contents 1 Main playable characters 1. ... Contents 1 Main playable characters 1. ... De facto is a Latin expression that means in fact or in practice. It is commonly used as opposed to de jure (meaning by law) when referring to matters of law or governance or technique (such as standards), that are found in the common experience as created or developed without... Contents 1 Main playable characters 1. ...

Throughout Final Fantasy VIII, he is portrayed as an arrogant, overbearing bully, with a lust for power. In the last FMV, however, we see an odd look on his face (a look that is almost serene, though it still could represent some resentment or regret) towards Balamb Garden. With the "evil essence" potentially removed from his heart, the game ending could suggest that Seifer might return to Balamb Garden and become the SeeD he was once determined to be.

Odin

At the end of disc three, if the player has acquired the Guardian Force Odin, it will appear at the beginning of the battle with Seifer despite normally being unable to attack boss enemies. Odin attempts to use his Zantetsuken sword for an instant kill attack, but Seifer somehow reverses the attack and bisects Odin with his gunblade, seemingly without shifting his position at all. This is the only time that one of the player's GFs can be lost. However, Odin is replaced by Gilgamesh, who, unnoticed by both Seifer and the player's party, reaches through a dimensional portal to catch Odin's Zantetsuken. From this point onwards, the player could either deplete Seifer's HP or wait around and keep Squall's party alive; either option will result in Gilgamesh arriving on the scene and defeating Seifer with one move. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Bisect may mean: bisection, a mathematical construction bisect (philately), the use of postage stamp halves This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Gilgamesh ) is the name of a character in the Square Enix video game series Final Fantasy. ...

Cameo appearance

Seifer, as he appears in Kingdom Hearts II

Seifer makes an appearance in Kingdom Hearts II, accompanied by Fujin, Raijin (referred as "Fuu" and "Rai") and Vivi Ornitier as his "disciplinary committee". Seifer is the leader of the Twilight Town Disciplinary Committee with a dislike for outsiders. In DiZ's Twilight Town, Seifer appeared to be a rival of Roxas, as he is always bad-mouthing him and picking fights with the boy's friends, especially Hayner. As a reference to Final Fantasy VIII, Seifer even calls Roxas in one part, "chicken-wuss" which he called Zell Dincht. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (769x1252, 152 KB) Summary An artwork of Seifer in Kingdom Hearts II by Tetsuya Nomura found in the Kingdom Hearts II Ultimania. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (769x1252, 152 KB) Summary An artwork of Seifer in Kingdom Hearts II by Tetsuya Nomura found in the Kingdom Hearts II Ultimania. ... Kingdom Hearts II ) is an RPG video game developed by Square Enix and partly published by Buena Vista Games, directed by Tetsuya Nomura, character designer of several popular games such as Final Fantasy VII. Kingdom Hearts II was first released in 2005 in Japan for the PlayStation 2. ... Kingdom Hearts II ) is an RPG video game developed by Square Enix and partly published by Buena Vista Games, directed by Tetsuya Nomura, character designer of several popular games such as Final Fantasy VII. Kingdom Hearts II was first released in 2005 in Japan for the PlayStation 2. ... Vivi Ornitier ) (or Vivi Orunitia in the American version of the game) is a fictional character in the role-playing game Final Fantasy IX. He appears as a typical Black Mage of the Final Fantasy series. ... Spoiler warning: Twilight Town Twilight Town (トワイライトタウン Towairaito Taun) is a world in the games Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories and Kingdom Hearts II. The description of Twilight Town in Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories states that it is a curious town between light and dark. ... Spoiler warning: DiZ, the masked enigma. ... The symbol of Organization XIII and Nobodies. ... Final Fantasy VIII ) is a console and computer role-playing game created by Square Co. ... Zell Dincht ) is a playable character from Squaresofts (now Square Enix) Final Fantasy VIII. Like Squall Leonhart and Seifer Almasy, Zell is a student at Balamb Garden. ...

A similar effect came from Seifer having animosity on Sora and gang for being outsiders. He and Donald Duck seem to hate each other at first. However, all's well when Seifer offered his trophy (which he won from Struggle Battle) to Sora and Company, forcefully putting it into Goofy's arms after Sora humbly declining the gift, after they saved him and his posse from the Nobodies. It was a sign of unspoken respect. Sora ) is the protagonist of the Kingdom Hearts role-playing video game series. ... Donald Duck is an animated cartoon and comic-book character from Walt Disney Productions. ... Goofy is a fictional character from the Walt Disneys Mickey Mouse universe. ...

Seifer spoke using slang such as, "That was undeniable proof that we totally owned you lamers." He is also shown battling Hayner in a Struggle match during the credits of Kingdom Hearts II, but the outcome isn't revealed. He is voiced by Will Friedle in the English version and by Takehito Koyasu in the Japanese version. Owned (often typed in leet speak among gamers) is an internet slang word used commonly in gaming circles to acknowledge a form of superiority through the downfall of another group, be it another gaming clan, or a single user. ... Lamer is a jargon or slang name applied to individuals thought to be lacking in maturity, social skills, technical competence or intelligence. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Takehito Koyasu (子安 武人 Koyasu Takehito, born May 5, 1967) in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan is a seiyū (voice actor). ...