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My real name is Nanaki, large, powerful, leonine and coated with fire red fur. My species possesses great longevity, which surprises the party when they learn that my 48 years only amounts to adolescence by my species' standards. Though my real name is Nanaki, I am given the name Red XIII by Hojo, and continues to be called this when the party rescues me from Hojo's laboratory.

I join Cloud's group while they are rescuing Aerith Gainsborough from the Shinra building, where Hojo is attempting to breed Aerith with me in order to preserve what he believes to be two endangered species of animal, I believe that my father, Seto, had been a coward who abandoned Cosmo Canyon during a war with the now-extinct Gi Tribe, leaving the tribes to fight on their own. As such, I was deeply ashamed of being Seto's son. When the group later visits Cosmo Canyon, they meet the village elder, Bugenhagen, whom I refer to as my "grandfather." Here, I learn the truth about my father, who sacrificed himself to save the village. Finally knowing the truth of his proud heritage, I, with some encouragement from Bugenhagen, gains the courage to rejoin Cloud's party for the rest of their journey, during which I prove myself to be a valuable asset and friend. I am shown to be alive 500 years with his two children looking down at the overgrown ruins of Midgar.p