Rosso



Rosso the Crimson (朱のロッソ, Ake no Rosso) was a member of the Tsviets and one of the antagonists of Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII-. She is voiced by Atsuko Tanaka in the Japanese version and Mary Elizabeth McGlynn in the English version. Rosso's weapon is a unique double blade that is capable of gunfire, similar to a gunblade.

Multiplayer mode
Rosso was born within Deepground in 1985, making her 25 in Dirge of Cerberus. As a result of her lifetime in the SOLDIER program, she was dangerously psychotic and bloodthirsty, taking great pleasure in killing her opponents.

During the events in the Online multiplayer mode of Dirge of Cerberus, Rosso wanted to see the outside world's sky since she only ever got to see projections, so she decided to kill countless Deepground soldiers in order to get her point across. Soon after, one of the Restrictors appeared before her, and challenged her. Though she put up a good fight, she was defeated by the Restrictor and had his short gunblade lunged into her stomach. Later on, she was summoned by the Restrictor along with Azul in order to spar with Weiss. Yet again, she was defeated easily, but transformed into Bloodburst Rosso. Yet again defeated by Weiss, she and Azul lay on the ground. Soon after with the Restrictor dying, the mind chip's effects began to wear off, and the Tsviets laughed and watched as the Restrictor breathed his last breath.

Main storyline


While Vincent Valentine is in Edge, he finds a wounded WRO soldier who tells Vincent of a woman in red who slayed their troops in the warehouse and gathering civilians, before the man gives him a key and dies. When Vincent arrives, Rosso was found to be more than a match for Vincent, and as a result, Chaos took over Vincent and became too strong for Rosso to handle, resulting in her fleeing.

She met Valentine again in Nibelheim, in the Shinra Mansion, where she stole the Protomateria, which was key to controlling both Chaos and Omega. This time, she was prepared to deal with Vincent, and might have killed him if not for the timely intervention of Yuffie Kisaragi.

When the WRO launched its assault on Midgar, Rosso was shown briefly fighting with Cloud Strife. The exact outcome is unknown, though both Rosso and Cloud survived the encounter, suggesting there was no victor or possibly, in the former's case, unexpected retreat.

At last, she confronted Vincent for the final time in the old Shinra building. They engaged in an all-out battle, and Rosso was defeated. Badly wounded, Rosso, prideful to the last, told Vincent that he would not have the pleasure of killing her. Defiantly yelling, "No one will ever stand above me!" Rosso then collapsed the portion of the building she was standing on. She plummeted down, laughing maniacally to her probable death.

Battle
Rosso is fought as a boss in the Shinra Headquarters.

Etymology
Her name is the Italian word for red, though the -o ending should be replaced with -a in keeping with gender, meaning that her name is technically masculine in Italian.