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Please take Aeris somewhere safe.
Ifalna's last words

Ifalna was the last remaining pure Cetra and the mother of Aeris Gainsborough in Final Fantasy VII. She is seen in flashback sequences: during the story Elmyra Gainsborough tells Cloud Strife and his friends of how she came to adopt Aeris, and through video logs found in an abandoned house in Icicle Inn.

Profile

Appearance

Ifalna resembles her daughter, with emerald green eyes, long brown hair and bangs (though Ifalna wears hers loose). Ifalna wears a long-sleeved red dress with a purple wrap round her waist and flat red shoes.

Personality

Ifalna loves her daughter, and wishes for her to be safe, even in a world that only wants to exploit them both.

Story

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Ifalna-and-Gast-FFVII — Ifalna and Gast in Icicle Inn.

Between 24 to 28 years ago, Professor Gast Faremis set out on a pilgrimage to search information on Jenova and the Cetra, otherwise known as the Ancients. He met Ifalna, one of the last Cetra, and took her to Icicle Inn on the Northern Continent for further study. The keywords section of the Crisis Core Complete Guide^[1] states that Gast helped Ifalna escape Shinra Electric Power Company the time he quit the company.

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 Aeris. 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 Aeris were relocated to a Shinra lab.

The pair were held prisoner for seven 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 Aeris, but was mortally wounded. On the steps of the Sector 7 slums station, she entrusted Aeris to a nearby woman, Elmyra Gainsborough, and died of her injuries.

Spoilers end here.

Gallery

Trivia

Ifalna is mentioned in Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII-: A scientist within the Shinra Headquarters laments her death, and is discovered to be working against Shinra. He is arrested by Kunsel.
In Ifalna's concept artwork by Tetsuya Nomura she is said to be 29 years old.
Aeris states she could hear her mother's voice as a child and that, though she expected this to go away, it "never stopped". However, Ifalna plays no further role in the game, and is one of the few deceased characters connected to Aeris who does not appear in The Girl who Travels The Planet.

Etymology

Ifalna's name in Japanese (イファルナ, Ifaruna?) is an anagram of the transliteration of "final" (ファイナル, fainaru?). This refers to her being the last/final Cetra.

References

↑ Crisis Core Complete Guide Keyword Collection (Accessed: January 14, 2019) at The Lifestream

[1] Crisis Core Complete Guide Keyword Collection (Accessed: January 14, 2019) at The Lifestream

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-[[File:Ifalna-ffvii-field.png|150px|right|Field model of Ifalna in ''Final Fantasy VII''.]]
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-'''Ifalna''' {{J|イファルナ|Ifaruna}} is one of the last remaining [[Cetra]] and the mother of [[Aerith Gainsborough|Aeris Gainsborough]] in ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]''. She is only seen in flashback sequences: during the story [[Elmyra Gainsborough]] tells [[Cloud Strife]] and his friends of how she came to adopt Aeris, and through video logs found in an abandoned house in [[Icicle Inn]].
+|japanese=イファルナ
+|romaji=Ifaruna
+|image=Ifalna-ffvii-field.png
+|home=[[Icicle Inn]]
+|race=[[Cetra]]
+|gender=Female
+|hair=Brown
+|eye=Green
+|age=29
+|type=npc
+|designer=[[Tetsuya Nomura]]
+}}
+{{Quote|Please take Aeris somewhere safe.|Ifalna's last words}}
+'''Ifalna''' was the last remaining pure [[Cetra]] and the mother of [[Aerith Gainsborough|Aeris Gainsborough]] in ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]''. She is seen in flashback sequences: during the story [[Elmyra Gainsborough]] tells [[Cloud Strife]] and his friends of how she came to adopt Aeris, and through video logs found in an abandoned house in [[Icicle Inn]].
 ==Profile==
 ===Appearance===
-Ifalna resembles her daughter, with blue eyes, long brown hair and bangs, though Ifalna wears hers loose. Ifalna wears a long-sleeved red dress with a purple wrap round her waist, and flat red shoes.
+Ifalna resembles her daughter, with emerald green eyes, long brown hair and bangs (though Ifalna wears hers loose). Ifalna wears a long-sleeved red dress with a purple wrap round her waist and flat red shoes.
 ===Personality===
-Ifalna loves her daughter and wishes for her to be safe in a world that only wants to exploit them both.
+Ifalna loves her daughter, and wishes for her to be safe, even in a world that only wants to exploit them both.
 ==Story==
 {{spoiler}}
-[[File:Ifalna-and-Gast-FFVII.png|thumb|Ifalna and Gast in Icicle In.]]
+[[File:Ifalna-and-Gast-FFVII.png|thumb|Ifalna and Gast in Icicle Inn.]]
-Between 24 to 28 years ago, Professor [[Gast Faremis]] set out on a pilgrimage to search information on [[Jenova]] and the Cetra, otherwise known as the Ancients. He meets Ifalna, one of the last Cetra, and takes her to Icicle Inn on the Northern Continent for further study. The keywords section of the ''Crisis Core Complete Guide''<ref>[http://thelifestream.net/final-fantasy-vii/284/crisis-core-complete-guide-keyword-collection/6/ ''Crisis Core Complete Guide'' translations at TheLifestream.net]</ref> states that Gast helped Ifalna escape [[Shinra Electric Power Company]] the time he quit the company.
+Between 24 to 28 years ago, Professor [[Gast Faremis]] set out on a pilgrimage to search information on [[Jenova]] and the Cetra, otherwise known as the Ancients. He met Ifalna, one of the last Cetra, and took her to Icicle Inn on the Northern Continent for further study. The keywords section of the ''Crisis Core Complete Guide''<ref>{{Refwebsite| page url = https://thelifestream.net/lifestream-projects/translations/284/crisis-core-complete-guide-keyword-collection/6/| page name = Crisis Core Complete Guide Keyword Collection| site url = https://thelifestream.net| site name = The Lifestream|access time = 20190114091746}}</ref> states that Gast helped Ifalna escape [[Shinra Electric Power Company]] the time he quit the company.
-Ifalna entrusts her knowledge of Cetra, [[Weapon (Final Fantasy VII Creature)|Weapons]], and Jenova, also known as the "Calamity from the Sky" to Gast, who tapes these conversations. The two fall in love and conceive a daughter, unbeknown to the Shinra Corporation. They remain hidden for the duration of the pregnancy, and Gast names his daughter Aeris. Twenty days after her birth, [[Professor Hojo]] locates the family and demands Gast hand over Ifalna and their daughter. When Gast resists, he is shot by Hojo's henchmen and the two Cetra are relocated to a Shinra lab.
+Ifalna entrusted her knowledge of Cetra, [[Weapon (Final Fantasy VII creature)|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 Aeris. 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 Aeris were relocated to a Shinra lab.
 [[File:Ifalna's Death.jpg|thumb|left|Ifalna's death.]]
-The pair are held prisoner for seven years, during which time Ifalna gives two things to Aeris: the [[White Materia]], and the knowledge of how to use it to summon [[Holy (Final Fantasy VII)|Holy]]. Ifalna escapes with Aeris, but is mortally wounded. On the steps of [[Sector 7]] station, she entrusts Aeris to a nearby woman, the recently widowed Elmyra Gainsborough, and dies of her injuries.
+The pair were held prisoner for seven 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 (Final Fantasy VII)|Holy]]. Ifalna escaped with Aeris, but was mortally wounded. On the steps of the [[Sector 7]] slums station, she entrusted Aeris to a nearby woman, Elmyra Gainsborough, and died of her injuries.
-{{-}}
+{{clear}}
 {{Endspoiler}}
 ==Gallery==
-{{gallery
+<gallery>
-|File:Ifalna FFVII Concept Art.jpg|Concept artwork of Ifalna by [[Tetsuya Nomura]].
+Ifalna FFVII Concept Art.jpg|Concept artwork by [[Tetsuya Nomura]].
+</gallery>
-}}
 ==Trivia==
-*Ifalna is mentioned by name in ''[[Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII-]]'': A scientist within the [[Shinra Headquarters]] laments her death, and is discovered to be working against Shinra. He is arrested by [[Kunsel]].
+*Ifalna is mentioned in ''[[Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII-]]'': A scientist within the [[Shinra Headquarters]] laments her death, and is discovered to be working against Shinra. He is arrested by [[Kunsel]].
 *In Ifalna's concept artwork by [[Tetsuya Nomura]] she is said to be 29 years old.
-*Aerith states she could hear her mother's voice as a child and that, though she expected this to go away, it "never stopped". However, Ifalna plays no further role in the game, and is one of the few deceased characters connected to Aerith who does not appear in ''[[Hoshi wo Meguru Otome]]''.
+*Aeris states she could hear her mother's voice as a child and that, though she expected this to go away, it "never stopped". However, Ifalna plays no further role in the game, and is one of the few deceased characters connected to Aeris who does not appear in ''[[Hoshi wo Meguru Otome|The Girl who Travels The Planet]]''.
+==Etymology==
+Ifalna's name in Japanese {{J|イファルナ|Ifaruna}} is an anagram of the transliteration of "final" {{J|ファイナル|fainaru}}. This refers to her being the last/final Cetra.
 ==References==
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+[[Category:Characters in Final Fantasy VII]]