23 Facts About Vincent Valentine

Vincent Valentine is a player character in Square's 1997 role-playing video game Final Fantasy VII.

Vincent Valentine is voiced in Japanese by Shogo Suzuki and in English by Steven Blum.

Soon thereafter, Vincent Valentine himself became a test subject to experiments performed by Lucrecia's fellow research boss, Professor Hojo, resulting in genetic modification that means he will not age.

Later, Vincent Valentine finds Lucrecia inside a cave, and his backstory is partly revealed.

Vincent Valentine was a member of the Turks, an elite group of Shinra agents.

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When protesting about the nature of these experiments, Vincent Valentine was shot by Hojo, who subsequently began to experiment on him as well.

In Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII, which is set six years prior to Final Fantasy VII, Vincent Valentine is seen in his Turk attire having a conversation with Veld, leader of the Turks.

Vincent Valentine subsequently helps Veld obtain some Materia needed for a mission.

Vincent Valentine reveals to Cloud Kadaj's intentions to merge with the remaining Jenova cells so as to bring about Sephiroth's rebirth.

Vincent Valentine later helps Cloud and his Final Fantasy VII allies defeat the summon creature Bahamut SIN.

Vincent Valentine explains to Red that he is immortal and promises to meet with him every year to prevent his loneliness.

In Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII, which takes place one year after Advent Children, Vincent Valentine is seen working with Reeve Tuesti and the World Regenesis Organization to eliminate an organization called Deepground, who have targeted Vincent Valentine because he carries "Protomateria" inside his body, implanted by Lucrecia after he was shot by Hojo.

Outside the Final Fantasy VII series, Vincent Valentine appears in the fighting game Ehrgeiz as an unlockable character, with his Turk uniform as an alternate costume.

Vincent Valentine's popularity has seen merchandise related to the character, including the release of action figures.

Character designer Tetsuya Nomura has explained that Vincent Valentine's character shifted from that of horror researcher, to detective, to chemist, and finally to the figure of a former Turk with a tragic past.

Director Yoshinori Kitase was in charge of the cutscene in which Vincent Valentine joins the party, while scenario writer Kazushige Nojima wrote his backstory.

Vincent Valentine would join Cloud's group after learning they were in pursuit of Hojo, but he had no knowledge of the results of the experimentation to which he was subjected.

Vincent Valentine felt Vincent was older and more mature than Cloud, and as a result, he cast Suzuki, who has a very low voice.

Vincent Valentine is shown to be a tall, lean man with long black hair and a ragged red cloak and mantle over black underclothes.

Vincent Valentine wears a metallic, golden-colored gauntlet on his left forearm.

Vincent Valentine's cloak covers the lower half of his face and is held closed by a series of buckles.

Vincent Valentine was chosen as the protagonist of Dirge of Cerberus due to his strong connections to the setting of Final Fantasy VII and the room available for expanding on his background.

In 2013, Vincent Valentine was included among the ten most notable vampire characters in video games by Gergo Vas of Kotaku.