Squall is an expressionless and distant teenager studying in the military and academic areas of Balamb Garden. An extremely gifted and apt student, Squall hopes to join the elite SeeD forces by passing the entrance test along with his companions. He's a bit of a loner (according to Square he has "little sense of comradship for the people around him"), and he wears a necklace that bares a strange griffon-like symbol.
	Rinoa is described as a pleasant, empathetic young woman who tends to be a tad shy at times. Her strength of character and spirit are firm, however. Rinoa is a cheerful girl with an overwhelming amount of tenderness and unyielding spirit. She too is very honest and has no problems speaking her mind and being very straightforward with others.
	Seifer is the mysterious man who is apparently the leader of Squad B (the SeeD candidate squad in which Squall belongs). Though he's talented, he's regarded as problematic because of his short-tempered attitude and Inability to properly follow orders. Still, there's something dignified in his bearing that nobody else has. Because he realizes Squall is gifted, he considers him to be his rival, but could the two be linked in more ways than we've seen so far?
	Edea has an image of a witch in the occidental culture. She is an enemy for Squall and his fellows. But what does her existence in the world, where Squall and his friends live, mean? Fundamentally witches have been the only women that have powerful magics. Though they have existed since ancient time, the reason why they exist is unknown. They are not immortal but have the fatal thread like humans. A witch can pass her power as a witch on to the person she chooses. It is said that witch's power does not run in the blood, so a person chosen by a witch suddenly gets a tremendous magical power, and sometimes such a person's life would be changed dramatically.
	Zell joined Garden when he was 13 in order to train himself to be a great soldier like his grandfather, who he admires very much. He's an honest fighter, and he's very straitforward; he fits inot the military stereotype perfectly. He often loses his temper, but that doesn't seem to concern him very much. An all-around honest man, Zell grew up in a wealthy family. Because of this, he lacks seriousness (this is all according to offical Square materials). He's a quick and lethal fighter, and martial arts master.
	At 18 years of age, she is already a teacher at Balamb Garden - Called "Trepe Teacher" by her pupils. With here amazing fighting skills, she enroled in garden at age of 10, and entered SeeD at the age of 15. She appears at the beginning part of the game as an advisor of Squall and other members.
	She is a transfer student to the Garden. As she learned at another Garden, she has a right to challenge to be a member of SeeD. Anyway she is a good fighter! Squall and Selfie are just classmates and they have no romantic relationship at all. She is such an innocent and childlike girl. Sometimes she is too childlike! All her speeches are written in Hiragana, the easiest type of Japanese letters. She sometimes drops a bombshell, but she has a strong sense of responsibility, and has strong friendship.
	He is good at using a gun. He is a sensitive and decent guy. Irvine isn't a student of the Balamb Garden, but a student of the Galbadian Garden. He calls himself "The best gunslinger of the Garden." He is a confident man and a titter. Though he sometimes seems insensitive, in fact his character is delicate and sober. The period when Squall was a student of the Garden is just during a short time from the beginning to the partway of the game. Irvine was at the Garden at the same time.
	Unlike Squall, Laguna is a man of heart. He knows love and respects his duties. According to Square, he's an optimistic and vigorous person who enjoys the confidence bestowed in him. Not much else is known about him yet, but we do know that he's a former soldier who works as a journalist. Apparently, Laguna and Squall, while both main characters, reside on different worlds. Since Squall meets Rinoa and is effected by her attitude to behave as she pleases, he comes to dream very realistic strange dreams. In his own dream, Squall becomes a man called Laguna. Laguna is a Galbadian soldier, who wants to be a journalist someday and contributes his own articles to some magazines.

Final Fantasy VIII musical scores are composed by Nobuo Uematsu.

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