Role: Main Character {protagonist}
Alignment: Good
Age: 14
Hair color: Light brown
Eye color: Blue
Home World: Destiny Islands
Weapon: the Keyblade

Sora is a young man of fourteen, an extremely optimistic and cheerful teenager. While a bit naive, he has good intentions, an endearing sort of innocence about him, and an uncommon sense of justice. He was born and grew up on a secluded chain of islands with best friends Riku and Kairi, and like most teenagers, begins to question the world around him as time goes by.

His relationship with Riku, while the longest, is best described as a friendly rivalry. They've been lifelong best friends, exploring the Destiny Islands together even at five years old. However, Riku has a bit of a superiority complex, which Sora is forced to try to keep up with to level the playing field. While they compete over everything from sword sparring to vying for Kairi's attention, they still manage to stay on good terms.

Kairi and Sora have been friends ever since she appeared on the Islands at the age of five, washing up on shore on the night of a great meteor shower. They played together with Riku, but seemed to share a special bond, even drawing pictures of one another on the walls of their Secret Place. As teenagers, Sora is a little unsure of his feelings toward Kairi, showing signs of a very obvious crush on her. This becomes increasingly evident throughout his storyline. Kairi seems to feel the same way about him.

Sora is also the chosen wielder of the Keyblade, a very unique weapon said to have been passed from generations to generations. It has the ability to unlock a great many special objects, and its wielder is also given the duty of using the blade to seal the Keyholes of worlds being threatened by the darkness. Sora seems to have obtained the weapon by mere chance, but in dreams he often hears a voice calling to him: "You are the one who will open the door."

Role: Main Character
Alignment: Good
Age: 14
Hair color: Dark red
Eye color: Blue
Home World: Destiny Islands
Weapon: -none-

Kairi is a strong-willed, cheerful, spunky girl of fourteen. She arrived on the Destiny Islands as a young girl of five, washing up on shore to the islanders' surprise. She was taken in by the Mayor of the islands, meeting Sora and Riku when they came to the house, curious about the mysterious new girl who had appeared out of nowhere.

Kairi remembers nothing about her life before she arrived at the Destiny Islands, despite frequent pestering from best friends Sora and Riku. Despite not knowing her origins, she is quite content with her home and doesn't hesitate to say so. However, it's her appearance that sparks Riku's interest in exploring other worlds, so the three friends make plans to sail away from the islands to discover more about her past.

Kairi shares a special bond with Sora, often confiding things in him that she prefers not to say around headstrong Riku. While she's quite in-tune to the boys constantly competing for her attention, she doesn't mind them doing so. However, she seems to have the same growing feelings for Sora as he does for her.

Kairi is also one of the seven Princesses of Heart required to open the door to everlasting darkness.

Role: Main Character
Alignment: Varies (mostly evil)
Age: 15
Hair color: Silver
Eye color: Aqua
Home World: Destiny Islands
Weapon: Soul Eater; dark Keyblade

Riku, Sora and Kairi's elder by a year, is a cool and collected youth said to be particularly gifted. Considered mature for his age, he's not easily angered or excited--he prefers to keep his feelings suppressed within. He has an insatiable curiousity about the world outside his secluded home, and Kairi's appearance spurs him to new heights in trying to discover what lies beyond the Destiny Islands.

Riku and Sora have been best friends their entire lives. The two share a friendly rivalry in almost every situation, competing to come out on top. Sometimes this leads to friction in their relationship, but the two still remain close. He also has a bit of a crush on Kairi, though he's much more reserved about it than Sora is. His confidence and aptitude at most everything tend to catch Kairi's attention, much to Sora's resentment.

Riku seems to fear nothing, as he proves when he takes a very daring leap into the darkness in pursuit of his wild dreams of reaching the outside world.

Role: Main Character
Alignment: Good
Age: Unknown
Home World: Disney Castle
Weapon: Mage's Staff

Donald is the stubborn, headstrong Court Mage of Disney Castle, a close friend to the monarch of the world, King Mickey. He specializes in the art of both white and black magic, using his trusty staff. Things are turned upside down in his homeworld when he finds a letter from his missing King, telling him to travel with Captain Goofy to the outside world and seek the bearer of the Key.

Role: Main Character
Alignment: Good
Age: Unknown
Home World: Disney Castle
Weapon: Shield

Goofy is the cheerful, clumsy, easy-going Captain of the Royal Knights of Disney Castle. He despises fighting, having a very endearing sort of cheerfulness about him, and uses weapons only to defend himself and others. He is considered one of the most loyal friends anyone could ever ask for. He is a close friend of the King, and follows his orders to travel with Donald to Traverse Town in search of "a man named Leon" and the bearer of the mysterious Keyblade.

Role: Minor Character
Alignment: Good
Age: 25
Hair color: Dark brown
Eye color: Blue
Home World: Hollow Bastion; Traverse Town
Weapon: Gunblade
First appeared: Final Fantasy VIII

Leon, whose real name is Squall Leonhart, is an expert swordsman who originally grew up in Hollow Bastion. He gave himself the false nickname "Leon" to distance himself from his past: a young man who, at 16, was unable to keep his home from being consumed by the darkness. He's the stoic and quiet type, hardly ever smiling, but still amiable if he's in a good mood. He currently lives in Traverse Town, in the Green Room of the hotel with roomate and fighting partner Yuffie. He, too, has been searching for the wielder of the Keyblade.

Role: Minor Character
Alignment: Good
Age: 23
Hair color: Brown
Eye color: Green
Home World: Hollow Bastion; Traverse Town
Weapon: -none-
First appeared: Final Fantasy VII

Aerith is a gentle flower girl who was displaced from her homeworld at the young age of 14. She may appear delicate and mild, but her quiet eyes belie an unbreakable will. She aids friends Yuffie and Leon with their search for the Keyblade master. She seems to know a great deal about the philosopher Ansem, whose reports are scattered throughout the worlds. She translates his scribbled notes to try to make sense of his studies on the Heartless.

Role: Minor Character
Alignment: Good
Age: 16
Hair color: Black
Eye color: Violet
Home World: Hollow Bastion; Traverse Town
Weapon: Shuriken
First appeared: Final Fantasy VII

Yuffie is a perky, talkative, and somewhat clumsy ninja living in Traverse Town away from her destroyed home. She's often seen with her roommate and fighting partner Leon, whom she insists on calling Squall, much to his annoyance. She also is searching for the Keyblade master, and while she doesn't remember much of her former home, she would very much like to see it again. She fights with her deadly ninja stars and martial arts.

Role: Minor Character
Alignment: Good
Age: 42
Hair color: Blonde
Eye color: Blue
Home World: Hollow Bastion; Traverse Town
Weapon: -none-
First appeared: Final Fantasy VII

Cid is the foul-mouthed, warm-hearted gummi specialist of Traverse Town. After he arrived in Traverse Town with three young kids under his care (Leon, Aerith, and Yuffie), he set up shop in the First District selling accessories to finance the small group. He also knows more about Gummi Ships than any other resident of the town, and often aids Sora with getting to new worlds. Cid loathes the Heartless and says they're "bad for business".

Role: Main character (antagonist)
Alignment: Evil
Age: Unknown
Hair color: Silver
Eye color: Amber
Home World: Hollow Bastion (as a human)
Weapon: Varies

Ansem was once the wise philosopher who ruled the world of Hollow Bastion. However, his ventures into the darkness and experiments with the Heartless went awry and he ended up sacrificing his own heart to his research. He is one of the two persons ever to become a Heartless and retain his thoughts, memories, and feelings (the other being Sora). He, however, lost a physical body to the darkness that consumed him, and thus is seeking to manipulate another puppet--one who he can use greatly to his advantage in facing off against Sora.