Squall Leonheart

Age: 17

Weapon: Gunblade

Limit Break: Renzokuken

Squall is the main character of Final Fantasy VIII, he entered the Balamb Garden when he was very young and there he immediatly met Seifer and Quistis. Squall is the eternal rival of Seifer, in fact since the beginning of the game, Seifer will make him notice his irresponsible attitude. Squall is the coldest character of the game, but he'll begin to change his attitude thanks to the meeting with Rinoa. Squall has more weapon than any other character. He has few secondary limit breaks that are chosen randomly after the Renzokuken, but the last of these is the most spectacular and it's the one that makes more damage.

Rinoa Heartilly

Age: 17

Weapon: Blaster Edge

Limit Break: Combine

Rinoa is the boss of the Forest Owls, the only Timber resistance active group against Deling, the president of Galbadia. She's the only one that succeeds to make Squall change his attitude during the game. She's Squall's opposite and she has great hopes, even if Squall says that they don't rebel to Galbadia so seriously. She has few weapons of which the last is the most beatiful, and lots of secondary limit breaks, all random, and she has the most powerful of these, after Squall's Lion Heart: the Wishing Star, limit break in combination with Angelo that is her dog. Later in the game, Rinoa will be able to use the limit break Angel Wing, but it's not reccomended to use this limit break because you will lose the control on her and she will randomly cast a spell. Rinoa uses some of the secondary limit breaks during the battle even if you didn't use Combine with Angelo.

Quistis Trepe

Age: 18

Weapon: Whip

Limit Break: Blue Magic

Quistis is the first female character to meet Squall when he arrives to the Balamb Garden. Quistis is the youngest teacher of the Balamb Garden until she decides to resign from her charge to stay together with Squall. Quistis is really admired by the Balamb Garden, and she also has a fan club. She's famous in cards' games even if nobody knows that she's the the King of the Cards in the CC's group, besides Squall that will challenge her and win. Quistis has lots of secondary limit breaks, all belonging to enemies of Final Fantasy 8, except for Laser Eye. The most devastating limit break that she has is Degenerator that reminds the magic Remove of Final Fantasy 7.

Zell Dincht

Age: 17

Weapon: Glove

Limit Break: Duel

Zell is the only character of Final Fantasy 8 that fights with is own hands, like Tifa does in Final Fantasy 7 and he has lots of limit breaks that reminds the ones of her. The only way to learn his secondary limit breaks is to read the Combat King magazines, like Rinoa does with the Pet Pal magazines. Zell will show his childish attitude since the beginning of the game, but he's a sincere person and he gives a lot of encouragement to the group. Zell is also the second character that you'll meet that hasn't random secondary limit breaks.

Selphie Tilmitt

Age: 17

Weapon: Nunchaku

Limit Break: Slots

Selphie is the second character that you meet during the story of Final Fantasy 8 and, like Zell, she has a childish attitude and she is loyal to the orders that she recieves. Selphie cares a lot about the festival and she'll talk you about it many times since the beginning of the game. Her secondary limit breaks are four spells that can be used only by her. The limit break of Sephie is the random use of the spells that you have, that will be repeated for a maximum of five times. Selphie is the only character with Squall that has the HIT% to 255 (the only difference is that Squall has got it since the beginning of the game, while Selphie will get it with her final weapon).

Irvine Kinneas

Age: 17

Weapon: Shotgun

Limit Break: Shot

Irvine is the last character to join the group of Squall & Co. Since the beginning of Final Fantasy 8, Irvine will show him as a "latin lover". His limit break makes use of bullets, which can be bought from shops or obtained by killing monsters, and the effect that the limit will have on the enemy will change according to the bullets used. Like Zell, Irvine is the opposite of Squall, but he's not a coward.