Gruff, rude, and always speaks his mind. Cid has few social graces, always swearing
and telling people exactly what he thinks of them (which is very little). When
he was still a candidate at the
Midgar Naval Air Training Center, Cid
was considered to be very popular and adventurous by his classmates. He
earned the respect of many seasoned pilots and students alike with his knowledge
of machinery, unselfish attitude towards his friends, and his masterful
operation of so many different types of vehicles.
Cid was the primary designer of
the airship Highwind, during his
stay at the Training Center. He designed it with no assistance from any of
ShinRa's master aircraft designers as he claimed, "I know what the hell
I'm doin!" Although it was originally designed to be a cargo craft, the
Highwind was later retrofitted for use in war. Cid did not discover
that fact until after reclaiming the Highwind.
Cid is a man of average height, with a weather-beaten face. He has short-cropped dirty-blond hair and
blue eyes. He wears a pair of pilot's goggles on his brow, along with a blue jacket, khaki
fatigue pants, leather gloves and boots. He always has a lit cigarette clamped between his
teeth, regardless of the situation.
A self-taught combatant, Cid is known as an excellent spear-user. He often makes his own weapons because in his own words, "I don't trust the damn thing if I didn't put it together myself!" In combat, he can launch himself into the air; bringing himself down on top of the opponent- impaling them upon his Venus Gospel.
