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===''Final Fantasy VII''=== Introduced in ''Final Fantasy VII'' in 1997, Barret is introduced as the leader of the terrorist organization known as AVALANCHE, armed with a gun grafted to his arm. Situated in city of Midgar, his group opposes the ruling company, Shinra, and their use of "Mako" energy from the planet as a power source. To this end AVALANCHE bombs their power plants, under the goal of saving the planet.<ref name="past"/> To this end he hires Cloud Strife as a mercenary at the behest of his friend [[Tifa Lockhart]],<ref>{{Cite book |title=Final Fantasy VII 10th Anniversary Ultimania (Revised Edition) |year=2009 |isbn=1019740597 |language=Japanese | publisher=Square-Enix |pages=42–47}}</ref> nicknaming him "Spiky" in reference to his hairstyle.<ref name="spiky"/> After the deaths of several members of AVALANCHE, he follows Cloud out of Midgar in pursuit of the game's villain, [[Sephiroth]].<ref name="past">{{Cite book |title=Final Fantasy VII 10th Anniversary Ultimania (Revised Edition) |year=2009 |isbn=1019740597 |language=Japanese | publisher=Square-Enix |pages=52–55}}</ref> Along the way he encounters a former friend of his, [[Dyne]], armed in a manner similar to him and who forces Barret to kill him. Through flashbacks its revealed that Shinra had desired to build a power plant in his home town of Corel, an idea Barret advocated. However due to an accident at the plant, Shinra razed the town, killing Barret's wife in the process, and causing Barret and Dyne to flee with Dyne's daughter, [[Marlene]]. Cornered, Dyne slipped off the cliff they stood upon and Barret grabbed his hand; Shinra soldier's opened fire, and destroyed Barret's and Dyne's right and left hands respectively, causing the latter to fall to his presumed death.<ref name="past"/> Barret adopted Marlene as his daughter, had an "adapter" grafted to his arm to interface with prosthetic weapons to combat Shinra, and founded AVALANCHE.<ref name="dvd"/> Dyne's death causes him to admit his grudge with Shinra is solely for revenge, with earlier claims of "saving the world" meant to convince himself as well. Barret shifts his goal to actually saving the world, doing so for Marlene's sake, and helps Cloud and his allies defeat Sephiroth to prevent the planet's destruction.<ref name="past"/> Early drafts of Barret's background featured subtle differences, such as Marlene intended to be Barret's biological daughter, and his wife executed in front of him by a then-undecided Shinra executive. The attack on Corel was initially written to be due to the discovery of Mako energy and Shinra's desire to keep its existence a secret. Barret's reunion with Dyne was also originally different, written to culminate in a duel between the two in Corel's ruins while Cloud and the others fought investigating Shinra soldiers.<ref name="p518"/>
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