Squall Leonhart

Age: 17
Job: SeeD Member
Weapon: Gunblade
Height: 5' 8"
Limit Break: Renzokuken
A taciturn and reluctant hero, Squall starts the game as a Cadet for Balamb Garden's specialist military unit SeeD, his anti-social behaviour makes him seem selfish and without a team spirit. Squall hates having people worrying about him and is basically a Lone Wolf.
Quistis Trepe

Age: 18
Job: SeeD Instructor
Weapon: Whip
Height: 5' 6"
Limit Break: Blue Magic
A top-notch member of SeeD, who starts the game as Squall's Instructor, she started her SeeD career at the young age of 15, and very rapidly became an Instructor, despite her appearance she quite often gets frustrated and can?t express her feelings so it often ends that she gets depressed with purely trivial matters.
Seifer Almasy

Age: 18
Job: Sorceress' Knight
Weapon: Gunblade
Height: 6' 2"
Limit Break: No Mercy / Demon Slice
Squall's worst enemy in Garden, known for being a troublemaker, Seifer always has to be at the centre of attention. Although he is a gifted SeeD Cadet, he has an inability to take orders and is often causing fights. "
Zell Dincht

Age 17
Job: SeeD Member
Weapon: Gloves
Height: 5' 5"
Limit Break: Dual
A Garden Cadet with amazing Martial Arts skills, Zell aspires to be like his grandfather who was once a soldier, rather than thinking things through, he often acts on his emotions and his impulses, instead of thought. Despite this when his emotions are controlled he is a dedicated worker.
Selphie Tilmitt

Age: 17
Job: SeeD Member
Weapon: Death Sticks
Height: 5' 1½"
Limit Break: Slots
A carefree teenager, Selphie seems quite misplaced in a military academy, due to a very innocent appearance and Light-Hearted attitude. Her Happy-Go-Lucky and Laid-Back attitude will usually put people off guard
Rinoa Heartilly

Age: 17
Job: Leader of the Forest Owls
Weapon: Pinwheel
Height: 5' 3½"
Limit Break: Combine / Angel Wing
A spirited young lady with an ability to touch peoples hearts, Rinoa is open with her feelings, she lets her ambitions guide her and can quite often be very stubborn once her mind is made up and will not change her mind
Irvine Kinneas

Age: 17
Job: Sharpshooter
Weapon: Shotgun
Height: 6'
Limit Break: Shot
Galbadia Garden's best Sharpshooter, he is also quite the "Ladies Man" and is in the company of women as much as possible, despite this his shot is hard to equal in any of the Gardens. Despite seeming uncaring and rather frivolous, he is really quite sensitive and serious about his work.
Laguna Loire

Age: 27
Job:Ex-Galbadian Soldier, Journalist
Weapon: Machine Gun
Height: 5' 9"
Limit Break: Desperado
A person whose "Pen Is Far Mightier Than The Sword", Laguna started life as a soldier in the Galbadian Army, he ends up becoming a Journalist, for Timber Maniacs.