SeeD
The mercenary force of the Gardens, hired by nations against Galbadia.
SeeD is the mercenary force of Final Fantasy VIII, trained at the Gardens and employed by multiple nations to fight the expansionist republic of Galbadia. Its cadets include the introspective loner Squall Leonhart, his classmates Selphie Tilmitt and Zell Dincht, the Balamb instructor Quistis Trepe and Irvine Kinneas, a mercenary from another SeeD facility.
Lore & Background
Seifer Almasy is a rival cadet: at the field exam in Dollet he acts independently and abandons his teammates Squall and Zell, so he fails and is not promoted to SeeD. The main antagonists are Edea Kramer, a possessed sorceress controlling Galbadia, and Ultimecia, a sorceress from the future with a vendetta against SeeD.
Squall meets Rinoa at the SeeD graduation ball, a scene the writers treated as a fated meeting. When Squall's party of SeeD helps her resistance movement fight Galbadia, Rinoa stays with them and falls in love with him.
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