THE STORY
Date of Birth August 23
Age 17
Blood Type AB
Height 177cm (5'9" wink
Squall was born to Raine Loire in the village of Winhill, but she died shortly after his birth. His father, Laguna Loire, never knew that Raine was pregnant, as he was in Esthar saving his adopted daughter Ellone from the clutches of Adel, a malevolent sorceress. After Raine passed away, both Squall and Ellone, who was sent back to Winhill by Laguna, were sent to an orphanage on the Centra continent.
This orphanage, run by Edea Kramer, was where Squall grew up, and despite the presence of other kids his age, Ellone was his closest friend, nicknaming her "Big Sis", although it is unknown whether he knew about their bond as siblings. Due to Ellone's unique power to send a person's consciousness back in time, she was eventually taken away from the orphanage to be under the protection of a group of older orphans called the White SeeD. No one told Squall why "Sis" left, and he assumed that she abandoned him. Due to the emotional pain of this assumption he developed a defensive mechanism that made him an emotionally detached, highly cynical and introverted boy who wished to go through life without emotional links and dependencies, so he would not have to suffer the pain of being left again. This is the source of his solitary and somewhat asocial nature throughout most of the game.
As Squall himself theorizes, he was never adopted due to his already difficult personality, so sometime between the period when he was 6 years old, Squall was admitted into Balamb Garden to train as a SeeD. He chose to train with the gunblade, which is a difficult weapon to master and takes years of training. This was not a factor as Squall kept to himself and trained whenever he could. He quickly became Seifer's rival, who is almost like a mirror image of Squall.
Eleven years later Squall has been known as a "lone wolf" among his peers. His superiors, such as his teacher Quistis Trepe, regard him as difficult to deal with but greatly respect his natural talents. The rivalry between him and Seifer has grown to become common knowledge amongst the Balamb students. Also, due to his use of Guardian Forces Shiva and Quezacotl, his memory has weakened, remembering only the feelings of abandonment he felt when Ellone left, but no longer remembering Ellone herself. In the game's beginning Squall is near the end of his education and, after an eventful field exam, graduates along with Selphie, Zell and Nida.
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