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Get to know Glenn FF7 Rebith more closely

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As one of the games developed and released by Square Enix that is Final Fantasy VII Rebirth has unique characters. Starting from Cloud Strife, Tifa Lockhart, Yuffie Kisaragi, Aerith Gainborough to Glenn Lodbrok in FF7 Rebirth.

However, Glenn Lodbrok is a mysterious character and he has never appeared in Final Fantasy VII Remake or any other Final Fantasy series.

Well, maybe some of you who don't follow the entire Final Fantasy series will be wondering about Glenn Lodbrok's character.

In this article, we will discuss the mysterious figure Glenn Lodbrok who was present at FF7 Rebirth. Let's just look at this article.

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Glenn FF7 Rebirth: Glenn Lodbrok

Glenn Lodbrok. Source: VideoClipZin/Youtube

The figure of Glenn Lodbrok is a character present in the FF7 series who is now 38 years old. Glenn Lodbrok actually appeared as a supporting character in the mobile game Final Fantasy VII The First Soldier, which has now closed on January 11, 2023.

Then, he acted as the protagonist in Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis in the "First Soldier" chapter with his two friends named Lucia Lin and Matt Winsord and now he is back in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth as a supporting character there.

Nineteen years before Final Fantasy VII Remake, Glenn Lodbrok and his friends actively played passive SOLDIER roles. Then, in the events of Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis, he and his friends were involved in events with young Sephiroth in the past.

Glenn's appearance is stocky and has short blonde hair, he always wears a bright red robe and he wears a black leather raincoat when fighting Sephiroth. Meanwhile, in FF7 Rebirth, Glenn wears a long black robe.

Turning to Glenn's character, he is an optimistic person but a bit brash, he often looks down on other people and boasts about himself.

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First Appearance

Glenn Lodbrok. Source: CGtion/Youtube

Final Fantasy VII The First Soldier is a mobile battle royale game and series of simulation games set at the Shinra military training ground.

Glenn Lodbrok first appeared in this game, although only as a cameo, and later he also appeared in Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis as a whole.

His presence in this game is quite confusing because not much is said, he is present with his two colleagues who are fellow SOLDIER prototypes, namely Lucia Lin and Matt Winsord.

They all surveyed a new location in the Rhadore Islands, there were many events that occurred here and one of them was Glenn's loss of trust in Shinra. This event made Glenn Lodbrok become close to young Sephiroth.

It was mentioned that Glenn was quite a famous SOLDIER and he knew about the secrets of Shinra's crimes. He carried out propaganda which was used as a tool to support the success of SOLDIER's programs and goals.

He established relationships with other people who had similar opinions as him, he took advantage of these people and coordinated with the Wutai military to carry out a ceasefire to fight Shinra.

Since then, the Wutai government was established and King Sarruf was elected as head of government at that time.

After the formation of the government, Glenn was killed by Rufus Shinra, who is now President.

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His role in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

Glenn Lodbrok. Source: Sirloin/Youtube

According to Nordic.IGN.com, In FF7 Rebirth, there is a truce between Wutai and Shinra, but Glenn Lodbrok, the former SOLDIER, runs away from Wutai and will fight to destroy Shinra and Midgar. On the other hand, he also claimed that Shinra had massacred the Wutai army.

At the end of FF7 Rebirth, it is revealed that Glenn is Sephiroth's servant/assistant and is trying to make the Shinra and Wutai war happen again to distract Rufus.

Actually Sephiroth did not explain the reason why he did this but he said "our promised land will become a reality (our promised land will come true)". So, he will try to distract Rufus from taking over the promised land.

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Facts about Glenn Lodbrok in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

Glenn Lodbrok. Source: DualShocker

The following are several facts about Glenn Lodbrok in FF7 Rebirth which will be explained below:

Appears in Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis

Before appearing in FF7 Rebirth, it was mentioned that Glenn Lodbrok had appeared in Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis which told the story of Sephiroth.

However, in FF7 Rebirth, Glenn Lodbrok plays the role of the hero and character who founded the SOLDIER organization which he loves so much.

Mysterious Advisor

Glenn Lodbrok was Rufus Shinra's mysterious advisor at the start of the game and he gave Rufus Shinra instructions and arranged everything.

Even though Glenn looks mysterious, this plays quite a role in the Wutai conflict, where he plans something he will do.

Meeting with Sephiroth

One of the important moments in Final Fantasy VII, when Glenn meets Sephiroth. His meeting with Sephiroth was very instrumental in developing Glenn's character until they met again in FF7 Rebirth to work together.

Mysterious

Glenn Lodbrok in FF7 Rebirth is able to make players very curious about him. Because Glenn's figure is very mysterious, especially when it comes to revealing secrets that Glenn has.

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Sukmadara Arianti