Shelke Rui

""Don't take another step. It doesn't matter who I am, or who you are... my current mission as a Deepground soldier is all that is relevant.""

- Shelke threatening her sister upon their reunion ""She was a fool. Why... why would she do something so...?""

- Shelke's initial inability to understand her sister's sacrifice Shelke Rui (AKA: Shelke the Transparent) was a member of the Tsviets: a group of genetically modified soldiers in command of the elusive organization Deepground. Taken from her family by Shinra at a young age, Shelke endured extensive experimentation, due to an innate gifting that she possessed. This ability allowed her to perform a Synaptic Net Dive, which granted her passage into the Worldwide Network to gather valuable information. Aside from this, she was trained in combat to the extent of reaching advanced prowess; wielding two shock spears in battle with lightning fast precision. With all of these skills at her disposal, she was a formidable foe to Vincent Valentine early in his battle against Deepground in the Final Fantasy VII spin off: Dirge of Cerberus, serving as one of the game's secondary antagonists early on. Eventually however, she was rejected the Tsviets, after they deemed her unworthy of joining them, and her role had been fulfilled. Between this and her sister's sacrificial demise, she joined forces with Vincent, and became Dirge of Cerberus' surprise deuteragonist.