A short Authors Note to get us started.

If you've stumbled here, you're one of two types of people. 1) you know who Elfé is and you, like me, are curious to see someone write for her, or 2) you have no idea who Elfé is and want to see what this is all about.

Well, for people group 2, here's a quick rundown.

Before Barret Wallace took up the mantel of AVALANCHE, it was actually run by a mysterious woman named Elfé. (Remember the line that Barret says in Cosmo Canyon? How he was going to take Biggs, Jessie, and Wedge there to see where AVALANCHE was born? Elfé's AVALANCHE).

Elfé, aided by her field leader Shears and her scientist Fuhito, set out to bring down Shinra in any way possible.

There is a catch. A few catches. Like the fact that Fuhito is a complete and total Hojo fanboy. Or that Elfé has a WEAPON like Chaos fused into her skin. Or that Elfé is the daughter of the Director of Turk, Veld Dragoon.

Wait wait wait, you're saying. I know, it seems random. But go research Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII. You'll see that I'm not making any of this up. (Before Crisis is a cell phone game that was only released in Japan….yeah I know).

In truth, knowing the events of B.C. makes Final Fantasy VII much more morose.

In short, know the following facts (spoilers but they're important to understanding the following fictions):

Shears and Fuhito are dead.
Elfé's real name is Felicia. The Surname "Dragoon" was adopted by the fandom and is the general consesus as a last name for both her and Veld. It is not cannon, just widely accepted.
Elfé was "shot" and "killed" by Tseng of the Turks, along with her father, Veld.
Rufus Shinra knows, aided, and possibly has a crush on, Elfé.
Elfé is real, and she was the leader of AVALANCHE.
The WEAPON in Elfé was put there by Hojo after she was one of the few survivors of the raid on Kalm. (Kalm gets destroyed a lot, actually.) It's known as Zirconiade, or the one who will burn everything. Although released at the end of the game, it now lies dormant in Elfé, waiting for the end of the world. (Headcanon says she's immortal, since Vincent undergoes the same issue with Chaos. THAT IS NOT A FACT though.)

There's so much more to it than that, but I think that's enough to get you started.

Always, you can contact me for more information, or to point you in the right direction.

Thanks for taking a step in a new direction,
Jynx