Scarlet

Scarlet, written Scarlett in On the Way to a Smile, is an antagonist in Final Fantasy VII, who also appears in the prequel Before Crisis -Final Fantasy VII-. She is the Head of Weapons Development in the Shinra Electric Power Company. She is ruthless and will use any means necessary to fulfill her goals. She has a characteristic laugh ("kya ha ha!"), much like her colleague Heidegger. The two often work together, despite feelings of mutual contempt. Scarlet is the only female Shinra executive, and is cruel and ambitious. She is blunt and does not care if her remarks hurt others. Scarlet is unbothered by violence and often resorts to violent means as her first choice of how to deal with problems facing herself and Shinra Inc. She is passive towards the atrocities the Shinra Company commits and only looks after her own status within the company. As the head of Weapons Development within Shinra, she appears to have a fascination with machines and weapons of mass destruction. She also exhibits dominatrix traits, like using one of her subordinates as a footstool.