The 16-year old ninja spent most of her time preying on helpless travelers intil she met up with Cloud's party. Although she is relectant to join AVALANCHE, her ulterior motives give her reason to tag along, if only temporarily. Her clever wit and ninja skills coupled with her selfish ways will either make her a powerful ally or a serious pain n the neck.
Yuffie is a materia theif, and she really only wanted to join Cloud and company to get their materia. Obviously, she got more than she
bargained for. WEAPONS, Shina, Sephiroth, Hojo, Meteor, etc..
However, she only wanted the materia so she could restore Wutai, her homeland, back to it's former glory.
A while back, which I'm estimating to be maybe 10 years before the game, Wutai lost the war versus ShinRa, and had to become a "cheesy
tourist attraction" of sorts. Yuffie hates that, and states that Levithan, the guardian of Wutai, is mad. Her dad, Lord Godo, gets mad
at her, and she goes off to get materia. And so starts the story.
Wait a minute, Lord Godo?! Yup, Yuffie is princess
of Wutai! Suprising, isn't it? A lot of the people in Wutai don't like how she hates all the traditions that the Ancestor-people make her
do, so she isn't a very popular princess. She doesn't care, though. As long as she gets her materia, everything is fine with her. :D