7th Heaven
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- " Maybe there'll be a young girl tending the bar... Yes, yes, with a big bosom and long legs! Just a killer figure!"
- —Carpenter (Crisis Core)
The 7th Heaven (セブンスヘブン, Sebunsu Hebun?) is a bar and restaurant owned and run by Tifa Lockhart in the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII; serving as a home base for many of the games' main characters, specifically Final Fantasy VII onwards.
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Added by KeltainentoukokuuThe bar has had two locations. The original, located in Midgar slums' Sector 7, is destroyed along with the rest of the sector. It was rebuilt in the city of Edge after the fall of Meteor.
Located in the slums of Sector 7 in Midgar, the original 7th Heaven bar was built by an unnamed carpenter during the events of Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII-, and tenderly named "7th Heaven" by Zack Fair during a conversation.
Intended to house an anti-Shinra base from the start; in Final Fantasy VII it serves as the base of operations for the AVALANCHE terrorist organization. By using a secret elevator disguised as a pinball machine, AVALANCHE members can reach the secret headquarters below the bar's main floor. To most of the organization's members, the bar is also their only known home. The familial ties in the business are at such an extent that, when Tifa once joins Cloud Strife and Barret Wallace on an AVALANCHE mission, the bar is left in the trusted care of Marlene Wallace, Barret's four-year-old adoptive daughter.
The bar is destroyed when President Shinra orders the destruction of the Sector 7 pillar, dropping the plate upon the slums and crushing the entire area. Marlene was not in the bar at the time, having been saved by Aeris Gainsborough, another citizen of the slums, before the plate fell.
Added by NetherithAfter Meteorfall and Midgar's destruction, the 7th Heaven bar was rebuilt by Tifa in the new city, Edge, built on the outskirts of Midgar ruins. While Tifa lived and worked in the restaurant/bar, Cloud Strife and Marlene Wallace also resided within it, with Cloud operating his new delivery business from the bar with Tifa's help. During a visit to Sector 5 Church, Cloud returns with an orphan from the Midgar slums named Denzel who is brought into the family; sharing a room with Marlene.
After the events surrounding the emergence of Deepground in Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII-, the Tsviet Shelke also seems to have been taken in by Tifa and Cloud.
LayoutEdit
7th Heaven (Midgar)Edit
Added by JBed- Bar and Restaurant
The bar and restaurant area is where customers are served and eat. Located in the slums the bar is designed primarily with wooden tables and benches. A jukebox and pinball machine occupy one corner, while a large television screen is located on the wall behind the bar.
Added by JBed- Secret Basement
Accessed via a secret elevator near the pinball machine, this basement serves as headquarters for Barret Wallace’s AVALANCHE faction. The headquarters houses mapping and communication facilities as well as a computer hub, television screen and training equipment.
7th Heaven (Edge)Edit
- Bar and Restaurant
Added by NetherithLike in the previous bar, this 7th Heaven has a bar and customer eating area, but has more up-to-date furnishings than its predecessor and various framed pictures on the walls of various locations on the Planet. Behind the bar, Tifa has various crockery and food on display.
- Cloud's Room
Added by NetherithInitially Cloud's living quarters, located across from Marlene and Denzel's room on the second floor, where he keeps souvenirs of his travels (including photos on the wall) and spare equipment (like spare tires for the Fenrir). The room is left barren after he leaves to live alone in Aerith's church. The business number for Cloud's delivery business links to a phone located in his room.
- Marlene and Denzel's Room
Added by NetherithLocated on the second floor across from Cloud’s room, Marlene and Denzel's room is filled with portraits and pictures of various locations and people, some of which were drawn by Marlene and Denzel themselves. The room's windows look out over the bar's entrance to an angel statue across the street.
Musical ThemesEdit
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Before setting out to destroy the Sector 5 Reactor, the background music to the 7th Heaven is "Tifa's Theme" (ティファのテーマ Tifa no Tēma). After Cloud decides to take up one more job and destroy the Sector 5 Reactor, "Barret's Theme" (バレットのテーマ Baretto no Tēma) replaces Tifa's as the 7th Heaven's theme.
GalleryEdit
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Field model of the bar's pinball machine in Final Fantasy VII
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Artwork of the new 7th Heaven in Edge
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Tifa working behind the bar
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The 7th Heaven concept art in Marlene and Denzel's room
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The 7th Heaven business sign
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More framed pictures on the stairwell
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Crockery behind the 7th Heaven bar
EtymologyEdit
The number seven occurs numerous times in Final Fantasy VII as an allusion; e.g. AVALANCHE is based on Sector 7, Shinra Headquarters has 70 floors, there is a status called All Lucky 7s; the bar 7th Heaven follows with the other allusions to the number. Seven Heavens itself is a part of religious cosmology found in many major religions, such as Islam, Judaism and Hinduism. The number 7 in Biblical references symbolically represented perfect completion. The number also has a significance in Quranic numerology. According to Jewish teachings in the Talmud, the universe is made of seven heavens, the seventh heaven being where ofanim, the seraphim, and the hayyoth and the throne of the Lord are located.
TriviaEdit
Added by Netherith
Added by Netherith- There have been several (untrue) rumors that the ruins of the original Seventh Heaven are accessible in Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII-.
- There is a bow in Final Fantasy Tactics Advance and Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift named "Seventh Heaven", presumably after the bar. It grants the Ultima Shot ability.
- In Final Fantasy VII, the sign at the top of the bar in Midgar reads TEXAS COWBOY CLUB. The neon sign on the 7th Heaven reads TYFER BAR. Inside the bar the welcome mat also reads TYFER BAR and there are neon signs on the walls saying TEXAS and DRAFT BEER.
- Notably, there is no "Texas" in the world of Final Fantasy VII, but "Lockhart" is the name of a city in the real life state of Texas, United States. Tifa was also dressed as a cowgirl in Crisis Core, and cowgirls are often associated with Texas.
- The 7th Heaven concept art appears framed on a wall in Denzel and Marlene's room.
- Since Advent Children's appearance in the Venice Film Festival, some of the pictures shown on the bar wall have been altered as shown in the film's DVD release.
- Concept art and promotional material for the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII appear as some of the framed pictures in the bar and its various rooms.
- Tifa's most powerful exclusive weapon, "Seventh Heaven", in Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy, is named after the bar.
- Zack's slogan for the bar in Crisis Core was "Seventh Heaven! A slice of heaven in Sector 7!".
