The main character of the story, Squall is a short-spoken man who's is quite a loner. He does not speak much, unless the subject at hand is the one he's interested in. It is then that Squall becomes a more lively person, but on average, he has no bonding feelings towards others around him. He also wears a necklace of a Lion around his neck. Strangely, Tetsuya Nomura wanted the characters name to have the meaning of a passing shower, which is how he came up with the name Squall.