Shinra is the corporation of cackling villains at the heart of FF7.
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Like Shinra, it originally arose from being a dominant force in trade.
Soon it was creating high-tech weaponry and strong synthetic materials (and eventually, egomaniacal supersoldiers).
What background morsels Rebirth provides paint an incomplete but compelling picture.
But there’s plenty of story that could be worth telling within those broad strokes.
How did a handful of people gather up enough power to take down a republic?
Those are questions we’re answering right now.
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