Two years have passed since Midgar, Shinra's dark city of Mako, was destroyed. As the survivors begin to pick up the pieces of their lives and shoulder the burden of reconstruction, a mysterious and unstoppable illness called Geostigma begins to afflict the population. And so Cloud Strife, who leads a life of solitude, must step forward once again to confront the demons of his past, the menace of the present, and once again fight for the future of the planet.