Quote Originally Posted by Mercen-X View Post
As for the 8 people at Nibelheim, my best guess is that it was originally tied to the plot. Unfortunately, it was later decided that Vincent and Yuffie would be optional, so there's no guarantee you'll have eight people in your group when you reach Nibelheim. Then again, the letter's there to read right when you get into town and there's no one around who could have written it on such short notice. Secondly, Vincent is locked down in the basement of the mansion until after Sephiroth's freakout. And of course, there's the fact the letter mentions the eight people don't notice the town isn't supposed to be here when in fact, the party is flabbergasted that its been rebuilt. I'm back to square one and have no freakin' clue who these eight folk must've been. Seriously though, why say eight? Why not just say a few? Why not say some? For some reason, 8 doesn't seem like an arbitrary number to me. Ya know?
If someone made a juicy fanfic on those 8 ppl I'd gobble it up. Yes...I said gobble.

Seriously though, I'm really curious. I guess because it went under the radar.