Madam M
Madam M is a prominent supporting character in Final Fantasy VII Remake and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. She serves as the proud proprietress of a hand-massage parlor located in the Wall Market district of Sector 6. As one of the influential leaders governing the local commercial area, she wields significant authority, including the power to act as a proxy who nominates candidates for Don Corneo's bridal auditions.
Overview
Madam M is a prominent supporting character in Final Fantasy VII Remake and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. She serves as the proud proprietress of a hand-massage parlor located in the Wall Market district of Sector 6. As one of the influential leaders governing the local commercial area, she wields significant authority, including the power to act as a proxy who nominates candidates for Don Corneo's bridal auditions.
Appearance
Madam M has pale skin and dark brown or black eyes, accented by purple eyeshadow and red lipstick. Her black hair is pinned up into a single bun using elaborate golden hairpins. She wears an off-the-shoulder black kimono patterned with golden floral designs, paired with black geta sandals. To complement her attire, she carries a folding fan featuring a matching pattern.
Personality
Madam M takes immense pride in her craft and maintains strict professional standards, demanding fair financial compensation for her services. She possesses a sharp business instinct and an acute eye for profit, never allowing lucrative opportunities to slip by. As a dominant figure in Wall Market, she approaches her work with high self-regard and a shrewd, uncompromising demeanor.
Abilities
Madam M possesses specialized expertise in hand massage and pressure-point therapy, allowing her to relieve tension and condition a person's hands. Additionally, she is a skilled competitor in the card game known as Queen's Blood.
Background
Madam M established herself as an influential proxy managing the commercial center of Wall Market. During the events of Final Fantasy VII Remake, she performed a hand massage on Cloud Strife and helped prepare Aerith Gainsborough with a makeover so she could participate in Don Corneo's bridal audition. In Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, she boarded the vessel Shinra-8 to enter a Queen's Blood card tournament, facing Cloud Strife in the third round alongside Andrea Rhodea. She also provided a hand massage to Tifa Lockhart to assist her with playing the piano, and later visited the Gold Saucer.
Relationships
Madam M acts as a proxy with recommendation authority for Don Corneo's bridal auditions. She maintains a peer relationship with Andrea Rhodea and Chocobo Sam, who together form the influential figures overseeing Wall Market. She encounters Cloud Strife as a customer seeking her hand-massage services and later as an opponent in a card tournament. She dresses Aerith Gainsborough for the bridal audition and massages Tifa Lockhart's hands to facilitate her piano playing.
Trivia
Alongside Andrea Rhodea and Chocobo Sam, Madam M is recognized as a member of the Trio, the group of high-profile proxies controlling Wall Market. During her hand-massage service for Cloud Strife, the intensity of the experience and Cloud's physical reactions vary drastically depending on the price of the course selected.
