Rude is a member of the Turks in Final Fantasy VII who also appears in several of the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII titles. He is a tall, bald man with a little goatee who always wears sunglasses and carries spares on him in case something happens to the pair he is wearing. Rude is rarely seen without his long-time partner Reno and is taciturn, tending to relegate the talking to Reno. Rude prefers to use his fists in battle.
Rude has a soft spot for Tifa Lockhart, and will not attack her if she battles him in their many encounters in Final Fantasy VII. In one of his rare lines of dialogue in Final Fantasy VII, he reveals to Reno he has a crush on her.