Rufus Shinra is a character in Team Four Star's Final Fantasy VII Machinabridged series. The son of President Shinra, who is promoted from vice-president to president of Shinra Inc. after the death of his father. Far from being shaken up about it, Rufus relishes his new position, and is all too happy to frame AVALANCHE for his father's murder while letting Sephiroth get away scot free. He attempts to escape his father's shadow and be the most successful president in Shinra's history.