Captian Hal.

He'll always be my favorite JRPG character.

Isaac

Felix

Ashe, Balthier, Basche.

Thank you Khuutra and blaydcor, for trying to speak about characters in terms of plot, development, narrative.
Not in terms of who would kick whose ass, who is cooler, who has the more epic theme, who would you like to be in your most juvenile fantasies.

I was more surprised and moved by Vaan - who is indeed not the main character, guys - talking Ashe into reconsidering her revenge and anger, than by most epic plot twists about secret parent-son relations and villains being manouvered by even less interesting super-villains.

Both of which topoi, by the way, are present in a fashion in FFXII but again nicely treated.

torneko taloon

@blaydcor

you haven't played both have you? (or the sega cd version)
GBA game itself is ok, but compared to original/saturn/ps1 version it indeed is bad.

@Undying 

Yea, Isaac is pwn.

She's hotter than Taylor Swift.

I'd say as far as the final fantasy series is concerned, Beatrix from FF9 is the most underrated charcter. She goes from bad to good, is fucking hot, and everytime you get to be her you feel like a badass.

@g-value You think all of the symphonia charcters suck.  I think what you mentioned earlier as well as yggdrasil and RICHTER were very cool.

Guillo from BK origins was a total badass.  He threatened to "eat the wench" everytime you'd piss him off.  Plus with the male and female voice at the same time it made him really striking.

Edok someone was talking about FFXII characters on page 3.

Personally i believed Balthier, Fran, and Ashe were some of the greatest characters in an RPG.

Vahn and Penolo can go choke themselves. Basch was decent, however slightly blande. His brother Galbranth was a much better character. (i feel like I'm missing someone)

Edit: And i have to say somehow those rabbit characteristicts just drew me in on Fran O_o Slightly weird....