I'm gonna do what I did with the Final Fantasy VI Best Character thread and rank all the characters in order.

1) Kain - Coolest appearance and personality, in my opinion. Dragoons are just badass. I liked how he went from being good to evil to good to evil again and back to good. I also think it was a nice touch to have Kain in love with Rosa, even though his best friend Cecil is with her. I can relate to that, kind of...wanting a girl so much, but she doesn't notice you in that way.

2) Rydia - Didn't really like her that much until she returned to the party halfway through the game. She was cool, though. The summoner of the game. She could use powerful black magic. She had a good backstory and finally, I like the green hair.

3) Cecil - MUCH preferred as the dark knight, character and appearance-wise, but preferred as the paladin when it comes to weapons and skill. Didn't have as interesting of a story as let's say Kain, but he was still good for the main character.

4) Edge - Not really a fan of his personality much, to be honest, but he's really useful in battle and has a pretty cool job as a ninja. Don't really get too many ninjas in Final Fantasy.

5) Tellah - I liked his character. I'm not completely sure why, but I just did. It just sucked that he never had much MP.

6) Rosa - She really didn't much of a personality or character in the game, but she's a very helpful party member as a white mage, so you can't hate that. Or maybe you can, but I don't.

7) Yang - The monk is probably my least favorite job class in the earlier Final Fantasy games (maybe except for the bard...EDWARD! *angryface*). He was pretty useful as a physical attacker, though.

8) Fusoya - He's got every spell in the game mastered. Can't argue with that. But you CAN argue with the fact he's relatively weak defensively and he doesn't have a whole lot of MP to use all that magic he has. And he turns into a mop when he dies in battle. I did like that he was a Lunarian and advanced as a person compared to the Earthlings. He was smart.

9) Palom & Porom - I rank them both as one here for obvious reasons. I liked Porom a LITTLE more than Palom, but for the most part, they're basically the same person, just different magic. They weren't my favorite characters in the game, but they did alright.

10) Cid - Pretty bland as a party member. Not very helpful, in my opinion. Just stick to doing what you do best in making and improving airships.

11) Edward - Does this really need explaining? I haven't heard one person say they actually liked Edward. He's the most helpless character in the game and most of the whole series at that. He grew some balls in The After Years. He even sounded like a bit of an smartass to some people, or am I the only one who caught that? So yeah, he grew a pair, but he still sucked. Can't believe they made us go through a good chunk of his tale all by himself in The After Years. Square just did that on purpose, because they know we all hate Edward.

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When it comes to The After Years, I would make a whole new list with the added characters, but instead, I'll just say I didn't care much for any of the new characters, except for Ceodore, Izayoi , the now older Porom (LOVE the pink hair! ) and uh, I thought Leonora was cute, both in appearance and personality. Golbez, though, was badass. My new favorite playable character in the Final Fantasy IV world. My only complaint is when he levels up, HE DOESN'T FREAKING GAIN ANY HP!!! So he has the same HP at the end of the game that he had at the start. Why they did that, I don't know.