Definately Gau. It's not because I'm lazy either - I made Strago a really sick blue mage. I just can't let some dirty uncivilized kid mess things up with his randomness. I'll probably give him a shot on my next playthrough though.

Cyan's one of my favorites, with Gauntlets and his scimitar (i think) and pumping his STR stat, he was one of my top guys. Same with Relm, her magic is just unbelievable. Shadow too, good speed + good strength + throw +interceptor randomly saving the day = one of my favorite FF characters. So yeah, those 3 i've seen brought up here alot but they're 3 of my favorites.