It's amazing how much someone can be called "overrated" and "steriotypical". People throw these words around, and they loose all sense of meaning.

Auron was a mentally strong character, as well as a physical one, as even when he knew that he was going to die, he kept on going until he managed to find someone to pass the message on. Even in death, he was still keeping that promise to Jecht, even going as far as to use Sin to transport him to Dream Zanarkand to look after that brat, Tidus.

That's what I call dedication.