Gabranth: Thank you everyone. It's great to be here tonight, a night where I might just finally prove myself greater than Basch. At least I get to present an award tonight, and... what was that? He was actually NOMINATED for an award?! GAH! EVERY! FREAKING! TIME! I mean, I look the same as the guy, I sound the same as the guy, but oh, he's the big hero! I'm the murderer. It's so unfair. I - I was tricked into it all along! Yeah! Grrr. And he still treats me nicely, which just makes it even more annoying. Always the nice guy. Oh well. I gotta admit, he's influenced my life a lot, makes me wonder why he wasn't nominated for this award. Woah, am I still talking about this? Urgh. Okay.

The nominees for Most Influential Character are:

Cecil Harvey, a gallant Paladin who's story was told at such detail that it captured the minds of a generation of scribes, who from that point would continue to provide such insightful stories of future heroes and heroines.

Cloud Strife, arguably the most well known hero of our kind and a person who drove stories of our conquests into the minds of millions.

Edgar Roni Figaro, a king of such influence that he would lead a nation on a fight against impossible odds, and win.

Laguna Loire, who brought a nation so far ahead of every other nation in his world that it seemed like walking from one century to another when you entered it.

Sephiroth, another extremely well known character of Cloud's world, yet interestingly a villain in this case whose long hair, trenchcloak and Masamune sword would strike terror in children when told "If you don't do this, Sephiroth is gonna get you" by angry parents.

Terra Branford, the first female heroine to take a central role in saving a world in our multiverse.

Zack Fair, who it could be argued influenced Cloud to such a great degree that Cloud for some time thought he was Zack.

Finally, Zidane Tribal, who has a tail.

And the winner is...