Which FF protagonist is the best?

[Madame Adequate]

The kid with the gammy leg at Icicle Inn. The true hero of the tale. Without him Cloud doesn't get to the Northern Crater and basically discs 2 & 3 didn't happen.

I feared I forgot someone who actually matters

The guy in 3's name is Luneth and you'd like him because he has silver-gold hair and violet eyes.

okay fair point he does have those