I have a strong attatchment to cloud, but ffVII was my first ff game. squall is pretty cool in that he's so deep and, as odd as it sounds, human. Steiner and Auron both are close, though Auron seems to have more "cool" about him, steiner is a little more bumbling. Sephiroth is awesome as a villian and a general character, tidus is whiny but i would be too if i turned out to be a dream...