I don't think fran will be dark. . . Basch seems a lot more likely.

heck, maybe it'll be vaan

(Yes I realize how unlikely that would be)

The ones that keep to themselves are the ones I really like I liked shadow, I thought vincent was cool, I adored squall, amarant was just awesome, and well, you fall apart a bit at ffx. I don't see kimarhi as being dark-- that feels more like lulu? but I don't really like him much anyways (although his holy is to be feared), though. and yay paine.

So yeah, the dark characters are cool, generally can do more damage, and tend to be more interesting