List of protagonists

Every game in the series has main characters that the player must assume the role of.

Final Fantasy
Warriors of Light - The heroes of destiny who were prophesied to restore light to the crystals.

Final Fantasy II
Firion - An orphan from Fynn who becomes the core of the Wild Rose Rebel Army.

Final Fantasy III
NES version

Four Onion Kids who are chosen by the Crystals

Nintendo DS version

Luneth - A curious and adventurous youth, who accidentally stumbles on the Wind Crystal.

Final Fantasy IV
Cecil Harvey - A Dark Knight from Baron who converts to a Paladin.

Final Fantasy V
Bartz Klauser - A young man who travels the world.

Final Fantasy VI
Terra Branford - The child of an Esper and a human who was formerly under the control of the Empire.

Final Fantasy VII
Cloud Strife - An Ex-SOLDIER mercenary who is hired by AVALANCHE.

Final Fantasy VIII
Squall Leonhart - A SeeD Elite Soldier.

Final Fantasy IX
Zidane Tribal - An easygoing thief who is hired to kidnap Princess Garnet of Alexandria.

Final Fantasy X
Tidus - A Blitzball player from Zanarkand who ends up in Spira.

Final Fantasy XI
Due to this being a massively multiplayer online role-playing game, there is no main character. Each player experiences the game as an adventurer and each quest features each player as the hero or component of success regardless of whether he was the first or thousandth player to complete the quest.

Final Fantasy XII
Vaan - A street urchin from Rabanastre, he hates the Archadian Empire and wishes to be a Sky Pirate.

Final Fantasy XIII
Lightning - A woman, chosen by the crystals, to rid the world of evil

Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
Cloud Strife - The hero of Final Fantasy VII, now struggling to find redemption in his soul and to stop the return of Sephiroth.

Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII-
Vincent Valentine - A former Turk, now a dark and mysterious character, with the ability to morph into various monsters.

Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII-
Zack Fair - A SOLDIER, First Class.

Before Crisis -Final Fantasy VII-
The Turks - Shinra's special forces unit that handles all the shady, underground business that the company has.

Final Fantasy Versus XIII
Noctis Lucis Caelum - a well-to-do prince fighting with magical powers against forces out to conquer his city and the Crystals.

Final Fantasy Agito XIII
Twelve students at the school of Peristerium Suzaku. So far their role, names, and powers are unknown.

Final Fantasy Tactics
Ramza Beoulve - A member of the Beoulve family, who opposes how the world works.

Vagrant Story
Ashley Riot - A cold and strong Riskbreaker of the Valendia Knights of the Peace out to discover the plot surrounding the cult Müllenkamp and the Church.

Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
Marche Radiuju - A boy who ends up in dream Ivalice, but retains his memory.

Revenant Wings
Vaan - A street urchin from Rabanastre, now a sky pirate roaming the skies.

Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift
Luso Clemens - A mischievous and adventurous young boy who stumbles upon a grimoire that brought him to Ivalice.

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles
Tipa Caravanners - The Crystal Caravan from Tipa who while on their journey, discovery the mystery behind the poisonous Miasma.

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates
Yuri & Chelinka - fraternal Clavat twins, a boy and a girl.

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King
King Leo - A young Clavat king attempting to restore his fathers kingdom.

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers
Layle - a self-confident Clavat hero with a mysterious psychic power.

Final Fantasy IV: The After Years
Ceodore Harvey - The son of Cecil Harvey and Rosa Farrell, he is named after Cecil's older brother Golbez.

Final Fantasy X-2
Yuna - The former summoner who brought about the Eternal Calm in Final Fantasy X. She is currently in a Sphere Hunting group, the Gullwings.

Final Fantasy Mystic Quest
Benjamin - A young boy who gets more adventure than he ever dreamed of.

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Aki Ross - A dying scientist trying to save Gaia from the alien Phantoms by finding the eight Spirits.