grade on the aesthetics of the character design, voice, personality, etc. don’t let the inferior graphics of the older versions effect your choice; think of what the character is supposed to look like.
i didn’t include iva, evren, or mobo because they never really rode a dragon, but if you want to give either an honorable mention, go ahead. although i am counting abadd and his custom altered dragonmare.
my choices:
abadd - i loved his design and personality; like a skin-less azel and a childish murderer.
lundi - the hopelessness in his voice as he gives his between level monologues.
Orta - the white hair thing seems to be a fad that has caught on in the 128 bit era, but despite that i really liked the way she looked in the snowy FMV.
Kyle gets my vote, but mainly because I’m in a superficial / aesthetic mood. We didn’t get to see much of his character, but that minimalist approach did give him a mysterious feel in a way; sadly I just think that he looks cooler than Lundi or Edge though, and he doesn’t have Edge’s awful haircut. If I was just thinking about depth of character though, I’d really have to vote for someone else…
Azel and Abadd rank highly for me too, mainly because they feel unique to the PD universe; design-wise they carry the PD essence around in their physical forms, at least. They came across as pretty intriguing characters, too - Abadd may have only said a handful of lines in PDO, but they seemed to build up his sinister and unknown nature well.
