Actually if you pay close attention there really wasnt no true lead. Each characters story took an integral part of the overall game plot. You could play as anyone you wanted to and everything would be connected. This is what i loved about the game where the conflict was mostly an empire situation where the war was the main protagonist.
Balthier had some great lines.
''I play the leading man, who else?''
Personally, the voice does remind me a little of Richard O'Brien (The Crystal Maze/Rocky Horror Show)
I hated balthier.
balthier was the coolest he should of been the lead instead of that lame guy forgot is name. vaan or vash which ever it was.
i thought every character in XII was annoying.
I thought FFXII was one of the better FF games. The characters were quite good I thought, especially Balthier. That's why I interviewed him! :p