Source: somefinalfantasythings
Did you guys ever notice that Auron is Vincent Valentine, Cid Highwind, Cloud Strife, and Squall Leonhart all combined?
I guess they wanted him to be as cool as possible, so they combined all the most badass characters... He's got the tall reddish collar like Vincent, he smokes like Cid, has the face scar like Squall, and a huge sword like Cloud (and the sunnies, which Cloud only wears occasionally...)
You know what... he's also got the long hair in a ponytail like Zidane Tribal. Wowza...