{NOMINATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED!}
Surprise post! 😀
Welcome to the first ever Silmarillion Awards!
The Silmarillion Awards have been created by DJ Edwardson and Jenelle Schmidt as a way to honor J.R.R. Tolkien as the Father of Modern Fantasy, open up a discussion about some of our other favorite fantasy works, and to have a ton of fun this summer.
When we started thinking about creating a sort of “Fantasy Oscars,” we found it difficult to fathom any award that wouldn’t be won by a character or item from The Lord of the Rings… so, to make things a bit more interesting, we decided to call them “The Silmarillion Awards” and have characters from LOTR and The Hobbit present the awards as examples of the ultimate standard for each award. Hopefully that will even the playing field a bit.
Joining our team are eight other bloggers and authors who will each be hosting one of these awards, called Silmarils, on their blogs towards the end of July.
But before we get there, we need YOUR help! Starting today, June 20th and proceeding through July 1st, the nomination period for each award will be open. Please visit the participating bloggers (found in the list below), read the descriptions of the awards and make your nominations!
Nominate characters in the comments of each blog post. If someone has already nominated the character you would have nominated, you may either second that nomination, open a new nomination, or do both. We will be picking the 5 characters with the most “seconds” for the final voting period that will take place between July 4th – 13th, so you may also “third,” “fourth,” “fifth,” etc any nominations you particularly like.
Fine print:
- Please do not nominate anything from one of your OWN books!
- You may nominate a character AND second, third, fourth a character… but please only vote once. (i.e. You cannot nominate a character and then also second that same character)
- Please share about the Silmarillion Awards on social media to spread the excitement far and wide across Middle Earth. Use the hashtag: #silmawards2016 wherever possible!
- Don’t nominate a Tolkien character for the awards, as the characters presenting the awards are already the standard for each award
- Don’t stress if a character you nominate doesn’t win this year. We are hoping to make this an annual tradition, and these awards are LIFETIME AWARDS, meaning that they cannot be won by the same character more than once!
Official Schedule:
Phase 1 – June 20-July 1: Award nominations open
Phase 2 – July 4: the final nominees will be announced and voting will open and last through July 14th
Phase 3 – July 16-28: Presentation of the awards, 1 per day, each award will be hosted on a different blog each day
Phase 4 – Celebration! July 29th was the official publication date of the Lord of the Rings back in 1954. We invite you all to celebrate with us the 62nd birthday of this masterpiece of Fantasy Fiction. Congratulate the winners, take and post a photo of yourselves with LOTR paraphernalia, write a blog post about your favorite LOTR moment, scene, character, quote, or memory… get creative and have fun!
List of Participating Blogs (Be sure to check them all out!):
DJ Edwardson Hosting the Best Friend Silmaril
Jenelle Schmidt Hosting the Most Heart Wrenching Death Scene Silmaril
Deborah O’Carroll Hosting the Strangest Character Silmaril
Abbey Hosting the Most Nefarious Villain Silmaril
JL Mbewe Hosting the Best Redemption Story Silmaril
Tracey Hosting the Riddling and Poetry Silmaril
Jack Lewis Baillot Hosting the Best Fantasy Mount Silmaril
Madeline J. Rose (That’s me!) Hosting the Most Epic Hero Silmaril
Zachary Totah Hosting the Wisest Counsellor Silmaril
Rawls E. Fantasy Hosting the Best Fantasy Weapon Silmaril
As you can see, I will be hosting the Most Epic Hero Silmaril here on my own blog. Below are the criteria for the sort of character who ought to be nominated for such an award. Keeping in mind that LOTR characters will be presenting these awards as the ultimate standard of Fantasy Fiction
The winner of the Most Epic Hero Silmaril award should go to a character who absolutely blew you away in their awesome-ness. Who held you captivated from page one, kept you turning pages late into the night, had you thinking about them long after the book has ended.
This award will be presented to the character YOU vote for by one of the most impressive trackers known in Middle-Earth, an individual known by many names, and the rightful ruler of Gondor.
I hope you all participate and let everyone you know in on this fantastic ceremony that I was given the honor of participating in! 😀
{NOMINATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED!}
This is going to sound so typical… but the first one who comes to mind is Harry Potter. But he fits the Epic Hero description for me so well, so I have to go with him. 🙂
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I don’t care if it sounds typical, I totally second Harry Potter!
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I third!
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I second Harry.
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I fourth Harry! 🙂
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Second Harry!
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I seventh (?) Harry!
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I nominate Eugenides from the Queen’s Thief series! He gives the impression of being lazy and snarky, but in reality, he never misses anything and he cares deeply. And even when he has to make gut-wrenching decisions and pretend that he is unaffected by his choices, he doesn’t lose sight of loyalty and love.
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Yay! Eugenides!!!!! Wow, that’s a good idea… I might just second this one but I think I’ll let my ideas brew a little more…
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WELL, since there is no limit… Definitely seconding him as well! Everyone loves Eugenides! (except the ones that don’t… and there are a lot of those, actually)
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I second Eugenides!
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YES, I second Eugenides!! So glad he is being recognized here, heehee! 🙂
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I second Eugenides!
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ARAGORN!!!!!!!!!!! *cough* Ahem. I’m sorry… *awkward coughing*
I’m having trouble thinking of one who isn’t a Lord of the Rings character, actually… I think I have to go with David from Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson. 🙂
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Ben Holiday from Magic Kingdom of Landover
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Most Epic Hero? Well goodness, I nominate Halcyon (Hal) from Paper Crowns by Mirriam Neal. 🙂
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I second that, YES! 😀 I’m LOVING it so far! ❤
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I third! I third!! 😀
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Sooo glad you’re loving it! ^_^ *happy dance*
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I FOURTH HAL SO VERY MUCH. ❤
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I second Hal!!! LOVE him!!
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Hmm lemme think… How bout Scarlet from The Lunar Chronicles? I mean almost all those characters are worthy of a nomination but yea. This is a really cool idea though!
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Scarling!!! Does that count as fantasy? Because if so, I’m totally nominating Jacin from Winter (by Marissa Meyer).
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I’ll have to ask if the Lunar Chronicles are allowed as fantasy. I’ll get back to you!
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Gracias! 😀
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Lunar Chronicles is not one I’ve read (yet!!!), but from what I’ve heard (and went and read the book descriptions) I think an argument could be made for fantasy elements along with the sci-fi. The line between fantasy and sci-fi is kind of blurry anyway, and these sound like they have elements of both.
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All right, sounds good! 🙂
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The Lunar Chronicles do count as fantasy! Nominate away! 🙂
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Wooo! 😀
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I nominate Eragon from the Inheritance Cycle.
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I second! He’s very epic.
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Oh! I also nominate Achan from the Blood of Kings Trilogy by Jill Williamson. 🙂
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I LITERALLY CAME HERE TO NOMINATE ACHAN. O_O So, I SECOND ACHAN CHAM!
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YES! I was thinking about nominating him!!! I second-third-whatever!
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I SECOND. Gravy, it’s been a while since I read that…
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(Not as long as it’s been since I did… since I read them 5 years ago this summer. XD)
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Oh, wow! Yup, I don’t think it’s been that long for me…
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ACHAN One of my most favorites. I second him!
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I second Achan.
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Nominations:
Prince of Farthestshore, Tales of Goldstone Wood, by Anne Elizabeth Stengl
Quentin, Dragon King Trilogy, by Stephen Lawhead
Cat a.k.a. Griffon Thorne, Pirate Isle Chronicles, by Wayne Thomas Batson
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I second the Prince of Farthestshore!
And I second Cat too!
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I second the Prince of Farthestshore!
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I second Cat and the Prince of Farthestshore~wow, so many books that i thought only i and a few friends read!!! So nice to see all you fellow fans
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I totally second Prince of Farthestshore! (Heartless is the most beautiful love story EVER!)
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Definitely seconding the Prince of Farthestshore!
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I second Quentin.
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I third Quentin and second the Prince of Farthestshore! They are very epic heroes! 😀
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I second Quentin, the Prince of Farthestshore, and Cat too!
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I nominate Jason Masters from the Dragons of Starlight series by Bryan Davis, and also the Ale Boy from the Auralia Thread series by Jeffrey Overstreet. 🙂
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I second Jason Masters!
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Ooh, yes! I totally second Jason! Love that character! 😀
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Almost forgot Hyam from Emissary by Thomas Locke!
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I just thought of another. I nominate Jill Pole (and Eustace… can I nominate two as one sort of?) from The Silver Chair and The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis.
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Oh I second them! I love that series!
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I second Eustace! 🙂
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Wow, sorry, late reply! O_O In answer to your question, I think I’ll just count them separately, if that’s okay with you?
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That’s fine! 🙂
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I nominate Starflower/Imraldera from Starflower by Anne Elisabeth Stengl :).
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Starflower!!!! Oh, so nice to see other imps out there! I second!
And I nominate the Paladin of Chiril (whatshisname) from the Dragons of Chiril. And also Martin from the Redwall Series.
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I second Martin the Warrior!
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Also seconding Martin from Redwall.
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I second Martin!! And Starflower! I know, it’s so cool to see other imps out there! 😀 Do you know about the Imp group on goodreads?
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I second Martin too!
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Ooh, I third Starflower!! 😀
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I fourth Starflower!
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I second Starflower!
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I nominate Masayi Sairu!
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I second Sairu!
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I third Sairu!
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Yes, Sairu! I lost count of what number–fifthing? 🙂
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I sixth Sairu!!!
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I second (or whatever number) Sairu and Starflower. ^_^
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I also nominate Heather Stone from Counted Worthy by Leah E. Good.
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Carswell Thorne from The Lunar Chronicles!! Not your typical hero, but I am a sucker for the bad boy who is really good but doesn’t realize it until his awesome hero-ness is needed.
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Seconded!!! I love Thorne. 😀
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I third it! 😀
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I fourth Thorne! He was my top favorite out of the whole series.
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I fifth him… Man I love him so much…
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I nominate Eanrin from Tales of Goldstone Wood.
Also Ella from Ella Enchanted.
Lucy from Chronicles of Narnia.
And Brant from The Minstrels Song.
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I second Lucy and Ella!
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I second Eanrin and Lucy!
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I also second Lucy and Ella! 🙂
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I second Brant!!!
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I second Eanrin and Lucy! They are certainly epic!
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I third Brant!
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I second Lucy!
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I second Lucy!
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I second Eanrin!
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I second Lucy and Brant! 🙂
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Lucy and Ella!
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I second Lucy!
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I second Lucy too!
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Second Lucy and Ella!!
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I nominate Angharad (Harry) Crewe from The Blue Sword by Robin Mckinley. She is awesome!
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Harimad Sol! I’ve read her story again and again. I love that book so much! I second!
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I nominate Sophie from Howl’s Moving Castle.
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OH YES. I very much second Sophie!
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Oh dear Sophie, I second her!
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I nominate Seraphina from Seraphina by Rachel Hartman.
(I also seconded Brant, but my comment didn’t show up… not sure if that’s because you have moderation on or not. I just wanted to make sure that second got through!)
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Yes, it did go through! I just hadn’t approved it yet. Sorry for the confusion! 🙂
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I also nominate Sage from The Ascendance Trilogy by Jennifer A. Nielson.
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YES, I second Sage!! 😀
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I keep thinking of epic heroes… so I also nominate Wesley from The Princess Bride.
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Ooh, I definitely second! 😀
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Second Westley!!
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Second!
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Wesley, yes. Epic hero to the max! I second
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*seconds aggressively* gotta love Wesley!!
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I totally second Westley!!
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WESTLEY. ❤ Second!
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Eighthing (or whatever) Westley!
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WESTLEY WESTLEY WESTLEY
I second with everything in me…
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I’d like to nominate Robin Hood from the Adventures of Robin Hood because he can hit a target a mile away and can’t resist an archery contest even though he knows The Sheriff of Nottingham will throw him in prison if he sees through Robin’s disguise. Also, he is completely devoted to his men and Marion, and when it comes to heroes, character counts as much as anything.
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Aww, I love Robin Hood! I second! 🙂
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I second Robin Hood!
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Second as well! 😀
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Wow, I love that book. I second too!
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Robin Hood is amazing. Second!
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Oh, I totally second Robin Hood!
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I third Robin Hood.
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Robin Hood!!! I second!
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Yes, Robin Hood! Whatever number we are on now…
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Yessss, I second Robin Hood!
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I second Robin Hood! *can’t help thinking of the Disney fox*
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I second Robin Hood!!
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(I keep suddenly thinking of more people… Oops. :P) I also nominate:
King Mendanbar from Searching for Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede
&
Dammerung Warwolf from Plenilune by Jennifer Freitag.
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I second Mendanbar! 😀
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I third Mendenbar!
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Mendanbar! 😀 Seconding! 😀
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I nominate Jace from The Ilyon Chronicles by Jaye L. Knight. (Enough said.)
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I second! I already nominated him for best Redemptive Story.
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Second!
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I second Jace. 😀
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Like you said, enough said. 😀
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Lockwood from Illusionarium!!
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Lockwood, yesh! Second!
(Gracious, there are so many good heroes. o.o I just want EVERYONE.)
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(ME TOOO.)
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I THIRD!! 😀
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I second Lockwood!
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AHHHH, LOCKWOOOOD! I second him!
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I SECOND LOCKWOOD.
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I nominate Billy from the Dragons in Our Midst/Oracles of Fire series by Bryan Davis.
I also nominate Bonnie from the same series.
(And I really want to nominate ALL the characters from those books, but I’m trying to have at least a little self-control…)
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I second Bonnie!
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I second Bonnie and Billy! Gosh, there are SO many good heroes! :O
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I will absolutely second Billy and Bonnie. They are some of the most inspiring characters I’ve ever read.
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OH. And I’m going to have to also nominate Cress from The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer. She’s such an awkward, precious baby, but steps up to the plate to help her friends when the time comes. I just LOVED her.
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I SECOND! I loved her SO MUCH. 😀 She’s my favorite girl out of the series. 🙂
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Third!!! Cress was absolutely my favorite, although Winter came close, too.
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Oh yes! I love those books so stinking much it’s not ok…😂😂😂 I defiantly second her.
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My first thought is the swashbuckling Florid Sword from the Wingfeather Saga, so i’m nominating him. 😀
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The Florid Sword! It is he! Aha!
OHMYGOSH I LOVE THE FLORID SWORD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!! I SECOND!!!!!
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I second The Florid Sword as well. Totally. 😀
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Words, nothing more. Three more of them I have for thee:
THE FLORID SWORD! I AM HE! AHA!!!!
I second this.
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…I know nothing about this character but I love this comment. O_O *needs to read the Wingfeather Saga*
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@Deborah: I agree. o.o These awards are bumping up a number of books on my tbr, the Wingfeather Saga chief among them.
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SO MANY FANTASY BOOKS I MUST READ. *TBR spontaneously explodes* I actually own the first in that series, I THINK, so yeah. o.o
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I nominate Bill the Boxer from Doug “Earthworm Jim” TenNapel’s graphic novel, “Cardboard.”
A father-son project made of cardboard, he’s magically (for lack of a better term) brought to life, wants to be human and spends his time decapitating monsters, designing weapons and studying philosophy. If that ain’t a memorable, epic character, I don’t know what is.
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I’d like to nominate Kelsier from Mistborn. Because he’s awesome.
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Second!!!!
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I second Kelsier!
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I nominate Rand from Robert Jordan’s the Wheel of Time series. Ok, so he made some questionable decisions regarding love interests . . . but that doesn’t make him any less epic!
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I nominate Kien Lantec from R.J. Larson’s Books of the Infinite. He’s basically the best ever. <333 And I don't know if he'll get any seconds, because the Books of the Infinite is not a well-known series by any means, but I'm nominating him anyway. ^_^
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Oh, and I also nominate King Balen from the Ilyon Chronicles by Jaye L. Knight. He’s not a super main character, but he’s Elom-fearing, has amazing strength of character, compassion, and humility. He’s just awesome. ^_^
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Seconding Balen!
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I second Kien Lantec!
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Yay! I’M GOING TO NOMINATE EVERYONE
BEOWULF FROM BEOWULF – He’s wise! He’s polite! He can rip off Grendel’s arm!
Sir Gawain from Arthurian myth – especially GREEN KNIGHT and LOATHLY LADY. Much heroism 🙂
Britomart, Lady Knight from THE FAERIE QUEENE – so beautiful, heroic, and awesome that when she first meets the love of her life it’s in a duel to the death, but he drops his sword and falls to his knees after smiting off her helmet to reveal her face. If that doesn’t sound epic to you I don’t know what does. 😀
High King Peter from The Chronicles of Narnia – nuff said.
William Ashbless from THE ANUBIS GATES by Tim Powers – who has one of the most incredible, mind-bending, awesome-cool character arcs you’ll ever see. You’ve never seen anyone go from being so ineffective to being so awesome.
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Second Beowulf and High King Peter! 😀
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I second High King Peter!
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I second Peter! 🙂
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I second Beowulf, Sir Gawain, and Peter. 😀
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I second Peter!
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I second Peter.
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A fourth on High King Peter, and a nomination for Perceval from Pendragon’s Heir for Epic Hero.
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I second High King Peter.
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I nominate the Chronicler from Dragonwitch.
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Oh, second! Gotta love an underdog. ^_^
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I second Sage from the Ascendance trilogy; I second the Prince of Farthestshore from Tales of Goldstone Wood; I second Cat from the Pirate Adventures (or whatever the series is called). I shall nominate:
-Prince Lionheart from the Tales of Goldstone Wood series by Anne Elisabeth Stengl
-Will Treaty from the Ranger’s Apprentice series by John Flanagan
-Adrian Masters from the Tales of Starlight series by Bryan Davis
-Jason Walker from the Beyonders trilogy by Brandon Mull
-Arthur Penhaligon from The Keys to the Kingdom series by Garth Nix
-Artemis Fowl from the Artemis Fowl series (duh 😛 ) by Eoin Colfer
-Nathan Shepherd from the Echoes from the Edge trilogy by Bryan Davis
I’m wracking my brain, but I can’t think of anyone else at the moment. So this’ll have to do.
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Also, Cal-Raven from The Auralia Thread by Jeffrey Overstreet definitely needs to be nominated!
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Second!!!
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Yes, I totally second Adrian!
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Lovely list, Josiah! I second Prince Lionheart, Will Treaty, Adrian Masters, and Nathan Shepherd. 😀
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Oh, and I second Cal-Raven as well!
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I second Nathan! He was amazing.
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Okay, here we go. *takes deep breath* I nominate…
~ Susan Pevensie from The Chronicles of Narnia
~ Lochlan Stormgarden from The Dark Sea Annals (by Wayne Thomas Batson)
~ Elam from Oracles of Fire/Children of the Bard (by Wayne Thomas Batson)
~ Jonathan from Illusionarium (by Heather Dixon)
~ Lord Bradford from Entwined (by Heather Dixon)
Aaaand, I should probably stop there before I go too crazy. XD
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I second Susan Pevensie, Lochlan Stormgarden (need to reread those!), Elam, and Jonathan. I feel like I’m seconding everything. Wonder why. XD
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Oh-hoho!!!! I second Susan!
I also second Lord Bradford, and I nominate The King from Entwined by Heather Dixon, as well.
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I second Susan, Elam, and Jonathon!
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I second Jonathan and Lord Bradford! 🙂
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I nominate Rand al’Thor, Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan.
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