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Favorite fantasy hero- or anti hero!!!

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From fiction or any source...

Mine would be: Conan (surprise), the horned king (from Lloyd Alexander's Book of Three), Raistlin, Ariakus (Dragonlance), and Red Sonya.
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Hawk and Fisher from Simon R Green's series of the same name. A kick ass pair of town guards from a corrupt city called Haven.
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Hmm...that strikes my interest; I'll have to look into that one.
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Man, tough, tough question. I admit I'm not as well read as most of the posters on this board, but Raistlen is a kick ass anti hero, as well as Conan being totally badass.

I really get into the Uldyssian character from the Sin War series, and Felix from the Gotrek & Felix series is awesome too.

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SoulCatcher (who'd have guessed), Croaker, Goblin, and One Eye from The Black Compnay.

Conan (book, not movie version), Severus Snape (such a waste of good character potential), Zed (from the Goodkind books).

More than I can think of ATM actually.

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Elric of Melnibone, Conan of Cimmeria, Sir Able of the High Heart, Indiana Jones, Hans Solo, Gandalf, Aslan, The incredible hulk, Spider man, Morpheus(from Sandman comics not The Matrix), James Bond, Thomas Covenant, Odysseus, Zatoichi, Socrates, R. Deneel Olivaw, Corwin,Wolverine, Big Chris, Lawrence of Arabia, Dracula just to name a few

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#2: Conan as written by Robert E. Howard, and perhaps a few of the early "posthumous collaborators" (such as L. Sprague de Camp or Lin Carter); but NOT as written by any of the more modern ripoffs that pretend to be Conan.

I would rank Conan as #1, except there's one other hero I like better
#1: Solomon Kane as also written by Robert E. Howard. There's just something inherently likable about a hero who thinks he's on a mission from God to destroy all Evil. It lends an air of dignity to the slaughter.

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I should note, that I do enjoy the Howard stories, I have most of them at this point, but the ones I enjoy the most are Kull and Bran Mac Morn.
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Raistlin will always be a favorite.

I'm kinda liking Porthios in the Elven Exiles trilogy, his obsessively driven nature is quickly moving him up as a favorite for me.

Oesc from the Hallowed Isle series by Diana Paxson.

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1. Conan

2. Belit

3. indiana Jones

4. Boromir

5. Red Sonja

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Oh yeah - the eternal champion - right up there with Conan

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These days, Nifft the Lean.

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Daenerys.
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Post by Mike Frank »

Now I've learned two lessons.

The first I learned after typing up my favorite fantasy characters and I wanted to erase some comment and hit backspace twice in rapid succession. That was the keyboard shortcut for the browser's "back" function.

After typing a second time, I reached for my mouse and accidentally hit one of the extra buttons on the side where your thumb goes. Guess what? That's the mouse shortcut for the browser's "back" function.

Conan

Brinn

Spock

Covenant

Jon Snow

some others I can't remember anymore

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Quote:
Now I've learned two lessons.

The first I learned after typing up my favorite fantasy characters and I wanted to erase some comment and hit backspace twice in rapid succession. That was the keyboard shortcut for the browser's "back" function.

After typing a second time, I reached for my mouse and accidentally hit one of the extra buttons on the side where your thumb goes. Guess what? That's the mouse shortcut for the browser's "back" function.

Conan

Brinn

Spock

Covenant

Jon Snow

some others I can't remember anymore

HaH! I got that one in there!

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Aragorn/Strider will always be my favourite.

Faramir was another from the books, but I didn't like him as much in the movies, and I didn't like Boromir in the books, but I liked him in the movies.

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Elric!
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Hercules

Thor

Jason

Theseus

Robin Hood

Bilbo, Frodo, Sam, Aragorn, Gandalf, Thorin, etc.

John Carter of Mars

Tarzan

Allan Quartermain

Professor Challenger

Ulysses

Lessa (Dragonriders of Pern)

Conan

Willow

The good creatures from Redwall
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Breakdaddy wrote:
Elric!

Undoubtedly ditto! Speaking of which, has anyone tried the new Elric from Mongoose?

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I suppose my definition of "hero" is different...

Mickey Knox [Natural Born Killers]

The Sandman

Wolverine

Nick Castle (The Punisher)

Erik Draven [The Crow]

Maggot [The Dirty Dozen]

Ash

Paul Kersey [Death Wish]

Shadowspawn

Hellspawn

Ghost Rider

Gollum

Solomon Kane

Dracula

Barnabas Collins

The Dread Pirate Roberts

Captain Barbossa and Jack the Monkey

Reverend Gregory Trask

Thulsa Doom

Lots more...

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Hanse Shadowspawn is also my kinda character.
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In no particular order:

Corwin of Amber

Roland of Gilead

Perrin Goldeneyes

Simon Snowlock

Binabik

Elric

Tanis Half-elven

Ender Wiggins

Nero Wolfe

Archie Goodwin

Tarrin Wanderer

Wolverine

Nightcrawler

Magneto

Darth Vader

Edit: I forgot, Fool Wolf

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serleran wrote:
The Dread Pirate Roberts

By far the most evil and ruthless man on anyone's list.

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Jack Burton.

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Paul "Muad'dib" Atreides - he understood the dynamics of dealing with desert people and getting them on your side years before anyone in the real world even knew that they should prioritize such policies. He had the power to rule over the entire universe but instead chose to live a simple life of peace. Last but not least, he was able to grasp the strange secret arts of women and subvert them - now that shows that he was something special.
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Some favorites...

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In no particular order:

Grey Mouser

Markoff Chaney

Hagberd Celine

Conan

Dr. Strange

Phantom Stranger

Gandalf the Grey

Fflewddur Fflam

Gurgi

Flash Gordon

Ming the Merciless

Thundarr the Barbarian

Indiana Jones

Adam Warlock

Vanth Dreadstar

Oedi

Red Sonja

Kull

Tarzan

Deathdealer (from the Frazetta paintings)

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Post by Jyrdan Fairblade »

For my part:

Conan

Bran Mak Morn

Solomon Kane

-Yes, a big R.E. Howard fan here. Bran Mak Morn was the last one I discovered, but in many ways, I think his character and tales represent the peak of Howard's writing.

Beowulf

Indian Jones

Han Solo

John Carter of Mars

Tempus (from Thieves World, naturally)

Gimli

Cutter

Lusiphur Malachi

Elric

Dorian Hawkmoon

D'averc

Fafhrd & Grey Mouser

Cudgel the Clever

Achilles

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Post by moriarty777 »

So many memorable characters... but here's a select few of my favorites:

Professor Moriarty

Sherlock Holmes

Odysseus

Victor Von Doom

The Stainless Steel Rat

Darth Vader

James Bond

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Some of my favorites:

Cugel the Clever (Dying Earth)

Corwin of Amber

Paul Janus Finnegan aka Kickaha (World of Tiers)

Conan

John Carter of Mars

Fafhrd & Grey Mouser

Dorian Hawkmoon

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