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<blockquote data-quote="Loonook" data-source="post: 5908360" data-attributes="member: 1861"><p>So I was actually thinking today about our cavalcade of posts discussing mages being overpowered and show-stoppers... And then started wondering about mundane characters in high fantasy settings. To be honest I find myself drawn moreso to the Mundane (or Mundane with Magic Item) characters in most of the books I read more than the wizards and warlocks... And just wondered about who your favorites were?</p><p></p><p>Of course there are most of the Fellowship (even if I am not personally a Tolkien guy), or characters in settings where magic exists but isn't widely present in the story (Song of Ice and Fire as an example)... But I'm looking for a bit more than that. </p><p></p><p>I think my top two have to go to Croaker of the Black Company (Chief Annalist/Surgeon/Wiseacre Extraordinaire) and Nick Christian of Ragged Angel Investigations in the Dresden Files.</p><p></p><p>Croaker is a great foil and narrator, providing a wry characterization to a series of books that I always felt was like an After Action Report to a fantasy war... From multiple perspectives <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />.</p><p></p><p>Nick Angel just sort of hits me. He only makes a small appearance but in his (maybe 6 pages) of appearance he hits hard. He knows about the weird in the world, the things that go bump in the night, and doesn't really get involved with it. But he is a man of principle, and as a private investigator he fits into the detective novel. His scene probably summarizes "fighting the good fight" better than any other character in any series I have seen in quite some time. For all of his flaws the characterization is just fantastic and really draws the line of Good not necessarily being Pleasant or Nice.</p><p></p><p>Slainte,</p><p></p><p>-Loonook.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Loonook, post: 5908360, member: 1861"] So I was actually thinking today about our cavalcade of posts discussing mages being overpowered and show-stoppers... And then started wondering about mundane characters in high fantasy settings. To be honest I find myself drawn moreso to the Mundane (or Mundane with Magic Item) characters in most of the books I read more than the wizards and warlocks... And just wondered about who your favorites were? Of course there are most of the Fellowship (even if I am not personally a Tolkien guy), or characters in settings where magic exists but isn't widely present in the story (Song of Ice and Fire as an example)... But I'm looking for a bit more than that. I think my top two have to go to Croaker of the Black Company (Chief Annalist/Surgeon/Wiseacre Extraordinaire) and Nick Christian of Ragged Angel Investigations in the Dresden Files. Croaker is a great foil and narrator, providing a wry characterization to a series of books that I always felt was like an After Action Report to a fantasy war... From multiple perspectives ;). Nick Angel just sort of hits me. He only makes a small appearance but in his (maybe 6 pages) of appearance he hits hard. He knows about the weird in the world, the things that go bump in the night, and doesn't really get involved with it. But he is a man of principle, and as a private investigator he fits into the detective novel. His scene probably summarizes "fighting the good fight" better than any other character in any series I have seen in quite some time. For all of his flaws the characterization is just fantastic and really draws the line of Good not necessarily being Pleasant or Nice. Slainte, -Loonook. [/QUOTE]
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