TOP 20 FANTASY CHARACTERS

[@CapturedInWords]

To try everything Brilliant has to offer-free-for a full 30 days, visit brilliant.org/CapturedinWords/ . The first 200 of you will get 20% off Brilliant’s annual premium subscription. Who are your favorite characters?

[@turbokid8719]

Some of mine were 1Harry Dresden loved all the Dresden files especially when he used hellfire 2.bilbo 3.geralt of rivia 4.vin 5.Jon snow 6.Conan

[@niklasstahl98]

No Wayne? 1/10, unsubbed and unfollowed /s

[@CapturedInWords]

@@gerhardfehr6238 Such great characters!

[@CapturedInWords]

@@niklasstahl98 Lol I was so close to putting Wayne on the list!

[@lady_draguliana784]

Gotta do a "best supporting and side characters" next! I vote for Lini, nursemaid for House Trakand in WoT!

[@brianetie86]

Say one thing for Logen Ninefingers, say he’s not on this list. 😭

[@ericberglund7141]

😂 he deserved a spot for sure...

[@mysticmagicsmurfdarklord6844]

Thankfully, Glokta is But yes, I agree that more Joe Abercrombie characters need to be on this hehe

[@saadwani9175]

you have to be realistic about these things

[@Nahuelindomable526]

​@@mysticmagicsmurfdarklord6844Well , is the personal opinion of Captured in Words this video.

[@TheCosmerenaut1]

WHAT?? I WAS LITERALLY ABOUT TO COMMENT: say one thing for Logan nine fingers say he better be top of the list or I’m not watching so thank you, I’m not going to watch. Literally my profile picture

[@Amira_Ke]

"Sometimes a hypocrite is no more than a man in the process of changing" Love it!

[@dinocollins720]

Bro the art in and edits of your videos are literally the best on youtube! Incredible every video!

[@CapturedInWords]

Thank you so much 😀

[@jblaiz3105]

I really like Adolin Kholin from Sanderson's Stormlight Archive. His optimism and positivity towards everyone and everything even if he isn't a radiant makes him a very lovable character. The way he considers for Kaladin and met him before his mission in to Shadeshmar in ROW made me smile. And also the way he treats his Deadeye Spren, Mayalaran with respect and love and also introduced her to his soldiers. Damn! I really loved that part😅.

[@thekwjiboo]

I can't explain how much respect I have for you when you were talking about Steris and how she's pretty clearly autistic, then later when talking about Kaladin you brought up mental illness...you didn't call autism a mental illness. Being autistic myself, that's so great of you!

[@CamInTheHat]

♥

[@Yesica1993]

It's not a "mental illness"? What is it?

[@uncleweeds6623]

Lmao

[@CaIypso5150]

Not an illness just a defect

[@frankie3010]

You are mentally ill, dude

[@fakjbf3129]

Wayne from Mistborn Era 2 had a wonderful transformation from simple comic relief to literally making me cry.

[@yousillyenglishknnniigit8205]

The scene from BoM of him coming out of the shadows, in the snow, with a shotgun on his hand and blood splattered on him... That imagery is still engraved in my mind

[@michaelalder3709]

Elodin from the Kingkiller Chronicles is my favourite fantasy character. I hope to one day learn more of his backstory and more relationship development between him and Kvothe.

[@marksern]

fitz made me throw my hands in the air so many times, like how do you make the worst possible decision every time, but he holds a special place in my heart still.

[@RedFuryBooks]

I love the Steris pick - so enjoyable watching that character develop. My top 5 would be FitzChivalry Farseer, Samwise Gamgee, Roland Deschain, Logen Ninefingers and Tyrion Lannister. Glad we share our favorite! Just wait until you get through the later Fitz books. Great list!

[@tholdaranvilfury4633]

if there is more characters that you wanted to put on here... THEN I DEMAND (respectfully) A PART TWO!

[@ivanlovrin1161]

Great list man! But I'm always amazed with your video editing! Beautiful videos! You must put so much time and attention into making these! Awesome work! 👍🏼👍🏼

[@EpicTalez]

Dritzz, Rake, Eowin, Samewise, Glokta . These are some of my favourite characters as well. Great video!

[@officialzeroninja]

I could not agree more about Fitz. He is my favourite character I’ve ever read about. Have fun reading the rest of his story ;)

[@soft_pink]

bro you need to read the rest of the realm of elderlings if Fitz is #1 just from farseer. his growth is astounding throughout each series, not to mention the fool and nighteyes. also malta and paragon from liveship traders. Robin Hobb is a master of character work.

[@thejman36]

Yeah can't believe he's only read Farseer! Farseer is my least favorite RoTE trilogy aside from Rain Wild Chronicles.

[@deepugallgali3985]

You are forgetting kennit, he is one of the best villians ever created.

[@darthbrehm]

Totally agree with Fitz in the #1 spot. Good and well thought out list. I would have included Mat from WoT and Pug from Raymond E. Feist.

[@CapturedInWords]

Fitz is such a great complex character! :)

[@reubenbithell9410]

I'm glad to see Pug somewhere. I'm still reading but I thoroughly enjoy the moments when Pug shines. Also, love Mat.

[@thejman36]

Fitz is the deepest most well developed character in fantasy period. I'm one book away from finishing Realm of the Elderlings and it feels like I've been with Fitz his whole life seeing him grow from a teenager to an adult in his 30s, then an older man. He is so flawed which makes him quite realistic and believable. I'm gonna miss my old friends Fitz and The Fool when I'm done reading :(

[@soft_pink]

The book hangover after this series man. It’s the worst I’ve ever (and probably will ever) feel. I truly felt like I was saying goodbye to some of my most beloved friends.

[@manwithnoname8229]

I haven't the read the series but how well does Fitz compare as a developed character to Rand Al'Thor?

[@nrjovanovic]

Fitz just makes me want to cry

[@K9Cop2314]

Love that you had Dalinar on here. He’s my favorite in that series and a top 3 all time for me as well. Such a compelling character

[@Talking_Story]

Amazing video! Great List! Yessss! Glotka! Just finished the Blade itself and posted my review yesterday. This character makes my all-time favorite list!

[@nrjovanovic]

Glotka would probably be the highest in my list... that man, he's probably the most hated and loved character I've ever read

[@Talking_Story]

@@nrjovanovic so true!

[@lucagianchino6404]

I just discovered The Farseer Trilogy and i love it. Robin Hobb writer The characters in a Marvellous way!:)

[@Modulates]

I came just to find fantasy books

[@professionalthirdculturekid]

Fantastic list!! Love that Fitz is #1!!

[@goldenageofdinosaurs7192]

Logen Ninefingers, Fafhrd, the Grey Mouser, Kelsier, Royce & Hadrian

[@vanessab8929]

Agree wholeheartedly about Fitzchivalry! I would have even added Nighteyes to the list. Would love to hear your feedback on the Tawny Man series where you get even more Fitz!

[@georgepeirce4415]

I agree on so many of these! I would add Roland from the Dark Tower series and Death from Disc World.

[@Trepur349]

I know I'm in the minority of fantasy fans when I say this but I'm ok with the farm boy trope When we look at history prior to the industrial revolution 80-85% of people were farmers, it wasn't until technology started allowing for farmers to produce far more food that we got a wider range of jobs. Unless there's some magical way to produce food in your world, most people in that world will be farmers, so having a character starting from nothing before embarking on the heroes journey, well it just makes sense for them to be a farmer So it doesn't bother me at all that it's an unoriginal story arc, because it's one that just makes sense

[@LordNovaPrime1]

It's one I'm good with too. It's just a good classic coming of age trope that WORKS

[@Trepur349]

@@LordNovaPrime1 Yep and that's why it's used so much If it aint broke don't fix it

[@LordNovaPrime1]

@@Trepur349 preach it my friend lol ill die on that hill with you!

[@Nahuelindomable526]

​@@Trepur349 I love that there are people who don't mind that trope. After all, what matters is not the idea but the execution of it.

[@ginger1916]

If you think Fitz is good in the first series, read the second trilogy and you'll be ready to start crying 3/4s of the time. So good

[@thekwjiboo]

Number one will obviously have to be stick.

[@ambeatch]

I'm going threw Robin Hobb's Farseer series and I love Fitz even though he frustrates me almost as much as Kvolthe. I've shed a they tears in this series and haven't even started book 3 yet

[@thejman36]

Keep reading, it only gets better. He will feel like an old friend or sibling by the time you finish!

[@bstark94]

You haven't even scratched the surface of Fitz yet. Neither has CIW. It's a character journey unlike any other.

[@adamborst]

Fantastic list, I can't believe how hard it would be to create this list. All excellent characters.

[@castellan4880]

Tsk, tsk, tsk... "I won't have an honorable mentions list." and then over and over "I was gonna put *insert great character here* but..." And that, friends, is the difference between a plotter and a pantser.

[@callmecristal]

I've really only read the Cosmere books! I want to get into fantasy more! I love all these character based recs in this video!

[@matthewgordonpettipas6773]

Shea Ohmsford. Wil Ohmsford. Allanon. John Ross. Nest Freemark. Logan Tom. Angel Perez, and practically every other character from the Shannara series by Terry Brooks. I love that world so much, especially the prequels and original trilogy. For many its Lord of the Rings that they point to as the Fantasy epic that inspired them to write or influenced them the most as a writer, but for me it was Shannara. The Guildmaster, Theresa, Sister Hannah, and Garth from the Fable video game series by Lionshead studios are also among my favorite fantasy characters of all time. The Fable series was such a huge part of my childhood and teenage years and just like Shannara had a big impact on me as a Fantasy writer.

[@angelajansons9037]

Thank you for mentioning Terry Brooks. I've read about 40 of his novels so far.

[@elisabethprice4697]

Top five for me are… (Now the first one might seem lame but this is my opinion after all. Also I haven’t read enough fantasy to pick from) -Weasley twins from HP -Samwise Gamgee -kaladin stormblest -Eragon -Kvothe

[@CapturedInWords]

Hey the Weasley twins are awesome!! Really great list!

[@elisabethprice4697]

@@CapturedInWords thank you!!!

[@cecilialeitet2794]

Fitz is such a frustrating character. He is so well written that I often get the urge to slap him and call him names for all the stupid decisions he makes. And yet I feel for him deeply on many occations. His relationship with Nighteyes is one of my favorite character links I´ve ever read about. He absolutely deserves his place on this list. Other favorites include Moiraine and Verin from Wheel of Time, Sazed and Vin from Mistborn, Polgara from the Belgariad, the book version of Faramir and Wintrow from the Liveship traders.

[@LuzzyStef]

Halt will or thorn from rangers apprentice are my three favorite characters of all time even though the books are y.a I still remember these characters and love them

[@deepugallgali3985]

Yeeah! Yes Fitzchivalry is my favorite character of all time along with Death, and Nighteyes being my favorite animal companion, Robin hobb makes Fitz a living breathing person instead of a character in a book. I love the Fool too.

[@ritaireneguzmanaldeco6110]

I love Fitz! All of Hobb's characters are amazing, super deep, intriguing and human. You really should continúe with the next books in Relam of the Elderlings, they get even better :)

[@janhavi1977]

Great list! Not sure about the order, but some of my favorites would be Kaladin, Vivenna, Vin, Wit, Kelsier, Lightsong, Samwise Gamgee, Death, Harry Potter, Royce and Hadrian, Myron, Arista & Modina (two most underrated female characters). I also recently read The Will of the Many by James Islington and main character Vis is already one of my fav protagonists. One of the best I’ve read!

[@Bt-cq6te]

wit? u cant choose wit, thats cheating

[@1994abh]

Lightsong! top five for me

[@janhavi1977]

@@1994abh Yes he's so great, and quite an underrated cosmere character

[@guitoscano]

Dude, there’s a LOT of Steris love right here, ok?

[@nightmarishcompositions4536]

Some of my favorites are: Wichtig and Stehlen from Manifest Delusions Roland from The Dark Tower Guts and Griffith from Berserk Ruka from Ash and Sand Glokta from First Law

[@wildeskompositum9556]

Putting Gerald above Eowyn is a crime against Humanity my dude

[@Keeganbrian70]

Thank you for bringing Elric into the discussion even though he did not make the list , Elric was one of my favorites . For a Death character I like pierce anthonny incarnation immortalitys version

[@Jones1302]

Great list... My version in no particular order: Kaladin - Stormlight Archive Kelsier - Mistborn Arlen Bales - Demon Cycle Wayne - Mistborn Sonia - Magicians Guild Vin - Mistborn Moog - Kings of the Wyld Kylar Stern - Night Angel Kip - Lightbringer Kvothe - King killer Lift - Stormlight Auri - King killer Logen Ninefingers - First law Locke Lamora - Gentleman Bastards Mat Cauthon - WoT Geralt - Witcher Hoid - Cosmere Clay Cooper - Kings of the Wyld Nyneave - Wheel of time Glotka- First Law

[@CapturedInWords]

Really great list! I love that you included Moog from Kings of the Wyld! Also Kylar Stern! The Night Angel trilogy was actually the first adult fantasy series I read back in middle school. Awesome choices, all these characters are great

[@Jones1302]

@@CapturedInWords I'd never read "a proper book" until my now wife convinced me to try one. I'd recently played Assassin's Creed and saw the covers of the Night Angel Triology - it hooked me in straight away. I must say, I have a weakness for the chaotic comedy type character such as Moog, Matt, Lift, Locke and Wayne. They just lift (pardon the pun) everything around them. Love your videos, keep up the awesome work 👏

[@cameronwatson3460]

My top 20 Dobby Snape Murtagh Arya Charlie bone Gandalf Legolas Levin thumps Seth Sorenson Leo valdez Matthew Fairchild Galadriel Magnus bane Ty blackthorn Connor (land of stories) Simon lewis Tyrion Lannister Tsunami(wings of fire) Artemis fowl Butler (Artemis fowl)

[@darquessed3543]

Artemis Fowl & Butler, I love to see them get mentioned!

[@rons3634]

Found Rand interesting in the first half of the series, but as it went on I found Matt and Perrin even more compelling. Especially Matt.

[@TheBenFors]

You found … Perrin…. More interesting?? Hah

[@rons3634]

Once Faile was introduced, yes.@@TheBenFors

[@TheBenFors]

@@rons3634 wow… fair enough. Incredibly surprised is all. My take on Rand is that he is without fail, the most interesting character in the books.

[@rons3634]

​ @OGForz There wasn't any point in the books where I liked Rand as a person. Felt bad for him having to save the world and try not to go insane, but there was nothing in his personality that made me like him very much. Not a popular opinion, but I like what I like. lol

[@vanillaraindrops9277]

Raistlin Majere deserves to be on this list! Kaladin isn’t nearly as enjoyable if it weren’t for Syl. Gollum over Eowyn. That’s all!

[@futsalenjoyer]

Great video! Some characters not in the video that I really enjoyed reading: Kaul Hilo, Collem West, Logen Ninefingers, Druss the Legend, Zorian Kazinski; and more, but those are my top 5

[@JJsims5504]

So happy to see some Collem West love! His chapters and Jezal's chapters were my favourites in First Law which I know is a super duper duper uncommon opinion (not that I disliked Logen and Glokta by any means), so your comment makes me feel a bit less weird.

[@liakay-ne7yz]

Your forgot my favorite- Pug from Raymond Feist the Magician!!! But in general good list. Thanks for doing this.

[@matthewwoolley4131]

I don't have the time to go full top 20, but I can do a quickie top 10 fantasy characters. And yes I'm including some manga 1. Matthias from Redwall 2. Guts from Berserk 3. Aragorn from Lord of the Rings 4. Rand from Wheel of Time 5. Fiddler from Malazan 6. Dalinar from Stormlight Archive 7. Mat from Wheel of Time 8. Vin from Mistborn 9. Ged from Earthsea 10. Kvothe from the Kingkiller Chronicle

[@CapturedInWords]

Excellent choices!! I really wish I included Ged on my list. Aragorn and Guts are great choices too! Matthias from Redwall is so nostalgic, love that choice

[@brasileiroamericano]

Wow this would be a very hard list to put together for me. I agree with most on your list, though I would place Wayne over Steris. And I agree with all the commenters. Finish the other two farseer trilogies! You may need therapy afterwards but so good! I would add Haplo and Alfred from the Death gate cycle, Gerald Terant from Coldfire trilogy, Lady from Black Company, Gavin Guile (or any of the Guile extended family) from Lightbringer series, Nynaeve from Wheel of Time, Navani from Stormlight, and Arithon from Wars of Light and Shadow. 28:13

[@MercwithaMouth08]

Good list, I haven't read/still need to read a lot of these. My Top 10 is: 10. Bilbo Baggins - the Hobbit 9. Clay "Slowhand" Cooper - The Kings of the Wyld 8. Jarlaxle Baenre - Legend of Drizzt 7. Locke Lamora - The Gentleman Bastard Series 6. Roland Deschain - The Dark Tower series 5. Harry Dresden - The Dresden Files 4.. Kvothe - Kingkiller Chronicles 3. Oliver De Burrows - The Crimson Shadow trilogy 2. Tyrion Lannister - A Song of Ice and Fire 1. Raistlin Majere - Drangonlance Chronicles and Legends trilogies

[@darquessed3543]

Jarlaxle Baenre, He is a wonderful character, great choice.

[@MagusMarquillin]

Haven't read most of your series, but I do love Sam Gamgee, Eowyn, Locke Lamora, Tyrion (at least from the show), Moraine and Rand. Other Hon. Mentions to Jean Tannan, Tannis Half-Elven, Piranesi, Albus Dumbledoore, Nest Freemark, Atrus, Luthien Tinuviel, Aslan, Anakin Skywalker & Conan - some of them may yet move to the top ten, but for now: 10. Mowgli - the Jungle Books - My Tarzan. Not too complex, but he emotes so deeply, being caught between two worlds hurts! Even a clever Jungle god. 9. Ofelia - Pan's Labyrinth - the movie's great but I think the novelization is even better, especially for getting into her head: How to be disobedient and loyal at the same time. 8. Ser Duncan the Tall - Knight of the Seven Kingdoms - I actually haven't read the other SoIaF books, but I love low born nobility characters like him showing them all how it's done. 7. Ged/Sparrowhawk - the Wizard of Earthsea - only read the first book, but I his found humility and courage inspiring. 6. Gabriel Knight - Sins of the Fathers - sort of like Harry Dresden, but a complete newb to magic. The Novelizations of this game series were actually very good, and his growth of moving from self obsessed hedonist to monastic hunter of evil gets me in the feels, but he's rather incomplete without his partner, Grace Nakamura. 5. Lyra Belacqua - A wonderfully passionate trickster archetype, we don't often see the virtuous liar. 5. Bastian Balthazar Bux - the Neverending Story. ...be careful what you wish for...especially if you don't like yourself. 3. Haplo - the Death Gate Cycle - the perils of nursing your well-earned hatred and choosing the right found family. 2. Caramon Majere - Dragonlance Legends - I'm claiming the "twin clause" so that I get to throw in Raistlin Majere in this spot also :D - ultimately they both become their own person, navigating mutual addictions, but as much as I pity/love them both, I respect "caring man" more in the end. 1. Bilbo Baggins :) I'm surprised to say he means more to me then any of the Fellowship - and his spirit was there through most of LotR I reckon, when he wasn't physically. The OG inspiration. The Poet. The Adventurer Burhobbit.

[@gamedispute5122]

completely agree with the Steris take. she is easily the best character in the wax and wayne series in my opinion

[@fakjbf3129]

I really enjoyed Wayne. The first three books he was mostly comic relief but over the course of the series (and especially the final book) he got really fleshed out.

[@gamedispute5122]

@@fakjbf3129 Yea I agree with that. Wayne would probably be my second favorite character of the series behind Steris.

[@mataticrafts]

My favorite character is Jaime Lannister from The Song of Ice and Fire

[@laurentv.6631]

"Death is nothing but bones but is one of the most fleshed out characters"... Well done.

[@xcBlackDiamond]

Based #1 spot. Also was cool to see characters like Steris and Rikke. Nice list!

[@FranzBinder20]

I read all the Malazan books but which scene is depicted at 8:11?

[@HICKENBOTTOM]

"nothing but bones, but is the one of the most fleshed out..." well done there

[@brodyot94]

Looking for reccomendations on new stuff to get into for Fantasy books! So far ive enjoyed Mistborn, Stormlight, and the cosmere, GoT, and Kingkiller. I tend to lean towards audiobooks to listen to at the gym.

[@jordanbrown9807]

The First Law by Joe Abercrombie is by far my favorite fantasy series of all time. Would recommend

[@SuperPuddingcat]

If you enjoy audio books then you have to try the Dresden Files. As mentioned in the video the first 3 books although enjoyable they are the weakest but it’s definitely worth continuing just alone for the fabulous James Marsters, a great narrator who does an amazing job with the Dresden Files. The story becomes much stronger and darker as the novels progress and Marsters portrayal of Dresden is awesome.

[@frankiepb]

From the ones I've read "enough" (will continue with TWoT one day, I suppose), I only disagree with Kvothe and Fitz (I can't stand their first person narrations, I'm afraid). Tyrion and Glokta would be my top 2, I think. And from series I don't think you have read yet I would add the sassy Lady Trent from Marie Brennan's Memoirs of Lady Trent (aka A Natural History of Dragons). One of the very few cases where a first person narration actually elevated the story for me :)

[@lady_draguliana784]

I love the Death from Piers Anthony's "Incarnations of Immorality: On a Pale Horse"

[@jackiesliterarycorner]

This is an impressive list of some great characters.

[@BedlamBoy1978]

My Favorites: 20 Eddie LaCrosse 19 Roland Deschain 18 Simon from Memory Sorrow and Thorn 17 Drizzt Do;urden 16 Jake Chambers 15 Kip Guile 14 Rand Al'thor 13 Bruenor Battlehammer 12 Gavin Guile/Dazen Guile. 11 Lan Mandragonan 10 Mat Cauthon 9 Davian from Licanius Trilogy 8 Caeden from Licanius Trilogy 7 Artemis Entrei 6 Kaladin Stormblessed 5 Sam Gamgee 4 Perrin Aybara 3 Aragorn Ellesar 2 Dalinor Kolin 1 Kvothe the Bloodless

[@LordNovaPrime1]

I think my top 5 would be Dalinar, Rand, Glokta, Matt and Dresden. Death from Discworld would probably be 6 and Vin 7 and then after that would be tough to narrow it down. Lots of great ones to choose from.

[@CapturedInWords]

Great choices! all those characters are awesome

[@bobyatron7525]

Props for including Rikke and voicing the opinion that the Age of Madness cast lives up to the legacy of the original First Law trilogy. A lot of people say the first trilogy was better in both characters and story, and I couldn't disagree more. The characters in the original trilogy had a hook. The remorseful berserker, the bitter crippled torturer, the self absorbed playboy. The cast of the Age of Madness were less built around a gimmick, for lack of a better word, which makes them less immediately memorable but makes their character arc feel even more substantial and grounded. Savine and Orso might be his two best characters in the whole series in my opinion.

[@jamesmontgomery7074]

I watched this video just to see where you placed Glokta. I can't imagine any great characters list without him.

[@Peregrin3]

Eowyn is one of the most misunderstood characters in fiction, a lot of it can be blamed on her portrayal in the movies which really oversimplifies her character into some kind of Feminist icon and doesn't focus on her real issues or growth. Her conversation with Faramir is completely absent in the movie and so are all the nuances of her character like the fact that she wanted to die in battle because she had no hope but Faramir manages to change her mind. It's a fascinating conversation on the over-glorification of War just for its own sake and in the end, she lays down her shield to become the White Lady of Ithilien, a healer and a Gardener alongside Faramir. People seem to think this is demeaning but that is because they haven't been paying attention, Eowyn herself was healed by Aragorn because the hands of a King are the hands of a healer. To Tolkien, war was necessary sometimes but it wasn't something to glorify just for its own sake, Faramir criticizes Rohan because their whole culture was based around glory in battle and he praises Numenor before it fell because even though they were great warriors it was never the focus of the Kingdom, they held far greater respect for the Arts and building.

[@GarethBruce]

Can I add Dorian from the Night Angel trilogy by Brent Weeks? Despite his up bringing, he rejects his intended purpose then pursues a path he knows will be his end to save the world. He assumes the role of the bad guy to avoid a power struggle, doing his best to play the part whilst not completely compromising his morals before embracing his fate and sacrificing everything.

[@joshuas1834]

"Sometimes a hypocrite is nothing more than a man in the process of changing." Was that a quote from something or did you make that up? That's a pretty amazing sentence.

[@tfshaman]

Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson

[@CapturedInWords]

I'd like to say I came up with it haha, but it's a quote from Oathbringer 😄

[@joshuas1834]

I read oathbringer when it first came out but I totally forgot about that line. Thanks .

[@SeanSethna]

How do you find this artwork?

[@darquessed3543]

Artemis Fowl & Holly Short- Artemis Fowl, Nico Di Angelo & Reyna - Percy Jackson/ Heroes of Olympus, Bartimaeus - Bartimaeus Trilogy, Jarlaxle & Artemis Entreri - Legend of Drizzt Hoid & Jasnah Kholin - Cosmere, Kaz Brekker & Inej Ghafa - Six of Crows, Kel - Protector of the Small, Lethe - Hollow Star Saga, John Marcone - Dresden Files, Royce - Riyria

[@paulasargent7363]

I have so many favs that im just going to list them! I cant expalin as i will be here all day. Starting of with ones you haven't mentioned. Killashandra Ree - crystal singer series, Both The Rowan and Damia - The tower and the Hive, Lessa - Dragons of Pern, Magrat & Agnes Nitt - discworld. Silk & Beldin the Belgariad. I also completely agree with Sam from lord of the rings as i have always said he is the real hero of the books and wished the films could of given him the same ending (yes i know its too long winded for cinema!)

[@georgeforeman2234]

Awesome video, I cant wait to get into some of theses series! Also, what kind of watch is that ?

[@CapturedInWords]

Thank you! And it is a wooden watch from Jord.co

[@carole5648]

you should do a whole video on personifications of death, it's one of my favorite tropes.

[@Maximus0623]

Great list! One of my favorites from a series you didn’t mention is Roland Deschain from The Dark Tower. The series isn’t for everyone, but it’s as unique as they come, and Roland is a great character

[@CapturedInWords]

Awesome! I definitely need to get to Dark Tower eventually

[@givex2120]

I'm not sure how far into Malazan you are, but Rake only gets better and better throughout Book of the Fallen and Kharkanas. Great list. Also, you definitely should read the rest of RotE if you enjoyed Farseer that much ;)

[@AegisRamble0]

Not super popular and I'll admit its a friends book, but Michael Bartold's Lords of Ravenest has a phenomenal antagonist in Aurelius Ambrose. As the dark emperor of vampires who has conquered much of his world and almost all of earth, the way he shows very human responses to various friends and family betraying him to thwart his plans is just good.

[@duncanernest5170]

I bet all the malazan veterans smirked when he talked about Anomandaris Purake

[@Valkrill]

I agree with Steris, she really turned out to be a great character.

[@gdoggcasey]

Great list of characters. I've never read the Farseer trilogy but it seems like something I need to put on my reading list that keeps on growing! Right now I have Rand as my #1 so knowing there is possibly someone even better is intriguing. Currently trying to get through Malazan as well and its been pretty tough but that is what I expected based on what people have said about it. I was surprised you ranked Dresden so highly, but when you said he gets better after 3 books I guess that makes sense. I listened to the first audiobook and honestly really didn't like it very much. Anyways great video once again, I always enjoyed your editing and opinions so thanks!

[@KelsonGeorge-jw4rn]

My favorite personification of Death has got to be from Puss and Boots the Last Wish. An excellent movie for any fantasy lover!

[@nrjovanovic]

just a couple out there.... Mat Bloody Cauthon in WoT was a bloody fantastic arc. Fiddler from the Malazan series is a character i looked forward to reading and Kip from the lightbringer series is a bloody good underdog story

[@FranArg20]

heyyy did you read shadow and bone novel? do you have any review about it?

[@ghostrunner356]

Bro I can't wait for you to keep going trough Malazan. I'm on book five and it has so many epic charteres. It will change your list, maybe you can make video only about Malazan charters.

[@samuelleask1132]

Such a good roundup

[@Sassle16]

I came to this video expecting The Fool to be on this list, not Fitz. But if you've only read the first trilogy it makes sense.

[@StevieInMotion]

I have to read more because I didn't know these characters except for Geralt!!!

[@kiamosky4340]

have you read any of the grishaverse books? (couldn't find on the channel). Seen some of your content and enjoy the way you tell things, though I've not read most of these

[@caewing85]

Mennolly from DragonSong/Dragonsinger by Anne McCaffrey is one of my favorites. Also, Aragorn and Hoid are some of my favs.

[@paulasargent7363]

I love Mennolly too! As we as Lessa

[@lady_draguliana784]

Gotta do a "best supporting and side characters" next! I vote for Lini, nursemaid for House Trakand in WoT!

[@SeanPattonFilm]

No Elric but Geralt who is ahem "inspired" by him gets in. 😕

[@CapturedInWords]

Geralt is a great inspiration, I placed Elric in my top 10 fantasy books video at least 😉

[@SeanPattonFilm]

@@CapturedInWords yeah saw that. Your channel is great. I just think the word inspired is doing some heavy lifting here. 👍

[@jamesacereese4481]

Not fantasy, but the Book Thief has a great personification of Death. My favorite book of all time.

[@kingzzz6509]

FANTASY HOT TAKE: I think Glokta is interesting (in a sadistic way), but I don’t like him, so he would not be on my list, but I understand why people would like him. I think there are a lot of good picks. I’m glad to see Drizzt on this list. He definitely deserves to be on a top 20 list, he would probably be a top 5 for me.

[@dusbus2384]

Arthur Pendragon? Beowulf? The knight from Canterbury tales? Odysseus, Achilles, Hercules? Goku, Loofie, Guts, Naruto? Sun Wukong? More recently Arlen Bales, simon snowlock, col. Ben Styke, Kip Guile, percy Jackson, wolverine, Deadpool, spawn, Michelangelo (TMNT). Just off the top of the head.

[@CapturedInWords]

All really great choices!! I was tempted to put some characters from anime/manga on the list but I tried to just stick to fantasy novels.

[@DawnOfMutilation]

Isn't Naruto technically scifi now ?

[@KamilMnk]

When I saw title of the vid first characters came to my mind were: Fitz, Kvothe and Kaladin. Btw how could you pick Steris over Wayne? ;D Have you read Malazan far enough to meet Tehol & Bugg? I wonder if Tehol would make a spot on this list of yours.

[@BKPrice]

How about Death from On a Pale Horse by Piers Anthony? I would also mention another Moorcock Eternal Champion as one of my favorites: Corum

[@markshepherd4791]

Each to their own and everything but I struggle to see how Eowyn makes this list of all the fantasy characters out there 😅

[@potatokitty]

Dracula is pretty good.

[@kelleyceccato7025]

Hurrah for Samuel Vimes! This is a good list, and each choice is well-reasoned. I wish there were a couple more female characters worthy of inclusion on it, but I love the shout-outs to Steris and Rikke.