Who are your favourite characters?

[N3croscope]

Hello - people - new on this site - didnt know there were so many of us out there. Macros has to be the greatest character - Ultimate Power - the scene where he dives through the rift to battle the demon king, and the god of magic (cant remember his name) lends him his power once more - awesome. And I have a soft spot for Mara - the way her character evolves from the noblewoman protecting her house at all costs to a genuine concern and her search for Kevins greater good - Feist is brilliant

 

[Or Lack Thereof]

Nakor. Gotta be Nakor. None of the other characters have made my actually laugh out loud from their antics. Nothing beats blowing pepper into Lady Clovis's nose to interfere with her spell. xD

Second would have to be Jimmy the hand, he was the rougish rough-and-tumble hero of the early books. Third is Leso Varen, he has a very colorful personality for a villan from what little plotline involves his actual thoughts. Finally would have to be Arch-Indur, her sneaky and affable manner is adorable for one of the most powerful gods in the multiverse.

 

[fantasyPlayer]

Im gonna say hartraft in honoured enemy and Kevin in the empire series i really liked him.

 

[Fake Vencar]

So many to choose from... so i'll pick three!

1. Nakor just for the idea of his magic bag. So cool
2. Robert de Loungville
3. Erik because he seems so normal compared to everyone else. I still think he could beat Talwin in a sword fight.

In fact, i like them all

 

[Snarf]

Hartraft.

 

[woodsman]

Nakor brings real humour that so many fantasy pieces don't have and hes contrary-always interesting.
No real favourite character, Sho Pi, Tathar, Dolgan, Rhuargh, Kaspar, Dashel jameson are all liked but most Feist Charwachters are enoyable,
on the other hand i do Hate Miranda with a vengeance: stupid, moaning, self-important grrrr

 

[The Minstrel]

The best, my absolute favourite is Nakor especially in parts of the Serpent war saga. (got some funny looks reading them on the train because I was laughing so much oops!)

I share that experience!
Amos Trask, Jimmy/James, Nakor, Laurie. All the loveable, humurous ones.
Although Hartraft and Asayaga are inspirational as well.

 

[Aknid]

I really like Martin's stance and personality to hide his own knowledge about his true identity and father.
I also like Nakor and Fantus

 

[Fat DeMon]

I liked william alot, along with james and nicholas. in the third book alot of them had really quickly mentioned deaths, a bad end for them, being really well developed and all

 

[woodsman]

Welcome DeMon!
yeah have to agree, they'd had so much coverage and then, bam, they were gone. I think Feist just wanted a new canvas, otherwise with some capable people still around, the kingdom would have recovered too quickly. I guess long descriptions would have led to long passages and a longer book.
William though bings us to Fantus, probably one of the animals I like more in fantasy!

 

[Uylsse]

has to be Pug and Thomas for me as Magician was the first fantasy novel i read as a kid and it got me hooked!
then probably Nakor,Jimmy the Hand/James and Erik von Darkmoor.

 

[fingy773]

biggo (what was his real name anyway) and bobby de longville!!!!!!!!! wooooooooo!!!!!

 

[fingy773]

ahhh just make it every body exept the esterbrooks the emerald queens army (exept Duko) and haanm or what ever the demon kiings name is

 

[woodsman]

Hey flingy good ta see you about and velkommen, Woot a biggo fan.

hanam was the Sauur loremaster who inhabited the demons body, His name was Jakan (?) and the big baddy was Maarg I beleive, a big Feist fan?

 

[fingy773]

cool, ive only read the searpent wars

 

[Fake Vencar]

We never found out the name of the Demon Hanam took over; we only followed his arise through the books. Yes, Maarg was the Demon King

 

[woodsman]

Thats true, Cheers Vencar. He was anmeless, not even powerful to have a name when he jumped through into Midkemia, joged my memory.

Flingy, I loved the serpent war sage, It's the first Feist I read, and I think it's some of his best work. Conclave of shadows was different but equally good but I'd head back and pick up Magician. It really helps you to understand a lot of the other stuff that goes on in later books! Although conclave does read as a standalone.

Um, Magnus is another favourite of mine actually, and his brother.

 

[fingy773]

i just started reading conclave of shadows

 

[GodKiller]

Can I just get a brief poll of sorts here, so I know it isn't just me:

Can I assume we all agree Nakor is without a doubt the most refreshing and comical character in all of Feist's books?

I also really appreciate the growing use of Pug's rather dry, sarcastic humor. Like in the end of King of Foxes, when one of the Lords says "I am suprised you remember him (Ambassador Rachman .... Hazara-Khan)...that was over a century ago," and Pug just looks at him and says "I age well." I think I couldn't stop laughing for at least 10 minutes, and find myself quoting those lines quietly to myself to this day.

However, I don't know if this is just me, but it seems like after Feist basically killed off everybody from the Riftwar through Sons of Krondor series, he seemed in a major rush to introduce bunches of new characters. And most of them didn't seem to really work out. I will still crack open Magician or Silverthorn or Darkness at Sethanon just to get a little bit of humor out of Arutha (the original), Jimmy the Hand a.k.a. Duke (or squire) James {ESPECIALLY OUT OF HIM...HE'S ALWAYS FULL OF WITTY HUMOR}, Martin, Amos {GODS, I MISS HIM}, Kulgan and Tully {YOU CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT THOSE TWO}, and occaisionally Gardan, Lyam, and Kasumi. Actually, I miss Kasumi a whole lot. And the only other two I failed to mention, that I felt wounded to my heart to see die, and in such non-chalante ways: Katala and Locky. WHY DID HE HAVE TO KILL THEM OFF SO EASILY??????

 

[Fake Vencar]

Its the generation game isn't it? The first characters were the best characters and I secretly think they all seem to have a major part to play yet. Nakor is just one of those characters you would just love to go to the pub with!