Welcome!
Welcome to the 4th Annual Silmaril Awards! (#SilmAwards2019)
The Silmaril Awards are fan-voted awards for the most outstanding characters in fantasy fiction — a sort of fantasy-book-character Oscars just for fun — and YOU, my friends, get to nominate said characters!
Characters from any fantasy books — unless they are written by J. R. R. Tolkien (since his characters are the Fantasy Standard for these purposes), or have already won the award before — are eligible to be nominated.
You can read more about this blog event at SilmarilAwards.com and check out the list of previous winners.
ALSO! New this year: A Facebook group! Go check it out. 😀
Keep reading for the links to other awards, the timeline, rules, and how to nominate, but first . . .
Here on my blog, I’m hosting . . .
The Silmaril Award for Most Silver Tongue!
This award was originally for Poetry and Riddling, but was updated to this name to include any character who can arguably be said to possess a silver tongue!
Previous winners of this award (who are therefore not eligible for nomination) are:
- The Sorting Hat (Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling)
- Mo/Silver Tongue (Inkheart by Cornelia Funke)
- Wizard Howl (Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones)
(And, of course, our own dear Bilbo Baggins will be presenting it.)
So that should give you an idea of the sort of characters who might be worthy of the Silver Tongue award. 😉
*silver trumpets sound*
Come one, come all!
Those gifted with a way with words!
Poet, bard, or minstrel!
Those whose speech enchants the listener!
Those, perhaps, who speak riddles, or are fluent in snark, or on whose every word the reader hangs breathlessly!
Readers, share your favorite silver-tongued characters from fantasy books, and may the most eloquent win!
Nominate away in the comments below!
Awards List
Be sure to check out the other categories in the list of posts below, on the other hosts’ blogs, and go share your nominations for those!
- Most Epic Heroine — J. L. Mbewe
- Least Competent Henchman — Christine Smith (She’s joining us this year for the first time! Hurray!)
- Most Magnificent Dragon — Kyle Robert Shultz
- Most Silver Tongue — Deborah O’Carroll (You are here!)
- Most Faithful Friend — E. E. Rawls
- Most Nefarious Villain — Zachary Totah
- Strangest Character — Tracey Dyck
- Most Epic Hero — DJ Edwardson
- Most Mischievous Imp — Madeline J. Rose
- Wisest Counselor — Jenelle Schmidt
Timeline
September 2nd: Nominations open!
Nominations run Mon., Sept. 2 – Fri., Sept. 6, so be sure to leave your comments (and come back throughout the week to “second” other nominations!) this week!
September 9th: Voting begins
September 16th-27th: Awards will be announced on the various sites of the various presenters each weekday during this time.
Rules
- Again, Tolkien’s characters are not eligible to win these awards. We creators of the Silmarillion Awards see them as the ultimate standards for these categories already, which is why they are the Presenters of the Silmarils.
- These awards are for FANTASY characters! This means no science fiction. However, if you can make a good, solid argument for the fantastical elements in a particular science-fantasy, then by all means, go ahead! We will keep a running tab on whether or not a book counts as “fantasy”. (For instance, The Lunar Chronicles has already been accepted as fantasy in this contest.)
- Please mention what book the character is from in your nomination. While the hosts of the Silmaril Awards are wizards in their own right and voracious book dragons of speculative fiction, we haven’t all read EVERY book out there, and we might not recognize certain characters.
- Authors are welcome to participate, but please refrain from nominating your OWN characters. You may, of course, direct your fans to this event, though.
- Characters who have won in a particular category in a previous year are ineligible to be nominated for the same award again. The Silmarils are Lifetime Awards. For a list of the previous winners in each category, please check out our Hall of Fame.
- Please remember that these are Fantasy Book Awards. Therefore, a movie character is only eligible for nomination if they were a book first!
How to Nominate
Nominations are now closed! Thanks, everyone!
- Leave a comment below to nominate the character(s) you think are most worthy of the title “Most Silver Tongue”!
- If someone has already nominated any of those characters, feel free to reply to the other comments and “second” those votes!
- You may nominate and second as many characters as you like.
- The top five characters in each category at the end of the week (the ones with the most seconds) will be the ones which progress to the second round, the voting round.
And now . . .
Nominate Away!
Get to it! I can’t wait to see all the silver-tongued characters you guys nominate! 😀 (And the other categories, of course!)
Let the Silmaril Awards BEGIN!
(EDIT: NOMINATIONS ARE CLOSED! THANKS, EVERYONE!)
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Yay!! I think this should be a national holiday. I love this so much!
I’m going to be completely unoriginal and nominate Molly Beaumont from Kyle Robert Shultz’s Beaumont and Beasley books and for second nominee… Ailith from Hannah Heath’s Sounds of Deceit.
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I’m so glad you love it! So exciting!
And ooh, Molly is a great choice for Silver Tongue, with her singing! I can’t wait to meet Ailith now!
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Oooooh, yes! I second both Molly and Ailith.
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I second Molly!
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Molly! What a fun idea. I second her!
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The Lady of the Green Kirtle from the Silver Chair (C.S. Lewis, of course). 😉
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Eep, so chilling! But yes!
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I never would have thought to nominate her, but… I second it!
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Ditto to Tracey!
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I second her!
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I second her!
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I second her!
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Seconding Lady of the Green Kirtle (at the 11th hour apparently). 😮
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Noooo I hate her so much ugh. XD Duly noted. XD And hey, there’s still an hour left in my book! 😉
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My brother and I look forward to the Silmaril Awards every year!
I nominate Sir Eanrin, the Bard of Rudiobus and Child Lionheart of the Lightning Tongue from Anne Elisabeth Stengl’s The Tales of Goldstone Wood!
(This will be the year Goldstone Wood characters will win, I know it!)
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I’m so glad! Thanks for joining in! 🙂
Hurray for Eanrin and Lionheart!!
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I DEFINITELY second Eanrin and Lionheart! ❤
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I second Eanrin! I was going to choose him. 😉
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I second Eanrin and Lionheart heartily!
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YES! Sir Eanrin! I absolutely second him. 😀
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Seconding both Eanrin and Leo!
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EANRIN ALL THE WAY. THERE IS NO OTHER. THOUGH HIS TONGUE BE MORE GOLDEN THAN SILVER.
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More golden than silver — I like it and concur! 😀
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1000000% second Eanrin and Lionheart! MY BOIS. ❤
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I nominate Armulyn the Bard of the Wingfeather Saga, and second Leonard the Lightning Tongue of the Tales of Goldstone Wood!
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Ooh, Armulyn! I forgot about him! (I’ve only read the first one and need to continue the series!)
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I second Armulyn!
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I second Armulyn.
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I second Armulyn as well. ❤
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Heartily second Armulyn!
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I second Armulyn the Bard! I forgot about him…
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I definitely second the Lady of the Green Kirtle and Armulyn. Since my hubby and I are reading through the Wheel of Time right now, I’d also like to nominate the wise words of Lini Eltring; and, of course, no list of silver tongues could be complete without Lloyd Alexander’s Fflewddur Fflam of the Prydain Chronicles.
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Fflewddur Fflam!! Yes!! 😀
Ooh, I need to try Wheel of Time someday!
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I second Fflewddur Fflam!
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Second Fflewdur Fflam!!
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I second Fflewdur Fflam.
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I nominate Chrestomanci from the Chrestomanci books by Diana Wynne Jones.
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Ooh, he’s a great one!
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Second Chrestomanci! ❤
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I nominate Vikram from A Crown of Wishes! I loved that book.
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I need to check that one out! Thanks for nominating! 🙂
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I nominate Lazlo Strange from Strange the Dreamer (by Laini Taylor)!
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I keep hearing about this one!
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I nominate Nagan from The Last Motley by D.J. Edwardson.
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Awesome! I love Nagan! 🙂
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I second Nagan!
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Aw, thanks, Kyle. Nagan’s mother would be proud (if she was still alive).
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I second Nagan! ❤
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Sage from The False Prince, by Jennifer Nielson.
Lockwood, from the Lockwood and Co. Series, by Jonathan Stroud.
I also second Eanrin and Leonard/Lionheart. 😊
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Haha, Sage is perfect for this. XD Aaahh I need to read the Lockwood books!!
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I second Sage!
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Seconding Sage!
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I second Sage.
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Not sure if my first comment went through–if so disregard this.
But I second Sage.
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It went through! 🙂 No worries, I’ll tally them! 😀
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Seconding:
Eanrin
Lionheart
Armulyn
Fflewddur Fflamm
Can’t think of any new ones to nominate just now, as those were the ones I was coming over here to nominate… but I’ll continue pondering!
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Perfect!
Haha, great minds… 😉 I’m so happy to see some love for Fflewddur!
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I REALLY want this to be the year that Eanrin wins… *heart eyes* but then… Fflewddur…. sigh. How to choose!?!?
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We’ll see how it goes, I guess! XD
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I know! Every year Eanrin’s made it into the final five… and I vote for him every year, but he’s never won. Hopefully this will be the year!
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Right??? Come on, Eanrin! We believe in you!
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I nominate Migdon from The Songkeeper Chronicles by Gillian Bronte Adams. 🙂 He even has the nickname “Silvertongue.” 🙂
I love your blog, Deborah! (I found it through Christine’s blog 🙂 )
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Hey, good point! 😀
And aww, thank you so much! That makes my day! 🙂 🙂
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I second Migdon :).
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I second the following:
-Sir Eanrin
-Lionheart the Lightning-Tongue (Goldstone Wood)
In addition, I nominate Lord Silver from the Invisible Library series.
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Awesome!
Ack, I forgot about Silver! :O
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Oh, and I nominate Moist von Lipwig from Discworld!
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I second Moist von Lipwig. I also second Fflewddur.
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Yes, I second Moist.
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One last nomination: Hoid from all the Cosmere books!
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Oh yes, definitely Hoid! I second!
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Seconding Hoid!!
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OH GOSH. Mmm. MmmHM.
I was thinking Eanrin was the unquestionable champion here, but Hoid is a true rival. Also voted.
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Clearly I must meet this Hoid!
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He is also known as Wit from The Stormlight Archive, so if you see that name pop up, know that they are the same person.
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OH! That helps because I hear a lot about Wit! XD Thanks!
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Yes! HOID! Seconded.
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I nominate Kell from A Darker Shade of Magic, Kaz from Six of Crows, and Jackaby from Jackaby. My snarky, witty boys. <333
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Seconding Kaz and Jackaby!
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I need to read ADSOM! And aaahh, Jackaby!!
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AGH. ADSOM IS SO. GOOD. And yes, Jackaby is wonderful. <33
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Seconding Jackaby!
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I second:
-Eanrin
-Lionheart
-Fflewddur Fflamm
-Armulyn
I’m so glad that we can “second” more than one character. It would be so difficult to choose just one or two!
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Hurray! And yes! I love this part of the awards! It gets harder next week with the voting when we have to choose one from five. XD Thanks for seconding! 🙂
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I feel like Arbrook Huxley from “The Electrical Menagerie” could be considered silver-tongued. And Curdie from “The Princess and the Goblin” is a master of rhymes and songs.
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Oh yes! Second Huxley and Curdie!
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Aaahh! Great idea for both of these! 😀
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I second Curdie! I loved ‘The Princess and the Goblin’ when i was a kid.
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I second Curdie. He really is quite a clever rhymer.
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Huxley! And Curdie!
Seconding!
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I second Huxley.
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Definitely seconding Curdie!!
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I second Curdie!
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Fantastic ideas!!! I second Arbrook and Curdie!
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I second the Lady of the Green Kirtle, Fflewddur Fflam, and Curdie and nominate Percy Jackson from the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series and Timothy Silvar/Carliss from the Ilyon Chronicles,.
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Ooh, I need to read Percy Jackson! And catch up on Ilyon so I meet Timothy. XD Thanks!
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I second Percy Jackson!
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I second Timothy!!
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I second Timothy!
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I second. . .
Eanrin
Fflewddur Fflam
Chrestomanci
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All good ones!! 🙂
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I nominate Eugenides from the Queen’s Thief series by Megan Whalen Turner
– and –
Reynie Muldoon from The Mysterious Benedict Society. (It has a slight but definite element of fantasy.)
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I sooo need to read the Queen’s Thief books! Ooh, the Mysterious Benedict Society! I need to continue that series!
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I second Eugenides, the sly dog.
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@Deborah, you DO! 😀
@Hannah/H.S.J., soooo sly. I love him. He’s the best!
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I second Curdie!
I also nominate (and second):
-Idris from “Fairest Son” by Hannah Williams ❤
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I need to read Fairest Son! *bumps it higher on my TBR shelf*
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I second Idris from Fairest Son!
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Wow! Again, totally surprised and so honored to see Idris on this list! Thank you so much!
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Sooo I just came from another host for The Silmaril Awards, and the rules she has posted on her site say that we’re not allowed to second our own recs (but I haven’t read that on any of the other blogs so far; it’s been “nominate and second as many characters as you want”)?
In which case, I apologize, but would like my recommendations to remain, and shall resubmit if necessary. 🙂
Haven’t submitted as many recs to this category as I have the others, but I figured I should post this to all the categories I’ve been through so far, just to verify…
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No worries! So sorry if that wasn’t clear enough! Sometimes it’s hard to do the wording well enough for it to be clear. XD
Seconding is basically like nominating, it’s just easier to second if someone has already nominated that character. A nomination counts the same as a second — each person gets one “vote” per character, but can vote for as many characters as they like, so seconding if they’re already nominated or nominating if no one has suggested them yet. 🙂 As long as the hosts can keep track, it’s all good. ^_^
So you’re absolutely fine! I’ll just be counting up the votes, and you have one vote each for Eanrin, Lionheart, Fflewddur, Armulyn, Curdie, and Idris, and that’s all fine. 🙂
Thanks very much for participating and for checking in about! Sorry about the confusion. ❤
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Ahh, gotcha. S’all good, and thanks for clarifying! 😀
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No problem! ^_^
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Seconding the Lady of the Green Kirtle, Fflewddur Fflam, Curdie, and Timothy.
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Thanks! 🙂
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I second:
Fflweddur Flam
Arbrook Huxley
I nominate:
Athelas from The City Between series by W.R. Gingell (you said fluent in snark)
Leeli from The Wingfeather Saga
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Awesome! I need to read the City Between book so badly!! And aww, Leeli! 🙂
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Oohhh yes, I second Leeli!
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Seconding Molly Beaumont, the Lady of the Green Kirtle, and Arbrook Huxley.
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Thanks!
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I second:
The Lady of the Green Kirtle (The Silver Chair)
Armulyn and Leeli (Wingfeather Saga)
Lini (Wheel of Time) (yess!!!! she’s amazing)
Fflewddur Fflam (Chronicles of Prydain)
Chrestomanci (Diana Wynne Jones)
Sage (The False Prince)
Curdie (The Princess and the Goblin/Curdie)
Reynie (The Mysterious Benedict Society)
I nominate:
Tanwen (The Story Peddler/Raider)
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Oh, I have False Prince on my book shelf. I need to read it!
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I enjoyed it! I need to continue the series…
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Oh, yes, Tanwen! 🙂
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Tanwen is a great idea! I second here. ^_^
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I second Tanwen!
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High five for Reynie! He really has a way with words.
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I second Sage and Lockwood and Curdie.
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All fantastic people! 😀
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I have another nomination. XD
-Cedric from “Winter Cursed” by Nicki Chapelway (he has a surprising amount of wisdom hidden in his sass and snark <3)
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Awesome! 😀 Sounds like a cool character. 🙂
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I vote The Florid Sword from The Wingfeather Saga and Rin from The Books of Bayern!
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Ooh, nice! I must meet both of them! 😀
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I second the Florid Sword and Rin! (did I second the Florid Sword before? Can’t remember. If I did, sorry, moderators!)
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You’re fine! 😀
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I second the Florid Sword!
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I second the Florid Sword as well!
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Forsooth! The Florid Sword doth be seconded by me!
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Nikolai Lantsov from The Grisha Trilogy.
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Ooh, I need to read that one! (Although I think I met him briefly in one of the Crows books…)
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I second lady of the green kirtle
I second molly Beaumont
I second percy Jackson
I nominate the lion prince, from branch of silver, branch of gold, by Anne Elisabeth stengl
(Can we nominate a character who’s already been nominated in a different category? If so I nominate amber, lady dragon tela du, Kendra ardneks character)
I nominate Cazien de Pollis, from the sunken realm
I nominate Hal, from paper crowns, by mirriam Neal (snark)
(For all that I’ve read lots of fantasy I can’t remember as many silver tongues as I’d like)
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These are great! And yes, you can nominate characters who’ve been nominated for other awards, so that counts! Huzzah for Cazien and Hal!!
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Oooh, Hal! I second him!
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I second the Lion Prince and Amber!
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I SECOND HAL!
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I second Rin, and the Florid Sword, Sage and Leeli. My nominations are Kelsier from Mistborn, Keefe Sencen from Keeper of the Lost Cities, Kadin from The Stolen Kingdom and Fin from The Map to Everywhere.
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Ooh, those sound cool! Thanks!
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I nominate Kvothe of the Name of the Wind. He cleverly smooth-talks his way into and out of trouble on a regular basis, succeeding pretty well even in court intrigue (to which he is most definitely NOT accustomed) and gaining entrance to an academy intended for people three years his senior by pure wit and eloquence. A performer by birth, upbringing, and trade–how could there be anyone better for this award than Kvothe?
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I second Kvothe!
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I second Keefe!
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Ooh, I need to read that! Kvothe sounds fabulous! 😀
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I nominate Kiernan Kane for this award!
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Kiernan Kane!! 😀
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I second Sage from the Ascendance Trilogy, Eanrin, and Percy Jackson
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Thank you! 🙂
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I second Kiernan Kane from the Minstrel’s Song 4-book series! 🙂
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Hurray! Thanks. 🙂
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I second Kiernan Kane and Migdon.
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Thank you!
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I second Hal, Cazien, and Kiernan Kane!
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And Leeli!
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I second Armulyn the Bard! And Tanwen.
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Thanks for all your seconds! 🙂
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And nominations/seconds are officially CLOSED! Thanks SO MUCH to all of you for all the awesome nominations and seconds! 😀 All of the Silver Tongues!
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