David's favourite fantasy books and characters

This is a list of my favourite fantasy authors and characters:

1. J R R Tolkien. Especially the Silmarillion and the tale of Turin Turambar.
2. Ian Irvine - Nish, a cracking character who first appears in The Geomancer, The Well of Echoes Novels. Ian creates several really good characters. A master of creation!
3. Terry Goodkind. The Sword of Truth series are cracking reads. No one character leaps out though.
4. Weiss and Hickmann - Raistlin is my favourite character and the Twins novels my favou...