Top Three Baddest Motherf*ckers in Fantasy

[Seán]

I'm going with out and out 'destroying everything mf'ers' for this one:

Achamian - Prince of Nothing Trilogy. 'Going Akka' is our phrase at home for when someone is going completely off the rails.

Karsa Orlong - Malazan. 'Witness.'

Kalam and Quick Ben - Malazan. When they get together, you know shit is going to go down.

[Miche]

I will have to go full Malazan:

Karsa
Anomander Rake
Cotillion

Honorable mentions for Malazan: Icarium, Quick Ben, Kalam, Traveller, Apsalar.

Honorable mentions for Stormlight Archive: Jasnah, Kaladin, Dalinar.

[Diana Stormblessed]

Can I add Nightblood. S/he's pretty bad ass.

[Miche]

Diana Stormblessed wrote: "Can I add Nightblood. S/he's pretty bad ass."

"Let's kill some evil?"

[Diana Stormblessed]

*"Hello. Would you like to destroy some evil today?" :-)

[Miche]

Diana Stormblessed wrote: "*"Hello. Would you like to destroy some evil today?" :-)"

Destroy! That's it! 😁

[Virginie]

DESTROOOOOOY!

[Beste]

Diana Stormblessed wrote: "Can I add Nightblood. S/he's pretty bad ass."

Which book is this?

[Virginie]

Beste wrote: "Diana Stormblessed wrote: "Can I add Nightblood. S/he's pretty bad ass."

Which book is this?"

Warbreaker :)

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Virginie wrote: "Beste wrote: "Diana Stormblessed wrote: "Can I add Nightblood. S/he's pretty bad ass."

Which book is this?"

Warbreaker :)"

and (view spoiler)[Edgedancer / Oathbringer (hide spoiler)]

[Lundos]

This is by no means easy. How do you compare from world to world? Is it just raw power or more attitude? Anyway, here is my list:

1. Rand al'Thor - The Wheel of Time. Rand might just start out as backwater bumpkin, but his destiny is up there with the biggest of them and [SERIES SPOILER] (view spoiler)[he has to fight the biggest evil there is (one outside of time and space) and do it again and again in every age in every potential world. (hide spoiler)]

2. Icarium - Malazan Book of the Fallen. Introduced in Deadhouse Gates and so down to earth, nice and friendly to begin with that it's hard to see him as a bad-ass. [SERIES SPOILER] (view spoiler)[But eveyone is afraid of him and even Quick Ben is no match for his power that can level cities and T'Lan Imass without stopping him. (hide spoiler)]

3. Raistlin - Dragonlance. Oh yes, and old favorite of mine. He might be evil but the power in that frail body of his is godlike.[SERIES SPOILER] (view spoiler)[He defeats al the gods and would have one. That's powerful magic. (hide spoiler)]

I could easily have made a list just with Malazan people. Erikson really knows how to create memorable characters that kick ass.

EDIT: Ah, I could just have read the first post and not just the heading.

Well, swagger and coolness. That's a new list

1. Anomander Rake - Malazan Book of the Fallen. Everything about him just oozes class, danger and potency.

2. Caine - Heroes Die (Acts of Caine). Well f;uck. If you don't know read it.

3. Bloody Nine - First Law. The great equaliser.