2022 Silmaril Award Nominations for Most Epic Hero
Welcome to the seventh annual Silmaril Award nominations for Most Epic Hero! This is your chance to nominate your favorite fantasy heroes in a fiction free-for-all to see which one is the most epic.
Also, this year we have a bonus giveway! A complete set of the Lord of the Rings extended edition DVDs. See the end of the post for details.
On this page we’re accepting nominations for fantasy heroes. Heroes in fantasy can often seem larger than life, accomplishing more and daring greater things in one day than most of us could accomplish over many years.
Yet in the end it is not the achievements that mark the hero. It is the heart that beats within. They may face uncommon challenges, but the call of the hero is given to us all. To do what is right in the moment of testing. That is what makes a hero. And faithfulness to their friends, their country, or the truth is what marks the greatest heroes.
And that is why we love heroes and why if there is one thing this world could use more of, it is heroes! So let’s celebrate them with this year’s awards and nominate the best and truest hearts to grace the pages of fantasy fiction.
2022 Silmaril Award Nominations
There are ten awards up for grabs (see the list below for links to the other awards).
All you have to do to nominate is post a comment with the name of the epic hero you’d like to see considered for the award. Or, if you notice that the character has already been nominated, you can simply reply with a “second” to the original comment for that character.
The rules for nominating are as follows:
- You may nominate as many characters as you wish.
- You may also second as many characters nominated by others as you choose. The more “seconds” (and thirds, fourths, etc) a character receives, the more likely that character will move on to the voting round, which will feature the top five most nominated characters from each category (the host will break any ties).
- Nominations are allowed for fantasy book characters only! (Movie characters are not allowed, unless the book came first).
- The Silmaril Awards are “lifetime” awards. Characters who have already won a Silmaril in previous years are not eligible to win the same award again (though they may win other awards.) Previous winners of the Most Epic Hero include
- 2021 Zero from The City Between Series
- 2020 Reepicheep from The Chronicles of Narnia
- 2019 Westley from The Princess Bride
- 2018 Edmund Pevensie from The Chronicles of Narnia
- 2017 Peter Pevensie from The Chronicles of Narnia
- 2016 Robin Hood from The Adventures of Robin Hood
- For a list of past winners for other awards, please visit this page.
- Also, characters from Tolkien’s works are not allowed. Instead, they are the presenters of the awards. These awards are for all the “other guys.”
This year’s awards
Heroes are not the only characters up for awards. Here it the list of the rest of this year’s awards with links to where you can make your nominations:
- Most Epic Hero (you are here)
- Most Epic Heroine
- Wisest Counselor
- Most Faithful Friend
- Strangest Character
- Most Mischievous Imp
- Silver Tongue
- Most Nefarious Villain
- Most Magnificent Dragon
- Most Majestic Ruler
A heroic giveaway
Every hero needs to be well supplied before his adventures. Don’t for get the giveaway! Just click on the link below to go to the giveaway page. The grand prize is a complete set of Lord of the Rings DVD’s. Other prizes include: The Hobbit Card Game, a cool dragon bookmark, and assorted dragon stickers!
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All righty, I’m going to get us started here and nominate:
Haplo from The Deathgate Cycle
Bran from the Raven King trilogy
Taran from the Chronicles of Prydain
Willow from Seventh City
Sam Vimes from the Discworld series
Hal from Paper Crowns
Bastien Dennel from the Bastien Dennel: PI files
Farrendell from the Elven Alliance
Trey Shield from The Reflected City series
Conrad Ellis from The Neverway Chronicles
Roderick from The Last Motley
Kion Bray from Truesilver
Strom Glyre from Truesilver
Fade from the Supervillain Rehabilitation Project
I second Taran, Sam Vimes, and Fade!
(Also, Bastian and I appreciate the nomination very much!)
Bastien is quickly becoming a favorite with me! 🙂
I second:
Taran
Sam Vimes
Hal from Paper Crowns
Bastian Dennel
Farrendel
Trey Shield
Roderick
Kion Bray
Strom Glyre
Second for Taran!
I second Bastien!
I second Sam Vimes from Discworld!
Seconding Farrendel and Bastian Fennel!
I second Taran and Farrendell.
I third Taran and Fade!
I second Hal
I second Hal and Farrendel!
I second Farrendel and Conrad!
I also second Taran!
I second Taran
I second Taran!
I second Bastian, Trey, and Taran
SECONDING FARRENDEL AND SAM VIMES.
I nominate:
Will Treaty from Ranger’s Apprentice
Eugenides from The Queen’s Thief
Howl from Howl’s Moving Castle
Taran from the Prydain Chronicles
Eustace from Narnia
Septimus from Septimus Heap
Janner from The Wingfeather Chronicles
Curdie from The Princess and the Goblin
Whoops, sorry to double-nominate Taran! I commented at the exact same time as Jenelle, lol. Can my nomination count as a second, please?
I second Eugenides, Howl, and Janner!
I second Eustace and Janner!
I second Janner and Will
Seconding:
Will Treaty
Howl
Curdie
Seconds for Will, Eustace and Septimus!
Second Howl, Eustace, and Janner!
I second Eustace!
Second for Janner!
I second Curdie and Eustace.
Totally agree for Howl!
Only leaving Eustace off because Narnia has won so frequently.
I second Janner, Curdie, and Eustace
I SECOND HOWL SO MUCH
I second Will Treaty, Eugenides, Eustace, and Septimus!
I second Will, Howl, and Eustace!
I second Will Treaty, How, and Curdie!
I mean Howl.
I second Eustace.
I second Will, Janner, and Curdie
Seconding Eugendies, Taran, Eustace, Janner, and Curdie!
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HUZZAH! It’s here at last!
And since it’s Day 2, my personal restriction on how many characters I nominate at once is officially off. 😀 Therefore, I nominate:
Artham Wingfeather (The Wingfeather Saga)
Shichiro (The Dragon’s Flower)
Isao (The Dragon’s Flower)
Fiachra (The Dark King’s Curse)
Asbjorn (Secrets of the Mountain)
Tryggvi (Secrets of the Mountain)
JinYeong (The City Between)
Errance (Moonscript)
Rook (An Enchantment of Ravens)
Wildfyre (Supervillain Rehabilitation Project)
Maia Drazhvar (The Goblin Emperor)
Michael Carpenter (The Dresden Files)
Seconding:
Artham
Shichiro
Isao
Errance
JinYeong
Wildfyre
Michael Carpenter!!!
I second Artham!
I second Errance!
Seconding Errance
First thought: YAY! I get a mention. Second though: wait … Wildfyre … when Fade’s on the table?
Hey, I did second Fade . . . but I think you know Wildfyre is my favorite. XD
I second Errance.
YESSSSSSS to Michael Carpenter.
Oh and Wildfyre! Missed him in the first reading of the list.
I second Artham and Errance
Second JinYeong
I SO second JinYeong and Rook. Two of my absolute favorites! <3
I second Errance!
I second Errance.
I second Artham!
I second Shichiro, Isao, Fiachra, Asbjorn, Tryggvi, and JinYeong.
I also nominate Fionn from Dark King’s Curse, because you forgot him.
Seconding Artham (<3), Shichiro, and Rook. Thank you for the Errance nomination!
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Seconding:
Will Treaty
Eugenides
Howl
Janner
Curdie
Nominating:
Chrestomanci
I second Chrestomanci!
I second Chrestomanci!
I second Chrestomanci!
I nominate:
Harry from Harry Potter
Mor from The Weaver trilogy
Aiden from The Door Within
Seconding Harry Potter and Mor
I second Aiden.
Second for Harry!
Second Mor!
I second Harry and Mor
I second Harry and Mor! 😀
OH. I second Aiden too. Don’t know how I missed that one.
I SECOND MOR! And Aiden too!
I second Aiden!
Second Aiden
I know I’m missing a lot buuut off the top of my head, I nominate:
Rhys MacDuffy (Dragon Keep Chronicles – C.M. Banschbach)
Athdar Owain Leonidas (Wrought of Silver and Ravens + Wrought of Serpent and Snow by E.J. Kitchens)
Conor mac Ardan (Eirlandia series – Stephen R. Lawhead)
Hal from Echo North (Joanna Ruth Meyer) (yes, I already seconded another Hal! Hals are good heroes. XD)
Nick Beasley (Beaumont and Beasley series – Kyle Robert Shultz)
Oh seconding Athdar!!!
I second Athdar!
Seconding Nick!
I second Rhys
Second Athdar
Second Nick
I second Hal (Echo North) and Nick Beasley!
I second Hal of Echo North!
I second Nicholas Beasley!!
Seconding Rhys!
I nominate Carrot Ironfoundersson from the Discworld series, and Conor Broekhart from Airman.
Second Carrot!
Nominating Kaladin and Adolin from Stormlight Archives, Jace and Timothy from Ilyon, Damien from Ravenwood,
I second Damien.
I second Kaladin and Adolin!
I SECOND JACE & TIMOTHY! 😀
I second Jace and Timothy!
I second Kaladin!
I second Jace and Timothy
I second Jace and Timothy!
I second Jace and Timothy!
I second Jace!
I second Kaladin!
Seconding Jace and Timothy
Seconding Kaladin, Jace, and Damien!
I nominate Eamonn from The Rise of Ethrundson by Trinity Vinton, Heath from the Vazula Chronicles, Leonard from Tales of Goldstone Wood, Prince Caspian from Narnia, Coren from Moonscript, and Shasta from Narnia.
Second for Prince Caspian and Shasta!
I second Leonard, Caspian, Coren, and Shasta
I second Leonard and Coren!
I second Leonard!!! <3
I second Caspian and Shasta
I second Leonard, Caspian, and Shasta!
I second Caspian and Shasta!
I second Shasta!
I NOMINATE
Keliveth from Seaspoken
Ciaran from Fae of the Castle Garden
Wickham from Runaway Lyrics
Bayare from Runaway Lyrics
Toph from A Time of Mourning and Dancing
Seconding Wickham, Bayare, and Toph
I nominate:
Daystar (Enchanted Forest Chronicles)
Theo (The Glass Sentence/Mapmakers Trilogy)
Sage (The False Prince)
I second Sage
I second Sage!
I second Sage!
Merad Reed from War of the Twelve
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I nominate:
Ravin from The Pirate Hunter Chronicles
Digory from The Chronicles of Narnia
Neville from Harry Potter
Galen from Princess of the Midnight Ball
Connor from The Land of Stories
Seconding:
Taran
Harry Potter
Will
Howl
Eustace
Caspian
Shasta
I second Diggory and Neville
I second Ravin, Neville, and Galen! SUCH great ones. <3
Second for Digory and Neville!
I second Galen!
I second Digory.
I nominate
Aslan from Chronicles of Narnia
Tirian from Chronicles of Narnia
Walter Foley from Dragons in our Midst
Brant from Minstrel’s Song
Mott from Ascendance Series
Dustfinger from Inkheart
Valiant from Oracles of Fire
Carswell Thorne from Lunar Chronicles
Aethelbald from Tales of Goldstone Wood
Felix from Tales of Goldstone Wood
Sirius Black from Harry Potter
Awww, Brant appreciates the nomination!
I second Walter and Aethelbald.
So many good picks!
I second:
Walter
Carswell Thorne
Aethelbald
Felix
Sirius
Second for Aslan, Tirian and Sirius!
I second Walter, Mott, Dustfinger, Valiant, Carswell Thorne, Aethelbald, Felix, and Sirius!
I second Walter, Dustfinger, and Carswell Thorne!
I second Aslan, Tirian, Thorne, and Sirius!
I second Tirian, Brant, Aethelbald, and Felix.
I second Thorne!
I second Walter, Dustfinger, Aethelbald, Felix, and Serius
I second Tirian
Seconding Dustfinger, Tieran, and Aethelbald
Second Dustfinger, Tarran, and Nick Beasley
I nominate:
-Hadrian Blackwater from Riyria Revelations
-Leith Torren from Blades of Acktar
-Jack Selby from Knights of Tin & Lead
I second:
-Taran from Chronicles of Prydain
-Rhys MacDuffy from Dragon Keep Chronicles
-Kaladin Stormblessed and Adolin from Stormlight Archives
(AND RAVIN!!! So excited to see his name here!! Proud author moment!)
I second Leith!
I second Leith.
I second Aslan and Leith.
I nominate Reuben from Rizkaland Legends.
I second Reuben!
I nominate:
– Jayden from the Dana Illwind series by Arthur Daigle
– Markus from Imprint by Madeline J. Rose
– Grik from the Goblin and the Dancer by Allison Tebo
– Nathaniel from Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson
– Percy from the Percy Jackson series
– Carthage from The Electrical Menagerie by Mollie E. Reeder
– Achan from the Blood of Kings trilogy by Jill Williamson
– Bardon from The Dragonkeeper Chronicles by Donita K. Paul
And probably dozens of others I’m not thinking of…
I second Nathaniel, Achan, and Bardon!
I second Percy
I SECOND NATHANIEL AND BARDON. <3
I second Percy, Afghan, and Bardon!
Achan, not Afghan
I second Grik from Goblin and the Dancer!
I second Grik!
1. Sandman by Neil Gaiman
2. Death by Neil Gaiman
3. Death from Discworld #4, #11, #16, #20, #26 by Terry Pratchett
I nominate:
Kelsier (Mistborn)
Elend (Mistborn)
Antain (The Girl Who Drank the Moon)
Lazlo Strange (Strange the Dreamer)
Kellan (The Blood Spell)
Lute (To Best the Boys)
Jess (Great Library series)
I second Kelsier and Elend.
Seconding Kelsier and Elend!
I second:
Taran
Sam Vimes
Will Treaty
Eugenides
Eustace
Septimus
Janner
Curdie
Artham
Harry Potter
Nick Beasley
Caspian
Shasta
Digory
Neville
Aslan
Tirian
Dustfinger
Thorne
Aethelbald
Sirius
Whooo, that was a long list! And now I finally get to add mine (sorry for the big pile!)
Saint George of Merry England (Spenser’s Faerie Queen)
King Arthur (medieval legend)
Charles Halloway (Something Wicked This Way Comes)
Beowulf (Beowulf)
Despereaux (The Tale of Despereaux)
Darien (Passages series)
Cyrus Smith (Ashtown Burials)
Henry York (100 Cupboards)
Gilberec Moth (Moth and Cobweb)
I second Desperaux!
I second King Arthur and DESPEREAUX!!!! I love that darling mouse.
Seconds for Arthur and Beowulf!
I second Saint George, King Arthur, and Beowulf.
I second Cyrus Smith as hard as I can. 😀
I second King Arthur and Darien
I second Brant from The Minstrel’s Song (4 book series).
I nominate the following from The Minstrel’s Song (4 book series):
Oraeyn
Kiernan Kane
Gareth
and Barend.
I second all of these.
I nominate Alistair from the Tales of Goldstone Wood.
I nominate Alan Swift and Jesse Thatcher from Knights of Tin and Lead
I second Jack Selby, Grik the goblin, Willow Tam, Errance and Farrendel.
Seconding:
Farrendel
Sam Vimes
Janner
Curdie
JinYeong
Maia Drazhvar
Nick Beasley
Carrot
Kaladin
Adolin
Caspian
Carswell Thorne
Elend
Kelsier
Cyrus Smith
Henry York
I nominate Tristan from The Girl Who Could See by Kara Swanson and Rupert Greeves from the Ashtown Burials by N. D. Wilson.
OH MY WORD YES TRISTAN 💖
I second:
Jace (Ilyon Chronicles)
Sage (The False Prince)
Galen (Princess of the Midnight Ball)
Brant (Minstrel’s Song)
Jayden (Dana Illwind series)
Achan (Blood of Kings trilogy)
Oraeyn (Minstrel’s Song)
Kiernan Kane (Minstrel’s Song)
Seconding: Taran, Sam Vimes, Will Treaty, Eustace, Janner, Curdie, Artham Wingfeather, Nick Beasley, Carrot Ironfoundersson, Prince Caspian, Shasta, Digory, Neville, Aslan, Tirian, Dustfinger (I’m sooo glad SOMEBODY thought of Inkheart), Carswell, Sirius, Saint George, King Arthur, Charles Halloway, Beowulf, Despereaux, Darien, Cyrus Smith, Henry York, Gilberec Moth, Rupert Greeves, Joshua and Joseph Kirk
Nominating: Puddleglum (Narnia) and Gabriel Syme (The Man Who Was Thursday by G.K Chesterton)
I second Puddleglum! He certainly is a hero!
Thanks for all the nominations and seconds, wow! Unfortunately, “The Man Who Was Thursday” is generally considered a mystery/thriller, so Syme would not qualify for these awards. But Puddleglum is a great pick!
That’s good to know! Thanks!
I Nominate:
Joshua Kirk
Joseph Kirk
I Second:
Eustase
Caspian
Aslan
Taran
Sam Vimes
Will Treaty
Janner
Curdie
Artham Wingfeather
Carrot Ironfoundersson
SHasta
Digory
Neville
Tirian
Dustfinger
Carswell
Siruis
Saint George
King Arthur
Charles Halloway
Beowulf
Darien
Syrus Smith
Henry York
Gilberec Moth
Gabriel Syme
PuddleGlum
Oh! And I’d like to nominate Dr. Elwin Ransom from the Ransom Trilogy by C.S Lewis.
I think Dr. Ransom is probably sci-fi and not fantasy (though if he does count, I 100% second him).
I second him, too, assuming he counts!
As wonderful as Ransom is, Lewis’s Space Trilogy is science-fiction, unfortunately, so he does not qualify for the Silmarils.
The Space Trilogy is very VERY soft sci-fi and it’s practically fantasy at this point, especially the second and definitely the third. The third has MERLIN, after all. If Lunar Chronicles characters qualify, the Space Trilogy should as well.
Lewis himself thought of the trilogy as science fiction, and they are usually categorized in that way by libraries and booksellers. I would recommend to you his essay, “On Science Fiction,” where he compares his own space novels to other sci-fi novels.
They are fantasies with science fiction elements. The third one is subtitled “A Modern Fairy Tale for Grown Ups.”
Nominating:
Corlath from The Blue Sword
Takkan from Six Crimson Cranes
Eanrin from Tales of Goldstone Wood
Etanun from Tales of Goldstone Wood
Desmond from Dawnsong
Gwydion from Tales of Prydain
Seconding:
Howl (wouldn’t he strut if he got a Silmaril… he’d probably tell people it was given for his good looks xD)
Will Treaty
JINYEONG yes
Rook
Harry Potter
Caspian
Sage
Neville Longbottom
King Arthur
Seconding:
Will Treat, Gwydion from Tales of Prydain, Janner Wingfeather, Artham Wingfeather, Carswell Thorne, Percy Jackson, Jace (the Ilyon Chronicles), Shichiro, Isao (both from the Dragon’s Flower) and Errance from Moonscript
I’d like to nominate Billy Bannister and Coren from Moonscript!
Seconding:
Farrendell, Will Treaty, Janner Wingfeather, Artham Wingfeather, Shichiro, Isao, Errance, Coren, Mor, Jace, Timothy, Damien, Walter Foley, Mott, Carswell Thorne, Leith Torren, Despereaux, and Billy Bannister
Nominating Martyn Hamish and Shadrach Alistair from the Blades of Acktar books, and Elam from Oracles of Fire!
Seconding Joshua and Joseph Kirk and Gwydion!
I second Tristan, Rupert, Joshua and Joseph Kirk, Eanrin, and Gwydion. Also, my seven-year-old sister would like to nominate Peter Pan!
Seconds:
Eustace
Janner
Curdie
Gilberic Moth from Moth and Cobweb/Green Knight’s Squire
Prince Caspian
Shasta
Digory
Aslan
Saint George of Merry England (Spenser’s Faerie Queen)
King Arthur (medieval legend)
Charles Halloway (Something Wicked This Way Comes)
Beowulf (Beowulf)
Darien (Passages series)
Cyrus Smith (Ashtown Burials)
Henry York (100 Cupboards)
Puddleglum