Poll: Favorite main character besides Kaladin

[Scars of Hathsin he/him]

If there was no Kaladin in the Poll. I would choose Adolin just for his friendliness

[Shallan’s-Squire he/him]

On 12/21/2022 at 2:45 AM, Wuestenfuchs said:

Daddynar. You're right Kaladin is my fav. Something about him resonates deeply with me.

Eshonai is a close second (third after Kaladin).

Szeth could still rise a lot, depending on SA5: I like his arc, but I want to see more character and backstory

 

I don't like Venli and I kind of hate Shallan. The rest are alright, I enjoyed Navani's science bit in RoW a lot and I think I'd like Adolin a lot more if I didn't hate Shallan.

 

I see Venli and Shallan being disliked a lot. I understand that people think Shallan and Venli are bad because they have done terrible things, but you say your favorite character is Dalinar. Dalinar has also done terrible things, so do you just like him more because that was farther in the past? I think the strength Dalinar shows I’m not giving up his pain and accepting that he has done bad things is the same strength that Venli and Shallan have, and that makes me love both of them as characters, in top of other reasons

[Ravenclawjedi42]

I voted for Jasnah, who is my favorite Stormlight Archive character (excluding Nightblood, who’s with Marsh in a class of amazingness far above everyone else). I think at first, in Way of Kings, she fulfilled a widely found trope in literature, but as her character progressed she (in my opinion) became more and more amazing with coming back from the dead and being likely the first person in a long time to be in a romantic relationship with Hoid. I am very excited for her book, but it won’t be for another ten years at least.

[Guest Ψιτιsτηε Βεsτ]

9 minutes ago, Ravenclawjedi42 said:

I voted for Jasnah, who is my favorite Stormlight Archive character (excluding Nightblood, who’s with Marsh in a class of amazingness far above everyone else). I think at first, in Way of Kings, she fulfilled a widely found trope in literature, but as her character progressed she (in my opinion) became more and more amazing with coming back from the dead and being likely the first person in a long time to be in a romantic relationship with Hoid. I am very excited for her book, but it won’t be for another ten years at least.

Jasnah will get a full book?

[Ravenclawjedi42]

2 minutes ago, ΨιτιsτηεΒέsτ said:

Jasnah will get a full book?

Yeah, it’ll be book ten (the finale!) of the Stormlight Archive.

[Silver Phantom he/him]

I wish Lift was on the list, she is my favorite 

[Grubfriend He/Him]

Szeth has enough strength of will could stop a shardblade. His honor to obey his oathstone made him walk on stone and murder so many people.

[Letryx13]

On 8/24/2023 at 9:16 PM, Shallan’s-Squire said:

I see Venli and Shallan being disliked a lot. I understand that people think Shallan and Venli are bad because they have done terrible things, but you say your favorite character is Dalinar. Dalinar has also done terrible things, so do you just like him more because that was farther in the past? I think the strength Dalinar shows I’m not giving up his pain and accepting that he has done bad things is the same strength that Venli and Shallan have, and that makes me love both of them as characters, in top of other reasons

Shallan isn't my favorite, but I like her as a character. Yes, she's made some big mistakes and done some terrible things, but she usually acknowledges them when she realizes what she's done, and has demonstrated more of a moral compass than some characters.  And in complete fairness, she's not completely mentally stable.  But I can understand why some dislike her.

Venli is more annoying at the beginning of RoW because of how she's responded to her people's deaths.  In the same chapter, she both mourns them and laments that Odium won't make her a queen for bringing the Everstorm.  She gradually improves over the book, but when Rlain offers her a chance to prove she's sorry, she focuses on her own group's benefit instead of the right thing to do.  

[Shard_Blades he/him]

I voted for Jasnah, because during the last few books, she has just become a really interesting character. I really like reading her parts during each book. 

On 26/08/2023 at 1:09 PM, Ravenclawjedi42 said:

Yeah, it’ll be book ten (the finale!) of the Stormlight Archive.

Can't wait to read book ten then. We'll have to wait for a while though. 

[The Stormfather He/Him]

I picked Navani because of the awesomeness in RoW