[Jagh-o-matic]

 Gabriel Chase, on 14 February 2014 - 12:28 AM, said:

 Telperion, on 06 April 2013 - 12:59 PM, said:

I always thought Kruppe rhymes with UP, but I just finished the audiobook version, and the reader pronounces it with two syllables, rhyming with UP-UH. It was strange at first, but I grew to like it as it seems to enhance the quirkiness of Kruppe's dialog through his constant third person references to himself.

I had automatically assumed it was pronounced like that when I started reading the book, simply because it sounded German to me — and that's how you would pronounce it in German.

As a German speaker myself, I would only correct that the "u" should sound more like "book" or "took" as in the common German pronunciation of Krupp, the German steel tycoon dynasty currently existing as ThyssenKrupp AG. Although, as an aside, I just looked on Wikipedia where they note that the family may have actually used a long u as in "poop" (tee hee) but nobody says it like that.

[esmereldaskysurfer]

Favourite female character: Tattersail

Favourite male character: Fiddler

[Jaime Lannister]

My top five would be:

Anomander Rake
Lorn
Kruppe
Crokus
Paran

[Nabirius]

Favorite Male Character: Quick Ben, I respect people who can scam gods.

Favorite Female Character: Apsalar/Sorry, she didn't do an enormous amount, but Iike the potential dirrections she could go as a character.

[melonhead]

Definitely Quick Ben. Genius, talented, and rather unbalanced. I love reading about him.

[haydnfan]

Kruppe because I always have the feeling that he is ten steps ahead of everyone else. He seems to be juggling intrigue between city officials, armies and gods with no one even seeing that he is doing that. The only other characters as clever are Shadowthrone, the Empress and perhaps Quick Ben.

[oracleofdoom]

Tattersail was my original favorite. I also found Cotillion compelling immediately.

[Black_Gates]

definitely, you just cant tell who he is. when he visits shadowthrone. the end of that bit bit is just like "whaaaa?"

 Steve Halter, on 10 May 2011 - 02:20 PM, said:

I've been fascinated with Quick Ben from the start.

[Black_Gates]

Tool is obscure,i like that

[Aertheron]

1. Quick Ben
2. Cotillion
3. Anomander Rake
4. Tool (Onos T'oolan)
5. Fiddler

[Hood's Cheese]

Kruppe, hand's down.Top three would be


1. Kruppe
2. Tattersail
3. Hairlock

This post has been edited by Hood's Cheese: 02 September 2014 - 07:27 PM

[jonny_anonymous]

I always really liked the Aladdin-ness of Crokus. I really miss that.

[BellaGrace]

Anomander Rake - I have the hugest book crush on him
Tattersail
Quick Ben

[theocean]

Quick ben wins. Hes awesome. Would love to learn more about him. They should do a book focused on him and how he became QB the monster.

Rake is a beast (dominates demons in under a minute, )

Paran randomly has the balls to call out the adjunct, attack a hound of shadow, befriend Rake.

Tool is good in this book, and only gets better.

[Coaster]

I tried answering this thread but it is virtually impossible for me to pick favorites. This whole series is filled with great characters. I love most of them and the ones I do not love I would love to see clobbered : )

[WinterPhoenix]

I have to say that the stand out character from the book is definitely Kruppe, I looked forward to every chapter with that glorious man, and the dream chapters were some of my favourite of the entire book even as infuriatingly obtuse as they seem. That being said Quick Ben and Anomander Rake were also characters I kept reading to see, and I feel as though (as with Kruppe as well actually) their characters will only get more interesting with further revelations about their motives/pasts. Honourable mention has to go to K'rul, who probably intrigued me more than any other character, to top it off his scene with Rake in the belfry was positively brilliant.

[Tru]

Thinking back a bit, without allowing subsequent books to sway those original thoughts after reading the first book...I was probably intrigued the most and looked forward to the sections following Ganoes Paran's storyline. This has changed quite alot after reading 6 more of the books since, but Paran continues to be in my top 10 characters. I'd be hard pressed to even list a top 10 in any semblance of order. Some of my favorite characters have only appeared in a single volume (so far) so it's hard to put those above a character who has appeared in numerous volumes.

[Morticia]

Tattersail
Anomander
Hairlock (Seriously, I loved the whole insane possessed puppet thing)
Quick Ben
Tool

[melonhead]

 Morticia, on 08 April 2015 - 11:06 AM, said:

Tattersail
Anomander
Hairlock (Seriously, I loved the whole insane possessed puppet thing)
Quick Ben
Tool

Hairlock was awesome! I loved him as well. Insane possessed puppet is such a cool concept

[Vaddon Ra]

First read through, Anomander...

Subsequent Series read through's easily Shadowthrone and Cotillion, followed closely by Kalam