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Favoured Tragic Death

Poll: Favoured Tragic Death (282 member(s) have cast votes)

  1. Whiskeyjack (50 votes [17.73%])

    Percentage of vote: 17.73%

  2. Felisin Paran (33 votes [11.70%])

    Percentage of vote: 11.70%

  3. Coltaine (84 votes [29.79%])

    Percentage of vote: 29.79%

  4. Baudin (6 votes [2.13%])

    Percentage of vote: 2.13%

  5. Ceda Kuru Qan (6 votes [2.13%])

    Percentage of vote: 2.13%

  6. Brys Beddict (13 votes [4.61%])

    Percentage of vote: 4.61%

  7. Brukhalian (10 votes [3.55%])

    Percentage of vote: 3.55%

  8. Itkovian (59 votes [20.92%])

    Percentage of vote: 20.92%

  9. Hull Beddict (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  10. Other (post your opinion) (21 votes [7.45%])

    Percentage of vote: 7.45%

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#61 User is offline   bwgan 

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Posted 30 April 2006 - 04:53 PM

Itkovian makes me cry every time I read it, but like others have said there are so many instances in all the books where SE caches you unawares.
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#62 User is offline   namo 

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Posted 01 May 2006 - 07:17 AM

Let's begin with the not-quite-deaths :
Tattersail, Duiker, Toc (in MoI, not GotM), Tehol, Udinaas (I thought he died when the Wyval came out)

*** (Big tBH spoilers coming - duck !) ***

Then (this is not quite ordered) :
Coltaine
Whiskeyjack & the marines
Kuru Qan
Hedge, Trotts, Detoran, etc... the Bridgeburners in Coral
Felisin
Sormo E'nath
Kulp
Ganath
Minala's children
the Malazan marines (and Hawl) on Drift Avalii
Truth
Kalam ?
the Tiste Andii in MT's prologue
[to be continued - I'm crying in advance !]

Please don't hunt me, but when Itkovian died I was mostly angry at him.
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Posted 07 May 2006 - 10:19 AM

Coltaine, the most evocative and emotional.

but next I'd choose Hull. Talk about a death filled with regret. He doesn't even KNOW that he's already been forgiven. Brys's death is senseless. What a total waste. Whiskeyjacks..... doesn't still a chance before Kallor. Poor man. Felisin, um... if only she isn't so clouded by vengeance. Itkovian, I don't think I really understand this man. Ceda, well, this is a tragic death, though not one as unusual.
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Posted 28 January 2007 - 06:11 PM

I found Itkovian's the most favoured tragic death. His last act was entirely selfless and gave relief to thousands upon thousands of T'lan Imass. I found Baudin's Death as he died for someone who absolutely hated him quite significant, it had a big impact on me at the time. Also Hull Beddict's as it was also so pitable. I liked Hairlock's death like Dolorous Menhir said, i personally liked the character but i wasn't sad to see the mad puppet go.
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Posted 30 January 2007 - 01:01 PM

Iktovians Made Use Of His Death By Ofering Hope To Those Who Had Not.this Act Of Valor Made His Death A Living Legent.
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Posted 01 March 2007 - 12:10 PM

Brys, killed by poison, a most ignoble death for such a great warrior!

Not so much upsetting as rage inducing the way he defeated the emperor only to be betrayed by his own king!
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Posted 14 March 2007 - 10:58 PM

i reread DG at least three times and i cry every time when coltaine dies...
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Posted 15 March 2007 - 12:43 AM

Itkovian isn't in first place? Pah, you should all be ashamed! :D :angel:
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Posted 15 March 2007 - 12:00 PM

I voted for Baudin, seeing his death as the ultimate sacrifice, but there were others not mentioned that were also pretty brave. Hedge, Trotts, Truth, Kulp...
Get to the chopper!
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Posted 16 March 2007 - 01:14 AM

I haven't voted because I want to say Coltaine AND Brys - both of those were my 'favourite' deaths in the sense that they provoked the greatest response from me. Both deaths were betryals that burned me to my core - i don't think i've ever been so angry, outraged, upset, shocked and disbelieving in regards to a characters death before.

Wry, on 29 February 2012 - 10:50 AM, said:

And you're not complaining, you're criticizing. It's a side-effect of being better than everyone else, I get it sometimes too.

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Posted 16 March 2007 - 10:28 AM

I had to go with Brys in the end cos while many of the others were sad, I found Brys' to be the most tragic. Having displayed such skill, and seen the danger they were facing, he gets taken out by poison! I couldn't believe it.

Several of the other deaths had a sense of inevitability about them.

I did find Hulls death to be quite tragic also, in that he never really got the chance to redeem himself.

Thought Tehol was toast as well, but Buggs appearance turns that into one of my favorite parts.

Not really a good time to be a member of the Beddict family!

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Posted 18 March 2007 - 12:19 AM

I voted Brys. I just love MT. And I really cried when Brys died. It was so sad.
Every time I read the book now, I keep thinking "Nooo, please someone save him!". And noone does. And I love it. :D
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Posted 09 April 2007 - 01:01 PM

shouldn't have voted for coltaine ... have a better nominee now, but of course am not permitted to post it ... sorry folks ... but cheers nonetheless ...
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Posted 10 April 2007 - 10:17 AM

Oh that's just cruel.......

But are you talking about a death from RG or TTH?

Just curious...... And envious.....

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Posted 12 April 2007 - 12:26 PM

View PostKallor, on 09 April 2007 - 01:01 PM, said:

shouldn't have voted for coltaine ... have a better nominee now, but of course am not permitted to post it ... sorry folks ... but cheers nonetheless ...


Kallor I've grown to admire your talent for marketing :)

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Posted 01 May 2007 - 10:09 PM

It might not be the most famous death but when in the battle for the first throne two of Minala's children where at the entrance with trull, they were like 9 and 10 or something like that and the brother was just brutally slain right in front of his sister, it was very shocking and emotional... seeing kids get hurt always sucks... I felt more sadness for the sister though....

It?s one of the less consequential deaths in the series but was pretty rough.


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Posted 10 July 2013 - 12:26 AM

Beak - not so tragic in the true sense but a tragedy that we didn't get to see more candle action and pure-hearted niceness
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Posted 17 July 2013 - 07:16 PM

View Postjb1000000, on 10 July 2013 - 12:26 AM, said:

Beak - not so tragic in the true sense but a tragedy that we didn't get to see more candle action and pure-hearted niceness


Completely agree. In the short time we get to know about him he becomes a character which I was extremely attached to.
I was just about to ask why Beak wasn't between the options when I saw your post :crybaby:. He had a tragic yet honourable death
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Posted 09 August 2013 - 09:02 PM

coltaine's death for me the whole chain of dogs was written immaculately and got the ending it deserved , closely followed by baudins death which also hit me hard
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Posted 11 August 2013 - 03:24 PM

beak is the most tragic death for me due to his innocence, also
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