Well met, my friends—both new and old! We’ve come once again to a time of fantastical celebration… a battle of wits and heroism and villainy and flame… a time for bestowing honor upon only the most worthy of fantasy characters. Yes indeed… ’tis the dawn of the SIXTH ANNUAL SILMARIL AWARDS!
If you were here in my corner of the bloggerly woods last summer, you might remember I hosted the Most Epic Heroine award. Let me tell you, my house has never seen quite that many characters all at once before. One hundred forty-eight fair maidens and sword maidens and what-have-you were nominated, so you can imagine that was one MASSIVE slumber party in my backyard. It was a grand old time, and infinitely less inflammatory than the year I hosted Most Magnificent Dragon.
But this year! Ahh, this year it shall be a different story. Gone are the noble warrioresses… In their place comes a tide of none other than…
The Most Mischievous Imps.
Eheh.
But never fear! I’ve locked away my valuables and child-proofed my home, so I’m well prepared for their shenanigans.
I think.
And to present this dubiously honorable award, we have none other than Pippin, otherwise known as Peregrin Took!
Now, on to business. If this is your first year participating in the Silmaril Awards, WELCOME! You’re in for several weeks of fantasy fun, bookish discussions, and crazy shenanigans. All the juicy details are at the official website HERE. But this is the gist of things:
You have from today, September 6th, Through Friday, September 10th to nominate the characters YOU think should win in each category!
To make your nominations, visit each of the ELEVEN* participating blogs.
*Yes, eleven! You read that right. This year we’ve added a brand new category to kick the festivities up a notch!
- Strangest Character // DJ Edwardson
- Wisest Counselor // Kenzie Keene
- Most Epic Hero // Madeline J. Rose
- Least Competent Henchman // Josiah Dyck (A.K.A. my brother! …Oh dear, I just realized this means our family’s home is going to be overrun by imp and henchmen. This could get ugly.)
- Most Majestic Ruler // Sarah Pennington (All hail the new 11th category!)
- Most Faithful Friend // Grace T
- Most Mischievous Imp // Tracey Dyck (You are here!)
- Most Magnificent Dragon // Christine Smith
- Most Epic Heroine // E.E. Rawls
- Most Nefarious Villain // Jem Jones
- Most Silver Tongue // Jenelle Schmidt
So how do nominations work? Simply leave a comment on the corresponding post with the name of a character and the book he/she’s from. And be sure to read through everyone else’s comments and “second” any nominations you agree with! (To second, just reply and say something like, “I second so-and-so!”)
When the week is over, we’ll be tallying up all the nominations/seconds, and only the TOP FIVE in each category will move on to the voting period. So your seconds are of great importance!
A few more caveats…
- Tolkien’s characters are not eligible for these awards. We hold his work as one of the pillars of the fantasy genre. Given that illustrious position, it is Tolkien’s characters who show up to bestow the Silmarils on well-deserving characters created by other authors.
- These awards are solely for fantasy characters! But because the lines are sometimes blurred in the realm of speculative fiction, go ahead and make an argument for a fantastical character who belongs to a book with sci-fi elements. (Example: The Lunar Chronicles counts as fantasy.)
- When nominating, please mention which book the character is from. We blogger hosts are avid bookdragons, but even we haven’t read everything in the universe just yet. (Trust me, we’re working on it.)
- Nominate and second AS MANY characters as you wish! Just be aware that you can’t make a nomination and then second the same character. We’re watching for any such sneakery. 😉
- Characters who have won in a particular category in the past are not eligible for that category again. (See the list below.)
- Authors, you’re more than welcome to participate! We just ask that you don’t nominate your own characters. Do feel free to encourage your readers to join in, though.
- Oh yes, and remember these are for book characters, not film. In the case of stories that are both books and movies, if the book came first, it’s eligible.
- Have heaps and heaps of fun!!!
Past winners of the Most Mischievous Imp category, who are therefore no longer eligible, include…
- 2020 Kalmar from Wingfeather Saga
- 2019 Crispin Beasley from The Afterverse
- 2018 Peter Pan from Peter Pan
- 2017 The Weasley Twins from Harry Potter
- And you’ll notice there’s no 2016 awardee, since this award was actually not yet in existence during the birth year of the Silmaril Awards. Always one step behind, those imps. (Or are they?)
And that’s that, friends! Go forth and nominate the most mischievous imps you know!
P.S. Don’t forget to make the rounds to ALL the blogs… Then come back during voting week (September 13-17) to cast your votes!
P.P.S. You look like someone who likes to read. You know, just going off the fact that you read this far in a post all ABOUT book characters. I’d love to send you my short story called “Petrichor,” an eerie tale of old memories and doors that shouldn’t be opened. Click here to receive it via dragon email!
~ NOMINATIONS CLOSED! THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR DELIGHTFULLY IMPISH NOMINEES! ~
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One hundred forty-eight heroines, oh my goodness! That DEFINITELY qualifies as a massive slumber party. XD (Oh, dear, I hope you and Josiah have a home left after wrangling all those imps and henchmen…)
I nominate:
-Keefe Sencen (Keeper of the Lost Cities)
-Henrietta (100 Cupboards by N.D. Wilson)
-Mulch Diggums (Artemis Fowl)
-Peeves (Harry Potter)
I second Peeves.
I second Peeves
I second Keefe and Peeves!
I second Henrietta!!
I second Peeves!
I second Peeves, he’s pretty much the king of impish characters.😆
Goodness, I hope so too. This could get InTeReStInG… Great nominations, Amelie!
Second Peeves!
I second Keefe Sencen!
PEEVES. Brilliance! I definitely second him!
Seconding Mulch Diggums!
I second Keefe!
I wholeheartedly second Peeves! He’s such a goon. XD
I second Henrietta!
I nominate Nastya from Nadine Brandes “Romanov”.
I second Nastya.
Nastya! Oh, she’s perfectly impish. 😀
I second Nastya!
I second Nastya!
I second Nastya!
I second Nastya! 😀
Seconding Nastya!
I second Nastya!! LOVE how she made it here!!!
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Seconding Henrietta and Mulch!
Nominating:
-Twinkle from Castle in the Air
-Lift from the Stormlight Archives
-Mat Cauthon from the Wheel of Time
-Wayne from the second Mistborn trilogy
I second Twinkle so hard! XD
I second Twinkle, Lift, Mat, and Wayne!
I second Lift and Wayne
*needs to read Sanderson booooooks*
I nominated Lift for the Strangest character, but she fits well here too! I’ll second her!
I SECOND TWINKLE.
One of these days my boy IS gonna win this one. XD
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I nominate
-Sage from Ascendance Series
-Felix from Tales of GoldstoneWood
-Eanrin from Tales of Goldstone Wood
-The Mythfits from the Afterverse
-Fink from Ascendance Series
-Walter Foley from Dragons in our Midst
Seconding, Gen, Eanrin and the Mythfits!
I second Sage!
I second Sage!
I second Eanrin and the Mythfits!
I second Walter!
Yess!!!!! I second Sage!!
I second Sage.
Oh goodness, SO many fantastic nominations there, Kal!
I second Fink, Sage, Eanrin, and the Mythfits.
I second Sage.
These are AMAZING nominations, Kal!
I second Felix, Eanrin, the Mythfits, and Walter!
I’m seconding Sage, Felix, and Eanrin!
I second:
– Sage
– Fink
– aaand Walter!
I second Felix and Eanrin!
i second:
Felix
Twinkle
I nominate:
Pet from City Between
I second Pet!
I second Pet!
I’ve heard SUCH good things about City Between!
I second Pet!
I also nominate:
Akan from Strayborn by E.E. Rawls
Achan Cham from Blood of Kings by Jill Williamson
I second both of these!
Second Achan!
I second Aken from Strayborn!
I second Achan Cham!
I nominate:
Felix from The Sentinel Trilogy and the Emberhawk and Silverblood books by Jamie Foley
Gen/Eugenides from The Queen’s Thief series by Megan Whalen Turner
I second Felix!
I second Gen!
Wonderful additions! I’ve been meaning to read The Queen’s Thief series…
I nominate Lilly Faine from “Empire of Blood” by Olivia Cornwell!
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I nominate:
-Isabella from Masque/The Two Monarchies Sequence by W.R. Gingell
-Julio from the Afterverse
I second Julio!
Good ol’ Julio! XD
I second Julio! Maybe we’ll get him a win in this category, since he can’t seem to get the dragon one. 😂
I was TOTALLY gonna nominate Isabella if no one had yet. She is my idol. XD
So yes, I second Isabella OBVIOUSLY. And definitely Julio! Poor guy; one day he just has to win SOMETHING.
I nominate Ani from The Scourge.
By Jennifer Nielsen, right? I should read that one!
I second Ani
I second Pet and Eanrin
I nominate Jin Yeong and North from City Between
Oooh, City Between is on my TBR!
I second Jin Yeong and North!
I second North and nominate the Old Mad Bloke from City Between, can you imagine him skipping merrily on stage, stealing the guests’ drinks as he goes past 😆
I second:
Felix (Tales of Golstone Wood)
Eanrin (Tales of Goldstone Wood)
Walter Foley (Dragons in our Midst)
Julio (the Afterverse)
I nominate:
Leo Valdez (Heroes of Olympus)
Howl Pendragon (Howl’s Moving Castle)
Will (Ranger’s Apprentice)
Ulf and Wulf (Brotherband Chronicles)
I second Ulf and Wulf! Those two imps if I ever saw one.
I nominate the twins from Love and Memory by Kendra E. Ardnek.
I nominate Wyn from the same book.
Second Will and Howl!
I second Leo Valdez.
Great picks, Rachel! 😀
I’m seconding Ulf and Wulf!
EEP. Seconding Howl SO HARD here!
Seconding Howl!
I second Howl!
I nominated:
Lucinda (Ella Enchanted)
Kvothe (The Name of the Wind)
Theo (Enchanted Forest Chronicles)
Lani (The Unwanteds)
I second Lucinda!
@Whisper: Oh, Lucinda’s a great choice! I wouldn’t have thought of her!
I nominate the Cheshire Cat from everyone’s favorite Wonderland 🙂
I second the Cheshire cat!
Seconded!
I second the Cheshire Cat. Talk about mischievous!
I DEFINITELY second ol’ Cheshire!
CHESHIRE. PERFECTION.
Oh, the Cheshire for sure!
CHESS!!! 100% seconding him!
I second the Cheshire Cat!
I second:
Henrietta (100 Cupboards)
Peeves (Harry Potter)
Lift (Stormlight Archive)
Mat (Wheel of Time)
Sage (Ascendance Trilogy)
Eanrin (Goldstone Wood)
Walter (DiOM/OoF)
Gen (the Queen’s Thief) (and it is a CRIME if this man does not win this award, okay)
Howl (Howl’s Moving Castle)
I nominate:
Tink (the Wingfeather Saga)
Dobro (the Wilderking Trilogy)
@Maya Joelle: Ah, I have fond memories of reading the Wilderking books!
Nominating:
Harrey (Madness Solver in Wonderland)
Tosk (When Ravens Fall)
I second Harrey!
@Jenelle: Wonderful!
I second Pet and Jin-Yeong
Nominate:
Amaranthe (The Emperor’s Edge)
Thanks, Winter!
I second:
Peeves;
Pet;
Jin Yeong;
Isabella;
Howl;
Gen
I nominate:
Burndee and Colin (Tales of Ambia);
the old mad bloke (City Between)
I absolutely second Burndee and Colin! Troubling imps if I ever saw any. Especially Colin. Burndee is more an imp on accident… XD
I second the old mad bloke!
@Becca: Burndee and Colin are SUCH imps!
I second Peeves, Colin, and Burndee.
Seconding Burndee and Colin!
Second The Old Mad Bloke!
Nominating Zouzab from the Wingfeather Saga, and seconding Felix from Goldstone Wood
@Blue: I’m finally closer to reading the Wingfeather Saga–I actually bought the first book a few weeks ago, and I MUST READ IT SOON.
Yes, I second Zouzab! Now there’s an imp!
I second Zouzab
I second Zouzab.
Second:
Mulch Diggums
Peeves
Sage
Howl Pendragon
Nominating:
Calcifer, Howl’s Moving Castle
I second Calcifer!
@Jem: Aw, Calcifer IS certainly impish! 😀
YEESSS, Calcifer!!!!
Great to have you back, Tracey. You may be renting a smaller venue this year, but somehow I don’t foresee it going any more smoothly…
Thanks, DJ! I think you might be right… *something crashes in the background* Oops, I’d better run and investigate that. Wish me luck!
I second:
Julio
Colin
The Old Mad Bloke
Sage
OH MY. I did not think about you and Josiah having to keep the imps and henchmen IN THE SAME HOUSE. This will be an interesting year… I would offer to send a dragon or two to help wrangle them all buuut I’m not sure that’d be very HELPFUL.
WE MIGHT BE DOOMED. And you’re probably right about the dragons–better keep those flaming beasties well away from the likes of henchmen and imps! XD
Seconding:
Pet
JinYeong
Julio
Colin
the old mad bloke
I nominate…
– Nicolas and Nicoline a.k.a the twins (The Rose and the Balloon by Kirsten Fichter)
– Nidawi the Everblooming (Shadow Hand by Anne Elisabeth Stengl)
– Toopka (The Dragonkeeper Chronicles by Donita K. Paul)
– The Mad Hatter (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland)
– Rook (An Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson)
– Tinker Bell (Peter Pan)
Such great nominees that didn’t even cross my mind! I’m very pleased you included Rook. 😉
Oh, I missed some!
I second: Toopka.
And nominate: Cole Blackstar (The Green Ember, S. D. Smith)
Whoops… That doesn’t go there!
Haha, all good, Joyful! It’ll all get sorted when I tally everything up tomorrow. 😀
I’ll second the Mad Hatter and Tinker Bell!
Ooh, I second the Mad Hatter and Tinker Bell! Can’t go wrong with the classics!
Second The Mad Hatter and Tinker Bell.
I second Tink!
…er Bell. Tinker Bell. My bad.
Haha, I knew what you meant! 😉
Seconding…
– Nicolas and Nicoline
– And Tinker Bell!
Noted!
I second Nicolas and Nicoline!
I second The Mad Hatter and Tinker Bell!
I totally second Tinker Bell!
I second…
Nicolas and Nicoline
Toopka
I second Walter (Dragons in our Midst), Tink/Kalmar (Wingfeather Saga), Ulf and Wulf (Brotherband Saga), Keefe (KOTLC), Henrietta (100 Cupboards) and Toopka. I nominate Jesper from Six of Crows, and Hawthorne from The Trials of Morrigan Crows
Thanks, Hazel! Ooooh, I NEED to read Six of Crows… sooner rather than later.
I second Keefe, Twinkle, Walter, Fink, Ulf and Wulf, Leo Valdez, Howl, Will, Calcifer, Toopka, and Hawthorne.
I nominate Razo, and Enna, from The Books of Bayern, and Jo Shanks from The Green Ember books.
I second Razo and Enna.
Can you believe I have yet to read The Books of Bayern? :O
Wow, you roomed a lot of heroines last year. Hopefully this year will be a bit tamer? The last thing we need is both imps and henchmen running amok. What a terrifying thought.
I’m gonna nominate Warren from The Magisterium series since nobody else has. (I mean, c’mon. A lizard fire elemental with a penchant for trickery? Sounds perfect for this category.)
Eheheh… by now I have a feeling one imp is as much a handful as ten heroines. So we’re probably still in a pickle.
I’m not familiar with Warren, but he DOES sound like the perfect imp!
I second: Nastya (Romanov), Sage and Fink (Ascendance Trilogy), Felix (Goldstone Wood), Walter(DioM), Mythfits and Julio(Beaumont and Beasley/Crockett and Crane), Pet, North and The Old Mad Bloke (City Between), and Tink and Zouzab(Wingfeather Saga).
Oh, I missed some!
I second: Toopka.
And nominate: Cole Blackstar (The Green Ember, S. D. Smith)
(It goes down here… Sorry.)
Got it! Thank ya! 😀
I second Mat (Wheel of Time), Walter (Dragons in Our Midst), Lucinda (Ella Enchanted), Cheshire Cat (Wonderland), Toopka (DragonKeeper), and Tinker Bell (Peter Pan).
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Oh! I nominate Oak and Cardamom, the sprites from Pumpkin Spice Pie-Jinks and Vanilla Bean Vampire by Selena J. Eckert!
Vanilla Bean Vampire? That sounds like it belongs on my TBR…
It’s a modern cozy mystery with aaall the fall vibes, magical pies, and fae! So yes, it does belong on your TBR. *grin, grin*
Oooh, that does sound fun, Deb–and delicious! 🙂
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I Second:
Lift (Stormlight Archives)
Felix (Katrosi Revolution)(aka Emberhawk/Silverblood)
Tink/Kalmar (Wingfeather Saga)
Dobro (Wilderking Trilogy)
Burndee (Tales of Ambia)
Wonderful! Thanks, Helena!
I’d like to nominate Jest from Marissa Meyer’s Heartless. Not sure if he qualifies or not, but he’s definitely impish. XD
ALSO. Best of luck housing the Henchmen and Imps in one house this year!!! Perhaps I can send over some of the wise counselors to settle things down a wee bit. XD
OH MY GOSH JEST. If he counts, yes, I totally second him!
Sure, I’ll second him
JEST! I second him!
I don’t see why he wouldn’t qualify!
And thanks for the well wishes… I think I’ll need all the luck I can get. *distant explosion* *winces* Having a few wise counselors over here to tame the wilder imps wouldn’t be amiss either. XD
Seconding:
Henrietta
Mulch
Will (Rangers Apprentice)
Cheshire Cat
Tink
Zouzab
The Mad Hatter
Tinker Bell
Nominating:
Gwin (Inkheart)
I can’t really think of any others right now, but I may come back later
Inkheart! Now there’s a book I need to reread.
Seconding all of Abigail’s, and nominating the Redcap from Swan Knight’s Son by John C. Wright.
Nominating Reuben eaglechaser (rizkaland)
Seconding
Mulch diggums (Artemis fowl)
Pet, jinyeong, north, and the old mad bloke (city between)
Julio(after verse)
Cheshire Cat (wonderland)
Tosk (when ravens fall)
Awesome! (By the way, HI KATIE! It’s been a while! <3)
Seconding Sage, the Mythfits, Pet, Gen, Julio, Leo Valdez, Howl, Lucinda, the old mad bloke, Nicolas and Nicoline, and Razo!
Fantastic!
Seconding:
Keefe
Mulch
Tink
Julio Aquino
Tinker Bell
Cheshire Cat
Cole Blackstar
Calcifer
Seconding the Mythfits!!!
Thanks, Alaina! 😀
I second:
Peeves (Harry Potter)
Twinkle
The Mythfits from the Afterverse
Pet from City Between
Julio from the Afterverse
Howl Pendragon (Howl’s Moving Castle)
Will (Ranger’s Apprentice)
Tinker Bell (Peter Pan)
Seconding…
Nastya
Felix, Nidawi, Eanrin
the Mythfits
Pet (*cough* a certain tie-frog incident is brought to mind *cough*), JinYeong, North, the old mad bloke (aka Les)
Leo Valdez
Zouzab
Thanks, Carina! I’m so curious about the frog incident… o.o
THE TIE FROG. XD
(Yes, Tracey, you should totally read the City Between series!)
Ha, good news–I ordered book 1 last week! 😀
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