I miss Warmaster Forgal Kernsson
Mileage varies. Some people love the apple vendor, some love the grizzled war veteran. Me? I thought they were both on par with a lot of characters in the LS — standard tropes from any epic story.
My favorite was the Priory mentor. She starts as a butterfly, interested in nothing other than her own sense of wonder about the world. (Reminds me of several freshman students, the first time they were away from home.)
And she tries so hard to hold to that philosophy despite all that she sees, until she begins to understand that the world is bigger than her philosophies can explain, and she makes the ultimate sacrifice. Taimi was like that in LS2 (kid genius, who finally realizes the person she admires most, Scarlet, is the problem, not the solution); she lost that during LS3 (although I mostly still like her for other reasons).
Point is: we all have our favorites. It’s unlikely that an MMO is going to get it right for each of us more than once or thrice.
John Smith: “you should kill monsters, because killing monsters is awesome.”