History Awesome / DeltoraQuest

* Barda successfully distracting [[ImmortalitySeeker Gorl]], making the Jalis knight drop his guard and as a result his psychic grip over himself and Leif. Barda then shows himself to be a CombatPragmatist when he immediately follows up on this distraction by shoving his sword into Gorl's neck. Too bad Gorl happens to NoSell the attack due to being nothing but AnimatedArmour...

* Leif, Barda, and Jasmine solving the bridge guardians' puzzles with ease in the beginning of ''The Lake of Tears''. With Leif only being stopped because of a cheap trick on the guardian's part.
** This is followed by Lief, who has been tricked by the guardian, dropping a LogicBomb on the thrall which frees him from [[VainSorceress Thaegan's]] curse. A kindness that is quickly returned by the newly transformed guardian saving Leif's life.

** Additional awesomeness comes from the fact that [[PrideBeforeAFall it was Reeah's own pride which gets the better of him.]] He completely ignores Barda and Jasmine and focuses all his attention on Leif, partly because of the [[MagicAntidote ruby]] and partly because of Lief distracting the serpent by appealing to its own narcissism. As a result Jasmine is able to sneak up while it is [[EvilGloating boasting about it's power]] and slash it's throat. [[LaserGuidedKarma Bonus points for the fact that Reeah]] [[DeathByIrony is quickly devoured by rats.]]

* Lief, Barda and Jasmine all making it to the top ten in the Rithmere Games, facing opponents that were likely stronger and bigger than them in Jasmine and Leif's case. No further proof is needed to demonstrate that the three were strong enough to undertake their quest.

** Credit where credit is due, the Shadow Lords plan to take over Deltora works absolutely flawlessly. Over hundreds of years the Shadow Lord has his spies infiltrate Del and, under the guise of tradition, slowly rob the royal family of their power, influence and followers until the people hated them, their alliances were shattered and the one weapon that held the Shadow Lord at bay was no longer even a factor. All the while the royal family was completely oblivious to the Shadow Lord's machinations. All that as left was to strike...
* Barda successfully distracting [[ImmortalitySeeker Gorl]], making the Jalis knight drop his guard and as a result his psychic grip over himself and Leif. Barda then shows himself to be a CombatPragmatist when he immediately follows up on this distraction by shoving his sword into Gorl's neck. Too bad Gorl happens to NoSell the attack due to being nothing but AnimatedArmour.
** Despite the fact that he isn't around for long Gorl proves himself to be an absolute badass. His ImmortalityImmorality turning him into a monster who can physically or psychically dominate anyone he sees as a threat to the Lilies of Life. Theres no doubt that before Jasmine put an end to him Gorl would have fought and overcome an unknown number of natural threats the [[EnchantedForest Forests of Silence]] as well as slay any warrior and adventurer who sought to claim his prized life-giving flowers.

* Leif, Barda and Jasmine solving the bridge guardians' puzzles with ease in the beginning of ''The Lake of Tears''. With Leif only being stopped because of a cheap trick on the guardian's part.

* The entire escape from Jin and Jod's home in ''The Lake of Tears''. With Lief and Jasmine quickly getting a drugged Barda out of the house while the monsters were investigating Manus' distraction, Lief figuring out the stepping stones puzzle to get across the quicksand, Kree providing a BigDamnHeroes moment, Barda preventing Jasmine from sinking in the quicksand after she is nailed in the shoulder by a hatchet thrown by Jin and to top it all off there is Jasmine sabotaging the stepping stones puzzle, directly leading to the deaths of Jin and Jod. Lots of awesome moments in such a short and nightmarish sequence of events.

** This is followed by Kree managing to do what no one else could, killing Thaegan. It's pretty poetic that she be defeated by a creature she'd only ever thought of as a tasty meal.

** And before that, Lief, while stuck in a net, [[BatmanGambit tricked Thaegan's children into needlessly kill each other.]] How did he do that? By mentioning aloud the fact that they couldn't divide him and his friends into equal shares for them to eat.
* Tira [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight setting aside her fear of the Ra-Kacharz repeatedly in order to help the group after Lief lied to spare her from punishment.]] She informs Lief of [[KangarooCourt Reece's rigging the trial,]] frees them from imprisonment and brings them food, water and their gear, directs them to the location of Noradz exit and finally saves Lief and Barda from death by [[BigDamnHeroes knocking Reece unconscious with a metal pan from the kitchens.]]

* The Wise Fish hiding Lief, Barda and Jasmine from the patrolling Ak-Baba and saving their lives as a result. Unassuming as they are they prove themselves to live up to their name as well as show even they are capable of defying the Shadow Lord.
* The sheer fact that the Queen Bee is capable of [[ScaryStingingSwarm ordering her honey and cider making bee's to attack.]]

** This is topped off with Jasmine WINNING the Rithmere Games and taking the 1000 gold prize. It's left ambiguous whether or not Doom let Jasmine win but the feat is still incredible.
* [[RebelLeader Doom]] freeing Lief, Barda and Jasmine from their captors and saving them from a fate of becoming gladiators in the [[DeathWorld Shadowlands]] without the Grey Guards holding them, who had been previously shown to have SuperSenses, even realising what was happening.

* Barda and Prin holding off a horde of Dread Gnomes, stopping them from breaching a doorway while Lief saves Jasmines life using the ruby.

* Gellick's defeat was amazing, simply because it was just about to crush Lief, Barda and Jasmine where they lay when Lief hurled the Dreaming Water into its mouth.

** Jasmine's importance in the group is sorely recognised during her absence as without her SuperSenses Lief, Barda and Dain are repeatedly ambushed by bandits as Jasmine wasn't there to warn them.
* After Barda is thrown over the side of the "River Queen" and the others are captured by pirates light is restored to the cruise and it is revealed that Barda slaughtered an undescribed number of pirates. It isn't said how many but it is told that the deck of the "River Queen" is absolutely LITTERED with their dead bodies.

* As [[NightmareFuel horrifying as it is]] Milne's death can be considered this, as it was certainly deserved, after everything he had been responsible for.

* There have only been four people who have managed to solve all the Guardian's riddles: Lief, Barda, Jasmine and Doom. Lief, Barda and Jasmine also managed to defeat the Guardian himself as well, in the end, something which ''no one'' had ever been able to do.

** That scene is awesome in both the book and in the Anime. In the Anime, he invades the palace, rescues the resistance, and uses everyone's knowledge to outsmart the Grey Guards and in the Ols. In the book, he as no such help. he breaks in alone, by way of a secret tunnel, sneaks past everyone in the palace, climbs up, and figures out the gems right before he puts his plan into action.
* Lief parents using the very chain's binding them to save their son from Fallow and inadvertently causing the vile man's death by the very device he intended to execute them with.

* Lief outwitting the man eating Granous and escaping capture without loosing any of his digits. A fine showing that Lief's most powerful weapon is his [[GuileHero brain and problem solving skills.]]

** This entire sequence needs explaining. Having been crushed, lacerated, suffocated and half drowned by The Fear, a beast with skin so tough that no blade could pierce it, Glock shows off not only his courage and determination but also surprising intelligence by shoving his broken sword straight down the monster's throat. Killing the enormous beast before it could slaughter the group, before Glock himself is crushed during the beast's death throes and succumbs to his own injuries.

* Flash and Fury, the two fighting spiders accidentally brought into the caverns by the trio, surprisingly get a moment to shine (albeit unintentionally). When their constant ferocious brawling and immunity to the Mud Grub's poison directly results in Lief, Barda and Jasmine's salvation.
* The very fact that the Auron's us giant, meat eating eel's as mounts can be considered this.

** Furthermore, Jasmine's shattering of the dome using truth alone can count, as it results in the dispersal of the [[SpidersAreScary Arach's]] and the liberation of the Aurons.

* Almost everything about the climax in ''The Shadowlands''--Emlis playing the Pipe, the slaves fighting back and the Jalis racing to free Lief, Barda and Jasmine from their cage, the big reveal of Faith being just a phantom created by the Shadow Lord as part of a plan to lure Lief into his domain, and the Arena filling with water and the Pirrans uniting to bring the Deltorans to safety.

* Episode 3, Jasime dropping a rather large part of a tree upon the knight Gorl. Though not before giving him a rather impressive TheReasonYouSuchSpeech.

* Episode 3, Jasime dropping a rather large part of a tree upon the knight Gorl. Though not before giving him a rather impressive ReasonYouSuchSpeech.

** Despite the fact that he isn't around for long Gorl proves himself to be an absolute badass. His ImmortalityImmorality turning him into a monster who can physically or psychically dominate anyone he sees as a threat to the Lilies of Life. Theres no doubt that before Jasmine put an end to him Gorl would have fought and overcome an unknown number of natural threats the [[EnchantedForest Forests of Silence]] as well as slay any warrior and adventurer who sought to claim his prized life giving flowers.

* Leif, Barda and Jasmine solving the bridge guardians puzzles with ease in the beginning of ''The Lake of Tears''. With Leif only being stopped because of a cheap trick on the guardian's part.

* Filli's "attacking" the people of Noradz in episode 10. He's nothing but a little puffball but that doesn't stop him from terrorizing the city of clean-freaks in order to protect Jasmine and the others.

* Episode 41, when Oacus fights with Lief in order to take the belt from him. The Diamond, currently in Oacus possession, taking direct action with it's powers by causing a tree to fall on him.

%%* Barda and Fallow's duel in episode 50.

%%** The moment when the belt kills Fallow once and for all.

** The defeat of the Shadow Lord's [[GrayGoo last]] [[KillEmAll plan]].

* Barda's normally the most level-headed of the group, except when he gets it into his head to try and take on The Shadow Lord's [[TheDragon Ak-Baba]].

** Despite the fact that he isn't around for long Gorl proves himself to be an absolute badass. His ImmortalityImmorality turning him into a monster who can physically or psychically dominate anyone he sees as a threat to the Lilies of Life. Theres no doubt that before Jasmine put an end to him Gorl would have fought and overcome an unknown number of natural threats the [[TheLostWoods Forests of Silence]] as well as slay any warrior and adventurer who sought to claim his prized life giving flowers.

* ItWasHisSled or not, the grand reveal that Lief was the heir to Deltora's throne the entire time is absolutely outstanding.

** [[InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons The defeat]] of the Shadow Lord's [[GrayGoo last]] [[KillEmAll plan]].

* The sheer fact that the Queen Bee is capable of [[BeeAfraid ordering her honey and cider making bee's to attack.]]

%%* The destruction of the Shadow Lord's crystal.

%%* The entire battle between the last surviving dragons and the Ak-Baba. For obvious reasons.
%%** [[InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons The defeat]] of the Shadow Lord's [[GrayGoo last]] [[KillEmAll plan]].
%%** What makes the battle special is that Lief, Barda and Jasmine are not bystanders in this fight, despite how outclassed they seemingly are. All three fly on the back of Fidelis and directly partake in the battle with blades in hand. Jasmine herself scores a kill by slashing an Ak-Baba's throat as they fly past.
* The conversation the battle between the last surviving dragons and the Ak-Baba, containing several badass moments in of itself.

** Additional awesomeness comes from the fact that [[PrideBeforeAFall it was Reeah's own pride which gets the better of him.]] He completely ignores Barda and Jasmine and focuses all his attention on Leif, partly because of the [[MagicAntidote ruby]] and partly because of Lief [[AGodAmI distracting the serpent by appealing to it's own narcissism.]] As a result Jasmine is able to sneak up while it is [[EvilGloating boasting about it's power]] and slash it's throat. [[LaserGuidedKarma Bonus points for the fact that Reeah]] [[DeathByIrony is quickly devoured by rats.]]

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* Sorcerer Oacus eventual defeat and death at Leif, Barda and Jasmine's hands in episode 46, "The Last Battle of Fire".

** Additional awesomeness comes from the fact that [[PrideBeforeAFall it was Reeah's own pride which gets the better of him.]] He completely ignores Barda and Jasmine and focuses all his attention on Leif, partly because of the [[MagicAntidote ruby]] and partly because of Lief [[AGodIAm distracting the serpent by appealing to it's own narcissism.]] As a result Jasmine is able to sneak up while it is [[EvilGloating boasting about it's power]] and slash it's throat. [[LaserGuidedKarma Bonus points for the fact that Reeah]] [[DeathByIrony is quickly devoured by rats.]]

** And before that, Lief. while stuck in a net, [[BatmanGambit tricked Thaegan's children into needlessly kill each other.]] How did he do that? By mentioning aloud the fact that they couldn't divide him and his friends into equal shares for them to eat.

* And before that, Lief. while stuck in a net, [[BatmanGambit tricked Thaegan's children into needlessly kill each other.]] How did he do that? By mentioning aloud the fact that they couldn't divide him and his friends into equal shares for them to eat.

* Episode 41, when Oacus fights with Lief in to take the belt from him. The Diamond, currently in Oacus possession, taking direct action with it's powers by causing a tree to fall on him.

* Barda successfully distracting [[ImmortalitySeeker Gorl]], making the Jalis knight drop his guard and as a result his psychic grip over himself and Leif. Barda then shows himself to be a CombatPragmatist when he immediately follows up on this distraction by shoving his sword into Gorl's neck. [[spoiler: Too bad Gorl happens to NoSell the attack due to being nothing but AnimatedArmour.]]
** Despite the fact that he isn't around for long Gorl proves himself to be an absolute badass. His ImmortalityImmorality turning him into a monster who can physically or psychically dominate anyone he sees as a threat to the Lilies of Life. Theres no doubt that [[spoiler:before Jasmine put an end to him]] Gorl would have fought and overcome an unknown number of natural threats the [[TheLostWoods Forests of Silence]] as well as slay any warrior and adventurer who sought to claim his prized life giving flowers.

* The entire escape from [[spoiler: Jin and Jod's]] home in ''The Lake of Tears''. With Lief and Jasmine quickly getting a drugged Barda out of the house while the monsters were investigating Manus' distraction, Lief figuring out the stepping stones puzzle to get across the quicksand, Kree providing a BigDamnHeroes moment, Barda preventing Jasmine from sinking in the quicksand after she is [[spoiler:nailed in the shoulder by a hatchet thrown by Jin]] and to top it all off there is [[spoiler:Jasmine sabotaging the stepping stones puzzle, directly leading to the deaths of Jin and Jod.]] Lots of awesome moments in such a short and nightmarish sequence of events.

* The people of Raladin [[spoiler:building an entire new city underneath the original Raladin in order to hide from the Shadow Lord's forces and from Thaegan.]] No further proof is needed of the engineering skill the Ralad people possess.
* Manus being willing to [[spoiler:give himself up to Soldeen in order to guarantee his friends freedom and grant them the second gem.]] Lief, Barda and Jasmine's absolute refusal of this and resisting Soldeen's demands also deserves credit.
* Thagean [[spoiler:absolutely TROUNCING Lief, Barda and Jasmine without any effort at all as well as taking out Soldeen, a massive and heavily armoured monstrosity, with a single magical attack.]] A shocking display of her power and a perfect demonstration of why she is so feared.
** This is followed by Kree managing to do what no one else could, [[spoiler:killing Thaegan. It's pretty poetic that she be defeated by a creature she'd only ever thought of as a tasty meal]].

** This is topped off with [[spoiler: Jasmine WINNING the Rithmere Games and taking the 1000 gold prize. It's left ambiguous wether or not Doom let Jasmine win but the feat is still incredible.]]

* Lief figuring out that the Shifting Sands [[spoiler:were actually one massive living creature, a hive mind make up of billions of insect like creatures the size of a grain of sand.]]

* Gellick's [[spoiler:defeat was amazing, simply because it was just about to crush Lief, Barda and Jasmine where they lay when Lief hurled the Dreaming Water into its mouth.]]

* After [[spoiler:Barda is thrown over the side of the "River Queen" and the others are captured by pirates]] light is restored to the cruise and it is revealed that Barda slaughtered an undescribed number of pirates. It isn't said how many but it is told that the deck of the "River Queen" is absolutely LITTERED with their dead bodies.
* Barda [[spoiler:shoving a sword straight through the heart of the Ol that had taken his place after his fall into the River Tor.]]
* As [[NightmareFuel horrifying as it is]] [[spoiler: Milne's death can be considered this, as it was certainly deserved, after everything he had been responsible for.]]

* Barda, weak from blood loss and dying, being able to see through the deception of the [[spoiler:fake corpses of Endon and his family]] when no-one else could.

** The ploy is made even better with the reveal that [[spoiler:Dain was a traitor who orchestrated the entire false kidnapping to remain hidden amongst the heroes, using his Grade 3 Ol powers to shapeshift into his own dagger and eavesdropping on every single plan the trio and Doom made, relaying it all to the Shadow Lord in a brilliant ploy.]]

* Lief, with the help of Doom, weaponizing the belt of Deltora to put an end to [[spoiler:Dain. Wrapping the belt around the traitors waist and stepping back as the belts magic painfully burns the monster to death.]]

* Lief parents using the very chain's binding them to save their son from Fallow [[spoiler:and inadvertently causing the vile man's death by the very device he intended to execute them with.]]
* ItWasHisSled or not, the grand reveal that [[spoiler: Lief was the heir to Deltora's throne the entire time is absolutely outstanding.]]

* The death and HeroicSacrifice of [[spoiler: Glock]] is easily the CrowningMomentOfAwesome for ''Cavern of the Fear.''
** This entire sequence needs explaining. [[spoiler: Having been crushed, lacerated, suffocated and half drowned by The Fear, a beast with skin so tough that no blade could pierce it, Glock shows off not only his courage and determination but also surprising intelligence by shoving his broken sword straight down the monster's throat. Killing the enormous beast before it could slaughter the group, before Glock himself is crushed during the beast's death throes and succumbs to his own injuries.]]

* Almost everything about the climax in ''The Shadowlands''--Emlis playing the Pipe, the slaves fighting back and the Jalis racing to free Lief, Barda and Jasmine from their cage, the big reveal of Faith being [[spoiler: just a phantom created by the Shadow Lord as part of a plan to lure Lief into his domain]], and the Arena filling with water and the Pirrans uniting to bring the Deltorans to safety.

* The destruction of the Shadow Lord's crystal.

* Throughout the final act the Ruby Dragon[[spoiler:, that is actually Rolf and the guardian of Dragon's Nest,]] absolutely [[CurbStompBattle massacres any threat it encounters]], such as when it slaughtered the royal guard and [[spoiler: seemingly burned Lindal to death.]] Everything appears hopeless when the trio come to face the ferocious monster when suddenly [[spoiler: a powerful roar echoes across the coast. With powerful wings buffeting the ocean spray, the true dragon of the Ruby territory arrives to fight it's imposter, and it is beyond glorious.]]
** What really sells it is [[spoiler: the false dragon Rolf's]] [[OhCrap terrified reaction]] and how quickly the Ruby Dragon ends the fight. Tearing out [[spoiler: her imposter's]] throat almost immediately and with hardly any effort.

* The trio are allowed to [[spoiler: RIDE the Ruby Dragon!]]
* Kree, in a magnificent call-back to ''The Shifting Sands'', using the same trick he used on the cheating stall-owner to prevent Barda from being poisoned by [[spoiler: Bess.]] Slipping under the table and rotating it with the mechanisms underneath to spin the table so the poisoned cup was now in front of [[spoiler: Bess.]]

* [[spoiler: Bede]], at great risk, managing to slip a secret message hidden in a song to the trio, allowing Lief to figure out that [[spoiler: Kirsten]] was the true guardian of the Sister of the North.
* When he believes that [[spoiler: Kirsten had killed Barda, Jasmine and Bede (In a particularly horrifying way)]] Lief lapses into full TranquilFury mode and brutally kills [[spoiler: Kirsten]] by causing a swarm of [[HoistByHisOwnPetard the same snakes she tried to kill him with to attack and kill her]]

* Jasmine, who had little interaction with the man at the time, tricking [[MagnificentBastard Laughing Jack]] into taking [[spoiler: a purse filled with his own money]] while at knifepoint. Which results in [[spoiler: Jack's eternal damnation as he broke the rules of his curse.]] Resulting in one of the series most cunning villains being beaten at his own game.

* The entire battle between the last surviving dragons and the [[spoiler: Ak-Baba]]. For obvious reasons.
** And [[InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons the defeat]] of [[spoiler: the Shadow Lord's [[GrayGoo last]] [[KillEmAll plan]].]]
** What makes the battle special is that Lief, Barda and Jasmine are not bystanders in this fight, despite how outclassed they seemingly are. All three fly on the back of Fidelis and directly partake in the battle with blades in hand. Jasmine herself scores a kill by slashing an Ak-Baba's throat as they fly past.
** And then there is the conversation beforehand, containing several badass moments in of itself.

* Sorcerer Oacus eventual defeat and [[spoiler: death]] at Leif, Barda and Jasmine's hands in episode 46, "The Last Battle of Fire".
* Barda and Fallow's duel in episode 50.
* In episode 51, Lief nearly falls from a tower, [[spoiler:the bird once known as the "Enigmatic Giant" returns out of [[DeusExMachina nowhere]] and saves him, paying back his life debt]].
** The moment when the belt [[spoiler: kills Fallow once and for all]].

* In ''The Silver Door'', Sholto managing to [[spoiler: sneak his way into a Shadow Lord factory pretending to be a scientist who is serving the Shadow Lord. None of the bad guys suspected a thing until Rye, Sonia and Dirk showed up.]]

* Though a dirty trick, Sky's [[spoiler: tricking Britta into pulling the short straw is this.]]
* Britta bargaining with [[spoiler: the turtle-people]] for [[spoiler: Sky's life]].
* And it's also discovered that [[spoiler: Sky is a boy disguised as a girl]]. It was incredibly daring to even enter the contest, as [[spoiler: he]] was risking the anger of Mab and the other Rosalyn traders and being found out at any time. [[spoiler: If that shoreman hadn't blurted out the truth on Two Moons, it's possible that no one on the ship would ever have realised his gender.]]

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* [[spoiler: Jewel and Sky rescuing Britta after she is pushed overboard by Bosun Crow]]. Also doubles as a heartwarming moment.
* Sky hiding himself very effectively from the love-birds in the Blind Tower.

** [[spoiler: Jarred and Anna both. They cheerfully got up and walked away from ''their entire lives'' to go and live in what was, to them, Nightmare Fuel Forest. Anna in particular is an unsung hero of the series, because she spends the entire time dead. Endon and Sharn are pretty incredible in what they pulled off too.]]

* In the anime adaptation, Lief nearly falls from a tower, [[spoiler:the bird once known as the "Enigmatic Giant" returns out of [[DeusExMachina nowhere]] and saves him, paying back his life debt]].

* Episode 41, when Oacus fights with Lief in to take the belt from him. The Diamond, currently in Oacus possession taking, direct action with it's powers by causing a tree to fall on him.
* Sorcerer Oacus eventual defeat and [[spoiler: death]] at Leif, Barda and Jasmine's hands.

* Filli's "attacking" the people of Noradz in episode 9. He's nothing but a little puffball but that doesn't stop him from terrorizing the city of clean-freaks in order to protect Jasmine and the others.
* Jasmine and Doom's match during the Rithmere Games in episode 18, in the anime. Loved Jasmine kicking Doom's smarmy ass.