History Awesome / TheElenium

* Queen Ehlana gets one in ''The Sapphire Rose'' where she basically chooses the one who will become the local equivalent of the Pope in one single speech, without naming him. To be more specific, Ehlana composed her entire speech before the assembled heads of the church in her head in a single night, using the framework of a prophet touched by God. She not only convinced the entire Heirocracy to select [[spoiler:Dolmant]] as the Archprelate, but won over every other candidate in the building to support him. The only exceptions to this were [[spoiler:Dolmant himself, who did not want the job]] and [[spoiler:Makova, who had been bought by the Primate Annias]].

** [[spoiler:Sephrenia]] later used those exact words with the same intent, after having wanted a chance to do that for years - meaning that moment was considered awesome InUniverse.
* Berit throwing Bevier's axe at [[spoiler: Azash]] in the final battle. He made [[spoiler:an EldritchAbomination]] flinch!

* Sparhawk killing [[spoiler: Azash]].

* Anakha deflecting every attack that [[spoiler:Zalasta]] throws at him with no real effort involved. And immediately afterwards renouncing his powers to become plain old [[spoiler:Sparhawk]] so that he can live a normal life.

* Kalten gets several Awesome Moments in The Tamuli, the biggest one happens when he [[spoiler: is disguised as someone else]] and gives [[spoiler: a captured Ehlana]] some important information by having an off-handed conversation with a guard nearby. His love interest shares this moment as she sings their special song which gets his attention.

* [[AGodAmI Princess Danae]] gets her moment, ''as herself'', not as Aphrael, when she ''orders a suicidal Mirtai back into sanity'', pointing out that in her mother's absece she ''is'' the Queen and owns everything the Queen owns, including Mirtai.

* [[AGodAmI Princess Danae]] gets her moment, ''as herself'', not as Aphrael, when she ''orders a suicidal Mirai back into sanity'', pointing out that in her mother's absece she ''is'' the Queen and owns everything the Queen owns, including Mirai.
-->'''Mirthai:''' You’re not Ehlana.
-->'''Danae: '''I’m not pretending to be. I’m stating a legal fact. Sarabian, isn’t that the way it works? Isn’t my mother’s power mine while she’s away?

-->'''Danae:''' Technically my foot. I’m Queen Ehlana’s heir. I’m assuming her position until she returns. That means that I temporarily own everything that’s hers—her throne, her crown, her jewels, and her personal slave.

-->'''Danae:''' Thank you, your Grace. All right, Atana Mirtai, you heard them. You’re my property now. ''(Mirtai scowls at her. Danae snaps at Mirai)'' Don’t do that. Pay attention. I am your owner, and I forbid you to kill yourself. I also forbid you to run off. I need you here. You’re going to stay here with Melidere and me, and you’re going to guard us. You failed my mother. Don’t fail me.

-->'''Mirthai:''' It shall be as you say, your Majesty.

* The King of the Atans, Androl, gets one. Yes, his charging an EldritchAbomination that dwarfs mountains was suicidally stupid, but it's later revealed that his insane, one-man charge against that monster distracted it long enough for the army he was leading to escape the field without being annihilated. So, he was not wiped out in a second, but rather held the beast's attention for several minutes while everyone else fled. The only reason his attack is considered too dumb to live instead of a heroic sacrifice is because he honestly believed that he could overcome the monster in single combat.

** [[spoilers:Sephrenia]] later used those exact words with the same intent, after having wanted a chance to do that for years - meaning that moment was considered awesome InUniverse.

** In a non-theft example, knifing Adus in the kidneys after the brute kills Kurik.

--> Kurik: Try me.

-->'''Schlee''':" That is how Earth looks like!"

** Stealing every piece of jewelry that Kring was wearing, including the pommelstone from his sword. He then informed him of sub-standard quality ofsome of the jewelry and managed to take coins from Kring's stolen purse and hide them in various pockets. All in the space it took Kring to laugh at a single joke. While he was being watched.

* The King of the Atans gets one. Yes, his charging an EldritchAbomination that dwarfs mountains was suicidally stupid, but it's later revealed that his insane, one-man charge against that monster distracted it long enough for the army he was leading to escape the field without being annihilated. So, he was not wiped out in a second, but rather held the beast's attention for several minutes while everyone else fled. The only reason his attack is considered too dumb to live instead of a heroic sacrifice is because he honestly believed that he could overcome the monster in single combat.

* In the ''Tamuli'', at one point Tynian shows a map of Daresia to the Troll Gods in order to explain their plans. One of them, [[AnIcePerson Schlee]] comments that that's not how earth looks like and proceed to mold a wide portion of ground in an extremely detailed tridimensional map complete with mountains, rivers and forests.

* Sephrenia refuses to allow Sparhawk to exact revenge on a group of Elenes who massacred a Styric village. Instead, she insists that Sir Perraine, young sweet gentle Perraine, be sent instead to deliver an appropriate chastisement. Perraine's idea of appropriate: [[BewareTheNiceOnes whipping the murderers with thornbushes.]]
* Sick of the negotiations with The Thousand (the ruling council of Styricum), Stragen walks up to them and announces that he's sick of hearing them whine and that if they don't side with the Elenes in the coming war, then all the Styrics in Eosia (the neighboring continent) will be slaughtered as payment for their cowardice. He then simply turns and walks away. ''And it works!''
* The King of the Atans gets one. Yes, his charging an EldritchAbomination that dwarfs mountains was suicidally stupid, but it's later revealed that his insane, one man charge against that monster distracted it long enough for the army he was leading to escape the field without being annihilated. So, he was not wiped out in a second, but rather held the beast's attention for several minutes while everyone else fled. The only reason his attack is considered too dumb to live instead of a heroic sacrifice is because he honestly believed that he could overcome the monster in single combat.

* Sick of the negotiations with The Thousand (the ruling council of Styricum), Stragen walks up to them and announces that he's sick of hearing them whine and that if they don't side with the Elenes in the coming war, then all the Styrics in Eosia (the neighboring continent) will be slaughtered as payment for their cowardice. He then simply turns and walks away. ''And it works!''

* Sephrenia refuses to allow Sparhawk to exact revenge on a group of Elenes who massacred a Styric village. Instead, she insists that Sir Perraine, young sweet gentle Perraine, be sent instead to deliver an appropriate chastisement. Perraine's idea of appropriate: [[BewareTheNiceOnes whipping the murderers with thornbushes.]]

** Stealing from Dolmant in front of an entire battalion of Church soldiers.

* Kalten gets several Awesome Moments in The Tamuli, the biggest one happens when he [[spoiler: is disguised as someone else]] and gives [[spoiler: a captured Ehlana]] some important information by having an off-handed conversation with a guard nearby. His love interest shares this moment as she sings their special song which gets his attention.

* Bevier offhandedly decapitating a guard captain who inconvenienced him one too many times and then leading the man's soldiers in prayer for his soul while wiping the blood off his axe.

* Anakha deflecting every attack that [[spoiler:Zalasta]] throws at him with no real effort involved. And immediately afterwards renouncing his powers to become plain old [[spoiler:Sparhawk]] so that he can live a normal life.

-->'''Schlee''':" That is how Earth looks like!"

* Sparhawk killing [[spoiler: Azash]].