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* The husband/wife team of Duke James of Krondor (aka Jimmy The Hand) and the telepath Gamina blowing up the whole city of Krondor using medieval technology to destroy an enemy army. This is arguably the greatest HeroicSacrifice in all of HighFantasy. And the best part? [[spoiler: They didn't feel a thing as their bodies died, as Gamina used her powers to overwhelm both their senses with memories of every joyful moment they had together over 40 years of marriage.]]

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* The husband/wife team of Duke James of Krondor (aka Jimmy The Hand) and the telepath Gamina blowing up the whole city of Krondor using medieval technology to destroy an enemy army. This is arguably the greatest HeroicSacrifice in all of HighFantasy. And the best part? [[spoiler: They didn't feel a thing as their bodies died, as Gamina used her powers to overwhelm both their senses with memories of every joyful moment they had together over 40 years of marriage.]]



* Also during the Serpentwar. Macros the Black may be [[spoiler:cut off from his God of Magic abilities]], but he threw himself into a portal to hell and bringing the pain to the freaking Demon King Maarg himself, to buy some time for his daughter and Pug to close said portal.

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* Also during the Serpentwar. Macros the Black may be [[spoiler:cut cut off from his God of Magic abilities]], abilities, but he threw himself into a portal to hell and bringing the pain to the freaking Demon King Maarg himself, to buy some time for his daughter and Pug to close said portal.



* Pug [[spoiler: dropping the Kelewan moon onto Kelewan to stop a Dreadlord from emerging into the First Plane. Even Banath was impressed by that.]]
** Not to mention how Nakor [[spoiler: lured Leso Varen to him and permanently killed him, something that Pug couldn't accomplish in the century or so since their first encounter.]]

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* Pug [[spoiler: dropping the Kelewan moon onto Kelewan to stop a Dreadlord from emerging into the First Plane. Even Banath was impressed by that.]]
that.
** Not to mention how Nakor [[spoiler: lured Leso Varen to him and permanently killed him, something that Pug couldn't accomplish in the century or so since their first encounter.]]
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* [[spoiler: The ending for Magician's End. Yes, Pug and Tomas are dead, but the Dread have been stopped and peace has returned to Midkemia for who knows how long and Magnus still lives on, so Midkemia will always be safe.]]

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* [[spoiler: The ending for Magician's End. Yes, Pug and Tomas are dead, but the Dread have been stopped and peace has returned to Midkemia for who knows how long and Magnus still lives on, so Midkemia will always be safe.]]
safe.



* Every time [[TheChessmaster Mara]] wins a decisive victory against her enemies, especially if it involves her [[OutGambit out-gambitting]] her opponent. The endings of [[spoiler:each of the three books]] are big CrowningMomentsOfAwesome for her.

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* Every time [[TheChessmaster Mara]] wins a decisive victory against her enemies, especially if it involves her [[OutGambit out-gambitting]] her opponent. The endings of [[spoiler:each each of the three books]] books are big CrowningMomentsOfAwesome for her.
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* Nakor's tricking the Panathians into burning the ship manufacturing factories down. Also doubles as a CrowningMomentofFunny.

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* Nakor's tricking the Panathians into burning the ship manufacturing factories down. Also doubles as a CrowningMomentofFunny.SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}}.

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* Jimmy the Hand, who stands alone in being able to say he "saved the Prince of Krondor by goosing a demon". Said goosing involving a holy warhammer and the mother of all sneak-attacks.



* Jimmy the Hand, who stands alone in being able to say he "saved the Prince of Krondor by goosing a demon". Said goosing involving a holy warhammer and the mother of all sneak-attacks.



* Wrath of a Mad God has one for Pug where he [[spoiler:opens a Rift in front of Kelewan's moon and a second one in front of an emerging Dread Lord resulting in a Colony Drop destroying the entire Planet.]]

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* Wrath of a Mad God has one for Pug where he [[spoiler:opens a Rift in front of Kelewan's moon and a second one in front of an emerging Dread Lord resulting in a Colony Drop destroying the entire Planet.]]
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* Arutha, Martin, Laurie and Jimmy go out on a fool's errand to attempt to get an antidote to save Anita's life when she's accidently poisoned and succeed despite all odds.

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* Arutha, Martin, Laurie and Jimmy go out on a fool's errand to attempt to get an antidote to save Anita's life when she's accidently accidentally poisoned and succeed despite all odds.

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* Jimmy the Hand, who stands alone in being able to say he "saved the Prince of Krondor by goosing a demon". Said goosing involving a holy warhammer and the mother of all sneak-attacks.
* Also during the Serpentwar. Macros the Black may be [[spoiler:cut off from his God of Magic abilities]], but he threw himself into a portal to hell and bringing the pain to the freaking Demon King Maarg himself, to buy some time for his daughter and Pug to close said portal.
* Wrath of a Mad God has one for Pug where he [[spoiler:opens a Rift in front of Kelewan's moon and a second one in front of an emerging Dread Lord resulting in a Colony Drop destroying the entire Planet.]]







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\n\n\n* Every time [[TheChessmaster Mara]] wins a decisive victory against her enemies, especially if it involves her [[OutGambit out-gambitting]] her opponent. The endings of [[spoiler:each of the three books]] are big CrowningMomentsOfAwesome for her.



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* Speaking of said climax, the duels between Arutha and Murmandamus, and Tomas and Draken-Korin both have to qualify, particularly the second one. It's the first time in the series that Tomas has faced an opponent who possesses the power to kill him, and the battle is accordingly ugly.

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* The husband/wife team of Duke James of Krondor (aka Jimmy The Hand) and the telepath Gamina blowing up the whole city of Krondor using medieval technology to destroy an enemy army. This is arguably the greatest HeroicSacrifice in all of HighFantasy. And the best part? [[spoiler: They didn't feel a thing as their bodies died, as Gamina used her powers to overwhelm both their senses with memories of every joyful moment they had together over 40 years of marriage.]]
** The Krondor maneuver was based on an earlier tactic by Guy du Bas-Tyra, who ignited the naphtha mines beneath Armengar after luring in a significant part of the moredhel armies.
* Pug [[spoiler: dropping the Kelewan moon onto Kelewan to stop a Dreadlord from emerging into the First Plane. Even Banath was impressed by that.]]
** Not to mention how Nakor [[spoiler: lured Leso Varen to him and permanently killed him, something that Pug couldn't accomplish in the century or so since their first encounter.]]

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* The husband/wife team of Duke James of Krondor (aka Jimmy The Hand) !!The Riftwar Saga (Magician, Silverthorn and Darkness at Sethanon)
* Arutha's winning
the telepath Gamina blowing up day during the whole city of Krondor using medieval technology to destroy an enemy army. This is arguably Riftwar against the greatest HeroicSacrifice in all of HighFantasy. And Tsurani. Not only does he throw himself into combat without hesitation, he outright stops the best part? [[spoiler: They didn't feel a thing as their bodies died, as Gamina used her powers to overwhelm both their senses with memories of every joyful moment they had together over 40 years of marriage.]]
** The Krondor maneuver was based on an earlier tactic by Guy du Bas-Tyra, who ignited
Tsurani attacks temporarily and wins the naphtha mines beneath Armengar after luring in a significant part UndyingLoyalty of the moredhel armies.
* Pug [[spoiler: dropping the Kelewan moon onto Kelewan to stop a Dreadlord from emerging into the First Plane. Even Banath was impressed by that.]]
** Not to mention how Nakor [[spoiler: lured Leso Varen to him and permanently killed him, something that Pug couldn't accomplish in the century or so since their first encounter.]]
soldiers he fights alongside with.



* Pug's unleashing magic at the arena in Kentosani, which even Macros the Black was impressed by.
* Macros' unleashing the magic of Elvander and it's creatures on the Tsurani invading Elvander.
* Martin's standing up to Tomas when Ashen-Shugar's influence has a full hold of him and he's executing Tsurani prisoners in cold blood, despite having absolutely no chance of winning.
* Arutha, Martin, Laurie and Jimmy go out on a fool's errand to attempt to get an antidote to save Anita's life when she's accidently poisoned and succeed despite all odds.
* Pug's unlocking his ability to use the Lesser Path and escape when he's held hostage and is being tortured for information in an Anti Magic chamber.
* Guy du Bas-Tyra's strategy of igniting the naphtha mines beneath Armengar and blowing it sky high after luring in a significant part of the moredhel armies.
* Pug and Tomas go off on a mission to find Macros and travel to many worlds and even go outside of Time itself and succeed. During this adventure, they fight off a black dragon and a Dread and then with Macros' help, stop the EndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt in the climax of the book.

!!The Riftwar Legacy (The Krondor: books and Jimmy and the Crawler)



* William being aided by Kahooli, God of Vengeance to defeat Bear who has proven himself to be NighInvulnerable due to the Nameless One's amulet around his neck.
* Arutha fights a demon summoned by a cult and slays it without taking any hits at all.

!!Krondor's Sons (Prince of the Blood and King's Buccaneer)
* Borric is captured by slavers and escapes, but instead of just going home, he goes all the way to the city of Kesh where he was meant to go and helps his brother Erland stop a coup against the current Empress.


!!The Serpentwar Saga (Shadow of a Dark Queen, Rise of a Merchant Prince, Rage of a Demon King and Shards of a Broken Crown)
* The husband/wife team of Duke James of Krondor (aka Jimmy The Hand) and the telepath Gamina blowing up the whole city of Krondor using medieval technology to destroy an enemy army. This is arguably the greatest HeroicSacrifice in all of HighFantasy. And the best part? [[spoiler: They didn't feel a thing as their bodies died, as Gamina used her powers to overwhelm both their senses with memories of every joyful moment they had together over 40 years of marriage.]]



* [[spoiler: The ending for Magician's End. Yes, Pug and Tomas are dead, but the Dread have been stopped and peace has returned to Midkemia for who knows how long and Magnus still lives on, so Midkemia will always be safe.]]

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!!The Conclave of Shadows (Talon of the Silver Hawk, King of Foxes and Exile's Return)

!!The Dark War Saga (Flight of the Nighthawks, Into A Dark Realm and Wrath of a Mad God)
* Pug [[spoiler: dropping the Kelewan moon onto Kelewan to stop a Dreadlord from emerging into the First Plane. Even Banath was impressed by that.]]
** Not to mention how Nakor [[spoiler: lured Leso Varen to him and permanently killed him, something that Pug couldn't accomplish in the century or so since their first encounter.]]

!!The Demon War Saga (Rides a Dread Legion and At The Gates of Darkness)

!!The Chaos War Saga (A Kingdom Besieged, A Crown Imperiled and Magician's End)
* [[spoiler: The ending for Magician's End. Yes, Pug and Tomas are dead, but the Dread have been stopped and peace has returned to Midkemia for who knows how long and Magnus still lives on, so Midkemia will always be safe.]]]]

!!Other (Empire Trilogy, Legends of the Riftwar, etc)



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* Anytime Pug puts Patrick in his place in the Serpent War Saga.

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* Anytime Pug puts Patrick in his place in the Serpent War Saga.Saga.
* [[spoiler: The ending for Magician's End. Yes, Pug and Tomas are dead, but the Dread have been stopped and peace has returned to Midkemia for who knows how long and Magnus still lives on, so Midkemia will always be safe.]]

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* Martin disabling a tiller in Magician on a ship that was chasing them from a distance when escaping from Krondor.

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* Martin disabling a tiller in Magician on a ship ** Not to mention how Nakor [[spoiler: lured Leso Varen to him and permanently killed him, something that was chasing them from a distance when escaping from Krondor.Pug couldn't accomplish in the century or so since their first encounter.]]



* Another one for Jimmy/James. Setting up a intelligence agency for the entire Kingdom and having spies everywhere except for Queg. This lasts until the Chaosaga, the final arc of the series. So long after he's dead.
* Nakor's tricking the panathians into burning the ship manufacturing factories down. Also doubles as a CrowningMomentofFunny.

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** Martin disabling a tiller in Magician on a ship that was chasing them from a distance when escaping from Krondor.
* Another one for Jimmy/James. Setting up a intelligence agency for the entire Kingdom and having spies everywhere except for Queg. This lasts until the Chaosaga, the final arc of the series. So long At least a century after he's dead.
he died.
* Nakor's tricking the panathians Panathians into burning the ship manufacturing factories down. Also doubles as a CrowningMomentofFunny.
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* Nakor's tricking the panathians into burning the ship manufacturing factories down. Also doubles as a CrowningMomentofFunny.

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* Nakor's tricking the panathians into burning the ship manufacturing factories down. Also doubles as a CrowningMomentofFunny.CrowningMomentofFunny.
* Anytime Pug puts Patrick in his place in the Serpent War Saga.
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* Another one for Jimmy/James. Setting up a intelligence agency for the entire Kingdom and having spies everywhere except for Queg. This lasts until the Chaosaga, the final arc of the series. So long after he's dead.

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* Another one for Jimmy/James. Setting up a intelligence agency for the entire Kingdom and having spies everywhere except for Queg. This lasts until the Chaosaga, the final arc of the series. So long after he's dead.dead.
* Nakor's tricking the panathians into burning the ship manufacturing factories down. Also doubles as a CrowningMomentofFunny.
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** The Krondor maneuver was based on an earlier tactic by Guy du Bas-Tyra, who ignited the naphtha mines beneath Armengar after luring in a significant part of the moredhel armies.
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* Amos Trask getting through the Straits of Darkness when it was almost winter, something very few sailors, if any of all have accomplished.

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* Amos Trask getting through the Straits of Darkness when it was almost winter, something very few sailors, if any of all have accomplished.accomplished.
* Another one for Jimmy/James. Setting up a intelligence agency for the entire Kingdom and having spies everywhere except for Queg. This lasts until the Chaosaga, the final arc of the series. So long after he's dead.
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* Pug [[spoiler: dropping the Kelewan moon onto Kelewan to stop a Dreadlord from emerging into the First Plane. Even Banath was impressed by that.]]

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* Pug [[spoiler: dropping the Kelewan moon onto Kelewan to stop a Dreadlord from emerging into the First Plane. Even Banath was impressed by that.]]]]
* Martin disabling a tiller in Magician on a ship that was chasing them from a distance when escaping from Krondor.
* Amos Trask getting through the Straits of Darkness when it was almost winter, something very few sailors, if any of all have accomplished.
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* The husband/wife team of Duke James of Krondor (aka Jimmy The Hand) and the telepath Gamina blowing up the whole city of Krondor using medieval technology to destroy an enemy army. This is arguably the greatest HeroicSacrifice in all of HighFantasy. And the best part? [[spoiler: They didn't feel a thing as their bodies died, as Gamina used her powers to overwhelm both their senses with memories of every joyful moment they had together over 40 years of marriage.]]

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* The husband/wife team of Duke James of Krondor (aka Jimmy The Hand) and the telepath Gamina blowing up the whole city of Krondor using medieval technology to destroy an enemy army. This is arguably the greatest HeroicSacrifice in all of HighFantasy. And the best part? [[spoiler: They didn't feel a thing as their bodies died, as Gamina used her powers to overwhelm both their senses with memories of every joyful moment they had together over 40 years of marriage.]]
* Pug [[spoiler: dropping the Kelewan moon onto Kelewan to stop a Dreadlord from emerging into the First Plane. Even Banath was impressed by that.
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