Well, since you included the "etc" I'll go western.
And Tolkien. Fingolfin, whose death if I remember correctly ended ear 1. Elrond, he waaaaay more fleshed in the story than in the movie. And I saved the best for last Glorfindel. Wooooooooh child let tell you! He is soooo badass and hot. Read "The fall of Gondolin" (it was suppose to be the preque......
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