Did you see the end of Game of Thrones before or after that conversation we had about Su? I has a curious. ^_^

As for my guys... uh...

Ilraen: Well, there's the obvious (the partner who trained him, the famous Andalites from his home 'verse), but that's too easy. I'd say someone like Lord Mhoram from The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever. The Lords are masters of staff and sword, and although in the time of the First Chronicles they're all sworn to the Oath of Peace (basically to not do violence for any reason, not even to save the world), Lord Mhoram manages to be particularly badass while keeping it. He's a model of control, wisdom, and kindness, all things that Ilraen strives for.

Nume: It's hard to say who Nume admires (I don't know if he's capable of it), but I bet he'd do a lot for the chance to sit down with the great literary masters whose work he's fighting to protect. To find out once and for all whether Balrogs have wings and if there was more than one Glorfindel, that would be something.

Jenni: Also hard to speak for, for different reasons. She's sort of already doing the thing where she gets to hang out with the people she admires, because that's people in general. She might like to give Q a piece of her mind or swap stories with the Doctor... well, no, wait. Scratch that. Jenni should never be allowed near the Doctor ever. She'd try to make him talk about his angst, and if it ever worked the whole continuum would probably implode, because I'm pretty sure it's built on a foundation of the Doctor's angst.

Derik: Masterharper Robinton and F'lar, Dragonriders of Pern. Between the two of them they're basically everyone's heroes, but they both embody a certain quality of being willing to break one's self to get the job done, and needing the job, that particularly speaks to Derik. He'd probably be at home in the Sam Vimes fanclub, too, but I don't think he's read the Discworld books yet. He wouldn't get most of the jokes, anyway.

He also desperately does not want to be like Erik, the Phantom of the Opera. He already had the displeasure of an encounter with a mostly-IC Erik once, and it was enough.

Gall: Gall thinks you should look up to her. Beowulf is probably on her list of BAMFs worthy of respect, though. That guy kills giant monsters with his bare hands—naked, even, depending on which version of the story you've got.

I'm probably forgetting a zillion people who would fit for all of these characters. {= P

~Neshomeh