Let me know how your ranking would be different!

In my head canon, the money Wayne leaves for the kid he orphaned inspires her to change her last name to Wayne and one of her descendants is named Bruce, so Batman is a Scadrian.

I would give an honorable mention to Teft.

NO STICK- we revolt

That first drawing of Adolin did him so dirty. Why does his head look so funny 😂

I appreciate how high Mistborn era 2 characters raked here. This series doesn't get enough love in my opinion. The characters are ALL top tier.

I just realised on screen Luthadel can be awash in orange instead of just a gaudy red. Eternal sunset at midday.

Wayne is my boy 🥹

16 heroes in 16 minutes

Breeze is one of the best

Navani would LOVE Kriss

Damn I gotta say I agree with lots about this list and your rationale

Don't sleep on Stick!!!

Quality video time

12:41 thats fair I woulda been mad if he wasnt on the list. infact before you clarified that they needed to be main book characters and not side characters I'd have guessed him at 1

I can’t believe that you didn’t include Rock, Shai, Hrathen, or Rysn!

Also, for me Dusk and Nomad would definitely rank higher than Kelsier. Dusk, Nomad, and Lightsong all fight for who would be in my number one position. Vivenna would be a strong contender for number 4, mainly how she grows as an individual and I can’t wait to see how she goes from being where she ended in Warbreaker and then being Azure in the Stormlight Archive. Then Steris takes number 5.

Adolin, Wayne, Kal my top 3.  Adolin has the best arc in the Cosmere and I don't think he's done!

The further we get into stormlight the less I like Shallan.

The Lopen...

Good list here; pretty close to mine. I personally would include spren given they are more than a weapon and have different personalities. So my main changes are Syl being in the top 10 and dropping Kelsier down. While I love Kelsier's character, he doesn't makes it into my top 10. I love your placement and commentary for Wayne. I think he is easily the best, most interesting, funny, and best written characters in all of Mistborn. The way that Brandon wrote Wayne to be this commical character to offset a uptight-ish character like Wax is great on the surface, but then as you learn how deep of a character that Wayne is. So good. I think a case can be made either way with Kaladin and Dalinar. I think I give the nod to Kaladin, just given how much I can relate to him. I put Adolin at number 4 for me. He's a pretty deep character too. He comes off as this arrogant pretty boy, spoiled kid at first and then you realize, he's a really, really freaking good person. His character development throughout all of Stormlight is some of the best in the Cosmere. I liked him so much that I named my daughter (different spelling) after him.  But dang, picking top 16 is tough.