We've had tournmanets like this before, but I feel like a new one would be in order.

The rules are simple, each participant will elect up to 12 fictional characters from film, television, video games, literature, theatre, anime, etc on basis of heroic qualities. This person doesn't by any means have to be perfect, but they have to show traits of goodness, courage, selflessness, etc. From there, I will take either the 36, 64, or 128 charatcers that have the most nominations and we will split them into matchups. Each match-up will a day, in which we vote and debate. From there, we will eliminate the losers until we're down to 1. Got that?

Rules
1. Characters must be fictional. No real people, religious/social icons, etc.

2. Characters are not limited by species, age, or gender, but the character must be clearly sentient.

3. You can change vote through ##Vote: Character. You can change votes through ##ChangeVote: Character. Please try to keep vote changes minimal.

4. There cannot be more than three characters from a particular title or series.

5. Please explain your rationale for each vote or nomination. This is not required, but highly requested.

Okay! Here we go! Nominations start now and end in a couple of weeks or so.

My Nominations

1. Atticus Finch (To Kill a Mockingbird)
This man not only shows courage and honesty, but has a strong familial commitment and endless devotion to justice, even he must suffer. What a lawyer should be.

2. George Bailey (It's a Wonderful Life)
George gave up his dreams in order to help others. He was always giving and was polite and generous to everyone he saw.

More to come.