Best fantasy book series

[Teh EkwEE]

I think now that we have the basics down we should discuss the important story elements in a fantasy novel. Try to chose one to give the other board members a chance to reply. I'll go first.

Note: Fantasy was invented in the 14th or 15th century when a guy wrote all the stories for King Arthur, but then the genre was called .......here it comes.....ROMANCE! Boy how the times they have a changed.

Okay one of the first things a fantasy novel has to have is an element of magic. Whether it be called magic or not and the element does not have to be magic as the way we think of it, it could be something like creatures that don't exist or things that don't occur here on Earth(don't ask me what I'm not really sure).I'll use some examples:

Wheel of Time series: Saidar and Saidin: The female and male halves of the True Source.

The Sword of Truth series: The magic in the Sword of Truth

Lord of The Rings: The resistance to the Ring that Frodo has, even when every other other has failed to resist it's temptation.

Harry Potter: He flys on a broom