The Riftwar Cycle/Awesome


 * The husband/wife team of Duke James of Krondor (aka Jimmy The Hand) and the telepath Gamina blowing up the whole city of Krondor using medieval technology to destroy an enemy army. This is arguably the greatest Heroic Sacrifice in all of High Fantasy. And the best part?
 * The Krondor maneuver was based on an earlier tactic by Guy du Bas-Tyra, who ignited the naphtha mines beneath Armengar after luring in a significant part of the moredhel armies.
 * Pug
 * Martin disabling a tiller in Magician on a ship that was chasing them from a distance when escaping from Krondor.
 * Amos Trask getting through the Straits of Darkness when it was almost winter, something very few sailors, if any of all have accomplished.
 * Another one for Jimmy/James. Setting up a intelligence agency for the entire Kingdom and having spies everywhere except for Queg. This lasts until the Chaosaga, the final arc of the series. So long after he's dead.