This will sound foolish to anyone who is not a reading fanatic, anyone who does not throw their whole hearts into the story and view the characters as real people with souls...
But I want to say to you, my fallen friends of Fantasy, just how much I love and admire you. You efforts, your struggles, your desires for peace, and most of all your enormous and noble hearts. Even though I can see you again by simply picking up a book, your deaths still weigh upon my soul.
(I would list you all by name, but I have limited space and do not wish spoil the experiences of others in my own world who have yet to meet you all.)