Personal work.
When it comes to unbreakable will and mocking evil to its face, none comes close to matching Húrin. He's easily my favourite of the race of Men, in all the legendarium. His feats of arms don't hurt either, in earning a place in my heart.
Here he is, sole survivor of a disastrous battle against Melkor, about to be dragged into 28 years of solitary captivity.