36 sets of votes! Thanks to everybody who participated in this year's Aelyria Awards! Here are your winners per category for 2021! 
PC of the Year
1st: Valanthia L'Evienne
2nd: Melloluna
3rd: Jade Alanon
The PC most committed to the portrayal of their Race
1st: Pescado Branch
2nd: Darian
3rd: Vaurien
The PC with the most savvy grasp of their Trade
1st: Iseult Fluersdotter
2nd: Klue Malinconico
3rd: Darian
The PC with the most impressive grasp of their Combat ability
1st: Faust Kitrye'veresi
2nd: Riven Stoke
3rd: Veleraen
The PC with the most brilliant grasp of their Magic
1st: Tiyribi Andares-Kitrye'veresi
2nd: Z'kron Kha'Serith
3rd: Clairé Maarkan
The New PC whose career we will be watching with great interest (new or alternate, started since the last Awards)
1st: Hecate Briar
2nd: Mossbeard
3rd: (TIED) Dandelion Frost - Max Passion
The PC most adherent to their Religious Faith
1st: Veleraen
2nd: Sliucha Sindosa
3rd: Aydyn Blair
The PC Duo joined at the hip (not strictly couples)
1st: Tiyribi x Faust
2nd: Rosie x Riven
3rd: Sliucha x Clairé
The PC-Run/Owned Location/Business everybody should visit
1st: Swirling Lotus Garden (Sliucha Sindosa)
2nd: Emerald River Glass & Art (Iseult Fluersdotter)
3rd: Club Vibrato (Sliucha Sindosa)
The PC that is the most driven
1st: Vireylda Saharn
2nd: Sliucha Sindosa
3rd: Valanthia L'Evienne
The PC whose stories most interest you
1st: Roscarnis de Lylles
2nd: Rosie Kyrillos
3rd: Clairé Maarkan
The PC you find most mold-breaking
1st: (TIED) Clairé Maarkan - Byxlle Vixen Bones
2nd: (TIED) Sliucha Sindosa - Darian
The PC who could make friends with anybody
1st: (TIED) Melloluna - Sliucha Sindosa
2nd: Talindra Koranthil
3rd: Niven
The PC you'd most want talking for you at your murder trial
1st: (TIED) Roscarnis de Lylles - Milo L'Evienne
2nd: (TIED) Veleraen - Alexis Sapientia
The PC most likely to surprise you
1st: (TIED) Clairé Maarkan - Z'kron Kha'Serith
2nd: (TIED) Jade Alanon - Barthelme
The PC you can always trust to have your back
1st: (TIED) Vireylda Saharn - Valanthia L'Evienne
2nd: Faust Kitrye'veresi
The PC who can always empathize with others
1st: Aydyn Blair
2nd: (TIED) Liahal - Niven
The PC you know will get the job done
1st: Sliucha Sindosa
2nd: Iseult Fluersdotter
3rd: Vireylda Saharn
The PC most likely to save us all next time
1st: Veleraen
2nd: Straylor Leonard
3rd: Darian
The PC who will most likely have caused whatever we need saving from
1st: Shei'yein Neydremi
2nd: Straylor Leonard
3rd: Z'kron Kha'Serith
The Moderator of the Year
1st: Crimson
2nd: Maddyn
3rd: Charybdis
The Moderator + Plotline I extremely enjoyed (reading/participating)
1st: Crimson - Portshire Raid
2nd: Charybdis - Werewolvse
3rd: Roscarnis de Lylles - Tzatziki
The Moderator whose creativity I can't get enough of
1st: Maddyn
2nd: Crimson
3rd: Grim
The Moderator who can tell stories like no other
1st: Charybdis
2nd: Crimson
3rd: Maddyn
The Moderator who is my favorite go-to for threads
1st: Crimson
2nd: (TIED) Indefinite - Maddyn
3rd: Grim
The Moderator who writes my favorite NPC
1st: Grim - Magical Mister Mystery
2nd: (TIED) Maddyn [the elf with the really long name] - Charybdis [Ceckard Dain]
Favorite Thread Title
1st: If your writer has needlessly hurt you in any way, please call 1-800-PCRVLT today, toll Vree
2nd: Why did you punch my balls?
3rd: Mating Habits of the Telath Bound Dorin
Favorite "that was awesome!" moment
1st: Darian killing Toherro with zombie eating rats
2nd: Jade/Vireylda/Z'kron vs Necro-Spider
3rd: The big reveal of Innocence LeVronsky's reinvention as Blood Queen of Imperia
Favorite "laugh out loud" moment
1st: Team Evil Picnic
2nd: When a halfling gadgeteer (Hecate Briar) decides she ain't scared of no half-orc
3rd: (TIED) Val teaching the macarana - Liahal out of time to vote
Favorite "awwww~" moment (cute/romantic)
1st: Anything Faust x Tiyribi
2nd: Ivy reveals the baby hedgehog
3rd: Xeres smooching Isidor
Favorite "on the edge of my seat" moment
1st: The Portshire Raid
2nd: Faust in Aslangrad
3rd: The Solace Raid
Favorite inventive solution to a problem
1st: (TIED) Darian vs. everything - Ceckard Dain anytime someone voted for him
2nd: Vireylda - manpower shortage solved with reanimated corpses
3rd: Artorias pretending to be a farmboy
The Thread you'd recommend others to read
1st: Primeheims
2nd: The Magical Mister Mystery
3rd: Tzatziki
Favorite Character Sheet (CIR)
1st: Lauren, queen of CIRs
2nd: Sliucha Sindosa
3rd: xXx_SoulSaint_xXx
Favorite Profile
1st: Tiyribi Andares-Kitrye'veresi
2nd: Sliucha Sindosa
3rd: Niven
Most Aelyria Obsessed
1st: Crimson
2nd: Indefinite
3rd: Maddyn
Most Helpful Member
1st: Maddyn
2nd: (Clueless)Hamster
3rd: (TIED) Charybdis - Melloluna
I kind of just want this person to get an award
(Everybody gets one because there was a pretty good split, but technically Rhystlin came first.)
Honorable Mentions
Undisputed Champions (Highest Margin of Victory)
Faust Kitrye'veresi for getting 67.6% of the vote as "The PC with the most impressive grasp of their Combat ability"
Lauren for getting 72.7% of the vote for "Favorite Character Sheet (CIR)"
Well I Didn't Vote For You (Lowest Margin of Victory)
Maddyn for getting only 25% of the vote for "Most Helpful Member" (but there were so many choices!)
Are We Sure That's Not A Rounding Error? (Off By One - Every Vote Counts!)
Valanthia vs. Melloluna (PC of the Year)
Vireylda vs. Sliucha (Most Driven PC)
Rosarnis vs. Rosie vs. Clairé (PC whose stories most interest you)
Vireylda + Valanthia vs. Faust (PC most likely to have your back) [almost a three-way tie!]
Maddyn vs. Crimson (creative mod)
Charybdis vs. Crimson (story mod)
Maddyn vs. (Clueless)Hamster (Most Helpful)
Participation Award
Rickith Lanza for getting no votes for "The PC with the most savvy grasp of their Trade"
I can be your angle or yuor devil
Straylor, for getting 2nd in both "most likely to save us all" and "most likely to have caused whatever we'll need saving from"
He's just standing there! Menacingly!
Shei'yein Neydremi for somehow getting "Most likely to have caused whatever we'll need saving from" despite not doing anything
So Many Possibilities!
"I kind of just want this person to get an award" for having the largest number of unique nominations (17)
"The PC who will most likely have caused whatever we need saving from" for the next largest number of unique nominations (16)
The End of an Era?
For there not even really being a competition this time between Grim and Indefinite for Most Helpful. (Technically I won.)
Always the Bridesmaid, Never the Bride
Jade Alanon
Riven Stoke
Niven
(For receiving nominations in the most categories without actually winning any.
)
Wall of Shame
Grim
Artorias
Pescado Branch
Riven Stoke
...for voting for themselves.
PC of the Year
1st: Valanthia L'Evienne
2nd: Melloluna
3rd: Jade Alanon
The PC most committed to the portrayal of their Race
1st: Pescado Branch
2nd: Darian
3rd: Vaurien
The PC with the most savvy grasp of their Trade
1st: Iseult Fluersdotter
2nd: Klue Malinconico
3rd: Darian
The PC with the most impressive grasp of their Combat ability
1st: Faust Kitrye'veresi
2nd: Riven Stoke
3rd: Veleraen
The PC with the most brilliant grasp of their Magic
1st: Tiyribi Andares-Kitrye'veresi
2nd: Z'kron Kha'Serith
3rd: Clairé Maarkan
The New PC whose career we will be watching with great interest (new or alternate, started since the last Awards)
1st: Hecate Briar
2nd: Mossbeard
3rd: (TIED) Dandelion Frost - Max Passion
The PC most adherent to their Religious Faith
1st: Veleraen
2nd: Sliucha Sindosa
3rd: Aydyn Blair
The PC Duo joined at the hip (not strictly couples)
1st: Tiyribi x Faust
2nd: Rosie x Riven
3rd: Sliucha x Clairé
The PC-Run/Owned Location/Business everybody should visit
1st: Swirling Lotus Garden (Sliucha Sindosa)
2nd: Emerald River Glass & Art (Iseult Fluersdotter)
3rd: Club Vibrato (Sliucha Sindosa)
The PC that is the most driven
1st: Vireylda Saharn
2nd: Sliucha Sindosa
3rd: Valanthia L'Evienne
The PC whose stories most interest you
1st: Roscarnis de Lylles
2nd: Rosie Kyrillos
3rd: Clairé Maarkan
The PC you find most mold-breaking
1st: (TIED) Clairé Maarkan - Byxlle Vixen Bones
2nd: (TIED) Sliucha Sindosa - Darian
The PC who could make friends with anybody
1st: (TIED) Melloluna - Sliucha Sindosa
2nd: Talindra Koranthil
3rd: Niven
The PC you'd most want talking for you at your murder trial
1st: (TIED) Roscarnis de Lylles - Milo L'Evienne
2nd: (TIED) Veleraen - Alexis Sapientia
The PC most likely to surprise you
1st: (TIED) Clairé Maarkan - Z'kron Kha'Serith
2nd: (TIED) Jade Alanon - Barthelme
The PC you can always trust to have your back
1st: (TIED) Vireylda Saharn - Valanthia L'Evienne
2nd: Faust Kitrye'veresi
The PC who can always empathize with others
1st: Aydyn Blair
2nd: (TIED) Liahal - Niven
The PC you know will get the job done
1st: Sliucha Sindosa
2nd: Iseult Fluersdotter
3rd: Vireylda Saharn
The PC most likely to save us all next time
1st: Veleraen
2nd: Straylor Leonard
3rd: Darian
The PC who will most likely have caused whatever we need saving from
1st: Shei'yein Neydremi
2nd: Straylor Leonard
3rd: Z'kron Kha'Serith
The Moderator of the Year
1st: Crimson
2nd: Maddyn
3rd: Charybdis
The Moderator + Plotline I extremely enjoyed (reading/participating)
1st: Crimson - Portshire Raid
2nd: Charybdis - Werewolvse
3rd: Roscarnis de Lylles - Tzatziki
The Moderator whose creativity I can't get enough of
1st: Maddyn
2nd: Crimson
3rd: Grim
The Moderator who can tell stories like no other
1st: Charybdis
2nd: Crimson
3rd: Maddyn
The Moderator who is my favorite go-to for threads
1st: Crimson
2nd: (TIED) Indefinite - Maddyn
3rd: Grim
The Moderator who writes my favorite NPC
1st: Grim - Magical Mister Mystery
2nd: (TIED) Maddyn [the elf with the really long name] - Charybdis [Ceckard Dain]
Favorite Thread Title
1st: If your writer has needlessly hurt you in any way, please call 1-800-PCRVLT today, toll Vree
2nd: Why did you punch my balls?
3rd: Mating Habits of the Telath Bound Dorin
Favorite "that was awesome!" moment
1st: Darian killing Toherro with zombie eating rats
2nd: Jade/Vireylda/Z'kron vs Necro-Spider
3rd: The big reveal of Innocence LeVronsky's reinvention as Blood Queen of Imperia
Favorite "laugh out loud" moment
1st: Team Evil Picnic
2nd: When a halfling gadgeteer (Hecate Briar) decides she ain't scared of no half-orc
3rd: (TIED) Val teaching the macarana - Liahal out of time to vote
Favorite "awwww~" moment (cute/romantic)
1st: Anything Faust x Tiyribi
2nd: Ivy reveals the baby hedgehog
3rd: Xeres smooching Isidor
Favorite "on the edge of my seat" moment
1st: The Portshire Raid
2nd: Faust in Aslangrad
3rd: The Solace Raid
Favorite inventive solution to a problem
1st: (TIED) Darian vs. everything - Ceckard Dain anytime someone voted for him
2nd: Vireylda - manpower shortage solved with reanimated corpses
3rd: Artorias pretending to be a farmboy
The Thread you'd recommend others to read
1st: Primeheims
2nd: The Magical Mister Mystery
3rd: Tzatziki
Favorite Character Sheet (CIR)
1st: Lauren, queen of CIRs
2nd: Sliucha Sindosa
3rd: xXx_SoulSaint_xXx
Favorite Profile
1st: Tiyribi Andares-Kitrye'veresi
2nd: Sliucha Sindosa
3rd: Niven
Most Aelyria Obsessed
1st: Crimson
2nd: Indefinite
3rd: Maddyn
Most Helpful Member
1st: Maddyn
2nd: (Clueless)Hamster
3rd: (TIED) Charybdis - Melloluna
I kind of just want this person to get an award
(Everybody gets one because there was a pretty good split, but technically Rhystlin came first.)
Honorable Mentions
Undisputed Champions (Highest Margin of Victory)
Faust Kitrye'veresi for getting 67.6% of the vote as "The PC with the most impressive grasp of their Combat ability"
Lauren for getting 72.7% of the vote for "Favorite Character Sheet (CIR)"
Well I Didn't Vote For You (Lowest Margin of Victory)
Maddyn for getting only 25% of the vote for "Most Helpful Member" (but there were so many choices!)
Are We Sure That's Not A Rounding Error? (Off By One - Every Vote Counts!)
Valanthia vs. Melloluna (PC of the Year)
Vireylda vs. Sliucha (Most Driven PC)
Rosarnis vs. Rosie vs. Clairé (PC whose stories most interest you)
Vireylda + Valanthia vs. Faust (PC most likely to have your back) [almost a three-way tie!]
Maddyn vs. Crimson (creative mod)
Charybdis vs. Crimson (story mod)
Maddyn vs. (Clueless)Hamster (Most Helpful)
Participation Award
Rickith Lanza for getting no votes for "The PC with the most savvy grasp of their Trade"
I can be your angle or yuor devil
Straylor, for getting 2nd in both "most likely to save us all" and "most likely to have caused whatever we'll need saving from"
He's just standing there! Menacingly!
Shei'yein Neydremi for somehow getting "Most likely to have caused whatever we'll need saving from" despite not doing anything
So Many Possibilities!
"I kind of just want this person to get an award" for having the largest number of unique nominations (17)
"The PC who will most likely have caused whatever we need saving from" for the next largest number of unique nominations (16)
The End of an Era?
For there not even really being a competition this time between Grim and Indefinite for Most Helpful. (Technically I won.)
Always the Bridesmaid, Never the Bride
Jade Alanon
Riven Stoke
Niven
(For receiving nominations in the most categories without actually winning any.
)Wall of Shame
Grim
Artorias
Pescado Branch
Riven Stoke
...for voting for themselves.
