Thank you all for the warm welcome!
To answer your question Kor, Ruby would have to be my favorite character, with Littlefoot being a very close second. Although Ruby can be friendly and sociable, she also has a deeply introspective side that I can personally relate to. Additionally, her many overlapping obligations and hardships (caring for Chomper, avoiding conflict with the Great Valley residents due to her omnivores nature, missing her family, etc.) make her potentially a very complex character. Those points were not well developed (and in some cases were entirely ignored) in the television series, but I am glad to see that they have been developed in more detail by some of the fan works I have seen.
