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I'll go with Raistlin. Reasons? 1) Utterly ruthless. 2) He gets the edge for sheer determination - the only one of the three to overcome a significant physical handicap 3) He got tough enough to dominate Dragonlance's magicians and challenge the gods WITHOUT significant aid from other gods. ::cough, Elminster::
Elminster is too munchkin for me, and Gandalf shows hints of his power but Tolkien gives frustratingly few details. It's too convenient that Gandalf becomes a superhuman after fighting the balrog. Also, this topic is listed as Gandalf *the Grey*, which means before he took the balrog.
Besides, Gandalf and Elminster are kind of unreal characters - even the books dealing with them as up-and-coming mages are afterthoughts; Raistlin is the one that truly develops.
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