Though, I think the list should have been indicated as 'In No Particular Order'. I've been debating the order of said works with a few friends for a while now. Book-tribalism! ahhhhh!
Well, in the list you provided of common character templates, I'd have to say that most of my fictional characters tended toward heavy magic, or heavily defensive. I think this reflects my own tendancies toward avoiding conflict, or turning conflict upon itself :P That, however, is a trap. One must ...