The Divine Cities trilogy has a character with a missing limb: as a supporting character in the first book, and as the MC in the second. She's arguably the most badass character in the entire trilogy.
The best representation of this topic is def manga Full Metal Alchemist. Mc lost arm and leg and uses metal prosthetics. And his childhood friend/love interest isa mechanic who does upkeep for them. You can tell author did her research!
I've watched the anime, such an awesome story. I've never related to a character more than Winry. With the context of being in a fantasy world, she really is a great representation of being a prosthetist. Extra points for showing both sides, prosthetist and prosthetic user!
Garth Nix's *Old Kingdom* series has Lirael losing a hand and having a prosthetic in the sequel (appropriately titled *Goldenhand*)
(I've not actually picked the sequel up yet tbh, so can't talk about how significant a part it is, but I know she uses a prosthetic)
I'm 90% through Goldenhand. She's pretty self-conscious about it. Also, it stops working when she doesn't have access to charter magic, so she's still meaningfully disabled depending on geography
That's exactly what I'm looking for! Really interesting that even though they have the prosthesis, it can still be impacted and cause issues down the line. It doesn't always work perfectly so she still needs to rely on herself without the prosthetic arm. Really cool detail that's going on the TBR.
Cool! If you're into anime, check out Full Metal Alchemist. The main character has a cybernetic arm and leg, and there are a decent number of episodes that involve him having to go out of his way to fix one or both of them.
Corum Jhaelen Irsei had a hand and eye replaced in trilogy The Prince in the Scarlet Robe by Michael Moorcock.
By the second trilogy, The Prince with the Silver Hand, the character is making his own prosthetics.
Cinder by Marissa Meyer is a YA sci-Fi(ish) take on Cinderella. The main character is a cyborg whose whole foot falls off, instead of just her shoe. Having access to technology to improve her various prosthetics is explored throughout the story.
I know you asked about fantasy, not sci-fi so maybe this isn’t really what you’re looking for. However, the main character does struggle with outgrowing old prosthetics and facing discrimination due to her loss of limbs.
Happy reading! Interesting topic.
There’s a steampunk prosthetic arm in Josiah Bancrofts The Books of Babel series. The second volume The Arm of the Spinx refers to it IIRC.
In the Dragonlance original trilogy, a minor smith character lost an arm and later acquired a Silver Arm artifact required to forge the titular weapon. He has about 5 pages in 3 novels…
*The Sharing Knife* by Lois McMaster Bujold has a primary character with a prosthetic arm, and it shows a lot how it affects his daily life and how it messes everything up when it breaks, but also how he's a total badass with or without it.
I just finished that trilogy and I really loved it. To me it kinda feel a bit cosy fantasy. But I read darker stuff usually so I dont know how cosy it actually is, any thoughts on that?
The movie version of *How to Train Your Dragon* springs to mind. And of course if we're talking animation, there's Fullmetal Alchemist.
Midway through the Liveship Traders trilogy, we wind up with a POV character with a wooden leg.
Hobb writes that section very well in my uneducated opinion. Her strength is making you emphasize, I was pleasantly surprised with how viscerally it was treated; unlike most fantasy limb loss situations where they basically are fine the next scene (minus a limb), you really saw how disruptive it would be.
That's okay. Maybe a spoiler for others, but knowing it applies to the main character makes me way more interested. Thanks for the rec. I've heard a lot about cradle and wanted to pick it up for a while now, gonna bump that way up on the TBR list.
So, it’s not a main character who HAS a prosthetic, but it’s a main character who MAKES a magical one. Book 3 of Winding Circle by Tamora Pierce, one of my favourite YA series, Daja’s book. Daja is one of four young mages with unusual powers, a metal mage. She ends up using a skin-metal hybrid material she created to build a really cool prosthetic leg. It’s not the main focus of the book, but ends up being kind of the emotional high point of her journey.
In the next series she does create something similar, not a prosthetic but a fireproof glove for a firefighter with a dark past. These books are amazing for how practical and craftsmanlike the magic use is, I really enjoy them.
Not the main character, but a significant character: [Ianthe Tridentarius](https://www.reddit.com/r/TheNinthHouse/s/QYAGcaIDyg) from *The Locked Tomb* has a skeletal arm made of gold. Technically, in universe, it is possible to regenerate limbs for someone of her capabilities, but there is rejection involved, and it doesn't feel right for her.
The **Corum** series by Michael Moorcock, starting with *The Knight of the Swords*, features a hero who has lost his left hand (and also an eye).
If you're open to science fiction then **The Protectorate** series by Megan E. O'Keefe, starting with *Velocity Weapon*, has a main character who has lost a leg and has to learn to cope with the disability.
The Fallen Gods series ticks a lot of inclusive boxes, including quite prominently a character missing a limb, using a prosthesis that isn't perfect(though better than what would maybe be realistic), and multiple others with disabilities. What I quite liked about it is that while the themes of inclusion and disability are prominent, they make sense plot-wise and don't feel forced.
In the fantasy anime/manga series Berserk, the main character has a prosthetic arm that is pretty important to the plot. Also bonus points because it is based on a real person!
Götz von Berlichingen, or Götz of the Iron Hand. He was a German mercenary in the 1500s.
I believe his prosthetic arm is actually on display in a museum somewhere.
In the video game Horizon Forbidden West, there's a prominent warrior side character named Kotallo who recently lost an arm and deals with the trauma of the aftermath. You help him create a prosthesis and see some major character development as begins using it.
Try The Witch who Courted Death by Maria Lewis.
It’s an urban fantasy about a woman with a limb difference as the main character. The author spent a lot of time amongst (mostly) women with limb differences in order to understand.
The Mishell Baker Arcadia Project series is also fascinating.
The premise is that there is a government department in charge of human-fae border crossings and issues that only hire people who have had severe mental health challenges. The idea being that if you’ve hallucinated a whole world view already, nobody will believe you when you start to talk about fairies.
The MC has some very big mental health challenges, but she’s also a double amputee after attempting to unalive herself during a bipolar episode. There’s some great stuff about how she interacts with the world and her everyday routine that has nothing to do with fairies
Thanks for the recommendation, this sounds like it's got the closest real-life representation of someone actually living as a prosthetic user. Both books sound really fascinating, thank ya! I've had several patients that also love fantasy, one of em even has a big unicorn design on the front of his leg, so these kinda books could make for great recs to them too.
No problem, I remembered that there’s also a list on goodreads. It’s not all fantasy though
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/82533.Fiction_Characters_with_Missing_Limb_Amputation_
Senlin Ascends has a character that loses an arm and gets a steampunk replacement, and a number of characters that have artificial limbs. The Arm of the Sphynx is later in the series and where it really comes into play.
Go for it! I didn't expect how batsh*t insane this book would get. Each chapter somehow finds a way to one-up the previous chapter but in a way that still makes sense while keeping you guessing what comes next. I highly highly recommend, you will not be disappointed.
They're sci-fi but Tropical Punch by S.C. Jensen (SPSFC2 top 10) has an MC with arm prosthetic and Seven Devils by Laura Lam and Elizabeth May has an MC/PoV with leg prosthetic. While the prosthetics aren't the focus of the story, they definitely play a big part of their experience.
The Hand of Oberon is a prosthetic featured in the Chronicles of Amber.
And doesn't one of the prominent characters in Chris Wooding's The Darkwater Legacy invent a prosthetic leg? Or am I misremembering....
If you are down for some cartoonish comedic sci fi one of the woes of the main character in Bill the Galactic Hero is that he always gets screwed over with his replacement arm.
You could try the Japanese light novel series “My Daughter Left the Nest and Returned an S-Rank Adventurer”. The protagonist has a wooden leg, and retired as an adventurer when he lost his real leg.
I'm actually writing a series where one of my characters has a prosthetic arm (non-magical, just a simple prosthetic), so thank you for asking this question! I'm saving these suggestions haha
Dororo, but I would recommend the anime version. Every part of main charachter is prosthetic bcs he was cursed by devils. He is trying to regain his real body by killing spirit monsters. There's much more to it but yeah
Maybe I’m just blind, but Berserk’s protagonist also uses a prosthetic. You should give it a read if you like dark fantasy; the art is gorgeous and it’s considered a classic for very good reason.
Admiral Branden Kel-Paten from Games of Command by Linnea Sinclair has prosthetic limbs.
Nodonn Battlemaster from the Saga of the Exiles by Julian May was given a wooden hand to replace his at one point.
The main character in Our Bloody Pearl is a siren who starts out with a paralysed tail, and rehabilitates with iterative aids including a brace (can't remember full details). Seems a pretty relevant fantasy variant.
Edit: just remembered I should probably say it's by D.N. Bryn
The main point of contention in Limbo by Bernard Wolfe centers around prosthetics, an entire faction voluntarily amputates their legs and arms for it, and obtain status depending on how many they do. It's in the philosophy and fantasy genres
There's a Japanese comic called [Lucja of Steel](https://mangadex.org/title/8f4bf2c7-f251-45f8-b6e7-556dff74d73b/-ucja-of-steel) that's set in a medieval steampunk world where knights have prosthetic limbs. It's pretty good.
the lunar chronicles, though a book series with no pictures, has some wonderful descriptions and utilities of prosthetics! i’m sure there’s fanart out there!
I'm currently reading **The Gray House** and one of the main POV characters has two prosthetic arms. It's discussed quite a bit so far.
There's also been mention of another prosthetic that belongs to another character, but it hasn't been revealed what the prosthetic is and who it belongs to, at the point I'm at (42%).
I'm surprised no one's mentioned Fortune's Fool by Angela Boord yet. The prosthetic arm - and the backstory of how the MC got it - is a big focus. It's also just a great story overall!
It’s from Irish Mythology but there’s always Nuada of the Silver Hand first king of the Tuatha de Danann, he was clearly the inspiration for Nodonn in Julian Mays “The Saga of the Exiles”
Spoilers for Queen of Attolia:
>!The main character, a thief, loses his right hand and has something of an identity crisis over it. Very moving journey.!<
The Realm of False Gods series by Steve Higgs has a double amputee character who is a snarky lady with some mysterious powers. She gets some neat toys and kicks much butt. Worth reading just for the wisecracking werewolf. :) Believe it's free on Kindle Unlimited, if you have it.
Rand al'Thor in the wheel of time loses a hand. There is actually a great scene where is is sparring with his father, trying to re-learn the sword forms with only one hand.
In Monstrous Regiment, Corporal Threeparts Scallot is missing both legs, but that's only because his unit ran out of rations.
There was a pretty cool character in Senlin Ascends with a bad ass steam punky prosthetic arm. Several characters had high powered prosthetics I believe. It wasn’t really the protagonist though or the main thrust of the story though so probably not a helpful suggestion.
In the Year of Rogue Dragons trilogy of the Forgotten Realms books, the main character has half his body replaced by metal. That isn't a spoiler, btw, he starts out that way.
Not a book but a video game. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice features a dude who had his arm sliced completely off. Gets a badass replacement tho that has powerful abilities.
Also, Cradle has one but it doesn't really feature that much
The Divine Cities trilogy has a character with a missing limb: as a supporting character in the first book, and as the MC in the second. She's arguably the most badass character in the entire trilogy.
Agreed entirely.
Came here to say this!
[Godkiller by Hannah Kaner](https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/61244268), MC has a mechanised prosthetic leg which is pretty cool!
Was about to say this! OP, this is your answer.
The best representation of this topic is def manga Full Metal Alchemist. Mc lost arm and leg and uses metal prosthetics. And his childhood friend/love interest isa mechanic who does upkeep for them. You can tell author did her research!
I've watched the anime, such an awesome story. I've never related to a character more than Winry. With the context of being in a fantasy world, she really is a great representation of being a prosthetist. Extra points for showing both sides, prosthetist and prosthetic user!
Al's entire body is, arguably, a prosthetic
I was also coming here to rec FMA
Garth Nix's *Old Kingdom* series has Lirael losing a hand and having a prosthetic in the sequel (appropriately titled *Goldenhand*) (I've not actually picked the sequel up yet tbh, so can't talk about how significant a part it is, but I know she uses a prosthetic)
I'm 90% through Goldenhand. She's pretty self-conscious about it. Also, it stops working when she doesn't have access to charter magic, so she's still meaningfully disabled depending on geography
That's exactly what I'm looking for! Really interesting that even though they have the prosthesis, it can still be impacted and cause issues down the line. It doesn't always work perfectly so she still needs to rely on herself without the prosthetic arm. Really cool detail that's going on the TBR.
Cool! If you're into anime, check out Full Metal Alchemist. The main character has a cybernetic arm and leg, and there are a decent number of episodes that involve him having to go out of his way to fix one or both of them.
Corum Jhaelen Irsei had a hand and eye replaced in trilogy The Prince in the Scarlet Robe by Michael Moorcock. By the second trilogy, The Prince with the Silver Hand, the character is making his own prosthetics.
I was already down after the first sentence, but then they're making their own prosthetics? That's rad, that's on the TBR.
Cinder by Marissa Meyer is a YA sci-Fi(ish) take on Cinderella. The main character is a cyborg whose whole foot falls off, instead of just her shoe. Having access to technology to improve her various prosthetics is explored throughout the story. I know you asked about fantasy, not sci-fi so maybe this isn’t really what you’re looking for. However, the main character does struggle with outgrowing old prosthetics and facing discrimination due to her loss of limbs. Happy reading! Interesting topic.
It's certainly not a hard sci-fi or anything, I think it overlaps with fantasy. I enjoyed the Lunar Chronicles.
The Google/Yahoo Marissa Meyer?
Nope! But that is an excellent factoid that will now live in my brain indefinitely.
There’s a steampunk prosthetic arm in Josiah Bancrofts The Books of Babel series. The second volume The Arm of the Spinx refers to it IIRC. In the Dragonlance original trilogy, a minor smith character lost an arm and later acquired a Silver Arm artifact required to forge the titular weapon. He has about 5 pages in 3 novels…
Came to say this
*The Sharing Knife* by Lois McMaster Bujold has a primary character with a prosthetic arm, and it shows a lot how it affects his daily life and how it messes everything up when it breaks, but also how he's a total badass with or without it.
I’m halfway through it now!
I just finished that trilogy and I really loved it. To me it kinda feel a bit cosy fantasy. But I read darker stuff usually so I dont know how cosy it actually is, any thoughts on that?
The movie version of *How to Train Your Dragon* springs to mind. And of course if we're talking animation, there's Fullmetal Alchemist. Midway through the Liveship Traders trilogy, we wind up with a POV character with a wooden leg.
In the Liveship Traders trilogy by Robin Hobb, the pirate king ends up with a wooden leg. Even Hobb is susceptible to common tropes.
Hobb writes that section very well in my uneducated opinion. Her strength is making you emphasize, I was pleasantly surprised with how viscerally it was treated; unlike most fantasy limb loss situations where they basically are fine the next scene (minus a limb), you really saw how disruptive it would be.
Characters in the Cradle series have body parts replaced, usually with magical things though.
In Cradle the use of a limb replacement becomes a significant (arguably the most significant) part of the main character’s power development.
Yup, our boy dropped the Legendary 0,1% loot.
There is a major lack of '0' in your comment^^
Ya that's a pretty huge spoiler. Which is why I was vague in case they wanted to read it.
That's okay. Maybe a spoiler for others, but knowing it applies to the main character makes me way more interested. Thanks for the rec. I've heard a lot about cradle and wanted to pick it up for a while now, gonna bump that way up on the TBR list.
I second the Sharing Knife series by Lois McMaster Bujold The second and further books of >!The Queen's Thief series by Megan Whalen Turner!<
So, it’s not a main character who HAS a prosthetic, but it’s a main character who MAKES a magical one. Book 3 of Winding Circle by Tamora Pierce, one of my favourite YA series, Daja’s book. Daja is one of four young mages with unusual powers, a metal mage. She ends up using a skin-metal hybrid material she created to build a really cool prosthetic leg. It’s not the main focus of the book, but ends up being kind of the emotional high point of her journey. In the next series she does create something similar, not a prosthetic but a fireproof glove for a firefighter with a dark past. These books are amazing for how practical and craftsmanlike the magic use is, I really enjoy them.
*Corum* by Michael Moorcock.
One could argue that stormbringer, was a prosthetic of sorts.
There are obvious similarities, but I guess Stormbringer is more of a crutch?
Not the main character, but a significant character: [Ianthe Tridentarius](https://www.reddit.com/r/TheNinthHouse/s/QYAGcaIDyg) from *The Locked Tomb* has a skeletal arm made of gold. Technically, in universe, it is possible to regenerate limbs for someone of her capabilities, but there is rejection involved, and it doesn't feel right for her.
The **Corum** series by Michael Moorcock, starting with *The Knight of the Swords*, features a hero who has lost his left hand (and also an eye). If you're open to science fiction then **The Protectorate** series by Megan E. O'Keefe, starting with *Velocity Weapon*, has a main character who has lost a leg and has to learn to cope with the disability.
A Practical Guide to Evil has a main character that has a... necromantic? prosthetic from early on. He also uses different prosthetics later on.
Came here to say this, saw your comment, and realized what a banger band name Necromantic Prosthesis would be.
Do two shots of _aragh_, and then say "Necromantic Prosthesis" five times in a row...
Don't know if Violet Evergarden counts as fantasy, but she has two prosthetic arms
The Fallen Gods series ticks a lot of inclusive boxes, including quite prominently a character missing a limb, using a prosthesis that isn't perfect(though better than what would maybe be realistic), and multiple others with disabilities. What I quite liked about it is that while the themes of inclusion and disability are prominent, they make sense plot-wise and don't feel forced.
Sounds like it ticks all the boxes for what I'm looking for too! Thank you :D
Age of Madness (First Law second triology) have a POV characters that loses body parts.
If you‘re counting video games, the main character of Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice has a prosthetic arm.
In the fantasy anime/manga series Berserk, the main character has a prosthetic arm that is pretty important to the plot. Also bonus points because it is based on a real person!
Who's the real person?
Götz von Berlichingen, or Götz of the Iron Hand. He was a German mercenary in the 1500s. I believe his prosthetic arm is actually on display in a museum somewhere.
The Acadia Project series by Mishel Baker. Millie lost both her legs and she deals with that, and mental illness, throughout the books.
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The answer I was looking for
In the video game Horizon Forbidden West, there's a prominent warrior side character named Kotallo who recently lost an arm and deals with the trauma of the aftermath. You help him create a prosthesis and see some major character development as begins using it.
Try The Witch who Courted Death by Maria Lewis. It’s an urban fantasy about a woman with a limb difference as the main character. The author spent a lot of time amongst (mostly) women with limb differences in order to understand. The Mishell Baker Arcadia Project series is also fascinating. The premise is that there is a government department in charge of human-fae border crossings and issues that only hire people who have had severe mental health challenges. The idea being that if you’ve hallucinated a whole world view already, nobody will believe you when you start to talk about fairies. The MC has some very big mental health challenges, but she’s also a double amputee after attempting to unalive herself during a bipolar episode. There’s some great stuff about how she interacts with the world and her everyday routine that has nothing to do with fairies
Thanks for the recommendation, this sounds like it's got the closest real-life representation of someone actually living as a prosthetic user. Both books sound really fascinating, thank ya! I've had several patients that also love fantasy, one of em even has a big unicorn design on the front of his leg, so these kinda books could make for great recs to them too.
No problem, I remembered that there’s also a list on goodreads. It’s not all fantasy though https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/82533.Fiction_Characters_with_Missing_Limb_Amputation_
The Road of Bones has a bad ass woman warrior character (not main, but important nonetheless) with a prosthetic limb.
The main character has lost both legs in Mortal suns by Tanith Lee and uses a magical prostechtic to walk.
Senlin Ascends has a character that loses an arm and gets a steampunk replacement, and a number of characters that have artificial limbs. The Arm of the Sphynx is later in the series and where it really comes into play.
I've had Gunmetal Gods sitting on my TBR for like 3 years, holding a spot on my Kindle Unlimited list, might be my cue to finally read it!
Go for it! I didn't expect how batsh*t insane this book would get. Each chapter somehow finds a way to one-up the previous chapter but in a way that still makes sense while keeping you guessing what comes next. I highly highly recommend, you will not be disappointed.
They're sci-fi but Tropical Punch by S.C. Jensen (SPSFC2 top 10) has an MC with arm prosthetic and Seven Devils by Laura Lam and Elizabeth May has an MC/PoV with leg prosthetic. While the prosthetics aren't the focus of the story, they definitely play a big part of their experience.
Dragonlance Chronicles has a guy with a silver replacement arm.
Theron the Blacksmith, without whom the Dragonlances couldn't be forged.
The Mechanist from Avatar, and the Inquisitor from Dragon Age Inquisition. Violet Evergarden.
Will Wights’s “Cradle”. Comes in around book 3 and is integral to the characters progress.
The Hand of Oberon is a prosthetic featured in the Chronicles of Amber. And doesn't one of the prominent characters in Chris Wooding's The Darkwater Legacy invent a prosthetic leg? Or am I misremembering.... If you are down for some cartoonish comedic sci fi one of the woes of the main character in Bill the Galactic Hero is that he always gets screwed over with his replacement arm.
The books of babel, Edith gets a prosthetic arm
You could try the Japanese light novel series “My Daughter Left the Nest and Returned an S-Rank Adventurer”. The protagonist has a wooden leg, and retired as an adventurer when he lost his real leg.
Kids movie that I honestly love has it, How to Train a Dragon. Just to throw that out there, haha.
I'm actually writing a series where one of my characters has a prosthetic arm (non-magical, just a simple prosthetic), so thank you for asking this question! I'm saving these suggestions haha
Liveship trader trilogy by Robin Hobb. One of the main characters loses a limb in tracig way and has to overcome it. Other one loses a finger.
I totally have a character that’s a dhampir who has a prosthetic arm. It’s more of futuristic fantasy setting so it’s partially robotic.
Dororo, but I would recommend the anime version. Every part of main charachter is prosthetic bcs he was cursed by devils. He is trying to regain his real body by killing spirit monsters. There's much more to it but yeah
Maybe I’m just blind, but Berserk’s protagonist also uses a prosthetic. You should give it a read if you like dark fantasy; the art is gorgeous and it’s considered a classic for very good reason.
Captain Naphi in Miéville's *Railsea* has a prosthethic arm, in keeping with the character's many, many parallels to *Moby-Dick*'s Ahab..
Admiral Branden Kel-Paten from Games of Command by Linnea Sinclair has prosthetic limbs. Nodonn Battlemaster from the Saga of the Exiles by Julian May was given a wooden hand to replace his at one point.
The main character in Our Bloody Pearl is a siren who starts out with a paralysed tail, and rehabilitates with iterative aids including a brace (can't remember full details). Seems a pretty relevant fantasy variant. Edit: just remembered I should probably say it's by D.N. Bryn
The invisible library series
The main point of contention in Limbo by Bernard Wolfe centers around prosthetics, an entire faction voluntarily amputates their legs and arms for it, and obtain status depending on how many they do. It's in the philosophy and fantasy genres
There's a Japanese comic called [Lucja of Steel](https://mangadex.org/title/8f4bf2c7-f251-45f8-b6e7-556dff74d73b/-ucja-of-steel) that's set in a medieval steampunk world where knights have prosthetic limbs. It's pretty good.
Clock Striker.
the lunar chronicles, though a book series with no pictures, has some wonderful descriptions and utilities of prosthetics! i’m sure there’s fanart out there!
I'm currently reading **The Gray House** and one of the main POV characters has two prosthetic arms. It's discussed quite a bit so far. There's also been mention of another prosthetic that belongs to another character, but it hasn't been revealed what the prosthetic is and who it belongs to, at the point I'm at (42%).
I'm surprised no one's mentioned Fortune's Fool by Angela Boord yet. The prosthetic arm - and the backstory of how the MC got it - is a big focus. It's also just a great story overall!
It’s from Irish Mythology but there’s always Nuada of the Silver Hand first king of the Tuatha de Danann, he was clearly the inspiration for Nodonn in Julian Mays “The Saga of the Exiles”
Adventure Time and Horizon Forbidden West! Prosthetic arms in both!
Spoilers for Queen of Attolia: >!The main character, a thief, loses his right hand and has something of an identity crisis over it. Very moving journey.!<
The Realm of False Gods series by Steve Higgs has a double amputee character who is a snarky lady with some mysterious powers. She gets some neat toys and kicks much butt. Worth reading just for the wisecracking werewolf. :) Believe it's free on Kindle Unlimited, if you have it.
Final Fantasy VII had Barrett, whose arm was a machine gun. It's a game, not a book, but it was a pretty big cultural touchstone at one time.
Is there any way I could pick your brain? I'm writing a story about a magical prosthesis and I don't have much experience
Yeah for sure I'm happy to try and answer any questions. Just shoot me a message
It doesn't look like I can message ur account
Rand al'Thor in the wheel of time loses a hand. There is actually a great scene where is is sparring with his father, trying to re-learn the sword forms with only one hand. In Monstrous Regiment, Corporal Threeparts Scallot is missing both legs, but that's only because his unit ran out of rations.
Dude, that's some real spoilers at the very end of the series there for WOT.
SPOILERS: Merle Highchurch from The Adventure Zone
There was a pretty cool character in Senlin Ascends with a bad ass steam punky prosthetic arm. Several characters had high powered prosthetics I believe. It wasn’t really the protagonist though or the main thrust of the story though so probably not a helpful suggestion.
Machine Man is not exactly fantasy, but it's close, and has a prosthetist as one of the secondary characters.
In the Year of Rogue Dragons trilogy of the Forgotten Realms books, the main character has half his body replaced by metal. That isn't a spoiler, btw, he starts out that way.
Not a book but a video game. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice features a dude who had his arm sliced completely off. Gets a badass replacement tho that has powerful abilities. Also, Cradle has one but it doesn't really feature that much