David Brin has written extensively about feudal fantasies on his blog (link). You should read how he rails on Star Wars for this reason. The older I get, the more it bothers me. That, and having a "Chosen One". Tolkien carefully danced this trope with Frodo being "meant" to have the Ring.

Tolkien often wrestles with the free-will / destiny coin in his mythologies. Since the whole of space and time was first sung into existence and then set into motion. Suggesting that everything is pre-ordained by the song of the Valar. Yet Frodo's quest "stands on the edge of a knife."

I recommend that you read Tolkien's essay "On Fairy Stories". (http://brainstorm-services.com/wcu-2004/fairystories-tolkien.pdf). I haven't read it in years, printing it out now to read in the tub. (my other guilty pleasure)

I'm curious who your favorite character is and why.