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** You kind of have to feel sorry for Drew when you consider that his Chronic Hero Syndrome is actually hereditary—he only does all this because his father taught him that "it's wrong to do nothing when you have the power to do something."
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** You kind of have to feel sorry for Drew when you consider that his Chronic Hero Syndrome is actually hereditary—he only does all this because his father taught him that "it's hereditary:
--> '''Drew''': "What they did was wrong, and it's wrong to do nothing when you have the power to do something."" Those were words his dad had spoken, and he never forgot them.\\
'''Ben''': "[[LampshadeHanging There's a lot of wrong going on... I think you're in for a tough life.]]"
--> '''Drew''': "What they did was wrong, and it's wrong to do nothing when you have the power to do something.
'''Ben''': "[[LampshadeHanging There's a lot of wrong going on... I think you're in for a tough life.]]"
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* Drew Carter in ''Literature/WarsOfTheRealm'' has a particularly nasty case of this syndrome. He gives up his social standing in high school to protect Ben, the class nerd, from bullying. Later, when he's hiding out in the ghettos of Chicago (looking for Ben, incidentally), he gets sidetracked using his [[{{Superhero}} superpowers]] to beat up [[{{Gangbangers}} gangbangers]] and protect innocent civilians.
** You kind of have to feel sorry for Drew when you consider that his Chronic Hero Syndrome is actually hereditary—he only does all this because his father taught him that "it's wrong to do nothing when you have the power to do something."
** You kind of have to feel sorry for Drew when you consider that his Chronic Hero Syndrome is actually hereditary—he only does all this because his father taught him that "it's wrong to do nothing when you have the power to do something."
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* ''Literature/GoblinSlayer'': As long as there are goblins raping women or slaughtering villages, Goblin Slayer cannot consider retiring to his childhood friend's farm, or becoming an instructor for new heroes, or even going on more prestigious and exciting quests. He will keep hunting goblins until either he dies or the goblins are driven to extinction.
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** That said, Jon's plotline is also deconstructing the idea of a ''leader'' with ChronicHeroSyndrome, in that the refusal or inability to make potentially heart-wrenching decisions and focusing on saving literally everyone is often detrimental to the leader's overall responsibility (which in Jon's case is to ''prevent mankind's extinction''). Saving starving wildlings and [[spoiler: rescuing "Arya" from Ramsay]] may be heroic actions, but it also risks losing men who are of more value guarding the Wall, puts a strain on their already-dwindling food stores, and antagonizes threats to the south. In this light, being a heroic leader may ultimately mean being a ''poor'' leader.
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* The Hero's Blessing in ''Literature/BanishedFromTheHerosParty'' induces it, whether the Hero wants it or not. This nearly got the person carrying the Hero's Blessing killed as a child, as Rit couldn't ''not'' go out to help search for a missing child despite being a five-year-old with no useful skills at the time, and nearly got herself nommed by a monster that was out of her weight class, but she literally couldn't run from.
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* The Hero's Blessing in ''Literature/BanishedFromTheHerosParty'' induces it, whether the Hero wants it or not. This nearly got the person carrying the Hero's Blessing killed as a child, as Rit Ruti couldn't ''not'' go out to help search for a missing child despite being a five-year-old with no useful skills at the time, and nearly got herself nommed by a monster that was out of her weight class, but she literally couldn't run from.
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* The Hero's Blessing in ''Literature/BanishedFromTheHerosParty'' induces it, whether the Hero wants it or not. This nearly got the person carrying the Hero's Blessing killed as a child, as Rit couldn't ''not'' go out to help search for a missing child despite being a five-year-old with no useful skills at the time, and nearly got herself nommed by a monster that was out of her weight class, but she literally couldn't run from.
