History KnightTemplar / FanFiction

* ''Fanfic/BloomingMoonChronicles'': ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/173323/one-wish-for-nothing One Wish For Nothing]]'' -- Stronghold Halfdragon, a member of a pony-dragon hybrid race called the Draekin, is the leader of a cult called the Order of the White Dragon. A thousand years prior to the story, she waged a fierce war against Equestria, but was supposedly defeated. [[spoiler: In reality, she had actually killed Celestia and taken her place for the next thousand years]].
* Subverted in the ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog''/''Anime/SailorMoon'' crossover ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4167708/1/Chaos_Infinity Chaos Infinity]]''. [[TheChessmaster Chessmaster]]/MadScientist Dr. Eggman manipulates the Sailor Scouts into thinking that Sonic and his friends are the ones responsible for the crisis in Tokyo and pushes them to [[LetsYouAndHimFight fight each other]], thinking that the Scouts are too much for his archenemies to handle. His plan fails when Sonic gathers enough HeroicResolve to pull out his [[spoiler: own Chaos Blast]] to overpower their rivals and [[WhatTheHellHero calls out BOTH the Sailor Scouts and the people of Tokyo for their mistreatment]]. And then Eggman nearly kills Sailor Moon when using her and the Master Emerald as batteries for another one of his war machines to take out Sonic for good and everyone knew from then on who was really friend and foe. Again, it backfires. After stopping his final weapon, the Sailor Scouts and the [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits Freedom Fighters]] become friends.
* Subverted in ''[[FanFic/CheerileesGarden Cheerilee's Garden]]''. Cheerilee justifies her [[TorturePorn many brutal murders]] by claiming that she's doing the world a favor by ridding it of degenerates and corrupting influences ("weeds"), but just in case the reader wasn't already tipped off by her obvious eagerness and pleasure in committing such acts, Twilight flat-out states in the third chapter that Cheerilee is nothing more than a [[ForTheEvulz Hedonistic]] SerialKiller.
* The villains of ''Fanfic/TheDeathOfPrincessLuna'' turn out to be [[spoiler:several members of the royal guard]] who have thoroughly deluded themselves into believing that they're only doing the right thing by kidnapping Princess Luna, [[DeathFakedForYou manipulating the entire kingdom into believing her to have died]] and keeping her inhumanely imprisoned in order to [[spoiler:kill her at the right time on some [[InsaneTrollLogic screwed up belief]] that it's necessary to permanently destroy Nightmare Moon so that she wouldn't [[DemonicPossession possess]] some other pony's body and kill them in the process (like they believe to have happened to Luna)]].
* [[AncientConspiracy The Circles]] from the ''FanFic/DevaSeries''. They firmly believe that artificial magery will lead to TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt and seek to kill Hayate and friends for using Devices. Admittedly, there is a smidge of truth in their beliefs, but the extents to which they go, combined with their insistence on refusing Hayate's offers, do not help their case.
* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3557725/1/Forging_the_Sword Forging The Sword]]'' Harry wonders why no one makes all wizards take an unbreakable vow to never hurt anyone. [[ValuesDissonance This leads to quite a spectacular argument with Ron]] on how he can even ''suggest'' such a thing.
* The [[LightIsNotGood Law Heroine]] in ''FanFic/GoddessRebornChronicle'', whose soul was bonded to an angel-until she finds herself better treated by enemies than allies, questioning her own faith and motivations.
* ''Fanfic/GuardiansWizardsAndKungFuFighters'' has a few examples:
** Caleb is initially this, due to the intense nature of the war between Phobos and the Rebellion, before a talk with Jackie sets him straight.
** Alistar Tharquin, one of the Rebellion's leaders, is a fundamentalist both for the movement in general, and [[FantasticRacism hatred of Shapeshifters]] in particular.
** Quentin Ross, Section 13 agent and local [[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} Rorschach]] {{expy}}, believes in inflexible BlackAndWhiteMorality.
** Aldarn is showing signs of this, regarding how the Rebellion should be dealing with Phobos' supporters. This hits its boiling point when Caleb decides to [[EnemyMine ally with some of the nobility who are opposed to Phobos]], which Aldarn is so disgusted by that he [[spoiler: plots to [[KlingonPromotion kill Caleb and take over the Rebellion]]]].
** [[spoiler: Nimue]] is determined to wipe out all demonic threats to humanity, no matter who or what has to be sacrificed to do so.
* The ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures''/''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}'' crossover fic ''Fanfic/{{Kage}}'' has Kur, one of the leaders of the Meridian Rebellion. He harbors an [[FantasticRacism unsettlingly extreme hatred]] toward the [[VoluntaryShapeshifting shapeshifter]] race, expressing a belief that their annihilation is in Meridian's best interests as much as [[EvilOverlord Prince Phobos']] demise. He led a pogrom during Phobos' rule, capturing and killing many shapeshifters, including children and ordinary people who simply birthed them, like [[UsedToBeASweetKid Miranda's]] parents. Now he's plotting from the sidelines to gain Queen Elyon's support for a much larger pogrom...
* ''Fanfic/LovedAndLost'': Commander Hildread, one of [[TheUsurper Jewelius']] main minions, is Canterlot's [[WardensAreEvil ruthless and sadistic head jailer]] whom Shining Armor expelled from the Royal Guard for believing too much in using brutality to ensure security. While her master is a NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist, Hildread seems to really think it was in Equestria's best interests to bring down Shining Armor and the princesses who couldn't prevent the Changeling invasion [[spoiler:(which Jewelius started to take over the throne)]]. When Jewelius decides to [[spoiler:wipe out the entire town of Ponyville along with the heroes]] in the climax, [[EvenEvilHasStandards Hildread is disturbed]] by the idea of [[spoiler:mass murdering ponies she believes she's protecting]]. Unfortunately, she [[IgnoredEpiphany quells any hesitations she has]] and remains set on her course, cementing her status as a Knight Templar. After she's defeated, [[SympathyForTheDevil her hated rival Shining Armor admits]] that [[YouCouldHaveUsedYourPowersForGood if not for her delusional and sadistic nature, Hildread could have made a good protector of Equestria]].
* In the ''Fanfic/PonyPOVSeries'', one of the {{Alternate Universe}}s that Applejack sees at one point is a world were the Mane Cast have become a group of dictators who brainwash and otherwise brutally suppress anything "disharmonic." They are actually based off of the Justice Lords from the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' series.
* In the ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' fanfic ''Fanfic/PrisonIslandBreak'', Silver is the nicer kind of Knight. However he is always convinced that he is morally in the right, despite also being a murderer. His greatest fear is becoming his father.
* Something of a recurring theme in ''FanFic/RainbowDoubleDashsLunaverse'':
** Celestia is stated to have become Corona because of centuries upon centuries of stress from trying to keep her little ponies safe in a world full of threats. Eventually she snapped, trying to destroy every possible threat and rule every last detail of every pony's life so as to ensure that they could never get hurt again. Even in the present day, she genuinely wishes the best for Equestria, she simply is totally deluded about what that is.
** Duke Fisher seeks to take over the Night Court because he believes that only his constant vigilance protects Equestria from the surrounding nations and from Corona's wrath.
** Twilight Sparkle's brief descent into villainy originated in a genuine belief that she would make a better Element of Magic than Trixie, and a relentless determination to prove herself right.
** Applejack likewise is constantly trying to acquire more land, bits, and resources not out of greed, but because she genuinely believes that the Apple Trust is perpetually on the verge of going bankrupt and that if it does go under, all Equestria will starve.
* ''FanFic/RosarioVampireBrightestDarkness'':
** Hokuto Kaneshiro. He commits all manner of horrible atrocities purely for the endgame of resurrecting [[EldritchAbomination Alucard]] and watching his destroy all life on Earth, simply because [[PutThemAllOutOfMyMisery he believes that all life is evil, meaningless trash]], and repeatedly declares that all of his actions are for a higher cause.
** Talon Ryashen, the "Fairy Tale killer." He was turned into a SuperSoldier by Fairy Tale, and is now on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge against ''anyone'' who was ever a part of the organization. It doesn't matter if said members defected, were LockedOutOfTheLoop, or non-combatants; if they were even remotely a part of Fairy Tale, they're on his hit list. Case in point: despite knowing that Dark left Fairy Tale a long time ago and is one of the heroes who slew Alucard, Talon flat-out states that he doesn't care; all that matters is that Dark ''was'' a member of Fairy Tale, and thus is irredeemably evil in his eyes.
** Fairy Tale themselves. For all of their claims on monster equality, they're more focused on anti-human extremism to the point that any monster who even ''thinks'' of siding with humanity is automatically the enemy; they have personally destroyed Ahakon's [[DoomedHometown hometown]] for refusing to side with them, and tried to do the same to Mizore's hometown twice, on top of attempting to destroy Yokai Academy for teaching coexistence. In fact, in Act VI chapter 52, after seeing Moka preach human/monster coexistence on national television, both Gairen and Raika openly state that they're beginning to see why Gyokuro hates Moka so much.
** The [=HDA=] is this throughout Act V and most of Act VI, given their AggressiveCategorism of all monsters as evil beasts. In Act V chapter 23, Marin explicitly describes their treatment of monsters as inhuman, and in Act VI chapter 25, Moka outright declares them to be nothing but a barrier in any efforts to attempt peace between humans and monsters, since they, in her words, "treat all monsters as [[AlwaysChaoticEvil absolute evils]] regardless of their nature." As of the end of Act VI, they've finally grown out of this, in part due to a ReasonableAuthorityFigure in their new director, Hothorne Tamaka.
* In ''FanFic/{{Origins}}'', a ''Franchise/MassEffect''[=/=]''Franchise/StarWars''[[spoiler:[=/=]''[=Borderlands=]''[=/=]''[=Halo=]'']] MassiveMultiplayerCrossover, Sarah [[spoiler:a Force-sensitive Siren]] is ''absolutely convinced'' she's doing the right thing to stop a devastating AlienInvasion...by [[KillEmAll killing anyone in her way]]. This is also enforced by her creators' belief they just did a bit of BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood by erasing her belief that ''they'' were breaking the very rule her present killing is supposed to be enforcing ([[{{Irony}} protecting sapient life]]).
* A common trope in ''FanFic/SonicXDarkChaos'', particularly among the Angels and the more-fanatical Demons. The Muslims and the Emirate of Mecca take this trope UpToEleven. [[spoiler: Cosmo's mother Hertia]] also eventually became this, [[spoiler: torturing Tsali's sister and killing a recently born Seedrian male child because of Daffodil's religious influence]].
* In the Fanfic/SpyroMadnessSaga, we have Ember's father. He [[MoralEventHorizon murdered his mate]] after learning she was [[OmnicidalManiac Malefor's]] granddaughter, which would make Ember his great granddaughter. He then abandoned Ember's egg in a swamp. [[FromBadToWorse It only gets worse]] when [[spoiler: after Ember lays an egg fathered by Spyro, he kidnaps her and fools everyone into believing she's dead. He spends the next few months [[ColdBloodedTorture torturing]] ''his own daughter!'' When Ember's discovered [[TearJerker she's badly scarred and missing a horn]]]]. And all of this was just because [[HeWhoFightsMonsters he was paranoid and believed she was a demon]]. Ember then shows just how wrong he was by [[spoiler: [[CruelMercy sparing his life and allowing the police to deal with him]] proving she's not a [[YouMonster monster like him]]]]. By the way, it's [[spoiler: Terrador]].
* In ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' canon, Yukari Yakumo is usually portrayed as the overseer of Gensokyo, when working being a TricksterMentor to Reimu and tending the Hakurei Border. However, when a fic goes DarkerAndEdgier, Yukari will usually be a ruthless knight templar, that measures no consequences in order to keep the barrier up and Gensokyo safe. This goes from hunting Rin, provoking a small war with Yuuka and [[spoiler:nearly [[YouHaveFailedMe executing Remilia for her failure]]]] in ''FanFic/ImperfectMetamorphosis'' or [[spoiler:spiriting away selfish kids to destroy the balance of Gensokyo in order to keep the place busy and prolong its lifespan]] in ''WebAnimation/DiamondInTheRoughTouhou''.
* ''Fanfic/WithThisRing'':
** Nabu, a Lord of Order who goes by "Doctor Fate", is "not very mentally flexible." While nominally on the side of the heroes, and even joining the Justice League, he considers his duty to Order to put him above other rules; he blackmails a powerful wizard into serving as the host for his consciousness, imprisons villains indefinitely without trial in his extradimensional tower, and goes around the world killing those whom he judges to be threats and "agents of chaos!" [[spoiler: When the protagonist, whom Nabu already suspects to be tainted by chaos, confronts him and demands that he release his host and submit to arrest for kidnapping, Nabu dismisses the allegation, attempts to leave, and upon finding that he can't, he attacks with lethal force.]]
** The protagonist later meets the angels of the Silver City, who tend to be similarly closed-minded albeit ''usually'' fairly peaceful. The exceptions cause him quite a bit of trouble, such as one who attempts to burn anything demonic she finds, both putting bystanders in danger and destroying valuable evidence against the (already arrested) demonic business owner.
** Karrien Excalibris, the archangel of war, takes this UpToEleven when he is sent to bring the protagonist to judgement - by killing him, and his associates, and burning anywhere he's spent a lot of time.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'' multiversal {{Crossover}} ''Worldburner'', the ''Warhammers'' (the military-tasked arm of the [[BadassArmy Corps of Ringbearers]] who are serving as the front-line forces in the war against the JokerImmunity-blessed BigBad [[GodModeSue Judith]]) definitely fit this trope. In order to defeat Judith, they decide that no rules apply anymore and do things such as arm anyone who asks with 'bleeding edge' weapons, [[EarthShatteringKaboom destroy whole planets]] [[ApocalypseHow and solar systems]], and [[BullyingADragon even standing up to an agency tasked with policing time]]. Unfortunately, they end up mostly dying because they run afoul of TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou territory, and don't want to wait for TheChosenOne to arrive. The really sad part is that FridgeLogic (and an AlternateCharacterInterpretation) suggests that they're actually correct, in that they saved untold lives by distracting Judith (and her forces) long enough for [[TheChosenOne the Worldhopper]] to arise and defeat her.
* A key point of the ''{{WesternAnimation/Zootopia}}'' fanfic ''A New Dawn''. Dawn Bellwether is 100% convinced that her Night Howler scheme was justified because, in her eyes, all predators are heartless monsters and the world would be safer without them. There are a number of factors that go into ''why'' she believes this, including her bigoted father, the abuse she had endured while working for Lionhart, and most prominently of all, [[spoiler: a traumatic experience as a teenager where she had been sexually assaulted by a predator]]. Dawn has found her place amongst prey supremacists who praise her as a hero, and it seems like nothing can change her mind... until Gideon Grey enters her life. By engaging in meaningful conversation and gently prodding at her belief system, Gideon gradually lowers Bellwether's defenses until she finally realizes that she was wrong. And afterwards, she does everything she can to undo the damage she's caused.
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* A key point of the ''{{WesternAnimation/Zootopia}}'' fanfic ''A New Dawn''. Dawn Bellwether is 100% convinced that her Night Howler scheme was justified because, in her eyes, all predators are heartless monsters and the world would be safer without them. There are a number of factors that go into ''why'' she believes this, including her bigoted father, the abuse she had endured while working for Lionhart, and most prominently of all, [[spoiler: a traumatic experience as a teenager where she had been sexually assaulted by a large predator]]. Dawn has found her place amongst prey supremacists who praise her as a hero, and it seems like nothing can change her mind... until Gideon Grey enters her life. By engaging in meaningful conversation and gently prodding at her belief system, Gideon gradually lowers Bellwether's defenses until she finally realizes that she was wrong. And afterwards, she does everything she can to undo the damage she's caused.

* ''Fanfic/WithThisRing'' shows the effects of Nabu, a Lord of Order who goes by "Doctor Fate", being "not very mentally flexible." While nominally on the side of the heroes, and even joining the Justice League, he considers his duty to Order to put him above other rules; he blackmails a powerful wizard into serving as the host for his consciousness, imprisons villains indefinitely without trial in his extradimensional tower, and goes around the world killing those whom he judges to be threats and "agents of chaos!" [[spoiler: When the protagonist, whom Nabu already suspects to be tainted by chaos, confronts him and demands that he release his host and submit to arrest for kidnapping, Nabu dismisses the allegation, attempts to leave, and upon finding that he can't, he attacks with lethal force.]]

* In ''FanFic/SovereignGFCOrigins'', a ''Franchise/MassEffect''[=/=]''Franchise/StarWars''[[spoiler:[=/=]''[=Borderlands=]''[=/=]''[=Halo=]'']] MassiveMultiplayerCrossover, Sarah [[spoiler:a Force-sensitive Siren]] is ''absolutely convinced'' she's doing the right thing to stop a devastating AlienInvasion...by [[KillEmAll killing anyone in her way]]. This is also enforced by her creators' belief they just did a bit of BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood by erasing her belief that ''they'' were breaking the very rule her present killing is supposed to be enforcing ([[{{Irony}} protecting sapient life]]).

* ''FanFic/RosarioVampireBrightestDarkness'':
** Hokuto Kaneshiro. He commits all manner of horrible atrocities purely for the endgame of resurrecting [[EldritchAbomination Alucard]] and watching his destroy all life on Earth, simply because [[PutThemAllOutOfMyMisery he believes that all life is evil, meaningless trash]], and repeatedly declares that all of his actions are for a higher cause.
** Talon Ryashen, the "Fairy Tale killer." He was turned into a SuperSoldier by Fairy Tale, and is now on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge against ''anyone'' who was ever a part of the organization. It doesn't matter if said members defected, were LockedOutOfTheLoop, or non-combatants; if they were even remotely a part of Fairy Tale, they're on his hit list. Case in point: despite knowing that Dark left Fairy Tale a long time ago and is one of the heroes who slew Alucard, Talon flat-out states that he doesn't care; all that matters is that Dark ''was'' a member of Fairy Tale, and thus is irredeemably evil in his eyes.
** Fairy Tale themselves. For all of their claims on monster equality, they're more focused on anti-human extremism to the point that any monster who even ''thinks'' of siding with humanity is automatically the enemy; they have personally destroyed Ahakon's [[DoomedHometown hometown]] for refusing to side with them, and tried to do the same to Mizore's hometown twice, on top of attempting to destroy Yokai Academy for teaching coexistence. In fact, in Act VI chapter 52, after seeing Moka preach human/monster coexistence on national television, both Gairen and Raika openly state that they're beginning to see why Gyokuro hates Moka so much.
** The [=HDA=] is this throughout Act V and most of Act VI, given their AggressiveCategorism of all monsters as evil beasts. In Act V chapter 23, Marin explicitly describes their treatment of monsters as inhuman, and in Act VI chapter 25, Moka outright declares them to be nothing but a barrier in any efforts to attempt peace between humans and monsters, since they, in her words, "treat all monsters as [[AlwaysChaoticEvil absolute evils]] regardless of their nature." As of the end of Act VI, they've finally grown out of this, in part due to a ReasonableAuthorityFigure in their new director, Hothorne Tamaka.
* Subverted in the ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' and ''Anime/SailorMoon'' crossover ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4167708/1/Chaos_Infinity Chaos Infinity]]''. [[TheChessmaster Chessmaster]]/MadScientist Dr. Eggman manipulates the Sailor Scouts into thinking that Sonic and his friends are the ones responsible for the crisis in Tokyo and pushes them to [[LetsYouAndHimFight fight each other]], thinking that the Scouts are too much for his archenemies to handle. His plan fails when Sonic gathers enough HeroicResolve to pull out his [[spoiler: own Chaos Blast]] to overpower their rivals and [[WhatTheHellHero calls out BOTH the Sailor Scouts and the people of Tokyo for their mistreatment]]. And then Eggman nearly kills Sailor Moon when using her and the Master Emerald as batteries for another one of his war machines to take out Sonic for good and everyone knew from then on who was really friend and foe. Again, it backfires. After stopping his final weapon, the Sailor Scouts and the [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits Freedom Fighters]] become friends.
* In ''[[FanFic/SovereignGFCOrigins Origins]]'', a ''Franchise/MassEffect''[=/=]''Franchise/StarWars''[[spoiler:[=/=]''[=Borderlands=]''[=/=]''[=Halo=]'']] MassiveMultiplayerCrossover, Sarah [[spoiler:a Force-sensitive Siren]] is ''absolutely convinced'' she's doing the right thing to stop a devastating AlienInvasion...by [[KillEmAll killing anyone in her way]]. This is also enforced by her creators' belief they just did a bit of BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood by erasing her belief that ''they'' were breaking the very rule her present killing is supposed to be enforcing ([[{{Irony}} protecting sapient life]]).
* In the ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' fanfic Fanfic/PrisonIslandBreak, Silver is the nicer kind of Knight. However he is always convinced that he is morally in the right, despite also being a murderer. His greatest fear is becoming his father.
* In the ''Fanfic/PonyPOVSeries'', one of the {{Alternate Universe}}s that Applejack sees at one point is a world were the Mane Cast have become a group of dictators who brainwash and otherwise brutally suppress anything "disharmonic". They are actually based off of the Justice Lords from the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' series.
* In the Fanfic/SpyroMadnessSaga, we have Ember's father. He [[MoralEventHorizon murdered his mate]] after learning she was [[OmnicidalManiac Malefor's]] granddaughter, which would make Ember his great granddaughter. He then abandoned Ember's egg in a swamp. [[FromBadToWorse It only gets worse]] when [[spoiler: after Ember lays an egg fathered by Spyro, he kidnaps her and fools everyone into believing she's dead. He spends the next few months [[ColdBloodedTorture torturing]] ''his own daughter!'' When Ember's discovered [[TearJerker she's badly scarred and missing a horn.]]]] And all of this was just because [[HeWhoFightsMonsters he was paranoid and believed she was a demon.]] Ember then shows just how wrong he was by [[spoiler: [[CruelMercy sparing his life and allowing the police to deal with him]] proving she's not a [[YouMonster monster like him]].]] By the way, it's [[spoiler: Terrador]].
* Subverted in ''[[FanFic/CheerileesGarden Cheerilee's Garden]]''. Cheerilee justifies her [[TorturePorn many brutal murders]] by claiming that she's doing the world a favor by ridding it of degenerates and corrupting influences ("weeds"), but just in case the reader wasn't already tipped off by her obvious eagerness and pleasure in committing such acts, Twilight flat-out states in the third chapter that Cheerilee is nothing more than a [[ForTheEvulz Hedonistic]] SerialKiller.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'' multiversal {{Crossover}} ''Worldburner'', the ''Warhammers'' (the military-tasked arm of the [[BadassArmy Corps of Ringbearers]] who are serving as the front-line forces in the war against the JokerImmunity-blessed BigBad [[GodModeSue Judith]]) definitely fit this trope. In order to defeat Judith, they decide that no rules apply anymore and do things such as arm anyone who asks with 'bleeding edge' weapons, [[EarthShatteringKaboom destroy whole planets]] [[ApocalypseHow and solar systems]], and [[BullyingADragon even standing up to an agency tasked with policing time]]. Unfortunately, they end up mostly dying because they run afoul of TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou territory, and don't want to wait for TheChosenOne to arrive. The really sad part is that FridgeLogic (and an AlternateCharacterInterpretation) suggests that they're actually correct, in that they saved untold lives by distracting Judith (and her forces) long enough for [[TheChosenOne the Worldhopper]] to arise and defeat her.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' canon, Yukari Yakumo is usually portrayed as the overseer of Gensokyo, when working being a TricksterMentor to Reimu and tending the Hakurei Border. However, when a fic goes DarkerAndEdgier, Yukari will usually be a ruthless knight templar, that measures no consequences in order to keep the barrier up and Gensokyo safe. This goes from hunting Rin, provoking a small war with Yuuka and [[spoiler:nearly [[YouHaveFailedMe executing Remilia for her failure]]]] in ''FanFic/ImperfectMetamorphosis'' or [[spoiler:spiriting away selfish kids to destroy the balance of Gensokyo in order to keep the place busy and prolong its lifespan]] in ''WebAnimation/DiamondInTheRoughTouhou''.
* A common trope in ''FanFic/SonicXDarkChaos'', particularly among the Angels and the more-fanatical Demons. The Muslims and the Emirate of Mecca take this trope UpToEleven. [[spoiler: Cosmo's mother Hertia]] also eventually became this, [[spoiler: torturing Tsali's sister and killing a recently born Seedrian male child because of Daffodil's religious influence]].
* Something of a recurring theme in ''FanFic/RainbowDoubleDashsLunaverse'':
** Celestia is stated to have become Corona because of centuries upon centuries of stress from trying to keep her little ponies safe in a world full of threats. Eventually she snapped, trying to destroy every possible threat and rule every last detail of every pony's life so as to ensure that they could never get hurt again. Even in the present day, she genuinely wishes the best for Equestria, she simply is totally deluded about what that is.
** Duke Fisher seeks to take over the Night Court because he believes that only his constant vigilance protects Equestria from the surrounding nations and from Corona's wrath.
** Twilight Sparkle's brief descent into villainy originated in a genuine belief that she would make a better Element of Magic than Trixie, and a relentless determination to prove herself right.
** Applejack likewise is constantly trying to acquire more land, bits, and resources not out of greed, but because she genuinely believes that the Apple Trust is perpetually on the verge of going bankrupt and that if it does go under, all Equestria will starve.
* The ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures''/''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}'' crossover fic ''Fanfic/{{Kage}}'' has Kur, one of the leaders of the Meridian Rebellion. He harbors an [[FantasticRacism unsettlingly extreme hatred]] toward the [[VoluntaryShapeshifting shapeshifter]] race, expressing a belief that their annihilation is in Meridian's best interests as much as [[EvilOverlord Prince Phobos']] demise. He led a pogrom during Phobos' rule, capturing and killing many shapeshifters, including children and ordinary people who simply birthed them, like [[UsedToBeASweetKid Miranda's]] parents. Now he's plotting from the sidelines to gain Queen Elyon's support for a much larger pogrom...
* The villains of ''Fanfic/TheDeathOfPrincessLuna'' turn out to be [[spoiler:several members of the royal guard]] who have thoroughly deluded themselves into believing that they're only doing the right thing by kidnapping Princess Luna, [[DeathFakedForYou manipulating the entire kingdom into believing her to have died]] and keeping her inhumanely imprisoned in order to [[spoiler:kill her at the right time on some [[InsaneTrollLogic screwed up belief]] that it's necessary to permanently destroy Nightmare Moon so that she wouldn't [[DemonicPossession possess]] some other pony's body and kill them in the process (like they believe to have happened to Luna)]].
* ''[[Fanfic/BloomingMoonChronicles One Wish For Nothing]]'': Stronghold Halfdragon, a member of a pony-dragon hybrid race called the Draekin, is the leader of a cult called the Order of the White Dragon. A thousand years prior to the story, she waged a fierce war against Equestria, but was supposedly defeated. [[spoiler: In reality, she had actually killed Celestia and taken her place for the next thousand years.]]

* ''Fanfic/LovedAndLost'': Commander Hildread, one of [[TheUsurper Jewelius']] main minions, is Canterlot's [[WardensAreEvil ruthless and sadistic head jailer]] whom Shining Armor expelled from the Royal Guard for believing too much in using brutality to ensure security. While her master is a NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist, Hildread seems to really think it was in Equestria's best interests to bring down Shining Armor and the princesses who couldn't prevent the Changeling invasion [[spoiler:(which Jewelius started to take over the throne)]]. When Jewelius decides to [[spoiler:wipe out the entire town of Ponyville along with the heroes]] in the climax, [[EvenEvilHasStandards Hildread is disturbed]] by the idea of [[spoiler:mass murdering ponies she believes she's protecting]]. Unfortunately, she [[IgnoredEpiphany quells any hesitations she has]] and remains set on her course, cementing her status as a Knight Templar. After she's defeated, [[SympathyForTheDevil her hated rival Shining Armor admits]] that [[YouCouldHaveUsedYourPowersForGood if not for her delusional and sadistic nature, Hildread could have made a good protector of Equestria]].

* In ''[[FanFic/SovereignGFCOrigins Origins]]'', a ''MassEffect''[=/=]''StarWars''[[spoiler:[=/=]''[=Borderlands=]''[=/=]''[=Halo=]'']] MassiveMultiplayerCrossover, Sarah [[spoiler:a Force-sensitive Siren]] is ''absolutely convinced'' she's doing the right thing to stop a devastating AlienInvasion...by [[KillEmAll killing anyone in her way]]. This is also enforced by her creators' belief they just did a bit of BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood by erasing her belief that ''they'' were breaking the very rule her present killing is supposed to be enforcing ([[{{Irony}} protecting sapient life]]).

* In ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' canon, Yukari Yakumo is usually portrayed as the overseer of Gensokyo, when working being a TricksterMentor to Reimu and tending the Hakurei Border. However, when the fic oges DarkerAndEdgier, Yukari will usually be a ruthless knight templar, that measures no consequences in order to keep the barrier up and Gensokyo safe. This goes from hunting Rin, provoking a small war with Yuuka and [[spoiler:nearly [[YouHaveFailedMe executing Remilia for her failure]]]] in ''FanFic/ImperfectMetamorphosis'' or [[spoiler:spiriting away selfish kids to destroy the balance of Gensokyo in order to keep the place busy and prolong its lifespan]] in ''WebAnimation/DiamondInTheRoughTouhou''.

* In the Fanfic/SpyroMadnessSaga, we have Ember's father. He [[MoralEventHorizon murdered his mate]] after learning she was [[OmnicidalManiac Malefor's]] granddaughter, which would make Ember his great granddaughter. He then abandoned Ember's egg in a swamp. [[FromBadToWorse It only gets worse]] when [[spoiler: after Ember lays an egg fathered by Spyro, he kidnaps her and fools everyone into believing she's dead. He spends the next few months [[ColdBloodedTorture torturing]] ''his own daughter!'' When Ember's discovered [[TearJerker she's badly scarred and missing a horn.]]]] And all of this was just because [[HeWhoFightsMonsters he was paranoid and believed she was a demon.]] Ember then [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome shows just how wrong he was]] by [[spoiler: [[CruelMercy sparing his life and allowing the police to deal with him]] proving she's not a [[YouMonster monster like him]].]] By the way, it's [[spoiler: Terrador]].

* ''Fanfic/LovedAndLost'': Commander Hildread, one of [[TheUsurper Jewelius']] main minions, is Canterlot's [[WardensAreEvil ruthless and sadistic head jailer]] whom Shining Armor expelled from the Royal Guard for believing too much in using brutality to ensure security. While her master is a NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist, Hildread seems to really think it was in Equestria's best interests to bring down Shining Armor and the princesses who couldn't prevent the Changeling invasion [[spoiler:(which Jewelius started to take over the throne)]]. When Jewelius decides to [[spoiler:wipe out the entire town of Ponyville along with the heroes]] in the climax, [[EvenEvilHasStandards Hildread is disturbed]] by the idea of [[spoiler:mass murdering ponies she believes she's protecting]]. Unfortunately, she [[IgnoredEpiphany quells any hesitations she has]] and remains set on her course, cementing her status as a Knight Templar. After she's defeated, [[SympathyForTheDevil her hated rival Shining Armor admits]]] that [[YouCouldHaveUsedYourPowersForGood if not for her delusional and sadistic nature, Hildread could have made a good protector of Equestria]].

** Aldarn is showing signs of this, regarding how the Rebellion should be dealing with Phobos' supporters. This hits its boiling point when Caleb decides to [[EnemyMine ally with some of the nobility who are opposed to Phobos]], which Aldarn is so disgusted by that he [[spoiler: plots to [[KlingonPromtion kill Caleb and take over the Rebellion]]]].

* ''[[Fanfic/GuardiansWizardsAndKungFuFighters Guardians, Wizards, and Kung-Fu Fighters]]'' has a few examples:

* This is Danzo's portrayal in ''{{FanFic/Vapors}}''. He is a cruel and ruthless monster, but he's a cruel and ruthless monster ''for the betterment of Konoha'', and even Aiko, who despises him, agrees with some of his ideas. When he is waiting to be executed for treason by his own home, he refuses to let a Root operative spirit him o safety, instead only asking that the explosive seal on his chest be defused before he dies, so that Konoha won't suffer any collateral damage.

* Subverted in the ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' and ''Anime/SailorMoon'' crossover ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4167708/1/Chaos_Infinity Chaos Infinity]]''. [[TheChessmaster Chessmaster]]/MadScientist Dr. Eggman manipulates the Sailor Scouts into thinking that Sonic and his friends are the ones responsible for the crisis in Tokyo and pushes them to [[LetsYouAndHimFight fight each other]], thinking that the Scouts are too much for his archenemies to handle. His plan fails when Sonic gathers enough HeroicResolve to pull out his [[spoiler: own Chaos Blast]] to overpower their rivals and calls out BOTH the [[WhatTheHellHero Sailor Scouts]] and the [[WhatTheHellTownspeople people of Tokyo]] for their mistreatment. And then Eggman nearly kills Sailor Moon when using her and the Master Emerald as batteries for another one of his war machines to take out Sonic for good and everyone knew from then on who was really friend and foe. Again, it backfires. After stopping his final weapon, the Sailor Scouts and the [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits Freedom Fighters]] become friends.

* The [[LightIsNotGood Law Heroine]] in FanFic/GoddessRebornChronicle, whose soul was bonded to an angel-until she finds herself better treated by enemies than allies, questioning her own faith and motivations.

* Something of a reccuring theme in FanFic/RainbowDoubleDashsLunaverse:

* [[Fanfic/BloomingMoonChronicles One Wish For Nothing]]: Stronghold Halfdragon, a member of a pony-dragon hybrid race called the Draekin, is the leader of a cult called the Order of the White Dragon. A thousand years prior to the story, she waged a fierce war against Equestria, but was supposedly defeated. [[spoiler: In reality, she had actually killed Celestia and taken her place for the next thousand years.]]