History PlayingWith / SacrificialLion

** Izzard Vayne slaughters ''[[KillEmAll the entire]]'' Band of the Falcon save for Bob, who is NotWorthKilling at that time.

* '''Straight''': In the DarkFantasy manga ''Songs of Troperia'', the kid Bob is a member of [[BadassArmy Band of the Falcon]], led by the charismatic [[LadyOfWar Lady Alice Flameheart]]. Later in the story, Lady Alice Flameheart is slaughtered by [[MagnificentBastard Sorceror]] [[WhiteHairBlackHeart Izzard Vayne]]. Things are about to get serious.

'''Basic Trope''': Character is set up as important, then killed partway through the story to show AnyoneCanDie.

* '''Defied''': [[TakingTheBullet Bob pushes Lady Alice aside as Izzard Vayne throws a huge fireball at her]]. Amazingly, both of them survive and the rest of the Falcons finish the stunned Izzard Vayne. Lady Alice falls in love with Bob.

** A {{badass}} villain is killed early on to show how tough the heroes are.

* '''Exaggerated''': Izzard Vayne slaughters ''[[KillEmAll the entire]]'' Band of the Falcon save for Bob, who is NotWorthKilling at that time.

%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???

* '''Downplayed''': SacrificialLamb

** Alternatively: Sorcerer Izzard Vayne sees how important Lady Alice Flameheart is to the group, and so deliberately kills her to strike a blow against the group's stability.

** Bob's final battle versus [[BigBad Emperor Izzard Vayne]] has him [[BackupFromOtherworld summoning the soul of the deceased members of Band of the Falcon, who are now Einherjar]]. CurbStompBattle ensues.

* '''Defied''': Bob push Lady Alice aside as Izzard Vayne throws a huge fireball at her. Amazingly, both of them survive and the rest of the Falcons finish the stunned Izzard Vayne. Lady Alice falls in love with Bob.

* '''Deconstructed''': The SacrificialLion is, duh, someone ''really'' important for LaResistance. His[=/=]her death severely impairs the rebellion as a whole.
* '''Reconstructed''': the death of the SacrificialLion fuels the drives of the other members of LaResistance, who fight valiantly to compensate for their loss.

* '''Enforced''': "DeathIsDramatic, even more so when it happens to someone who seems invincible and is on the hero's side. Let's kill Alice."

* '''Lampshaded''': "Lady Alice, your death shall not be in vain! Your ideals we shall carry!"

* '''Straight''': In the DarkFantasy manga ''Songs of Troperia'', the kid Bob is a member of [[BadassArmy Band of the Falcon]], led by the charismatic [[LadyOfWar Lady Alice Flameheart]]. Later in the story, Lady Alice Flameheart is slaughtered by [[MagnificentBastard Sorceror]] [[WhiteHairedPrettyBoy Izzard Vayne]]. Things are about to get serious.

* '''Downplayed''': ???

* '''Justified''': Lady Alice Flameheart has some sort of ThanatosGambit going on.

* '''Inverted''': Bob's final battle versus [[BigBad Emperor Izzard Vayne]] has him [[BackupFromOtherworld summoning the soul of the deceased members of Band of the Falcon, who are now Einherjar]]. CurbStompBattle ensues.

* '''Deconstructed''': The SacrificialLion is, duh, someone ''really'' important for LaResistance. His/her death severely impairs the rebellion as a whole.
* '''Reconstructed''': the death of the SacrificialLion fuels the drives of the other members of LaResistance, who fight valiently to compensate for their loss.

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'''Basic Trope''': Character is set up as important, then killed partway through the story to show Anyone Can Die.

* '''Subverted''': [[IGotBetter Lady Alice gets better]].

* '''Defied''': Bob push Lady Alice aside as Izzard Vayne throws a huge fireball at her. Amazingly, both of them survive and the rest of the Falcons finish the stunned Izzard Vayne. [[CakeEater Lady Alice fall in love with Bob]].

** Alternatively: Sorceror Izzard Vayne sees how important Lady Alice Flameheart is to the group, and so deliberately kills her to strike a blow against the group's stability.

* '''Deconstructed''': The SacrificialLion is, duh, someone ''really'' important for LaResistance. His/her death severely impair the rebellion as a whole.

* '''Exploited''': Lady Alice knows someone is likely to die in the upcoming battle with Izzard Vayne. She plans things ahead of times so that she's the most likely casualty.

* '''Exploited''': ???

* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': "Uh-oh, the story's getting more intense; it's usually around now the writers kill off a well-developed charqacter just to prove that AnyoneCanDie."

Back to SacrificialLion

* '''Straight''': In the GrimDark [[TheDungAges Fantasy]] manga ''Songs of Troperia'', the kid Bob is a member of [[BadassArmy Band of the Falcon]], led by the charismatic [[LadyOfWar Lady Alice Flameheart]]. Later in the story, Lady Alice Flameheart is slaughtered by [[MagnificentBastard Sorceror]] [[WhiteHairedPrettyBoy Izzard Vayne]]. Things are about to get serious.

* '''Averted''': The only characters to die are SacrificialLambs and RedShirts.

* '''Straight''': In the GrimDark [[TheDungAges Fantasy]] manga ''Songs of Troperia'', the kid Bob is a member of [[BadassArmy Band of the Falcon]], led by the charismatic [[LadyOfWar Lady Alice Flameheart]]. Later in the story, Lady Alice Flameheart is slaughtered by [[MagnificentBastard Sorceror]] [[WhiteHairedPrettyBoy Izzard Vayne]] [[AnyoneCanDie along with a good 2/3 of the Band of the Falcon]]. Things are about to get serious.

* '''Reconstructed''': ???

* '''Averted''': Every single member of the Band of Falcon know their occupational hazard, no death will faze them (or the audience).

* '''Invoked''': Lady Alice, having studied psychological warfare, decides to fight Izzard Vayne even though she can't win-- because she knows that her death is exactly what will motivate the Falcons for the rest of their life.

* '''Conversed''': ???