Line #25 CainAndAbel/Literature


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9	* Creator/KAApplegate has written these in her most well-known novels, the ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' and ''Literature/{{Everworld}}'' series.
10	** In ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' main hero and team leader Jake's older brother Tom is a Controller, a host for an alien parasite who would infest him as soon as look at him. Slightly subverted in that the real Tom is not Jake's enemy and just a helpless slave of the Yeerk in his head. Also subverted in that Jake is the Abel in that he's the younger brother and technically the hero, but is the one to kill Tom, the Cain.
11	** Played straight in ''Literature/{{Everworld}}'' with TokenGirl April O'Brien and her half-sister, the [[HotWitch witch]] Senna Wales.
12	* Creator/DeanKoontz plays with this trope in:
13	** ''By the Light of the Moon'': the protagonists encounter Kenny of the many knives, and fear he will do a bad thing involving his knife collection and his younger brother Travis.
14	** ''The Vision'': two brothers-in-law (her elder brother and her husband, respectively) are rivals for Mary's attention; her husband as of the beginning of the story has supplanted her brother and taken over the management of her business affairs.
15	** ''Watchers'': Einstein and the Outsider are considered the two children of the Francis Project -- one beloved, the other hated and feared (and aware of both facts, which is why the Outsider seeks to kill Einstein).
16	** ''The Bad Place'': Frank (older, co-protagonist) [[IJustWantToBeNormal wants a much more normal life]] than his mother's mental problems and the odd abilities in the family really allow, while psychopathic brother "Candy" (real name James) is determined to kill Frank [[spoiler:for [[SelfMadeOrphan killing their mother]]]].
17	* Creator/JRRTolkien's ''[[Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium Legendarium]]'':
18	** ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'':
19	*** All evil is brought into the world by [[{{Satan}} Melkor-Morgoth]], one of the Valar, very powerful angel-like beings [[{{God}} Eru]] created to prepare Arda (Earth) for Elves and Men. Since Morgoth interferes with Eru's plans and destroys or ruins everything the other Valar help create, his "brother" [[ArchAngelMichael Manwë]] is appointed king of Arda because of his faithfulness to Eru.
20	*** Fëanor and his younger half-brother Fingolfin, high-elven princes: Fëanor resents his father's remarriage and dislikes his father's second wife and children even before they're born (even though his father still favoured Fëanor.) [[BigBad Morgoth]] spreads lies to worsen things, until Fëanor raises a sword against Fingolfin in cold blood. Although Fingolfin immediately forgives him and tries to reconcile, Fëanor eventually abandons his brother and nephews/nieces, leaving them either to go beg the Valar for mercy after having committed some fairly questionable acts, or to migrate on foot across a deadly strait filled with shifting sea-ice.
21	** ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'': Sméagol murders his best friend Déagol for possession of Sauron's One Ring, which slowly twists him into the wretched creature Gollum. Not quite brothers, but as close as. PlayedWith since, in the films at least, Déagol was also being corrupted by the Ring, and in the moment was trying just as hard to murder Sméagol for possession as vice versa. Had Sméagol not overpowered, it is quite likely that Déagol would have gone down the same slippery slope.
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24	* ''Literature/TheAdventuresOfStrongVanya'': Grischa and Sascha often get pissed off at Vanya, who is their father's favorite despite being a total slacker. Both brothers become gradually more hostile and confrontational when Vanya starts his training to build his strength up (consisting in lying down on a stove and doing absolutely nothing), to the point they try to beat him up; and when it fails, they threaten to burn the house down if he does not get him down from the stove.
25	* ''Literature/AlienChronicles'': Israi and Ampris are initially in a master and pet / slave relationship as children, which quickly grows into a deeper friendship. But while Israi grows up to be ruler of TheEmpire, Ampris becomes the leader of LaResistance.
26	* ''Literature/BlackVeinProphecy'' revovles around the brothers, the heroic Maior as the Abel to the villainous Feior as the Cain. The latter is a tyrant who covets the throne, and has the former sealed alive in a tomb; Maior eventually wakes up and is an AmnesiacHero who doesn't know who he is, and spends the entire story discovering his true identity.
27	* ''Literature/TheBurningKingdoms'': Chandra has made it his mission to burn his sister Malini alive. Malini has made it her mission to overthrow Chandra.
28	* Thomas and Christian in ''Literature/{{Buddenbrooks}}''. Thomas is the strict businessman (although sometimes, it becomes too much for him), Christian a playboy and a neurotic. At one point, Thomas threatens Christian to put him under tutelage. Thomas also tells him, "I became what I am because I didn't want to become like you!"
29	* ''Literature/TheCalfOfTheNovemberCloud'': Main character Konyek is hated by his cousin Parmet, who feels envious of the attention and praise that his cousin gets. Although he does not attempt to murder Konyek directly, when a rival tribe attacks and hurts his cousin, Parmet abandons him instead of helping him.
30	* In "The Knight's Tale" from ''Literature/TheCanterburyTales'' by Creator/GeoffreyChaucer, Palamon and Arcite quarrel over Emelye. Granted, they are cousins, but until they saw Emelye they were as close as brothers. [[spoiler: Subverted in the end when Arcite ends up defeating, but not killing, Palamon in a fight, gloating about his victory, [[PrideBeforeAFall and being struck down by the gods for his pride]].]]
31	* In ''The Cat Master'', a house cat named Buddy is called by his elderly father through telepathy to become the new Cat Master, ruler of all cats. His older brother Jett, a feral cat, hears the message and is insanely jealous, drawing Buddy's friends Zekki and Pris away to lure him out into the open. It culminates in him trying to persuade everyone to not accept Buddy as the new Cat Master, saying that it's against the Law for Indoor cats and Outdoor cats to mingle. But when Buddy wins the crowd over, Jett attacks, and as they fight in a tree, they fall into the water in a golf course, where Jett tries to drown Buddy. Buddy finally kills him, saving his friends from further attacks from the feral tomcat.
32	* ''Literature/TheChaosCycle:'' Velizar the God of Creation and Sendoa the God of Destruction are brothers and mortal foes. In a twist from the norm, it's Velizar the God of Creation who's the wicked sociopath who plans to dominate his brother into his patsy and tried to kill him when he went against Velizar's evil orders, while Sendoa the God of Destruction is the more moral of the two.
33	* Creator/RogerZelazny's ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfAmber'' make an artform of this trope, but let's especially mention Corwin and Eric, and Merlin and Jurt in the second series.
34	* ''Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian'':
35	** In "Literature/AWitchShallBeBorn", the title witch is out to utterly break her sister Taramis.
36	** In "Literature/TheScarletCitadel" Conan accuses Amalrus of having poisoned his brothers for the throne.
37	** ''Literature/TheShadowOfTheVulture'' has Red Sonya of Rogatino and Sultana Roxelana. Ever since they were little girls, they had a pretty vicious rivalry and while Roxelana was taken to Suleyman's harem and quickly became his favorite concubine, Sonya became a swashbuckling adventurer that resents her sister and the two stand on opposites sides of the war between Christians and Ottomans. Curiously, its the Abel (Sonya) who is more vocal about killing the Cain (Roxelana), since we don't know how exactly the latter feels about the former.
38	* ''Literature/{{Conqueror}}'': Bekter and Temujin in ''Wolf of the Plains'', brought to a head when Bekter steals a marmot Temujin had caught and passes it off as his own kill. [[spoiler:Temujin and Kachiun kill him soon after]].
39	* The ''Franchise/CthulhuMythos'' has this relationship between Cthulhu and his "half-brother" Hastur. In fact, it's because of this rivalry that ''The Unspeakable'' aids [[spoiler: Laban Shrewsbury]]'s fight against Cthulhu, despite being a Great Old One himself.
40	* ''Literature/TheDragonEggPrincess'': Kai resents his younger sister Micah for inheriting the role of leader of the Botan Clan over him (due to the clan being matriarchal) and thus betrays her in favor of becoming Luzee's servant.
41	* John Steinbeck's ''Literature/EastOfEden'' [[TwiceToldTale practically plagiarizes]] the Book of Genesis in its portrayal of two generations of brothers in the Salinas Valley of California. The story of the first pair of brothers, Adam and Charles Trask, follows the Biblical story of Cain and Abel very closely, and it is mirrored by the relationship of Adam Trask's two sons, Aron and Caleb. Excellent book. Made into a 1955 film starring Creator/JamesDean.
42	* A downplayed example in ''Literature/AnEmberInTheAshes''. Marcus and Zak are Helene and Elias' cheating rivals in the Trials. But in an InvoluntaryBattleToTheDeath, Marcus and Zak are forced to fight each other. At Zak's behest, Marcus kills him. So Marcus could be considerd the Cain, especially seeing as Marcus is usually the instigator of [[TrashTalk bad]] [[SerialRapist behavior]] while Zak stands by or indirectly interferes.
43	* ''Literature/EndersGame'' does this with the titular character and his older brother Peter. [[spoiler: They don't reconcile until the Abel is half a galaxy away and the Cain is on his deathbed. For a point of interest and contrast, Peter united the Earth and the Human Race while Ender obliterated an entire race of sentient beings.]]
44	* Love and Hatred are portrayed in ''Literature/TheFaerieQueene'' as brothers constantly bickering and fighting with each other. They are only stopped from attacking one another by Lady Concord. Hatred resents this, but it's good for him, since Love is the stronger of the two.
45	* ''Literature/TheFangsOfKaath'' has Abbas and Raschid; Abbas is a depraved SpoiledBrat and a murderous brute who sneers at his scholarly younger brother while making excuses of why the desert nomads run rings around him on campaign. By contrast, Raschid is a quiet and kindhearted BadassBookworm who pulls off spectacular diplomatic and military victories on his first mission. When the siblings finally come to blows, Abbas learns the hard way to BewareTheNiceOnes as his ass is thoroughly kicked with ease.
46	* In the ChivalricRomance ''Gamelyn'', the plot revolves about how Gamelyn is oppressed by his older brother while his ward. He takes his {{Revenge}} and hides as an outlaw in the woods until he wins the king's pardon. (A source for ''Theatre/AsYouLikeIt'' and Myth/RobinHood ballads both.)
47	* Sam and Caine in the ''Literature/{{Gone}}'' series. In a slight variation, Sam (the good one) is older by a few minutes (they are twins SeparatedAtBirth), and neither has killed the other yet, although they are enemies.
48	* In ''Literature/GoneWithTheWind'', Scarlett and Suellen qualify. Scarlett dislikes Suellen, seeing her as whiny and constantly complaining. Scarlett later marries Suellen's fiancé from right under Suellen's nose.
49	* ''Literature/GravitysRainbow'': Russian mercenary Tchitcherine spends the novel trying to hunt down and kill his black half-brother.
50	* Sadaiyo (Cain) and Ashinji (Abel) of ''Literature/GriffinsDaughter'': Ashinji was kind, humble and beloved by all. Sadaiyo was a sociopathic sadist who blamed his brother for the fact that everyone hates him, especially their father, Lord Sen (or so Sadaiyo believed). [[spoiler: Sadaiyo ends up setting Ashinji to be taken prisoner by a human raiding party. When Ashinji returns a book later, Sadaiyo snaps and tries to kill him on the spot.]]
51	* ''Literature/HarryPotter'':
52	** Andromeda Tonks is a WhiteSheep within the Black family, while her sisters are Bellatrix Lestrange and Narcissa Malfoy, the former of whom is a Death Eater while the latter is a sympathizer. The sisters are never actually seen together, though Bellatrix offhandedly disowns Andromeda when some Death Eaters crack jokes at her expense for having a relative who married a "half-breed" (Andromeda's daughter, Nymphadora, is the wife of Remus Lupin, a werewolf). Then of course, Bellatrix murders Nymphadora, shortly before she is killed herself.
53	** Sirius' mother, Walburga, burned her younger brother, Alphard's name from the Black family tapestry because he dared to leave Sirius inheritance after he left home.
54	** Percy Weasley slides into villainy in later books, siding more and more with the Ministry of Magic, therefore putting him into conflict with the rest of his family. However, he eventually has a HeelRealization, just in time for the final battle.
55	* ''Literature/HereticalEdge'': Very thoroughly zig-zagged. Flick and Ammon are a rare (half)-brother/sister case. Flick's the hero, Ammon's a sociopath who tortures people because he wants to feel something. Flick wants Ammon dead, Ammon "just" wants to hurt her because he thinks that should make him feel something because he thinks he likes her. Flick's also the older sibling.
56	* Kyle and Ian from ''Literature/TheHost2008'' ''just'' skirt being this. Jeb and Maggie also come close, in a rare brother-sister variation of the trope.
57	* ''Literature/InheritanceCycle'': [[spoiler:Eragon and Murtagh]]. Who is who depends on your [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation personal interpretation]].
58	* ''Literature/IntoTheBloodredWoods'': Albrecht has long envied Ursula for being firstborn and thus heir to the throne, feeling she's unworthy of the throne due to being a girl and a werebeast. This resentment doesn't cease even when Tyran announces that both siblings will rule equally, and as soon as his father is dead, Albrecht launches an attack to dethrone and murder his sister and her subjects.
59	* ''Literature/IntruderInTheDust'': Murder victim Vinson Gowrie was an enterprising man striving to move beyond his backwoods roots (although he still didn’t think much of threatening to beat up a black man who wouldn't give him information he wanted about a theft), and is killed by one of his brothers to cover up that theft.
60	* In Creator/JulieKagawa's ''Literature/TheIronDaughter'', Rowan fights Ash as he tries to rescue Meghan from the court. [[spoiler:Later, they learn that Rowan let the Iron Fey into the court, where they killed the oldest brother, Sage.]]
61	* In ''Literature/{{Ishmael\|1992}}'', the Taker and Leaver cultures are described as being the inspiration for the original story.
62	* In ''Literature/{{Jago}}'', the idiotic and sociopathic delinquent Terry Gilpin contrasts to his intelligent and rather more decent younger brother Teddy.
63	* It's the BackStory of the ''Literature/KaneSeries''. Humankind was created by a MadGod as his playthings. Kane rebelled and killed his younger brother who had tried to oppose it, thus ending the era of humanity's innocence. As a punishment he was cursed with immortality.
64	* ''Literature/TheKingOfTheGoldenRiver'' by Creator/JohnRuskin features Schwartz and Hans, two hideous, greedy men who mistreat their servants, kill innocent animals, and antagonize their younger, good-natured brother Gluck; they act as the collective Cain to his Abel. Gluck, for his part, does not seem to hold any ill will towards his brothers, as [[spoiler:he complains to the King of the Golden River when he turns his brothers into statues.]]
65	* It is subtle, but ''Literature/TheKiteRunner'''s Amir plays Cain to Hassan's Abel.
66	* ''Literature/TheLastDaysOfKrypton'': Shor-Em, the ruler of Borga Ciy, is an unusually selfish and grasping "Abel," but his brother Koll-Em is a perfect "Cain." Koll-Em was exiled for a greedy coup attempt in the past and has no qualms whatsoever with Zod killing his brother (and half the population of Borga City) after Koll-Em becomes one of the dictator's lieutenants.
67	* In ''Lives of the Monster Dogs'' by Kirsten Bakis, Augustus Rank discovered that his father had a SecretOtherFamily after his mother died and his father got RemarriedToTheMistress, bringing along a half-brother Augustus had never met. When the two were adults they fell in love with the same woman, and Augustus murdered his brother to remove the competition. This was ultimately futile as Augustus still DidNotGetTheGirl, and it was his StartOfDarkness that led him to create the titular dogs.
68	* Eve and Alexandra Blackwell in Creator/SidneySheldon's ''Master of the Game'' are twins born into one of the most powerful business dynasties in the world; Eve arrived first, and her ambition makes her the obvious one to take it over once matriarch Kate retires… but Eve is insanely resentful of Alexandra simply because she keeps people from devoting themselves to Eve ''entirely''. The night before their ''fifth'' birthday, Eve tries to kill her, and from there she devotes her life not only to becoming the inheritor of Kruger-Brent, Ltd., but crushing Alexandra as well.
69	* In ''Literature/MemorySorrowAndThorn'', royal half-brothers Elias and Josua are this to a tee. Elias, older and [[BloodKnight more martial]], hates his brother with a passion and considers him a rival for power. Josua, younger and [[TheWisePrince more studious]], repeatedly disclaims any desire for the throne and views his brother with a kind of pity, understanding that Elias' hatred stems from love of his wife, whose death he blames on Josua. Their falling out is heightened by Elias' recruitment of EvilSorcerer Pryrates as a trusted advisor, which Josua repeatedly advises his brother against. The feud escalates to the point that Elias, at Pryrates' behest, has Josua captured and imprisoned, intending to use him as a ritual sacrifice to seal his [[DealWithTheDevil deal with the]] [[BigBad Storm King]], making the Biblical allegory even more blatant. Ironically, it turns out that [[spoiler:Josua and Elias aren't blood relatives at all, as Josua was sired not by the king but by his most loyal knight, in a betrayal that has profound consequences on the story]].
70	* Teresa Frohock's ''Literature/MiserereAnAutumnTale'' revolves about the conflict between Lucian and Catarina.
71	* ''Literature/OldKingdom'': In ''Sabriel'', half-brothers [[spoiler:Kerrigor]] and [[spoiler:Touchstone]]. The former is [[spoiler:a murderous [[OurLichesAreDifferent Greater Dead Adept]] and [[TheEvilPrince Evil Prince]] who murdered his mother and sisters to break two of the [[PlaceOfPower Great Charter Stones]] and try to break a third, and he would certainly have murdered his [[HeroicBastard half-brother]] too, if help hadn't arrived just them. Touchstone was [[TakenForGranite turned into a ship's figurehead]] in part to protect him from Kerrigor.]]
72	* In ''Literature/TheOrphanTrainAdventures'' book "Caught in the Act", Gunter Friedrich repeatedly causes major trouble for the purpose of framing his foster brother Mike Kelly. He does this hoping Mike will be sent back to New York City, knowing that if that were to happen Mike would be put in prison. [[spoiler:Gunter's biological brother had died in prison.]]
73	* In ''Literature/ProphecyOfTheSisters'', the protagonist and her sister both are involved in an ancient prophecy about the end of the world. They both can choose whether to start the end of the world, or to prevent it, and one of them wants to give in to the demons' promises.
74	* [[spoiler:Halt]]'s twin brother Ferris from ''Literature/RangersApprentice''. Subverted in that Ferris didn't manage to kill his brother. Also overlaps with EvilPrince.
75	* Creator/RobinHobb's ''Literature/RealmOfTheElderlings'': The ''Farseer Trilogy'' has Regal, the younger half-brother of Chivalry and Verity, and last in line for the throne. After Chivalry abdicates, this puts Verity into a dangerous position, and later [[spoiler:his pregnant wife, as well]], not to mention the protagonist, Chivalry's [[HeroicBastard illegitimate son]].
76	* In ''Literature/ReconstructingAmelia'', [[spoiler:Amelia and Zadie are revealed to be half-sisters. They ''hate'' each other, with Amelia being sweet and innocent and trying to keep the peace, while Zadie is a cruel and controlling AlphaBitch. Zadie [[ForcedOutOfTheCloset outing Amelia]] and leading the school in bullying her is part of what leads to her untimely death. She dies before she can find out they're related (even her mother didn't realize the girls shared a father--Zadie's mom figured it out but never said anything), and it's left ambiguous whether or not Zadie knew. Her mother forced her to socialize with Amelia, but it's never specified if she told her ''why''.]]
77	* There are several examples of this in ''Literature/RedRising''. All of them are Golds, tying in with one of the trilogy's main themes of the corruption of the ruling class.
78	** [[spoiler:Mustang]] and The Jackal are twins who share a talent for accomplishing their goals through manipulation and trickery. But while The Jackal is a murderous sociopath, [[spoiler: Mustang]] is a kind and caring InternalReformist.
79	** Antonia and her (introduced in the second book) older sister Victra. Both are [[LadyOfWar Ladies of War]], but Antonia is a RichBitch with signs of sociopathy, while Victra is a friendly, HardDrinkingPartyGirl who shows an unusual amount of conscience for a Peerless Scarred. Victra notes in the series that people are automatically suspicious of her because of her relation to Antonia. In the massacre at the end of ''Golden Son'', [[spoiler: Antonia personally shoots Victra InTheBack after murdering their mother.]] [[spoiler: Victra got better.]]
80	* ''Literature/TheReynardCycle'': Tybalt is said to have killed his own brother in order to claim the leadership of a band of outlaws.
81	* ''Literature/RobRoy'' has Frank and Rashleigh Osbaldistone. Rashleigh sets out to destroy his cousin's life because his unrequited love Diana fell for Frank... and because Frank slapped him once after drinking a lot. As for Frank, he did not hate his cousin until he found out about Rasleigh's attempt to groom a younger Diana. Rashleigh later stealing a huge amount of money from Frank's father ensured Frank would see him as nothing more than his enemy.
82	* ''Literature/TheRomanceOfCertainOldClothes'': In thie Creator/HenryJames horror story, sisters Rosalind and Perdita [[MeaningfulName Wingrave]] vie for the love of Arthur Lloyd. One wins him and dies in childbirth; the surviving sister marries the widower and then is [[spoiler:slain by her dead sister's ghost]].
83	* ''Literature/TheSecretLivesOfPrincesses'': The Night Princess hates her sister, Princess Pashmina.
84	* ''Literature/SeptimusHeap'': In ''Flyte'', [[spoiler:Simon Heap is hunting down his younger brother Septimus and trying to eliminate him, to get the [=ExtraOrdinary Apprenticeship=]. Fortunately, by the end of the series, Simon has seen the error of his ways, and is now on good terms with Septimus.]]
85	* ''Literature/TheShadowhunterChronicles'':
86	** ''Literature/TheMortalInstruments'': [[spoiler:Clary has this relationship with her villainous brother, Sebastian, especially after he becomes TheStarscream after the angel Raziel kills their father.]]
87	** ''Literature/TheInfernalDevices'' has Tessa and Nate Gray, once it becomes clear that Nate is actually TheDragon to Axel Mortmain.
88	* ''Literature/TheShadowsBetweenUs'':
89	** Alessandra and her older sister Chrysantha. Initially, it seems Alessandra is the Cain and Chrysantha is the Abel, but while Alessandra genuinely hates her sister, she never does anything to actually ''harm'' her. Chrysantha, meanwhile, is initially portrayed as the more virtuous sister who takes after their gentle mother, but her letters to Alessandra where she regularly insults the latter hint that she's just as unpleasant as Alessandra is and is just better at hiding it. [[spoiler:She flat out has no issues leading the police to her sister's doorstep and getting her arrested]].
90	** [[spoiler:Kallias and his older brother Xanthos. Kallias is the Abel, as despite his despicable nature he genuinely loves his family and would never do anything to harm them unless provoked. Xanthos, meanwhile, has no issues killing his entire family to claim the throne he believes is rightfully his]].
91	* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' has several cases of this.
92	** Ser Gregor Clegane badly burned half his younger brother Sandor's face as punishment for playing with his toys when they were children (it is worth noting that Gregor was 11, already the size of a man, and was a squire with no interest in the toy in question. Meanwhile, Sandor was only 6 and probably half Gregor's size). Sandor now lives to take revenge on his brother. Sandor isn't especially ''good,'' mind you, but compared to his complete monster of a brother, he certainly counts as the Abel.
93	** [[TheDutifulSon Lord Stannis Baratheon]] and Lord Renly Baratheon, but it's difficult to determine which of them is the bad guy here. Stannis is over a decade older and is the rightful heir to their older brother's throne, but Renly attempts to usurp his place. [[spoiler: However, since Stannis is the one who had a sorceress assassinate his brother, he looks like the bad guy.]] It's worth noting that, in the television series adaptation ''Series/GameOfThrones'', Renly didn't want the throne at first and was persuaded to make his bid for kingship by the Tyrells, partly because no one in the Seven Kingdoms wants Stannis for their king (though, considering Renly married Lord Tyrells' daughter Margaery Tyrell and after his death, the Tyrells support the monstrously evil Joffrey when it is agreed he'll marry Margaery, it might be they are just supporting Renly so they can gain more power). This is an AdaptationalPersonalityChange from Renly in the books, who is an anti-intellectual and scheming SmugSnake with a MightMakesRight policy. It's also worth noting that Renly ''was'' going to kill Stannis, he just never got the chance. Even in the book, he talks casually about them falling in battle and tellingly says Stannis has the better claim "while he lives." From this perspective, Stannis' actions could look like self-defence. However, Stannis is clearly very upset over Renly's death (though his stoic demeanor means this isn't apparent to most people) and later tells his loyal knight [[HonestAdvisor Ser Davos Seaworth]] that he wishes Renly could have joined him in fighting the Lannisters.
94	** Queen Cersei Lannister lives in fear of a prophecy predicting she will be strangled by her younger brother, an act Tyrion certainly has plenty of motivation for. Things started looking ''really'' bad for Cersei when Tyrion TookALevelInBadass and [[spoiler:escaped from death row, strangling his treacherous ex-lover and fatally shooting his father, who was on the toilet at the time just to twist the crossbow bolt a little more; as well as planting the seeds of resentment in his brother Jaime]]. However, as Ser Jaime, Cersei's twin and incestuous lover, was born moments after she was, he could also turn out to fulfill this prophecy.
95	** Domeric Bolton and his bastard half-brother [[BastardBastard Ramsay Snow]]. Domeric seeks Ramsay out in hopes of befriending him; Ramsay poisons Domeric for his trouble, intending to become heir to the Dreadfort.
96	** Euron Greyjoy is widely suspected of [[spoiler:murdering his brother Balon Greyjoy so he could become King of the Iron Islands. He was exiled by Balon, but returned to the Islands the day after Balon's sudden death [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident falling of a bridge]].]] Euron's relationship with his younger brothers is also terrible, he raped (according to him seduced) Victarian's wife, and molested his youngest full brothers Aeron and Urrigon. Later Euron tells Aeron he murdered his eldest (half-)brother Harlon Greyjoy and his youngest (half-)brother Robin. Though Euron admits he killed Balon he says he didn't perform the deed himself.
97	** Another King of the Iron Islands, Harwyn "Hardhand" Hoare returned to the Iron Islands while his father was dying. His middle brother Harlan Hoare died falling off a horse just before their father's death (the eldest brother had already died from a disease), meaning Harwyn become King.
98	** Brynden Rivers "Bloodraven" and Aegor Rivers "Bittersteel", two bastard sons of Aegon the Unworthy in the backstory of the series. They hated each other, their mothers were from House Blackwood and House Bracken, who had a [[FeudingFamilies bitter feud]] stretching back to the Age of Heroes, they constantly fought over their half-sister Shiera and were on opposite sides of the Blackfyre Rebellion, Bloodraven even losing his eye to Bittersteel during the Rebellion. Another of Aegon's bastards, Daemon Blackfyre, rebelled against Aegon's only trueborn son Daeron II, possibly being convinced to do so by Aegor. This was probably in keeping with Aegon's wishes, as Aegon hated his son Daeron and threatened to disinherit them, possibly starting the rumors that Daeron's true father was Aegon's brother Aemon.
99	** Catelyn Stark and Lysa Arryn. But although Catelyn sees that Lysa is unstable when she visits the Eyrie, she has no idea that Lysa both truly hates her and is party to Littlefinger's plots, [[spoiler:which lead to Catelyn's death. And later Lysa's]].
100	** [[BigScrewedUpFamily The Freys]] largely run on this, due to their common ancestor Lord Walder Frey having married eight times and having over a hundred descendants. The various Frey branches are so antagonistic and scheming to move up in the line of succession that it's said you can only trust your full siblings at the Twins, and even then only so far. Merrett Frey, Walder Frey's ninth son, suspects the 12th son [[EvilCripple "Lame" Lothar]] is planning to move up the line of succession. With Walder Frey over 90 its thought the Freys are on the brink of civil war. Two of Walder Frey's great-grandsons in the direct line of succession, Edwyn and Black Walder, hate each other, both intending to succeed to the Twins and being downright unpleasant people even by Frey standards. Black Walder is suspected of cuckolding both his older brother and younger brother Petyr (along with many of the other women at the Twins, even those he is related to). There's also two of Walder Frey's grandsons Big Walder and Little Walder, who are actually cousins. Big Walder is 52 days older then Little Walder but smaller and below him in the line of succession, [[spoiler:and is present when his cousin is murdered in Winterfell, making him a prime suspect. However as Little Walder was an unrepentant bully who was becoming more sadistic and Big Walder shows a nicer side then many of his relatives he comes across as sympathetic.]]
101	** In ''[[Literature/TalesOfDunkAndEgg The Hedge Knight]]'' the {{Prequel}} novella, Egg hates his [[BigBrotherBully elder brother]], the sadistic Prince Aerion Brightflame, passionately, and openly roots for challengers to kick his ass. A more tragic example is that between his father, Prince Maekar [[spoiler:and Prince Baelor Breakspear. Maekar resented his brother who was more likeable and good looking than him, and hated the fact that his children were better-liked then Maekar's. But even then he never wanted to kill him. In the Trial by Seven, Maekar and Baelor tussled and a poorly timed hit from Maekar's mace damages his brother's brains and kills him. Later he tells Dunk even though it was an accident he will be known as a kinslayer for the rest of his life. Maekar and Baelor act as {{Foil}}s to Maekar's great-great-grandsons Stannis and Renly Baratheon, though Baelor is a much kinder and good-natured person then the inefficient vain and scheming Renly]]. The effect of this can be shown, when Maekar's youngest son Aegon gets into a fight with other squires for claiming Maekar intends to kill his other brothers Aerys I and Rhaegel (though eventually Maekar does end up as King).
102	** Damon Lannister's sons Tybolt and Gerold. Tybolt's sudden death despite being young and healthy, followed by the death of his young daughter Cerelle, led to Gerold becoming Lord of Casterly Rock. It was suspected Gerold had murdered his brother and niece.
103	** Ronnel Arryn "The King who Flew", Last King of the Mountain and Vale, and his brother Jonos "the Kinslayer" Arryn. Jonos revolted against his brother's rule and imprisoned him. He finally threw Ronnel through the Moon Door, though was shortly after hanged.
104	** Theon has this reputation in the North and Riverlands. Despite not being related to the Starks, Theon turned against his foster-brother Robb Stark, helping the Ironborn attack the North, and is believed to have murdered two of his foster-brothers, Bran and Rickon Stark (in reality, they actually escaped). He's despised as a turncloak for these actions in the North, where Robb was King, although outside of the North/Riverlands most people are indifferent about it.
105	** Princess Rhaenyra and her half-brother Aegon II. Their father Viserys I wanted Rhaenyra, the only surviving child of his first marriage, to succeed him. However, after his death Aegon declared himself King, leading to "The Dance of the Dragons", one of the biggest civil wars in the history of the Seven Kingdoms. Aegon ended up feeding Rhaenyra to his dragon, though he was shortly after poisoned, meaning the throne passed to Rhaenyra's son Aegon III. It's hard to determine who was worse though, as Rhaenyra acted in a tyrannical fashion in her pursuit of her enemies or "perceived" enemies, leading to the people of King's Landing rising against her. There was also Viserys' brother Daemon Targaryen "the Rogue Prince", who spent his brother's reign scheming to gain more power by any means, even marrying his niece Rhaenyra and becoming her main supporter.
106	** Rhaenyra's possible lover Ser Harwin Strong and Larys Strong [[EvilCripple "the Clubfoot"]]. When Harwin and his father Lord Lyonel Strong died in a mysterious fire at Harrenhal, his younger brother Larys was one of the suspects, inheriting the largest castle in Westeros.
107	* In Creator/NeilGaiman's ''Literature/{{Stardust}}'', the customary method of royal succession is that the last prince to survive FreeForAll fratricide among his brothers becomes the heir.
108	* In the "I.K.S. Gorkon" ''Franchise/StarTrek'' novels, Klag and Dorrek have this kind of relationship, stemming from some complicated business involving their father. [[spoiler:At the end of the second book, Klag -- as Head of House -- disinherits Dorrek in a variation on IHaveNoSon, and it ends up being the Klingon governing council who end up killing Dorrek, instead of Klag.]]
109	* ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'':
110	** In the final book of the ''Literature/LegacyOfTheForce'' series, twins Jaina Solo (Sword of the Jedi) and Jacen Solo (Darth Caedus) fight two brutal lightsaber duels. [[spoiler:At the end of the second duel, Jaina kills Jacen. In contrast to the Cain and Abel original archetype, it is the one doing the killing who is the protagonist and the slain who is the villain… even though it was the antagonist Jacen who tried to get out of the fight to save his loved ones but was denied any escape or surrender by his sister, supposedly the heroine of the series.]]
111	** Little known fact: You lose your right to Time-Outs when you [[spoiler: kill your aunt]] in order to turn the galaxy into a Police State.
112	** The ScaryDogmaticAliens Yuuzhan Vong believed that twins fight to the death BecauseDestinySaysSo. They were confused when they saw that Luke & Leia and Jaina & Jacen could work together.
113	* ''Literature/SweetAndBitterMagic'': The dark witch whom Tamsin is hunting to stop the deadly {{mystical plague}} that she unleashed turns out to be her sister Marlena, whom she'd believed dead. After discovering this, she has to take her down, and they have an epic WizardDuel.
114	* ''Literature/TheThebaid'': Polynices and Eteocles are driven to wage war and kill each other due to a curse put on them by their father, the intervention of Jupiter, and their hunger for the throne. Of the two, Eteocles is the more like Cain since he betrays the other first, by denying Polynices his promised year as king. That said, Polynices isn't as innocent as Abel despite all his brother's villainy. He manipulates the people of Argos to die on his behalf and although he's the protagonist, he's the protagonist of a tragedy, so that's actually points against him being some innocent Abel.
115	* ''Literature/TrappedOnDraconica'': At the start of the story, Daniar and Rana are not on speaking terms; Daniar and Zarracka are full-on enemies. In both cases, Daniar is the Abel.
116	* In ''Literature/TheVampireDiaries'', the Salvatore brothers, Damon (Cain) and Stefan (Abel). Damon, the Cain, has always loathed his younger brother, Stefan, the Abel. Most of it has to do with jealousy and competition between the two brothers. Also, their personalities fit the Cain and Abel trope. Damon (the Cain) is selfish, jealous, impulsive, dangerous and violent, and Stefan (the Abel) is kind, compassionate, empathetic, selfless and pure of heart.
117	* ''Literature/UnderHeaven'': Assassins are sent after Shen Tai, and he thinks his elder brother had either sent them or recommended their use, in order to preemptively prevent him from interfering with their sister's marriage. This turned out to be false, but there were some hard feelings involved. [[spoiler:The (new) Prime Minister had hired them on his own initiative due to Tai having previous feelings for the Minister's newest concubine.]]
118	* ''Literature/{{Vicious}}'': Sydney and Serena Clarke were once best friends, but after the two nearly died and developed otherworldly abilities as a result, their relationship suffered, culminating in Serena luring Sydney out to be murdered by Eli. Sydney survives, but not for a lack of trying on Eli's part. Serena ''does'' still love her little sister, but after all that, [[BrokenPedestal Sydney wants nothing more to do with her]].
119	* Denth and Vasher in ''Literature/{{Warbreaker}}'' used to be brothers-in-law and the best of friends. Then Vasher killed his wife (Denth's sister), for what he thought were very good reasons. Denth set out to get revenge, and by the time of the book Denth is actively working to start another World War as a plot to capture Vasher for torture.
120	* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'':
121	** In Creator/JamesSwallow's ''Literature/BloodAngels'' novel ''Deus Sanguinius'', Rafen realizes that Arkio, not only a fellow Blood Angel but his actual brother, must fight with him, and only one will live. Inquisitor Stele convinces him--using sorcery--that he is overshadowing Arkio out of [[GreenEyedMonster jealousy]] and [[DrivenToSuicide kill himself to free Arkio]]. [[spoiler:Only a literal divine vision saves Rafen.]] At the climax, he [[spoiler:insists on [[CombatByChampion fighting the single combat with him]], and kills him. DyingAsYourself, Arkio is deeply moved by Rafen's ManlyTears, declaims all the extenuations Rafen offers, says that he foresaw this fight too, and begs Rafen's forgiveness that the acts that drove Rafen to it.]]
122	** In Creator/GrahamMcNeill's TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Literature/HorusHeresy novel ''False Gods'', Horus truthfully tells Russ that Magnus has engaged in sorcery forbidden by the Emperor -- [[MaliciousSlander his actual motive was that Magnus's loyalty to the Emperor would interfere with his own plans]] -- and eggs him on until Russ does not think it necessary to capture Magnus alive. Since all three of them are, in a manner of speaking, brothers, it's a little complex.
123	** And then there's ''Galaxy in Flames'', ''Flight of the Eisenstein'', and ''Fulgrim'', which are absolutely rife with this; each Legion is a brotherhood, and no less than ''four'' of them -- the World Eaters, Sons of Horus, Death Guard and Emperor's Children -- are ripped in half by Horus' ambition, leading directly to brother vs. brother combat on a gargantuan scale.
124	** It looks very much like this is going to happen with Remiel and Zahariel in the ''Dark Angels'' books. [[spoiler:Ultimately averted: Remiel has already been killed.]]
125	** Also looks to be the case with [[spoiler:Alpharius and Omegon]].
126	** Fulgrim is a magnet for these: after developing and concluding a feud with Ferrus Manus, Primarch of the Iron Hands, by killing him in ''Fulgrim'', he ''then'' hatched a plan to sacrifice his fellow traitor Primarch Perturabo in order to earn daemonhood in ''Angel Exterminatus'' [[spoiler:which failed, but Perturabo is ''pissed'']], and [[DoomedByCanon canon]] indicates that eventually he's going to stab a ''third'' Primarch, Roboute Guilliman of the Ultramarines, with a poisoned blade and necessitate that he be sealed in stasis.
127	** In Creator/GrahamMcNeill's ''Literature/{{Ultramarines}}'' novel ''Nightbringer'', Barzano is warned as soon as he arrives on planet that Talhoun is suspected of having murdered his brother in order to become the family patriarch.
128	** In William King's ''Literature/SpaceWolf'' novel ''Wolfblade'', Ragnar is warned that the brother of one House's lord died very suddenly and suspiciously.
129	* The first two [[MythArc arcs]] of ''Literature/WarriorCats'' end with a character killing their brother. Specifically, [[spoiler: Firestar kills Scourge (but Scourge killed Firestar) and Brambleclaw kills Hawkfrost.]]
130	** Also, in ''Omen of the Stars'', [[spoiler: Ivypaw gets jealous of the attention Dovepaw is getting and is tricked into joining forces with the Dark Forest. This was averted later though.]]
131	* In ''Literature/WiseChild'', the SinisterMinister Fillan and village leper [[MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold Cormac]] are brothers and complete opposites in terms of morality and relationships with the local healer Juniper. Fillan is hateful, narrow-minded, and leads the persecution of Juniper; Cormac is gentle, soft-spoken, and is a friend to Juniper because she is the only person to treat him with kindness.
132	* In ''Literature/WitchesAbroad'', Granny Weatherwax reveals a deep-set resentment of her older sister -- not because she's evil, but because her choice forced Granny to be the good one. Lily, a KnightTemplar who believes she's the fairy godmother battling the wicked witch, is totally shocked at this interpretation.
133	* In ''Literature/TheWitchlands'', Merik thinks of himself and his sister Vivia in this fashion, with her being the evil princess who wants war for the sake of war and undermines him so that no-one would oppose her, while's he's the good prince trying to bring prosperity to his land by peaceful means. As it turns out in the second book, certain degree of UnreliableNarrator is going on.
134	* ''Literature/WorldsOfShadow'': Raven and his brother. He's spent years uselessly struggling against Shadow, while his brother lives as a vassal holding their land.
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