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[[caption-width:208:He’s writing a beautiful poem. Laugh and he'll gouge your eye out with the brush.]]

-->''The minstrel boy to the war has gone;''
-->''In the ranks of death you’ll find him;''
-->''His father’s sword he hath girded on,''
-->''And his wild harp slung behind him.''
--> -- Thomas Moore, ''The Minstrel Boy''.

-->''There are few men with more blood on their hands than me. None, that I know of. The Bloody-Nine, they call me, my enemies, and there’s a lot of ’em. Always more enemies, and fewer friends. Blood gets you nothing but more blood. It follows me now, always, like my shadow, and like my shadow I can never be free of it. I should never be free from it. I’ve earned it. I’ve deserved it. I’ve sought it out. Such is my punishment.''
--> -- Logen Ninefingers, ''[[TheFirstLaw The Blade Itself]]''.

-->''“Just because I can drill you between the eyes at two hundred yards, it doesn’t mean I can’t like sensitive stuff.”''
--> -- '''Gunnery Chief Ashley Williams''', ''MassEffect''

Once he was but a ProudWarriorRaceGuy, content with nothing more than dreams of crushing his enemies’ skulls ’neath his jewel-encrusted boots. But he has grown. He has embraced the spiritual side of his culture that his fellows have long ignored. He tries to teach, but they won’t listen!

A prophet without honor in his own land, he has become a WarriorPoet!

For your own sake, do '''NOT''' mistake him for going soft. The “Warrior” part of the name is there for a ''reason''. He has lost none of his edge from his rowdier days, and will not hesitate to make use of his martial skills when all other options have been exhausted. He merely asks questions before he shoots.

Compare CrouchingScholarHiddenBadass, MartialPacifist, CulturedBadAss and WickedCultured.

See also RealMenWearPink, a more specific example in which having “girly” interests does not make a character less BadAss.
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* Gennosuke Kouga from {{Basilisk}} is not only a mighty swordsman who doesn’t even need to brandish his blade to kill you, he’s also a talented flautist and dancer.
* Kuroi Sabato from BladeOfTheImmortal was one of these.
* In ''{{Naruto}}'' the newly introduced [[spoiler:host of the eight-tailed ox]] is actually a warrior ''rapper'', who in fact almost always speaks in rap.
* Captain Raballo, the handler assigned to train Claes in ''GunslingerGirl'', has an extensive library on the grounds that knowledge is essential to any soldier. On noting, however, that the book he’s reading is about growing vegetables, he says dryly: “Should come in handy if we’re invaded by plants from outer space.” (manga only)
* Let from ''RaveMaster''
* DarkerThanBlack has the character of Isaak, who fits this both literally and figuratively. He is a KGB agent and has a compulsion to write poetry after using his powers. In a figurative sense, he and his partner Bertha are presented as being remarkably sensitive and likable, even though they feature in the series as [[AntiVillain opponents of the hero]].
* Several of the characters from BlackLagoon have a tendency to fall into this.
* A one-time example in Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo: When fighting Carman, Bobobo and Softon take to writing Haiku. Carman thinks that this will distract them long enough for him to get a few hits in. Unfortunately for him, one of Bobobo’s was:
--> “I’ll beat you to death!
--> Beat beat beat beat beat beat beat!
--> I’ll beat you to death!”
* In MahouSenseiNegima, Evangeline occasionally waxes eloquent concerning topics such the nature happiness, what true power is, and what it means to have a soul.
* Sky-Byte of ''TransformersRobotsInDisguise''- an IneffectualSympatheticVillain who loves human culture, especially haiku.
* Akisame Koetsuji, one of ''KenichiTheMightiestDisciple'''s teachers. A Jiu-jutsu master who has "Warrior Philosopher" as his epithet.

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* Most of the traits that make up a WarriorPoet also exist in Destruction of The Endless from Neil Gaiman’s series ''TheSandman''. He abandoned his role as overseer of destruction to try his hand at being creative -- like writing poetry and painting pictures... really, really badly.
* In a twisted, delusional, batshit crazy way? [[{{Watchmen}} Just read Rorschach’s journal...]]
* [[CalvinAndHobbes Calvin]] spoofs this with every SnowballFight and water balloon battle.
* Colossus of the XMen, when written right, is a poetic soul and more than capable warrior.

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[[folder: Film ]]

* Katsumoto from ''TheLastSamurai'' is made of this trope.
* The main villain from the film ''TheProposition'', Arthur Burns, despite being a violent and dangerous sociopath, has a wonderfully eloquent and deep outlook on life. He is just as capable of looking off into the sunset and quoting Burroughs as he is capable of torturing and murdering innocent people.
** ''The Proposition'' is full of such characters. Captain Stanley is a [[WilliamShakespeare Shakespeare]]-quoting badass played by the mighty Ray Winstone, and [[OneSceneWonder Jellon Lamb]] is a bounty hunter of “no little education.” Considering that Nick Cave wrote the screenplay, it’s only natural that everyone around is going to be super-literate.
* Adam Sandler’s character, Zohan, is a crazily competent Mossad agent who decides to leave war behind and choose the AmbiguouslyGay profession of hair stylist
** Along similar lines but done seriously, Daniel Silva’s series character Gabriel Allon is an Israeli spy and assassin who when on TenMinuteRetirement has the delicate profession of art restorer.
* Broken Sword, one of the three Zhao master assassins of the 2002 film ''{{Hero}}'', is a calligraphy artist and a poetic philosopher in addition to being deadly with a blade.
* The last lines of ''Braveheart'': “They fought like warrior-poets. They fought like Scotsmen.”
* Dennis Hopper described as this Col. Kurtz in ApocalypseNow.

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[[folder: Literature ]]

* Cao Cao from ''RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms'' is a perfect example. Not only did he conquer most of Northern and Central China, but was also a famous poet who is credited today for starting the Jian’an style of poetry in China.
** Other characters display this as a more important part of their back-story, as well. For example, Lu Meng of the Wu Kingdom was once something closer to a GloryHound or TheBrute, when his superiors berated him for it. Unlike most brutes, however, he actually took it upon himself to become a scholar as well as a warrior, and achieved far greater fame for his efforts.
* King David in TheBible composes much of the book of Psalms in his free time from giant slaying and country-rebuilding. In fact, the only reason He Who Slew Hundreds of Thousands has an opportunity to become king is that the music he played could make you cry and the previous King had to hear him. He’s also famous for taking his clothes off and dancing happily once he brought the Ark of the Covenant into Jerusalem.
**Samson tried to get in on the action quite a bit earlier, in the midst of a riddle game. Notable in that his poem actually rhymes -- which, in the context of the times, may mean that it sucked. (Hebrew poetry was normally based on parallelism of content, rather than rhyme.)
*** English Bibles have it as “Out of the eater, something to eat; out of the strong, something sweet.” But did it rhyme in Hebrew?
**** Didn't.
***Ancient Hebrew poetry focused on parallelism not rhyme. Which makes it translatable as poetry. However it probably did suck in the original; for that matter it isn't that good in translation. The impression I always got of Samson was of a BoisterousBruiser.
* Maglor from ''TheSilmarillion'', who, after spending the better part of the book (somewhat reluctantly) engaged in wholesale slaughter of innocent bystanders in an effort to steal back the eponymous Silmarils, decides to throw the one he eventually acquires into the sea and take up a repentant existence WalkingTheEarth and singing about how sorry he is.
* Gurney Halleck in ''{{Dune}}'' is a literal example. He is a musician and philosopher with seemingly infinite supply of witticisms for any occasion. He is also a remorseless killer, perfectly willing to cut any Harkonnen he comes across (or anyone who gets on the wrong side of Duke Leto for that matter) into pieces.
* In ''WarAndPeace'', a near-death experience turns Prince Andrei from being just a normal ProudWarriorRaceGuy to a WarriorPoet.
* Logen Ninefingers from ''TheFirstLaw'', as in the quote at the top of the page. He was a [[ConanTheBarbarian Conan-esque]] adventurer in the past, but in the actual story is a tragic figure hounded by old feuds.
* General Baneus from Terry Pratchett’s ''{{The Carpet People}}''.
** Somewhat subverted by the Gonagles of the Nac Mac Feegle in the ''{{Discworld}}'' novels, who [[BrownNote use poetry as a weapon of war.]]
* Daniel Hagman, of {{Sharpe}}, is the best marksman in his unit but is also a talented musician, singing for the other men (in one case as the man dies) and occasionally playing the guitar or some equivalent. Of course, this was mostly because his TV actor is primarily a folk singer and wrote or arranged most of the music for the show...
** Incidentally, Gurney Halleck does exactly the same thing (singing to a dying man) in {{Dune}}... coincidence?
** Lieutenant-Colonel Girdwood, on the other hand, thought of himself as a warrior-poet but proved to be incompetent in both areas.
* Subverted in the sci-fi novel [[TheCulture ''The Use of Weapons'']] by Ian M. Banks. The protagonist Cheradenine Zakalwe wants to be a poet as well as a soldier, but all his efforts are amateurish. In a particular irony the novel is bookended by the (much better) poetic efforts of his co-workers.
** Worth noting is his behavior after he realized he was a better warrior than a poet. There was a nasty slave-driver who liked to cut off people’s tongues. Right after Zakalwe left the planet he was on at the time, the guy’s corpse was discovered with a look of horror on his face, and several human tongues and the paper on which Zakalwe was trying to write poetry shoved down his throat.
** In a similar vein, Brandark Brandarkson from {{David Weber}}’s ''War God'' series. A [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy hradani with all that entails]] but also a well read scholar and a decent musician (plays the balalaika specifically). However his singing voice is atrocious and his attempts at poetry don’t rise above the equivalent of witty limericks.
* Karsa Orlong in {{Malazan Book of the Fallen}}, who is a great sculptor.
* ''TheExecutioner''. Soldier-turned-vigilante Mack Bolan is very well read. Each novel in the series begins with a couple of quotes from a literary work, then a quote from Bolan’s [[{{Diary}} journal]] giving his own take on it. His favourite book is ''DonQuixote'' by Miguel de Cervantes, as Bolan often sees himself as “[[HopelessWar tilting at windmills]]”.
* David Zindell’s ''Requiem for Homo Sapiens'' has the Order of Warrior-Poets. Every year they clone ''billions'' of children, whose [[TheSpartanWay educational process]] includes regular fights to the death -- either via combat, or poetry competitions. Each “graduating class” numbers in the hundreds, if that.
* “[[StarWarsExpandedUniverse Death Star]]” has Nova Stihl, Imperial prison guard, trooper, and master of martial arts, who has Battle Precognition. He’s also got a sense for fair play and likes training people. And the [[PornStash stash of illicit holograms]] under his bunk? Dissertations on philosophy. He doesn’t think of himself as a particularly deep thinker in the start of the book, though.
* Brandark Brandarkson from {{David Weber}}’s {{War God}} series ''wants'' to be one of these badly. He’s got the Warrior part down; it’s the Poet part that eludes him. His attempts at poetry are mediocre at best and while a gifted scholar and skilled musician but the less said about his singing voice the better, which is a problem when coming from a society where poets are of the bardic tradition.
* Jonathan Hemlock of ''The Eiger Sanction''. Assassin and art historian.
* In GKChesterton’s ''The Ballad of the White Horse'', there is not only Elf the minstrel (“whose hand was heavy on the sword, though light upon the string...”), but [[HistoricalDomainCharacter King Alfred]] himself.
**He was this in RealLife too. And he was the epitome of a BadassBookworm.
*Harun ar-Rashid in TheArabianNights . And probably in RealLife too.

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* Worf, of ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', sometimes.
* G'Kar, of ''BabylonFive'', post-season three epiphany. While he has a difficult time teaching his people, he is highly respected and his book becomes one of their holy books, painstakingly reproduced by hand (complete with a certain circular mark on page 83).
* Kwai-Chang Caine, of ''KungFu''
* Teal’c, of ''{{Stargate SG-1}}'', although amusingly, despite a fairly philosophical mindset, his cultural interests mainly center on [[AlienArtsAreAppreciated cheesy Tau'ri Sci-Fi and Action movies]].
* The Brunnen-G of ''{{Lexx}}'' are described as “a race of romantic warriors” or “romantic dreamers”, who led the rest of humanity to victory against a civilization of planet-sized insects -- all while sporting beehive hairdos and dazzlingly intricate rainbow-colored bodysuits. (Curiously, the only Brunnen-G poet we meet, Poet Man, is a non-conformist who wears drab, colorless clothes and a plain hairstyle.)
** And one of the Divine Shadow brains was a Genocidal Tyrant Poet:
--->'''His Shadow:''' As a result of the fall the evil section of my brain was destroyed. [[SplitPersonalityTakeover Only my poet half remains.]] I am at peace. Fair lady, would you care to hear a sonnet?
* Tyr Anasazi in ''{{Andromeda}}''. Often seen reading Ayn Rand while on bridge duty. The whole of [[NietzscheWannabe Nietzschean]] society was meant to be this by their progenitor.
* D’Argo from ''Farscape'', with the ultimate goal of becoming a farmer. It’s his life-long dream.
* For a while, 'Warrior-Poet' took pride of place as the main word used to describe StephenColbert in the opening credits for TheColbertReport. (Others include “Megamerican” and “Grippy.”) Other than that, he has very little to do with this trope.
* Spike, from ''{{Angel}}'' and ''{{Buffy}}''. He spends most of the series as either a big tough bad guy or trying to deny his HeelFaceTurn. In the penultimate episode of ''Angel'', however, he spends his last evening before the FinalBattle drinking and talking big -- acting as if he’s trying to start a bar-brawl -- but it’s all to work up his courage to get up and read his poetry to the audience at the bar. He actually was a poet before he became a vampire, and found himself with the nickname “William the Bloody” because his poetry was so “bloody awful”.
** Ironically, the 21st Century crowd applauded the same poem that his 19th Century critics dismissed as “bloody awful.” Either tastes have changed or everyone at open mic night was plastered.
*** Or both.
* ''{{Firefly}}''. In “War Stories,” Shepherd Book [[MysteriousPast who may be something of a warrior poet himself]] mentions the writings of Shan Yu.
-->Simon: “Shan Yu, the psychotic dictator?”
-->Book: “Fancied himself quite the warrior poet. Wrote volumes on war, torture, the limits of human endurance. He said, ‘Live with a man forty years; share his house, his meals, speak on every subject. Then tie him up, and hold him over a volcano's edge. And on that day, you will finally meet the man.’”
-->Simon: “What if you don’t live near a volcano?”
-->Book: “I suspect he was being poetical.”
-->Simon: “Sadistic crap legitimized by florid prose.”
** Sadistic gangster Adelei Niska turns out to be a big fan of Shan Yu, needless to say.
** It seems that a philosophical streak is a job requirement for the position of an Operative.
*** Oh, and Mal read a poem (try not to faint). That counts for ''something'', doesn’t it?
* Hawk from ''SpencerForHire'' and ''AManCalledHawk'' certainly qualify. He plays the Mbila, plays an excellent game of chess and often waxes philosophical with his [[MentorArchetype mentor]], all while fighting crime, Shaft style. Did I mention he’s played by Capt. Sisko himself, Avery Brooks?

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[[folder: Newspaper Comics ]]

* Parodied constantly in CalvinAndHobbes as Calvin treats all [[SnowballFight snowball fights]] as epic wars. One time, he even blessed a snowball with a lengthy prayer before [[strike:throwing it]] getting steamrollered by Suzie, who's used the time to amass a massive snowball arsenal.

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[[folder: Tabletop Games ]]

* The Eldar of ''{{Warhammer 40000}}'' exhibit signs of this trope, but here the order rebelled against was not so much dishonorable or brutish war as [[DefectorFromDecadence decadence]].
* ''[[TheWorldOfDarkness Werewolf: the Apocalypse]]'' had the Fianna, which were a tribe of [[WarriorPoet Warrior Poets]] in what was already a species of [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Proud Warrior Race Guys]]. They supposedly spawned the first werewolf bard in all of existence. They’re also just a little bit [[{{Oireland}} Oirish]].
** Speaking of that “werewolf bard”, it’s actually one of the five Auspices -- the Galliard, born under the gibbous moon, who starts the game with the second-highest Rage rating of all five Auspices, but whose Gifts tend towards communication, inspiration, and passion. They reappear in ''WerewolfTheForsaken'' as Cahaliths, and while there are still bardic elements, they’re more regarded as prophets.

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[[folder: Video Games ]]

* Thrall in ''{{Warcraft}} III''. One of the ExpandedUniverse novels contains a FictionalDocument which is basically a heroic poem he writes about his own father.
* Solid Snake from ''MetalGearSolid'' is a particularly schizophrenic example -- one moment he’s gunning down countless enemies with brutal efficiency, and the next moment he’s [[ContemplateOurNavels discussing the meaning of life, morality, and nature]], while simultaneously agonizing about the agony of being a soldier.
** To agonize about agony, you must wax lyrical with lyrics which are [[ShapedLikeItself shaped like themselves]].
*** [[ParrotExposition Shaped like themselves?]]
* The entire Protoss race from StarCraft embody this ideal, having embraced a rigid quasi-religious collectivist social order based on self tempering, personal honor, and obedience, to escape a tumultuous war-filled past. This leads to a peculiar view of warfare, wherein “modern” mass-destructive weapons have been largely shunned in favor of armies of mêlée combatants and machines of war whose purpose at heart is something else (the few examples to the contrary being regarded as abominable).
* Wrex of ''MassEffect'', who is surprisingly philosophical for your average reptilian HeroicSociopath BountyHunter. Ashley Williams as well, in what is actually a quite literal example: she really ''does'' quote poetry. Classical poetry as a matter of fact, and she gets the quotation right, too. She also examines her own religious and philosophical leanings and the impact that space travel and aliens have on the theoretical existence of god.
* Vivec from ''{{Morrowind}}'' is technically considered to be a poet. He is author of [[http://www.imperial-library.info/mwbooks/lessons.shtml The 36 lessons of Vivec]] (in-game books) which are poetic and extremely cryptic stories of his greatness. The Lessons sometimes break the fourth wall in very subtle ways but mostly they just confuse you. And yet, one of these Lessons detail how he ''[[IfYouKnowWhatIMean poked an evil god that had betrayed him into a crevice of fire with his spear]]''. However since Micheal Kirkbride, who wrote the Leasons, did not write Vivec’s dialogue Vivec seems way too plain spoken for a poet when you meet him in-game. In fact, his title actually is “Warrior Poet.”
* BloodKnight Karel managed to turn into one of these after FireEmblem 7. In the prequel, FireEmblem 6, he’s a calm and philosophical swordsman, a far cry from his bloodthirsty younger self.
* Colonel Corazon Santiago shows signs of this in SidMeiersAlphaCentauri. As with all faction leaders, the game occasionally gives quotes from her, ostensibly excerpts from books she’s written, and while her philosophical side is very military-oriented and bleak, it’s also perfectly suited for the DeathWorld she and her followers have landed on.
* Forde from FireEmblem 8 is one of [[ThoseTwoGuys Those Two Cavaliers]] and a very accomplished painter.
* Genesis of {{Crisis Core}}, seriously if his army didn’t consist entirely of clones of himself, they’d be wondering what exactly to make of his orders which consisted entirely of quote from his favorite play.
* In {{Dissidia}}, nearly all of the ten protagonists come off as this, since they all got a wise side to share.

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* Dinobot from ''BeastWars'' achieved Warrior Poethood in the episode which ended in his HeroicDeath, even managing to be responsible for [[spoiler: the rise of humanity by inspiring the primitive humanoids how to defend themselves using the stone axe he created to defend himself at the very end. Of course the rise of humanity also brought us Paris Hilton and reality TV, so it’s sort of a mixed legacy]].
** Also, not content with writing his own prose, Dinobot also ripped off a few bits of ''Hamlet'' for use in his dramatic death speech. Who knows what this did to a generation of middle school English students.
*** [[ReptilesAreAbhorrent Who knows, indeed?]]
*** TheShadow knows.
* Piandao from ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'' is a borderline example. He’s knowledgeable about many arts like calligraphy, painting, and landscaping, but apparently practices them [[WaxOnWaxOff because it helps to make him a better swordsman]].
** There’s nothing borderline about [[CoolOldGuy Iroh]], though. It’s a slow reveal, but beneath that patient, tea-loving, belly-laughing, {{Koan}}-spouting surface is a guy who could [[BadassGrandpa hand an army their asses on a platter]] -- and ''does,'' several times. Remember: [[MemeticBadass when Iroh was in prison, he wasn’t pushing himself up -- he was pushing the Fire Nation down.]]
* Bow, TheOneGuy and StraightArrow from SheRaPrincessOfPower, is a bard in his free time and loves playing his harp.

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[[folder: Real Life ]]

*The book that has been in consistant publication longer than any other book in human history is a book of poetry lasting only thirteen chapters. This book is also the most important book on war ever written, "The Art of War" attributed to Sun Tzu who made his living as a mercenary general.
* MiyamotoMusashi is a famous RealLife example. Apart from being a swordsman, he painted and sculpted, practiced calligraphy and studied Zen Buddhism.
** YagyuJubei...ah, Hell, the big three, grand father (Sekishusai), father (Munenori), and son (Jubei) fit this trope. They mastered the sword, but also took time to write books on the Zen in sword, and Munenori was a politician, even if an EvilChancellor.
** As pictured above, traditional Japanese culture is known for demanding samurai to be good at Ikebana (floral arrangement) and poetry and stuff.
** At it's height, the Samurai caste expected their warriors to be proficient in the arts as well as warfare; and the ideal was summed up as "Bun Bu Ryo Do", literally "literary arts, military arts, both ways", or more loosely "The pen and the sword in accord". Samurai were among the most cultured and literate classes in pre-Meiji Japanese culture. The tea ceremony and rock garden also had their roots in Samurai culture.
** Similiarly, in old Ireland, you couldn’t be a great warrior unless you played the harp and mastered ''fidchell'' (an ancient Irish board game, somewhat similar to chess).
** Norsemen, similarly, got great social recognition for being good skalds as well as warriors.
** The mediæval knights of Europe were also expected to be skilled at poetry, chess, and dancing, as well as following a strict code of chivalry. This may have had something to do with the fact that European knights were also nobles -- such pastimes were probably taught to all noblemen regardless.
* Another RealLife example: Irishman Joseph Mary Plunkett, executed for rebellion in 1916. He wrote “The Presence of God”:
--> I see His blood upon the rose, // And in the stars the glory of His eyes; // His body gleams amid eternal snows, // His tears fall from the skies. // I see His face in every flower; // The thunder, and the singing of the birds // Are but His voice; and, carven by His power, // Rocks are His written words. // All pathways by His feet are worn; // His strong heart stirs the ever-beating sea; // His crown of thorns is twined with every thorn; // His cross is every tree. //
* RealLife example: Bruce Lee graduated from university with a degree in Philosophy.
** And wrote a book about the philosophy behind his martial art.
* Another RealLife example: Roald Dahl, AcePilot, as well as famous author.
*Patton. Anyone remember in the movie? “Through the travail of ages, midst the pomp and toils of war, have I fought and strove and perished, countless times amongst the stars.
* Saint Ignatius Loyola, along with the fellow founding members of the Society of Jesus. Aka Jesuits. He starts as a GeniusBruiser, finishes as the leader of a whole league of {{Badass Preacher}}s.
* When you consider that it was (and still is) a requirement for all Greek men to serve in the military, then ''all'' the ancient Greek philosophers ({{Socrates}}, {{Aristotle}}, ''etc''.) and playwrights ({{Euripides}}, {{Sophocles}}, ''etc''.) were {{Warrior Poet}}s. (In fact, Aeschylus' gravestone spends more time talking about his military successes than about his multi-award-winning literary career.) And since the Greeks fought each other all the time, the image of the “old philosopher” probably means the ones who survived that long were probably pretty good at fighting. To sum up: Socrates probably could have kicked your ass.
** In fact, Socrates makes note of his military service as part of his defense during his trial, although whether or not he could have kicked your ass is unknown. He almost certainly could have questioned you to within an inch of your life, however.
** Or drunk you under the table.
* RealLife: many Irish rebels were also poets, most notably Patrick Pearse and James Stephens.
* {{Cyrano de Bergerac}}. Composing poems in the middle of a sword fight ought to count for something.
** The fictional version of Cyrano, at least, is perhaps the epitome of this trope.
*** The '''fictional''' version? The real Cyrano was a famous writer, a fearsome duelist (in a time when duels had been made ''illegal'') who was so dangerous with a sword that his friends nicknamed him the [[FanNickname Devil of Bravery]] and he fought alongside d’Artagnan: yep, [[TheThreeMusketeers THE d’Artagnan]].
* Though most famous as a warrior King RichardTheLionheart was also a poet; though only two of his poems survive, his ''routrenge'', “''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBhQK8w0ATU Ja Nuns Hons Pris]]''“ is well-known to connoisseurs of mediæval music.
* In the ''Befreiungskrieg'', the German “War of Liberation” from Napoleon’s domination, the poet Theodor Körner left a successful play-writing career in Vienna to join the famous ''Freikorps'' of Adolf von Lützow; he wrote and sang poems for his fellow soldiers, accompanying himself on the guitar. These poems were collected posthumously by his father in the anthology ''Lyre and Sword''.
*Most poetry, drama, and music of the Aztecs were written by the battle hardened warriors.
* [[ByronicHero George Gordon Lord Byron]], poet and playwright, who took up arms for the cause of Greek independence and died while drilling Alpine troops at Missolonghi.
* Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen, two of the best known War Poets in history. Both were decorated for heroism; Sassoon was arguably more Badass, and certainly luckier (he survived the war and lived to a ripe old age; Owen died so close to the end of it that his mother got the telegram as the armistice bells were ringing).
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