Big Goods in Literature. Main and/or supporting heroes will become the major forces of good at some point of the plot/story, so beware of spoilers ahead.
- The Alex Rider series has Alan Blunt as the head of MI6 and the one who sends Alex on almost all of his missions, even if he has to force him to accept some of them. Joe Byrne takes over this role when Alex works with the CIA in Skeleton Key and Ark Angel.
- Alessa's Fantasies: Although He is not seen on screen, God is the one who gives Alessa enough power to complete curb stomp Nicholas, the devil who killed her parents and destroyed her kingdom.
- BattleTech: As head of the ComStar Guards and Militia, Anastasius Focht led the Inner Sphere's largest single military force. When the Clan invasion started, he was focused solely on defeating them across all of the Inner Sphere, while many other house lords either were concerned solely with their own territory or trying to take advantage of the situation. Focht was able to buy a 15-year truce from the invasion. He ultimately failed to see the threat of the Word of Blake, but that was only because he felt the Clans were the bigger concern.
- Bazil Broketail:
- Lessis is one of the few characters who knows of existing dangers and powers at work, and is thus the one directing other people in order to prevent bad things from happening.
- Ribela shares this role with Lessis when she either replaces or accompanies her. She is a wise and knowledgeable leader who directs the good guys in their battle against forces of evil.
- The Beginning After the End:
- Virion Eralith plays this role in the leadup to the War Arc when Aldir pronounces him the only suitable leader to head the Tri-Union Alliance against the impending Alacryan invasion. He continues to play this role even after the Alacryans conquer Dicathen and execute its kings and queens, albeit under the coercion and manipulation of Kezess and the Asuras who seek to cover up for their own misdeeds, in particular the destruction of Elenoir by the aforementioned Aldir using the World Eater Technique. In that state, he is forced to lie to his own people about what happened. When the Dicathians discover the truth and Virion decides to turn against him, Kezess decides to wipe the slate clean. Only the timely return of Arthur from Alacrya foils his plans. Afterwards, Virion decides to step away from the role so that Arthur can take the reins.
- Seris Vritra also steps into this role from Volume 9 onward. Once she finds out from her protégé Caera that Arthur survived the war and is now in Alacrya, she quickly becomes an Anonymous Benefactor to him as she views him as the Wild Card that could upend the senseless Divine Conflict that has ravaged the setting. Not only does she get him cleared of the Kangaroo Court he was stuck in when he arrived in Alacrya, but she also gives him asylum in her domain of Sehz-Clar where his enemies could not discover him. She also uses the knowledge of his survival to sway Aldir (who was having a My God, What Have I Done? moment after being forced to destroy Elenoir) into turning against Kezess, which pays off as not only does he defy his lord's orders to kill the remaining Lances, but he eventually leaves his service altogether. Eventually, Arthur learns of her involvement and intentions shortly before the Victoriad. After Arthur proceeds to humiliate Agrona and the Vritra during the Victoriad, Seris begins setting in motion a rebellion against the Vritra, which she launches after Arthur foils the Siege of Vildorial and destroys a top-secret military facility in Vechor. She is even able to humiliate the Legacy by tricking her into absorbing a lot of mana into her own mana core. This not only briefly incapacitates her, but it makes her core enter the integrate stage which partially frees Tessia Eralith who had been Fighting from the Inside the entire time. Seris broadcasts her humiliation of the Legacy alongside her executing the Vritra Sovereign Orlaeth to the entirety of Alacrya to encourage rebellion by showing that the Vritra and by extension the rest of the Asuras can bleed. However, in the aftermath of doing so she is forced to go on the run which leads to her going into hiding within the Relictombs until Arthur arrives.
- After he returns to Dicathen at the end of Volume 9, Arthur ends up taking the role, in the process becoming a sort of indirect Magnetic Hero to not just all of Dicathen but to even some among their enemies. Not only is he viewed as an inspirational figure by the Dicathians, but he manages to undo the Alacryan conquest of Dicathen in only a matter of days. His feats and reputation do not just stop with his own people. To the Alacryans, he quickly becomes The Dreaded not only because of what he did during the Victoriad but also due to his own actions afterward during the retaking of Dicathen. The mere prospect of facing him has driven many Alacryans to surrender to him, an action that in Alacryan society is normally punishable by death, as they have become more fearful of him than their own Vritra overlords. In addition, thanks to Seris's manipulations Arthur was able to become a professor at Central Academy during his time in Alacrya wherein he was able to influence the next generation of Alacryan nobility. In turn, when Seris launched her rebellion, Arthur's students convinced their families to either abstain from supporting the Vritra or to throw in their lot with the rebellion itself. Even among the Asuras has Arthur developed a reputation. The turmoil from him slaying an Asura in the climax of Volume 9 has caused considerable dissent in Epheotus, among which include Aldir and Wren departing from it. In turn, they eventually find their way to the Hearth, the secret enclave of the Lost Prince Mordain, which Arthur himself is eventually summoned to at the end of Volume 10.
- Blue Core: The titular sentient magical dungeon is not only the only power not trying to deplete people to empower himself, he grows stronger by fixing depletion.
- Broken Veil: Nathan-Prime, in his role as the Guardian of the Multiverse, acts as this for the group, having saved both Jessie and Nathan in their backstories so they could at least make it to the events of the novel. He is unable to act physically now, though, unless directly given permission by God to do so, which he does when Nathan prays for help, for which he is rewarded with the water that brings him back to life after Dillon kills him. He later appears as an Astral Projection to Dillon when the demon revives itself and swears to continue its rampage. However, as a result of this, he is now allowed to physically intervene, allowing him far more autonomy to protect his young charges.
- The Camp Half-Blood Series: The true closest the series has is Chiron, the centaur Activities Director at Camp-Half-Blood. From Percy Jackson through The Heroes of Olympus through The Trials of Apollo, and for untold centuries before then, he has trained and protected demigods from the perils of the world. He mentored the vast majority of heroes in the various books.
- Chivalry of a Failed Knight: Kurono Shinguji, the benevolent new director of Hagun Academy, is always friendly and understanding in her charges. In learning of Ikki Kurogane's situation, she immediately fired all the faculty who were in on the plot and altered the curriculum to end any chance of discrimination using school policies.
- The Chronicles of Narnia: Aslan is the biggest force for Good seen in the series, though there is stated to be an even higher power behind the scenes (The Emperor Beyond the Sea).
- The Chronicles of Prydain: Dallben competes with Prince Gwydion for the title, with the former raising the protagonist and the latter being the warrior-prince he aspires to be.
- Codex Alera: First Lord Gaius Sextus, though he's also a Magnificent Bastard perfectly willing to Shoot the Dog for a good cause. After he dies, Tavi and Aquitainus Attis, formerly a borderline Big Bad, split the role. When Attis dies, Tavi takes it completely. If you asked Marat, they'd say their chieftain Doroga was the Big Good, and the Canim would put Warmaster Varg up for the office. But if you asked Doroga or Varg personally, they'd probably say it was Tavi.
- The Crimson Shadow: Brind'Amour, the last of the good wizards from the old days. He advises The Hero Luthien, along with being The Archmage who is the most powerful person on the good guys' side.
- In the Tom Clancy novel Debt of Honor, with Durling, the entire Congress, the Supreme Court, and members of the Federal Government dead, Jack Ryan becomes the President of the United States, setting up Executive Orders.
- Daughters of the Moon: The Moon Goddess Selene is the mother of the five girls who are destined to fight an ancient evil called the Atrox and its followers, who aim to devour all hope from the world.
- Discworld:
- Probably the highest rung of operation is Death, who generally staves off the most powerful and dangerous threats to the Disc.
- Granny Weatherwax is the Big Good in the Witches books. As of The Shepherd's Crown, the torch has been passed to Tiffany Aching.
- In most of the Ankh-Morpork or watch-based books, Vimes is The Leader while Vetinari is the Big Good. Sometimes Vetinari is in a Big Good Duumvirate with Lady Margolotta Von Uberwald, and at least once Vetinari's aunt served as The Man Behind the Man to Vetinari.
- The Divine Comedy: Every good, past, present, and future, comes from God and every action that Dante takes follows his purpose to rest in God.
- Dora Wilk Series:
- Highest up is the God and the Goddess. They can't do much in person, but they sure as hell manipulate events from behind to make the situation better.
- Lesser goddesses Badb and Cahan. Sure, they're mostly motivated by personal gain and family honor, but their goals align with that of the Trio.
- Archangels Michael and Gabriel are more day-to-day allies who definitely help and provide much assistance to the Trio. Their position on the Archangel Council give them much power the main characters lack.
- Dracula: Abraham Van Helsing. The viewpoint characters do much of the action themselves, but it's clear that Helsing leads the fight against Drac and they would be helpless without him.
- Dragonriders of Pern: In any matter in the main timeline that didn't directly involve Thread, things were generally handled by Masterharper Robinton (Who started as a Stealth Mentor to protagonist F'lar). When he's forced into retirement in All The Weyrs of Pern, he's replaced by a Big Good triumverate of F'lar (representing the Dragonriders), Jaxom (representing the Lord Holders) and Sebell (Robinton's protege and successor).
- Most of the Atreides rulers in the Dune novels, outside of their origin stories.
- Ardneh in the Empire of the East trilogy by Fred Saberhagen. So much so that the good guys, or some of them at least, worship him as a god, even though he denies being one.
- Eurico the Presbyter: After the fall of the Visigothic Kingdom, Pelagius becomes this trope for all Iberians as the last remaining independent leader against the invaders.
- Fighting Fantasy: Fortunately, the benevolent mages, High Priests and rulers are as many as the countless evils plaguing Titan, not to mention the gods' servants and the gods themselves. In many stories, one lends you priceless assistance, when they don't recruit you directly. The three Star Pupils serve as this to the series as a whole, among which Gereth Yaztromo and Arakor Nicodemus being the most recurring and influential.
- Gameknight999: The Oracle, a representation of the good in Minecraft, works to stop Herobrine. She manifests both as an old woman and as the game's music, and gives GameKnight advice and wisdom throughout his quest.
- The Gauntlet (2017): Madame Nasirah is the one who gives the players of the game food and guidance to help them win.
- In Gaunt's Ghosts Warmaster Slaydo is the one who started the crusade to liberate the Sabbat Worlds, and on a personal level was instrumental in Gaunt's early career. He's long dead however, so the role went to his successor Warmaster Macaroth, who's a bit of a dick and implied to be much less competent, but is still the leader of the Imperial forces. He later shares the role with the resurrected Saint Sabbat, who becomes the icon that the Imperial forces rally around.
- Gormenghast: Countess Gertrude in the second book. She protects the people of Gormenghast, oversees disaster relief and personally commands the hunt to capture the unmasked murderer Steerpike.
- D'ol Falla from the Green-Sky Trilogy becomes this after making up her mind to atone for her actions while leading the Geets-Kel.
- Michael in The Guardians series is the Doyen of the Guardians. He's their leader and it's his job to recruit new Guardians, enforce the Rules and facilitate the Fall or Ascension of retiring Guardians. He was also the first Guardian ever changed.
- Boron, from the Guardians of Ga'Hoole books fits trope quite well, being King of Ga'Hoole and therefore leader of the Guardians, though some of the other senior Guardians (like Boron's wife, Barran, or Ezylryb) also fit the trope more of less quite well. The traits of a Big Good in these characters are shown to be somewhat more definitive and pronounced in the film adaptation.
- Harahpin: Xepysa is the soul of Pairetoria and she watches over her children diligantly and is easily one of the sweetest characters of the book.
- Harry Potter:
- Albus Dumbledore at the start is head of the school, known as the most powerful wizard of the age and the only one Voldemort feared, and an important mentor figure.
- Harry himself in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Even though he does not exactly lead anyone, he continues to inspire hope and is a rallying point for the students of Hogwarts, Dumbledore's Army, and the Order of the Phoenix. In the practical sense, however, Moody and, after he dies, Kingsley, seem to be Dumbledore's designated successors as leaders of the Order. Kingsley even becomes the new Minister of Magic at the end of the book. In Harry's case, it happens gradually as he grows and matures with each book. In the later part of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, he and Dumbledore have switched roles, with the latter relying on the former for support.
- Off-screen, Neville is this for Hogwarts during Deathly Hallows: it's implied by the way he talked that he stood up and took a lot of crap so the other students wouldn't have to, he was the only leader of the DA to remain at school for the entire year, and during the Second Battle of Hogwarts, he was explicitly shown leading an attempt to kill Death Eaters en masse using Mandrakes.
- McGonagall also serves as a Big Good at Hogwarts in Dumbledore's absence: she protects the students from the sadistic Carrows, overthrows Snape, and leads the resistance against Voldemort when Harry returns.
- Posthumously, Godric Gryffindor and the other founders of Hogwarts could be considered examples of this Trope on a mythic scale.
- A Harvest of War: The de facto Mayor of Draeze is this by default during the events of the book. Incumbent Raghnall Bors dies and is replaced by Egil of Yarvik.
- Heralds of Valdemar: Great Mage Urtho in the Mage Wars prequel trilogy. The entire conflict revolves around a massive war between him and the Big Bad, Ma'ar, and their mutual deaths cause a cataclysm that shapes the world for thousands of years afterwards.
- Heretical Edge:
- For Flick herself, her classmates, and any Crossroads reformists, we have Baroness Gaia Sinclaire, the headmistress of Crossroads Academy. She's a highly respected Heretic that's over seven-hundred years old, dead serious about protecting her students, and working to change the way Crossroads handles things within the bounds of the system (for the most part).
- In the backstory, Joselyn Atherby, the revolutionary who fought to keep Crossroads and Eden's Garden from slaughtering innocent and peaceful Alters. It didn't end particularly well, but their name was a source of hope for countless innocents for decades.
- In the general Heretic world, Gabriel Prosser holds this role. Gabriel is a natural Reaper-bonded Heretic who, due to his own past as a black slave, takes offense to the Heretics' discrimination against Alters. He backed the aforementioned rebellion.
- Then there's Grandfather, the Fomorian defector. He's not particularly active at the moment, but without him humans would just be a Fomorian weapon-race.
- Avalon. Not Flick's roommate, an organization consisting of descendants of those Knights of the Round Table who followed Lancelot instead of Bedivere after Arthur's death. They're working to end the Seosten manipulations on Earth. Lancelot herself, also known as Guenevere, co-leads the organization with the Archangel Michael.
- Athena, leader of the Aelestiam, leads her people in a rebellion against the Seosten empire, rescuing people the Seosten have locked away for opposing them.
- Chayyiel, an Internal Reformist within the Seosten Empire. As a member of the Seraphim and the leader of the Libero Choir, she uses her influence to try to create a universe where the Seosten work peacefully with other groups instead of enslaving them.
- In the H.I.V.E. Series, H.I.V.E.mind serves as this. Caretaker of the eponymous school, he generally watches out for intruders and disturbances, but after The Reveal that Otto was created to be a vessel to host sentient AI, H.I.V.E.mind spends the majority of his time in Otto's head, allowing him to assist if not take over in the climax of several of the books. He also serves as The Paragon.
- Bill Denbrough from Stephen King's IT. In the book, The Turtle takes over this role near the end.
- M in the James Bond series, Bond's boss and leader of MI6.
- In the John Carter of Mars books, Tardos Mors, the ruler of Helium — and perhaps even more so John Carter himself, once he gets the title of Warlord of Mars.
- In Bryan Miranda's The Journey to Atlantis, Gaia acts as the Big Good, giving orders to Luna and Sol to protect the teens so they don't die.
- Knaves on Waves has a very fascinating example, as it directly explores a characters transition into this role.
- Land of Oz: Glinda, the Good Witch of South is also a powerful sorceress and benevolent queen, and one of the most respected citizens of Oz because of her power and knowledge. She constantly helps Dorothy and her allies, being able to keep track of all that goes on through her Great Book of Records (not to mention good, old-fashioned spies), where every event is written down as soon as it happens.
- Light and Dark: The Awakening of the Mage Knight: Sir Koltair is The King of the Order of the Light, which defends the world by fighting shadows.
- The Lord of the Rings has several levels of this. Gandalf was sent to rally the Free Peoples against Sauron by the Valar and their leader, Manwë, who are the highest authority for good on the physical plane, and above them is Eru, who is, in a nutshell, God. After the Ring and Sauron are gone, Aragorn takes over to lead Middle-Earth into the Fourth Age.
- In The Man Who Was Thursday, there's the "man in the dark room" who made the protagonists policemen, though he doesn't seem to play much of an active role in the story; it's more that his very existence is a source of inspiration and hope for them. He is also Sunday, who the protagonists thought was the Big Bad but who was really doing it all for their own good. It's kind of complicated.
- May Bird: The Lady of the North Farm, but it's played with; although we never see any of it on screen, she's noted as doing terrible things just as often as she is helpful. It's notable too that the ghosts of the North Farm are the most benevolent in the series.
- The Maze Runner: Chancellor Paige, in the final half of The Death Cure, where she decides to preserve humanity instead of saving it, since what WICKED was doing was just resulting in tortured and killed children.
- Kathryn Queen, Prime Minister of Mantically Aware Britain, in the Mediochre Q Seth Series. Better known as Queen MAB. In theory, there's a Mantically Aware United Nations above her, who are the highest authority on the planet when it comes to protecting the mantically-aware world, but we never actually see them.
- The Messenger Series: Although the main character is ostensibly Favour's human messenger, Favour is all that stands between humanity and the unending mystical consequences of terrible past wrongs. He is the original hero who defied the evil Lord of the Moor to save lives, and thus was granted the power to keep saving lives. Despite his power and intelligence, he is still a horse and therefore needs a human to help him. Part of his role is therefore to choose the humans who will help, to carry them to any place or time they need to visit to investigate curses, and to protect that messenger from being caught by the Lord of the Moor, whose evil is now as timeless as Favour.
- Kelsier from Mistborn in the first book. With the backstory revealed in the third book, this applies to the primordial god Preservation. On a cosmic scale the apparent Big Bad, the Lord Ruler, turns out in the end to have been the Big Good, in a twisted sort of way. In the third book Vin seems to have taken up his mantle.
- The Mouse Watch takes Gadget Hackwrench, originally the Gadgeteer Genius of Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers, and upgrades her to the creator of the titular Heroes "R" Us team.
- Once: The faerefolkis, (mostly) benevolent nurturers of nature, are guided by the "Magicks"; an apparent nod to forces mentioned in The Magic Cottage.
- Pugs of the Frozen North has the Snowfather.
- Redwall:
- Abbot Mortimer in the first book. By default, the current Abbott or Badger Lord is the story's Big Good.
- Martin the Warrior in all of the books that take place after his death.
- The Rifter: Ji. She was a leader of the Fai'daum rebellion, perhaps more important than its nominal chief Sabir; she mentored John in controlling his powers; and thanks to her foresight as a seer, she did quite a lot of shepherding events to a good conclusion, such as killing Fikiri in Kyle's timeline so that he could become Kahlil, and sending the key to Nayeshi. In a more remote sense, the creator god Parfir — maybe. Ravishan is sure that Parfir is orchestrating everything for the good; John remains skeptical to the end.
- Spectral Shadows: Sir Jonathan Rhoades and Miss Sonny Rhoades in Serial 11. Perhaps them being a retired time travelling couple that have seen all kinds of evil helps.
- The Spirit Thief:
- Banage, the Rector Spiritualis of the Spirit Court, is always ready to help Miranda and might be the most level-headed of human leaders in the story, even if some people are trying to paint him as a traitor.
- Illir, one of the Great Spirits of the Wind to whom all wind spirits must bow, is great help to the heroes from book two onwards.
- The Squire's Tales:
- Ganscotter the Enchanter is rarely part of the action, but most of the Seelie Court seems to serve him. He claims to be himself the servant of a greater power.
- To a lesser extent, King Arthur. He's practically never part of the action, but he's always presented as wise and good beyond compare, and it's because of him that England is as it is and the Knights of the Round Table exist.
- Star Wars Legends continuity:
- Luke Skywalker in the post-Endor media. According to George Lucas's Word of God Anakin had the potential to become far more powerful than Emperor Palpatine, but due to his injuries on Mustafar had difficulty realizing that potential during his lifetime. Luke inherits that power and finally lives up to the potential meant for his father, henceforth reaching the status of the most powerful Force User. A lot of emphasis is placed on Luke's status as a moral and intellectual role model for the Jedi, and even the larger Republic as a whole. He is faced with temptation and the possibility of being corrupted by evil, just as his father was, but he turns away from it and holds on to his morals and strength of character. He reforms the failings of the old Jedi Order, and redeems his father's sins by doing his best to amend the damage done by Anakin.
- Luke and the other Heroes of Yavin - basically the main heroic characters of the films - in Galaxy of Fear, especially the last half of the series where our heroes are on the run from the Empire. They want to meet back up with the most high-ranking Rebels they'd yet met, in the hopes of finding safety, but it's easier said than done.
- Shannara:
- The Sword of Shannara Trilogy has Allanon, last of the Druids, and mentor figure to three generations of Ohmsfords. Unlike some Big Goods, he plays a very active role in the story, leading the quest for the Sword of Shannara, personally slaying The Dagda Mor in Elfstones of Shannara, and guiding Brin to the Maelmord in Wishsong. Even after his death, his ghost continues to advise future Druids, and he's the one who calls together the Ohmsford descendents in The Heritage of Shannara.
- Walker Boh's character arc in The Heritage of Shannara has him transform from a Reluctant Hero into Allanon's successor as the last Druid. By Talismans he's the unquestioned leader of the Ohmsford heirs, and in The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara he leads the quest for the books of science in the same way that Allanon lead the search for the Sword, and acts as mentor to a new generation of protagonists, including Bek Rowe and Quentin Leah.
- First King of Shannara introduces Allanon's adopted father, Bremen, the only survivor of Brona's attack on the Second Druid Council, and the man responsible for creating the Sword of Shannara and giving it to Jerle Shannara in the first place.
- High Druid of Shannara has Walker Boh's one-time enemy, Grianne Ohmsford, as the new Ard Rhys of the Third Druid Council. Hoping to atone for her past as the Ilse Witch, Grianne builds a new Druid Order and sends out representatives to aid people across the Four Lands. She's succeeded in this role by Khyber Elessedil in The Dark Legacy of Shannara and Aphenglow Elessedil in The Defenders of Shannara.
- Sarah Jennings in Tales of an Mazing Girl doesn't want to be this, but as the most powerful hero in the world it keeps being thrust upon her. Which means less time eating burritos and slacking off.
- The Thomas Covenant novels have The Creator, who is a very hands-off sort of Big Good. He can't actively intervene in affairs in The Land because doing so would destroy the Arch of Time, but apparently he is allowed some leeway (mainly limited to giving the protagonists from our/the real world encouragement and cryptic prophetic hints before they go to The Land).
- Neizghání of Trail of Lightning is known to all as the legendary monster hunter, one of the few immortals who regularly takes an interest in human-scale problems.
- The Traitor Son Cycle:
- The Wyrm of Erch is the most powerful character on heroes' side, and is the driving force behind the formation of the alliance that opposes Ash. He's also Ash's Foil, being a dragon on the side of good.
- The Queen of Alba grows into the role in time, to the point that some Wild creatures call her "Queen of Men".
- Trapped on Draconica: Dronor, the oldest and most powerful dragon. He's a champion of good, the most powerful on the side of good, and is even prayed to by mortals.
- Villains by Necessity has Mizzamir, the Elven Archmage who oversees the world and forces it forever closer to the forces of light. Only since this book inverts and plays with the roles of most fantasy stories, Mizzamir behaves more like an Evil Overlord, trying to hunt down and "whitewash" the Villain Protagonists.
- Captain Azarcon in the Warchild Series would most likely count. His morals are undoubtedly in the right place, and he commands the respect of his men and the aliens of La Résistance. Unfortunately, the bureaucrats of the universe don't seem to agree.
- Firestar in every Warrior Cats arc after the firstnote . He is the leader of the main Cast Herd, ThunderClan, and is always trying to stop evil and create peace between the Clans. Bramblestar becomes this in A Vision of Shadows in his place.
- The founding leaders in the prequel series gradually fill this role, most notably Tall Shadow.
- Wars of the Realm: from the angels' perspective, there are actually multiple Big Goods, depending on which level of authority you are considering:
- On earth, the highest angelic authority is the General, a post held respectively by the angels Jorill, Danick, and Brandt.
- The Warrior order of angels is ultimately headed by Michael.
- And of course the ultimate Big Good of them all is Elohim himself.
- Captain-General Valoris in Watchers of the Throne. A powerful warrior and a leader of an army of Super Soldiers, his hands are tied by having to keep the Adeptus Custodes out of Imperial politics. He nonetheless works behind the scenes to keep the Imperium safe, gathering the Sisters of Silence, and later orchestrating the Batman Gambit go get rid of the traitorous High Lords.
- Lews Therin and Rand al'Thor from The Wheel of Time series fit this to a T. Not only are they the absolute leaders of the forces of light in their respective ages, but are the only real hope against the Dark One. The former messes it up pretty badly, the latter does just fine. He rebuilds the Dark One's prison the way it used to be before the Bore was created. In a twist, the crucial aid he needs comes from the example of all the heroes in the series, making them possible Big Goods to his The Hero.
- Christopher Robin is this to the animals in Winnie the Pooh. Not that there are any Big Bads to contend with, but everyone holds Christopher Robin in high esteem, and his word is Law for resolving all conflicts (as seen in the "Poohsticks" chapter).
