Characters in fan fiction who have pledged their Undying Loyalty to someone.
Avatar: The Last Airbender
- Double subverted in So We'd Both Be Free. Ty Lee initially acted as Azula's loyal best friend and romantically loved her, but she backstabbed her because she loved their mutual friend Mai more. When Ty Lee is given to Azula as a slave, Ty Lee spits at her and curses her. Her past adoration is no more. As it turns out, however, even Azula allowing Mai and Zuko to be executed doesn't stop Ty Lee from loving Azula. Feeling that Azula is all she has left, Ty Lee ends up falling back in love with her.
- Dauntless (Allora Gale): Everyone who works for Lelouch is loyal to literally suicidal extremes. When Lelouch is badly injured in Area 11, his entire former squad (including their Number mechanic who'd be executed for it) go AWOL to be by his side, unknowing that Lelouch requested their transfer over a month prior and thus they wouldn't be court-martialed. One of Lelouch's squadmates was furious with another member because Lelouch had to put himself in danger to save him. Most notably, Lelouch's former comrade Lukas declines an offer to be Euphemia's knight (one of the highest honors any soldier can receive) because he wouldn't be able to serve under Lelouch if he accepted.
- Children of an Elder God: In chapter 23, Shinji pleads with Asuka not to leave him. She replied she will not leave him, ever. Later when they are considering leaving human civilization after the war, Asuka tells plaintively she will go wherever Shinji goes. She never considered parting with him.Shinji:"I love you too, Asuka. Don't ever leave me. Please."
Asuka:"I won't, [...] Never." - Code Geass: Paladins of Voltron: Even after what Lelouch said about Zen when he learned Zarkon was her former Paladin, she doesn’t hesitate to save him, Nunnally, and Sayoko.
- Code Prime:
- All the Black Knights and the Autobots have this towards Optimus Prime and Zero. Even when the Black Knights learn of Zero's true identity and Geass, they continue to stay with him.
- Several best examples from the Black Knights include Kallen, Ohgi, Tamaki, Rai, and Shirley.
- Cornelia's loyalty to Britannia is outweighed by her love for Lelouch, Nunnally, and Euphemia. Said love leads her to defect to the Black Knights at the end of R1, so she can atone for failing her siblings, and her idol Marianne.
- Suzaku is extremely loyal to those he's very close to, particularly Lelouch, Nunnally, and Euphie. It's also deconstructed as a weak spot that others can exploit. Megatron uses Suzaku's friendship with Lelouch and Nunnally to blackmail Suzaku into following his orders, regardless of moral compunctions, or their existence will be revealed to the Emperor.
- Guilford's loyalty to Cornelia also counts as a Ship Tease. When Cornelia joins the Autobots and Black Knights and renounces her royal status, Guilford remains by her side. It's also deconstructed as Blind Loyalty, as Guilford admits that he should have spoken up several times whenever Cornelia blinded by her pride and anger.
- Nonette is more loyal to Rai then she is to Britannia. She became a Knight of the Round to avenge Rai's supposed demise and see the Emperor removed from power, by force if necessary. Her loyalty soon leads to her defecting from Britannia shortly after the SAZ Massacre.
- Like in canon, Jeremiah to Marianne, and in turn Lelouch and Nunnally.
- All the Glinda Knights hold this toward Marrybell as True Companions, especially Oldrin.
- Dreadwing and Skyquake were loyal to the Decepticon cause, and to Megatron. However, Skyquake's loyalty dropped when he tried to stop Megatron from destroying Cybertron, and paid for it with his life. After Dreadwing learns the truth of Cybertron's destruction, and Skyquake's death, he switches his loyalty to Euphemia, even sacrificing his life for her so she can escape.
- Despite his stoic and emotionless nature, Akito is dedicated to protecting Leila, his commanding officer. Lelouch notes how it's similar to his protection of Nunnally keeping him going for many years after dying inside.
- Xingke to Empress Tianzi, doubling as Big Brother Instinct.
- All the Black Knights and the Autobots have this towards Optimus Prime and Zero. Even when the Black Knights learn of Zero's true identity and Geass, they continue to stay with him.
- In The Confectionary Chronicles, while Hermione initially pledged her worship to Loki/Gabriel in return for justice on the bullies who drove her sister to suicide, as Loki spends more time with her and Hermione essentially becomes his high priestess before she even starts at Hogwarts, it is stated more than once that the two are truly devoted to each other, Loki giving Hermione new insights into the magical world and Hermione in turn often assuring Loki that he will always be her god.
- In Child of the Storm, while rarely explicitly stated, the Avengers all have this towards each other.
- In reference to the above, Natasha's former mentor and father figure Ivan Petrovich comments on how the Avengers have her loyalty, in tones that imply that this is a very rare thing indeed.
- As is increasingly noted later in the second book, Ron has a very strong and deep sense of loyalty, with Uhtred - Harry's Sworn Sword, who shares that trait - recognising the like in him, along with a number of others. Magneto actually cites that, along with Ron's strategic mind, courage, and above-average magical power and intelligence, as reasons that he would have considered him a prime recruit "in the old days". However, as is increasingly noticed, another pattern with Ron's loyalty is that he expects it to be reciprocated and takes it very badly when it isn't. Since Harry has a tendency to a) try and sideline Ron and Hermione to protect them from the experiences that have broken him, b) be economical with the truth on a good day, this is a source of significant tension between the two.
- Around the same time, it is also noted that Harry has this trait. if he decides that you're his friend, there is no limit to how far he will go for you. This can be reassuring, but given his power-levels by the second book and sometimes flexible morality, it can be terrifying.
- The Winter Soldier's loyalty to Natasha is perhaps one of his defining traits, and she is a key motivator in his breaking free of his brainwashing and resultant Heel–Face Turn.
- In The Havoc Side of the Force, Harry Potter manages to inspire this in everyone he befriends on any level, partially because he's such a Benevolent Boss. Anakin's mother was offered a position in Chancellor Palpatine's retinue but turned it down so she could stay a kitchen hand on Harry's ship. A minister goes out of her way to have a former lieutenant in Naboo's military work for Harry and openly lies to the committee investigating him. Lastly, Anakin makes it clear that his friendship to Harry far outweighs his loyalty to the Jedi Order (at least partially because Harry's the reason Anakin could buy his mother's freedom).
- Last Child of Krypton: In Chapter 9 of the rewrite when Shinji confesses his feelings Asuka demands this from him. He answers she already has it.
- Lord of the Castle: As in the games, Death is loyal first and foremost to Dracula, and while he serves Alucard faithfully, his true loyalties lie with his father, and plans alongside Carmilla, Cornell, Shaft, and Magnus to bring back Dracula.
- In Lost in Camelot, when the time-displaced Bo meets the fifth-century version of her future lover, Dyson, they soon establish a "new" dynamic of this Dyson as the loyal subject of Bo in her role as Camelot's fae ruler, particularly since Bo already has Merlin and Morgana as lovers and this Dyson therefore never has any reason to see her that way himself. This loyalty is so great that Dyson agrees to accompany Merlin and Morgana when travelling to seek the aid of the Blood King to cure Bo when she takes Morgause's curse into herself to save Camelot and Morgana.
- The sequel fic, The Lost Kingdom, has Morgana observing that Gorlois (who she currently still believes was her biological father) had this to Uther, to the extent that he allowed Uther to take the throne after the campaign of conquest that established Camelot even though he played such an important role that Gorlois could have made a claim to be king himself.
- When Dyson presents himself to the Blood King and explains the reason they have come to see him, the Blood King is openly impressed by Dyson's loyalty to Bo, to the extent that the Blood King assures Dyson he'll cure Bo even if she isn’t his granddaughter on the grounds that she must be a remarkable person to have inspired such devotion.
- The Night Unfurls has a lot of examples.
- Platonic Life-Partners Kyril and Evetta take this trope to the Logical Extreme. The two cannot die (or rather, be killed permanently), and their relationship is characterised by trust, respect, affection, devotion, and reciprocity towards each other. Evetta stays by his side so long as he's alright, while Kyril expresses his gratitude by making time for them together.
- The contracts Sanakan, Hugh, Lily, and Soren sign to become a Hunter of Monsters also count as oaths to serve under Kyril's command, invoking this trope. The fact that they are more than willing to train and fight alongside their master goes on to show how much loyalty the four of them have to their Mentor in Sour Armor. Lily, in particular, admits that Kyril, for all of his morally questionable actions, has earned her loyalty.
- Kyril's consistent asskicking in battle not only earns him the opportunity to lead, but also inspires loyalty among his company, so strong that his men would follow him to hell if he had asked. This also generates high morale, bolstering the army's effectiveness. In one instance, Kyril has to say "please" and order Army Scout Indriga and those under her command to stay behind and support the others while Kyril and his apprentices press on into the hornet's nest that is the central estate of Rad — Indriga is unwilling to leave his superior out there because of her loyalty, while Kyril cannot allow his subordinates to follow him because he is very invested in his men's safety and they will not be a Redshirt Army.
- Any Lady and Knight dynamic in the story tends to have the "knight" (Claudia, Chloe) exhibit this towards their "lady" (Celestine, Olga). Besides their protective instinct, both Claudia and Chloe are not Yes-Women, as they won't hesitate to question their liege's decisions, especially when they feel like their liege's well being is threatened due to said decisions. The latter situation is also why they are willing to call out Kyril for his supposedly negative influence towards their lieges, even if it means Bullying a Dragon.
- Claudia's loyalty to her husband Klaus is such that when he is put under protective custody by Kyril, she dares to challenge the uber-warrior to keep Klaus safe (i.e., Bullying a Dragon).
- This trope also applies for the villains / mooks as well, thanks to Vault's status as The Ace and Villain with Good Publicity. Not even the threat of laceration by a bloodied Saw Cleaver is enough to deter them into fighting for the Black Dogs' cause.
- In the remastered version, Kyril declares the "protective instinct" variant of this trope towards the small company who joined him in his Great Escape, vowing to lead them out of harm's way should the meeting with the Seven Shields Alliance go awry. In return, the members of the band each resolve to stand with him no matter what.Kyril: There is no doubt that you have done all that has been asked of you, and more besides. Regardless, I will do my utmost to protect you. You are all my responsibility. I led you out of the desert. I will lead you out of these halls if our fortunes turn ill. *bows his head*
Soren: I'll stand with you Boss. Wherever and whatever happens.
Boris: I will as well. You could have left all of us for dead but you didn't do that. It would be shameful if I didn't keep following you, Boss.
Soren: Fred? You gonna say something too?
Fredrick: Yeah, what they said. I don't trust you, Hunter. I'm only going along with this because someone has to keep these two idiots safe.
Kyril: As you wish.
- Thousand Shinji: When Asuka tells Shinji that she is afraid of losing him, Shinji replies she will never lose him. When Asuka muses he can not promise that, Shinji replies he can and he does and, even if he died, his soul would find his way back to her from whatever afterlife he found.
- Son of the Seven Kingdoms: William tends to inspire this in those around him. The Blades, the Legions, and the Dawnguard are all loyal to him to the last member, and his closest friends view him as a brother.
- The maid Claire towards the sorceress Circe in Zero Context: Taking Out the Trash. When she discovers that her mistress is acting severely out of character by getting engaged to a known sleazeball, Claire joins an alliance intended to crash the wedding. When threatened over the matter by someone who wasn't entirely in the loop, she makes her stance known:"I am loyal and dedicated to my Lady. I always have been, and always will be for as long as she and I live. As one of her maids, it is my duty not only to do all the work that is expected of me, but to protect her against any discernible threats to the best of my ability. And the scum that is Marc Maddhouse is very much a threat."
- Theirs may be an Odd Friendship, but Fire-Forged Friends Mahanon and Victoria have this for one another without question in All This Sh*t is Twice as Weird. Even when they're not anywhere near one another, they will defend each other without hesitation.
- Much like in canon, Varric has this for the Hawkes in Beyond Heroes: Of Sunshine and Red Lyrium. He reasons that they effectively made him part of their family, and have always been there for him, while other important people in his life (such as his brother and his old girlfriend) were more apt to use him for their own ends. One of the recurring themes in the story is how the loyalty runs both ways, and is not misplaced.
- Rose of Pollux's Doctor Who fanfics have this between Jamie and all of the Doctors in spades. This makes for many heartwarming moments.
Game of Thrones/A Song of Ice and Fire
- Purple Days: Joffrey over the course of his "Groundhog Day" Loop has learned to bring this out in everyone he interacts with, which makes him a peerless military commander and politician. Likewise, Sansa, once she begins looping, is able to inspire this in everyone, from inept Kingsguards to smallfolk, forming a strong force that shatters Stannis' ambitions.
- Robb Returns:
- The North in general to Eddard Stark, particularly now that it is obvious that it will fall upon him the task of leading Westeros in the fight against the Others.
- A Dragon's Flight gives this at House Velaryon for the Targaryens. When Visenya Targaryen comes to them for help, they immediately grant her shelter, showing her the respect a royal princess is due and already plotting to give her back the Iron Throne.
- The Velaryons are just as loyal to the Targaryens in Bequeathed from Pale Estates. The moment they realise that Lyarra Martell nee Snow/Stark is in reality Visenya Targaryen, the last living child of Prince Rhaegar, they immediately start plotting to overthrow the Baratheon dynasty and place Visenya on the throne. They do all this without Lyarra herself knowing.
- Ducky from Raised by Jägers is a born and bred citizen of Mechanicsburg, who has also been best friends with the new Lady Heterodyne for most of her life. That means she is completely, impossibly loyal. She survives being tortured for weeks without giving anything up, and then kills her captor on the way out, and makes it clear that dying in captivity would have been fine with her.Ducky: I killed him because he was a threat against the Heterodyne. And the only reason I didn't kill you when I had the chance is because you're not going to be any kind of threat to her.
- Abraxas (Hrodvitnon): Both San and Vivienne Graham mutually develop this towards each-other once they become Fire-Forged Siblings. San considers Vivienne's welfare first before his own (which becomes all the more heartwarming and admirable when one considers that San has freshly become thanatophobic at the idea that if he dies after fusing to Vivienne then he could die permanently), and Vivienne hits a Heroic Resolve and fights tooth and claw to save San from being killed by MaNi/Elder Brother.
- Gankona, Unnachgiebig, Unità
: It was because of their immense trust in Italy that Germany and Japan even agreed to share him. It was because of their immense trust in Italy that neither tried to undermine the other while being in a relationship with Italy. This leads to a polyamorous among the three with all being in love with each other.
- Ruby Pair: Zim's loyalty to the Tallest is so absolute that learning that his mission is fake is treated with more annoyance than anger, and he's determined to conquer Earth to regain his place in the Empire.
- In Zim the Warlord: Irken Reversion, it's established early on that Zim is perfectly aware that his mission to Earth is a joke, but despite this is still completely loyal to the Tallest and the Empire.
- In Queen of All Oni, Left and Right (Left especially) feel this way towards Jade. As Left puts it, in his thoughts,"They were her bodyguards, she was the one who had raised them to awareness and granted them power. Thought and the power to act on it, boons that to Left could never be fully repaid."
- Ozeki, the General of the Sumo Khan, feels this way to Jade as well, having only served Tarakudo until female Shadowkhan could rise again.
- Hebi (formerly Viper) is specifically conditioned to be this to Jade as well.
- Queen of Shadows: The Shadowkhan race as a whole has this for the Queen lineage. Whatever other divisions they may have amongst themselves, they are all united in serving the Queens no matter what, and striking down anyone who threatens them.
- Tony Stark accidentally inspires this in The War is Far from Over Now with the former agents of SHIELD after Natasha dumps all of SHIELDs files on the internet, due to Tony spending countless hours saving as many of them and their families as possible, getting them jobs in Stark Industries, and re-encrypting all the online information about them.
- Scarlet Lady: Tikki's loyalty is ultimately to her mission of stopping Hawk Moth, forcing her to work with Chloé and make their partnership work to the best of her ability. Unfortunately for her, Chloé hates the job, but loves the attention she gets as Scarlet Lady, and Tikki is constantly forced to witness the various atrocities her selfish holder commits. Including deliberately getting others akumatized so she can earn more praise for having Chat Noir beat them.
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
- The Differentverse: Coco has this to Applejack and her family after Applejack, on the way out of Manehatten, found her crying from being bullied (due to having recently lost her parents) and, knowing how she felt from personal experience, offered her a home.
- Taken to an unhealthy level in Zenith. Spike is always loyal to Twilight, even as she's lying comatose in the hospital.
- In MLP Collateral Damage, Princess Ceymi feels this for the other Changelings of Hive Chrysalis, even as she is increasingly-alienated from Queen Chrysalis herself.
- Chrono Reflect has Standard and Machine Rainbow Dash. However, with Standard Rainbow this is portrayed negatively, as she is a loyal friend to Standard Fluttershy, a bully who goes out of her way to treat her like dirt.
- Inner Demons: Trixie to Queen!Twilight, out of love. Until literally her last breath, as she takes a sword for her and dies.
- As the sequels prove, it's a literal case of undying loyalty, Trixie's love for Twilight having lasted over millennia, due to Reincarnation.
- In Loved and Lost, Prince Jewelius turns the entire city of Canterlot against Princess Celestia, Luna, Shining Armor, the Mane Five (all but Twilight) and Spike, even managing to manipulate Twilight Sparkle into losing all trust in them. However, he's unable to destroy the esteem Twilight and Canterlot's citizens hold toward Princess Cadance.
- Though the princesses as well as Twilight's friends and brother become scorned pariahs about everywhere, the town of Ponyville quickly shelters them. It helps that Jewelius has not inspired any loyalty there by making the life there miserable on flimsy excuses ever since his rise to power.
- It's revealed in the 11th chapter that most of the Royal Guards were seriously injured in the Changeling invasion, yet many of them refused to forsake their loyalty to the dismantled princesses and their former captain Shining Armor. Jewelius ordered these loyalists to be murdered as casualties of the invasion, and he afterwards filled the greatly decreased ranks with criminals he released from dungeons in exchange for their loyalty.
- After Twilight finally realizes how evil Jewelius truly is and escapes from Canterlot to join the other heroes, Jewelius tries to label her as a traitor. Much to his surprise, however, Canterlot's citizens don't believe for one minute that Twilight doesn't have a good reason for turning against Jewelius. In fact, they start warming up to the idea of forgiving the other heroes and welcoming them back to society now that Twilight has joined them.
- In one of the multiple endings of We Can Do This Forever, Twilight Sparkle finally defeats Starlight Glimmer after roughly three hundred years before using the time spell to return them and Spike back to their own time. After seeing proof of Twilight's status as The Ageless, Pinky Pie starts studying to learn how to become an Alicorn so Twilight is never left alone again. After hearing Pinky's reason, Applejack starts studying alongside her.
- The Pieces Lie Where They Fell: As seen in chapter 29 of the sequel Picking Up the Pieces, even after learning his friend and apprentice Secured Connection is hiding something that would see others try to lynch her if it came out, Rex remains loyal to her and wants to see her safe.
- In Rising of the Dark, Naruto, Hagwin, and Celia all share absolute loyalty for each other, going so far as to willingly wage war on roughly half the world for each other.
- The Peggy Sue fic Time Braid has this between Naruto, Hinata, and Sakura. It's especially prevalent with Hinata to Naruto as well as Sakura and Hinata to each other. Hinata, whether she's brainwashed or has sold her soul, refuses to fight Naruto. Sakura (to whom Hinata sold her soul) gives up a chance at godhood because Hinata is damned for selling her soul.
- True Potential: Kabuto claims to the reanimated Danzō that he is this:Kabuto: I am the most loyal shinobi you have ever seen. I always give everything to my master, no matter what. No matter what the ethics of the decision are, I do everything to make sure there will is accomplished.
- War of the Biju: Much like in canon, not even death will break Itachi's loyalty to Konoha. Even though Naruto is younger than him by several years and was named Hokage after his death, Itachi still willingly goes to one knee before him and acknowledges him as his Hokage.
- Advice and Trust: In Chapter 2 as — he believes — Asuka sleeps, Shinji swears he will be hers always and forever. Throughout the story he sticks by her through thick and thin, and insists he will go whenever she goes.
- The Child of Love: Shinji told Asuka he would never leave her or cheat on her and if he hurts her he will only hurt himself.
- A Crown of Stars: Shinji refuses to leave Asuka alone because he did it in the past and the consequences were horrible. She tried to commit suicide, she got torn into pieces and eaten alive, she was raped by monsters... so that he promised that he would always get her back and would never leave her side.
- In chapter 54, after an episode of strong self-doubt Shinji declares Asuka he loves her, he is completely devoted to her, he would do anything for her and he is hers for as long as she wants her. Asuka feels utterly overwhelmed because she thinks she does not deserve that level of loyalty.
- Evangelion 303: In chapter 13 Shinji pops the question to Asuka. She asks if he really wants to tie himself to a nutcase like her and if he can promise he will be true to her for the rest of his life. He does.
- In Ghosts of Evangelion Shinji promised that he would take care of Asuka. And he looked after her until the end. He never dated other women, either.
- HERZ: Since he met her Shinji was single-mindedly fixated on Asuka, even if for many years she seemed hating him. In chapter two, during a breakdown Asuka pleads Shinji not leaving her, and he answers he is and has always been hers and he would never leave her.
- In Everybody's Gotta Leave Sometime, it's Lucy Van Pelt, of all people, who points out that Charlie Brown's baseball team always stayed with him, even if they hardly won any games.
- OGiNiM, the cheerful Keet Bulbasaur, towards the Dutch hypnotist YouTuber Nimja in Pokémon × Nimja: Play the Game. Regardless of the circumstances, he absolutely adores Nimja and will make it absolutely clear. One sentence sums up how he feels about Nimja: Ik gehoorzaam u volledig, Mijnheer! note
- Mortality has this between Holmes and Watson. While Wiggins, Mary, Lestrade, Gregson, and Mrs. Hudson qualify as well, Holmes and Watson are the best example. If you think about it, despite the fact that Holmes was getting tortured with an inch of his life he wasn't afraid to exchange his life for his friend's. For his part, Watson calmly and coldly told the criminal he was interrogating "if your master's actions destroy him whom I regard as, as the best and wisest man I have ever known make no mistake that I shall hunt down, to a man, everyone who played a part in his destruction." He even killed Culverton Smith, most likely with his medical skills and also broke the law with no regrets.
- Oh, and Watson most likely murdered the captured criminal when he stupidly begged for mercy. Nice going, you idiot.
- The Will of the Empire: Firmus Piett's most emphasized trait is his personal loyalty to Darth Vader, and he'll carry out any and all orders given him by the Sith Lord to the best of his ability, even if questions them. Strongly. Hence why, after the Battle Of Endor, Piett swallows his own misgivings and does his absolute best to carry out his lord's Dying Wish: putting Luke Skywalker on the Imperial Throne.
- In the Hellsister Trilogy, Wildfire spends one thousand years trapped in a star. Never, not even once, does he stop thinking about his friends or his girlfriend Dawnstar.
- In Fallen King, Joey is constantly asking himself what Yugi would do, and a lot of his actions stem from wanting to honor Yugi's memory.
