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Author: azmod

Oct 31st 2011 at 1:01:27 PM

* This seems to be used regularly in works by DavidGemmel.  He would often have a character who because of a tough life thought of himself as a mean bastard who only did things for selfish reason.  The character would join the protagonist(s) because it seemed to benefit him.  However, at the end he would find that he really is a good person though it often preceded a HeroicSacrifice.
** ''Morningstar'' had the titular character constantly proclaim that he was only doing things to get rich or to save his life.  It's only after he becomes a legendary hero revered by a nation that he realizes that he did all of these things because he is a good person.
** ''Waylander'' has a scene where known liar, thief and murderer is scanned by a pair of telepathic villians who deem him no threat to their evil plans and proceed on their way.  The idea that these mooks would consider him as morally irredeemable as themselves offends him so much that he performs a HeroicSacrifice just to prove that there is some good in him.