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Author: m8e

Jan 10th 2013 at 6:19:18 AM

Copied from TheUnfettered, might fit here? They are unfettered and some kind of hero. Don't know if that makes them UnfetteredHero.

* [[NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind Nausicaä]], when you think about it, spends most of the manga without hesitation making decisions which tear at her heart in pursuit of her goal: To get as few living creatures as possible killed.

* {{Batman}}'s second Robin, Jason Todd considers himself this, since he shed Batman's ThouShaltNotKill rule after returning from the dead and finding his death had stayed unavenged.
* {{Lobo}}. "Once the Main Man puts his mind to it, he can destroy anything."

* Literature/DonQuixote from ''ManOfLaMancha''. He shows why he acts the way he does despite being perceived as a fool and a madman in the song [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfHnzYEHAow The Impossible Dream]].

* ''Literature/TheActsOfCaine'' by Matthew Stover demonstrate how the Unfettered make setting right and wrong in your story very difficult. Caine, the protagonist, is a prime example of an Unfettered character (but not his alter ego Hari, interestingly enough). He manages to be both a genocidal murderer and the world's saviour, an amoral cutthroat and a loving father. Stover successfully pulls it off because the morality in his novels is more about how much control you are willing to exercise over events to bring around the right outcome and less about whether death is right or wrong. Other Unfettered characters include [[ActionGirl Talaan]], [[InsufferableGenius T'Passe]], and Tommy to a degree. Ma'elKoth is Unfettered [[spoiler:until the Blind God owns him]]. Berne comes close but loves infamy and [[TheHedonist pleasure (read: rape)]] too much. Raithe manages to be Unfettered for about all of two chapters in ''Blade of Tyshalle''.
* John Galt in ''AtlasShrugged'' brings about the collapse of an entire society/economic system almost through sheer force of will, as well as [[TooSpicyForYogSogoth breaking his torturer]] the same way!

* ''Series/BurnNotice'' Michael is this early on in the show and is commited to clearing his name and going back as late as Season 3. It's clear that he didn't allow relationships or morality to hold him back from doing what he saw as his duty.
* Shane Walsh of ''Series/TheWalkingDead'' has the admirable objective of keeping the group alive, but is utterly ruthless in his attempts to do so. Later, he acquires the additional, not so admirable goal of taking Lori and Carl from Rick.

* VideoGame/MaxPayne: ''"Collecting evidence had gotten old a few hundred bullets back. I was already so far beyond the point of no return I couldn't remember what it had looked like when I had passed it."''