History BloodKnight / VideoGames

* Saint Sword Juggernaut from Monster Girl 1,000 can be perfectly described with this trope alone, to an absurd degree. She cares not for sex or other non-combat casual frivolities. So much so that [[spoiler:she willingly sides with the corrupt, villainous half of Hunters' Association in their mad quest to cleanse the world of life as their [[GodIsEvil Goddess Eris]] desires.]] [[spoiler:She eventually dies, with regretting nothing and mirthlessly chuckles as her life-long quest finally reaches its conclusion, putting an end to her ceaseless battle-lusting.]]

** An even darker addition is [[Characters/BlazBlueYuukiTerumi Yuuki Terumi]] who makes no secret of the fact that he loves fighting. Or rather, he ''loves'' satisfying his {{sadist}}ic urges by beating the crap out of others. Though he seems to prefer it when his victims resist, he also doesn't seem to mind if "fight" becomes another word for "[[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown stomp on their heads]] [[CurbstompBattle until their skulls cave in]] [[BeatingADeadPlayer and keep going]]".

* Saint Sword Juggernaut from Monster Girl 1,000 can be perfectly described with this trope alone, to an absurd degree. She cares not for sex or other casual frivolities. So much so that [[spoiler:she willingly sides with the corrupt, villainous half of Hunters' Association in their mad quest to cleanse the world of life as their [[GodIsEvil Goddess Eris]] desires.]] [[spoiler:She eventually dies, with regretting nothing and mirthlessly chuckles as her life-long quest finally reaches its conclusion, putting an end to her ceaseless battle-lusting.]]

* ''VideoGame/{{Soul|Series}}calibur'':
** Mitsurugi. While he initially seeks Soul Edge in the hopes that the sword will make him powerful enough to defeat a rival, he ends up strong enough to do so anyway, so he just keeps fighting for the sake of fighting. Even in his ''Soulcalibur IV'' ending, when offered the option to absorb the power of the BigBad, he ignores it, because he says: "I don't need it." In his backstory, it's revealed that Mitsurugi used to deliberately offer his services to vastly outnumbered armies so that he could fight as many foes as possible. Even better in ''VideoGame/SoulcaliburV'' Mitsurugi tries living a peaceful life as a farmer, but that doesn’t last long as his lust for battle returns immediately when he hears a group of soldiers mention a sword called “Soul Caliber”

* ''VideoGame/{{Starcraft}}'': When his home planet is overrun by aliens, Fenix is actually excited to be fighting a stronger enemy than ever before. Even after he's killed and brought BackFromTheDead, he doesn't mind being part machine, as long as he can still fight. This may be a common trait with Protoss. The Zealots seem to be using melee weapons only because it's more 'honourable' and gives them a better battle, for instance. Some Protoss in the second game say that they are looking forward to doing battle with Raynor's forces, and when defeated the leaders wish him luck as they retreat.

* [[spoiler:Sir Raimund Seyfarth]] from ''VideoGame/{{Rosenkreuzstilette}}'' counts as this, having given up on relating to nearly everyone [[spoiler:as he had become an embodiment of Death who craves only battle.]] Also, Schirach Fuehler from the sequel ~Freudenstachel~, who loves the thrill of the fight so much that she's simply excited to participate in one regardless of whether she wins or not, and as long as she gets a good fight, she'll even compliment her opponent as well.

* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'':

'''Sienna:''' And why not? So many enemies to set ablaze!

* All of the [[BonusBoss Mr. Shakedowns]] in ''VideoGame/Yakuza0'' seem to enjoy fighting to various degrees, but none more than Yuki Sato, who doesn't actually have much of a reason for continuously targeting Kiryu other than enjoying the fact that he finally found someone capable of fighting back against him. After four losses against Kiryu, however, he realizes that Kiryu's been taking his money after each win, and gains a secondary purpose in fighting Kiryu to get his money back (even though that money was taken from other people, and he himself was trying to mug Kiryu the whole time.)

*** And finally, we have the BigBad himself- [[spoiler:no, [[DiscOneFinalBoss not Vaas]], however much people like him]]- [[AmoralAfrikaner Hoyt Volker]]. Apart from being a BadBoss who likes to MakeAnExampleOfThem, Hoyt also relishes torture and murder in his downtime, and [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking he's the best fighter in his entire organization]]- as Jason finds out when Hoyt [[spoiler:cuts off one of Jason's fingers]] and then challenges him to a KnifeFight. Despite Hoyt [[BlatantLies insisting he doesn't take any pleasure from forcing Jason to fight]], he looks [[SlasherSmile all too eager]] to stab and slash at Jason, including whenever he sweeps his feet from below him and tries kicking him while he's down.

* Augus from ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'' ''is'' this trope. He thinks the perfect life consists of, in order:

** [[FeatheredFiend Yian Garuga]] is a Bird Wyvern that will fight just about anything, even things it's likely hopelessly outclassed against. As soon as it's wounded too badly to fight in battle, it gets back up and ''immediately picks a fight with the next-strongest thing in the vicinity.'' It's so tenacious, it's reputed to even get ''[[TheDreaded Deviljho]]'' to [[RageQuit sod off in frustration!]] The Deadeye deviant takes this even further. This deviant starts out as a specimen of [[PintsizedPowerhouse smaller-than-average size]]. So what does it do to make up for bigger monsters being able to push it around a bit easier? ''It. Will. Fight. EVERYTHING.'' Nothing is safe from this bird's wrath, with it gaining a glowing [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eye-socket]] and getting CoveredInScars because it's just fought ''so damn much.'' One Hunter's said "that's the only feller with a higher Hunter Rank than me!" about the beast.
** Bazelgeuse is a Flying Wyvern that [[MadBomber drops grenades made from a special bodily fluid]]. It'll bomb just about anything indiscriminately, be it food, another large monster, or [[DropInNemesis you]], and it's considered an Elder Dragon-level threat because it can decimate local fauna populations in search of another sparring partner.

* ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'''s Id is a fine example of this. He fights because [[spoiler:being a split personality of Fei, the hero, created as a means to endure serious abuse]] he is incapable of connecting with others in any other way. At one point the heroes drop their CoolShip the Yggdrasil atop his HumongousMecha. Moments later, the Yggdrasil cracks in two, rising off the sands...

** As in human characters, Silver, from ''VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver'' and its remakes. It's partially to prove his superiority over others (he loses the need for that as part of his CharacterDevelopment) and partially because he apparently just likes fighting.

** Boethiah, the Daedric Prince of Plots (as well as a litany of high crimes including Murder and Treason), has an intense love for competition and battle, and is known to hold tournaments among mortals to determine the strongest. His ([[GenderBender sometimes "her"]]) usual appearance is as a BlackKnight wielding either a [[AnAxeToGrind massive battle axe]] or a CoolSword. Boethiah's quest in ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion Oblivion]]'' is the "Tournament of Ten Bloods" on his plane of Oblivion. What's the tournament's purpose? None. [[ItAmusedME He's just bored]].

** Also from ''Awakening'', we have Noire, whose split personality includes a Blood Knight who takes delight in slaying her enemies and a ShrinkingViolet the rest of the time.

** In ''VideoGame/PokemonYellow'' and [[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver the Generation II games]], Pokémon become friendlier to you if you use them against strong opponents[[labelnote:*]]Gym Leaders, and also the Elite Four in Gen II[[/labelnote]]. As of ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'' and ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire]]'', they also become friendlier if they level up in battle[[labelnote:*]]As compared to becoming friendlier any time they level up in previous games.[[/labelnote]].

** Kae's Hyper Card sets herself, and anyone who's close-by, on fire, allowing her to gain +2 Attack, at the cost of -2 Defense, maing it easier to defeat opponents, but easier for other players to defeat her..

** Champ of the Spare Squadron is always itching for a fight. Going so far as to cut off fellow Spare Pilot, Tabloid so that he can force a take off, and tells the Air Traffic Control Tower to ‘Go to Hell’, after they called him out on it. He even tries to pick a fight with Mihaly, and gets [[LaserGuidedKarma blasted out of the sky]] with [[CurbStompBattle no effort]] whatsoever.

** Matias Torres from the SP DLC Missions, ultimately turns out to be this in the final SP Mission. [[spoiler:Despite his insistence that his plan to kill a million people to ‘save’ ten million more will bring about on end to the war, it ultimately turns out that he doesn’t care about saving lives, as David North calls him out on it, and that he’s [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist just looking for an excuse]] to kill a lot of people.]]

** Many, many characters fit this: ([[CulturedWarrior Berlioz]], [[OmnicidalManiac Old King]], [[SociopathicSoldier Chief]] and [[TheSocialDarwinist Jack-O]] spring to mind), but the most interesting take on the concept in the series is the [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Reaper Squad]] Leader known only as 'J', the FinalBoss of Verdict Day. Standing distinct even in a series filled with this trope, J seems to legitimately believe that he ''cannot physically exist'' without war. [[spoiler:Later {{subverted|Trope}}. Given his [[CloningBlues implied origins]], his lines actually comes off more as a TearJerker than anything else, in retrospect.]]

** An even darker addition is [[Characters/BlazBlueYuukiTerumi Yuuki Terumi]] who makes no secret of the fact that he loves fighting. Or rather, he ''loves'' satisfying his {{sadist}}ic urges by beating the crap out others. Though he seems to prefer it when his victims resist, he also doesn't seem to mind if "fight" becomes another word for "[[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown stomp on their heads]] [[CurbstompBattle until their skulls cave in]] [[BeatingADeadPlayer and keep going]]".

* Practically every [[PlayerCharacter Vault Hunter]] in the ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' series loves a good fight and will happily laugh and scream while massacring countless bandits, alien creatures or anyone in their way. In fact, oftentimes a primary motivation of theirs is either a worthy challenge for their skills.

* ''VideoGame/ADanceWithRogues'' has several companions that exhibit these traits - Vico and the siblings Bran and Norah. While Norah's love for battle is downplayed and only mentioned in passing, Vico and Bran both revel in fighting, albeit for different reasons, since the two are counterparts. Vico is the more violent one, who loves fighting ''and'' killing his opponents, as well as [[FantasticRacism butchering people and creatures from other races]] just for fun. Bran is a barbarian and has been taught to be a warrior since childhood, but he enjoys only the fighting aspect of battle and strongly dislikes picking fights with and killing non-hostile people for no good reason, and is willing to let his opponent go at the end of the fight. His greatest pleasure comes from battling monsters and extremely hostile and dangerous creatures, like orcs, dragons, demons and undead.

* In ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsII'', Vengarl of Forossa was a warrior from a fallen kingdom famous for its warriors, who belonged to an order of knights infamous for their savagery in combat. Even among them, Vengarl was kept at arm's length; his stylized snarling lion helmet was emblematic of the bestial brutality he demonstrated on the battlefield. Even after being decapitated, his body continued to rage and kill mindlessly for years after the war he had been defeated in ended and the kingdom he had been fighting for had literally crumbled. His severed head became rather more genial and philosophical, however.

* Morrigan, Demitri, and Bishamon from ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}''. Can't forget [[CosmicEntity Pyron]] either, he scorched his own planet after becoming it's champion and then traveled to Earth and waited billion years of years until there were strong enough warriors to challenge him.

* In ''VideoGame/DemonsSouls'', [[ProfessionalKiller Yurt The Silent Chief]] is one, his existance is to [[AxCrazy murder every single human]], [[spoiler:should you bring him to Nexus after listening to his "[[FalseInnocenceTrick advice]]", he proves it]].

* Special mention goes to the Blood Knights from ''VideoGame/DigimonWorld2''. Yes, that's their real name in-game. And the game actually came out in July of 2000, meaning that they had the trope name before this trope even existed. They live up to their name by being psychotically over aggressive conflict-creating people who manage to cross the MoralEventHorizon before we even meet them [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman by treating digimon like pieces of data to be used, abused, deleted and traded as they see fit.]] And if that didn't make you hate them enough, they also employ ChildSoldiers and mind control to meet their ends.

* ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'':
** Shale is a definite Blood Knight. When her true past is revealed as a dwarven woman, she suggests that she would like to do something "girlish" like smashing something soft and squishy and then watch it fountain blood.
** Oghren is a {{Deconstruction}}. He fell out of favour in Orzammar after his [[TheBerserker berserker]] training caused him to accidentally kill a man in a friendly Proving, but his victories in the Deep Roads made him too popular to execute or exile. The Assembly decided to strip him of his weapons and forbid him to carry them in city limits, making him a warrior ''[[CruelMercy banned]]'' from fighting. Coupled with his wife leaving him along with the rest of their noble house, he sought solace in the [[TheAlcoholic bottom of a glass]] and has remained there ever since. Part of the reason he joins the Warden's party is the excuse to be able to fight and feel useful once again. In ''Awakening'', Oghren is revealed to have abandoned his [[DisappearedDad new wife and child]] to join the Grey Wardens, knowing that his warrior tendencies [[InHarmsWay couldn't]] let him settle down into civilian life and that his life was a mess between all the drinking and fighting. The Warden can convince him to make amends with his wife and keep in touch with his child, making them proud of him serving with the Wardens.
* ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'':
** The Iron Bull, though he also serves as a mild {{Deconstruction}}. The Bull loves fighting; some of his biggest approval gains come from bringing him to battle high dragons, and much of his banter with other party members consists of comments about their fighting style. However, the Bull was sent south to Orlais after he suffered a breakdown from years of serving in Seheron. After years of failing to keep order and seeing his comrades fall, the final straw was seeing an entire school of children murdered by Tal-Vashoth. In this case, there was just too much blood for even a BloodKnight.
** Played for humour with the qunari Inquisitor's former companions, a band of mercenaries. You can hire them to fight demons, and they'll send back a cheerful little note:
--->Adaar, Demons. You got us demons. Some of them were on ''fire.'' You're the best, Adaar.

** Frandar Hunding was a legendary Redguard/Yokudan [[TheOrder Ansei]], also known as "Sword Saints", and quite possibly the greatest MasterSwordsman in the history of Nirn. He traveled Yokuda as a KnightErrant in his youth, slaying all manner of men and monsters, while testing his skills in 90 duels. He was never once defeated, leading him to believe that he was invincible, so he retired to Mount Hattu and wrote the Book of Circles to pass along his insights. He was later called back into battle as a warrior at age 60, leading the Ansei to victory over the much more numerous forces of Yokudan Emperor Hira. Frandar would then be one of the first Yokudans to arrive in Tamriel, and was still acting as a FrontlineGeneral at age ''90'' when he finally fell in battle to the giant goblins of Hammerfell.

*** [[TheDragon Legate Lanius]]. He openly mocks [[BigBad Caesar's]] Frumentarii (the intelligence and assassination division of their forces) as cowardly and underhanded, preferring direct and spectacular action, and is correspondingly viewed with wariness by both Caesar and Vulpes (the head of said Frumentarii). In [[MultipleEndings all but one]] of the games endings, he serves as the FinalBoss. And he is ''[[LightningBruiser tough]].'' He also claims that his ideals will "free people in ways they can't see". His proof? [[spoiler:You]].

*** Pagan Min [[spoiler:at the end of the game]] accuses him of deciding to be "the lunatic who has murdered his way to the top of my mountain" instead of [[spoiler:staying and waiting at Pagan's dinner table for them toscatter the ashes of Ajay's mother together.]] However, Min may be subjecting Ajay to PsychologicalProjection: while Ajay ''is'' eager to fight and kill, he does it to defend the people of Kyrat from Pagan's soldiers or the local wildlife. If nothing else, Ajay is GoodIsNotSoft.

*** Jess Black, the StealthExpert, admits that she's addicted to killing Peggies (makes sense, since they killed her parents), but at least they're not drugs, right? Headshotting cultists with her bow is the rare occasions she can be heard [[BewareTheQuietOnes actually raising her voice]].

*** Gina Guerra and Nana, two new Guns for Hire in ''New Dawn'', also qualify as this. Gina is a former Highwayman soldier who's only happy when she's fighting, and if the PlayerCharacter stops fighting, she starts complaining. [[NeverMessWithGranny Nana]] is a FriendlySniper who's perfectly cheerful whenever she's blowing off Highwaymen heads with her shots.

** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyI'': Garland, the TinTyrant, is given a more philosophical take of this characterisation in ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy''; he believes that all existence is a repetition of "the cycle of battle", and that all attempts to bring peace to the world are futile. He actually gets offended when his nemesis, [[TheHero Warrior of Light]], promises to rescue him from the Cycle. Later on its shown that the reason Garland loves fighting is because the cycle of the war of Chaos and Cosmos has gone on for so long, he's lost all hope of it ever ending and has resigned himself to an eternity of fighting. Taking delight in doing so is Garland's way of adapting to the GroundhogDayLoop he's stuck in.

*** From the same game there’s also Sabin, a BoisterousBruiser who lost the chance to rule the kingdom to his brother Edgar in a coin toss and happily went go train in martial arts instead. What Sabin didn’t know is that Edgar rigged the coin toss ''knowing full'' well his brother would be miserable as king.

*** Barret in the [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake remake]] is definitely this. While his other party members have confident one liners during battle most of Barrett’s dialogue consists of “HELL YEAH!” and “BRING IT!” all while GatlingGood.
*** Reno also displays this behavior in the remake during his fights against the heroes. Unfortunately (to his shame), he bites off more than he can chew with Cloud leaving him more than eager for a rematch. Even Rude is implied to be this, as when Reno interrupts his fight with Cloud with a call, Rude looks annoyed and Reno in apologetic tone says "I know you're probably having the time your life, but we're needed on standby for a job".
*** Roche a CanonForeigner 3rd Class SOLDIER from the remake, makes the previous examples look tame in comparsion. Roche '''loves''' fighting and racing on his CoolBike, laughing in utter glee throughout the entire encounter with him. Heck ''he even heals Cloud to full health!'' Before engaging him in a sword fight, so their fight can be totally fair.

* Cody Travers from ''VideoGame/FinalFight'' became this when he appeared in ''Franchise/StreetFighter'', the backstory explaining that after beating [[BigBad Belger]], he just kept fighting until he was jailed, [[CardboardPrison breaking out whenever he gets bored]]. During his storyline, he plainly tells his old friend Guy that he doesn't consider himself a hero, just a dude who only feels complete when he's kicking ass, though his ending does imply that he still has some heroic spirit in him. This happens ''[[HistoryRepeats again]]'' in ''Super VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'', complete with him and [[VitriolicBestBuds his somewhat-estranged friend]] Guy having another tussle. There are several strong hints that Cody is simply a KnightInSourArmor. Even after reforming and becoming mayor of Metro City in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterV'' Cody still takes time out of his busy schedule to beat up hoodlums, to the annoyance of his secretary.

*** Valter, who wants to kill protagonists Eirika and Ephraim solely for the thrill of fighting them. However, he focuses on Eirika [[{{Squick}} quite a lot.]]

*** Lord Gwendal is called [[OldSoldier the Gray Lion]], and fights the player's army to the death on every route he's encountered. He cares only about [[MyMasterRightOrWrong serving his lord]] and getting a good fight out of doing so, whether that means he ends up facing off with other lords of Faerghus (potentially including the actual ''king'') or not.

* Kratos from the ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' series delves into this at varying times in his life. It definitely applies in his backstory in [[VideoGame/GodOfWarI the first game]], as well as the interim between the first and second. During the games he seems to have a definite cause he's fighting for, but between them, he's more than happy to just go out and kill whatever the gods point him at.

** Tommy Vercetti from ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity''. Unlike other protagonists of the series, seems that his hobby is killing, either for money or revenge, without remorse, without mercy and without excuses.

** The Charr haven't known peace in over 300 years, not even after having reclaimed most of their homeland from human invaders- this has led to militarism and industry with a heavy emphasis on destroying anything that could potentially threaten them unless there's a good reason not to, so as a result most Charr (a race naturally hot-blooded and violent) that are active members of the Legions love (or learn to love) the combat and discipline from being on the front lines. More pragmatically, however, their deeds are never forgotten. They do not worship gods, and so they derive inspiration, strength and confidence from historical figures of great strength and honor (but mostly strength). It's so ingrained in their culture that a soldier who fails to die along with the rest of his/her warband is looked upon as a gutless coward- even hinting at the fear of death will get you chewed out.

** The Hunter kills creatures both for the meal and for the challenge. He is strongly implied to one of the most dangerous creatures in Hallownest, having casually hunted all the deadly creatures in the journal. If the player completes his journal, [[spoiler: reading his thoughts will reveal that he hopes to fight the Knight someday, who has become very powerful by this point]].

** Canderous is a perfect example of this trope. (He does eventually decide he needs some kind of cause to fight for, but doesn't seem to care very much what that cause ''is''.) In fact, most of the Mandalorians seem to be that way.

** The [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy krogan]] are a living, breathing, walking and talking example of this trope. It even carries over to krogan multiplayer characters, who can often be heard laughing in the midst of a heated battle. In the second game a crew member, Grunt, born via test tubes has a good laugh over brutal imagery from his tank and cites that there's no joke to what he's seen only that, "It was a good fight."

** The third game has Kai Leng, a CanonImmigrant from the novels. His back-story is that he enlisted in the military at age 16 using false credentials, and made it as far as N7 - the same program that produced Shepard and Anderson - before showing his true colors in a bar fight. He was discharged and thrown in jail, only to be broken out by the Illusive Man, who put him to work as an assassin.

** From ''VideoGame/MassEffectAndromeda'' there's another krogan example in Nakmor Drack, who took off from the krogan colony of New Tuchanka looking for a fight, and it's why he sticks with Ryder. However, there's another reason as well - he believes his people need ''more'' than that, and was disquieted by the younger krogan hero-worshipping him, seeing his own past as an example of what they need to move beyond.

** Zero in the X and his own series display moments where he enjoys fighting his enemies despite his cool headed personality and some of the Mavericks in both series even accused him of the enjoyment of slaying his enemies more than delivering justice and being a hero. Zero in the climax of ''VideoGame/MegaManZero4'' himself admitted to his companions that he's no different than Weil in terms of the enjoyment of causing bloodshed and that fighting is the only thing he's ever good at as a 'Reploid designed for war' as he mentioned to Craft after their fight which resulted in the death of the latter. Averted in his final battle against Weil with his famous speech that he has always fought for the people he believed in, doesn't care about justice nor being a hero and will not hesitate to destroy his enemies as he always has throughout his long life.

*** All of the Desperado's Winds of Destruction (bosses) Mistral, Monsoon, Sundowner and Jetstream Sam are Blood Knights and greatly [[WorthyOpponent enjoy fighting Raiden]]. Then there's [[spoiler:Senator Armstrong]] is someone who thinks very highly of fighting, and believes battling and clashing against others for what you personally believe to be the highest ideal one can strive for. Once the FinalBoss battle against him truly begins, he has a grand old time from beginning to end.

** Kano is probably the foremost example being a {{Cyborg}} PsychoKnifeNut from LandDownunder, he gleefully rips hearts out and when he isn't working for money, Kano and his organisation [[MurderInc Black Dragon clan]] commit crime and work for the villains simply out of bloodlust and ForTheEvulz. This is best seen in Kano's ending in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'' where he use the [[TimeTravel Hourglass]] to grant his every desire and become supreme... then Kano gives it all up ''"becuase it was boring"''. Instead Kano makes victory and glory just a little out of his reach, so he doesn't always win, but when he does win it's something to saviour.
** BigBad Shao Kahn's sole goal, job and pleasure in life is to ''conquer, conquer and conquer some more''. Originally the Elder Gods set Shao Kahn up as a guardain in Outworld similar to Raiden but Shao Kahn was unpleased with this and poisoning Emperor Onaga he took over Outworld and set up GladiatorGames for his amusement. But Shao Kahn didn't stop there, he along with Goro, Reiko and the rest of RoguesGallery invade other realms conquering everything through Mortal Kombat. In his ending in ''VideoGame/MortalKombatArmageddon'' Shao Kahn conquers ''everything'' and falls into maddness because there's ''nothing left to conquer''.

** [[{{Cowboy}} Erron Black]] is a simple man he only cares about getting paid and having fun while doing it, even when learning about TimeTravel changing his destiny, he stated ''"To hell with the future, I live for the moment"''. Erron Black's ending in ''11'' doubles down on this as he's the only character who doesn't even consider using the Hourglass to change time at all, Erron just drops it in the Sea of Blood so that all the potential thrills and dangers he faces in life are unknown and unavoidable, just the way he likes it.

* Hermann Goering in ''VideoGame/TheNewOrderLastDaysofEurope'' seeks to militarily reassert control over Europe, and possibly start a ForeverWar with the rest of the world to have Germany regain it's military and economic strength, assuming he wins the post-Hitler power struggle.

'''Lash:''' We're not different at all, Sonja. You'll feel it someday, the joy that war brings. Wait... You feel it now, don't you? Oh, Sonja! Tee hee hee! Todles!

** Travis Touchdown is an uncommon protagonist example, which is an odd contrast to his {{Otaku}} nature and love of things {{Moe}}. He seems to be [[TrueNeutral devoid of any actual morality]], and for most of the game his only drive is "[[ToBeAMaster being the best]]", no matter how many people he kills along the way. For most players this is [[OneManArmy fine by them.]] He does seem to have a few scruples, like killing women. Though perhaps he just hates to see some good lechery-fodder go to waste. He also seems to be averse to killing anyone who fights with honor and/or proves to be a WorthyOpponent.

* ''VideoGame/NuclearThrone'': [[ADogNamedDog Plant]] is a bloodthirsty killing machine in the form of a lightning-quick ManEatingPlant. Its thoughts begin and end with bloodshed and death, two things which bring it great joy. Ending the lives of others is one thing that can always bring a smile to its {{eyeless face}}.

** Bodhi's safehouse lines in ''VideoGame/Payday2'' include a ones where he asks for someone to fight him and thoughts about starting a Literature/FightClub in the safehouse basement.

** Mankey, Primeape, Hitmonlee, Hitmonchan and generally all fighting Pokemon.

** Leon S. Kennedy while clearly heroic, still gives off this vibe in the later games e.g ''[=RE4=]'' he smiles and chuckles when he throws a knife into Salazar's hand and when having a knife fight with the aforementioned Kruaser, Leon is unmistakably having a good time. Even in the ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2Remake'' despite Leon's inexperince, during the end of the game when facing the Super Tyrant (Mr X) during the CatastrophicCountdown, Leon simply says "[[BringIt Alright, come on!]]".
** Jack Baker from ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil7 RE7]]'' thanks to TheVirus from Eveline is a giggling, hammy AxCrazy mad man who spouts one liners while chasing you down. Whether it be doing burnouts in Ethan's car trying to run him over or [[ShoutOut saying]] "[[Film/EvilDead2 Groovy]]" after picking a dual chainsaw to kill Ethan with, it's clear Jack is having a whale of a time. Jack's son Lucas is of similar mold (heh) albeit much less physical.

** The Bell Ringer accuses Rowan and Corrina of infiltrating Evenheart Castle under the guise of exterminators, and then attacks them. While he's correct about them being imposters, he uses [[RightForTheWrongReasons faulty reasoning]] to determine this and it's clear that his real reason for fighting them is because he wants to relive his glory days in the military. After the battle, he chooses not to capture the duo despite defeating them and actually encourages them to kidnap Princess Arielle, implying that he resents the royal family for not appreciating his combat capabilities.

** Characters like Maeda Keiji and UsefulNotes/MiyamotoMusashi who often don't do anything but wander around Japan looking for a good fight.
** The shogun Ashikaga Yoshiteru from Sengoku Basara 4, who takes such an extreme pleasure in fighting that he doesn't want wars to end, in fact ''starts'' the Sengoku period, just so stronger opponents will emerge to fight him.

** Sonic can be considered a very heroic one, as he's "the guy who loves adventure". In other words, he ''loves'' the thrill of cheating death many times over and facing impossible odds for the adrenaline rush. This is why he has Dr. Eggman as his nemesis, because Sonic and his addiction to combat and danger wouldn't be complete without that overweight mad scientist and his robot armies (many of whom are mindless machines so he's not killing them) feeding as much of his suicidal tendencies as possible. This and his sense of justice.

* ''VideoGame/{{Stellaris}}'': The [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Honorbound Warrior]] and [[OmnicidalManiac Metalhead]] AI types tend to be like this. Honorbound Warriors, in their defence, are at the very least relatively ethical about it: they will pick fights with anyone, especially Pacifist empires, but reject slavery and genocide and refuse to hire mercenaries to do their fighting for them. There's even a bonus to forming defensive pacts with them, since that means ''more'' fighting as opposed to a non-aggression pact's ''less'' fighting. Metalheads, on the other hand, are ''nuts''; they're ''so'' eager for warfare that they'll pick a fight with anyone, [[FearlessFool even empires that could grind them into dust without even slowing down]], and have an aggression stat that makes even Fanatical Purifiers look thoughtful and restrained.

** An unusually calm version of this trope is Ryu. He'll only fight those who are willing, and (save for the "Evil Ryu" arc) conducts each fight respectfully and never to the death. Nonetheless, he's not in the tournament for the glory, just the next fight. The flip side of the coin is [[NobleDemon Akuma]], who seems to exist only to fight and grow stronger, and will explore {{Dangerous Forbidden Technique}}s, kill his opponents, and generally do ''anything'' he can do in order to fight and gain power. The similarities in their motivations serves as a source of dramatic tension between them, as Ryu shows a considerable level of angst over whether he'll eventually end up like Akuma. There is at least one {{adaptation|Distillation}}, ''Ryu Final'', where Ryu and Akuma's path are explored down to their final destination and outcome. It is first implied, then explicitly stated, that the path of the True Martial Artist is a journey of self-betterment, with each fight (hopefully) making both warriors learn and grow as people, [[spoiler:and where the ultimate outcome is to realize the futility of the fight, next to nurturing and protecting the next generations to come. More particularly, Akuma's search for power and willing submission to the Satsui no Hadou is done entirely for the benefit of Ryu, so the latter would have the guidance needed to overcome it]].

** In ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'', [[DeadpanSnarker Yuri]] seems to be happiest when he's in a good fight and says that he enjoys the "raw challenge" of fighting a tough opponent, and the only time [[MsFanservice Judith's]] excitement level rises above "sedated" is in battle. Flynn, who is normally soft-spoken and mellow, becomes very energetic when fighting (lampshaded by Rita in the UsefulNotes/{{P|layStation3}}S3 version). Zagi is the standard villainous version who becomes obsessed with Yuri because he is the only opponent that forces him to use his full potential. There's also Tison, who unlike most of the Hunting Blades fights monsters more for the thrill of battle rather then a personal vendetta.

** Kill-in-Shadow is a Beastwoman, a hulking behemoth able to [[OneHandedZweihander wield weapons meant to be two-handed in a single massive paw]]. She hunts humans for food and pleasure, and like Verse, follows the strongest without regards to petty things like morality.

* Boomerang from ''VideoGame/WildArms1'' is a good example. The only thing he cares about is finding a worthy foe to fight, and is only helping the villains because he believes that'll lead him to the fight he seeks. [[spoiler:Not even ''Hell itself'' can stop his pursuit of the ultimate battle.]] The same could arguably be said for his wolf companion, Lucied. The entire reason Lucied, the Guardian of Desire, travels with Boomerang is because Boomerang's desire for a good scrap is just that intense.

** The class introduced in ''Wrath of the Lich King'' is called "Death Knight", elite soldiers of the Scourge. Their only job is to kill for the Scourge, and to cut down anyone who stands in their path. One of your first tasks as a Death Knight is to kill one of your own kind to prove your loyalty. When you succeed by showing no mercy and no restraint, you are praised and given a {{BFS}}. You're then sicced on a village to kill everyone. Although the player class then breaks free from the Lich Kings control, they are still the most fitting class, and the Deathknight faction in Northrend is clearly filled with this.

* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3'': Colony 11 is full of soldiers seeking the most difficult fight possible in order to challenge themselves. In contrast to the military discipline and nominated chains of command seen everywhere else, 11 has arranged itself into a number of semi-autonomous units that plan unsanctioned attacks on Agnians for amusement and runs on KlingonPromotion, only answering to its leader Ashera because she can beat down any dissent. Ouroboros find them incredibly frustrating, as their nature forces a collision between their goal of stopping cycles of pointless bloodshed, and their own philosophy of allowing everyone to chose their own path. Eunie in particular finds them all to be a pack of childish meatheads.

** Even Kiryu himself shows shades of this. Most notably in Yakuza 5, when [[spoiler:he, Saejima, Watase and Katsuya are preparing to duke it out amongst themselves.]]

** The Scots in the regular version of ''Medieval II'' manage to come pretty close, though. Most of the other factions have the bog-standard peasants. The Scottish equivalent are Highland Rabble: unwashed, kilt-wearing, and extremely ''fast-moving'' painted Highlanders wielding [[KnifeNut big knives]]. That's before you factor in the regular Highlanders, who carry axes and shields, and the much nastier Highland Nobles, who are armed with giant claymores. And ''all'' of these Highlanders are fast-moving infantry who work best blindly rushing the enemy. The Scots are an infantry army built to ''CHAAAAAARGE!''

** Kano is probably the foremost example being a {{Cyborg}} KnifeNut from LandDownunder, he gleefully rips hearts out and when he isn't working for money, Kano and his organisation [[MurderInc Black Dragon clan]] commit crime and work for the villains simply out of bloodlust and ForTheEvulz. This is best seen in Kano's ending in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'' where he use the [[TimeTravel Hourglass]] to grant his every desire and become surpreme... then Kano gives it all up ''"becuase it was boring"''. Instead Kano makes victory and glory just a little out of his reach, so he doesn't always win, but when he does win it's something to saviour.

** Leon S. Kennedy while clearly heroic, still gives off this vibe in the later games e.g ''[=RE4=]'' he smiles and chuckles when he throws a knife into Salazar's hand and when having a KnifeNut fight with the aforementioned Kruaser, Leon is unmistakably having a good time. Even in the ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2Remake'' despite Leon's inexperince, during the end of the game when facing the Super Tyrant (Mr X) during the CatastrophicCountdown, Leon simply says "[[BringIt Alright, come on!]]".