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** Clem, a ''demon'', can manifest fangs, tentacles, and poison. The only times he seems willing to fight are when he sees a friend hurt, or to protect a threatened teenager. (He [[EatTheDog eats kittens]], though.)

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** Clem, a ''demon'', can manifest fangs, tentacles, and poison. The only times he seems willing to fight are when he sees a friend hurt, or to protect a threatened teenager. (He [[EatTheDog eats kittens]], kittens, though.)
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* ''Series/GenV'': Series protagonist Marie Moreau has the power to [[BloodyMurder manipulate blood]], a power usually more associated with villains than heroes. When her powers were first activated it leads to the AccidentalMurder of her parents. However, Marie gives her best to be a true hero. Given that the main goal of the Godolkin University is to create {{Celebrity Superhero}}es, she actually gives her superiors a hard time making her look marketable.
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** Among the gods in the core 3.5 players handbook is Wee Jas, Goddess of Death and Magic. She is LawfulNeutral. That's right, the goddess of necromancy is not explicitly evil, and it's within the rules to have a LawfulGood cleric with the Death domain. Plus, a LawfulNeutral goddess of death wouldn't consider necromancy necessarily evil, and wouldn't find her clerics casting "evil" spells a deal-breaker anyway since she accepts both good and evil followers.

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** Among the gods in the core 3.5 players handbook TabletopGame/{{Greyhawk}} is Wee Jas, Goddess of Death and Magic. She is LawfulNeutral. That's right, the goddess of necromancy is not explicitly evil, and it's within the rules to have a LawfulGood cleric with the Death domain. Plus, a LawfulNeutral goddess of death wouldn't consider necromancy necessarily evil, and wouldn't find her clerics casting "evil" spells a deal-breaker anyway since she accepts both good and evil followers. Supplementary material notes that while she isn't opposed to necromancy on principle, she's still a goddess of order, and expects any necromancy done on her behalf to be within the bounds of law and with respect to the dead: turning someone into a zombie when their corpse was donated to the church by their surviving family is perfectly fine, but sneaking into a graveyard in the middle of the night, digging up a random coffin, and exhuming its inhabitant to fight for you is another story.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'', Dr. Orpheus is a necromancer (though he says he uses the title because it sounds cool, he has done genuine necromancy) and is not only ''a'' good guy, but possibly ''the'' nicest character on the entire show.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'', ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros'', Dr. Orpheus is a necromancer (though he says he uses the title because it sounds cool, he has done genuine necromancy) and is not only ''a'' good guy, but possibly ''the'' nicest character on the entire show.
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* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Qrow Branwen]] was raised with his [[{{Jerkass}} twin sister]] by a bandit tribe infamous for being thieves and murderers. Qrow received his name due to the [[CreepyCrows perception]] that crows are unlucky birds that bring only misfortune and death. This is because his [[BlessedWithSuck Semblance]], a superpower that is unique to each individual, is the ability to cause misfortune. It is [[PowerIncontinence passively, permanently active]], causing potentially life-threatening misfortune to happen to everyone around him, including himself. While it's [[WindsOfDestinyChange useful in battle]] against enemies, it makes [[TheJinx life for friends and family]] extremely difficult. He has fully embraced the [[SourSupporter negative motifs]] of his situation, taking inspiration from a legendary Huntress known only as The Grimm Reaper to craft for himself a weapon that can morph between a [[{{BFS}} sword]], [[ShotgunsAreJustBetter gun]] and [[SinisterScythe scythe]]. He [[TheMentor taught Ruby]], the show's heroine, everything she knows about fighting and is adored by both Ruby and her sister, Yang. [[spoiler:However, he only became a protagonist because [[BigGood Professor Ozpin]] was the first person who [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre saw through his Semblance]] and gave him a [[UndyingLoyalty purpose in life]], which is why he rejected the murderous tribe that raised him and [[BecomingTheMask became a proper Huntsman]]. When he learns the AwfulTruth about Professor Ozpin's [[DarkAndTroubledPast past]], his entire world [[HeroicBSOD shuts down]], he [[DrowningMySorrows succumbs fully]] to his [[FunctionalAddict alcoholism]] and, for a while, becomes a [[AddledAddict massive burden]] to the heroes.]]

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* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Qrow Branwen]] was raised with his [[{{Jerkass}} twin sister]] by a bandit tribe infamous for being thieves and murderers. Qrow received his name due to Branwen has the [[CreepyCrows perception]] that crows are unlucky birds that bring only misfortune and death. This is because his ability to [[BlessedWithSuck Semblance]], a superpower that is unique to each individual, is the ability to cause misfortune. It is [[PowerIncontinence passively, permanently active]], causing potentially life-threatening misfortune to happen to everyone around him, including himself. bad luck of varying degrees]]. While it's certainly [[WindsOfDestinyChange useful in battle]] against enemies, battle]], the problem is that it makes [[TheJinx life for friends is [[PowerIncontinence passive and family]] extremely difficult. He has fully embraced the [[SourSupporter negative motifs]] of his situation, taking inspiration from permanently active]], effecting friends, foes, and even himself; in turn, he's developed a legendary Huntress known only as The Grimm Reaper to craft for rather sour outlook on life, not trusting himself a weapon that can morph between a [[{{BFS}} sword]], [[ShotgunsAreJustBetter gun]] and [[SinisterScythe scythe]]. He [[TheMentor taught Ruby]], to be around others for long periods of time lest he bring his loved ones misery. Nevertheless, he abandons the show's heroine, everything she knows about fighting and is adored by both Ruby and her sister, Yang. [[spoiler:However, he only became murderous bandit tribe who raised him to become a protagonist because proper Huntsman when [[BigGood Professor Ozpin]] was becomes the first person who [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre saw through to see any worth in him beyond being TheJinx, prompting Qrow to give him his Semblance]] and gave him a [[UndyingLoyalty purpose in life]], which is why he rejected the murderous tribe that raised him and [[BecomingTheMask became a proper Huntsman]]. When UndyingLoyalty. Unfortunately, when he learns the [[spoiler:the AwfulTruth about Professor Ozpin's [[DarkAndTroubledPast past]], past and the mission he's been following for years, his entire world [[HeroicBSOD shuts down]], he [[DrowningMySorrows succumbs fully]] to his [[FunctionalAddict alcoholism]] and, for a while, becomes a [[AddledAddict massive burden]] to the heroes.]]
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** Melisander, who appears in a sidestory in ''Good Deeds Gone Unpunished'', is the ghost of an elven maid who gets discovered when people move into her now-deserted city. [[HappinessInMinimumWage She wants to keep up her old work]], but is stymied by the fact that being a ghost in ''D&D'' doesn't provide you with a lot of avenues to help others: she's incorporeal, so she can't do any usual custodial duties, and her main ghostly powers are possession (which is highly unpleasant for the possessed individual), an aging gaze (they try using it on fruit tree saplings and it results in cursed fruit), and a touch that puts people to sleep. This last one ends up being her saving grace, as she can use it as a cure for insomnia.
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Naturally, given how the danger of their abilities clashes with their moral alignment, such characters often get burdened with a NoHarmRequirement and have to figure out how to save the day without causing too much damage or death.

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Naturally, given how the danger of their abilities clashes with their moral alignment, such characters often get burdened with a NoHarmRequirement and have to figure out how to save the day [[AfraidOfTheirOwnStrength without causing too much damage or death.death]].

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