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* ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'' has Blade, naturally, and Agent/Director Peter Wisdom, who used to do this and, according to Harry Dresden, 'made InspectorJavert look like Mother Teresa'.

** The Blades, one of the factions the Dragonborn can ally with, are an even bigger example of this. Before becoming the personal bodyguard of the Emperor, the Blades started out as renowned dragonslayers who served the Dragonborn. Unfortunately, the remnant of the Blades that survived the Thalmor's purge seem more bent on revenge against all dragonkind than anything else, to the point that [[spoiler:after a certain point of the main storyline, they refuse to have anything more to do with you until you kill Paarthurnax, the leader of the Greybeards and the dragon who has likely become your greatest ally against Alduin, the true BigBad]].

* In ''Series/{{iZombie}}'', Major Lilywhite (Liv's ex-fiancé) eventually finds out about the existence of zombies. He eventually buys a shitload of guns and goes [[Literature/{{Dracula}} Van Helsing]] on a butcher shop, where a number of them work (killing homeless people and supplying the local zombie population with their brains), killing all but one zombie there. After being turned into a zombie and then cured, he gains the ability to sense when a zombie is nearby. [[spoiler:[[CorruptCorporateExecutive Max Rager]] then forces him to become a zombie hunter, threatening Liv if he doesn't comply, compiling a list of prominent city figures who have a high likelihood of being zombies. Major has become pretty good at breaking into people's cars and homes, kidnapping zombies (by injecting them with a sedative developed by Rager's people), driving them to a bridge, stuffing them in a bag, shooting them in the head, and dumping the bag into the water. He feels remorse, especially since many of the zombies are loving fathers and husbands and appear to be decent people (they didn't choose to be zombies), and has even spared one or two. His day job as a personal trainer helps him get close to many of the suspected zombies]].

* AngryBlackMan and recruitable ranger Valygar Corthala in ''BaldursGate 2'' is a wizard hunter thanks to a long family history of magical obsession leading to evil and death, although his favoured enemy is "golems" (presumably because a lot of evil mages use them). The only real question that has to be asked is why he's a ranger given that there's a fighter subclass known as the Wizard Slayer and specifically geared up to kill mages.

* Both the Vatican and the Norse "Æsir" churches field specialist troops to hunt down and exterminate immortals in ''Webcomic/CryHavoc''.

* When there's something strange in your neighborhood, Who you gonna call? Film/{{Ghostbusters}}. Except that they don't fight ghosts because of a traumatic event, mission from a higher power, or because they are afraid of becoming ghosts themselves. They fight ghosts because, well, ''they need money''. Also, ForScience.

* A ''lot'' of Dracula adaptations turn Abraham Van Helsing from an [[TheSmartGuy aged professor of Medicine]] into this sort of character. The Film/HammerHorror Dracula films are arguably the main culprit, and ''Film/VanHelsing'' follows in the tradition.

** The Inquisition of TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} is this ([[UpToEleven on a much larger scale]]. Here the Inquisitor can essentially requisition entire planets, regiments of Guardsmen and even SpaceMarines if he so chooses (Though he is usually polite about it), and often the dangers they hunt require that kind of firepower to destroy. The Inquisition is divided into many groups or "Ordos" specializing in various prey, but only three have any real clout: rooting out traitors and heretics (Ordo Hereticus), dealing with Chaos Daemons and incursions (Ordo Malleus), or learning about/shooting aliens (Ordo Xenos).

*** ''TabletopGame/DragonTheEmbers'' has the Exterminators (a collective term to design all mortals who seek Dragon Hearts to destroy them out hatred for the whole species) and the Knights of the Bloody Chalice (a group of psychotic humans who [[LifeDrinker keep themselves young by bathing in the blood of supernatural creatures]], with a preference for Dragons).

* [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20060315 Vespiary Squad]], an elite team specialized in hunting [[PuppeteerParasite Slaver Wasps]] and containing (or killing [[ZombieInfectee revenants]] if anyone is already infected. From what we saw, they're very good against wasp warriors--established to be formidable even as battle constructs go--but mediocre against experienced human opponents. They have the characteristic Hunter [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120611 attitude]] and even habitually strap [[BattleTrophy skulls of Hive Warriors]] over their helmets.
* Othar qualifies as well. He's on a quest to eliminate Sparks from the world, including (eventually) himself.

* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' has [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20060315 Vespiary Squad]], an elite team specialized in hunting [[PuppeteerParasite Slaver Wasps]] and containing (or killing [[ZombieInfectee revenants]] if anyone is already infected. From what we saw, they're very good against wasp warriors--established to be formidable even as battle constructs go--but mediocre against experienced human opponents. They have the characteristic Hunter [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120611 attitude]] and even habitually strap [[BattleTrophy skulls of Hive Warriors]] over they helmets.

* Samus Aran from the ''{{Metroid}}'' series of games hunts the SpacePirates who devastated her homeworld and left her the sole survivor of the whole planet. In Metroid Prime, files recovered from a Space Pirate ship indicates that they refer to her, literally, as "The Hunter". Since the Space Pirates are bug-like aliens, however, she can easily slaughter them by the thousands without worrying about the usual psychological problems. There's also her recurring troubles with the series' eponymous creatures. In ''{{Metroid}} II'', the entire point of the game was to commit xenocide, wiping Metroids off the planet one by one. Also in the ''Metroid Prime'' series, the Space Pirates [[ApocalypticLog react]] to the appearance of [[EvilTwin Dark Samus]] by referring to a "Dark Hunter." Hilarious to read at first, as they express their horror at being hounded by ''two'' Hunters... but by ''Metroid Prime 3: Corruption'' Dark Samus has become their ''leader'', resulting in some nightmarish logs detailing the Pirates' blind fanaticism and devotion to her.

* Nagi Kirima from Anime/BoogiepopPhantom, although in practice she fails more often than she succeeds.

* They are themselves supernatural beings or human killers who are a HunterOfHisOwnKind.

* [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The Hunter]] of ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'', who doubles as DreamWalker, travels across the land of [[DreamLand Yharnam]] to hunt beasts and to halt the [[EldritchAbomination source]] of the [[NightmareSequence nightmare]].

* The protagonist (and almost every NPC encountered outdoors and out of the safe zones) in VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}} is one such character, even referred to as such. The three different covenants of the game each follow a certain aspect of the archetype - The [[spoiler: Vilebloods]] hunt for pleasure, the [[spoiler: Executioners]] hunt for the ChurchMilitant, and the [[spoiler: Hunters of Hunters]] hunt to protect humanity. [[spoiler: And thanks to the Paleblood transfusion that becoming a hunter requires, you're more or less a HunterOfHisOwnKind as well.]]

* The Literature/{{Grimm}} are people with the strange ability to see [[OurMonstersAreDifferent Wesen]] for what they are. Additionally, they also have enhanced strength, reaction, and senses that allow them to fight the Wesen on an almost-equal footing. Most Grimm tend to actively hunt Wesen, usually by following up on strange stories or newspaper articles. They also keep journals with pictures of the Wesen's true appearance as well as the best ways to kill them (typically, beheading does the trick, which is why they were called "Decapitare" in ancient times). Nick is a rare Grimm who doesn't actively hunt Wesen. He also doesn't reflexively kill every Wesen he sees, only doing so when he has no choice, and actually has a number of friends who are Wesen (a vegetarian [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Blutbad]] named Monroe, a Fuchsbau named Rosalee, and a perpetually-nervous [[BusyBeaver Eisbiber]] named Bud), as well as a FriendlyEnemy relationship with his DaChief, who's a half-[[WitchSpecies Zauberbiest]].

* The Literature/{{Grimm}} are people with the strange ability to see [[OurMonstersAreDifferent Wesen]] for what they are. Additionally, they also have enhanced strength, reaction, and senses that allow them to fight the Wesen on an almost-equal footing. Most Grimm tend to actively hunt Wesen, usually by following up on strange stories or newspaper articles. They also keep journals with pictures of the Wesen's true appearance as well as the best ways to kill them (typically, beheading does the trick, which is why they were called "Decapitare" in ancient times). Nick is a rare Grimm who doesn't actively hunt Wesen. He also doesn't reflexively kill every Wesen he sees, only doing so when he has no choice, and actually has a number of friends who are Wesen (a vegetarian [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Blutbad]] named Monroe, a Fuchsbau named Rosalee, and a perpetually-nervous Eisbiber named Bud), as well as a FriendlyEnemy relationship with his DaChief, who's a half-[[WitchSpecies Zauberbiest]].

* Some characters in GirlsLove VisualNovel ''VisualNovel/AkaiIto'' and its sort-of sequel ''VisualNovel/AoiShiro'' fits hunter archetype. [[LittleMissBadass Tsudura]] and Uzuki from ''Akai Ito'' are part of an ancient clan of demon hunters (the "[[DemonSlayer Onikiri]]"). [[spoiler: Tsudura is even ''the'' [[IJustWantToHaveFriends (unwilling)]] leader of it.]] From ''Aoi Shiro'', [[PluckyGirl Migiwa]] is also member of similar clan, except based in the southern islands. [[JerkAss Kohaku]] was turned into [[WhoWantsToLiveForever immortal oni]] long time ago by [[ViewerGenderConfusion her]] sorcerer foster-father, and now [[IHateYouVampireDad seek epic vendetta against him and his creations]]. Kaya is BackFromTheDead and is on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge to avenge her little sister [[spoiler: that is, you]].

* Some characters in GirlsLove VisualNovel ''VisualNovel/AkaiIto'' and its sort-of sequel ''VisualNovel/AoiShiro'' fits hunter archetype. [[LittleMissBadass Tsudura]] and Uzuki from ''AkaiIto'' are part of an ancient clan of demon hunters (the "[[DemonSlayer Onikiri]]"). [[spoiler: Tsudura is even ''the'' [[IJustWantToHaveFriends (unwilling)]] leader of it.]] From ''Aoi Shiro'', [[PluckyGirl Migiwa]] is also member of similar clan, except based in the southern islands. [[JerkAss Kohaku]] was turned into [[WhoWantsToLiveForever immortal oni]] long time ago by [[ViewerGenderConfusion her]] sorcerer foster-father, and now [[IHateYouVampireDad seek epic vendetta against him and his creations]]. Kaya is BackFromTheDead and is on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge to avenge her little sister [[spoiler: that is, you]].
** The most dramatic example of The Hunter in this series is [[spoiler: the main character of ''AkaiIto'', Kei herself, in one of the [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld Sakuya]] routes. She was killed by the BigBad Nushi, and was given EmergencyTransformation by [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Sakuya]]. She returned to (un?)life and, with Sakuya, is now going to kick the asses of Nushi's cultists for all eternity.]]

* Some characters in GirlsLove VisualNovel ''VisualNovel/AkaiIto'' and its sort-of sequel ''VisualNovel/AoiShiro'' fits hunter archetype. [[LittleMissBadass Tsudura]] and Uzuki from ''AkaiIto'' are part of an ancient clan of demon hunters (the "[[DemonSlayer Onikiri]]"). [[spoiler: Tsudura is even ''the'' [[IJustWantToHaveFriends (unwilling)]] leader of it.]] From ''AoiShiro'', [[PluckyGirl Migiwa]] is also member of similar clan, except based in the southern islands. [[JerkAss Kohaku]] was turned into [[WhoWantsToLiveForever immortal oni]] long time ago by [[ViewerGenderConfusion her]] sorcerer foster-father, and now [[IHateYouVampireDad seek epic vendetta against him and his creations]]. Kaya is BackFromTheDead and is on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge to avenge her little sister [[spoiler: that is, you]].