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* '''The Hunter''': The young man who thirsts to find himself by striking out into the world. He is afraid that he will be too weak to face the unknown, and hopes that he will find glory by conquering it. He is driven by a very deep-seated selfishness, an implacable drive to achieve what he wants. SpearCounterpart of ''The Maiden''.
* '''The Lord''': The man who struggles to maintain stability against the ebb and flow of the world. His fears and hopes revolve around his burgeoning legacy in the world, whether that be a work of art or his children. In the place of selfishness there is now knowledge of the world, both of its dangers and of its wonders. SpearCounterpart of '''The Seductress'''
* '''The Prophet''': The old man who looks back on his life. His fears center on what will happen after he is gone, the fear that his memory will be twisted and the hope that his legacy will live on in his place. His knowledge has grown into wisdom and he seeks to impress that wisdom on younger generations. SpearCounterpart of '''The Mother'''.

* '''The Hunter''': The young man who thirsts to find himself by striking out into the world. He is afraid that he will be too weak to face the unknown, and hopes that he will find glory by conquering it. He is driven by a very deep-seated selfishness, an implacable drive to achieve what he wants.
* '''The Lord''': The man who struggles to maintain stability against the ebb and flow of the world. His fears and hopes revolve around his burgeoning legacy in the world, whether that be a work of art or his children. In the place of selfishness there is now knowledge of the world, both of its dangers and of its wonders.
* '''The Prophet''': The old man who looks back on his life. His fears center on what will happen after he is gone, the fear that his memory will be twisted and the hope that his legacy will live on in his place. His knowledge has grown into wisdom and he seeks to impress that wisdom on younger generations.

* The ''DoctorWho'' EighthDoctorAdventures novels somehow manage to rack up three versions of Fitz. One [[OlderThanTheyLook seems to be]] about 18, and... well, his defining character trait is basically being confused and in a sulk all the time. Sure sounds like a typical teenager to me. The normal version of Fitz, who the other versions are copies of, is 27 when he's first introduced, and about 34 by the end of the novels, but never does seem to actually mature and settle down to the point he's actually like the Lord archetype. Kind of hard to get established in the world living in the TARDIS. He does become noticeably more mature as the series progresses, though, to the point he functions as a bit of a TeamMom. And then there's a version of him which is very old and bitter and sad and a villain by way of LoveMakesYouEvil -- Fitz cares about the Doctor an awful lot, the Doctor ditches him someplace, and this version of him couldn't find the Doctor for over a thousand years... so they don't fit the archetypes very well, but they're a teenage, thirtyish, and extremely old version of the same guy, all existing independently.

* In ''HarryPotter'', Harry is the Hunter, Dumbledore is the Prophet, and both Ministers of Magic seen in the series are Lords (rather blind and inept, but Lords all the same).

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* ''VampireTheRequiem'' has the Circle of the Crone, a covenant of pagan vampires who believe that the Kindred stem from a mother figure who has reflections in all mythologies. As a result, the Covenant has certain "roles," broken down by gender boundaries. Men have the Hero (Hunter), who quests to further the goals of the Circle, the Father (Lord), who passes judgment and sets laws, and the Hermit (Prophet), who bestows knowledge on those willing to pay the price. In addition, there's the Fool, who is given permission to sow chaos when the Circle cannot act directly.

In the terms of a FreudianTrio, The Hunter is the [[TheMcCoy Id]], The Prophet is the [[TheSpock Superego]], and The Lord is the [[TheKirk ego]].

A male counterpart to TheHecateSisters with influence from TheThreeFacesOfEve. Basically, a RuleOfThree for the phases of man's life and the things that drive that man boiled down to their simplest parts, and represented by three often closely related characters.

This is a type of PowerTrio: The Hunter is the Id, The Prophet is the Superego, and The Lord is the ego.

* In ''TheLordOfTheRings'', Sam is The Hunter, Aragorn is The Lord and Gandalf is The Prophet.
** SAM is SELFISH? The last time I checked, he was only going on the journey to protect Frodo because he's his best friend, and he saved Frodo's ass countless of times and asking for nothing in return while Frodo thanked him by being a [[JerkAss Jerk Ass]].
*** I'd say Boromir fits the Hunter much better.

** ''Naruto'': young Naruto as The Hunter
** ''Naruto Shippuden''teen Naruto as The Lord
** If the trend follows, and there is a third part, it is most likely that Naruto would end up being a very young version of The Prophet.

* It could also be said that ''{{Naruto}}'''s [[CharacterDevelopment growth]] is this trope as the seasons pass, eg: the first season illustrates young Naruto as The Hunter, the second season, Naruto Shippuden, illustrates a teen Naruto as The Lord, and, considering the talk about new generations and how the current generation are expected to guide the next, Naruto would most likely end up as The Prophet.

* It could also be said that [[''Naruto'' Naruto's]] [[CharactersDevelopment growth]] is this trope as the seasons pass, eg: the first season illustrates young Naruto as The Hunter, the second season, Naruto Shippuden, illustrates a teen Naruto as The Lord, and, considering the talk about new generations and how the current generation are expected to guide the next, Naruto would most likely end up as The Prophet.

* It could also be said that ''Naruto'' plays with this trope as the seasons pass, eg: the first season could illustrate young Naruto as The Hunter, the second season, Naruto Shippuden, illustrates a teen Naruto as The Lord, and, considering the talk about new generations and how the current generation are expected to guide the next, Naruto would most likely end up as The Prophet.

* ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' plays with this. Simon and Kamina start out as The Hunter, while Lord Genome is (obviously) The Lord. [[spoiler:Simon at the end of the series]] has elements of The Prophet.

* '''The Hunter''': The young man who thirsts to find himself by striking out into the world. He is afraid that he will be too weak to face the unknown, and hopes that he will find glory by conquering it. He is driven by a very deep-seated selfishness, a implacable drive to achieve what he wants.

** Alternatively, there is Ozai (Hunter), Zuko (Lord), and Iroh (Prophet) [[spoiler: especially after Zuko leaves his father and joins the Gang.]]

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* ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' plays with this. Simon and Kamina start out as The Hunter, while Lord Genome is (obviously) The Lord. [[spoiler:Simon at the end of the series]] has elements of The Prophet.

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* ''VampireTheRequiem'' has the Circle of the Crone, a covenant of pagan vampires who believe that the Kindred stem from a mother figure who has reflections in all mythologies. As a result, the Covenant has certain "roles," broken down by gender boundaries. Men have the Hero (Hunter), who quests to further the goals of the Circle, the Father (Lord), who passes judgment and sets laws, and the Hermit (Prophet), who bestows knowledge on those willing to pay the price. In addition, there's the Fool, who is given permission to sow chaos when the Circle cannot act directly.
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* ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' plays with this. Simon and Kamina start out as The Hunter, while Lord Genome is (obviously) The Lord. [[spoiler:Simon at the end of the series]] has elements of The Prophet.

** Alternatively, there is Ozai (Hunter), Zuko (Lord), and Iroh (Prophet) [[spoiler: especially after Zuko leaves his father and joins the Gaang.]]

* The DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse novels somehow manage to rack up three versions of Fitz. One [[OlderThanTheyLook seems to be]] about 18, and... well, his defining character trait is basically being confused and in a sulk all the time. Sure sounds like a typical teenager to me. The normal version of Fitz, who the other versions are copies of, is 27 when he's first introduced, and about 34 by the end of the novels, but never does seem to actually mature and settle down to the point he's actually like the Lord archetype. Kind of hard to get established in the world living in the TARDIS. He does become noticeably more mature as the series progresses, though, to the point he functions as a bit of a TeamMom. And then there's a version of him which is very old and bitter and sad and a villain by way of LoveMakesYouEvil -- Fitz cares about the Doctor an awful lot, the Doctor ditches him someplace, and this version of him couldn't find the Doctor for over a thousand years... so they don't fit the archetypes very well, but they're a teenage, thirtyish, and extremely old version of the same guy, all existing independently.